The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-09-01
VOL. vIl.-..KO 81.

door to let him In. Upon inquiry a. 70
whether the folks were at h0me," be
was informed that they were not. but
that they had been out Of town some
time, and would be absent all summer
The young man was fresh from the coun-
try, and could not distinguish the lady
from tho lady's maid. Having heard his
sister describe Miss B., he made up
his mind that the person before him was
none other than she whom be had called
to see. The maid servant denied the soft
impeachment, but be would have 1t that
she was only playing of. He had, o
night or two before, been to see She
Stoops to Conquer" at one Of our thea
ters. The maid servant finding it Inn
possible to undeceive the young man
from the country, invited him into the
parlor. They spent the evening very
pleasantly together, the ready and spir-
tied conversation Of the servant c0nvinc-
ing her visitor that she had been playing
an assumed part. He thought that she
was intelligent and handsome enough to
be the daughter of the proprietors, If she
were not. Under This conviction, ho
went to his hotel, not, however,s until he
had assured her that he would call again,
and his sleep was Of course sweetened by
pleasant dreams. His visits were fre-
quent and constant. And although be
has since satisfied himself that the young
woman whom he saw was d maid SER
want, and not the young lady Of tho
house, his interest In her has increased
to such an extent that he has formally
proposed marriage. He is honest in his
intentions, and well to-do in the world.
and of course she will have him. This
marriage will, or should, create quite as
much talk as that soon to take place be-
tween the millionaire Spaniard and the
daughter Of gentleman, late lieuten-
ant in the navy.
E1 The quotation "give them lit.
tie more grape, Capt. Bragg" seems to
have been investigated, and turns out to
be q sentiment not SO quotable, though
quite as strong. A letter ID the N. ".
Herald says:
Years ago. not very long after the bat
tie. the writer mentioned to q near rela-
tive Of Col. Bragg the preposterousness
Of the anecdnte, and expressed curios-
iiy to know what Gen. Taylor really did
say. Col. Bragg's relative replied. 81
can tell you exactly what he said. Tie
factis. Braxton capt. Bragg was criti-
cally situated Part Of his battery had
been dismounted, and so many Of his
men shot down that there were not enough
left to work the remainder. The enc.
my's batteries had been pushed up very
close and the fire was very severe and
deadly. An aid-de-camp riding along.
Braxton asked him to 60 and tell "ths
old man" Tin another part Of the field)
how be was situated, and what was to
be done about it. Gen. Taylor received
this message in the crisis of the battle,
when the result was doubtful, and when
the flower Of his little army, including
many sons Of his lifelong friends. had
fallen before bis eyes. The entire force
was engaged; there was no reserves
reinforcement was out of the question:
When the aid delivered the message.
Gen. Taylor's only reply was: "Tell
him to give 'em hell, God damn 'em."
This was exactly what the old man said,
and was Immediately reported as such by
the aidde-camp to Braxton, and Braxton
told me"
This was known years ago; but We
are not quite certain that We have made
it public. The General was profane, but
there are not many Of his cloth that are
not. Gen. Twiggs, for example. can
swear the roof off of house,"