Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-27
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Paris fOct 81 correspondence OF liverpool Journal
1t ia Wondropsl 10 obserTe hoW.ttel sr0ss-
est abuses become by habit admitted 10
the rank Of tnstituttopa spd ere 4seeited
at lAst With As much energy as they had
been repulsed at first. R''-'a ~ ,,,,,..,a
The French method Of negoti atipe msr-
fiages, for instance, which hadhibeen dong
known and about which no secrecy had
ever abeen observed, bad never. been
duly weighed and tTiedisandi its legality
tested before .the tribunals! This week
has, however, pres nted this entirely novel
feature in French life tor approval or refu-
sal by French Jurisprudence. Madame de
Saint Marc, the great puryeyor of fortune
and position ia the stape of husband or
wife, according to The demand made upon
her ingenuity, appeared before the court
. the other day 10 demand exhoneration
from payment of ihe license by which she
Ia styled Ya business agent" Nov Mad.
anne de Saint Marc. whose business IL q
pleasure to herself and all whom 1t con
Germs, aud who can scarcely be called an
agent, as she acts on her own response
biiity, feels herself degraded in position
and injured in purse by the denomination,
and appeals tothe court TO be relieved from
the tax which has been imposed upon her
calling in consequence of the erroneous
denomination by which j. has been desig-
mated. Madame de Saint Marc is woman
of high respectability and great influ-
euce. She. calls berself a femme ssrieltse,.
and, holding herself responsible for the
real existence of the generally fantastic
delusion called a dot, BY promise Of which
French mothers ,ma1aget oget their daugh-
ters married, Is, discourse, accustomed TO
sffteYery circumstance, motive aud eXpRese
sion, I'd the very bottom. Therefore, If
gould take a toaeha EeasSneF:to beat Mad.
ams de Saint Marc at aTGRaens And.
sure enough, as she stood heforS the hanch
"a fine portly dame ia Sls> ~ MORE an.
tique, serious asithe RtfaS,53 she IL IN The
habit of treating, all slT ..efiug with bpgles
bright l4s tns aqass she holds out 70 hel
epst2Ilstasy : ~ With gdfpuFe delicate
anu hue az 'Se sntiments she is bound tC
lnsplte. al herclients Ash took up hel
PoSApoH p.. once, without any of that vul'
gar Ss~ alton aud embarrassment Whlct
A1ss - s:,lsine agent .meptiopsd the for
nv "a would certainly have experienced
upon the occasion. s4tL OF .t!l1
What call the marriages negotiated Q!
Madame de Saint Marc by the horrol
name of business Such denominatioi
was never heard ofin good society ana q
Madame de Saint Mares quiVering lips re
neat the dreadful sound, they seem tomur
MIR threats of "libelaud defamation, dam
AGES and indemnify" for the injury sucE
an EXPRESSION may have given rise to. Be
sides which! Madame de Saint Marc, who
oonsiders that the law was made for tht
.oood,of the ,communityi at large, invoke'
itsgprotection; when IL says no workmar
working ON his own account, unalded By
iourneyman or,apprentice, is liable totht
tar Hereupon the argument ibecam'
warm. Ii was commended thatSif MADAME
da Saint Marc carried on the trade on hel
own. account, il must simply become
case Of po1yRamy; neither could she wori
by the Hday or hour" as the marriage til
is indissoluble, nor does she work with hel
own IaateFials-sll of which conditions arr
specified in the act under which she SEEK
to shield her profession. Again, If she
deny herselfsthe comfort of an apprentice
it is only because she is compelled to thai
"prudence and discretion" -the motto with
which she adorns the little perfumed bill
lets she dispatches to her various custom
fers. The Court, therefore, dismissed the
= appeal made by the pFiestess OF hymen
and, moreover, condemned her to tht
costs. as IS i.s4
She left the tribunal with the assurance
that she had done good mornings worA
notwithstanding; and, as the marriage o
one of the greatest notables of the Pari
bar was, announced immediately after thu
trial, it. is supposed thAt.th "business'
must have been negotiated then and there
Madame de Saint Marc has become one o
the greatest authorities in Paris. Let nj
man imagine that he marries the woman o
his choice. However much he may fancy
himself smitten with the bright eyes anf
ruby lips of the fair creature to whom h'
is introduced for the first quadrille by thl
respectable lady with gray hair he ha
known from acknowledgements much h
may admire lightness and elegance OF tn
figure aud charm and wit of her converse
ton, he will not be allowed to fall in Low
by Maaame de Saint Marc, whose "work
he is contemplating, unless his fortune hs
borne the test ofscrntiny between the r.
spectacle old lady with gray hair and Ii
business agent of whom wespeak. Alb
been cauvassed, weighed and discusse
beforehand. The incidents have been al
ranged; nay, the very ball whereat he NEE
the fair damsel nby accident has been g
up for thisvery purpose. 1'F@
Madame de Saint Marc keeps an elegaI
establishment. AserVant in livery receive
your card in sort of poor's box, of whic
Madame keeps the key, SO that your fac
alone, and not your name is made familia
to the lacquey. She receives ,you in
room hung round with portraits of all tn
young ladies for whom che wishes to
business in your particular case. She ba
an album Of photographic ikenesses, wher
each fair customer Is presented, With
reference in cypher which tells of her dc
SaRd ths:P retentiops to be Satisfied. Tines
wary According 10 birth, station and accom-
plishments; but the grand question of th
dot always ranks first, aud the want of
would never be compensated by any degrt
of beauty, talent or virtue in the fair asp
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