Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-17
ARomance In Real Life.

HOW MR.. lands, OF ''vISRLAND," coURTED
MISS MEADE AND MARRIED HER UNDER RISK
OF TIE CoMMoDoREis PISTOLS.
Everybody has heard of Chas. X. Landis
tile great pioneer who has built sVineland,"
in the New Jersey pine woods, and made
himselfa millionaire, by his enterprise and
success. lie is tbe gentleman who recently
married the daughter of Commodore Meade,
of Brooklyn, and thus precipitated the sup
posed necessity for confning the old gentle
man in the Bloomlngdale Lunatic Asylum.
He publishes in the Philadelphia papers his
version of the circumstances. He says:
81 have heard of men in olden times at
tacking castles and taking their wives by
out of third story windows, and have also
heard of their quietly walking away and get
ting married; but l never heard before,
either in history or fiction, of a man first
combining his intended father-in-law in a lun-
attic asylum and then Immediately marrying
his daughter, and am not ambitious to be
the one to start such a precedent.
He met Miss Meade at her home last jan
uary, but was advised that it was worth as
much as mans life to pay any attention to
his daughters; of the number of suitors who
hal been actually driven away by force of
arms. Upon further inquiry ascertained
this to be fact. When had decided to
propose to my wife, sent a formal notice
10 him and request for his consent. His an
swer to this was peremptory order to de-
sist from all attentions to his daughter, reit-
Grated by another letter threatening serious
consequences in case continued these at
tentions, and placing the grounds OF his OBJ
lection as follows: first, my age; second, my
religion; third, being an utter stranger. Be-
ing at the time thirty-four years old, was
at loss whether he meant that l was toe
young OF too old. did not care about adopt
ing any new religion; and being fully his
equal in birth and education, and having lived
for eleven years upon my own estates in
New Jersey, "with my banners on the out
ward wall, !" could not possibly sympathise
with the last objection.
| He saw all the Commodore's family anc
relatives, and they all agreed that MIR. Ian
| dis should "pay no attention to the Com
modore, though the old gentleman seemed
likely to pay so much attention to him, ant
that t'the Commodore was suffering undel
alteration of mind, and had been in thi.
state for some time" After this, he was in
| formed ''that the Commodore was watchin.
| around the Staten Island ferries, that Iii
might shoot me at the first opportunity.
continued my attention the same, and woul
have blushed at the thought of anything lilS
personal danger influencing my conduct
For some time previously my marriage wa
appointed to take place on the iith of DC
tober, at the residence of my wiic's uncl
Chas. A. Aleigs, Esq, Of Staten Island.
few days before | received warning tina
the mind of the Commodore was disturbed
and that he would shoot me for certain i
case he saw me. decided, however, tina
on the lith of October wonld cross the fei
ry in open daylight, in an open carriage, an
stand any amount of shooting that was nc
cessary. / felt that men had often riske
ther lives for objects less worthy than mint
; So he went ahead in this gallant STYLE
crossed over the raging waters ofthe Ea,
river, and repaired to the house of Uncl
Meigs, and was there informed by Lieu
Commodore Meade that the family ha
thought it necessary to take his father to til
Asylum, the previous day.
I They suggested to Mr.. G. that the
thought it probable he might consdt
. this reason for breaking off the marriage. :
But he requested that il should take place
My affianced was not responsible for th
heart-rending misfortune; and besides,
she had lost her beauty, or met with any otl
er misfortune, or if all the family had sue
,enly become lunatics, would have bee
all the more anxious to have the right an
the power to protect her. l married he
thank God! and with His help mean to sta
married, and shield her all her life from e'
cry evil that may threaten.
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