Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-26
In HIGH LIFE.


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Senator-InC ident in the Life of Robert Lincoln.
You remember Robert Lincoln, son of the late
President He was generally liked here as an
amiable and intelligent young gentleman, not
quito equal to his Iathef ability. but OF superior
culture. \ story is just current in which his
name is 50 freely banded, and universally that
seeing that all the parties of public notorety,
there may be no improperly Ill allud1ng to it.
Nearly two years ago, 50 the story runs Robert
fell in love with young lady, whose father was
ut the time out OF office and out of money. 10 be
in this condition at Washington is next To being
convicted of forging IL government bond or muir
der i'll the first degree, and the idea Of marrying
the lady in that condition not to be thought
uf So the alniabe Robert set about mending
the matter, and forthwith made desperate eff
fort to secure the proposed fatherin-law seat i'll
the lower House of Congress- He failed in this,
however, and was at dead halt, when luckily a
member of the Cabinet died, Here was a vacan-
cy, and the lover, ''speeding the wings of pas
sion amorous," flew to the President aud stated
the whole case to him with great frankness, II
like your way Of doing things, Bob, said Mr.
Lincoln, and if possible, I will work the thing
for you" To cut a long tale short, he did ''work
1.-THE broken-down politician became member
of the Cabinet the young Gtt0ncee was suddenly
converted into leader of fashion, and all went
sweetly marriage bell towards the wedding
day. But the adage never fails to hold its own
and in this as in every other case, the course Of
true love did not smooth. The hand Of
the assassin interposed. The young gentleman
found himself bereft of father, of fortune
and of place at one fell swoop. On the other hand
the Cabinet member created by his interposition
had experienced change of fortune, for hay
ing shuttied his cards slIilfully he was just re-
turned Senator in Congress. The lady wavered;
the nuptials were postponed; and finally as Wis
ions of gay and better match began to fit
across her beautiful blue eyes, she resolved that
she was not much i'll love she had been and
so broke off the engagement altogether. tell
you the tale it was told me. 1t is just now the
of tl,oh T how
appear in print-such secrets being too valuable
and too notorious for poor devil of letter wri-
ter to keep-I give you the benefit of it. It is an
apt illustration of the way of the world and ticz
l9less of woman kind.
Correspondence NushoMe Banner.
Getting into Southern Society.
The Chicago Times, in contrasting the testimony
of Gen. Lee and Gen. Terry as to the loyalty of
the people of Virginia, and abiding especially to
the indisposition manifested by Virginia society
to receive strangers readily make the following
very sensible remarks
"There are two points of prominence connected with
this question OF anittance to Southern society South
entered upon the contest for the independence
OF the South with enthusiasm and determination that
exceeded those of the opposite The failure, there
fore, disastrous in its reaconary effects upon
their feelings than it in the of Southern
The Southern women more disappointed, pros
trated by the failure than the When to this is ad
ded the fact that almost all these mourning
for the loss of relative scarcely be expected
that they would be willing to look favorably upon
their pride has been hubled their hopes blasted their
property destroyed and their fathers sons lovers and
brothers sain
Suppose the case reversed Suppose the South had
quered, and that to-day the North desert held by
Southern troops would our wives and daughters wish to
associate with staggering graybacks who had been nsr
mental in reducing them to poverty and in deprvng them
of their natural protectors? We should regard our wo
men coarse and unfeen they venured to take any
such course.
The other prominent point in this matter is, that in
southern society az IN any other society gentleman is
admissible, whether he from Boston, Paris or Kam-
schatka. No gentleman will force himself into house of
mourning and propose game of euchre dance in con-
necton with the obseques of the deceased and in like
manner no gentleman will seek admission into Southern
society until its people have buried its dead In time the
dead will be buried the period of mourning will be passed
the bitterness of recollection will become essened and
then the doors OF Southern mansions will swing on oiled
hinges for the entrance OF the gentleman regardless of
his nationality. -
We cannot conscientiousy promise when that time ar
rives that those doors will be wide open to New England
and the entire North Blatant abotonst who Extensively
insist that the Southern is the intellectual and
social equal OF the Southern white woman will find as
hard to get into Southern society then as they do
Thsact alone will probably bar the doors of Southern
houses against ninetens Of the Purtans RespectabIe
society in the South is like society
u Is IN aggregation of sympathetic social elements and
gepudiates everything unsouth, brutal and offensive"