Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-14

sAS ~ vi VIZ 4 HSAAS
for the great principles of justice, as
enunciated in the reconstruction amend
ment proposed by Congress, and hope
therefore to see him triumphantly re-
elected to the Senate. g
J. T. moore.
-EtmeraLda Union, Nop. 10.
LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY.
(Prom the correspondence Of the Chicago Repupl-
can Of Dec. 2th.]
FIFTH AVENUE ar
Is constantly discussing the weddings
that have been and are to be. Wedlock
has spoken out virulently in that fash
ionable quarter, and so many persons
have been attacked that no ancient gal
liant nor accomplished firt of many sea-
sons is considered safe. Women whose
ages it was extremely impolite to con-
lecture mentally, and men whose SEM
blance of freshness and vigor it was in
discreet to investigate, have been walk
ing the way of Hymen so briskly that
the coy virgins who are just "out," and
the self-conscious youths who are cult
waiting q feeble moustache, are all in q
tremble lest their turn come next.
This is regarded as the promising and
fortunate season for connubial adyen-
lures, and they who fail to find a con-
sort now may live long before they have
as many opportunities again. Manag-
ing mammss are on the qui uipe; all the
way from Washington Square to Fifty
ninth street, for eligible Matches and
if they do not make their daughters
miserable, it is not surely any fault Of
theirs, since no rusc, no tact, nor effort
is spared to that end.
A HYMENEAL SACRIFICE,
Or a part of it, l witnessed the other
| day in the Avenue, as | was taking an
| after-breakfast stroll. Before one Of the
most handsome mansions of that SPLEEN
did thoroughfare l saw q youthful and
comedy bride with several bridesmaids,
all attired in white satin, lace, and
orangc-fowers, getting into carriages ;
and with them the bridegroom, old
enough to be q grandfather, but made
up more carefully than actor at the
| Broadway Theaters. From his appear
ance he must have been q roue and de-
bauche, who, after living a long life of
RIGHTEOUSNESS, and doubtless looked
about him to see if any girl was pure
and prudent enough to become his wife,
and found her at last, the more's the
pity. His qualifications, I presume, in
the eyes of her parents were the reputa-
ton Of q man Of fashion, with fashion
able vices, of course, and q liberal in
come. He may have been a drunkard,
a gambler, a seducer, and a scoundrel
in various ways; but these are slight
faults compared to the two great virtues
mentioned. And, then, no mortal can
be expected to be perfect.
The party seemed a very happy one
as it drove away to Grace church. Its
members looked radiant, and smiled
sweetly; and, unquestionally, there were
those who envied them. Perhaps am
q trife saturnine; but l could not help
thinking this was a reverse side to the
picture that had not yet been seen.
Ny imagination went beyond the
pageant, behind the present; and it
caught a painful vision Of the future; Of
a desolate though splendid living; of a
disappointed and wretched wife seeking
sympathy and love where nature prompt
cd and society forbade; Of dishonor, and
remorse, and agony Of spirit; of children
that knew not and reyered not their
father, growing up to pe%rpetuate the
ills. that ever arise from inharmonious
marriage, and have on earth no end.
| saw all this, and the white robes
grew soiled and sable at last, and the
orange flowers withered, and the fresh,
sweet face of his new Iphigenia became
care-worn and ~prematurely old, and
there was q stain upon her white brow
I did not wish to look at, and l turned
away from it in plying pain.
A DEXI-MoNDE wgDDING
occurred here the other day, and was
annulled with the great doer and undoer
of the age-money. A young man Of
wealthy parentage, but, strange to say,
a member Of one Of our second, possibly
third, families, became desperately en-
amored of a young femme de pldistr re-
siding in Houston street. He lavished
whatever means he could obtain upon
her, and seemed in ceaseless dread that
she would leave him. To prevent this
much-to-be-desired result, he made her
his wife, and informed his parents of his
rash act.
Their surprise and horror may be sup
posed. They were ignorant what to do.
If they d~isinherited their son, they fear
ed he would be ruined by falling into
the lowest designations. They would
not accept her of course; and they could
not separate her lord and master from
his queen and mistress. They finally
concluded to buy the young mans free
dom; and they did. They bestowed
upon him a certain sum to travel in
Europe; and as soon as his "Governor''
had seen him depart On the Scotia, the
courtezan entered into an agreement for
q stipulated price to go to California;
having given her written consent to a
divorce, and copfessing to various inf
delities even after her marriage rites
had been performed.
The family breathe more easily now,
i OUT tQ6 phttE-lbulllho uCCihEc1 uO Suu-
not afford to assist at many such mar
riages of his children, If he would keep
out of the court Of bankruptcy,
AN ENGLIsHNAN's IDEA.
Of America was we'll eIempli6ed last
week by the arrival of a young cockney
from London at the Clarendon Hotel,
and his appearance at the Office early
the following morning with an Ameri-
can rife he had purchased at home, and
the confidential question: ~ say now,
my dear fellsh, are they any Of the
bloody Indians about2 I want to have
\ crack at some Of them, you know. /
bought this rife to do thatsort Of thing,
do you seer" ,
The foolish fellow had actually sup
posed that the native Indians of the for
est hunted in the vicinity of Union
Square; and that herds of buffalo roam
ed through Irving Place; and, no doubt,
had fears Of losing his scalp while walk
ing in Broadway. E.TGD
It is not singular our conceited insu-
lar cousins across the Atlantic are the
laughing stock of the civilized world.
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