Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-15
cl-NAralxONY USDEa DlFTlcULTIEs.-

HATRIXONY UNDER DIFflCGLTIES.-
Yesterday morning, "a IN 81 from the vicin-
- If Ffazfer's Mills, Belmont County,
n,io arrived in this city, aud stopped ut
-, Union House He was accompanied
woman. and the object Of their visit
N mite them; selves il the state of
,,,,r;mony. and become one. The man
x.n, 10 Ala. McCourtuoy's office to have
the knot tied. but was there informed that
magistrates very seldom performed sach
asn,,e offices, and that he would have to
@DD,v to minister. Officer John Fender
was preseat, AMI observing that the seek
or. ofts, conunbiaI bliss was most deeply
oud unequirocnlly green, volunteered to
mint out the unknown road TO conjugal
happiness The officer proceeded to the
clerk. oaicc after the necessary Incense,
bu, the document conId not be issued
without some one to make oath that the
laav WAS of age, and as the officer had
never seen her, he was not prepared to
swear to anything in particular in refer
cnce 10 the lady aforesaid, except that she
wanted to get married. and that he could
do on general principles. The officer,
however, went to see the lady and told her
the state of the case. WELL, said she,
five been married once care you
,wenty-oue years of age % inquired the
officer, and the woman reckoned she was,
soou, twice that, aud proceeded to say
that she WIS the mother of six children,
mos, Of whom were able 10 take care of
themselves THIS being all satisfactory
the officer went again to the clerks office,
in company WIKI the man, and the license
WAS speedily issued, though not delivered
until u half an hour or SO had been spent
in parIying about the price, the country
nan urglug that somebody had showed II
three dollar counterfeit note upon him.
sli he WAS consequently short Of funds
Taey then went in search Of !, minister 10
p.r:o7n tue ceremony, Hal fading al last
tie OBJECT of tuer search, the woman was
brought up, aud the knot was s0iemnIy
t.ei, ia the presence Of only the preacher
aal Penier, the latter of whom ''stood up,
acting both as bridesmaid and grooms,nan-
tt. atpyy GW,oatl then asked the
clergyman his price, and rec living 40 posi-
Tive answer. pulled forth three or four
qu,viers which lie handed over to the
minister, repeating, us he did so, the story
about lhe counterfeit three dollar NOTE
The minister told the pair that he would
prepare II certificate III an hour or so, aud
they could cal! and get it, but they had
not goue far when the husband became
very uneasy about the evidence of the con-
tract, and communicating his fears to his
wife, enlisted Very lively interest in her
also. Pendvr, who WAS still with the
BRIDAL party, doing the agreeable, agreed
to take the wife to tue Union House,
whilst the husband went back to wait for
the certificate. This proposition suited
the husband exactly, except that he pre-
posed to amend by substituting himself for
Mr. Fender. so that tue latter should 90
after the certificate, and he 1.-THE husbnnd)
should go to the Union House with his
Vile Pender couldn't see the force of tho
suggestion and the husband, in complt-
anee with a rather peremptory command
IRON his newly welded wife, started off
, loF Inc preachers house in sort of dead
cope %nd returned with The certificate in a
I,eul5fSs3Iy short space of time The hus-
D 'I, 'Aeh' after giving the officer nearly
All TIE money he had-about sixtv-6ye
.enss-'or his efficient services, proceeded
. "o arr us rural home, with his new wife,