The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-09-22
a PoIygnmOus Radical Congress
man.
The following Is from late Louisville
Courier-J ournal:

The following j. from late Louisville
Courier-J ournal:
/ A few days ago We gave the partieular.
/ OF suit for divorce filed ia the Louisville
I Chancery Court by Mrs Tabitha Bowen. al
/ this city. against Hon. G. {. Bowen Con-
| gresham from Charleston South Carolina
I \ dispatch was received here stating thar
/ he was about % be married 10 a wealthy
I and accomplished young lady Of Augusta
Georgia. Washington special SAYS: "A
I large and fashinablc audience assembled at
the church of the Incarnation here thi.
evening. 70 witness the nuptals Of the Hon.
4. 4. Bowen, ongrcssmau from south Car
olina, 70 Miss Pctigru King. The bride and
groom len Immediately Tor Charleston, via
Baltimore"
The petition for divorce was filed los
Mrs. Bowen, but the divorce has not vet
been granted, aud the honorable gentleman
has in his haste 10 wed, committed bigamy.
The Columbus (Ga.,) sun, under the
head Of "the saddest picture of Radical
reconstruction publishes the announce
ment Of the marriage, aud adds the fol-
lowing bitter reflections, coupled with "a
sketch Of the wretched woman who has
thus disgraced herself and brought re-
proach upon the noble women of the
South by her alliance with one Of the
filthy brood of carpet-baggers whose POI
litical elevation but serves 10 make their
determines more conspicuous and to in
crease the loathing and contempt in
which they are held by the good, the vir-
tuous and refined:
We confess that among the many dark
nj aN ~ Hffa /. a..
view during the progress OF radical recon-
struction. this Il by far the blacklist and
most repulsiVe. 10 was expected that some
men would yield 10 the Establishments OF
place ana power. would disgrace their
names and families. AMI sink 10 the level of
the vile crew imported into the south and
sustained by Federal bayonets: but IL was
beyond the pale OF probable contemplation
To suppose that high-born and high-br
lady could be forced, even by poverty and
It's dire train Of disasters. 10 unite her fate
with that ola low bred social outcast.
Mrs. King is the daughter OF James l.
Pettigru, the most distinguished lawyer the
South has produced. She II the widow of "A
distinguished lawyer Of the Charleston bar
and brave aud gallant soldier. who lafd
down his life In defence of his native city
she was woman Of rare personal charms
and Of high intellectual endowmcnts In
the walks Of literature she had made her
mark. and IL l. claimed for her that she in-
III no rilAll ufEftf Aiit FfaIN and
sparkling Wit Other renowned and lamcnted
father. IL j. true that her married life was
not happy. and also true that many years
since, while she dashed about and dalIeled
Charleston society, with DR.. llIyne. the
of the unfortunate Julia Dean, a.
her cavalier servcnte." prudent people
were disposed 10 think her a trnc too fast
and prltdish ones applied a har-her term 10
her conduct. But she was a beautiful. bril-
liant woman, reared In aud accustomed 20
all the reiincmcnts OF the most cultivated
society.
Ia addition 10 this, she was possessed Of
talents aud accomplishments which, prop
erly used. might have successfully dched
any. rCvulsiOn in fortune.
Bowen il low. dirty aGventurer from
Providence, Rhode Island, thief by pro-
fession aud practice, "A fellow utterly desti-
tute of character or any quality that could
possibly commend him 10 the consideration
Of gentleman or lady.