Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-11-08
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN
A-ADvICE TO
[san Rranel,eo corrs.yor.lsncs q she New orleans


By reference to the law columns of cur iourn-
ais, you VIII perceive that Bc are in, on an aver
age, for four divorces every day. And what is
not little singular IL, that the application gem
orally comes from the weaker vessel Perhaps
you VIII get your ears pulled for publishing il,
but must in ali fairness say tlicroot the evil
Is that women are naturally little too fond OF
admiration. Here, ii this city. we have at least
seven men TO one wornan and in the interior the
fdisproportion IS much larger. The consequence
Is that. SIS in the case of all scarce commodities
tho article commands more than its int insic val-
sc It's 2 good deal sought after, = rs the quo
tations sometimes run On q popular railroad
stock.
The feminine IS quickly cascsi., the husband
Is in eSstacies about firth but not aiiite
so exalted the succeeding two weeks Her for
ty other lovers not easily finding another nnar-
propTiated piece Of dinity 10 soothe their disaf,-
pointment, make friendly calls npon the lost
Pleiade, and by exceeding sympathy with her at
the GOODNESS OF her husband. win her regard and
then their attentions are 50 much more delicate
than those of her lord, that the poor weak thing
finds she has committed great error in her
choice, especially if the new fame is rich and
generous, and the old one rather plain and Geo.
lnomicaL An application for divorce is the re-
suit.
Hundreds have no other excuse to offer in ma
king the application, than suneongeniai disposi-
4 tons, and dislike. The process IS the simplest
! imaginable 4 lawyer with an easy conscience
! is cngaged--most San Francisco lawyers have
easy consciences when they have diiy--who re-
ceiyes the fee from the new lover a referee is
4 then hunted up by the lawyer, who agrees TO
decide according Ia the lady S wishes for por-
/ ton Of the fee. The judges Of course refers
the implication as requested The referee hands
] his report into court, where II is often passed
upon without word open testimony -and
mine cases out of ten, fayorably. The lady is
l then ready to be married. again--and having lost
all delicacy by the process She has gone through
I is ready to run away with the next lover seitl-
out divorce.
Ny advices to weak headed ladies in the At
iantic States Isl not to cornc 70 California TO get
married. not 10 cone after they are mar
ried; if they are pretty and interesting they
are much safer anchored in some snug harbor
lin the Atlantic than in the open roadsteads
among the shoals and breakers of the Pacific.
But for the encouragement Sc those who have
determined TO come, l viii quote from the Bnl-
letin the following advertisement. If n pia.ia
cook, thirty-fiye years of age, has to give bonds
4 not TO marry within six months, it stands to
reason that a tender little chicken of about half
1 that age would stand no chance at all of Iining
away for lack of a husband up at Rabbit Greek:
1 i.ssYAsTsD--A single female, from twenty To
thirty five years of age, TO go to Rabbit Creek,
Sierra county, to do plain cooking and general
houscwork in a genteei family and agrees not 70
taarrg within six MONTH. Wages S5D per
month. Expenses paid. None need apply un-
less well qualified. Address a. e., at this Office
or LII Merchant street"
4 n. b. Your corEespos dent is a married man,
Il but his wife doesn't live in California.