, 1866-08-08
AMUSING ELOPEMENT.
Parties PurAucd by an EnFa9ed Parent
Tho Wou1d-bc Bride Escapes Dis
.uIseu in Cent? Apparel, &c-

Parties FUfAHF0 bf an 4tQI41eu EAfcue
-Thc Would-bc Bride Escapes Dis
:ulsetl In Gents, Apparel, xc-
tFrom the Canne]ton (1ud.) Reporser.1
Quito an Interesting scene occurred III town
last Sunday evening, the particulars Of
which, as far us we could learn, arc as fol-
lows:
Some time during Inst week n Miss Martha
E. Connect, residing at Tell City, received
hand In marriage, which the mother Of Miss
c. opened, and nfter reading, handed to her
daughter, with the advice Of command that
she ahoel1 answer it and accept hl5 otter.
Miss c. informed her Muther that she WIS
engaged to be married to M1. Pleasant
M1nroe, who also resides In Tell City, and
whom she intended to marry whereupon an
angry alteration cnsued, resulting in the
daughter leaving the house and proceeding
after full explanations, It was decided that
they Immediately proceed 10 Cannelton and
be married, without the knowledge Of Miss
C.'s parents, and before they gould place any
impedlments in the way. Thus began the
q witness, to make the necessary affidavit,
the two proceeded to the Clerk office, where
they we're not long In placing themselves In
possession Of the necessary, and, to them, the
valuable document
| the Court House gate, on their Way to be
united in the holy bonds, when they were
met br the indignant and angry father
| The angry words between father and daugh-
| ter soon drew crowd Of about two hundred
| men, women, children ind dogs. To give all
! the remarks Of the by-standers Wonld re-
quire more space than we can devote TO that
firmly Interesting but altogether disgracefnl
affair. Here we would say, however, that
the advice given a1l parties BY Gabriel
| Schmuck, Esq, the County Clerk, was good,
| and IL the father could have been induced to
| follow it, much Of the disgrace attending
/ such scene would have been avoided Mr.
| 8. told the father that as the daughter Wis
| Of age, and had procured the proper license,
no one could prevent their marrying unless
the young lady was willing to abandon her
manner not to be mistaken, that sac would
I die rntber than marry man she did not love,
I he thought it but making the matter worse by
| OBTAINING them: in the streets or else where.
From the Court House the brid il party,
numbering in all oyer two hundred passed
down Washington street to Foutta, across
Fourth to Adams, where they met tae hes.
Mr.. Russell, but he, thinking that n a0a aa1nEt
as he expressed it. "a ssasy @nn ma ,9 adams
street as best he could. Fro thence !hey
passed down Adams to First stTee:, ana up
First street to the resiaeace OF y. vaashnan, ha,
ESQ. in the upper part Of the TOWN., "aete
the tjeyotei couple eyal.d the T5hant
fathcr. and with 4 few OF their tr1enas 9e'
came voluntary prisoners In onc o. ar. s-'s
sleeping apartmc. c.nts, the father IN ine mean. e
time placing himself IN such 2 positlon that
The daughter could not leaEo the house With
icyery young gent{eu1au present considering
himself one5 then consiaesedit would be ne.
cessayv for The couple to disguise themaelres
u aud psss from the house iaoog. Captain 3.