The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-07-12
A Sad Story.

Sau StOrys
Some time during the fall Of 1861, the
-th regiment OF Arkansas volunteers ar.
rived at Bowling Green, Ky, and were as.
signed to duty as portion of the army of
observation under Gen. Buckner, at that
time occupying that place Among all
the gay young officers collected there, no
one was more hattercd or envied than Cant
B, Of the above named Arkansas reg.
iment. Polished and insinuating in his
manners, of undoubtcd wealth and position.
courageous and intrepid to degree, Re
was a universal iavoritc with the men. and
when we add that he possessed faultless
person, cultivated mind, and an abund-
ance OF assurance, it is scarcely necessary
to add that he was the pet and idol of the
women.
Prominent in the galaxy of beauties that
locked each evening to witness the dress
parade OF the various battalions, was a
daughter Of gallant old Barren county,
whom we will call Miss Ida S, whose bright
smiles and manifold graccs had already fir. d
the hearts OF more than one of the brave
officers stationed upon this lookout of the
infant republic. In an evil hour she fell
under the eye of the irresistible Captain
R, and in time-to make a long story
short--it was noised about that a marriage
was on the tapis between the aforesaid
dashing Captain and Miss $. So the
months wore en- until February, when the
company to which Capt. B. was attached.
was ordered to Fort Henry, and, by agree
ment-it being understood that the father
OF Miss S-was opposed to the match
she proceeded to Mcn'nh to await his
coming, upon which event the hymenial
knot was to be tiei There could be no
doubt in the mind of the innocent and un
suspecting girl Of the truth of her lovers
declarations, and she acceded to his wishes,
here and stopping at one of the
principal hote!s-her afiianced having sup.
piled her with a sufficiency of cash Tor her
immediate wants. At the battle of Fort
Donelson Captain B--distinguished him
self by his reckless bravery, escaped cap
ture, and reached Memphis, where he, with
others who made their way out of the net
spread by the willy foe, were made lions Of
His visits to his betrothed were resumed,
and all bade fair for happy marriage.
But who shall account tor the wayward
ness Of destiny or the ficklcness of fortune,
or Tor the frailty of humanity? One after
another his fair promises were violated,
one after another the joyous hopes of her
future were clouded, and-shc fell
go what may man without him hide,
Though angel Oh the outward sde"
The false lover-thc perjurcd man-he
who had wrought this ruin--returned to
his regiment, leaving her the irail victim
of his duplicity and iust, to brave the con.
sequence of her weakness or seek Lethe
under the dark waves Of the turbid Missis
sippi. She has not yet taken the fatal
plunge, and the glded walls and loathsome
pleasures Of bagnio are her home, and
the daily and nightly scenes of her sin
cursed life, here in the Christian city of
Memphis, within stones throw of the
steeples cf Cavalry and St. Paul's.
He, the author of her run-he, who
has brought the dregs OF the cup of shame
to the lips of an angel, and the gray hairs
OF plous father to the grave in sorrow. is
respected citizen Of a neighboring State
united to fair woman who, perhaps, little
suspects the load of sin that lies upon the
head of him whom she calls husband
Such is faint picture Of real life as it
is even now in our midst.-.Mmphjs Ar
gus, June 8.
Those of our readers who paid sufficient
attention to our story of "Truth Staneer
than Fiction" in Thursdays paper Gre
published in yesterdays Gazette under the
heading "a Sad Story"), will probably
be interested to learn that the unfortu-
nate victim, having procured copy of
that issue and seen the account publis bed,
doubtless became partially deranged from
the reflection which perusal of her own
sad experience was calculated to produce,
and proceeding to the whari.boat of John
son & Wright, foot Of Adams street, yes
terday, made desperate and almost sue
cessful attempt to drown herself Through
tho efforts Of various persons who were
present, her rash design was frustrated.
Il seems that while number of gen.
tlemen were standing chatting together on
the above named wbarfboat a woman