The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-29


bashful. Tie Jadge saw AZ oaoe that there
was a marriage to c,me Of, and said to the
woman, who stood with compressed lips
watching the justice and the door:
Want paper to take this maui"
Eyes, want paper. Me teach him. Mice
woman, thought the Justice. He no good
man. Me take him 50 quick as can"
"All right, my covies--fx you in the jerk
of lambs tail !" said the Justice, as he
turned to the man and said: you know this
woman-can you take her?"
The man shook his head and muttered un-
ipteligible words- .. .la-...4.
"Ah see. Can't talk English. Well,
never mind"
He ran into the street, invited few friends
up stairs, and on returning with them sad to
| the woman.
"You want to take this man for better or
for worseS"
"Yes-ine want to take him-ne payl I"
"All right"
Then turning to TIE man who stood tremb-
ling:
"You take this woman for better or for
worse, and promise to keep her, &C., &c.
imp" 1" and several mods of the head.
''Then in the name Of law, and by virtue
of the authority in me vested, pronounce
you man and wife. And he stepped forward
before the woman could say word, and kiss
ed her red lips.
Slap came her hand in his face, and she
clutched his hair. The new husband jump
ed in to take the woman away, and to protect
her, as the Justice supposed, when, in self
preservation, he hit him rap ON the nuse.
The woman pitched into the new husband,
who in turn, pitched into her. and for about
five minute, there wa, general hustlins
and display of legs, garters and things de-
cdedly astonishing.
AT last, the parties were separated-when
the man and woman took another turn at each
other, the blood and hair flying in all direc-
tions. Down came the stove, over went the
table, clatter went the chairs, ard into the
street like mad went the Justice with black
eye and the bosom Of his shirt looking Ike
warranty deed covered with rcd calls!
A crowd rushed up stairs and found the
man and woman lying ON the floor, hugging
each other like young bruins. thoir arms and
logs mixed up worse than toiaato vines, the
woman on topi i-- ''--.'--aaa----s----.------
The newly married couple were separated,
when through the aid of two interpreters it
was discovered that the night before, the
parties, occupying adjoining shanties in the
lower part of the town, had got in quarrel
over stove pipe, which was claimed 10y both,
and from words they had come to blows
Each party had hastened to the Juslice's
Office in the morning, for warrant iur the
other, with the result as stated above. The
last news from there was thar til. part es had
gone in search Of another justice u unmarry
them, while the genial cause ot the.r ieruUle
squabble was setting up the boys" and
bathing his bunged eye in camphor and
whskey.
How BEAU HAcKErr WAS MADE A z ZouAvE.
Il was put through rigid course Of examl-
nation before could be made z ouave, and
say it with feelings of qualification and self
esteem, that was remarkably well posted
in the catechism. My father was hero Of
the revolution, having been caught once in "a
watcr-wheel, aud whirled around rapidly
number Of times. Others of the family have
also distinguished themselves us military men
at different periods, but their deeds Of courage
are too well known to need repetition.
The following is copy verbatim ct litora-
tim, ct wordem Of most Of the questions pro-
pounded to me, and the answers thereto,
which my intimate acquaintance with the
Army Regulations and the report of the COM
mittee on the Conduc. of the War enable me
to answer readily aud accurately. My inter-
rogator was a little man in Federal blue, with
gold leaves on his shoulders. They called
him Major, but he looked young enough to
be minor. He led off with:
"How old are you, and what are your
qualifications ?"
Twenty-Five and q strong stomach"
Then requested him to fire his interroga-
tions singly, which he did.
"What is the first duty to be learned hy
soldier 2"
'How to draw his rations."
''What is the most difficult feat for sol
der to perform
Drawing his bounty"
"If you were in the rear rank of company
during an action, and the man in the iront
rank before you should be wounded and dis
abled, what would you dor"
81 would dispatch myself to the rear for
surgeon Immediately. Some men would step
forward and take the wounded mans place,
but that is unnatural"
''If you were commanding skirmishers.
and saw cavalry advancing in the front and
infantry in the rear, which weuld you meets"
Neither; would mass myself for a bold
movement, and shove ont sideways
"If you were captured, what line Of con-
duct would you pursuel"
81 would treat my captors with the utmost
civility."
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