New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-29
PERSONAL.

"A young lady, beautiful in person and attractive in
manner, who resided 10 the immediate vicinity Of Bos-
ton, was sought in marriage some years ago by two
men. One Of these poor, and mechanic; tho
other rich, and not mechanic The woman
loved the former the family Of the woman liked the
latter. AS is the in SUI, affairs, the woman
red TO pease her friends. Having thus I" sold her
self" she ought to have been miserable but she WAS
not Her husbands unaffected love subdued her
heart and his gold smoothed the rongh places in the
human path Fortune, feeling that this couple were
too happy, frowDed and the mans riches took wings
and used them in fight. Tbereupon the husband
wound up his business put his wife and children, of
whom there were two, at comfortable boarding.
house and then departed for California in search Of
money. Some letters and some remances arrived
from him az first then nothing came, and there was
blank of several yeals The wife thought herself de-
serted. TIE family, whose good opinion Of Il hns-
lard bad lately been often Published formerly
told her that it cl- arly a for divorce When
81 e had become well accustomed the sound Of TINS
unpIeasan' word, the disconsolate wife thrown
into the society Of the mechanic lover, prosperous
and still unmarried The memory Of her early, real
love came upon her, and she believed with secret joy
that lie had remained single for her sake. This
thought nourshed her affection, and at last
she obtained divorce from her husband,
who had deserted her, aud remained absent
beyond the time allowed by the statute. This accom-
rlished there was no barrier between her and the
chanc Of her yo1h. she informed him that she was
his forever when he should choose to claim her hand
Her feelings cannot have been pleasant TO learn that,
since his rejection by her and her marriage TO another,
the unromantc newer of wood had drowned his
passion for her in the Of time, and that at the
time OF her han dsome offer he no longer aptated for
her. In fact, Barkis was not willn. AS if all tbs
were not embarrassing, enough, who should turn lp
but the husband who made his appearance in the form
Of letter announcing that he had accumulated daz-
cling pile of wealth, that be his way home,
and that she was to meet him in New-York. The lets
ter also cld her for neglect in writing 70 him for
years and it clear that he had assurances of
love and also material aid at intervals during hs sb-
sence where these had gone, one knows. Here,
tlen, trouble. No husband no lover The one
she had divorced the other had refused her, Taking
counsel Nth herself she packed her trunk seeing that
ler wardrobe was uneXceptionable, and TO the
metropolis. She met the coming man on bis arrival,
and told him the whole story correctly as She nat
uray rrcudiced in favor of the defendant could tell
it. The husband scowed growled, looked at the
charming face and the becoming toilette remembered
a clergy man was summoned, marriage was per-
formed and a new volume in their life history was
opened.
Mrs. Bctsey Jones died in De Ruyter, Madison Co.,
n. Y, the 9th ins'., at the advanced age of 100
years, months and 10 days.
Flora Armstrong colored woman, died at the
Duchess County Poor-House on "Wednesday, AGED 10
years. last Summer she enjoyed good health, and
supported herself 10y gathering herbs and selling them
through the streets Of P0nghkeepsie.
Mr. John Greene, veteran actor and manager,
died in Nashville Monday last, in the 6Sh year Of
Lis age Before Tyrone Power came to this country,
Mr. c. was regarded as the best representative OF Irish
haracteis on tho American stage.
The Troy blacksmith who made 2i0 sh5ss in ten
hours has been beaten. James H. Simpson of Plesss,
jefferson County turned out in the short space OF eight
hours 2i3 horse Shoes which were pronounced good.
The Hon. Asa Whitehead a distinguished lawyer
and citizen of Newark died at his residence Satur-
day evening, aged 65.
Capt. Gen. Don Francisco Serrano Dominguex.
Count de san Antonio, the present Governcr-GenerI
of Cuba is the l05th incumbent of that Office The
first aforementioned was Don Diego yel.sauez.
whose administration lasted from 1911 until his death
in 1894
One Of the chief clerks in the Business Depart.
ment Of the Cuban Government wac recsaty assas.
spated in the Gale del Prado, Havana. Five men