The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-06

One Bride Figures in Iaco Marriages.
The following brace of marriages appear
ed in The St. Joseph's Gazette Of last
Wednesday week.
Or the I'D inst, by the Rev. A. c; Schench,
MI VIM. e. Williams to Miss Jane Bradley, all
On the I'D inst, in De Kaib, Buchanan county,
nv Henry Tut, ESQ, Mr.. John Il. Y ates TO MISS
Jane Elizabeth Bradley both OF this city.
We happen to know something of this in
teresting farce-this delic table morsei OF
scandal, which have been the nine days
wonder of St. Joseph, and afforded a deli
cate tit bit for the tongues-the only true
perpetual motion yet found-of all the gos-
siping old woman and scandal vendors OF
that very moral town.
The lady in question-for one played the
part of bride in both ceremonies-had en-
gagged to two "sighing swains," and the day
of marriage with each was agreed upon
but it appears that her mother and sisterly
relatives wished her to marry "Angelo,'
the man of her choice, and her paternal pa
| wished her to marry the other, This favorite)
and she wished to stave him off by an en-
gagement, as she did not at all favor his
! suit. But on the morning of the 22d ult.,
her sold dad" provoked by her obstinacy,
| conci lded to have '.things set on end' at
once, and sent for his choice and priest,
to have sunbeam" the artist-for he is
one of the artists-joined in pad-beg our
pardon-we mean wedlock, to his daughter.
| The twain came, and the victim was
| awakened from her slumbers and marched
in her stocking feet, like horse to brtd-
| Ge) al, or q malefactor to the alter. The
| ceremony was performed and the Argus
| eyed parent fondly thought the thing was
Ibid up" But, and alas for the mutabili
! ty of human calculation, her 'tdeary" heard
| of it and went at once in "connipshuns -
he ripped, he tore his hair, he jumped, he
he s-s-wore; yes, he did-some. 1t was
awful to behold his agony, and while he
was bewailing his lost Betsey, she was be-
slumbering her visage for him. He man
aged to procure an interview with her, plan
ned an elopement in the evening. and went
away with his feelings slightly" relieved
Night came and cast her sable cloud
over the earth, when the cheated lover,
with carriage, approached the brides resi-
dence and stopped at the rendezvous agreed
upon. Meanwhile the groom had retired,
as Shakespeare says, Ito sleep, porchace
to dream," and waited for his oonsort to
tumble in. She made some sort of an ex-
cuse to go down stairs, and left the e1pec-
tant bridegroom waiting in state of awful
suspense. She did not return; an hour
passed on the wings of time. and he started
in pursuit of her, No one know where she
had gone until the old negress spoke up !:
LA me, Massa. she's been gone with MIR.
Y. this hour :" The cat was out of the
bag.
} Imagine the bridegroom's fcelings-to
clip Elysium and lack its joy; to Gull
J bouquet and lose the most fragrant rose /;
} TO get glimpse of heaven and have the
gates shut-it was horrible! Perfectly mon
strous, too hard for human nature to bear.
He thought to commit suicide. out then it
might hurt him, and he didn't.
HARD UP FOR AN ARGUmEST.-Ihe
Richmond Wing attempts to trace the late
insurrectionary movements to the issues
made by the Democracy during the
, pros;Jo,t;al canvass Instead ofattributino