The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-10

or the other, And the impassionet sWain Of
hal century, desiring to move the idol Of his
beart first 'nvents Tor himself some sweet aud
touching nickname, and then protests to her,
IF YOU would make your Doll, happy J on must
feel precisely as he doesl' This is one ol those
mluor M, sterles OF which no adequate solltioo
has ever been given,o
Probably, If some able phrenoJogist were to
investigate, he would find the same bump
developed in the lover whose sun is setting,
as in the mother whose son is Just rising to
the dignity of supporting himself. The same
gushing emotion which made Russell your
dolly" makes the infant offspring Mothers
pity, itty, baby bye" instead OF "My pretty
little baby" But we leave this analogy e.
other more skillul examiners than our
selves.
To return TO Miss Wiggins. The reply of
the lawyer of Mr.. Russell proves that there
is, indeed, two sides to every story, and
makes us almost believe that the counsel for
Miss Wigeins was biassed in his summng.up
or the evidence. The defendant replied that
Miss Virgins was not gushing girl, but a
mature female OF iorty summers. That she
came to Sing Sing to entrap credulous
man. That in Dir. Russell she found the
u
have married her, had it not been that he
found that, although she was still miss, she
was not as chaste as a vestal virgin. Tnat,
in fact, she had sworn to continuous incon.
stancy OF two years with another ma, and
that the other man got himself Off b, paving
few dollars. That she agreed to et Russell
off for 5000. That she got the money, and
hn hnu
That, in fact, this Queen OF Purity resenbled
rather Semiramis or Mary Stuart than
the chaste Diana. Upon making this
discovery, Mr.. Russell thought lie had
reason for breaking off the match; not, as he
says, for his own sake, but for the six small
children, the eldest twelve. The jury, although
they did not agree with Miss Wggins
that her peace of mind was worth 100000,
still gave her a verdict of 5000. as a "con-
pensation" As she, on a previous occa-
sion, received $500 as similar "comDensa-
ton" for her eternal ruin the sum was not ex-
travagant. We strongly Opine, however, that
the twelve men who sat in Judgment imposed
the fine rather from revengeful rage at Mr..
Russell for marrying again, after such an
escape, than from any sympathy for the "poor
young creature" who had boldly paraded her
wrongs before the world, to secure a golden
balm Tor her aggravated attack OF pericardtis.
We would, rom this instance, seek to point
moral and adorn a tale. Any woman who
will sue man toI not marrying her, and seek
to gain money the band to bind topether
her broken heart, as no heart at all, and, con-
sequently. is entitled to no gold to bind it,
That portion Of our law which provides for a
pecuniary recompense is utterly useless.
Either let us strike all such cases off the list
for there is really no good ground for a
breach of promise sut-or else make it a
criminal o1eRse. In either case, all such suits
would cease. No pure, true oman would
parade her wrongs before the world; all
Others have no real wrong to parade. The
female who needs some aurierous muscle
to strengthen the aorta, is too far gone for
legal jurisprudence TO avail.