, 1864-02-15

NcoAs OF TIE UEI0N LEAGUE CLUE, |;
1Tytou Cor.pv Fab IN 11ci r
Soldiers Weddings.

Our rc-cnlisted md new recruits arc turn
ing their high bountles to good uses by lib
eral Investments In tho matrimonial market,
Judging from the number Of weddings that
are taking place al1 over the country. It would
appear that the first thing IN old soldier or
thinks Of, Is getting wife, if he has none;
It is the old story over again. The brave car
~ Oft the fair. Mars and Venus arc In con-
junction now, as in the olden time, with this
difference in our favor, that Hymen stands by
with nuptial torch, n the shape Of goodly
recruiting officer, and the number Of mar
riages will this year exceed all precedent.
There is philosophy in this i bounty Of d
thousand dollars, with the prospect of pen
sion and farm at the close Of the war, cuts
away the difficulties from many love match
It would take years Of hard work and self
denial for u young man to gather the outfit
which may be gained in one hour by yielding
to the impulse Of patriotism. There Is we'll
founded Impression, that tho present yeur
will see the end Of the civil war, and our
young men embrace the chance Of high boun-:
ties 10 settle themselves in life. Their pay
will almost support their brides, and In few
months the war will be over, and they can
fall back upon their bountics to make good
start in life, and purchase stock for rebel
farms, or make a start in life in their native
towns. 1t il to the credit of our
young ladies, that they are appreeiating
this thrifty patriotism, md appear willingit0
dispense with the usual long eourtshlps, In
favor of volunteers aud veterans, whose fur
1oughs expire on a certain given day. So,
weddings are everywhere done up on short
notice, and clergymen Of all denominations
nre kert busy. IN this city the fnc1ease'of
weddings from this cause is quite unprecs-
dcnted. But it is in the country that the re.
suits are more remarkable The viliages and
towns in the interior Of this State ore almost
depleted Of marriageble girls, who have been
converted into .War widows by the SONS of
Mars. It Is the same throughout New Eng
land. In one villnge In Connecticut, Wherea
wedding Is rare event, no less than twenty
seven have occurred since last Thanksgiving,
It is to the credit Of our heroes that victo-
ries, both In love and war, follow them wher-
ever they 20. A civilian stands but little
chance against soldier among the girls.
The latter generally give the preference to
the Veterans Then comes the raw recruits,
and civilians last This Is the rule even IN
Dixie. The animosity Of the secession Indies
to the Union is only Plckwickian, 50 far as
regard4 our brave soldiers Individually. In
Charleston, Va, VIC hear OF thirty soldiers
weddings as the result of few months en-
campment of regiment near that place It
is almost the same in other parts of virrinta
and throughout the border States. In New
Orleans soldiers weddings are the order Of
the day. On patriotic grounds these results
are cminently. satisfactory, rs tending: to
abate the luminosity OF the feminine hatcrs of
our, country's cause. We take It that the
best WY to concfllatc these Dixie dau1sels is
to furnish them with good Union husbands.