The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
The W0oinY and WeAainx Or John
Kick.

The Weoiny ard Wedding Or Jehr
). Kick.
Il GENERAL BUTL1R's HEADQUARTERS, I
: George Augustus Sala, IN his last novel
"The Quadrilateral," INDUCES in some 10.
I fections ON the often happeninx fact thai
Z . man falls sick among strangers. falls int
kind handle, falls uader the nursing. mar.
ticularly during his oonvalescence, Of q
lovely young woman, and finally falls ia
love with the fair nurse and while he il still
} palhed from iuness-ther0 il wedding.
am about to present an illustration OF
these truths.
John Kick, Of Buffalo, New York. il q
private in the Second New York Mounted
Rifles, which regiment, notwithstanding
us name, IL not mounted, but serves as in
fantry "mounted;" II It refers to human
ing along, summed on. and busted on dur
ing the march from Cold Harbor to James
River, John, surnamed Kick, was stricken
with deadly sickness. John could 20 no
TURNER: John was not simply tired out,
exhausted, knocked up, played out and
done for, but he was sick. He fell out of
the ranks. His comrades thought him now
sun-struck. A learned surgeon hazarded
the expression Of an opinion that the man
was suffering from aggravated coup de
sOleil, induced by exhaustion and the
climate. His comrades bore John to the
nearest house. The nearest honse was the
late residence Of the late John Tyler. acct
dental President, defunct ex-President.
whose picture of large nose, and brow OF
swim backward slant, contradicts all rules
OF phystognOmy and phrenOlOCy. There
John was left and his fellows went march.
ing on. There was q young lady in the
house, Anna Maria Tyler, niece Of the once
proC
passed, and John, surnamed Kick, was not
heard from. Was John still sick? Was
John lingering in pain and helrlessness?
Had John gone over to the Johnnies after
recovering? Or had Kick kicked the in
eyitable bucket that awaits ali mortals?-
Would y John ever be heard Of again ?
Would Kick ever again pedestrinate with
his fellow mounted rifles? Nobody could
answer. Kick was supposed to have kicked
out Of the service. His enemies limited
that he had gone over to the enemy, in fact
been Tylerized. They were Mistaken
Kick had not been Tylerized, but Tyler
care Of John. She did pity him like an
other Desdemona. True, he was Yankee,
hut Othello was Moor. Perhaps Anna
| loved John for the dangers he had SEEM
At any rate she loved John in spite Of the
fac: that be had done the State some serv-
ice. And John loved Anna Maria (tiler.)
As lhe flush OF returning health came to
Johns cheek, Maria grew pale; pale, but
interesting. John saw, and then John be-
gan TO feel. Here l ought to write Eve
chapters, and quote Tennyson by way Of
describing the iusing Of their two hearts,
but ] won't. I have related the 'Veni's
and the "Vidi." Only the "Vici'' remains.
Now John wasn't agOin' to let concealment
feed on his cheek. John spoke. Anna
Maria spoke back. She was q rebel. but
she did not rebel. Both Barkises were
within local preacher lived in ''hard
town small by. This announcement did
not appear in any newspaper the following
day, but ought to have done SO:
MARRIED:-On the - inst, at the resi-
dence OF the late ex-President John Tyler.
by Rev. Close Athande. John Kick, pri-
vate I'd N. 7. r., U. 8. ". and Anna Ma
ria Tyler, niece Of the ex-President. mo
Nick (prenomen john and Kick (nee
Tyler, were happy. "Whoso iindeth q
wife findeth good thing and obtaineth ia
vor Of the Lord, }" is Scripture. Doubtless
the converse should be understood. (They
were happy, but--[the reader will begintat
this but, and mOralize az he pleases. -
A cloud Swallowed the honeymoon. John
must go to his regiment and Kick away
his other half. But still he fingered. DUTY
called, but Anna pleaded. It was kicking
against the pricks to think Of parting. Four
weeks passed 81 last; John wrenched him.
SCN NIEAN dlOOS anu alone. ACROSS
lots, and crying, left his brided ex-Presi-
dents niece, and wendell his sorrowful but
proud way con the line till he reached
our pickets. And so few days ago, John
Kick, private husband Of Anna Maria Ty-
Ter Dick, presented himself at these head
quarters. He told his tale. He was node
serter. On the contrary, he was the we'd
ded husband Of -, his wife, and he told
who his wife was and how he came to have
her for wife. He produced a letter to the
commanding general, signed Gamma Tyler
Kick" begging that her spouse might be
granted furlough for thirty days, and
pass North for self and wife, ITO arrange
domestic affairs" The letter was evident
~ that of . cultivated lady.-in an exlui-
site hand, on exquisite paper, couched in
well-considered, well phrased and touch
ing terms, giving lucid lucid and cogent
statement OF the case, andpleading forfur-
Tough for Kick, and pass for Kicks, as only
woman ("In our hours of ease, coy, &C..
but &C. Jean plead. The I'd N. Y. NJ. r.
happen now to be in Gen. Burnside CORDS.
It was not in Gen. Buffers power to grant
the request. However, he gave Kick let
ter TO Gen. burnside, recommending that
the request of the other half Of Kick, late
Tyler, niece of ex-Presiden: John Tyler.)
be granted, and commencing John Kick.
(private y. Y. M. Il. u. 9. ", late Of Buff
falO, n. Y. for successful union strategy.
| l understand that furlough and pass have
been granted, and that Kick (John) and
Anna Tyler have gone North. So let it
be.
Meanwhile widow ex-President John
Tyler writes the Herald from her present
house on Staten Island. that daughte Of
the late ex-President has not married
private in the Union army. Mrs. Tyler is
right. l: is niece and not a daughter.
Two old friends meet after long separa-
ton; one says to the other, George, are
you married?" "No. but I have been en-
posed several times, !" was the reply. And
50 there are doubtless others OF the She
chivalry who would succumb to even pri-
Yates in the Union armies, If they were
only exposed as this one was CT.
ATROCITIES OF THE GUERILLA WAR
IN KENTUCKY.-Our heart sickens at the
performance Of a duty, 80 frequently i'm
posed upon US, OF describing the fiendish
acts Of the mscreants whoare now making
our State more fearful abiding place than
1t was when Indian massacre gave TO it the