Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-11-26
Correspondence Of the n. o. Pcayune.
Marriage and Divorce In Cali ornia
yicr TO LADIES.

By reference TO the law columns of our Jour.
nails, you will perceive that we are in, on an nv
erage, for four divorces every day. And what
is not little singular Is, that the application
generally comes from the greater vessel Per.
haps you Will get your ears pulled for publish
ing it, but must, in all fairness, say the root Of
the evil Is that women are naturally little too
fond of admiration. Here in this city, fSan
Francisco, We have at least seven men TO one
woman, aud in the interior the dsproportion is
much larger The consequences is that, as In
the case of all scarce commodities, the article
commands more than its intrinsic value at is
a good deal sought AFTER" as the quotations
sometime run on popular railroad stock.
The feminine is quickly Gagged the husband
is in ccstasies Tor about fortnight but not quite
so exalted the succeeding two weeks. Her for
ty other lovers not easily finding another unap-
proprated piece Of dimity to soothe their disap-
pointment, make friendly calls upon the lost
Pleiad, and by exceeding sympathy with her at
the GOODNESS Of her husband, win her regard, and
then their attentions are SO much more delicate
than those of her lord, that the poor weak thing
finds that she has committed great error in
her choice, especially if the new fame is rich
aud generous, and the old one plain nd eco
nomcal. An application for divorce is the re-
suit.
king the application, than "uncongenial dispo-
sitions, and dislike. The process is the sim
pest imaginable. A LAWYER with easy con-
science is engaged-most San Francisco law
yers have easy consciences when they have any
who receives the lee from the new lover. A
referee is then hunted up who agrees to decide
according to the ladies' wishes for portion of
tire fee. The Judge of course refers the app-
cation as requested. The referee hands his re-
port into Court, where it is often passed upon
without word of open testmony--and nine
cases out of ten, fayorably. The lady is then
ready to be married again--and having lost all
deiicacy by the process she has gone through
is ready to run away with the next lover arithouf
diporee.
My advice to weak-headed ladies in the At
lanuc States is not to come to California to get
marred--and not to come after they are mar
RED il they are pretty "and interesting" they
are much sa, err anchored in some snug harbor in
the Atlantic than in the open roadsteads among
the shoals and breakers of the Pacific.
But, tor the encouragement of those who have
determined to come, will quote from the Bull
letin the following advertisement. Ii u piGjn.
cook, thirty-hve years of age has to give bonds
not to marry With six months, it stands TO
reason that a tender little chicken of about half
that age would stand no chance at all of pining
away for lack of husband up at Rabbit Creek.
WANTED--A single FEMALE, from 20 to 81
years OF age, to go to Rabbit Creek, Sierra
County, TO do Plain Cooking and General House
work in n genieel family, and agree NOT TO MARRY
within six months. Wages $50 per month; ex-
penscs paid. None need apply unless well quail
flied. Address A. c., at this Office, or No. III
Merchant st.
N. b. Your correspondent is a married man
hn hiS vi 5oasnt liva in, C,l,Far,;,
TItE SPIRIT OF LovE.-Beyond all question, it
is the unalterable constitution of nature that
there is efficacy in love.
The exhibition of kindness has the power to
bring even the irrational animal into subsection.
Show kindness to dog and he will be grateful;
he viii inialibly return love for love- Show
kindness to lion, and you can lead him by the
name you can thrust your head into his mouth;
you eau melt the Gntamed ferocity of his heart
into an affection stronger than death. In all of
Gods vast unbounded creation, there is not
living and sentient being, from the least to the
largest, not one not even the outcast and de-
graded serpent that is iusensinle to acts of kind
ness. Ii love, such as our blessed Savior mani
tested, could be introduced into the world and
exert its appropriate dominion it would restore
state of things far brighter than the fabulous
age of gold; it would annihate every sting; it
would pluck every poisonous tooth; it would
hush every discordant voice Even the mani
mate creation is not insensible to this divine in:
fuence. The bud and flower and fruit, put
forth most abundantly and beautifully, where
the hand of kindness is extended for their cul-
ture. And if this blessed influence should ex-
tend itself over the earth, moral garden of
Eden would exist in every land instead of the
thorn and briar, would spring up the fir tree and
the myrtle; the desert would blossom, and the
solitary place be made glad.-Bishop Upham.