, 1864-05-13
A rhr,1Esne Incident Of the War.


We find in ths Courier des Etats Unis, the
, following narrative Of tn incident In the
siege of Charleston, from the Mercury Of that
city:
Tho Yuukaes frou, time to t1me t'1row a
D. clt 10 4.,a c.-y u., u,iu':y steuls IL laiui
il. But mi.so1idae tli1ti the. vest. t,iay :.
sEcl should throw lie entire community !n-
Miss AnIs pickens, the daughter Of our
fOr1ntr r Cor efnoT, never consented to lpAye
Tie city, Despite the representation Of Gen.
Eeaurcgard, she remained, Drawing shells and
Greek ire, tending the wounded and cheer
y ouneed officers under her ministerlng care
was Nr. Andrew dc Rochelle, descendant
cf one Ut the nob1est Huguenot families of
this city, This 3ouDg m!n was full of tha
llyeliest gratitude for his fir nurse .grats-
tude gave birth to more tender sentiment;
| lle suit vas listened to; Governor Pickens
-CAye his consent, and the marriage Mas fixed
fcr Yesterday the 23d Of April
Lieutenant dc Rochelle WAS on duty at
Fort Sumter in the m3rhinY, sad It WIS de-
tc,mined tsAt The ceremony should take
rlaee at the residence Of General Bunham,
In the evening, at clock. At The momsnt
when the EpiAcoPal Clergyman VAS asking
tie bride If sle WIS ready, shaD fell upon
the roof Of the hulIdingr penetrated to the
room where the company .weTo assembled,
burst, and wounded nfnc persons, and among
the rest Miss Anna Pickcns. We caunot de-
scribe the scene that followed. Order Tas
at last re- established, and the Woundsd were
removed all except tue bride, who lay mo-
tionless apon the carpet. Her bet=othed,
kneeltng and bending over her, was Weepiug>
bitterly and trying to staunch the blood that
yelled from terrible wound under hsr left
breast. 4 surgeon came, and declared that
Miss Pickens had not longer tthn Two hours
to lire. We will not undertake to paint the
general despair.
When the wounded girl recovered her con-
seriousness, she asked to know her fate, aud
when they hesitsted to tell her."And,ew,i"
must die, I can die worthy Of you" The
young soldiers tears we've his ansWer, aud
Miss Anna, summ onfng all. her strength. at
tempted to smile. Nothing could; be more
heart-rendiDg thnn to soc the agony of this
brave girl. struggling In the embrace Of death:
and against terrible mortal pang. Gov.
Pietens, whose courage is knowa, was almost
without consciousness, and HRS. Plckens
looked upon her child with tho dry and hag-
gard eye Of one whose reason totterB.
Lieut. de Rochelle Was tho first to speak
"Apna," he cried, - / will die soon, too. but
1, would hay, haze yo,n' n die my rife There isyet
The young girl did not reply; she Was too
weak. a slight flush rose for IN instant to
her pale check; 1t could be seen that JOY aud
pain were struggling in her spirit tor. the
mastery. Lying upon . sofa her bridal
dress all stained with blood, her hair disney
e1ed, she had never been mora beautiful
Helpless Us she was, Lieut. do Rochelle took
her hand and requested Rev. Mr.. Dickin-
son to proceed with the ceremony. When 1t
was time for the dying girl to say Yes her
lips parted several times, but she could not
afticulate. At last the word Was spoken,
and slight foam rested upon her lips. The
dying agony IVES near. The minister sobbed
a. he proceeded with the ceremony An
hour afterwards all was over, aud the brll il
chamber Was the chamber Of death. Lieut-
De Rochelle has sworn to perish In battle
against the Yankees, and We are suro that he
will keep his oath. lie has now double
motive to hate them and his own existence
Our entire community share tue grief that
aiIlicts the family Of Gov. Plckens. The OBJ
seouies Of Miss Anna will occur tomorrow
morning. at II o'clock. Gov. Pickens and
Licnt- De Rochelle will be chief mourners.
Our Ex-Governor lesires that thers shall be
no military parade. The funeral cortcge will
be compoecd Of all our ladies', all our Magis-
trrtes, al our Generals, and the wounded
soldiers, many Of whom owe their dfs to the
devotion Of the deceased, Never has woman
been followed to the grave By SO many re-
grets-never has ono lott sadder remembran.
ces in the hearts Of Char1eAtonian1-