Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-10-31
A Soldiers Wedding.

neSdaY last, Pensacola TO MIS- IeHtna Hunt
The vidders,' as Samuel Weller says the most
captivated of the female for we thought no fem
mime birdlime strong enough to catch 1wlggs.
The General must be somewhere in the neighbour
hood of septuagenariansm just now, having travel
ed on lfes highway for respectable number Of years.
Mrs Telitha's age we have means of asceraining,
but presume that it is in keeping with that OF the
= boud soger boy and up in the ffties. If not so
elevated in maturiys way, the Pensacola Gazette,
from which copy the hymeneal notice. will please
apprise US, that may have an opportunity of
making the amende honorabef for the most heinous of
all female detrGCtiOnS
1t appears the General and the widow were not
allowed to enjoy the honey moon unmarried, or with
all the felicity usual to that joyous period, the
b'hoys Of Pensacola acting the Old Rc principle,
mustered with their sheet-iron instruments tin
kettles tin trumpets, and cow-bells, and serenaded
the veteran and his Iady-Iove until hundred dol
lars were forthcoming, which hundred the Gazette
states, was promptly handed over and distributed to
the needy If that snnt t1rigg-ing' the General
we know not what is. But Mrs Hunt may yet have
opportunity of saying to the sciOns of her house
in an instructive way, the tlUig is bent, the
tree nclines. The veteran Twiggs is yet as straight
as forest oak May the acorns of the blissful
riage be many Nee O7eonian.
Court Scene in Arkamsas
The Camden (Ark) Herald relates the follow
ing:
Judge O., who is a possessed of the usual
quanum judicial dignity, and never suffers it to be
run over without word or explanation from the Of
fender was administering justice in the town of
The court proceeding rapidly in the despatch of
the public business, with unusual degree of que
tude except the steady peals of the full toned and
eloquent voice of Col. W, the jealous States at
torney when all at once out in the street, hard by
the courthouse, loud voice was heard, making a
horrd use of the Kings English, and threatening
great abuse Of the human form divine in this wise
Jst hit if you dare with that stick and wish [
may be chawed up if don't knock the death groans
of your Internal ribs u This attracted the court
attention, and caused the speaker to halt
Mr.. Sheriff. bring that belligerent into court .
said the Judge.
The Sheriff obeyed and brought in by the sleeve
liberal specimen of natures works in the shape of
man about six feet four inches in his hrogans not
bad face but indicative of inordinate passion
for fat beef and 'bust-heac."
. Is that the man raising that disturbance outdoors?
said the court.
"Well 'spose is, if you call talking in yedrncst
raising fuss" replied the offender
The court commenced one of his moral lectures,
for which he is remarkable, strongly animadver-
ting upon the great criminalty of swearing fighting
&c. &C., when the offender, with great earnestness
spread over his countenance, something like mix
ture of a laugh and cry, interrupted the court and
said:
Stop, Judge and let me tell you the rale circum-
stance of it, [ warnt the digreSsor. He draw'd on
stick full two feet over, and made circumlocu-
tory motions about my head and jst gealcd nv
self on to my dignity, and suspended myself my
rights-thats ALL
This speech broke the thread ofthe courts remarks
and for several minutes with his under lip between
his teeth it turned the leaves of bis docket AT
length it said 8 Let the gentleman retire for this
timen AS the hero of this sketch passed out the
door he was heard to say-"Be jeemany cornered
the court that time.