Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-01


upsp si.hsg, It Is lsrsI and valid marriage, sita'
out soy felsGencs q ths condition 10 s1oisfys OF
the wealth, or The s87aptEgs or disadvantage o.
ether Of them. u the eyes Of the law they stand
on entire equality, and all capable Of making
contracts If there is no legal disqualification and
this Court sitting nov in this matter has nothing
to do with the wisdom or choice Of either Of these
parties. This Court hss no power to select hus-
band for the one or wife for the other; that is q
matter dependent upon Their own tastes, their own
VOition, their oWn sconseFt and with which no
human being, in my juigmens has right to in
teFfere. They have duties which they owe to So
eiety; but they and they alone are responsible for
the choice which they have made, and the manner
in which those duties shall be discharged.
The New York Tines thus describes what SUBJ
ssquenily trsr spirsd:
lmnedistely after The Judge had rendered bis
decision, even before the adjournment Of the court
D ans friends gathered sr5und him to offer their
congratulations. The rush towards hin was so
great that with difficulty ne kept bis feet He
managed, Ct last, to retreat to the corner Of the
room, near the judges bench, when Judge Davies
took him by the hand and rendered his compli.
msnts. The crowd all wsnted to do likewise and
such was their eagerress that poor Dean was
pushed out Of the courtroom. he evidently felt
frightened, and sped down stairs to the street the
chased over to Centre street, sssnst the side of
dwelling, but with great Effort be broke through
& e MOI and ran through Chsmbe- street towards
Broadway. At this j1ncture he was siezsd b.
Judge Davies, who j3rked him into coach stand
ing BY, entered himself and the two were driven
CT, tie crowd in their wake ling like In6ians
They stopped at the urges residence sh 1rt
time, whence Dean proceeded to the house of Mr.
Spencer, his counsel, in TWeuty-foursh street. to
await the hoGr when bis wife should be delivered
to IN
Ea'ly in the evening Mr. Henry Bertholf, depu
ty sbsr e, presented himself to Mr. Boxer with The
order OF the court for the delivery Of Mrs Dean to
the custody of her lawful husband, which Mr..
Boxer agreed to do at O'Clock in the evt niog.
Mean While several hundred persons had collected
srolnd NJ Boxers house. Z Gus TO see the noted
BRIDE Al the appointed hour Mr.. Bertholf re-
appeared for the lady, and alter much trouble in
getting be- thr ugh the crowd to the car iage aud
extraordinary exertions on the part Of Barney, the
driver in lodging through Cross streets to escape
the curiosity hunters she was safely conveyed TO
Mr. Berth3lf's residence No. 8 Jones street, where
shortly sf e-wards she was joined by her husband
and Mr.. Spencer.
Here an interview IN presence of Mr.. B rtholf
and his family and Nj Spencer was bad between
the husband and his wife D an was anxious that
an sci u-nmsnt should take place to tie Metro
poltan Hotel, the bridal cbaul5F Of which had
been engaged by Mr.. Spencer for their use. BIT
Mrs Dean objected, as soc had faithfully engaged
TO return to hCr mother that night Much other
conversation occurred IS tc Their future prospects
AID manner of living. Mr.. Bertholf asked tie
lady il che fully reslz the hsrd-hips which her
new position entsiel rp0n her, sc How would
she ke to get up 81 o'clock 10 the morning to
get a mechanics breakfast aDd would it not be
repUgnsnt to her feelings to 90 to market with 3
basket in one hand and fft7 cents 10 the other to
procure th If daily cod, with other similar ques-
Ji-n'. Sic answered in the true lovers way, sc
c1uld do all this and more for the man OF her
choice. His earnings az bis trade (1e is a ship
carpenteD With what she made 10 tesching music
and the langusges (in three Of which she Is pref.
dent) would a ly support them
Ait 7 while Mr. Spencer suggested that, as the
young coupls would probably lks private con
versatile before they separated for the night, enc
should b. accorded. The suggestion was scted
upon, and they we're left to Themselves Some
hours later Mrs Dean was escorted to her fathers
house by Mr.. BeTthOli, and her husband left for
his home
1t is the intention of the psir to start early for
Louisville, Ky, where Dean has a brother-in-.aw
II business, and where he also hopes TO live in
happiness with bis bride.