New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-22
NETWORK, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY e. 1s4s.

atty as debased as it is in spirit it is the sckly
soul within that is SO feeble, and that creates the
whole of the necessity. For what is that man of
schoiarke bearing stimulating his nervous
system with narcotic drugs, Is it dictate OF rsa-
son Is it done in freedom of soul7 Or has his
soul ne better resource than this within its own
proper treasures of knowledge? Does he do II for
the health of the body, or does another power i'm
pei him Alas, lis the souls sickness that claims
this strange indulgence; he is but giving the soul
its way and occasion to lose It's troublesome
strength and freedom and elevation of character
and make ficshly weakness its good and comfort:
ne IS but enabling the soul IN this wav TO relax
from It's nober Estate of reason, and give vent to
Its hoarded-up disquiet. Look not upon the cut
ward but in upon the diseased and weak soul for
the actual reason of these strange anomalies In
human existence. Read all these things in their
fountain, look upon them in their right light, and
look through them understand them Alright in re-
laton TO your own being, to all your acts, TO all
your habits and indugences, to the discipline of
your higher being which you are attempting and
ost Of all know Alright your own imperative neces-
sites, your absolute duties, the conditions
of all your nober hopes and expectations. Dare
to be stronger than any lust or hankering; dare to
be stcsdfast and content with the SOULS own pro-
per good dare to be wiser than the mere blind
impulses Of sensuous and craving nature"
% We find the following in the Southern Rose
copy it for the beauty of the fancy it SO well
deelopes:
RALPH WALDO EMERSON is like unto a man, who
saith unto all the children and dear middle aged
people of his neighborhood-O come, let go
Wonder and dance beautiful dance, at the foet of
the rainbow. There will be treasures beneath our
feet, and drops Of all colors our heads; and
we shall be in the very presence OF the mysteries
of nature. And we and the rainbow shall be one
-aad the drops shall be beauty-and the drops
shall be usefulness-and the drops shall be right
eousness and purity of heart--and mortality and
Immortality shall be identical-and sin and holt
Dess-and labor and rcst-vulgarty and gentility-
study and idleness--soltude and society-bIack and
white shall all become one great commngled ho-
mogeneous and heterogeneous spot OF pure glori-
6cation forever.
Then all the children, and dear middle aged
people exclaimed beautiful beautiful Let us
20 Wonder and dance beneath the foot of the rain
bow. And they all 60 forth with EMERSON at their
head, and CARLYLE in advance Of him-and
RlTCHTER SPINosA several rods in advance of
CARLYLE-and they seek the foot of the rainbow
but it recedes as they proceed. At length, wear
led and shattered, they all return to the humble
village, and will be contented with admiring the
rainbow at distance and will be grateful for the
dark, colorcss drops, that come down to refresh
their heads, and will permit both rainbow and
drops to carry up their thoughts to the Mysterious
Being who created the whole, together with them
selves-and SO continue to walk piously and prac-
tically to their graves.
The MARRIAGE CAsE.-The Washington cor
respondent of the Evening Post gives the follow
ing statement of the Marriage Case now before the
Supreme Court at Washington to which we made
aluson some days since:
The case YVES tried at the Circuit Court at
Charleston, South Carolina. One BENZ. Jewell
lived from 1895 to 1910, with Catholic lady, So
phia Provost, Jewell, and they had eight child
rem. He then left her, and in 8l3 married Miss
lsascs in Richmond, and never returned to South
Carolina. BY this last connection he also left child
rem, and finally died at On searching his pa
| pers in Louisiana, IA will was found among them,
but while the officers of justice were at dinner,
this will disappeared, and has been found.
The last wife and her family only were present.
The deceasedbeing thus intestate, and no provision
being made for the distribution of his estate among
his two families, each claim the Inheritance exclu-
svely. The children of the first marriage claim
that, as tho marriage with Miss Isaacs took place
when the first wife was living, it was void and
her issue illegitimatc. The wife and children of
the second marriage, allied &c rebut this, that the
first connection with Miss Provost not mar
rage, but that she was only concublne, and so
the second marriage was valid. So that the whole
question turned the validity of the first marriage.
10 prove which testimony introduced that they
lived together respectfully, and called each other
husband and wife; that she was called to re-
nounce dover to part of his land. This I'M
animously concurred in by eight ten respectable
witnesses. Still further TO confirm it, the first wife
having renowned her interest, swore she was duly
married to Ben Jewell in Savannah, 1875 or g.
She was married by agstrate. she being Cath
! Ollie and her husband Jew. To confirm this, a
witness who was at the house, but did not see the
ceremony went in, cot cake and drank wine, and
congratulated Jewell and Immediately after she
was in his store and received in society as his wife.
Another witness testified he heard Jewell was be
married on given day; after that he was married
and witness saw him and his wife living together.
There was various other evidence, such as their v
ing years together in Charleston, educating their
childrea &c. The o,her side alledge she signed a
paper receipting for 500 as full consideration of
Jcwes breach of promise and agreeing still to live
with him. 1t was objected that the paper was an
| imposition Jewell and his first wife separated IN
| 1910, and in 1918 he married again, and she also
in lSl9--considering herself at liberty to do the
same, and did marry-beth wives are living. The
Jury found verdict ia favor of the legitimacy OF
the first set of children, and the comes to the
Supreme Court on exceptions 10 the charge OF the
Court, who stated in the exact words of Chance-
lor Kent; +" That if the contract be made per
ger5a de present., and remains without cohaba-
tion or if made per rer6a de futuro, and be toll
lowed by contamination, ii amounts to valid mar
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