The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-01
BY eRAPE.vINE AND OTHERWISE
on pIrs OF rnE Day.

production OF an amusing iiltle btol tp'u -
a correspondent Of my friend John Forsyth, IL
a recent letter to his paper. 1t is ialeof Love
Elopemeut, nj ei armes and matrimoHy. M
many evenings ago, at Pollard Station, Alaba-
ma (which every traveller to Mobile will re-
member as the place where "GooberPeas
are to lie had where he that hath good
|. Gooberr' and giveth his ueigllbor none, is
recognized as trator)-down there at the
Pollard Depot, it was whispered about among
particular friends Of the partie-, thai dam
sci had to be snalched away from the Jealous
clutches + a worldly parent, before the rising
af another san. Accordingly arrangements
were made to deliver the maiden from "du-
rance vile" and crowd of twenty or more
men accompanied the bridegroom -and that
most estinabe gentleman the J. P, who wore
his blandest smiles IN anticipation OF the hap
piness lie was about to conier-to the house
of the bride elect, their intentions beng 10
try persuasion first, and If hat failed, as a
last resort to aid the bridegroom to elope with
her. Arriving at the mansion Of the lady,
they were surprised to find that her intiexlble
mother had anticipated Their coming. and stood
ready to receive them, armed with two double
barreled shot guns and ono old fashioned
horseman's pistol, which, she gave her vlsl-
tors to understand, was the most dangerous OF
the three, and that it was owned by as great
hero In his way--as Stonewal Jackson
none other than the famous Bulldog Of CIal
borne who would. in reality, let them hear
its bark unless they betook themselves to dis-
tant parts immediately. Persuasion, remon-
STRANGE, threats. were all lost upon the cruel
parent SO no other alternative remained to
soolhe the iove-lorn heart Of the disconsolate
bridegroom but to steal the precious jewel
from the sacred household shrine.
Accordingly it was resolved that she must
be taken from her stern old guardian "per
force but how to get her from under the
range of the guns was tho question. feint
was made upon the chicken roost, in order to
distract the old ladys attention, but it had no
further effect than to draw forth tho remark ;
+" they may have my chickens, but not my
daughter" This attempt failing to have the
desired effect, sham fight was gotten up in
the yard, thinking to arouse the generous
sympathies Of woman's nature and draw her
out to part the combatants This failed to
move her, aud she quietly remarked " lot
them kill each other, my daughter is not among
them"
All attempts having failed to remove the
mother from her position of sentry over the
daughter, truce was agreed upon, which
caused the old lady to lay aside her arms,
which she had no sooner done than they were
seized by her perfdious enemies, and the
daughter borne off in triumph from the pres
ence of the mother but she not being OF an
Ihysterical cast Of mind, would not submit to
such indignity without al least show OF re-
ssiance, SO, seizing lightwood knot, and
calling upon her man-at-arms, the redoubtable
"Bulldog Of Claiborne" to follow her SHE
pounced like mad tigress upon an unfortuf
nate straggler, and would have given him, in
fine style, what Paddy gave the drum had
not reinforcements arrived in overwhelming
numbers and caused her to "change her base.
The triumphant party bore their prize by q
clrcuitous route through fens and bogs and
thckets almost impossible, in order to evade
pursuit, to the splendid mansion Of the J. p,
who, all breathlesS Us he was, with garments
rent and hands bleeding from many scratch
by cruel briars, proceeded to unite by earthly
bonds, two hearts which had long been one in
heaven.
) At four o'clock next morning the happy pair
stepped on board the Montgomery freight train
to make their wedding tour and spend the
: honeymoon in parts where the river of their
happiness will not be muddled by the debris
, of the scenes and associations Of the wedding
night Long may they live, and may the
storms Of that eyentful night be the last to
/ surge the bosom of their lifc's ocean.
/ have dispatch from Richmond, to the Of
feet that the Fancy" Of that village, expe
renced decided auttoration there few
evenings since, other, than the ordinary "6ut
teralious" Of the "pasieboards." The Polio,
officers of the city armed with a Mayors war
rant and backed bya strong posse of police
8 made dive into Gambling Hell" on th,
East side Of Maia street, two doors below
Q Twelfth, and arrested the proprietor, ant
twenty Of his visitors among whom, am "pri
!. yalely" informed, were several Congressman
4 and slatured Quarternasters
The Police "gobblod up all the apparatus 0
/ gambling, faro tables, cards, dice, and chips
Q and several hundred dollars in money upoI
. the tables, the pariiee being completely tur
, prised and taken in the midst Of their games