Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-02-13
From tie Richmond Compiler.

i DnoReEs-1hore have been an unusual number O
petitions fur divorce the present Legislature; bu
they find no favor. Only OF large batch has gon,
through and that by gtt squeeze. TIE favored re
on that Of Henry kers, for divorce fron his
wife Mahaa. This came from the county vi Nj
ZION. and was supported with aud energy
by the worthy delegate from that county CHR Kidwell
that alone secured passage lie made slrong an
peal Tor kerus-hr represented Alahala a dlshlnv.
gay, flirting and flanntlug gid who by her wiles and
artlf1ces nseigled kefns honest and arless black
smith. into narlnuny aud such life thereafter did she
lead him, as might we'll make him eNcaim with the old
sony. The d. ne'er had such wife" The final
act upon which the petition was grounded was the
marriage of Mrs Mahal1 kerns Mr. Motley Shnitles
worth. Or as Mr.. 1aliaterfo called him, Motley Shut
tleblrarrp The ceremony was performed by Pennsyl
yania Jusice alias Judge II was impossible to resist
The warm appeal Of Mr. kldwrll-spire Of the puupent
dIcule aud pointed satire of Mr. Siova Of Halifax,
whose maiden effort Ia debate celebrated the occasion:
Aisugro The uniayorablc report from the Committee Of
Courts of Justice and the opposition Of the active
Chairman Of the Committee. Mr.. Kidwrl carried the
day. and the honest and hard listed kens was liberated
"a ylnculo mathematician the tickle and aithIess
hahala Since then the Senate have also endorsed iho
justice Of the petition. aud thus completely knocked of
the chains which The unsophsiicaled blacksmith suffer
ei tie lair dtcclVcr Ia tmge around HIN.
~ much for the backsnlth.-but we believe we may
assure the other petitioners that there is no chance for
thrh-noihng short OF a siedge hammer force will
knock the Aachtcs oH-and IL IS not every petitit,ner
that has a kldWell to enrusi his or her cause To.
Some inquiries have been INDUCED rs to the cause Of
the accumulation OF these petitions for divorce Same
attribute them Ia the hard times; but as we are the
incnds Of malrnouy, We cannot make an admission ON
this head For the present, viii leave this question
10 mofe astntc political economists
1t appeafs, however, that not only in VIRGINIA
that these nereasng IL is the fact Of most all
the States. The last. and most remarkable case we
have heard Of, Is the following from New Jersey AZ
ter this We shall neNt expect II hear that the case refer
red 10 by Mr. Stoyall, in the mountains viii be sent in
10 the Legislature.
Tie applications for divorces in New Jersey re even
more than usually numerous this session Of the Lee
pslatufc but only have ben granted thus far
The correspondent Of the Newark DAILY Advertiser
gives the following sketch of one If the casrs which
came before the Legislature and passed the House few
DAYS since.
The application came from the husband and amono
other charges against her he said she was too familiar
with Young gentleman. and drank swivel and PLAYED
cards with him. After the documents were read let
ter was SEM the Clerks table, which had lust been
received from the wife. She said ''she should not on
pose the divorce. bat the bill ought be changed 50 thai
she might be divorced from hun. She was married to
him when very young, and IN about year she found
she bad mistaken the man. lie could afford her no
pleasure. and she sought il csen harefpr pleasure and
happiness are the aim of every one-and il there was
any eallantTy IN the Legislature, she thought they
would change the application and divorce her from her
husband -