New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-28
Romantic AFFAIR.

The Mackinac Herald gives an account OF an
elopement and marriage that took place in that
village last week. The Herald says: a Ms5
The parties-so the story goes" reused Judge
Chapman from his slumbers, who, in less than no
time made them twain of one fiesh after which
the happy couple put out in sal boat to spend
the honeymoon The lady in question is a pretty
brunette lassie of sweet twenty The parties are
respectable, and have relatives in the place.
This reminds rs OF an occurrence of o somewhat
similar nature, that took place at Saul St. Marie
several years since, and which is not generally
known even at this place. A young, pretty, and
exceedingly interesting young lady, Of the be-
witehing age of eighteen years, was the belle of
the hotel where she was spending short time, and
had many admirers but of them ALL she favored
only one. He was young man from one Of the
Eastern cities, who for pleasures sake was bound
to the lovely lake above, to while away the long
summer dayswi his gun and rod. Western beau
ties he knew nothing Of, and this one, 50 frank,
pretty and witty, captiyated him at once.
TWAS a mutual case of love at first sight and
his hand was rendered and promptly accepted by
| the fair damsef. The pere and mere of the lady
were appealed to by the gay Lothario to grant
Their consent to the union, but in vain; and the
young peopie-as yonng people always do when
opposed in their matrimonial affairs-determined
that the Gordan knot should be tied OF all hazards
During an evening stroll in the Suburbs of the vii
lage, divine was called upon, who being a newly
married man himself, sympathized with the candi-
dates for wedlock, and they were soon united. Not
daring to face the anger of the parents of the BRIDE
III was agreed that the happy ones should procure
conveyance to Sailors Encampment, and there
wait for steamer to convey them to the Lower
Peninsula. Procuring the services of two half.
breed voyageurs, they embarked in Maeknae
boat and glided down the swift-running river
About 10 o'clock in the evening they stopped to
rest on one Of the many islands with which the
river abounds. The weather being delightful, the
twain strayed away from the beach, and on their
return Mortified to find that the boat and its
dusky attendants had disappeared.
A search was instituted, but that part of the
island being uninhabited, they came to the eonclu-
sion that :. as they had made their bed they must
lie in it, and they slept until morning with no
covering but the blue sky above them, hoping that
with daylight all would be well. Daylight came,
and with it hunger, fatigue and disappointment
and our 6 married man. not being able to dis
cover habitation of any kind, suggested to his
lesser half that he should swim away from her to
seek succor, not being able to swim IS Leander of
old to his Hero to bask in the sunshine of her
smiles She would not consent, and for two days
the unhappy pair were compelled to remain in the
wilderness, and subsist on berries. At the close
of the second day, an Indian passing by id his
canoe, was hailed, and with his assistance they
reached the ssEncampment," where they were
confronted by the father who affected by the tears
of his dsobedient child forgave all; and then in
formed " his children that it was by his orders
they had been deserted on the island. The lesson
was a severe one, but was fully compensated for,
by the recipients being taken to the bosom of him
who taught it. Detroit Tribune.