The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-08-26
Divorces


Tn reading the numerous exchanges which,
reach us, wciare struck with the large array.
Of divorce cases chroucled. = es,a; s.sa,,
In our land, where such things are of rare
occurrence, We are amazed at seeing the mar.
riage rites so often broken, apparently for no
just cause; save by whim or caprice.
In Vermont during the last FIVE years not
less than 574 divorces have been granted Cor
adultery 1884, willful dcsertion 1873, desertion
60, intolerable severity 1875, for refusal to
support 13, with twenty others for causes
that are not mentioned. f. Qoiss vel
In Massachusetts for the same time 1 ,255
divorces have been granted for adultery $40,
desertion $50, cruelty 122, intemperancs 81,
here the ratio for adultery is startling. "a,
In Ohio out of 1851 cases granted for d.
vorce 635 were for adultery 1870 for absence
or neglect; for cruelty 4SO for incompetence
100.
In Vermont during seven years 1910
marriages have taken place; out of which
73O divorces have occurred, being l to 81 :;
In Massachusetts for four years there were
10, 1872 marriages, and divorces in ratio to
IL. 4 ~
In Ohio for the year 1866, the marriages
were 30,379 and divorces in ratio l to 26.
In Connecticut during the last 8 years the
! marriages we're 80, 227 the divorces in ratio
| to II.
Thus, Connecticut, the land Of steady habits
is at the bottom of the list. fss9
There are more divorces in thai State than
! in Massachusetts with ten and half times
| the population and more than half as maay
in Ohio, a State with FIVE times!the population.
| 1t is also remarkable IN tho New England
States that they do not increase in population
save among the Irish.
Gen. Preston Oh the Stump. .;,
Gen. Preston, of Kentucky, who uomina-
ted Gen. Blair in the New York Convention,
made a speech at Lexington on the LIST Instant
In the course Of his remarks relative to the
platform, he said:
That portion of the resolutions declaring
that the reconstruction acts are unconstitution.
al and void came from Northern man who
has for fifteen years been devoted to the doc
trine of freesoil within the Democratic RACKS.
It was not Hampton, nor Forrest, nor any
Southern man: it came from a Northern
man, who has had no utilization whatever
with the South ~
Referring to the fraternal treatment Of tie
| Southern delegates, he said:
| When assembled at New York, I tell you
my heart was warmed when the first resolu-
ton was offered, and when Hampton and
those whose swords had been the brightest n
the fighting for the South were greeted with
warm hearts by the greatest soldiers Of the
North, it nlado US feel indeed as one people.
on basis of equality. Loud applause
1t has been my fortune to see Napoleon when
his conquering hosts returned from the great
italian campaign; l have seen the Queen Of
Spain, after the war in which her armies had
been victorious; | have seen great ovations
gwen in many places. to princes and Others,
bat never saw so fine an ovation az upon
the nomination Of Gen.. Frank Blair Wien
they clustered around Hampton and the. SOL
diers of the South, and, with oatstretched
hands welcomed us to stand shoulder TO.
shoulder with them in the srsat caml ai5n.-
l(Renewed applause.) a,,4