The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-06-09
The Wheel of Fortune Revolvas
Il rejected Lovers Depofion.

correspondence OF the petersburg Express.
RICHMOND, May 81, 1868
The wheel of fortune is ever revolving it's
revolutions making the rich of to-day poor and
the poor of yesterday rich. These thoughts are
suggested by a windfall, which has just occurred
! to young and beautiful widow of this city.
During the war she attracted many warm
hearted son of the South, thrown into our midst
by the struggle then progressing between the
North and the South. One of these, gallant
soldier from the Pelican State, poured words Of
burning love into her ear, and with all the elo-
quence and with all the earnestness which q
lover could employ, endeavored to persuade her
to be his forever. Alas! his affection was not
reciprocated, and the young lady could not for
moment entertain the thought of giving him her
hand, unless her heart could go with it. She
was compelled reluctantly to turn him off sad
rejected comfortless and br ken hearted son
| of Mars, from the noble State of Alabama, was
more fortunate. He wooed and won this fair
daughter of Richmond and the nuptals were
duly solemnized. For month the honeymoon
glided most dclectably on, but then there came
u cruel interruption. A peremptory order from
headquarters, sent the young husband and gall
liant soldier to his regiment in distant part Of
the State From that day to the present. the
deeply distressed young wife has never been en-
| abled to hear syllable from her husband. Ad.
vertsements have been inserted in all the promi.
nent papers, (including the Express.) hundreds
of letters have been written, and enquiries inst-
tutcd in every direction. but all to no purpose
The sadly bereaved widow has long since mourned
him as dead.
From the day she hesitatingly discarded the
lover who first wooed her, aud whom she could
not consent to wed until Wednesday last, no
tid:ngs of him had ever reached her ear. On
that day letter came through the postoffce,
post-inarked at an interior town in Louisiana,
and directed to the maiden name of the young
widow. 1t was strange hand writing and upon
first sight of the superscription a thought sud-
denly flashed across her mind that it was from
he she had longed mourned as dead. Conceive
her surprise when she read it. The letter was
from friend Of the neglected lover, informing
her that he had just deceased at his home in Lou
isana, and bequeathed to her his entire property,
consisting chiefly Of gold and amounting to Sl9.
S75 in value. The letter stated that he frequen-
tIy spoke of his Virginia love during his late
illness; that he left Richmond after her refusal
to wed him. and sought death at the cannon's
mouth, or from some bullet, by rushing into the
thckcst of every battle, but no minnie ball
nor busting bomb ever struck him. He resolved
that he would never wed another, and scarcely
a moment ever passed that he did not think Of
the fair one in Richmond. The young widow
who has been thus suddenly aided, pecuniarily,
is one of the most respectable and loveable in the
city, but she and her family "a widowed mother
and an only sister, are in very Strengthened cir
cumstances Nineteen or twenty thousand will
swell their financial pile immensely and place
them comparatively from want A gentleman,
with plenary powers attorney, ETC., has left
| for Louisiana to receive the legacy. Need add
that the good fortune ofthe young widow has
rendered her ten-fold more attractive than for.
nery, and that on Sabbath evening last she had
seven escorts to and from Church, whereas the
Sunday previous she had but one. How true it
is, 'that money makes the marc CO." to use =
homely aphorism.
[Some men will 90 crazy about women in spite
| of the teachings of common sense