The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-07
EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.

TUESDAY MOkNlNd.s y low
EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.
We gave yesterday, brief sketch from
the Tobacco Plant" of case OF blighted
male affection, in which the sufferer Is
about TO apply TO the law, for relief to his
wounded affections 1t is worthy of more
extended notice, affording. as it does, stri-
king illustration of the instability of human
things It will no doubt be regarded by un-
charitable bachelors, rs presenting another
proof of the saying of Cervantes, that "be-
tween the yes and no of woman, there is
not room to put the point of pin" The
unhappy victim, as we have slready reeited,
was one Squire John Bradsher, Of Person
county, N. c., who, after widowerhood of
few months. sought consolation in the soeie-
ty Of Miss Frankly Lea, young lady Of
fifty seven. with a dowry of $4,000. The
Squire, mere youth of seventy, soon made
his way to Miss Franky's susceptible heart,
and the result was proposal and an engage
ment. The morning of Saturday, the 14th
of July, at O. clock, was fixed upon for the
marriage. The matter, thus satisfactorily
arranged, the Squire, says our contemporary,
procured his license, paid an extra price for
1t, in view of the expected accession to his
wealth, employed parson, rigged himself
out in suit of black, and made every other
Imaginable preliminary arrangement for the
ceremony, which was to consummate his
bliss.
But s'tLe course of true love never did run
smooth" as will be seen by the following
abrupt and melancholy transition from the
placid stream of hope to the rough waters of
disappointment:
The daughters OF Mr. Samuel Johnson, another
widower of the neigbborhood, were invited to the
wedding johnson was only 57-Miss Franky's
age exactly. They had been children together
and while they were both quite young they had
loved lie not satisfied that she and the Squire
should marry. On Friday evening the day before
the expected wedding. seeing a neighbour passing
Johnson very much excited and disturbed John
stated to him that he could not bear the thought
of Miss Frankys marrying Squire Bradsher-and
that he wanted him to go to Miss Frankly at once
and say to her for him. that If she preferred mar
rying him to Squire Bradsher, she could do 90
The neighbour insisted on bis wiring her letter
to this effect Offering to deliver It, No, he
am entirely two nervous to hold pen. You must
go anu uoifct tnc mebSAS6. FI0diiy no Couscutcu
and repaired to Miss Franky's residence charged
with this message of love. Miss Frankly, In reply,
authorised him to say to Mr.. Johnson, that If he
would get ready to marry her at sunrise the next
morn Ing she would marry him.
IL was th en- late 10 the afternoon. Having time
to spare, he put off under whip and spur to Rox-
borough the county seat for his license, and at the
same moment started off q servant to Leasburg for
spsrson. The servant took care not to inform the
minister what 1t was his master wanted with him,
but only said that his services were impeTativey
required at sunrise next morning. -
Mr., johnson, the minister who had been en-.
gseed to cficiate, and the friend who had borne
the messages OF love between Miss Franky nd the
bridegroom, were at their post at the appointed
hour The marriage rites were performed and
Mrs Fraaky Lea became Miss Frankly Johnson.
An hour afterwards Squire Bradsher and his re-
tinue were to come Accordingly the bride hssti-
ly addressed note to the Squire, informing him
that she was no longer Miss Frankly Lea but Mrs
Frankly Johnson, and that he need not trouble him.
self any furthur about her.
The astonished lover, unable to believe
10 the existence of such prodigious pertidy,
regarded the note as a hoax, and to settle the
matter hastened to the presence of his ina
morata. To his inquiry if she wrote the note,
he received an affirmative reply; and, incens-
ed at her faithlessness, he INDUCED in bitter
complaints of her ill treatment. In the
meantime, according to the Tobacco Plant
johnson, the Victorious, ,recliped on a sofa in
the next room, costly smoking his pipe, and
listening with more of merriment than re-
sentiment to the imprecations heaped upon
his bride.
According to the information of the To
bacco Plant, the disappointed suitor has re-
solved upon resort to the law, to staunch
his heart wounds, and heal as far as possible
his bruised and lacerated affections