New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-24
a OECUET MARRIAGE AND ITS
CONsEQUENCES.
The Mother Of she Bride 8tabs ths
Bridegroom to Abe Heart.
From the st. Louis Democrat


from the st. Louis Democrat
Thirty years ago q great sensation wa
created in the city by the discovery tina
Augustine Kennerly. the City Collector, wa
defauiter to the amount of between. $40, 00t
and $4,000 The exact amount was nevel
ascertained, owing to the system of book
keeping in vogue at that time. Kennerly
belonged to highly respectable family, and
being cripple, q great deal Of sympathy
was felt for him. and many believed his
defalcation to be the fault of others. Several
years afterward he published a statement,
attempting to exonerate himself, but il was
not entirely satisfactory. He also published
novel called the ''Heiress of Fotheringay,"
which did not make him very high repu-
tatiOn as rOmanCist.
Kennerly was bachelor, and died ten or
fifteen years ago, If we remember correctly.
During many years of his life he lived on
terms of intimacy with coored woman,
whose name we do not remember. This
woman had several children, who were
bright mulattoes. Two of them are fema les,
and are still living. The eldest is married
to Mr.. Berry, u colored steward on the
river, and very respectable man. The old
lady is known as Mrs. Holland and has re-
sided for many years at Cheltenham. owning
five or six acres of land there, beside prop
erty in the cily-the whole valued at about
$50, 900. Her younger daughter, Augustine,
was her fsvorite, and was educated at the
convent at Baltimore, in all the accomplish
ments'of modern education. The mother,
having seen the colored people OF the United
States rise from condition of servitude
to the plane they now occupy, fondly
looked forward to the time when Augustine
would be led to the altar by re
spectacle white man. But her hope was
doomed to be blighted. She had in her EN-.
piOy mulattO man named James Madison
who drove team belonging to her, and \
hauled fire clay for the brick works at Chelt-
enham. Madison had worked for Mrs. Hol.
land several years, and was considered an
honest and faithful man. Being an inmate
OF the house, Madison had frequent oppor-
tnnities OF cultivating the ACQUAINTANCE of
Augustine; but his wOoing was in secret, as
he well knew the old lady would scorn any
alliance with him.
He succeeded, however, in winning the |
affections of the girl, who is about twenty |
years OF age, and well educated. They were |
married without the knowledge of the old |
lady, MS we are Informed. The following |
notice of the marriage appeared in the |
Democrat of the eleventh instant:
married, ON the ninth of june p. NJ, in Oher
81 81! sss FstRsf ksSfy nj LANES ADsoN
baltimore papers please copy"
inmeoiatcIy aIIeI tne wedding the couple |
started on the Pacific road on a short bril-
DIAL tour to Rocheport, Boon county, the
former place of residence of the bridegroom,
When Mrs. Holland heard of the marriage
ler Indignation knew no bounds. She pur-
sued the fugitives to ROcheport, and there
meeting Madison face to face. plunged a
lager into his heart, killing him on the
pot. Such is the account that reaches us
rom authentic sources. Mrs Holland was
Irrested on charge of murder, and her trial
s set for August 3.