The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-08-22

lev days, and then disappeared before
the s,e'n realities ofs~.r.
War briggs strange revolutions. The
father OF the young lady saw his property
~s''si, and he died in poverty. Poor
now, the folly and romsbcs which had
once been the theme Of all praise was
lau ghed At; but the mos, singular thing
OF all Was. tha, the young lady loved the
object upon whom she had SO strangely
placed her heart. He had gone to Wv.
g'ais with his COMPANY. She heard Of
and from him regularly until the .un,mer
of 1864 when sll traces ~ him eeased -
The Tigers" were broken up ~ = cons
psnv "rgaHizstion. and the few of them
'tf were scattered through Other regi
merits Her csas,ng 10 hear from >he
man led Hte lsdy 10 believe tn. hs wa.
dead; anil.as marty to the cause she
Ia, cd whs he utourued.
When. however, tue war ceased. and
the scsl,,red fragments OF Southern chiv.
alrv"eanna struggling Rack. she learned
that her husband had been taken prisoner
near Horhik and suls,e in'a cornnssv
of United States volunteers. c5 c5riniit,s.d CT
deser'ers from the Southern army. ana
had been with them s.nt up into Mime
sota for dutv on the horie,. This ~as
= uaeicsl termination to- .r Io,ms nee,
5u' did not q"snch the love -hch had
gown up from nothing m her heart, aud
few mon,la ago abe lett Charienon.
|ssf'inr what little Of her je~eltv .he had
left 10 raise the necesssrv money. ~en, to
Washington. searched through tn. roll.,
but could no, find the name of her hu.
baud " nniW Ae had besn there IL vas
under an assumed name .,,...
She had expected this; but lsving her
casa before Presiden: johnson. shs va.
furnished with the n.ctns.sv Instructions
I" tha commanding offirsF of The d-par,
meat in which her hushsud might 10 %
secure his reiea,s from ser,ics. a nd shs
came west With the intention Of proceed
ing along ths track the troop, had taken
"'il sh~ could Obtain some infoinn alton
ri him. = :. Sou. .
Arriving in Chicago. shs was fortunate
enough to meet these a mar uhom she
had known in Chsrles,o, when shs va.
The t.lls af tho citv--a man Who had
deserved the rebel flag and j"insd the
Union army with her husband. Fr,m
him shs learned that what she had heard
was ,rue-thsi both had been mustered
out on surgeons cssii fcst.s of disability.
and had come hack tn 8, Paul after the
I"disn tsmpsign %a over :
Both had ton much prid. to return TO
their home now: and while Oh. h.d come
IN to Chicago. the husbard had tsnAin
ed At St. Paul to pursue his r.ckl..s
courss 81 gambling under the assvrne ed
name Of GrSnt'sy. and Was either th.r.
or CIT the river. Unpleasant .. was ,hs
intelligence. vit was Welcome to tho poor
woman, who At once eel out for St Paul
While At The depot in Chicsoo she had
her pocket picked OF NEARLY all the money
she h sd. snd when she arrived ia this
city on Wsdns'dsv hsss.in = dss,itute
condition. " 80 ,...,.r. ... go.
Yss'er.lSy morning shs wen, 70 tn.
oftiAs Of Major Tslimshgs and told that
gentleman her si,ua'ioa and the desire she
fe't Of At ones proceeding to 81. Paul, in
hopes that she s,ight ,hsrs hud the oh
j-ct Of her search. She said thaushs was
here withou,a friend TO apply TO. and A.
humiIisiios a. il was, there was no other
GONNA lef Tor her +, ,a", ...., 4.
A clip from tie Charleston Courier
gave the ineiden, which ws.havs ysls,sd
above A!'hodgh elder, TO- vsNs tha n
shsr she vas guilty ofiLsnopsn,ic act.
and exhibiting every trace Of sorrow, shs
sill looksa beau,ifni. asd her siseeIily OF
nnsInsr. sii'' controlled by :Sonthers 6au,
t-pr. and prids, spoke tho aruth Of hsr
''sser'ion-i IL is needless to sav abs, she
was provided With tie necessary msan.
to reach s, Paul; and We trus, ~hs, I'LL
ind her husband: who. il he .has one
'smnsnt Of humanity left 10 him. will
,aks care Of ssd. kindly D,res, ,hi. snes
proud but ds'o'edS.d unhappy -its.