Litchfield enquirer., 1839-12-05

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Sertltn merry girls 10 Hudson g., about 4
~ssk NgYs con1plred with certain young
naneeIs % q theirs 70 have q mock mar
nnBe last saturday night. To this end q
certain black-eyed Girl entered into mock.
matrimonial contract with a beau IN wits.
kers. and Invitations were sent 10 some fiftv
persons 70 meet the happy pair al home. be.
tween the hours Of eight and nine an the
aforesaid evening. But the o,as; bride.
| groom, thinking that q good ioke n,ight he
carried little further, engaged 4 friend ~
his to actas holy father on the occas;n,.
and arrived at the house couple Of hours
before the time for the at home and Sal
EMMY insisted op the ceremony being per-
formed. The black-eyed beauty was at first
taken somewhat ahack, as the sailors saw.
but she finally, with great apparent relnc,
tppce, consented, and the ceremony was per.
formed. The party arrived--the pseudo
minister evaporated wedding cake and
wine was handed round--the welded pair
congratulated and after the company de-
parted, the married couple looked Of each
other ra:her soolishIy, not knowing exactly
what to do. Il was finally concluded that
the joke bad been ca FRIED a little too far, and
the best thing that could be done, was to
make the false match real ole, with the
quickest expedition. Ina few DAYS after,
therefore, real marriage was got up, ana IN
the mean time, the uneasy lovers (for they
really were such) beguiled the duh and te-
dious hours as best they could
Marriage is no joke after all, and ii is best
for children not to NEEDLE with edge tools.
Pulpit Advertisements - we nrotest apa;r,st
the practice which is becoming somewhat
prevalent, because ministers have in so ma
ny instances complied with it, of making the
pulpit the organ for catchpenny ADVERTISE
Hents. II a man comes along with show of
some Sort an exhibition of paintings, magic
lantern, OF what not, and only Tugs ia some
thing about Palestine, or Jerusalem, or In
dia. or the heafhen, he will consider himself
entitled to the free use of the meeting house,
Tor mis- exhibition or lecture as he calls it,
or at least he will send his notices to every
clergyman in the place, to be read from the
sacred desk, announcing that Mr. "A. will .de-
liver lecture on some subject Of the char
acter above named. and generally closing
with Admission, twenty-five cents The
pulpit Is no place for such things. The lee
ture or exhibition may be good enough, and
interesting enough, but IL The lecturer char
ges his audience for his services. he should
make his announcements through the ordi-
nary and proper channels for advertising
Every thing Of the kind should be excluded
from the pulpit is out Of place there-and
we really hope that no clergyman. in this vi
cinity at least, will ever again consent to be
made the mouth piece for such notices
Hartford Seeretary !.
A Hard Case. George Mortimer Ward
we'll was we'll educated, and at % married
beautiful wife.a native of England, of hand
some expectations. About two years after
his marriage his wife's father died, and he
was invited to England, to receive his wife's
portion Of tho estate of the deceased. He
accepted the invitation, left his wife under
the protection Of his " intimate friend, !" Hen
~ Anson Willoughby. went to England, re-
ceived his wffess portion and letter from
an American friend, returned IN obedience
to the suggestions Of the letter, found his IN
FAINT son in the orphan asylum. and learned
that his wife had gone off with his friend
Wiiioughby. At Montgomery, Alabama, he
learned that Willoaghby had left his wife,
thatshe had left the place, and after tracing
her thence TO Mobile, New-O Orleans, and up
the Mississippi, he found himself at ST. Louis
in a state of despair, joined some loose COM
panions, entered house Of i'll fame, and
there found his faithless wife. He rushed
from the house in state Of distraction, and
the next morning found him at the police of.
flee. charged with being drunk and disturb
ing the peace. His sufferings being greater
than any the justice could infici, he was dis
charged.
We regret to announce the death of Sam
uel Ward. Esq, of the house Of Prime,
Ward, King & Co., and President of the
Bank Of Commerce.. MFR. Ward has been
outof health for some months. but appeared
recently to be recovering. Disease, howev-
er, seized upon him violently a few days
ago. and he expired at his residence yester.
day morning. Jour. Of Comm.
Winners and Losers "A iacobin press in
Virginia, instead Of being appalled, by the
wide spread ruin brought on the country by
its party, cxclaims with demoniac spirit:
.'The Banks are down! Let the people |
put foot upon their necks with a giants
strength. Let the first act Of Congress be.
to pass the bankrupt law against the banks,
recommended by President Van Buren,
Let their hydra heads be Topped Of at single
blow.' aS 7'{k
Who are to be the sufferers ia such cru
SADIE! The Banks Why they are nothing
but souliess corporations The People
Aye the merchant, the mechanic, the ma
nufacturer, who are indebted to the Banks
aud the farmer and working men who hold
their bills-in word, the greatness of COM
munity will bleed when these hydra heads
are Topped Off Who are to be benefited
by the warfareg The oFrIcE-HoLDERs,w whose
salaries of GOLD and SILVER will be increas-
ed FOUR foLD by the very causes which will
grind to the dust every other class
Albany Advertiser
Relic Of he ReDolutioa.--Mr. Philander Dasham
showed us cannon ball, the other day. to which
chung twolarge oysters, besides number ofother
email shell fish: He found il while Clustering in the
Sonlid near tho mouth of our harbor. Though i Is