New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-08
a Love Anfnlr-IIow it Resulted.
From the Memphis Appeal.

Some six months ago young gentleman of our
city formed the acquaintance, at ball room, of
handsome young lady who resides some eight
miles in the country. It seems the Rpng gentle
man was so struck with the beauty Banis new ac-
quaintance that he would dance with no other
lady during the night She invited him TO call and
see her, which he promised to do On second
visit of the young lady to the city, the parties en-
gagged themselves and things went on sWmmingly.
The young man never let Sunday go by without
hiring horse and buggy and posting to his dull
Gina. This continued for some time; presents
were made to the young lady by the gentleman,
among which was a $40 massive gold ring.
OF course this did notmean mHchi and it was
whispered by the young mans friends that the
happy day soon to come off, Only short
time ago, he got his usual horse and buggy and
posted out to his ''best beloved.7 On the roada
hundred things crossed his mind, all about how
he would act when the preacher would say, "you
take this young lady to be your welded wife,
We need not say that he felt all oYersh, and that
the ride seemed more than usually long, but, in
the course of couple or three weeks, he was to
bring his dueina to the city as his wife, and then
all heart-miseries would be over. Shortly after
O'Clock he reached the place. Everything looked
strange. He wentnp to the lawn, but sawno one J,
at last he was at the doorstep of the house; the
doorsWere open, and justas he enteredhe saw quite
a large number of people shaking hands and icon
graduating his wastobe-wife as Mrs. Some
thingelse, and she was dressed up in bridal robes.
In the crowd was a reverend gentleman, and near
her an honest, plain, but neatly dressed. country
gentleman, who was that identified Mr.. Something
else. Our city lover was invited in to join in the
merriment and told to wait for dinner, when
there was to be a splendid repast. Hisappetite
failed him, however, and he suddenly remembered
he had forgotten something very important in
Memphis which he had to attend to, and he started
back in a twinkling,
"a wiser and better mani
Poison was his first thought on reaching here, but
he finally concluded to imbibe sham pain to kill
off his real pain in order that he might drown his
love in the sparkling wine. The only thing he
has been heard to say since is. There's many a
slip between the cup and the lip"
---s-t- So
The MYSTERIOUS ABDUCTION OF CAPT. DEAToN
The Nashville Express 9th ult., says:
It will be Tec0lected that about seven weeks
ago Capt. Deatcn left Murfreesboro' for Nashville
to transact some business. After being missed, il
was impossible to trace him, and it was believed
that he had been fOully dealt with. Within a few
days intelligence has been received that Capt
Deaton was met at the railroad depot at Nash.
vile, on his arrival from Ailrfreesboro, by some
man who recognized him, in company with three
Others. He vas subsequently drugged he cannot
recolect how, and, as he eXpressedit was Rnder
a cloud for twenty days. On coming to himself
he was in a deserted section of country in the
neighborhood of Glarksvile, Arkansas. He repre-,
SCENTS his suffering as intense, bodily and mentaHg
nus body being considerably bruised. He had
been robbed OF his money and clothes. Sick and
destitute, he made his Wayto Wan Buren,, where
aeremalned awhile to recuperate his exhausted
powers. There he received pecuni2ry assistance
70 enable him to return home. When last heard
IRON, he was at Little Rock, expecting TO reach
Mnrtreesboro' about the time his letter you'd
IAls j. one of the most successful abduetions
we have ever seen recorded. How be could have
been carried such a distance without attracting
suspicion to the parties having him in charge is
almost beyond comprehension His wife and
friends have suffered much, at once the prey to
apprehension and uncertainty