Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-26 00:00:00

MATEIMONfAE ADVENTURF, OF A PENNSYL-
VANIA DUTCHMAN.

Henry Swingle is a Pennsylvania Dutchman. A few
days since he left the Keystone State, came to this city,
and took board in the family
.of Mr. William Baker, in
Thirty-sixth-street, near Ninth-avenue. Mr. Baker had
a daughter named Angelina, to whom Swingle soon com-
menced making desperate love. Angelina, it seems,
received the attentions of Swingle with a chilling
reserve. Swingle changed his tactics, and asked Mr.
Baker for his daughter, the request being accom-
panied by a statement that he was a large lumber-dealer
in Pennsylvania, and that in the event of the
marriage he would take them all home with him and
support them in fine style from the rich products of his
extensive lumber sales. Mr. Baker at once saw in the
person of. Mr. • Swingle a charming husband for his
daughter, and a most desirable son-in-law fOr• himself.
He commanded Angelina to marry Swingle, and Angelina
yielded obedience to the parental injunction. The mar-
rinrrs tank nlace last Friday evening. Or

morn-
inrk:, the happy bridegroom and bride, the delighted Mr.
Baer and wife; and several jubilant juvenile Bakers,
were, seated at the breakfast-table. They were all
in the most complacent frame of mind, and were
arranging for a. speedy removal to the log-productive
lands of Mr. Swingle. Suddenly one of the blue-coated
city guards walked into the room, laid his potent hand
upon the shoulder of the bridegroom, and exclaimed,
" Yon are my- prisoner.:'. The bright visions of Mr. Baker
were greatly darkened by this occurrence, and the juve-
nile Bakers became less jubilant. The bridegroom was
marched to the Jefferson Market police court, and the
young bride coolly tied on her' bonnet and bore him com-
pany. Mr. Swingle was charged with having stolen a
coat, pants, and stock, belonging to Anthony Bennet, a
pair of boots belonging to 'William Clark, and a vest and
shirt belonging to Michael Dooley. The articles of
wearing apparel named then decorated the form of Mr.
Swingle. It was alleged that Mr. Swingle had boarded
same house with the complainants, and had.
from their respective wardrobes purloined his wed-
ding suit, and then decamped. Swingle did
not deny the charge, and the magistrate committed him.
to a cell to answer at the. Court of Sessions. The bride,
who is- only seventeen, and remarkably.. good-looking,
seemed delighted at the issue, as Swingle is nearly forty,
and haS an ugly face.. • Before leaving- the court, she
whispered to the magistrate, but loud enough to be heard
by those around, "I have had a good lesson, but never
mind, lom as good as new yet:"—New- York Times.

AN AMERICAN DIVORCE.

There is a tremendous divorce case pending at New
Haven, which has already occupied certainly not less than
sixty or seventy columns of the New York papers, and
created great interest here. One Bennett, a pill maker,
fell in love with and married a pretty milliner, who sac-
rificed herself for. the sake of money. Bennett was ugly
and odd. He was not so rich as was thought. He was
scurvy, too, and would not let my lady do as she pleased.
He wanted her to work a little, but "she had married to
be a fine lady and would'nt. For some time there were
tiffs, nevertheless the lady contrived to dress well and
learn a few accomplishments, which it seems- attracted
butterfly admirers, particularly one Smith (or one of the
Smiths) upon whose knee one day my lady incontinently
sat. She kissed him too, all of- course in the most
Platonic way, for she felt for dear Smith as a brother..
By and bye she finds out she hates the unhappy and ugly
compounder of bolusses and she thinks his odd ways and.
an occasional use of the term " shccps mamma," in brief,
which is vulgarly called swearing, will enable her to be
divorced from her liege lord. Her male and female
friendes encourage the idea, and among them-they cook
a pretty kettle of fish. On the trial all the women seem
to have turned against the heroine of the drama and to
have sided with the ugly doctor. The evidencp is all
d. -

/lean out the result will not bt known for a- lieek or
two. The trial shows more things than one. It shows
that it is a great pity,thewomenyf New ll:wen can't find

something better to no than talk about the failings of
their husbands, and it also shows that some people
have a very light- opinion of - the marriage tie, for
this matter of getting a divorce seems to have been for
many months as much a topic of conversation between.
Mrs. Bennett and her casual acquaintances, not to say
friends, as getting the last new novel or the last new
bonnet shape should have been. It also shows that Ame-
rican counsel are permitted by the judges an, undue
latitude of expression, an impudence unbecoming gentle-

men. It also shows that the New York press-is quite
ready to pander to the-vitiated taste of the people, for it
published much of this trial which certainly Ives not fit
for publication even according to the great-city-paper
enflp of Innral;tv fmk.

