Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-01-04
TuEBlIILER DIVORCE CASE.

! The following. from NJ. NJ. Noah's New York
Sunday Times is pretty god exposition Of Inc III
vorce Case ~
The 4l in Philadelphia on an application ofPi rec
Ru-Isr 10 OBTAIN divorce from his life. Fanny h"mbe
Butler excitps mech interest here IL does n e
CITY Of Bfothery Love- and the testimony Is sought
after with great avliy, not only from the responsibility
Of tire PARTIES but from the well knowing talents ana pc
cnIiarliles Of the lady hersff--Ihe application hr
dv,rce !, f.anded On novel plea. TIE husband com
nIinS not of ind-y any criminal allegations against
the lady, but 4 charge of tpsertng hm-depHvlng MN
Of his ina rrimunal comforts, is marital rights and
the society Of his wife, consequence OF her absence IN
ENGLAND fur sone wears whereas, it is alleged by ne
defendant in The suit, that such his l-usage his
rough treatment, thar it possible to live with him.
aud therefore compelled 10 leave the house, which
she did by his consent and under agreement 10 leave
the country.
Th, a most singular position for if the defence is
founded on t.cS the husband himself, by his unklnd
conduct brought very for which he seeks
be divorced. He compels her, by pad treatment II
she is he believed, t. leave her house equally hers as
il hs) and then for divorce the ground of de-
seron Ore Of The grounds Of his dispras is the
continued correspondence of his wife with Mss Srdg
wick lady whom it isa great privilege and pleasure to
be in correspondence with.
This case we take it can be compressed within very
narrow limits. Fanny kemble, girl of strong mind,
education and capacity mar In some respeciby ecc1n
rciiies and pecnares arrives in This country with her
father from England, and appears stage Her
popularity and success we're unOounded She was with
rival in her line, and had The whole Union in her
nndspuied secession. Five years would have secured
her fortune Of 100000 by playing star engagements
in every city Of tie United States, where reception
would have been uniformly enthusiastic. Wishing,
probably 70 be rid Of parental authority maginug that
all her earnings would nure her own benefit de-
srous of escaping fom resome profession ease, fash
ion and elegance she took ticket hastily in the lottery
of IN ,trnony and drew blank Let it not be under
stood that consider Mr.. Butler blank There
many w,men 10 whom he might probably have proved a
prize but not 90 Fanny Kemble and no man can look
for happiness in the marriage state feeling that his mind
was rss powerful and intellectual then that of his witeS
and fAw wives who feel he superiority of intellect, have
the prudence conceal from their husbands. Unhap
py marriages. uucongeniaily Of temper, separations and
divorces the result aud This take to be the
ofdiffculties between Mr. Butler and his wife She is
by far the clever OF TIE two, and she probably els
him know it. lie feels it, and does not like it.
We know of no condition Of he human family S. dread
fully annoying. and veXatIous TO Of any censulll-
ty a. that lis wife considers him "a good
lure enaugh but deporably ignorant.' This triumph
Of sensible wife make her husband believe that he
far superior. intellectual to what he really
is. 1t makes him good erms with himspIf-it a
ruuseS his dmhiton- awakens his fIfrgieS and posi-
bly, may produce the very results which she mos de-
sres Then on The other hand there are some fears that
The dot may take all his we's 60 p'menls realities,
and actually believe himself far superior his wife in
talent and intelligence. \ clever, managing wife, how
ever Will be her guard and not allow her husband to
d.cnver his own defects her superiority
As far The testimony has gone. and the case been
gued BY the learned counsel IN brh Sides ready
to give Judgment this application Of Mr.. Bu,ltr-
namely, Jill refused.