Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-19
BiOpememt OF ORe OF the r. 4. VS. with a
Married Lady of GalIatin.
Ffam DE eaIlatla FElmlae', jane -.

1 .1-a 4 From the ttailatln IA lmiaef jane Is.
I Our quiet village has beea very much excited, in
quiet sort Of way, during The past week With
Bit Of scandal In the share Of an eloeement which
has been sweet nO.sel for gOssipers generally and
piunging right into the subject at once, not 10
tslize the anxions enquirer after rsth tGo much,
a faithful chronicler Of the history OF tie duts
and more particularly Of tae rssfee able Tillegs In
which we number one, we stata hat on Monday last
the streets we're illed With squads Of izdisiduals
and The subject Of discussion was The eopemeni On
\ the day previous OF married lady, viz: Mrs
Coats. Formerly the vie Of very clever citizens OF
4 ibis place. AHd the tLlk was thus. Rdr the last
tive months the Landlord OF the 6siatin q otsl, Mr.
I n. b Hamilton, has had under his kssFiisble roof
4 gen leman who registered himself IS Mr.. c.
J J Barbour, Lee6, Florida Nr. Bafboar seems
10 have made pretty fair impression upon
those Hhe had the honor of H1aking bis sequaiR' =
! Ancs They described him as q modest, uaassum-
/ ing gentlemen, both IN his m1nners and JByersa-
distinguished men and ia s sections Of he Unian,
especially veil pOsied upon rseing matters We
may mention, incidentally, that during the last
races over the Albion Course. be wrote fue report
i Of the day to the New York Spirit Of lis Fsss at
least ts ossHhosSW it represent il as gotten up ia
4 admirable sixls, and as Just the thing fer the
| ''tSpiSu
! Our readers eaz examine thct organ Of racing
matters ard zee whether he is accomplished with
fhe pen he 10 seductive 10 the fair sex Is likes
Bise transpirsd thss our hero mentioned in CONFER,
sstion with enc Of citizens who enquired wheth
er he vas related 10 the Barb0urs Of Virginia thai
he q SON Of EKsG ossrnor Barbgurs Whc was, ail
7 our resders know, enesf the = F. We. II he was
the son of Gov y. Of course he was the nephew Il
Senator Phillip P. Barbour 81 conn cted with all
the ether RraDde,s Of shat grand elI Stale of r E.
VS.. And, besides our LsfksriO good looking
smart looking man Of about 40 years Of age, about
$40 or inches in height weighing $50 70 200 lbs
/ full, round face; black eyes plainly dressed. and
in every respect. stsid dign6ed quiet uuobtrusive
/ gentlemen But we nust hurry up. or the sppstitss
/ Of our readers may become Hearie5. Just scress
the street from the hotel lived the fair wife Her
husband Mr.. A. q. Goats, The proprietor Of drink
ing and eating horse, and bakery aHd confessions
| ~, up town. had necessarily to be absent during
ths deg, and uRtils lsie hour in the evening" Gov
! ernor Barbaur's son, sejOGrIiRg 81 the h0re soon
discovered the beauty, and the lonely condition OF
the lady whose lord was 1dusriously at work else
where. And from the windows Aad pOrches Cupid's
( arrows Gere discharged st the heart the bearty
| across the street. We mean discharged ,eegraps-
ieslly sympathetieally f you please. Asd rom az
accounts such acquaintance was thus established
By these delicate signals, thss personal intervies
became necessary consequences, aud the sraent T.
f. v was soon on bis knees Ct her side, AID slas
for The faith ofioveiy Wonlsa her VOWS made at the
! altar were soon forgotted. z-lB si sis a--
! Bumor says now, that for about two months she
dwelling Of the husband vas daily soui-dajly. or
I 4 few days before the confding husband lad
I presented her With msgnideeDt dress which cost
him $50, and the fEthless woman made use Of the
circumstances 10 propose going - Nash Fle q have
1 it fitted at Of the dress makers ia that city,
/ which was kindly scceded to by her husband She
then remarked that sac had best take large trunk
/ along to PrsVeBt i1s getting rumplcd aud 50 the
next marni1gs Sunday ltss she vas placed in the
/ cars by her husband. She was to rsmsin in Nash
vile week with q married sister there By lie
next train the F. +. Y. took French leave Of our
/ landlord, Hamilton, leaving him minus his beard
bill. for three weeks more. Ga Monday the whole
l seWn knew of the elopemeni, but it never reached
/ the husbands ears until Tuesday right On ex-
amining his house be found that che had made q
clean sweep, taking about $1,000 he had laid 10 and
I her entire wardrobe By the next moTniog's train
he went 20 Nashville and sscertsined Ihst they
left the day before rs the ChaasRoogs. cars, and
wisely cslcnlSfiug thatthe worthless to fol-
low, he returned By the NEXT oaFs and directed his
lawyer, Judge Allsu, 70 institute proceedings for
I divorce ...
To justice to Mr.. Coats II is proper to say that he
has been kird. iDdalgent Husband, who gave NJ
cause to his faithlesa W'fs to dssoHOr him in the
manner she has