The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11
. A Georgian on the Marry.

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~ A Georgian on the Marry.
a most extraordinary matrimonial
sensation has recently excited Washiog
ton city. The hero is a man giving the
name Of VIM. p. Brown, and repre-
senting himself to. be wealthy
Georgia planter, possessed of a mag
nifcent plantation, stately mansion,
&c., but impoverished by the war,
whose errand to that city was to dis,
|ipose of 400 acres of the family estate
to raise means wherewith to stock and
improve the remainder. This man
secured the affections or rather the
person of Miss May Carpenter, of
Washington, by representing his
wealth, broad acres, and reputation as
particularly desirable, and promising
to settle $4,000 on her in case of u
marriage. These. negotiations we're
carefully kept from the ears Of the
paternal head Of the family, and even
when the day of the marriage had
been arranged, he was still kept in ig-
norance of the whole matter. Tho
plans had been carefully laid, and,
taking advantage of Mr.. Carpenters
absence, the pseudo planter and Miss
May we're joined in the holy bonds of
matrimony by the pastor Of fash
lonable church not two squares distant
from the residence. But two or three
persons witnessed the ceremonies :;
and imm ediately upon their conolu-
aion, trunks wore hurriedly placed on
hack in! waiting, the bride and bride
groom, after farewell salutations and
few feminine tears, entered the ve-
hicle, the impatient Jehu slammed
the door, and the happy couple we're
of for the sunny South. The fathers
indignation may be imagined when he
, learned the truth in the evening from
a young sister. To add to the confu-
sion, the lover of the tickle May, u
young clerk in the War Departm ent,
who expected to marry the lady him
self in the Fall, called to see the OBJ
ject of his affection in the evening"
Father and lover started furiously for
Alexandria, where they intercepted the
fugatives at the hotel. There was no
duel. The young lover did not punch
the head of his successful rival; but
there was simply reconciliation, on
: the condition that Mr.. Brown should
establish his good reputation the next
day. The party Of four returned to
: Washington. The next morning
Brown gave evasive answers. Mr..
/ Carpenter suspected he was O. swim
,dler. About noon, Mrs. Carpenter
! discovered that valuable velvet
oioah, a heavy gold chain, and gold
pencil had been stolen from the house
1t was at once suspected that Brown
! was the guilty party" A warrant was
procured. Brown passed the night
behind the prison bars. He was com
! mitted next day in default of $500
bail. ''N.''5 elF5 r ~ !,
THE FonrMcomINo LoursrANA
/ RICE CRoP.--The New Orleans Price
j .Cufrent Of Saturday, the l7th ult.,
says:
/ Until within few years past the
lirice crop Of Louisiana' attracted very
little attention lin fact it's cultivation
h was almost exclusively confined to a
] limited number of small planters re-.
siding in the, Parish of sPlaquemine,
EbeloW the city. TIts in this Parish
! now that the bulk of our rice crop is
; produced, though therA are tens of
thousands of acres of land uin tho
State on which rice oan, be spro6tably
produced, and which will in timo, no
doubt, be placed under cultivation. -
The Increase In the production Of rise
I In this State has been wonderfully rap.
+ id since our people have gone more
earnestly to work sin oultivating it. -
From Sonic twonty odd thousand bar
Z re!s Of She weight Of two hundred
pounds eaoh In previous yoars, the
crop last season rose to 68,9l5 barrels,
and it is estimated that there will be
,ithe present. season an increase Of pro-
: duction of fully twenty-five per cent,
or, in other words, that the crop will
, reach to $4,000 barrels of 900 pounds
4 each.3a This estimate is based on the
I views Of parties long engaged incur
domestic rice trade, laud,j who ihay6
! personally visited che rico growing
/ districts not only in 'Plaquemine, but
4 also in heiupper Parishes, where the
4 cultivation sof fioe has oonsiderabl y
increased reoently.lstTho appearance
Of the growing crops 10 very promis-
1ing generally, and in. the absence of
seveFe etormsathe above, estimate OF
the crop will not only be verified, but
the, ,quality,of the, rice will be better
thah Usual, as moro attention I Thar,
formerly has bsen give te tha seleo.
ttion oi 5000, :, 6S The care thus DC.
slowed some pisnssra wers 1886 ssaspn