Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-12


DIVORCE CAsEs.-Oa Friday, Judge Wylie
granted a decree divorcing Teresa Fl)riila
Chrlstman, formerly Particle, from Philip
Christman, as prayed.
the daughter OF William +. and Charlotte V.
Particle; her age fifteen years, ten months and
twenty days; that she has vague, indistinct
and dreamy recollection Of having gone ID the
pumT, near her fathers house, on tn afternoon
or evening of the 5th day of August, 1853 and
OF having been met there and led Off by
the said Christman to a house only a few
yards distant from her fathers residence, and
which. she has since been Informed was the
house OF the Rev. Joln Thrush, by whom,
to her profound amaZament and grief, your
petitioner has since ascertiined she was
M .rTied by the said John Thrush to the said
Philip Christman; that she mas but very in
distinct and vague recollection of the occur
e"Ces above averted 10; that she had very
light acquaintance with the said Philip Christ
man. had not known him more than a few
weeks, and seen him but few times; that she
had never promised or cOntraC ted TO marry
him, and did not love him and never thought
Of marrying him and never intended to marry
HIM; that she ha~ not lived nor cohabited with
NM and never can a9d never will live nor
cchabit with him: that immediately after the
said marriage they separated and she returned
20 her fathers house, where she has ever since
temalned, and that she has not seen the said
Philip Christman since, and does not
desire TO see him, and will not see him if
she can avoid doing &C that she is informed
and believes that the aid Philip Christman
" as arrested very soon after said marriage
and is now imprisoned for stealing and
selling Government property: that she was
not conscious OF what she was doing when
sne was led off and married, Otherwise she
would have resisted and not been married:
taat she Is not now aware from ner own per-
sonal knowledge or recollection that she was
married as aforesaid, or thar the sail PhiIip
ChrIstman asked hey 10 be married or that he
The said Thrush told her that she was mar
ried or TO be married; taat she was informed
AID believes that she vas rot absent from har
fathers mouse upon the of har
rage as aforesaid nOt more than twenty or
thirty MIR u'Ps; hat she was not dressed nor
prepared for marriage, and did not anticiData
j., nor any meeting with the s3id Philip Christ
man; hat she did not know III had procured or
ever intendet 10 procure a license for their
marriage; that she never authorized him tn
procure Oh license; that he ne yer said Ucense
to her; that she never gave him her name for
any such purpose, and that the license under
which they were married does not contain her
true name, but the name in said license ia
:: Flora PartelIo," while true maiden name of
your petitioner is " Teresa Florilla Partello,"
and that said marriage took place without the
previous knowledge, eonniyance or consent of
either OF her parents or any of her relatives or
acquaintance
The petitioner represents that at the time of
ter marriage as Aforesaid she was laboring
under temporary lunacy occasloned by greet
coDsutionsl dis uTbance, pee uliar 10 her sex at
certain periods, and by reason OF which lunacy
she was not sensible OF what she was doing.
and by reason OF such lunacy she was not
capable OF making legal or valid contract In
r.arIiaps.
The petitioner thpreuPon pravs that div orce
lay ~ granted 10 her. ana that skn ma res un1e
rr maiden name. The petition was flied on
me lGtd of August, since which time notices
have been served On The respondent, and tn
testimony taken b. commissioners appointed
i.r that purgos---the parents, brothers and
Slstrs and one or TWO of hsr friends testifying
/" her condition about the time OF the marriage,
e"c OF the few visits Chr.stman made TO their
I'siotrce. One witness also testiies to tho
-oPordeEt having been arrested about the time