Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-08-10

Adam said, This is now bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall
be called woman, because she was taken
out of man. Therefore shall a man
leave his father and lis mother and
cleave unto his wife ; and they shall
be one flesh"
He closed the book and offered
most touching prayer; not heart but
seemed to feel that earnest appeal to
the Throne of Grace.
Then, asking the usual questions, he
pronounced them husband and wife.
The bride, slowly sinking on her knees,
raised her beautiful face, all covered
with tears, aud her clasped hands, and
in most thrilling, sweet voice, tremu-
lous with deep emotion, said :
"And now, O.! merciful Father
grant that our Two lives, thus united,
may peacefully flow into one, even as
this rivulet, until we reach the River
of Death; and, undivided in faith or
conduct, be permitted to enjoy Thine
eternal smiles, in the land of the pure
and the blest. ....
Every pulse seemed still, hoping,
wishing for more of this beautiu ul
drama. Not word, not movement
from all the throng; all, all was happi-
) ness. o! lovely panorama how deep
ly thou art craven on the heart. The
happy man was in the act of imprinting
a kiss upon the smiling lips of his mag
nifcent wife, when the clear tones of a
manly voice startled all from their
pleasing reverie universal gaze rested
on tall Tennessean, whose eagl eyes
spoke. the mana fit representative
he was of the State where sleeps Jack
Ison.
II can't stand this any longer, I can t
by -. Pardon, ladies, pardon. |
have a proposition to make in the good
faith of a man who rever lies or trihes.
| must make it or desc here goes.
Now, l will marry ON this spot any lady
in the crowd who has the nerve to face
such music; look at me, and if you can
love me as she loves (pointing to the
bride), I'll promise to be husband to
you such husband as she deserves,
and su h husband as a true hearted
man will make to the woman who comes
trembling under his wing l further
say that no spot of shame attaches to
my name, nor ever shall. And this
arm will support and protect the one
who can trust it. Who'll take me 2"
: And his eyes ran slowly and steadily
over the crowd of handsome women
around him his earnest manner and
: novel speech had aroused an intense
feeling; and all was surprise and deep
sympathy with the fearless, excited ora
tor, when to the astonishment and de-
light of every oncr fawn-like, blue
, eyed girl, from the howery banks of
[ Alabama, stepped up to his side, and
! looking confidently up to him, with her
Y hands on his arm, said,
II am thine -
: BY this time his arm was around her
waist, and parting ner curls, he "sign-
ed the contract" with a kiss that all the
married ladies afterward. pronounced of
the genuine sort-perfect, satisfactory.
= Raising his flashing eyes with trium-
phant expression from the pleasant job
: just mentioned, he said
: "Where is that parson? Send him
: right here-on this spot we met, and
: on this spot we will be made one; |
} never let such luck as this pass me by
waiting a minute so go ahead, all's
ready"
And the parson did 60 ahead, and on
that spot where they first met were they
solemnly united forever. When the
words, "what God has joined together
, let no man put asunder," died away, a
} shout went up that woke the echo for
miles; every hand was extended to the
happy, lucky, venturesome fellow; and
every lady in the crowd pressed the
lips of the handsome wife, (for a mo-
ment | wished | were her, but | instant
, ly recovered my self-possession, and
J thrust the weakness from me; women
: kissing each other always seemed a
waste of sweetness to me, but they know
best, and laughing, shoutiog, happy,
J we all returned on board.
| Our generous captain set a splendid
supper; the clerk made out two mar
riage certificates they were signed by
the parson and seventy four witnesses
J Give more made the nine, you know,
) men, women, and children, all told
'teverybody signed. Then we danced,
we laughed, we made children of our
selves. Be that as it may, when the
watch changed at noon of night, the
bluffs on the dark shores of the river
returned only and unbroken the echo
of the hoarse coughing of the Emily
Barton's engines, for We slept, and our
dreams vainly tried to vie with the
lovely reality of the evening
i BLACK EMIGRANTs.-Wh white
men are coming from Europe and yellow
men from China, thousands of black en-
igrants from the United States and West
Indies are fastening to Africa. Within a
recent period more than 1900 black emf
grants have gone to Liberia, of whom
934 have goneiu seven months. Farmers
and soldiers, lawyers and blacksmiths,
shoemakers and engineers, with their
trades and implements, have gone to the
young Republic of Liberia.
SHERRY WINE.-The sherry wine
merchants at Cadiz told our consul that
s'the stuff sent to the United States was