Smyrna times., 1856-07-23
Interesting to Unmarried Ladies',

we received the following article from
! 'riehd IN California. 1t is an extract froo tho
Gotden Era, and our friend thinks il u,orld 10
well to publish it in this latitude:
Marrya"g I" Cal3ornia-1 Popular Error.
we DO not mean to be understood That r,orr,,
ing Is popular error in CaIifornia-for i !. >
custom to be venerated for its ANTIQUITY, and
respected tor its almost infinite social worth d.
we merely wish to express the opinion that ,ho
"noie enlightened world is most errerionslv IN
error IN regard to the demand for morri.reoblo
ie"lales IN California. 1t seems TO be the rem
aFal impression abroad, and some extent haro
'hat women find good husbands as pjentif,l =,
ILLS state as mosquitoes in Cairo in Iulv--nino-
teen TO the square inch-and that whom Gin
s'e iady first steps from the steamer, " nice
young men swarm around her like flies aro,,d
u molasses cask, with their hearts in ,ha,r
mouths and barrel Of "slugs" ready to throw
AT her feet. 1t is very easy TO see how sucI
'euiculons IDEAS found their origin and obtained
credence with the word--a great deal easier
ihan to reconcile the flat contradiction girao
them every day for the past three wears with
me unyIcldlng determination evinccd NV opr
Eastern neIghbors to still believe Caljlorni, ,h,
greatest ma: for minated calicoed humanitv
outside Of Mormondom. We don't mpcb Ike
TO acknowledge it, bat California does not nov
nor never did, offer extraordinary matrimoni,I
inducements to husbands seeking widows and
"IsSeS' Men do not Come to this State for
wives, but for the "wherewith" to mainta;,,
wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts left ba.
lnd. Not one-fiith of the single men who
have visited California within tho n,s, .;,.
years. nave done so with the expectation Of
remaining, and certainly not with the ide, ofI
marrying and settling here; SO that at mn ,;me
turing the last four years has the number ot
males desiring wives in California evcoadod
nat OF females in the matrimonial morLot
MS may appear strange, yet it is as true as
he gospel.
why females III California do. not more readi-
y Command good husbands, can be attrjbp,ad =.
nuch 1--WE ought to say morc) to the outrooc.
JUS value which they put upon themselves as
0 want OF resolution in the men. They
omc here with the modest expectation nc mar.
ylng barrel OF double eagles, and selectino
rem battalion rf su,tors, and if t,kos fl
ONE tune to learn to hope for anything Iess.-
wIie, for instance, that an honest mechanic
night select as his equal, would scorn his oyor
ures, while such one as would listen 10 him
'atan himself wouldn't have. Two.thirds oT
ne marriages solemnized in this couytrv arc
he result of frightfu sacrifices and cnndos
enslons on either one side or the other Under
UGH circumstances liberal divorce regulot;o,s
re indispensable, and are appealed to with rs
tue hesltatlon-as the proceedings of our
ouftS VIII show-as can well be conceived
-eiuse to come down with the "pin-money. -
nd The vile having her eye on some one who
MI, threatens her husband with a divorce
galn' the idea of marrying here and beino
omPeled to indulge wife in the ruinous anil
adlculous extravagances which ten TO one fiji
er head, IN a transaction involving not only a
reat deal of patience, but a matter of four or
We thousand dollars years. Many worthy
.llow with modest income has been frigbi-
ned from .matrimony by the costly vanity dis
ayed by females in the street and in the par.
n at the opera and in The kitchen. A wife S
IN be supported in San Francisco at com. {
aratiVely small cost, and when women arrive :
: 'nS conclusion, California will rejoice in as |
uch domestic happiness as she now mourns
yer ruined households and family dscord.