The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-05
ApERsoNAL SENSATION.
James Gordon nennett's Marriage.

Mr.. Maverick, in his life Of Henry J. Ray
mond, reproduces the following, which ap-
peared In the leading column of the Herald,
on the lst day of June, 1910, under O flaming
caption:
s'TO THE READERS OF TIE HERALD-DECLARA-
T1ON OF LovE-CAUGHT AT LAST-G0ING TO
BE AARRIED-NEw MOVEMENT In CIVILIZATION.
81 am going to be married in a few days, the;
weather Is so beautiful; times are getting so
good; the prospects OF political and moral re-
form 80 auspicious, that cannot resist the d.
vine instinct of honest nature any longer: so l
am I'M going to be married to one of the most
splendid women in intellect, In heart, IN soul,
In property, In person, In manner, that have
vet seen In the course of my interesting pill
grimage through human life.
~ cannok,stop In my career. am
to fulfil that awfuf.destiny which the Almighty
broad letters of life, against the wall OF Heaven.
must give the world pattern OF happy we'd
ded life, with all the charities that spring from
nuptal love. In few days shall be mar
ried according to the most holy rites OF the
Christian Church 10 one Of the most remarka--
BILE, accomplished and beautiful young women.
of the age. 1 sought and found fortunes
very large fortune. She has no Stonington
shares of Manhattan stock, but In purity and
uprightness she is worth halt million In pure
coin. Can any swindllng bank show as much ,.
In good sense and elegance another half mil
lion; In soul, mind and beauty, millions-equM
| to the whole specie Of all the rotten banks In
the world. Happily, the patronage of the pub
| lie to the Herald Is nearly $25, 900 per annum,
erty in the worlds goods was never my object.
Fame, public good, usefulness In my day and
generations; the religious associations Of fe-
male excellence; the progress OF true indus
try; these have been my dreams by night and
my desires by day.
I am about to enter with the same reVerentlal
feelings as would Heaven itself, / anticipate
some signal changes In my feelings, In my
views, in my purposes, In my pursuits. What
they may be know nOt-time alone can tell.
My ardent desires have been through life to
reach the highest order of human excellence
by the shortest possible cut. Association,
night and day, in sickness and In health, IN;
war and in peace, with woman of this high
est order Of excellence, must produce some
curious results in my heart and feelings, and
these results the future will develop In the
columns of the Herald.
meantime return my heartfelt thanks for
the enthusiastic patronage of the public, both
of Europe and America. The holy estate OF
matrimony will only increase my desire to be
still more useful. God Almighty bless you all.
s'JAMEs GORDON BENNETT"
In the postscript of this announcement Ben
nett gives notice that he shall have no time to
waste upon the editors who attacked him "un-
til after marriage and the honeymoon"
On the 9th Of June, lS40, the marriage was
announced at the head of the editorial columns
of the Herald as follows:
"MARRIED,
"On Saturday afternoon, the 9Th Inst, BY
the Rev. DR.. Power, at st. Peters Catholic
Church, in Barclay street, James Gordon Ben
nett proprietor and editor of the New York
Herald, to Henrietta Agnes Cream. What may
paper contest now waging in New York time
alone can show"