The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-30
j. c%S'ppssp9ndemse e the st. Aetis Republican

Ats CLOr EMENI AND A FtGHT ABOUT IT.
NEW ORLEANS, June ls.-A young man of this
city, civil engineer by profession, ran away with
a Mobile belle few days ago, and thereby got
himself into scrape which came near causing
bioodshed yesterday evening 1t appears that the
young mans family, although of the highest re-
spectabty is far behind that of the young lady in
the item of this worlds goods and hence her male
relatives regarded the intimacy of the loving pair
(Which has been of long standing) with great dis
favor. Her two brothers informed Mr.. p. that he
must discontinue his visits and warned him that
any overt act which should compromise their sister
could be atoned for only with his life.
This threat was probably instigated by a lurking
suspicion of a contemplated elopement. Mr.. p is
precisely one of those young men who are rendered
more determined and obstinate by resistance. and
who become more sanguine of success exactly in
proportion to the number and amount of obstacles
thrust In their way. He laughed and snapped his
fingers at the freeating intimations of his PROMO
sed brothers-in-law, and induced his well beloved
to pack up her things in bundle and meet him on
board the mail boat for New Orleans, which de-
parts at p. NJ. precisely
She managed the affair cunningly and they were
well on their way to New Orleans by the time she
was missed at home. The boat which leaves
Mobile at L. NJ, arrives usually at the Lake end
OF the POntchartran Railroad next morning at day-
break, and no pursuit therefore could be made
with any hopes of overlooking the runaways
under torty-eight hours from the time they had
started
But they had left out of their calculations one
very important consideration. The lady was not
eighteen years old, and therefore could not get in
New Orleans, license to marry without the con-
sent OF her parent or guardian. This momentous
tact was not ascertaned until every other prepare
ton for hasty wedding had been made and it gave
her bloody minded brothers time to appear upon
the scene.
They came, and Immediately commenced an in
pection OF the hotel registers but there they were
at fault, for our candidate for matrimony had
plenty of relatives and friends here and had taken
his bride elect to the residence of one of the
latter.
Yesterday evening, however, he happened I'M
luckily to meet the vengeful brothers in a bar
room, "a place where he had no business to be-
and they immediately drew their pistols and COM
menced firing upon him. Fortunately, bold fell
low who was standing by seized and disarmed one
OF them after he had fired the first shot, and Mr.
r., who was uninjured had the other by the throat
in an instant and began to beat tattoo against
the counter with his head, exclaimng: ''You id
puppy: mot very complimentary to the family
with which he proposed an aiance,) "if you were
not my brother-in-law, I'd wiring your worthless
neck for your
The young men, greatly discomfitted and chop
fallen, left the baTroom without their pistols and
learned from confdan:e of the bridegroom that
the latter left in company with the lady of his love
at an early hour this morning on the jackson rail-
road for some town in the interior of Mississippi,
where they have probably become man and wife by
this time. Whether the brothers have concluded
to let the matter drop, or are still determined to
push it to bloody issue, do not know.