The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-10
A SOLDIERS C0ERTSuIp

Another marriage, which makes even more stir
than that of Maakof amongst certain set, has
just been published-that of Colonel Charras, who
is now in exile at Zurich. He is about to espouse
Mdlle. Mathilde kestner, the daughter of the pro-
prieter Of chemical works established at Thaun-
The history of the Colonel is rather bourgeois when
compared with the interference of emperors and
mighty potentates of the earth, as in the case of
that of his old comrade, Pelisser The Colonel was
returning from an excursion in the neighborhood of
Zurich alone, in the humble and grotesque looking
patdche which conveys travellers in search after
pleasure In the envrOns of that quiet little place.
He had walked far before he came up with the
Patache, and fallen fast asleep in spite of its hard
sides and hide-bound cushions. On awaking he
found himself seated dopposite young lady who had
entered the potache during his sumber and curl
ously enough, had fallen asleep likewise Upon
her knee lay an open volume, which the Colonel
recognised at once as the history of the revolu-
tion of February. The life of Colonel Char
ras was just the place where the reader
had opened it, and on her awaking the colonel,
highly amused entered easily into onversation con-
TeTntii tho and crcnts of that day. The young
lady professed herself ardent admirer of the
whole OF the patriotic party, particularly of fChar-
ras, the incidents of whose career she declared
herself never weary of hearing. The colonel much
nattered OF course, ventured to dispute with the
young lady several questions upon which she was
IN error concerning the hero she sought to defend
with so much zeal. The question of his personal
appearance particularly was one upon which she
was quite of differerent opinion from that of her
his habits and manners oflife as she had her nor-
nation from people who passed their whole exis-
tence with him-of course she must know, and
could not therefore accept the contradiction of an
entire stranger. Hereupon the colonel, completely
beaten, was forced to silence; and merely looking
at the book once more, if to examine the date he
adrotly inserted his card fby way ofmarking the
place. In few moments more the young lady
alighted at the iron gate of a faJrique close to
Zurich, and the colonel of course, deemed the ac-
quaintance at an end. Next day he received most
charming note from the fair incognita who, full of
shame and repentance, excused herself for the ap-
parent impertinence of which she had been guilty
in sustaining opinion concerning her idol against
that of an evident friend of his, and begging him to
pay her visit in order to give her the opportunity
of rectifyng the impression which she must have
produced in the potaehe by her obstinate ourecui-
dame. The colonel needed no second invitation
Already charmed beyond expression, the delicacy
and tact displayed in the note completely achieved
the conquest of his heart, and he surrendered with
out condition. The delight and astonishment of
the fair Mathilde may be easily conceived when she
learnt that it was Colonel Charras in person, and
no counterfeit whose acquaintance she had made
Cupid's wings fly fast at certain period of life,
and as no time to be lost, the marriage was
fixed at for the 23d of this month, the day on
which the fair bride will attain her 25th birthday
Court Journal.