Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-30
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THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30.
A Richmond Excursion Romance.

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A Richmond Excursion Romance.
With the excursion party from Richmond.
Va, yesterday, there VAS party OF three,
consisting Of Thomas W. Cocka Mary Jan )
Isbel!, e. yerg pretty boude,) aud their mutual
friend, Mr.. g. il. Jones. all Of Montpelier,
Hanover county, Va Alr. Cooke sad Miss
Isbcll ware clippers from Virginia bsot on mat.
rimony, aDd during the afternoon were m'1.
man and wifi: The couple were rather youth
ful, Mr.. 9. bo!ng ooly nineteen years old, and
the bride two years younger. 1t appears from
| the statements made By their friends that the
parents of Tie girl objected to Cooke as pros.
poctve son.ia-!aw, and some time since closed
| their doors to him. Love laughs at lock
smiths, however, and the lovers found oppor.
tunites 10 do little counting elsewhere. The
courtiag at homo was done by proxy-Mr.
Jones acting the part OF 2 true Ilend--aud sue
oeedcd admirably. The lovers aad their friends
learning of the projected excursion from Rich
mond to Washington, arranged to make 1t the
occasion Of the marriage. Accordingly, on
| Saturday evening, Mr.. Jones visited the
Isbc!l residence, spending pleasant after
! noon and takiog tea with the family. While
Jones was enjoying the hospitality Of the
Isbcll family, the wouldb be bridegroom. hr.
Cooke, was sacrsted in buoch Of woods, about
| 400 yards from the house, ready mouutcd uc
horseback, and Mr.. Chcceoman, friend OF his,
| had three other horses ready saddled behind
| the ice house. After tea tho elder lsbcIl lad
back to enjoy smoke, and Mr.. Jones invited
| the younger Isbell outside to talk about trading
saddles, and 10 the meantime Miss lsba!! fixed
up few articles Of clothing, slipped them on.
to Cheesemau, who strapped the bundlc on tbs
back Of his saddle, and then. mouollng the
horse saddled for her, She soon joined her ai!l
auced 10 tho woods, as did also tie faithful Mr.
Jones and his friend Chcesemap, snd ali four
Immediately started on their journey. Aprre'
hcnding that they would be pursued, they
avoided the public road, keeping 10 tho woota
as much as possible and emerging on the pub
lie road some eight or ten miles itom their
home On the road through the woods Mr..
Jones was knocked Oft his horse By the limb Of
q tree and was supposed to be badly hurt, but
he had started With determination TO aid hi.
friend Cooke, aud lie stuck 70 him. Nlr. Cheese.
mau lost the bundle ithe young IaIy's ololhlugl
of the saddle, and going back to find it failed
to returo, and it is supposed that he Was over
taken by the father aud brother Of the cir and
| that he put them on the wr0ng track.
The elopers rode swiftly to Richmond, dis
tanoa of thirty five miles, arriving there about
ll.3O o'clock, making tho dista1cc 10 about
! 81 hours, and placing thcif horses 10 a livery
stable they took the tralG with The other ex'
cursionists for this city. Arrivioe here Mr.
| Geo. f. Poulson OF The B. 4 7. Il. Il. took
| them 10 charge, procured the necessary license,
aud then the party set out to hud mlulstei
Their choice was either Methodist or Baptist,
but after proceeding to the residence OF several.
and lndiag mono at home, they concluded to
| look outside of these denominations, and Rev.
DR.. Domcr, Of ST. Paul's Lutheraa Church,
being found at home, they had the knot tied
| then and there. Mr.. Poulson saluted the bride
as also did Jones. the faithful trlead OF the
couple, who had earned his kiss, and the party,
seeing aod in the evening left with the cK'
cursi0nists, the happ!est party GO the trGin.-
| IFdSh Star.
BARBARA AFREITCHIE-Scarce!y 10 the same
connection, but as illustrative Of the crcdullty
Of people during the war, J. recall attention to
the beautiful legend Of Barbara Frcitchic.
There arc few things among Whilticrs poams
more touching than this story Of the war 1t
| is as tender as the ballad Of Maud Muller--aad
about az true. 1t seems like iconocasm to
| break the poetic image which Mr.. Whittier
| has carved, and if he had DOT thrown his chip.
| pings over Jacksous grave | would DOT care to
| look beyond the beauty Of his work. The facts
are few. General Jack5on's head quarters 10
| MARYLAND we're three miles short oil Frederick.
and, except when he passed through it to leave
| it, he went into the city bit oncc--on Suuday
night to church. Oa the morning he leit !
rode with him through the town. Ito dli not
pafs the house Of Barbara Frcitchic; nothing
like the fiction of Mr.. Whittier ever oceurred
and Stoncwa Jackson and that historic OLD
| LADY never saw each other. | un lcrstand Mr..
Whittier has said that if the story, as he has
told it, is not true, i, will 90 down to postcrtY
as szch uotl it gets beyond the reach OF cor
rectiep. Exegi neutrality-suspicious. 10y
altv, Questionable ambition. 1t may 90 suE'
gestcd With diGidcnc, chat the name OF Stone
wall jackson will live al loug as that OF Ml.
Whittier and bis poems, and history will teach
the poets children chat ;hc army OF Virginia
did not make war upon flags when waved by
old women.-CaL Kid U0nglas' Z" the Ph'"'
deLphia Weekly Times
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