The organizer., 1850-07-13

MARRIAoE WITHOUT COURTsHIP.--A
pamonce sUittout Fiction. W Ondrous are
Ls ~" ways of Providence, and singular are
.So w. doines of man, especially in these lat
Wv Wv davs of hum an progress. The gigan
- - s,rides of science, leveling in its track
".siudice and ignorance, making "ancienl
P,oods uncouth," has prepared the human
s;Od 10 combat the expression of the wise
m"n, ~ that there IS "nothing new under the
"n Nothing new, fOrsoothl Well, if
sS",e is really nothing new, old customs
.ometimes appeared before us clothed in a
Grange earb-a very coat of many COL
Ill is not meet that man should be
oI,ne"-frOm the very foundation of the
',ord. women was placed in it TO love
cherish and comfort man In pursuance
oTthe divine gift of God, the custom of
c,vrtship and marriage was introduced
snd at this present day wisdom sanctions
Ie former, while law binds the latter
Courtship and marriage, in all civilized
countries. present the same phase of a
matrimol ial negotiation we are about to
chronicle, possesses a shape of romance
altogether out of the ordinary manner of
every day life, having CLEANED the facts
from authentic and reliable sources.
About three years ago, the Rev R. s.
McClay, of Concord, Franklin Missions
connected with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to visit China and preach the
Gospe to the ben;ghled CelesIials ofthe
central fowry land. McClaY was young.
ardent, enthusiastic, and most willingly
embraced the high and holy duty assigned
him.
In due time he arrived in China, and
was stationed at Eau Cuba, some seven
hundred miles in the interior from Hong
Kong. There he studied the native Ian
guage. and commenced his labor among
The Celestials, with the most fattering sue
cess. Still there was something wanting
"a void in the heart to be filled-he sigh
ed for the best snlace to man, either inl
veal or woe--a WIFE. How TO get one,
was an intricate question to solve. Therel
were no American ladies from whom bel
could make choice, and as for a Chinese
wife, the laws of the land forbade it, Meth
er did his inclination desire il. What
then was to be dOnel A fertile imagina-
ton can accomplish wOnders--a firm de
termination can surmOGnt difficulties that
would "o'ertop old Pelion." lie wrote toI
the Board of Missions on the subject--he
wrote in pathetic-we might say poetic
strains of his lonely condition for the
want ofone on whom he could bestow his
affections, and who would be the partner
ofhis Joys and sorrows through life, and
ended by asking that the Board send him
a young lady who would be willing to be.
come his wiie--agreeably to his directions,
which he sent in the form Of a blank
declaration to be filled up by the lady &C.
ceptihg the proposition.
This was a novel proposition, but the
Board was ofopinion that il wrs a just one,
and pro eeded with due diligence TO
search for the object desired, and strange
to say success crowned their efforts.
Some time previous TO the receipt of Mr..
McClay's letter, young lady, Miss Hen
rictta Sperry, Of Brooklyn, N. Y, made
application to the Board to be sent out as
a missionary to China, but was refused on
account Of being unmarried To her the
application of Mr.. McClay ives shown; she
al once filled up the blank application, and
a correspondence ensued, which ended in
her leaving New YoIk in company with
number OF other missionaries, on the 18th
ofMarch last, in the ship Tartar, for Hong
Kong, where she will be met by McClay
and the nuptial cere moDy will be solem.
nized.
The lady's personal attractions have
been described to US by one who had the
pleasure of seeing her previous to taking
sail on her mission Of love. She is dscrib
ed as being beautiful and acinating in her
appearance, and possessed of that charm
which should adorn every
female charaeter-a we'll cultivated mind,
stored with the richest gifts Of knowledge
from the fountain of education, and mora
refinement which will bear with il the
jewel Of bright inheritance beyond the
confines Of time. .-Alair (Pa) Whig.