The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-11-22
A SINGULAR DIr.rMMA.

! The Cincinnati Enquirer relates the. following
rather singular occurrence ss..v
In the police court, in CINCINNATI 5ingu ular oc-
curreEce was brought to light. About years
ago, man named Edward Carey left On affections
ate and beautiful wife and three interesting chill.
dren to seek fortune in the mines of California
For one year after his arrival in the gold country
Carey wrote constantly to his wifo aud iuclosed
sums Of money. Suddenly tho correspondence
ceased. and Mrs Carey, receiving no money, was
compelled to adopt other means 20 obtain iveli-
hood. Finally she received information That her
husband had been killed in the mines, which was
corroborated by a subsequent letter from Caifor-
MIA. For three years she lived, rs she supposed
she was, q widow. Receiving the attentions of an
Italian named Joseph Reibe, who succeeded in
gaining her affection, she consented TO marriage,
and about a yenr ago the two were legally united
In the bonds of wedlock, and have since lived
quite happily together. On Sunday last, the
church bells were summoning TO the house God
the worshppcrs ofthe True Being, Edward Carey
who had arrived direct from California by tho
morning train, was making inquiries in the neigh
borhood in which his family resided when he Left
Cincinnati, for his wife and cliildrea His neigh
bors and friends stood amazed, and trenbled upon
beholding the man whom they had long since be-
eved to be doad, Upon being gsnssured that il was,
Carey, who vas not dead, but slivipg, no was as
founded with the intelligence that his wife was
again married to another man. Ascertaining the
residence of hr and Mrs Rcibe, the afflicted hus-
band hastened to ascertain whether what he had
heard was true false. Knocking ut the door, o
tall italian measuring about six feet, came TO the
door. Carey inquired, ..f 45.t4 .rs at
"Does Mrs Rcibe live here 7" ,-ff
Itahan-"She docs. Will you walk in 2" 80
Carey-"Yes, sir; will you please tell her that
gentleman desires to see her p q 10 r.-
The Italian consented, and going to the door
leading iuto-the dining room, called his wife by
her first name.a, She answered, and nll full Of
smiles came running into the parlor.d Upon seeing
her first husband, who rose from bis scat to meet1
her, she screamed and fell faniing to tho Aoor.l
The husbands both fastened to raise her from the
floor When Carey informed Reibe that he was
Edward Carey, the lady's lawful husband, Reibe
also claimed her as his wife, aud added, 81 shall
never give her up" Before the wife had fnly
recovered from her faInting attack, the two bus
bands had become eagngcd in angry, violent words
resulting in Carey drawing pistol upon Reibe,
and in the former being forcibly elected from the
house. Re:be, on Monday morning, had warrant
out in the police court charging Carey with
disordorly conduct aud provoking him7to commit
breach Of the peace Carey was arrested, and
when arraigned before Justice Warren, in the pre-
sence of Reibe and his wife, he asked the court 70
hear an OK planation before he entered his plea
Judge Warren consented, and Carey stated that he
ing himself. to be Ithe legal claimant, had become
disorderly in demanding percmptorly of Rcibc
that lIe should give her up Reibo exhibited TO
the court the marriage certificate, mud the qneslion
was at once raised: "What further proceedings
could be had in the court" The wife, who, iko
Nobe, was all 10 tears 7was called up aud asked
by the court if either Of these men was her bus
band. Shercplied that she had been niarricdio
both, but, having learned that her FIRST husband
was dead, she had formed On attachment for ReibeI
three years Afterwards, and married him After
assuring the court OF her deeply seated atachmcpt
always for Carey, and now her warm affection for
Rciba, MhojEad been to her an affectionaio and.
devoted husband, the court inquired Of her, viz .:
"What do you now propose TO do-livo with
your first husband, who is legally such, or your
last husband, who, by misapprehetsion and unin-
tcntionally, iyou have made your husbandT"
The lady replied, "My duty and my desire is to-
90 andilive with my FIRST husband, I'D ward Carey
The scene which followed can never be des-
crbed. Carey aud his wife approached each other
and wept aloud, while the disappointed Italian,
seated in his chair like statue, presented pic
tdre of despair and disappointment. Presently his
feelings were overcome, and he groEously wept
elieiting the sympathy of all, Carey and his wife,
in arn 1leftSthe court room, and Rcibe, after
receiging kindly admOnition from he court that he
must be resigned and pursue Tue matter no farther
left the presence ofathc court deeply chsgrncd and
terribly mortified ut the fate which had befallen
him. Carey and his family are preparing to leave
the city, and Reibs, alL alone in deserted house,,
refuses to be comfOriedsi'aza aos. ilt srilsel A.
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APoIsTED SERMos Many discourse of 90
hours length is not half as impressive as the fol-
lowing from an eccentric English divine; -
- '.Dc sober, grave, tempsrate. ~ TIrys IL 0.
i. There are three companions with whom you
should always keep on good teriDs,
II /. Your wife. .csR rsgak ssfg go
2. Your stomach- a-. - .
B. Your conscience. Egrg Fi b1eieT i..s.s-s
Ill If you wish to enjoy peace, long life and
happiness, preserve them ny tcInpcrance.f IhtcR.i
peranec produces $50 s-saE stu-s lfabr 1 Ege
/. Domestic miserysaj1 ~ ~ sEc7 - tee f.Ee4.
2. Premature DEATH 81 sufy3 ,fcf ~S' ts.t3
a. Iaidelity.st s.i. = tssBaissst -asfsiu
To niakeahe.s points elesr, refer you ~, =
l. To the Ncwgate CalcAdar
SrO'thc hospitals, .upa9ic asylsGis, aa6 work
houses.
seen, read and suffered, ID mind, body and estate.
Reader, decdet which will you choosel Tenn
perapce, With happiness end long life OF intempe-
ranec, With misery and prcmaturc death -.
SERVED HIM RIeHr.--A man named Bill
Jones, who ran away from Richmond some ,months.
as,o no eseanc couscripfiOn on reaching Nar(olk