Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-30

Grand .vIss TsstIRs R.s.ss q I.aass-sII

dFnnd Wedding Bureng in L.ondon.-syln~
guaf matrimsniaI Incident.
The London correspondent Of the New
Orleans Delta says: p qfIarns
We have opened grand Weddiuesbutea,,
in london, though il would be more correct
to state that Il has long been at work with
the most happy results--all ercept one case
which, requiring Che aid Of the law to disen-
tangle Il, has led 10 the expose. Tlss B1aDa-
| ger-in-ehief Of this industry, it appears, was
| the author Of the advertisemenf which an.
| pea7ed in car papers, stating that Z oentIe-
man with all the virtues and blandis6nlents
I OF Gapuchfa friar, the strength Of a pif-
/ Gilist, the homer Of judge, the beauty Of an
Il Apoilof and the wealth os a Crosns, aged the
right side Of thirty, wished to meet with a
better-haK The bait took, and the specuIa-
Tor was inundated with letters Of ladies. who
all found themselves eligible and lust the
thing to meet the ADVERTISING parfy's views
although Their qualifications were rnuItitu-
dino1s and Thetr ngss varied from the
maiden Of basAful fifteen 10 the wiao,, ~
sixty, v
A duplicate Advertisement addressed 70
the soft hearts and head of the other sex.
brought like supply Of old and Young
boys, and now my agents set together 10
business, and opensd up Communications
null OF the most tlatteTing hopes of a speedy
and happy Tealization of every hone. in
ylting IN all ialth every inquiry, and putting
the same inquiries in rsturn--exactino ONLY
one stipulation, which was absolutely in
separable from further proceedings. Not
money-no he was far to9 knowing 10 make
fuss about cost at the beginning but
portrait of the lie and she--and now his pal-
lery was complete, and he was furnished
with populatior@-whereon he fell to work
with the ardor and zeal of an enthusiast To
act the part Providence usually undertakes-
or more classically, speaking, shifting hearts
at viii, as Cupid, through artfnlly-conceived
letters, and still better and more hand-5
somely colored portraits than the originals
sent him, which formed the basis Of por-
traits-herein was his great dodge.
The clever fellow flung out the bait or cast
the fly, playing it like a skillful angler and
knew when to hook the brace of fishes. He
had no less than eight houses of different
rank, different style of furniture and footing.
OF mendge, and at various localitiesiof Lon
don-hereat the meetings were arranged,
and apparently quite promiscuously, as he
had the tact to keep a hold for a time on his
former married clients, and through liberal
table, pleasant companionship in himself
and much liberality, succeeded in gathering
together at his table the cream of a certain
circle OF literature, art, and some science II
need not be said that references were
among the strictest stipulations prior to in
Productions. Pc --
N1O" AO hahaBeu W get Ine DaSuful1e and
the coy she together to speak about a mat
ter which their lite through they had per-
haps hitherto avoided, is still his secret. He
made, as the expression has it, "heaps of
money" for his percentage was a rather
heavy one, and the lovers found they had TO-
pay the bill of the soirees fer. ~ :,
But the game exploded by the unfortunate
accident of the introduction Of Young pirI
of high family to 'ticket-of-leaye" gentle
man--an emancipated convict. Despite his
gentleman-like exterior and his ardent pas
sion, the prudence of the morality in which
she had been tutored revolted, and she de-.
manded an instant separation before Sir
Creswell Creswell, the Divorce Judge.
The affair came off in closed court, owing
to some immoral -peeuliarities, which your
Informant knoweth not of but which exaQ-
gerated the character of the offense, and so
the marrying undertaking was blown 10 the
windsj but the originator Of the idea has
made his harvest, and if he leaves the coun.
try for his country's good, will carry with
him the wherewithal to end bis daysin hap
piness and that virtuous peace he has so well
merited. ~