Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-31
A Romance of the War.

Correspondence of the Chicago Republican,
JACKSONVILLE, ILL, Oct. a. 1865.
The facts which compose the following bit of ro-
nance in real life have recently come to my knowl-
edge, and L have permission to publish them with
the understanding that names are given
well-to-do farmer of this county had daughter
who besides being personally attractive was well ed
ucated and possessed more than the usual amount of
All but two of these she treated with favor and be-
tween these two it was impossible for her to choose
not tell When the first call was made for three
years troops in 1861, these two men, together with
the young ladys brother enlisted in the same COM
pany. This event disclosed to her her own heart she
accepted the man she loved, and on the morning he
left for the field they were married Her husband
be bs h
a strong friendship bound these three together
the rejected lover cherishing no i'll feeling towards
battle of Stone River, the I'd of January 1863 the
company they were in was in the fercest of the
strife.
When that terrible conflict was over the husband
was found with his head blown off, and was only
recognized by letter found in his pocket from his
wife The brother was missing, and the disappointed
sutton was wounded so severely that his life was de-
SPARED of. She who was now maid and widow
mourned with an almost breaking heart for her hus-
band and brother. The wounded man recovered but
was unfit for further service, discharged and
cane b fac his was S true and firm
gave him strong hold upon the sympathies and re-
gard of her who had received the love of his life
her bleeding heart were partially healed and at last
she consented to become the wife of him she had once
refused for another She told him, however that She
could never love him as awife should love her hus-
band her heart was buried in the grave of her first
and only love. 1t was the day before the wedding.
and the two were together arranging their plans for
the future. Suddenly her father entered, and hand
ed her letter, saying Read that quick and tell me
mark, and was directed in her husbands hand She
did not faint; but pale death, she tore off the en-
velope and read:
"NEw YORK January - 1865.
MY DEAR WIFE:-I am at last exchanged. Am
very feeble. AS soon as l can bear the journey 1
shall be home
The scene that followed cannot be described. The
wretchednesS OF the twice disappointed may be
imagined, but he acted as true man should and
sincerely congratulated her the safety of her hus
the mystery was explained. On the morning of the
battle he had given letter from his wife to her
brother S to read They soon became separated It
had been severely wounded and taken prisoner. He
had written often but the letters had failed to reach
After two years of suffering worse than death he
nad been exchanged, and now was at home Sorrow
Tor the loss OF the maryred brother alone marred the
happiness OF the reunited couple Their noble and
devoted friend remained to the he Low hap
wanderer in the world. He is now in the far West
and there he seeks to forget the past in the excite
ment of frontier life Surely truth is stranger than
fiction. 'AA--
The Archduke Maximillian's Mexican en-.
voy on his arrival at Athens last year, was much
feted by the Danish King of Greece, by Count Spon-
neck and his camarila, and by the Austrian ambas-
sador OF Levantine descent, Palon Tesla. protest
against this proceeding, however in which it was
characterized as offensive to Americans appear ed in
the ureeK papers, signed by the spirited American
consul at the Preaus, young Garfield of Hartford,
and enthusiastically endorsed by all Republican
Greeks. 1t was quite refreshing to see the Monroe
doctrine indicated in the noble LANGUAGE of De-
mosthenes,