Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-10

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vantage on her medium sized figure
With intense interest she watches
the progress of the suit. While the
unromantic counsel read very
tamely her affeetionate effusions,
she famed herself vigorously. All
another time, she leaned on her
mothers shoulder, and food Of
tears essed her pent-up feelings,
when again she was powerfully af
| fected by some evidence, and her
| whole frame was convulsed and
shook like an aspen leaf. Certainly
she evoked much sympathy from
the audience. .. /
l. THE DEFENDANT.
Elisha c. Sprague was made when
nature was in the phonetic business
Physically as well as orthograph-
ieally, he is phonetic man. Five
feet four is probably his stature, and
his breadth is proportionate. He is
rather puny specimen of humans
| ty, however. In his younger days
he may have been natty little fell
low, for he is well made, but when a
man has just emerged from an
amorous correspondence of five
years duration, and has to nurse a
100000 breach of promise suit, he
does not look his best In fact,
poor Mr.. Sprague is out of repair.
His teeth, or rather his jaws, are
somewhat dismantled, his hair is
out of killer, and his whiskers are
out of trim. Even his garments are
in disorder. Mr.. Sprague looks
pleasant enough, and seems not to
care a rush whether school keeps
are not. His face is red his nose
has a generous aspect; the old
erysipelas has left trace of its rayai
ges on the counteHance; the fea-
lures are regular, but pinched in
expression the nose is sharp and
the chin round the eyes are large
and indicate large language, as de-
veloped in his model billet dOar.
They do not indicate photography,
however. The hair is scanty ON the
crown of the head. In manner he
is courteous and snbdued, and he
regards himself as a martyr, and
feels that his young affections are
wounded and sadly blighted. What
strikes the stranger strongest is
what induced Miss Craig to fall in
love with him He is not lOvable
or particularly lovely man. But
wonderful are the workings of the
human heart. He does not appear
much in court, but takes his ease.
and his cigars, etc, at the hotel.
During the trial a number of
love letters of the parties were read.
Some specimens of Mr.. Craig's ten
der lines we give below:
HEART ACHE IN YANKEE LAND.
BosToN MASS Oct 9 1865 Monday
100 o'c a. m.-my Dear and best
Beloved and respected and HON.
ored in my hart to Amanda j.
Craig my dear you must pardon me
for mott written you at Chicago Be
fore left that Place / left the second
day after wrote you my Love my 4
hart has Acked and l have felt bad
for so doing Butt uncle Elisha
coosed me to go with him East to
see Doct Warren and / done so /
shall leave in few days for Chi
cago and then for your place /.
hoap / will gett a few lines from
you at Chicago l can mott run the
risk of Surgacle operation until /
have my matters all settled it is a
great risk so says Doc Warren and
3 others But / cannot Putt lit off
Longer than next spring at the far
therest Love l will write you from
Chicago and Lett you Know all the
Particulars about what my dOct
says Mandy now you have all of
my love and Esteem and respect
Keep a good heart in order to
Keep up your spearitts have
looked at your miniture at least II
Dozen times how / love you and
you don't Believe one word off lit
how ] want to hear from you l
know the way l feel their is a letter
for me at Chicago from you l wish
1 had wings l would fly to your
arms and see you for that is nearly
all the happiness have is in your
company yours as eaver you have
had all of my love and sincear re-
gard and l hoap always will you
write me so l can gett yours against
l arrive at Chicago my love and re-
gard and good wishes to your
mother and father and your beloved
Brother your as ever e 5 Z
MIsCARRIAGE-MADE FUN OF.
CHICAGO october 10, 1865.-my
Dear amanda S. Craig | have this
moment received a Letter from
Connicutt new London returned to
me that | wrote you | sent to
relation through a mistake she
made Great deal of funn Of me
Because | denied of Going to Be
married (this Letter lett the kat
outt) she says | must not Be mad
at hear she says she wrote a Letter
| to Cincinnati she says she will have
some Good funn mrs sprague was
| Good huff to return the Letter to
| me and THAT Lett the seacret out
why L did not Gett q Letter from
| YOU will Please return the Letter
/ sent you through q mistake and L
| will send you the one that has
Benn all the way to the yankeys
states for you to keap as a joak
| that is Plaid on mr.. Booth By my
| Carelessness you can send me a
copp if you don't want to send me
| the 'origion really Do mott Believe
that / am in my right mind ! Ofthe
Time.
Eaverry thing can Be egsplained
satisfactory to you | am wrighting
theas few Lines on top of the Build
ing off out off, the third story of
my Building l can look over the
Lake as well as the Depo whear 1
now sett on pile of jOice on the
3 Storey of the Building Yours as
Eaver. Il. G. S.
/ GOING 1T BLIND. -.
CHICAGO, April 20, 1861 cam
i mott write mntch [ cannntt see