The Ripley advertiser., 1846-02-07

cure 10 married woman the property they pos
. 'ess 81 the time Of marriage. That before IN
Tennessee Legislature passed ,hs i,cnsss con
tine since, but hes beet rejected, ws see, Y
the lover house by vote ofa7 to ~. Os
correspondent seems 10 ,hint that the one be
. lore our own legislature, will become . lew
The bill reported by tho Judiciary COMMITTED
IN the Alsbsms Legislature, provides 'hs. 'h'
husband shall acquire no title to any propert,
or estate his wife may own ss Tho 'ime Of mar
nsge or which she may afterwards obtain By
descent, gift, devise or otherwise; but that suci
property or estate (whe,ber pefsonal, real or
mixed--in possession, remainder or revcrsion)
shall be held by him in trus., subject to oil the
rules and regulations governing trust estates.
r. however, the husband survives the wife, he
is entil led to one half Of such estate absolutely,
10 case ofpersonal property, and for life whore
i, is real property. f,he wife survives the
husband, she is entitled no dover in the event
her separate property equals in value the inter.
est she would otherwise obtain in her husbands
property. 10 case it does not amount to 80
much, then she is entitled 10 such dover as will
make her separate property equal in value to
that interes. which BY law she would have in
her husbands estate.
1. sounds little strangely to talk about legal
ensctments for the regulation Of property mat.
ters between persons 80 intimately connected
a. those Of husband and wife-ths very cere-
mony which makes them such, pronouncing
them one. But in this day more particularly.
when thousands are annually hurrying into the
married state with no true conceptions Of its
nature and OBJ legations, we know not but that
some such regulations are called for. The ne.
cessi.y Of them might, however. in many instan-
ces, be removed, if the ladies' would exercise
little more care, and be governed by few
definite principles, in the selection Of those to
whom they design committing themselves and
their estates.
AS IT SHOULD BE.-We learn from the Ga.
zet.e that the Holly Springs Female Institute
numbers eig,y pupils, and that the number is
daily increasing.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS Edmund Burke,
Of New Hampshire, has been appointed BY the
President Of the United States, Commissioner
Of Patents in placs Of Henry L. Ellsworth, re-
signed.
Charles A. Bradford Esq. Of this State, has
received the appointment of Surveyor General
Of the public lands, for the district South OF
Tennessee in place Of Alex. Downing, removed.
BANK OF TxNNEssEE.-A bill to put this in
.,itution into gradual liquidation, was lost in
the Senatorial branch Of the Tennessee Legis.
la,ure, on the Goth instant, by vote Of 8 to 16.
GEORGIA SPECIAL ELEcTIoN.-A special elec'
ton held in the third Congressional district Of
Georgia, to fll the vacancy occasionsd BY the
+ resignation Of Mr.. Poe (whig,) resulted in the
choice Of Mr.. Towns,.he democratic candidate.
rWe notice the retirement Of JOHN II.
PLEAsANrs Esq, from the editorial department
Of the Richmond Wing. He designs starting q
daily paper soon, to be called the Richmond
Globe.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FOREIGN
NEWS.
The Steamship Hibernia, recently arrived
from Liverpool, brings dates down to the 3rd Of
January. The most important features Of the
news brough. by it, are the reinstatement Of the
Peel (tory) Ministry, and the improvement, in
the Cotton market.
The new (whig) Premier, Lord JOHN Rus.
SELL had but short reign, being unable to form
cabinet. The difficulty. it is said, grew out
ofthe refusal Of Lord Grey to accept seat in
|, the cabinet, in the event Lord Palmerson should
be made Secretary Of Foreign Affairs-that be.
ing regarded as settled matter under the new
administration. The appointment Of that gen.
.leman to gil the Foreign Office seems to have
been regarded in England. just a. in this coun.
try, as likely to render more difficult and uncer.
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