The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-01
Twice H.rnss = VII ~ 4 e, sas star, Il H.v

Here Is q, story of the saddest
side of New York life Not, many |
days ago there a fashionable mar.
riage in one Of our uptown
churches. Tie bridegroom, was
a remarkably handsome man, of /
nearly thirty years of age. well
known in what, is called ,fashionar
BILE society rs An agreeable, LIBERAL
bachelor and " ladies' man, The !
bride was o lovely girl, belonging |
to one of our best known families,
and esteemed. for,her character az !
much as Admired for Il,er beauty.
The friends of both were present, |
'andnnothing surprising occurred
~ the ceremony, save that all pres.
ent remarked upon the appear
ance ofthe bridegroom. He wac
apparently so"oppressed by some
great sorrow or anxiety that be
could not smile nor command a.
cheerful word. =. g ."j .rs'i5 ."
| The pair had spent ont "a few
days together when the, husband,
after an interview with his young
wife, which left her almost crush
ed in mind, hastily called at his
late bachelor rooms, which he had
not yet given up, burned q large
number OF papers, packed up a
few precious article, and suddenly
disappeared, and. no one of his
friends knows where he is to be
found. But one dreadful truth
reached their ears too quickly. At
one Of onr new hotels in the centre
OF the city, but q few blocks from
! the church in which the marriage
was performed, there were found
o woman and several children bear
ing his name, and she found no
difficulty in establishing her right
to il. She is many years older
than he. They were married when
he was scarcely more than a boy.
and have never published the mar
riage but they never qiiarreled
nor separated. He still supported
her and visited her; and on the
very day of the second marriage.
at noon, he made her a long visit
| in his usual manner.
J This event has been q sudden
shock to both families, and the ab.
solute co6cealment of bis marriage
from al bis friends for many years,
while his wife and children open.
ly bore bis name in public hotels
in this city. is as unaccountable to
them as it will be to others. Tie
young man was for several years
an Internal Revenue officer in this
city, but for some years past has
been employed in bank down
town. He has paid $4,000 a year
tor the board Of his wife and chill
dren, while receiving salary Of
only $4,000, and has yet maintain.
ed his bachelor life with lavish
expenditure. In his rooms are
said to have lain not far from a
hundred suits of clothes, with ex.
pensive books, and many other evi.
dences of wealth. But Els accounts
at the bank are said to be entirely
correct. His full understanding OF
what he was doing appears from
the tact that he carried to the al.
tar pistol, with the fixed purpose,
as he afterwards said, of blowing
out his brains there iftbe ceremony
should be interiered with. .,sI
| We draw no moral from these
facts. But the very shock they
give to all who know of them, is q
proof that crimes of this kind find
no sympathy or federation in this
community, and that the standard
Of morals here is not SO low as
some writer's have said who appeal
to such cases as these for illustra.
tions of New York society instead
OF what they really are frigl:tfnl
and exceptional ontrages upon it.
t. N. Y. Evening Post.