Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-08-17
MISSISSIPPI INCARCERATION.
Marriage of q White Radical and q
StIddLeOL- COlOTed DdnlSeZ- AfidniGHt
Wedding and Sudden Departure
Ho1O the LHqUisitjUeS We're D0dged.
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From the jackson Clarion, Aug, 1901
: a .- MARRIED.
At the residence of Mrs. Lee (cOIOred'
near this city, at half past one o'clock,
on the morning of thursday, Aug (, 1866
by the Rev. J. Aaron Moore (black), Oi
Meridian, Hon. A Il. Morgan (white'
State Senator from YazOo County, to
Miss Carrie V. Highgate (cOlOred), OF
this city.
Notwithstanding the alliance had
been anticipated some weeks, and has
occupied a very considerable space in the
gossip of the friends of the groom and
( the eOlored people generally, they were
not fully prepared for the final denOue-
ment on Wednesday night. During the
afternoon Of Wednesday a rumor gained
circulation that
THE AFFAIR
Would be a finality on that night. We,
of course, went to work to learn the facts,
4. with what success will be seen. The Ii
Cense was issued by the Clerk of the
Court late Wednesday afternoon, the
eXpectant groom informing that official
that the ceremony would not be perform
ed until Tomorrow Similar state
ments were made to a number of friends
the time lulled, recUperating strength
for the events of the morrow,
Nobody suspected that the statement
about tomorrow was blind, but so it
/ proved, The night mail train bound
north passeS this city at 2 o'clock Nor
gan, accompanied by cOlOred men, an
! peaTed at the depot with q trunk, and
/ desired a check for the same to Cleve-
/ land, Ohio. Mr., Walmsley, the bag
/ gage-master, was only supplied with
/ Louisville checks on that line, one of
/ which Morgan accepted and went away.
Shortly afterwards he returned with
/ two trunks (the property of the bride),
and received another check for Louis
vile.
[ AS yet no suspicion was aroused as to
the actual intent of the Senator. The
whole affair was managed very quietly,
and not until the arrival of the carriage
containing the bridal couple, at the sta
ton, five minutes prior to the arrival of
the train, did the facts become known,
and were even then received with much
allowance, for they were invisible, re-
naming in the closed carriage until the
train was fully stopped along side the
platform, when they emerged and were,
by their friends, hurried across to the
sleeping car, which they entered, and
were lost to the view Of the curious
crowd who had been collecting for five
minutes.
Two or three colored male friends ac-
COmpanied them inside the car, and |
then bade them farewell. The ceremO- |
ny was strictly private and quite recher- |
che, only two or three prominent negro |
politicians being the recipients of the |
coveted cards of invitation. Elder |
Stringer, (cOlOred), of Vicksburg, was to |
have celebrated the marriage rite, but |
did not put in his appearance, ana his |
place was supplied by Rev, J. Aaron |
Moore, (black,) the Christian light of
the Republican party, who from his /
seat on the floor of the House, some |
weeks ago, said, IF Jesus Christ should |
oppose the rights of the cOlOred race , |
he would vote against him.
INCIDENTS,
One of the coIored friends in bidding
the bridal party adieu remarked to the /
groom, IF I wasn't done married, sab,
you wouldn't got dat gall
A prominent Republican officials
meeting the Rev. J. Aaron Moore the
next morning said, We'll, Mr.. Moore,
/ learn that you last night married a
white man to a negro woman It's so
The destination of the party seems to
be Cleveland, Ohio, where Morgan's re-
latiOns reside, (his mother and Others
then to Syracuse, New York, to visit
her relatives, and then to the lakes to
join Ames and his bride, finally to Sara
tOga, and thence to Long Branch, to
pay their respects to and receive the
congratulations Of President Grant, the
Great MOgul of the Republican party
THE BRIDEGROOM
Is a pure blOOded white man, a native
Of Ohio and about SO years of age. He
was in the Federal army during the late I
war, entering the service as a private in ]
D three months regiment from WiscOn- I
sin, and was severely wounded at the
battle of Bull Run. After his term ofl [
service expired, he was appointed Lieu ,
tenant in a New York Regiment. He 7
was again wounded during the seven {
lays fighting around Richmond, and 7
was promoted Captain. At Gettysburg {
ne received another wound, and was Y
chosen Major of his regiment. At the a
'lOse Of the war ne was breyeted Lieu {
enant Colonel; and carpet-bagged into O
his State in time to be elected by the u
Of YazOO County to the Z
constitutional, black and tan cOnven- #
ion. At the last election he was chO- b
en- Senator from the same county. n
THE BRIDE P
S quadrOon, but only shade lighter u
han a mulattO, and about twenty-five u
-ear Of age. She has rather fiat nose ?
nd thick sensual lips, having bred II
Gck upon the negro, as stock Taisers l.
would say. She dresses with o great Il
eal of taste, and has a slight touch of ?
he Grecian bend, but is withal very Il
retty, and will doubtless be LOniscd du- g
ing her travels. She came here from V,
yew York; has been teaching school, cI
nd is said to be finely educated, e.