The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-09
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= ~ NAA0A II ANNADAs
A bachelor friend Of ours, one of your
quiet unobtrusive fellows, whose genu-
inc romance of disposition is eternally
getting him into all sorts of unaccOun-
table and ridiculous serapes, and whose
love of the conYiVial circle has not un-
frequently caused him to make lib
eral, IT not willing, pecuniary contribu-
tlons toward the current expenses of
our noble municipal system, has given
US the particulars Of q most extraordi~
nary case of crime and misery, which
lately fell under his observation; and
with such changes of names only as are
necessary to avoid lacerating the feel
ings of the relatives of tee victim, and
of the victamizer, we will lay the facts
before our readsrs.
Some time during the fall of 1861
the til regiment of Arkansas Yolun,,
teers arrived ct Bowling Green, Ky,
and were assigned to duty as a portion
of the army of observation under Gen.
Buckner, at that time occupying that
place. Among all the gay young Off
GERS collected there, no one was more
fiattered or envied than Capt. B,
of the above named Arkansas regiment
Polished and insinuating in his manners
ofundnubted wealth and position, cour-
agous and intrepid to degree, he was
universal faVorite with the men and
when we add that he possessed a fault
less person, cultivated mind, and an
abundance of assurance, it is scarcely
necessary to add that he was the pet
and idol of the women.
Prominet in the galaxy of beauties
that hocked each evening to witness
the parade of the various battal-
lions, was daughter of gallant old
Barren county, whom we will call Miss
Ida s., whose bright smiles and
manifold graces had already fred 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 Capt B, and in time
to make a long story stort-it was
noised about that a marriage was on
the tapis between the aforesaid dashing
Captain and Miss s.. So the months
wore on until February, when the com.
pany to which Capt B was attached
was ordered TO Fort Henry, and, by
agreement-it being understood that the
father of Miss s. was opposed to the
mstch-she proceeded to Memphis to
await his coming, upon which event the
hymenial knot was to be tied. There
could be no doubt in the mind of the
innocent and unsuspecting girl of the
truth of her lovers declarations, and
she acceded to his wishes, arriving here
and stopping at one of the principal
hotels-her affianced having supplied
her with sufficiency Of cash for her
immediate wants.
At the battle of Fort Donelson, Capt.
B distinguished himself by his
reckless bravery, escaped capture, and
reached Memphis, where he, with 9th
ers 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 for the way
wardness of destiny or the fickleness of
fortune, or for the frailty of humanity
One after another his fair promises
were violated, one after another the
joyous hopes of her future were cloud.
ed, and-she fell.
'Owhat may man within h m hide,
Though angel on the outward side p
The false lover, the perjured man, he
who had wrought this ruin, returned to
his regiment, leaving her, the frail vic
tim of his duplicity and lust, to brave
the consequences of her weakness or
seek LeIhe under the dark waves of
the turbid Mississippi. She has not
vet taken the fatal plunge, and the
gilded walls and loathsome pleasures of
a bagnio are her home, and the daily
and nightly scenes of her sin cursed
life, here in the Christian city of Mem
phis, within a stones throw of the
steeples of Calvary and St Peters.
lie, the eathor of her ruin; he, who
has brought the dregs Of the cup of
shame to the lips of an angel, and the
gray hairs of pious father to the grave
in sorrow, is respected citizen of
neighboring State, united to fair wo-
man, 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-Memphis
Arglfs.