Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-23

.It 8syas then that Gen. Downs joined Us, as We
stood alone on deck. We looked ateach ot:;eT,
tb.n 1t Gen. Downs; we comprehended each
Others thoughts VIC said no more. I felt the
afrwas to0humid for me longer orenaln on deck;
Iexeused myself and left my two friends alone;
NV relation to these two persons possessed
me Of an intimate knowledge of their DISPOSE
tons and character, and they now knew each
other sufficiently well to have some G6tnttiesJor
each Other. and they had the accomplishments
and eudowments to enlist the regard and inter
est of each other. He was man that hadmade
his way in life from its humblest walks by those
native and cultivated qualities that not only won
the respect of all who knew him, but haa rem
dered him an eminently useful citizen, and ena-
bled him to realize great fortune, rs tar as
tcOrLTEY dOads were concerned. He was man
of fine coIIoquial and social powers, and great
life and cheerfulness of spirits. Mary Green
what shall say of her? Dear woman! she aP-
pears to me now as when Hast saw her, just on
the verge of womnnhood; not commanding in
size and person, but rather diminptive at first
sight but vet when you gazed her, saw her
move, heard her talk, and see her hndte up with
her big heart and luminous intellect, she then
appearedia most magnificent woman. esi e
.tGrace was In all her steps; Heaveutn her eye;
In every gesture dignity and love"
These were some of the afinities that attracted
them to each other and excited the thoughts
what were they and what might they be to. each
other? These thoughts made them look beyond
the present and see the an tHgonisRas before them
what we're they? He was Protestant, and she
was a Catholic :, Is religion then TO sever those
whom God might be pleased to see Joined to-
eether? May it not be so? Then, he had been
tluellist It was true he had fought duel,
and no field of honor in the South bore the re-
cord of such cool courage. Three times ne was
Shutdown by his antagonist, three times he re.
ncwed the fight, and the fourth time, covered
with blood and sinking with his wounds, hcshot
| his antagonist through the heart, 1t was
bloody tragedy, but the offence was great and
no other atonernent could be made. Mary
Green's sIiffcTance, and her religion, had caused
her to make vow, to give n pledge, that she
never would countcnance this code OF men
Her father had been. killed in a duel, and by IT
she had been left an orphan. Her brother, Mag.
Green, had killed his man IN duel few days
before he left the country for Mexico, and this
had caused her to shed tears of bitterness, alike
for the dead and her brother.
Then, she was Yirginian; to leave the old
ancestral home, of which she was the sole heir,
the family and plantation servants, some Q.
whom had nursed her and with whom she had
crown. t1n. for a strange land and strange homei
She was not vet prepared for that; she felt there
was no place like old Virginia. Then he was
| forty-siX years of age, she only twenty-five 1t
was yreathing the bridal wreath with the grave,
and the gay, the flowers that bloom with those
that were dropping. These were some OF the
1tinities and GItagoRisa1s that attracted ana as
| tractcd them Which will prevail? Warm
hearts. clear heads, and brave spirits are en-
gagged Let them work on. Let US wait the
Isolution of the problem.
Let us progress with our voyage. As we pas
sed down this Great Inland Sea, as called by
Mr. Calhoun, this religion of country judgments
in greatness interest and magniticencci its great
, In
labor. the beautiful residences of the planters,
the comfortable quarters of their negroes, and
their orange groves, the flower gardens and the
j shrubberY, inparts an enchantment to the coun-
try that woos and wins the heart OF the travel
ling world. Miss Mary Green was enticed with
the whole conjecture of the country and wished
for winter residence here to escape the cold
Ebleak winds Of her Virginia home. The pas
sionate attachment of the sons and daughters oil
Virginia for their native land, which has no par
allcl in history, except it be that OF the SWISS
for his mountain home, has often excited the
ridcnle and dcrision of those who Know no
such feeling or sentiment. The expression oil 4
: wish for a winter residence in this land, and
then again to return to Old Virginia, by Mary
Green, provoked a Gerry ruderemark by n pas
scnger, that had passed for a gentleman, near
u Miss Green and in the presence OF Gen. Downs,
!. who instantly resented it by pitching him over
); board, and it was with great eXertlon that the
crew rescued him. This excited great hub
hub When he was again safely on the boat
n the tests the wit, humor and ribaldry it excited
was infinite The conduct Of Gen. Downs was
approved and cxtoed by all, and Miss Green
now felt the conviction flash on her mind
though it had been said by God, that "ven-
gcance is mine" Still the brave man whose in
j stiucts prompts him to redress wrong, was of
ten to be more admired than dreaded, and that
We ought not to be uncharitabte to courage an
the right whether in the rencounter, in the bat
! tie or on the field of honor.
This sis my journeys end, !" "the sea mark of
) my utmost sail" The boat reached her destl-
nation, the pilgrims their shrine, the wanderers
their homes, the visitor, the traveller and plan
ter the great Southern mart, the beautiful CreS'
cent City, and their separation was marked with
| the pleasing and monrnful adicus, and the lin
, gering last looks, that denoted that all were
: pleased with their trip-all except the man that
had got the dUcEing, and he was rather net and
cold. ] took the first steamer to Galveston.
often was favored with many kind remembran-
ces of Miss Mary Green, but this is not SO now
| but hear from Mrs. Mary Downs, in the Parish
oT -, Louisiana.
This love is a conquering hero he has trans
: planted the Eirginian Orange to the groves oil
i Louisiana. He has taught the Protestant to be-
lieve he can be saved in the church of the Cath
Ollie. He has justified the duellist, by the enor'
G nifty of the wrong he sought to redress, and he
III has made the maj of forty-siX very suitable
o and agreeable companion for the lady of twenty
five by the high qualities of honor and heart,
which keeps up the spirits and drives off the
{ cares Of life.
: s9g-The Tribuas's "Brooklvn items" con,
tains the following: "Sevcral cases of yellow fe-
yer were reported in State street yesterday, one
= of which proved fatal The subjects are all ligh.
termen engaged in transporting cargocs from
: Quarantine, and it may be well to state in this
connection that within the city proper, thus far,