A Romantic Biography

The fittsburgh Telegraph tells an nteresting story of a Mrs. Anna Banks, whose father was a half-brother of Jef'erson Davis, and whose inother was au ndian woinan. The family lived in iuuisiana, and Mrs. Banka worked on a lantation with the slaves till the openng of the war. At thattimea regiment was formed in the neighborhood, and he and her sister were compelled to join t. They were given uniforms and at once weut into active service. Neithor he sex of Mrs. Banks nor of her sister was disnovered, and they kept together ill the battle of Chanuellorville, when the siiter was killed and Mrs. Bauks 'captured by Union men. From that time till near the close of the war she fought on the Union side and ahvaysin the dress of man. She was seriously injured in a scrimmage, and while in the hospital her sex was discovered. - She was then dismissed from service, and has lived in Pittsburg ever since, with the exception of three years.