, 1860-02-24

lkfumtht Sp!h.aau t1t.} Jour-A.I
The widow Of Il ,nan who fought under Gen.
public osbce in this city yesterday nornin;.. for
the purpose Of s,tcitlus ont Of our Justices OF
the peace to write L letter for her to the Com
mi sinner Of the General Land OtIice At Wash
iagton. Her hasband served under Gen. Jack
son Tor good n:any year*, through the Indian
wais md The war of l>la, and b. fonged to the
Tennessee Volunteers shat fau9tt bravely at
New Orleans, on the 6tl, Of January, 1915, in
defeLce O: booty and beauty" Atthe rolscall
Of his company. utter the victorious battle, there
was no answer sheo the orIe'l y sergeant called
hts Name, and he was consequently put down Us
deserter. We hare no accouat Of his place Of
restleucc or node ct life for some thirty years
subsequent TO the battle OF New Orteuns. but in
1S;j-G he made his appearance in Arkan .as apd
fell in love with = glrl about thirteen Jears Of
aye lie was 1t that time litsic Eisn.; ii three
score years, and the girls parents did not con-
sider him Tnite young enough: for SOC in. law,
so they briefly but frankly 1old him that their
dauSh bier could never be his wife, The answ. :
did not discourage linn, for be rightly thought
that nan who had fought under Old Hickory
could marry pretty lit1te girl in opposition t.
her parents WISHES: but be did not propose to
act rash!r in the matt.t:
lie tried all manner Of means tc gain the con-
sent OF tile old ftdks, but the more ha tried the
more positive they became in sheir refusal. and
At HuAlF tl1He UP Ills 0NAQ II 0e Party 10 nH
eIopcment. Ills intended rather liked The ,lea
Of bsin. "an Old mans darling" and when he
asked her to eppe she iDttmated to him that
she would b. Tr4jy ut q Certain time. Nhen
the appointed time arrived the gallant old tef-
low made his appearance, and the little girl
whispered to him that his style of wooin:: net
with her decided appreciation. They commence
the west bank Of the Mississippi, csp*.esithe
Father OF Waters in d skif. !aaded in Tennes-
sec, stouu up before i justice Of the peace,
promised to take each other for better or worse,
au. went t" housekeeping We presume they
lived happily-a~A I'll hurried folks are supposed
to live-ult.! the old satdter' death, which oe-
Cured soue six or sevcn years ugo. Not long
utter her husbands death, the WIDOW applied
fur L land warrant, as she considered Lcrselt
cutlilcd to \ quarter SECTION by virtue OF his
SERVERS in chasing the Indians in Tennessee
and Aab ana and keeping the Bri ish army
from New Orleans fhe proper officer ut
Washington infur1nsd her tua. he cuuld nut
find her husbands name On amy muster roll ia
his Office. she finally satisfied him that SHE
WIS the widow Of q soldier, but alter Il
thorough examination vi the recnstls he
| wrote Ia her that although he had found
her hu>ban..'> name OF the muster roll 1f a
Tenn.>AG i company, she was uus entitled
to j lanI warrant, IL the record evidence
shovel that her husband w.4s u deserter. VIC
hrr that he Was wounded ba.ly il ,he battle ut
New ORLEANS, au,t tilat IT. crnwltd from she
! battle ,iel !. and went to a pond near BY 10 srs
drink vi water. liz further told his wife llat
IT,. r n,aine,! insensiblc Tor number Vi .!ay*
and that ~h'n he WAS able to join his cunpany
he learned! OF its departure for ,le North. liis
widow /, in poor circumstances, and i warrant
] for onr hundred md sixty acres oi land would
hs quite i wlud-ials to her. She resides in this
| city.
Now few words in reference to l,er narcnts
] Her tatt-r arrived Lrre irut, Arkansas son
tisc Or six years ago, accompanied BY woraar
| who claned him ~ her husband The lwt
lived here OH pretty gu"d terms tuf Ii while
| but one day the husband was badly scared b,
| his Er@t witc- News uf his arrival in tl.s cit,
| with uesslan who hid no legal claim upun hin
had reached her ia Arkansas, and Sue was nj
i W IT. 1'ac. up her things mud tol!"w h'n'
We believe she cun,ncnceA suit aE 'inss bul "
b'g,*ny, but the nlatter wa> either settled by ht
| deItll nr in sut,,e her manner equally salts
:actury to Ill" tis>t wife. :;euu after hts ueatl
| the sec"cl wi.r lett frr rurss unknown. TIL
first wife Is still Il 1c>,itnt Ut Our cay, but hr
dAu;:ier-;:,e widow of the oil s1l.!,e.-dor
not s:se WIKI her. II is pretty s:run.ly in,i'aa
ted t}la. there Is rGu1I fur much i;1pruveEleE
| in t: t 0'.i t:.y', hlutlr Of lite.