New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-25
4 MATRIMONIAL AFFAIR N Ne
ORLEANS.
Core spoudence Of The s. Louis Republican.


NEw.ORLEAss July 10, 1859.
curc domestic drams transpred IN this cltyrecent-
w. Abou. six eight onths ago, Miss L., hanson lie
and accom- pished young lady OF the Third District was
engaged to be married to Mr.. p, young man OF
alhy and aristocratlc family Miss Is mother Wa
in very good circumstances in the matter OF worldly
substance and made all preparations to celebrate the
happy event in proper style. The day arrived, and
large number of guests assembled but hour alter hOur
passed away and the bridegroom came not.
The officiating clergyman the bridesmaids, the mu.
sicans and the magnificent spread Of eatables and
dsiuties all ready, and all vanly awaited the ar
riva OF the person whose presence was indispensable
10 the completion Of the festival Finally when tue
wondering guests had exhausted their ingenuity in
lecture q messenger arrived with the information that
Mr.. u. who, by The way, was minor was in durance
ve that his father had not only for hidden the banns,
but to make dOuby sure, had the candidate
for matIln ony under lock and key At that very mo-
ment he lthe elder Mr.. 7. being unwilling tha' his
son should marry at a tender age, aud also unwilling
20 consent 10 ALI nce with the ID. family. Here was
= hiatus in the wedding festivities but Mrs. b., ike
sen-ble woman babe her guests fall TO- eat dance and
be merry and enjoy themselves as at hrst get down IN
the programme.
She had prepared an excellent dinner, and did not
wish to be neglected because of the contunacy of
single Individual. SO they went on with their amuse-
ments and appeared to enjoy the occasion more
thoroughly than the young lady herself. She played,
sang and danced in her bnda dress and br ia wreath
and if she felt any disappointment she made display
OF it, but appeared a. gay ami happy As If the course
of true love always did run smooth.
The elder Mr.. Y. discovered that to simply lock
his up the day the latter had set apart for his
wedding, not altogether certain method OF pre-
venting the wedding beyond all peradventure, and,
therefore, trumped up erand for him to the City OF
Mexico and sent him off, trusting tina. a sx months
sCourn among the shirtless greasers OF that land OF
revolutions woud wipe the gentle Miss Is. clean from
biz memory. 10 that particular supposition the old
gentleman was slightly mistaken, though his purpose
was accomplished in a manner he did not dream OF.
The junior Mr.. T. arrived two or three weeks ago,
having in the mean time attained his majority, and at
once claimed the fulilment Of promise made by his
sire before bis departure that upon bis return oppo
stiOn should be srged TO bis union with Miss H., in
case he should still desire IT, after absence of six
months. The old gentleman, beaten upon his own
terms grunbngly acquiesced, and the dwelling of
Mr. b. again the scene OF Preparations tor grand
wedding.
few days before the time fixed for the marriage,
Niles b. went cut under pretense of shopping, and
came back no more. Where had she gore What
had become Of her Questions That Were asked IN the
last extreme &C wonder aud amaZement but questions
that not So easily answered. The mother AMI
lover distracted and made frantic but irultess
efforts "a discover whittier the bird had flown. II
suspected that young man Of the neighborbood who
lad long been passionate edmrer of Miss b., was Ia
secret Of her disappearance and her Two brothers
very discovered that she quietly living in his
house They, upon ascertaniDg her whereabouts, pro-
eeeded 10 further in the matter than 10 become
quanfed with the facts but went about their business
with the air Of persons who had been rather freely
" sold without -ufIicien. cause. The mother, how
ever, speedily confronted the young man and demanded
her daughter. Your daughter is at nv house Mad
are, the reply, 80 and rhe is my lawful wife. |
have been your sonn-law since the 18th of last
April" They had, it seems, married privately, and,
through desire on her part to retaac the practical
joke of the y. family, had not assumed the relations of
husband and wife until the opportunity for carrying
ont her plan presented Itself To the newly married
man those three months Of barren matrimony must
have been swuy tedious, while the sensations of the
sicedi-spponted lover were no doub. peculiarly dis
frr-sirO.