The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-05-05
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Iuthc spring Of sixty,fou y GER
tain gallant (:) Colonel M---, Of
Tennessee, made the acquaintance of
Miss 1t of Il county,
Virginia, and through the adroitncss
and p!@usibi'itr Of the former the ac
qoointance soon ripened into IN AT
tachmcnt on the part Of the young la
dy. His plans, however, were sud
denly terminated by an advance Of the
Federal army, which rapidly followed
the rctreating Confederatcs, burning
and destroying rs they advanced.
Major Il was one Of the many
victims, and his loss was severe blow,
and thus at the age OF 60, the once
wealthy Nirginian, found himsclfhomo-
less and destitute compelled to labor
for his daily bread; but his troubles
were not of long duration, for ere the
dawn Of the new year he was laid in
his last resting place, leaving his wife
aud daughter pcmylcss and dependant
upon the noi@hbors forsupport.
The victorious army still proceeded
onward, and early in, sixty-livc Col.
Al--- and his command were cap
tured and paroled and in May we find
him prncticing law in Chattanooga,
Tenn, He soon learned Of the distress
Of the family, through returned sol
dicr, formerly of his command, who
had been wounded and left behind in
the ncighborhood. Ike Immediately
wrote to them, stating that he could
procure q situation for Miss Il
as principal teacher in Il first clas,
academy, and advising her to come OF
without delay, winding up by generous
ly offering to pay her travelng expenses
It is needless to add that this chance
Of making herself useful, with n prob
able thought of happiness at being
near her lover, was sufficient cause
for her to reply that she would accept
the proposition, and that she would re-
quire only 4 few days to make the
necessary preparations. 1t was the
2Gth Of June, however, before she
departed,
Bidding her mother farewell, she
was soon on her way to Chattanooga,
where she arrived on the evening of
the third day. She was met by Col.
Al, who carried her to Il private
boarding house. The next day she in
qui ed about her school, but he cyaded
the question by telling her that she
should rest few days. On the fourtI.
day, when she again asked about her
situation, he cave her no definite re.
ply. The fifth, sixth and seventh days
were the same, and the constant
evasion at length aroused her suspic,
ion to the fact that all was not right
and she accordingly iutimNted as much
TO him, when he acknowledged that he
had adopted that plan to get her there
that they might be married. Strange
as it may seem, she agreed to marry
him. But it was the "old, old story"
---he had something that prevented him
just then, and 50 ON, until he at last
succeeded in carrying her to q house
Of i'll fame, where her ruin was consul
mated.
The scducer then persuaded her to
write to her mother that she had the
situation, and was very well pleased
etc, and the transmittal Of regular
monthly sums verified the story. lie
remained two months with her at Chat
tan0oga, then brought her to this city
where he passed her off as his wife
boarding with respectable family on
Summer street Thus matters stoot
until five or six weeks before she W,
confined when he placed her in ne
gro shahty on Front street, occupied
by former slave Of his family. A
this place he visited her some two
weeks longer, when he deserted he
entirely. After that, she received ;
small amount of money from taking il
such sewing as she could procure, By
this means preventing the negro from
turning her out.
On the night of the fifteenth she sem
fora physician, and shortly afterwards
her child was born. The Doctor learn
ed her story, and the next day raised a
Subscription to send her home.