The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-01-15
VOLUME XXI. NO. XIV.
lrish WOOlnP


Alsh Woolng'
The irolcs and fantasies OF Pat have
been a prolific source Of fun and romance.
if not Of something more serious, for ages,
4 but the most romantic and queer Of all his
humors has been that. restrained by legal
penalties within the last century, which
exhibited itself in the violent wooing and
torcible "entIcement' Of the lady he might
choose TO honor with his Affections
'Forclble abduction oi heuesses was Tor
a long time "A sort OF Irish institution and
! NOBODY Thought II either an outrage OF an
IndiEnity. And though opinion has chang
eG SINCE those g"od Ola days' a lingering
admiration o. th' practice sun remains,
occasionally hroa!'lng out mt" 3ctual ell
lori - ID ihg case "i MI. odfoeh' VINO;
/ our readers VIII remember, wa sentenced
/ 10 gan ioF l"H ''lS' IA iotf' lor LA IIiE 10
| CGIE Oh -dl>' AIoulhho'' Inc ma
0eilGl" re, te.i. some amusing s.oilss
,,.rdh 49, ae = > oilJ
IN - i"", u 30 hiuch Celeo
! iIty d. Mss n''l'c'' Nou'tS' we copy De
/ low MN.
/ NJ "lIil"ih D'tiih was an lrlSLinan ana
/ oaIll'Ief-a quall'I III unity Wnlch' as
/ lHe "1Fiu must Know was very ilkeil 70
,H1he ~, I'Iii shy INQUEST aiiu undsslillIll2'
"hether Or hoI ne haa Kissed me blar-
neF stone or naIheu IN Ihe river Shallhon'
Is unknown 10 TINS present wrlter-but IT
lN not hhliooable thaJ ne dlu both, ludg-
ing from ms conduct.
lie was by no means man OF wealth,
but had great capaclty 1of enjoying all
that wealth gives. lie determined to put
himself INTO the matrimonial market, and.
wisely aware that brlei1es5 barllSter has
| no honor at nome, resolved to give some
EngllSh lady chance OF pestowlnE her
/ self land tortune) upon hlm. According
/ y, some twelve or fourteen years ago, Mr..
Dunn "migrated 70 England, accompanied
/ by very large pair Of very rubicund whis-
/ hel> a small vallse OF attenuated aspect,
( ana purse N rather declining condl-
! ton. lis special mission was-to marry
/ an hcress. On due dehberauon, he fixed
/ upon Miss Angela Burdett 'outts, the
+ l1c.'r. single woman IN England, VINO
haR ,ueeetHrd ny request nom the Ouch
+. es7 "i ~. Aioans' formerly Miss Melien,
I NE aeu ess,l 70 the immense property OF
! Cout's' lhe banker VINO was frst husband
/ p tle bu'Ag,9. as 2l"resald. Miss Bur
uett. VINO TOOK tiie name NJ I9'fts with
tne fortune was SiahA-'tau uGhleF 70 the
Gld banker ana youngest aau1hter q Nir
ff'hois h.'Foe',' once roaring an" RI
S-h3 paIfl"'' "io soitehed Gown. ~ "id
age. Ihto the very IofNlsh "hlch his man
hooa ana fortune hao been devoted 70
assal.
Miss burdett Coutts is someV nat near
hitE at present but was only thTty when
sue became possessed o1 fortune then
estimated at Ni9.u"V,ND; winch has since
greatly increased. Nhen Nh. Dunn re-
solved y marry Aer she was about thlrt'-
hEe--taiI' thih ana nc, handsome. Al
reldy. when ne selected her the match
was i..'l llAde' ~ r., W. lot hI l'a" g"t
ms 3D." u CONSENT anu 'illE "ah.'H Hg'''
"ttE5.l ever AtFlii- heeh u"oUced
70 hei. Wl5noGt ever 99Nl4g eiehanesa .
single W"id WIN h'r' MT Duhh pursued
very odo .u' PeL.iliaelous system "i annoy
4nte AGAINST MISS huI'eit Soutt7' he
Ioiio"' Hel from pace 70 place; ne teas
ed hef win IoNe l'l.efs ne "aF!ald hef
"a Puhlc; ne seiehadeu hef III private
70 Whsfe S4s might; lAefe she ehcoan-
,eI'd 'hIs taI iIlsiI 'IIIISl'F' WIN wis
N',9 50 large 'ha' ne h"t sometimes %
Walk III me ihluaIe @ .he foaa % prevent
ther getting enl1nsiea n the hedges
All TINS uihe tHe law cobin l''he no houce
ol ms Afternoons. According 10 the pro
verb, eat may look al queen. and so
an Irish tortne-hunter may aspire to
make am impression upon an heiress.
'I curse suGA proceedings as Nj.
u'I'H a!lr'''eh more or le'S Puoic'
Ih" '"ili' 'iiilt' even newspaper nouce.-
SIaEI, p"S ran through the Journals
-A''N Pun "''' ,olS's anu ar. DDilH' =
Iltr a1,tlIl was Ihe siEIl' Ior MS Al
ils','oN WY 2. JoN',' >,iht .i "ae wfote 70
MN ~ HeF name, a'9WlhS heI aIIeclohs'
anu asking MN 20 uIaW check upon
""l' nahh' ~ HIIaild. ner propefiN
l "of '"lll was ,olu' lie Grew check
I"r ihe moderate sum oI 0l'VVV'VuV'
ana the money Wa--hot ldd.
lha!il' ne c3ihlIehceu TWO sui'S against
MISS NollI's' pie3dipg MS own cause III
each, Ohe' tfled before Lord Dehman'
,h!et Juslce oi England was TO recover
the amount OF the check he h2d drawn !;
the other' tlle" before Slr ffe"eflck Iol-
lock, ChleI baron OF the Court OF k&che-
quer. was for S5,OoO,onO damages, for
breach Of promise OF marriage. These
trials were as amusing to the public rs
thev must have been annoying to the lady
Dunn's own speeches were such as never
before had been made in a court Of Law
! In The first case Lord Dcnman directed a
a non suit to be "called"-whereupo
Dunp answered the call. and fairly NM
! lIad the Judca and botherad tbe iury L.
A. last his nersooutions oroyvir, moro and
more intoleroblc Mis- Couttsb had Mr.. Dunn
arrested and bound over to keen the neace
: +,,,o,,d. bor Ua vv,s indicted for r,sri,-
- -, II. NT;- go ~ y
D aS aSntborizaj HIM 70 draw checks on her
better behavior. Inc last we heard ol