Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-20

and are now in independent circumstances.
| I write these facts to encourage all whom they
may concern.
WHOM Do GREAT MEN MARRYs
Women, of course. But they show the same
diversity Of taste that is seen IN the lower ranks
and on the whole make worse mistakes, They,
however, generally show the same sense in choos-
ing wives that they show in managing other peo-
ple's affairs, whether it be good or bad.
John Howard, the great philanthropist, narried
his nurse She was altogether beneath him IN So
cial life and intellectual capacity and besides this,
was tifty-two years old while he was but twenty
6ve He would not take mo- for an answer, and
they were married, and lived happily together un-
til her DEATH which occurred two years afterward-
Peter the Great, Of Russia, married peasant
girl. She made an excellent wife and sagacious
empress Humboldt married poor girl because
he loved her. Of course they were happy.
Shakespeare loved and wed farmers daughter.
She was faithful to her VOWS but we could hardly
say the same of the great bard hmseE Like
most of the great poets, he showed too little dis
elimination in bestowing his affection on the other
sex.
Byron married Miss Millbank to get money to
pay his debts. It turned out bad shift
Robert Burns married farm girl with whom be
fell 10 love while they worked together in the plow
field. He too was irregular IN his Life, aBdcommit-
ted the most serious mistakes IN conducting hs
domestic affairs
Milton married the daughter Of q country squire,
but lived with her bat q short time. He was an
austere, exacting literary recluse; while she was
rosy, ron,ping country lass that could not endure
the restraint imposed upon her, and 80 they sepa-
rated. Subsequently, however, she returned, and
they lived tolerably happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were cousins,
and about the only example in the long Hne Of Eng
lish mosarchs wherein the marital vows were sa-
credly observed and sincere affection existed
Washington married widow with two children.
It is enough to say Of her that she was worthy Of
him, and that they lived as married folks should,
in perfect harmony.
John Adams married the daughter Of Presby-
terian clergyman. Her father objected on account
Of Johns being lawyer; he had a bad opinion
of the morals of the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs Martha Shelton,
childess widow, but she brought him. large
fortune in real estate After the ceremony she
mounted the horse behind him and they rode home
together. It was late in the evening, and they
found the fire ont But the great statesman bus
tied around and rebuilt it, while she seized the
broom and soon put things inorder. his needless
to say that they were happy, though Jsfersoudisd
poor man on account Of his extreme hberahty
and hospitality.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl who stood M
her fathers door and laughed at him as he wan
dered through the streets Of Phihdelphia with
rolls of bread under his arm and his pockets 6led
with dirty clothes. She had occasion to be happy
when she found herself the wife of such great
and good man.
1t is not generally known that Andrew jackson
married LADY whose husband was still living. She
was an uneducated but amiable woman, and was
most devotedly attached to the old warrior and
statesman.
John G. Calhoun married his cousin, and their
children fortunately were neither diseased ner id-
otie but they do not evnee the talent Of the great
States rights advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English statesman
and novelist, married girl much his inferior in
position, and got shrew for wife. She is now
insane.
Gen. Sam. Houston lived happily with squaw
wife, while Gen. Ben. Butler was divorced from
an accomplished lady. Edwin Forrest the great
tragediau, maried'a beautiful actress, from whom
he was divorced. Gen. Fremont married the
daughter of Thomas q. Benton, against the lat
ter's wish, which obliged him to elope with her on
a stormy night The union proved happy one
in spite of the squaly beginning. Horace Greeley
married school-mistrees whose beauty was quss-
tionable, but whose sense and goodness satisfied
one Of the greatest men of his time.
Gen. Sherman married the daughter Of Thomas
Ewing, of Ohio, who was member Of General
Taylor's cabinet. This alone would have been
good start in life for any young man. JEFF. DAVIS,
for his first wife, won the handof Zachary Taylor's
daughter; and General Grant married Miss Dent,
Of St. Louis. She apparently has more sense
than show, and is, therefore, fit for Presidents
wife.