The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-07-30
FROM THE cEDlRs.
:, July altl,. 1859.

VIZ nave d BUT Otl lldIltiS, tildt VIII "
considered either 'good, bad, or indifS
erent" by others just in accordance
with the peculiar frame of mind. sur
rounding circumstances, ETC., of the
particular individual; it is an account
of a drama-an adventure small
circumstance, or call it what you please,
but we will treat of il as Matrimonial
INVASION expedition raid -skirmish,
or something os the kind, as the mill
tary prestige of some of the characters
in the scene, suggests the propriety and
force ofsuch an allegory.
We have always heard it laid down
as chemical principal that oil and
water won't mix, but sir, this is not
true in all instances, if 1t means that
"Sesceshu and "Rad," have no affinity
for each other, for they sometimes "run
together''-we know of instances of the
the kind
The scene of this martial demonstra-
ton is laid in the nethermost limits of
your county, high up on Flat Creek,
in the vicinity of Boyd's and Crows
old still house. The country in these
regions is Of a broken character, pretty
well covered up in thick cedar growth
of timber and this section of country is
commonly known as THE Cedars."
At intervals the highways and by-roads
pass through thick copses of under
growth, offering the most elegant
location for ambushing, lying in wait,
or camping while in the wilderness"
The object of the expedition was the
kidnapping of q "Union mans" daugh-
ter, by radical official-a publican"
attended upon and assisted in the mis-
sion by a small detachment of eX-
Confederate MATS, Adults, etc., the
moral of which latter clause it to love
your enemies as yourself, pray for them
that despise you, and help to marry
those who will invite you to their
wedding-n,arridge supper.
Onr story is a romance OF real life,
and cannot fail to be warmly apprecia-
ted by the numerous friends of our eX-
confederate brevets; and it might raise
a doubt in the minds of some as to the
truth of that old maxim that "a man
is known by the company he keeps
yet this is quite a true apothegme,
Mr.. r, our publican" friend,
somehow or other, mysteriOusly or
otherwise, was seriously impressed with
the conviction that he owed a debt of
gratitude to clever esquire" residing
in the picturesque region of country
already described, and also arrived at
the conclusion after much reflection
and close calculation that the cheapest
way of paying the debt was to offer
himself as an iRudludblc addition to the
family connection of his household,
and relieve the old gentleman of his
fair daughter, thus striking off even.
But the paternal Squire and creditor in
the transaction did not see it in that
light, and declined to be paid of Ill
deprecated currency-was averse to
the acceptance of the fiatering medium.
However, the young Miss exercising
her judgement i'm the case, "ruled' that
the offer was illegal tender" and
the suit went against the deeply inter-
ested sire, and of course was decided in
favor of cur publican" friend. The
amiablc daughters inclination t. spec
ulate in matrimonial coupons soon
satisfied the father that without some
other remedy than his personal inter-
ference, that the case would beyond
doubt pass without his jurisdiction.
Thus finding himself baffied in his eff
forts to sustain the solvency of his fam
lily circle, he began to seek endorse
ments for the aspiring parties. 1t
may probably be proper here to remark
that, in the secret arrangement of the
preliminaries for the marriage festival,
that our publican" aspirant to matri-
monial honors, had made judicious
selection of attendants for so important
an occasion, consisting of Maj. A.
AdTt. c. and Adj't. s., who,
though he lad not communicated the
fact to them, he knew could not hesi-
tate as to the reception Of such distin-
guished honors. The young Miss, of
course, was conversant with all the
facts and from her the venerable
esquire" gained information As to these
preliminaries and of course i'm limiting
for endorsements for our publican"
friend, he first approached these, his
chosen isc'pIes. First. he Intercepted
Adjt. c. who not yet aware of the
great honors in store for him, spoke out
boldly and without any reservation,
and in SO doing he emphatically wrote
Reputation upon the back ofhis "pub-
LEAN friend, he Utterly "busted him
up higher'n kite" and at the same
time "busted' himselfup likewise. 1t
is sufficient to state without entering
into detail of the good and evil report
of Mr.. F. as detailed by his chosen
friend, that it was by 10 means the
least unsatisfactory to the anxious par
ent, who, thinking that il might ena.
bic him to dissuade the deluded daugh-
ter from her purpose, revealed the en-
tire information to her, which it may
he briefly stated had nc other effect
than to cause the name of Adj't c.
to be stricken from the list of the
chosen guests. We have often heard
of ignorance being bliss, but it seems
quite doubtful i'll this instance.
Another effort upon the part of the
dissenting father to get up an endorse
ment for his prospective son-in-law,
resulted in slight mistake-one too
quite fortunate for our eX-NIaj. of the
chosen few. The old gentleman know
ing the names only of the party, and
having no acquaintance with the indi-
vidual, met a parsonage of the same
name but without the title, he made
the requisite inquiries and Mr.. A
gave quite an unsatisfactory analysis |
of the character of our veritable tax
gatherer. twas ''repudiationn again.
OF course, for the sake of its influence,
tI;., ,vae, CARRIED ha cI- au.l r.lo foJ tc a.,