Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-07
Bridal Couple at the impeachment iris


Here is one of George Alfred Town.
sends letters to the Cleveland Leader
1t is something better than those in
which he discusses the political questions
of the day;
WARRINGTON. April %. 1858.
When Mr.. johnson showed his friend
the Adjutant General, through the Ten
ure. Of Office act, he had little idea how
he was Fastening the marriage ceremony
of the little Bibbspron. Bibbapron had
fixed his engagement day for the first OF
july so as to be in New York on the
Fourth and set off some fre-crackers,
after which he expected to make good res.
olutions to regulate the family life at Sar-
atoga springs. But people who are
engaged are always impatient They
are left alone together a good deal,
and find waiting to be sort of
dissipation. 1t is neither pursuit
nor possession, neither fish nor flesh.
1t is the tenderest, most quarrelsome,
most tantalized, most disheartened, most
forebodeful period of love. No wonder
that Bibbapron, when he heard of the
High Court of mpeachment" the
solemnity of the spectacle, and the great
learning of the managers and counsel,
had but to suggest to Molly what dc :
lightful time it would be to visit Wash
ington, when she embraced himself and
the occasion. The milliner was hurried
up. Ma was persuaded that summer was
an unhealthy season in the East. The
little marriage ceremony was not held in
the church. but in the parlor at home,
and the clergyman's fee reduced some
what in consequence. Bibbapren's pa
gave his son letter to Congressman
Starch, and the express train saw the pair
tucked in, the last tear shed, and the
town of Skyuga fade from the presence
of its prettiest girl.
WEDDING PARTY IN WASHINGTON.
1t is to tell all the engaged folks who
are readers of the Leader how to get to
Washington and how to see it, that re-
luctantly hook Mrs. Bibbspron's diary
and copy few pages from it They are
strictly accurate, for which reason the
other correspondents don't care to use
them. Mrs. Bibbapron has way Of
italicizing every other word in her diary,
which | don't care to initiate, and she
makes very pretty period with a tear,
which, of course, / cannot do. The
diary was a present from her younger
sister; it had an almanac in it and
blank washing lists, with quotations
from the poets under each date. Here
it begins:
APRIL, %, l968.-Dear me, how tired !
| am in Washington, the capital of the
United States. It's not larger than New
York, my husband Alonzo says, which |
think is great shame. Government
ought to make it bigger right away, or
have it somewhere where it would get
bigger itself The maps are all incor
rect about Washington, where it is repre-
sented by great many dots, while all
the other towns have only one dot. We
went to Willard's hotel, and, in order to
give us fine view of the city, they put
US up in the top story. We went down
to breakfast at nine o'clock, and called
for oysters, of course. They tasted as if
they had been caught in warm water.
The fresh shad was quite bone to pick.
My dear husband took cocktail before
breakfast He says it's quite the thing
here. Senator Patterson Joined him, he
says. hope my husband will never be
a drunkard
N.B.-He says the Senator took his
straight
CONGRESSMAN STARCH.
Half.past 10 o'clock. Alonzo, my
darling husband, has been to see Con-
gresham Starch and brought him into
the ladies' parlor. Pa can't abide Con-
gresham Starch, because they differ in
politics; but Alonzo's pa is a Republi-
can, and lent Mr.. Starch a horse and
wagon to bring up voters. | think 1t
was very generous Of the Congressman
to ask so particular about pas health.
He gave me tickets for the great trial.
He says they are very scarce, and old
ones are sold for relics for ever so much
money. The Managers buy the old ones
to paste their photographs on and
present them TO the Historical Socie-
ties. Congressman Starch says he
lost his best constituent to give me
these tickets, but told me to be
particular not TO tell pa about
Il. He says johnson is the great
criminal Of the sge, and ought to have
been impeached before be was born.
There is no doubt, he says. that Il was
Johnson 10 disguise who murdered Lin
coin. and they bribed Booth with clerk
ship TO be killed in HE place he said
thai Gen. Builer ofers 20 prove that BOs-
.on Corbeif vas only Andrew John son,
Who killed Booth 10 keep him from tell