, 1864-08-18
SEDUCTION AND MARRIAGE.
A wedding Party In the Od1ce OF the
PfOTGkt n1arshal.


1t Is seldom that re can chronicle the return to
the paths oivsrtue OF one who has loved mot wise.
u but too WELL" The stringent rule Of select
souety; the fallen ote's own feelings Of shame
and unworthiness; the almost imposeibtiity OF OBJ
tanning employ ment. all tend to keep down the
unfortunate girl, whom one false etsp hae hurled
into The artna Of vice. PhiIanthrophIets have 3
lesson to learn In the point Of soctal amcloraton
which, until learnt Will continue 10 thwnrt the OBJ
Jecl OF their eEdeavorsthey too often say so''
TOO frequently eoptlne their efforts to telling wo-
man wha. she should be, without helping her to
hcome wba: The might be; B1t leaving hnmani.
usrrate an incident which though It viii leave Esd
reniu1scences IN the minds Of many os long yeass,
terminates, as every t1De Eiory should terminate,
4 few Days aeo Jou3g man called at the Cen.
ttal Police station to obtain advice, in his search
for his stster, beautiful young e. girl Of ssFen-
The brother resides at Oshkosh, Wis.,, but
stated thht hIe sister lived With her relatives at
Racine. She is ver5 respectfully connected, her
Mes hs pT es H. ID - se a,@
citizen Of Racine. who seduced her -one months
ago, which, Wien known 10 her parents, caused
.a1 a Il sst 81 hs Str ase R e thoqEe n M 1ga S
agbtiue ie1 fsx wseis' wss lii Eii1ed d ] recsht
strongly On the young woman'a feelings; for .he
had meier reuon1ccd her lorer. and after rema.u-
ing =. home sety unhasppily b. for aay o. tw9 fhe
Chicago, where all trace of her whereabouts waR
los1 by her eo.1owine relatives. The affair WIS
placed In ths bsnas q pftecye h l Tao wSs @
Has in the city. Attec few days research the o.
tctr discovered that she had been m inmate Of a
had left this den with IN Aiabamiau named !. c.
joiner, and was tten living with him on Van Buren
st1eet As his lawful wife.
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brother and his er11ng sister. She eEinced no
signs Of contF1tion, wildly declaring that she
woold live ana gle Nth her paramount: u Jones
hle cho1cc, whom. he said, be Int n5ed to marry.
He Is native OF Alabama. and formerly served IN
the Confederate service bot was captured and con
! which. he eaye, he vas recent d1sch4rged In
addition to his offer Of marriage, the man proposed
! to e1det in the Federal army as suba.,tute and
| leave the whole OF his bounty With bis bride.
| Feeling thai this was the only path Of honor
| which hle sister could Tread, IE. Graham wtee:y
| asstnted to The proposition, aud yesetday atser-
vost MarShal's Office, BY Justice DeHolE The
| BRIDEGROOM then enlisted as substitute for one
Frederick Jewett, and last night LEFT for Spring.
care whit regiment he enters 60 long as he be not
sent into Virgins, Where, be states he 1s 90 well
Known that If captured be would assuredty be
| tied fe50 In The bands Of Mr. Graham, who viii
krepl 1or his sister, and the balance will be paid
on its receipt 1T Springfield, for which CITY the
young couple LEFT last night. Shortly the Iuons
toldiet will repair to the battlefield, leaving his
bride he one Of the tnnumetab1e company Of gi1le
lett behind to watch and wait for the end Of this
hccureed rebellion.
EscAPEn.-The TRIBUNE has. on various occa.
e1on+, spoktn Of the City Dridewell, sometimes in
| terms IN no eenEe complimentary, II has arraIgn-
ed tts insecurity and dlth, and the pateut lack o.
humanity that distinguishes its internal and ex'
tesnal economy. Ono would imagine that those
| Door c1tatnfes, sometimes more sinned ara1nst
than shining, the victims Of want. nans,on ana
opportunity, who live and vestate In fts DARN aas
and Nth in preference to homes bright and cisanly
would rejo1ce at every chance Of escaue and thss
once out they would avoid it's pollutine Ticlnage
as they would the deadly peetilence. The humsn
heart, Ind above al the hearts Of the freousners
Bhdcwel, are institutions little queer. No soon.
er does the poor man or woman who haf served
out his or her t1me leave the filthy presence than
rejoicing IN the new found liberty, thcy hie them.
eelves sratghtwaJ to their old hsunts OF vice and
dissipation. Not all their recollecttone Of short
commons. hard tare, and ettil harder trea .mont ;
not alt the caEltuR seneatfons which attaches to
the institution: not their shame and disgrace a. j
Bndeweu hisd" are enough to keep them in the
paths OF sooriety and virtue. Al cure as the dog
return 10 that receptacle Of crime, misfortune var
min, and al nnclsanainess-the City DeldeWel-
| God help the poor tnmatesI Were Il not that by
their eecape the city World be over run with la,1
oseakers and tDe1tsateB. We could Wish that they
Eho1a al es:ape EMIL our rulers learned to tresi
roL hcut1;ty
Tae:s : :ssssa. responsibility resting ap.a oul