AMERICXN B,EPUDUTION.—Of the thii
of the Union, there are four who still repudiate their
obligations, and two that have compelled their creditors
to accept compromises. The repudiating- States are
Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, and Arkansas, and those
that have paid only in part are Indiana
.and Illinois.
Thus six States, or nearly one-fifth of the entire body,
occupy a situation of disgrace. They - seem, however,
to be reminded of it' much less frequently than
might be desired or expected by expressions of
opinion from the honest States who have the mis-
fortune to be politically bound up with them. Their
representatives appear to enjoy equal consideration
in Congress with those. of unstained constituen-
cies, and at a very recent period one of the most
prominent advocates of repudiation 'occupied a lead-
ing post in the Cabinet at Washington. This condition
of affairs has now prevailed for 19 years, but with
regard to Florida it should be mentioned that the
default *turns upon a dispute between the State and the
Federal Govenment. The debt was -contracted when.
Florida was a " territory," and she insists that the
authorities at Washington are therefore liable. The
Federal Government deny this, and neither party is in
any hurry to settle the question. Each repels the charge
of repudiation, and the British bondholder stands
between them waiting for his dividends.—Times City
Article.

three States

TILE NEW YORK PRESS.—There is quite a newspaper
mania here just now, no end of newspapers are an.—
nouneed and some have already appeared. Among tho
latter the most noticeable is the Century, a paper got
up in express imitation of the London. Times. It is the
same size, same width of column, same description .of

type and of a somewhat similar arrangement ofk matter.
The first number was published last Thursday, and . its
leading articles have a calm and argumentative tone,
which, if continued, must make the paper a favourite
with reflecting persons. It cites British example in many
places as worthy of emulation here, in this-respect agree--
ing with all the • best papers in the country, which
I am glad to • say, arc constantly evincing a good.
feeling towards the old home of the nation. The
Century is, I believe, the property of a company ; Mr.
McElrath, who was publisher of the Ti'ibune and a bank
president, but fell in with the crash. of last year, is the
publisher of the new paper, and • is. so energetic =
individual that no one doubts the success of the enter-
sooioabe_a_
dpariislye., TThheopzeapdgeroi.ssonoomws atowhaeekvolyt-o,k.bea.ut
awfi-irreshb bound;
Edward Everitt's papers are pushingst int?. a fresh. range
of circulation, Its proprietor; Bonner, is particularly
jubilant at the success of his last spec,. and blows and
puffs monstrously. His enemies dub him- the Barnum of
literature, and his friends the Napoleon of literatnre. I
don't know that he is not the Napoleon.; Roney relied
on main force and Banner on legerdemain; the difference
is sl(e)ight.—Letter from ifelv. York.
JAPANESE CIVILISATION. —At the theatre the ladies
change their dresses three or four times, and afford as
moreeneur,talorit
rauch.amusement and interest as the actors themselves ;
they have a praying. machine, which, as often as you
turn the handle, carrias up a prayer. to heaven; but
they have something better than all- these peculiarities.
nan.ddy roads, and
which are to be taken simply as peculiarities
of lr th
awlolrtsiejeththaiwiustiignldit-alabscinurg:tileds
tcrinoline=
and four-post beds,, paper shoes, on
picked out of our
athglelicfiecrre r
own national doings. rriw, ‘
Japanese, in the midst have good ideas, theses
the length of
theirjed
d 0, m,
ours, marked by mi. es twicell
radiate,,
and
as
milestones,ci...i:ta..
of
ret rest. They.) divide
witelia wholell ' buildrro
noble and ma 'ft
gni cent bridges.; have fire brigades and
fire escapes •
, calculate, eclipses exactly, have good tele-
scopes, and excellent mathematical instruments and car,
centers' tools ; they make good clocks and watches;
engrave-Wood to perfection; have' a' cheap literature, a
child's literature ; are. universally tolerant to all their
thirty-five sects, and only intolerant of Catholicism, which
represents to them Portuguese insolence and Portuguese
rapacity. They are happy, peaceful, temperate, and brave;
they hold their wives on an eqUality. with themselves, and.
the sexes visit and mix as freely as in Franee•or. England;
they cultivate the arts and sciences, and are rational and
civilised enough to delight in music, games, chess, and for-
feits; they do not lament at death, but accept it as a release
from temporal troubles; and in spite of their dense popula-
tion, both infanticide and the prevention of berths are
unknown among them. This is the. singular people, so
_
well-bred and refined, whom it has fallen toth: lotf
of
this present generation to bind into the family
of nations,
ci vili sation .
and initiate into the weal and woe of western
It is a solemn mission, and one in which' we can but hope
. ,
for we
for the ultimate progress and good of humanity
forsee too clearly the individual mischief that must be
any present good to the virgin.
undergone, to believe in
have invaded, and virgin
I empire, whose sanctuary we . . whose.
tro ed.-4:1'0.04i Gazette.
seclusion we have des 7 . ,