Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-11-28

y g. tustire attention must
e1nAs9 ~ sae authors name and post
lTriangalar Rrid e ;,-.-.s Trn,s s,ran-
AEsslE seEthan Fietfon.,, ..t
we have recently become acquainted
'Th the facts OF one of the most extraor-
.bary dramas In social; life of which we
ilte any knowledge, The ..materiel," !"
Itsh viii gradually unfold itself in the
Slowlng narrative. combined with the
Fsguslte machinery and interviewer with
H.hcnslous characters necessary to the
rasslc development Of the plot, would
e.nPlete proioandly yinteresting if not an
Is'0iutety thrilling romance. Our sketch,
hs!sxer. Is an unfinished daguerreotype
Nlhsts which recently transpired in one
Nihe most attractive inland cities of the
"tIfk and bloody" ground, and situated
Bdashundred miles from " Ia Belle Ri
Visiss We submit the skeleton, leaving
tn elaboration and fnishing touches 70
ba baEoyeninto dramatic texture, to artists
esylng more time and possessing more
ahl end imagination than We can com
Al4dys goathful, lovely, accomplished,
and the daughter,ef a distinguished Ken
tH'kians enjoying independent cumpe>
tenss. impeFiously commanded the admi-
ration ofthe gallauts Of the yio;nage, and
attracted jealous suitors from abroad
She vas . belle of almost uurivalled
charms, and received numerous decIara-
lions Of attachment, many of them ardent
and Elncere. Like most queenly damsels
enjoying fortunate positions in The ~ cial
world, he was an apt mistress of coquet-
y, andwielded her resistless seeptre un-
1nercifaig upon all that Ventnred, within
the ehatRed radii of her matchless (asci-
1alionss n a4,..t2ft fr ~
She Lsse1ed rnlhlsssly for long and
Sr;II;ant S.rsas. and, her reputation for
.eon,eIiness and fafsSkill neither waned
with the lapse of time Oh ner cruel exer-
else of power, bat seemed to 7Se promo
ted without apparently approaching cut
animation, and spleudidly illustrated \Ine
remorseless tyranuy Of capricious aNa
pAssionless beauty. Fattgued At last, andN
satad With the common place triumphs Of
ordinary coquetry, she introduced by
way of episode, the expedient of engage
ruenIs to marry. Not satisfied. however,
withthe usual termination OF happy court
ship, she improved upon obtaining Gus
toms BY betrothing herself to two lovers,
whom she adroitly managed to keep pro-
foundly Ignorant of their mutual preten-
sionS and expectations.
One suitor was talented young minis
ter, Of fair possessions. The other gen.
tloman of I" elegant leisure," and lord of
many broad scres. Both were fitting for
the whimsical beauty. each conscious of
the others devotion bat, as we have said,
mutually unaware Of their mutual success.
The young minister was favored by the
dausel's father, and was accepted by him
for his future son.in.law. Acquainted
with the noIher's hostility to himself. and
conscious Of her preieten for his rival,
as veil as eonceiying the fathers consent
ADEQUATE for the accomplishment of his
ourpose. and trusting 70 time and circum
st.ne.s Id mitigate her prejudiceS. the
Young minister -forbOre application to her!
His rival. nneantims, had been accepted
nv the .mother-who, like himself, was
,onorsne of the young m,nister's success.
f1l nr,fY,isiioas-and deerning himself
sutiefrn.ly iustifed,to proceed, and ap'
nr,.;aIin.r the fathers objection to him
liz he On the other hand, as his rival
.--TS-:.sf;,rsI FROM submitting his petition
% ~ he mother, S5gtSetsd his Obligation. n
.othe father The aTtt4 com pllca,'on o. o
a. daughter was thus far %Senueu VIZ M.
:. happiest success, and it is EesHmao't
no hugely enjoyed the extraOrdFS5 a"'
perplexing cos'tretempS.
The, rivals now became imtrtuna\
and ,solicited the speedy CONSUMPTION or
the cohtemplated alliance. Theibetroth-
ed. however, eapriciously vexednd tan.
talined them to her hearts con9t, delu>
ding them with alternate hopes.ud pro.
misses, like Macheath's "asid to his
sHesthearts," but fually concped with
their ardent petitions, and appP the
SAME day, hour and place for tie iatemstzG>
zion of the triangular bridal. Arrange
nents were subsequently, mad s'hich sd-
dad richer spice TO the culmihing dra.
ma. The minister and his letrothed
asreed TO celebrate their nupus quietly,
A1aM of their mutual friends toly, being
aasised. On the other hand ostenta'
sioEs preparations were made fr q mag
n7fesnt display. Cards were ispatched
far aud near by our heroine an the mo
therss choice. and all the, gshntry anc
beauty Of the country were Horned o
the approach Of the bridal peiod. Th'
absence Of the minister. mesn'me, facili
tsted operations, and gossiplg rumor
strange to say, failed for oneeto mar th
execution OF a brilliant design How tn
parents renained in igrotace in th
midst active preparations, he not bee
developed; but those famiiarwith the IN
.xentigs yuit cf anfi0htly Woin 4 will rea