, 1861-02-05

H1facriek OF French Domestic I1{o.
tParis Correspondence Ut tho n. o. PleasT ,c.l
think you will read tho aeeoun:, IT two
matrimonial adventures which have P1st oc-
CURED here without fatigue, unleGs ! spoil
them IL the telling Ten ycass ago si:cre was
1t The Madeleine ouc CT tho~c raf- ,ights In
tnrts, a marriage for lore, People Iers marry
for grent many rensunf-rarc'y for love,
which PASSES in society ns no rS4hon at all
The bridegroom was a"sp1tndf!. :3olins fel-
les.:a ana eesns es Va, s1ss3 M ss md pos
beautiful girl. aud ns agreeable spd graceful ~
her husband !, hut the mal1cir:~ said she was
naughty aud Tceerrcd. Their fortunes were
equal, and together formed u ;-c,'siderahle sum
Of money. All went happily tue first twelve
int twelve months are aiwaJs easy. It Is
different in iuterctted marriages, where
lie first year IL the loagp< and The most
linful aud most drcaIS v alfe, for custom
makes the yoke enele1 :ytr' day. In love
matches the disappoluialea. hich succeeds
a heavier Burden 'da:iy. ,lushing fellow
proved to be fond ~ crpclse He lavished
money with IN uu'.skonlng hand. The In
come not only wcpt, bit Bit Of the capital
Clipped OF w,:sn I'll the bills were raid.
Ill wife continue / *c lore him with undated
aIcctiup. She t."tterly called hIs attention to
the tisastrou. c''3sf luences OF the Inequality
which existed teiu.sn their expenditures and
their income. had -arjured him by their child
ren Ii 1t 70 p}=aaed Heaven to cnduw thc,u}io
restore the psopnr equilibrium. He was vain,
aud revoItc2. from the humulitating confession
st}le Of li''a- 1t Is uncomfortable to sober
lead WIZ: p:lantoms haunt men, meuacing
,Avm witt: contempt or promising them re-
spectif 1:4tJ desert or II they ptrseyere In
line Of :cHauct The world, nay, even their
leares' ;r;'tAds do not know they arr N or ever
l.. ~, ..ss-kh =. 1u.u -
tent:u:. t., In than our scfcloyt will let Us be-
!lcvr, ard my experience of the world lit Is true
it Is ;antined) has convinced me that, provided
r,ec df.ts not borrow money from his nelghbor,
+'r ask ..itu to endorse paper, one may order
his life just As he pleases, adopting either d
b-E,ad mud water diet or regimen Of trutllcs,
came mi, sieux ctps. The vanity Of the hus
sand made him deaf to Ills wifes suggestions
{elle i.ronre, out Of rcspcct ior her husband,
l,rins them any other form); consequently,
thrir absolute ruin beramt n mere question of
time Their ruin WAS accelerated by tho coL-
..ecsions the husband formed. The wife bora
tnis neglect with the saine outward compo-
surc with which she saw their estates waste
army, but 1t wounded Icr to tho heart, and
drew many secret tear frum her. Hati1., his
wife with that tirulence Of hatred which for
tearance and kiuduess and affection not u1fre-
qucntiy 1aisc in the undesersing object Of it,
lie applied for separation from bed and board
with Lis wife. She made 10 resistance. The
divorce was grated. It rescued her dowry
from certain Tlste. As she made no effort to
save IL, thinking, rs honorable women have
always and will always think, that man and
wife are one, and should have one destiny, one
estate, QUO honor, she devoted her fortune to
wild NOS the course he ran, that he exhausted
her eetate. He did not know; she had aided
him, and melted the money lenders long after
they had else proved relentless. After her
es;ate went away, size became goyerness in
some foreign family aud quilted France.
Her husband was absolutely ruined, md In
the dcbtors' jail, Ignorant and careless What
hai become OF her, when an uncle in the pro-
,inces lett him considerable estate. This
golsend melted his obdurntc heart and be de-
termined to lead new life. The first thing he
did WAS to seek his wife. He hcartl her history,
begging er pardon for the past, informing Ler
Of lis inheritance, and asking permission to
ioin her, and live as he should live by her side
You may Imagine her rep1yl The day after it
reached Paris II telegraphic dispatch was seut
her, bidding her to hasten to Paris; her lus
hand had been taken with the typhus fever,
which las been aid Is so Prev 1o1t here, and
ta.ly lCcame woTFe.
She catue as fast as steom could bring her
swift IS it was, get too slow-when she tnter-
I'll the railway station here she ,yas told he had
departed this life, and she was denied even the
IuElauc1Ql] eall-lHCll1u u ElAtTICluE IA5[
time his Icy, inanimate furul. So many
storms-such a glimpse Of bright suushlnu-
succeeded BY 80 thick T. cloud, were more than
the poor woman could bear, Alapguor invaded
her body, nnd at the Inst took complete pos.
session of her. She Was buried last week.
Now, side by eide, they lie in the graveyard,
who. ten brief years ago, stood side by side at
tired In bridal costume before the altar Of the
Madeleine Church, titfu1 fever those ten
>ears were! Grave, deny them not thy wonted
peacct
4 few days ago Baron de - gave dinner
to half dozen friends, to "warm' . house he
has just built for himself 1t was u bachelor
diuMe1, lis wife being in the country. When
they we're at dessert, a Lady entered the room
his wife! There was a disagreeablc moment
or two for The guests. rs surprises are always
disacreeablc, especially When they come In
retttconts. She said; 'Gentlemen, I a1n sorry
to disturb you, but tayc something to say to
MY husband, and I am not sorry to have your
company. She therenpun went up to her hus-
band, who was turning as many co'ors as
dying dolphin, and said to him: six. weeks
ago, in tho heat Of discussion which did
not provoke, you were coward enough to slap
me. As there were no witnesses present, my
lcwycr tells NC I eau bring no action. There
are witnesses here now, sir, take that! {giying
him 4 terrible slap use your witnesses. ex-
peel yo,lr lawyer at once" She then quilted
lie room mnjestlcally. The husband has sum-
moncl all bis friends as witnesses, and brought
suit for divorce. GAMMA.