Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-06-25

family a lady friend Of Miss B. whb
listened to the entreaties Of her hus-
band and deliberated upon his arg,r
ments. OF course she fell They
could not remain longer in Boston. so
the first steamboat on which they
could obtain passage carried the gull
ty couple to New Orleans. Three
months after this clandestine depart
ure, the injured wife followed them to
New Orleans, breathing vengeance
| against the one who had robbed her
of her husband. The incunstant hus-
band, the injured wife, and the para
mour, all met at the theatre one night.
An angry alteration took place, and
the forsaken one departed, after show
ering bitter imprecations on those who
had wrecked her youthful hopes and
blasted her future life. AS might have
been expected, the man who would
not remain with loving wife could
not stay long with mistress. He
left her alone with her child-helpfess,
homeless, friendless, penniless. The
rebel army was glad to have his name
upon the master rolls of their conflict
with tue Government which bare them.
All scoundrels find an asylum in their
ranks. The young and erring mother
sure, and soon, and pangless. The
little blossom, having lost its parent
| stem, withered, decayed. r.-.- rt
In the meantime, decree Of divorce
ment had been granted to the young
lady, and she was known as Miss b.,
the live Yankee, from Boston, Look
ed on by all with enmity, her comforts
lost and her life daily threatened, she
never faltered in her allegiance to her
country-never ceased to venerate
the flag under which her old father
sailed so long. She was ferceIy or
dered to quit the city just before it
was captured. Ascending the Missis-
sippi distance, she travelled as best
she could to Memphis, where her for
mer husband saw her aud made over
lures of marriage to her again, She
scorned him. He pleaded with her
as only he could, who knew her weak
ness, but she was firm, and would
not allow herself 10 be trampled upon
again. .......s f...........'... -.
From Memphis she travelled to MUIR
freesboro, from thence to Weldon.
Sometimes she succeeded in getting
into the cars occasionally seat in
| private conveyance was secured,
but oftener was she obliged TO walk,
with all her wardrobe, in the shape Of
a small compact bundle in her hand,
All the small creeks in her path were
waded By this girl. 0nce she availed
herself of canoe, to cross Sayers'
Ferry into Woodville, North Carolina.
At neither Of these places did this ir-.
repressible Bostonian linger, but, wea-
ried aud foot.sore, she travelled all day,
eating what she could obtain, but FREE
quently fasting. At night she crawl
ed into the swamp, or lay concealed
in the entangled forest till daylight.
She speaks with enthusiasm of the de-
licious sleep which visited her at
nights. while, she reposed under the
waking, watching moon. Having ar
rived at Woodvil!e, she straightway
started for Gatesville, and from there
to Elizabeth City. Miss b. remained
for some time at the latter place and
stopped with Dir. C.. Elizabeth City
is in the midst of the neutral grounds,
and has been fearfully ravaged by
both sides.
| Miss b. manufactured small Union
flag during ber idle hours, and placed
it on the roof of the doctors house,
where it foated night and day at the
great annoyance of the guerillas, who,
upon one inauspicious day, undertook
to lower the beautiful emblem Of our
nation Miss b passed her arm grace
fully around the staff, and, with elo-
quent looks, dared them to take the
colors down while she had an arm to
support them. One or two Union men
rallied to our heroine's assistance,
and the loud language promised to end
in hard blows But the guerillas saw
approaching number Of our cavalry,
and speedily ran away, while the i'm.
promptu flag continued in triumph to
wave. 4 @t
The swimming of narrow stream
she calls mere bagatelle, and her
walk from Elizabeth City here, dis
tance Of forty-five miles, she performs
ed in a day and half-upon two
meals Whatever morbid vengeful
4 feelings she may have towards the
young creature who had supplanted
her with her husband, all seemed trans
ferred to the rebels. All through the
South she found good Union people
who had been terrified into submis.
sion, and who looked with wonder up.
on her bold demeanor. They rendered
her every service in their power.
Two years in coming from New Or
leans to Norfolk ! This was long
walk, comparatively, taken by the Is
raelites through the Desert places.
Her life will be short /; theirs was long.