The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-10-17
Woman's Devotion and Courage.
Romantic Incident la Tennessee.

die Tennessee an incident occurred in {
early part of the war, which goes te she
that determined courage and noble dari
are not always confined to strength of mu
Gle. 1t serves to show, too, that swift a
enging justice somtimes overtakes the offie
der In way the least expected.
Previous to the outbreak in 1861,a your
man OF much promise aud moral worth
Gated in rural neighborhood in one of Il
upper counties, for the purpose of pursuir
the practice Of medicine, the study of whi(
he had JUST completed And when the WI
came on he was among the few faithf
whose honest hearts we're set upon the fla
Of their country. But such was the fore
of the tide of secession and rebellion whic
Iswept over the country as to make submit
sion for the time being, virtue; and he col
tented himself by quietly pursuing his cal
ling, attending the bedside of the sick, all
awaiting with patience the day when til
turbld stream should pass away, aud th
flag Of the Union should again float in til
morning breeze.
That day came at length, and the Unto
army passed through the country;and ever
man was required to swear allegiance to tn
Government The young doctor was tn
first to take the oath, and this act at onc
made him mark for rebel hatred and rebe
bullets, Nor was it long ere his life paic
the penalty. Three young men of tn
neIghborhood were selected as the willing
agents in making him an example to al
who should dare thus to welcome again the
old flag. They went to his boarding house
and finding him seated at the dinner table
rushed in and ordered him to surrender, a
the same time opening fire upon him in hi,
defenseiess condition. Several balls took
as he rose and attempted to make his escape
as resistance was worse than vain. He col
tout Of the door but finding himself mortalIy
wounded, and about to bleed to death Lie
was carried in, where he was again set upon
by his murderers. He begged them to leave
him, as he was then dying. But one OF
them, placing revolver at his head, blew
his brains out, when they retired to report
their hullish success.
The news Of this murderous decd, fell like
damper upon every loyal heart. But there
was one who felt the weight of il more keen
Iy than all the others Miss Livernia w,
the daughter Of well to do farmer in the
neighborhood, was engaged to the young
doctor. She was young, scarcely grown up
to womauhood intelligent, modest. and am
liable, and withai, do licalely formed, wearing
a shoe. that fits children, a No. 10. The
sad news fell upon her like tie crushing
weight of mountain, and she resolved in
her mind to avenge the death Of her lover
With due caution she waited and sought an
opportunity, communicating with no one,
that she might effect her object the more
surely.
Thus lifetime passed on; but justice, like
the revenge for the dead, slumbered not.
One Of the young men who was present,
when the awful deed was committed not
long after was killed by accident Then
another one was captured by the Federal
forces passing through, and when it became
known that he was one of the murderers of
the young doctor, he was shot by order of
the commanding officer. But Turner still
lived, regular guerrilla, the daring, bloody
guerrilla, who styled himself Louisiana
Tiger" And so little remorse had be for
the murderous deed that he lived in the
1t was in the beautiful month of Nav,
when one Sabbath morning the yaung lady
with the heart of Spartan soldier, deter
mined to accomplish the object of avenging
the death of him who, having won her heart,
was dearer than life itself She was young
lady OF exemplary morals, church mem
Der, but sought the accomplishment of the
long cherished object on that day, because
it was likely to afford her better opportuni-
ties than business day would And when
breakfast was over she dressed herself and
left without saying word to any one of
family as to where or for what purpose she
was absent. She left note, however, in
her room. stating the object of her erraud,
and in case she should be killed in the un.
dertaling, she gave directions in regard to
her burial. The note was not found how
ever, until about the time she returned, late
in the afternoon.
On leaving in the forenoon she went d.
rectly to his house, intending to beard the
lion in Ills den and make him an example
Of murdered innocense But she found no
one there, the family having gone to spend
the day with near neighbor. Ste waited
awhile, and then set out for the place, right
ly judging as to where they had gone Ar
irving, she passed the time in her usual So
cial manner. Turner ard his young wife
were there; bnt no suspicious of her intent
crossed the mind of any one. But it would
seem from an expression that fell from his
lips, that Turner either feared Or felt some
Of evil remarking, as he did,
to the man Of the house during the day,
that he wished Livernia would leave, as he
did not wish to be where she was
In the afternoon, as the day began to
wear away, Mrs. Turner remarked TO her
husband that feeling somewhat indisposed,
she would return, and he could come when
be got ready, and left. Mvernia still re-
manned, watching for suitable opportunity
to accomplish her object. At length Tur-
ner went out and was missing She in
quired of the lady of the house where Re
was. She informed her that he had started
home, whereupon she went out, and seeing
him going of, called to him to stop, that
she had word TO peak to him. He stopped
while she advanced to within some thirty
steps, when she fired, the ball passing
through the skirt of his coat, upon which
he broke to run. Not to be foiled in her at
tempt, she pursued, firing as she ran, and
the second fire brought him to the ground
She then walked up leisurely, until she had
put three or four leaden balls III MIN, which
made sure work.
On returning to the house, the lady as
tonished at so unexpected an event, and
coming from such an unexpected source.
said to her; 20, Lvernia, why did you do
so q She calmly replied, she killed one
who was as dear to me as life and | had to
do it, She then drew out another revolver
and went skipping along the path home
ward, feeling that she had accomplished
long cherished object in avenging the death
Of loved one
Thus, within five months from the day
the young man fell, his three assassins had
all met their merited fate, the most daring
one, and the one that finished the foul deed,
falling by the delicate hand of a tender girl.
Some time after this occurrence, Colonel
Qnow GeneraD Stokes, commanding the Fed
eral forces in that section, invited the young
lady to favor him with her presence at his
headquarters She went, accompanied by
a friend; and in the course of the conyersa-