The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-11
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From the Paris True Kentuckian. ath.
The quiet of tho romantic little City
of the, Maidens y was startled few days
since by an unexpected clopement in
fashionable circlcs-the parties being Il bril-
liant heiress just budding into womanhood
and an accomplished professor Of CALLS
themes, formerly gallant soldier in the
Confederate army. The history Of their
love and courtship is the same old story
"the course Of true love- never did run
smooth "a stern guardian, the custodian
of the fair ones" wealth, interposed and
forbade the match but in vain the young
affections of the lovers had been too deeply
enlisted, and they had already become,
"Two souls with but single thought p.
Two hearts that beat ~ one Z.
and had fully realized that Sin life there's
nothing half so sweet as loves young
dream" .nn' ."
How the gallant professor wooed and
won her-whether as the dusky Moor
wooed Desdemona, and she loved him "for
the dangers he had passed." or whether he
wooed her amid the brilliant circles Of the
dance, or "by what sorccry'' he won
hcr-we know not hut so it was, they
met and loved, and, despite the remon-
strances and opposition of parent and guar
dian, determined to link their destiny in
the silken chains of wellock. .-.. :.
A favorable opportunity presented itself
last week to carry through successfully
their long contemplated elopcment. 1t is
an old and true saying, Love laughs at
locksmiths,'' and SO il was in this instance.
Notwithstanding the strictcst surveillance,
the golden moment at last arrived. BY one
of Gloves stratagems," to allay suspicion,
the parties did not avail themselves of the
most direct route OF the ordinary mode Of
conveyance, but first came to this city.
Relays of horses had already been placed
at convenient distances along the route to
the Ohio and by rapid driving the happy
couple reached point opposite Aberdeen
beyond the hour of midnight. Here an un-
expected difficulty arose +: the waters of
the usually placid Ohio were angry and
swollen g the night was pitch dark, dense
fog having settled gloomily over the river;
the star of love itself seemed Obscured;
the skitiman demonstrated against the dam
gerous attempt to effect the passage at that
hour Of the night but his protest was
vain; the lovers were willing ID" '.r ri
"g +, ss !. he a G,pfI . IF rs food
7nsB But I" faint heart Ger won fair lady ~;
the perilohs journey was at last safely
made; the venerable Esquire Shelton, now
in the ninety second year of his age (who
has been q magistrate more than half a
century, and during that time has united
about fifty couples per year, was at once
awakened, and readily getting up, amid
the congratulations Of the friends who &C
companied them, united the now happy
lovers in the holy bands Of matrimony.
For the present this closes the scene; when
the curtain next rises, we earnestly trust
the tableau may represent the bride and
bridegroom receiving the congratulations Of
friends and the forgiveness and benedic-
tons II Relatives. Z" S.']'''-. 2d