Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-06-13

over him. IKE as the anger which stnOte
the first b orn of the Egyptians, but lef
the children of God untouched As Mr.
Romayn looked at him he mentally thanked
Heaven that the Doctor had no children
who might. by their discbedience. disturb
the serenity of his life.
. Doctor" said he. Gin the hour Of sor
row you have wePt with me, aud when
have rejoiced you have rejoiced with me
AS a minister and a friend. L have ever
sought and found in you that sympathy
which is so gratifying and so soothin g TO Q
suffering heart. i have now come to you
to unburden my spirit of load Of grieI
and disappointment.
The Doctor, who had no idea what this
solemn preamble was going to lead to, ex
claimed in an agitated tone of voice:
David has anything dreadful occurredi
Your wife. or Edith. are they sickf"
"Oh mol worse than that
dad news from Walter, thenf"
"No. he is doing we'll enough. Thank
Heaven, ain not to be disappointed in
both Of my children. Children" contin-
ued he. "can be great sources of satisfac
ton and happiness to parents, or causes OF
anxiety ard trouble"
Eyes, presumed that you had made
that discovery before this time of life
Upon what new development are you now
studying human nature7''
edith has concluded to get married."
"Ohi is that aIl9" replied the Doctor,
somewhat relieved. Marriages are Incl
dents that have occurred. and are constant
ly occurring. You married, the strongest
evidence you can furnish that you approve
of the institution
81 am not a woman, and did not want
to marry Frenchman and an author The
circum stances are different in our cases, I
married to please my parents
"And yourself, also, remarked the Doc
tor edith should be allowed the same
privilege, unless there is something OBJ
jectionable in the man."
"He is altogether Objectionable. He is
a Frenchman, that is one objection. he is
an author. that is another. IL rs proven
bal that authors make the most disagreea-
BILE of husbands. There is scarcely an ex
ception to the rule. In the next place he
spends most of his time travelling around
the world, pulling up flowers and weeds.
and searching for geological specimens.
and classifying them. as they term it.
People that travel very much now days
are liable to be killed"
This latter was, to Mr.. Romayn, Sc
rious objection, he never having travelled
farther than Albany. in sloop. He re
garded railroads and steamboats,, not as
We do, as offering greater facilities for
travelling, but as instruments designed by
wicked men for Wholesale human slaugh.
ter.
Marriage. il has often been remarked.
is like lottery ticket. Some draw prizes
and others draw worse than blanks, in this
chance Office of life. Edith, If she invests
in ticket. will have to run the risk of the
drawing"
FINALLY, then, As an objection Of more
weight than all others, have set my heart
upon Edith's marrying Henry Clements.
For years / have looked forward to this
event, and it will bea sore disappointment
for me to have my only daughter thwart
me in my WISHES"
at is very unwise for parents to make
plans by which they expect their children
to be governed, years before their plans
can be accomplished"
you don't think it wrong for US to de-
sire to settle our children well in life. do
your"
Certainly not. The means that you
would use TO promote the happiness OF
your child, and a marriage of which we
all approve, might make not only her, but
another. perfectly wretched The objec-
tons which you have urged against Mr..
Villsneau are not worth thought. i know
him by reputation only. talented man
If his goodness of heart is equal to the
strength OF his intellect, | would be pleased
to Join the hand of our child, (for such
Edith will ever seem TO me) 10 his, and 10
pronounce blessing on their union"
my preludices are SO strong against all
foreigners, Frenchmen particularly. that
never could sanction it. l do hope some
thing will occur to prevent it. People, as
/ remarked to my wife yesterday. have
changed very much since we were boys.
Doctor, and am sorry to say, in many re-
s5ects not for the better When we were
young men it was customary for man and
woman TO regard marriage engagement
as sacred, and persons would have thought
it sin, and disgrace, to have broken
their vows of fidelity. Things are entirely
different now. The young people enter
lightly into engagements, and il it suits
their convenience to consumate it they do
SO, and If not, their VOWS are as lightly
broken as made. Something may trans
pirs 70 prevent the consummation of this.
! wish il with all my heart"
Fourth of July.
We are glad to see some arrangements
being made to celebrate, in a becoming
manner, the approaching Anniversary Of
American Independence. by our citizens.
We notice in some Of the cities of the
State. all the different Orders are making
arrangements to participate in the celebra-
ton, and at Evansville the different trades
are going to appear in procession with EN-
blems aud banners