Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-20
.UMNER's DIVORCE.
Prom the Cincinnati Enquirer ]


II is announced that the Hon. Charles
uamner has obtained divorce from
h;S wife on account OF five years willful
u nhscene from bed and board, which is a
md for divorce under the laws of
Massachusetts,. We have a suspicion,
Iannded upon the gossip of Mrs. Grundy,
,rho in this instance, We are quite sure,
Gas not made mistake, that Mrs.
Charles Sumner has really secured the
.nndering of the martial tie, rather than
her distinguished husband, although it
anpears in his name. Mrs. Charles
sumper was, at the time of her marriage,
widow, young and blooming, still in
her twenties, and, we believe, without
ary children. Her first husband was
N. eldest son of Nh. Hooper, million
o;ra Congressman from Massachusetts.
nis believed in Washington that Mrs.
sumner had a good legal ground for
Eroree against her husband, recognized
-. .ueh under the laws of all countries
and States, bat that she was unwilling
SO nlesa il both from motives of delicacy
~ her and to himself. and that, there
torq, II was mutually arranged that she
sbonld absent herself for period that
vould give the Senator legal right to
cancel the matrimonial contract.
We know not how it may be, but it
has been said that a jealousy on the part
If the honorable Senator had considera-
Me to do with this unfortunate proceed
inc When the parties were married,
one. We presume, was in the neighbor-
hood of three score, and the other a
score and quarter. There was, there
fore, naturally disparity of years and
habits. This almost universally pro-
lnces an unhappy marriage. But in
this instance it was aggravated. Mr..
Sumner was not only bachelor of long
matured habits, but he had formed
other connections and associations pc
culiar to himself even aside from that
fact. For instance, it was said that he
always had his carriage at the door at
any ball or party theymutually attended,
at which he would say, MADAM, it is
now ten O. clock: it is time to go home,
and our conveyance is below" She
would reply, II am happy to hear it.
You are sleepy and tired. Go home
and go to bed, but l am not yet ready.
will follow you by and by. So good
night, my dear" Then, as we have
said, the Senator was said to be NOR
bidly jeolous of a certain gentleman con-
nected with the Prussian Embassy,
whom he had himself introduced to his
wife, and extolled in the highest terms,
and which gentleman afterwards escort
ed her to many evening amusements
which her husbands habits forbade him
to attend. One day this young attache
received very peremptory letter from
Berlin ordering him to return home i'm
mediately, and recalling him from the
prussian Legation. He was thunder.
struck by the intelligence; not conscious
Of any oifense against his government,
he could not conceive what it meant
He, therefore, wrote to an influential
friend at home to make inquiries Of
Count Bismark as to what was the reu
reason of this very extraordinary pro
eeeding. In reply he was informed tina
the chairman of the Senate Committe,
on Foreign Relations, who was ther
Senator Charles Sumner, had written ,
letter requesting his recall, and that th'
Count did not consider that he was au
thorized to refuse request coming from
such an influential source in the govern
ment to which he was accredited. 0
course the young Prussian gentlemen
duly informed Mrs. Sumner of all this
and rumor hath it that that lady was no
at all pleased with the conduct of he
husband in the matter. The German
Secretary returned home, and for a tim
that cloud upon the martial relations c
the Senator disappeared.
But by and by, as it was announced t
the public, and, we think, by an agre,
ment between the parties, Mrs. Sun
uer's health required that she shouI
leave the American Continent an
breathe for time the air of Europ
This was accordingly done, and the a
mosphere has been SO bracing and Il
scenery so pleasant-to say nothing
her companionship-that she has linge
ed there so long as to enable Mr.. SUI
ner to obtain the divorce for Wilt
absence, required by the statue. M
sumner will resume. his old bachel
relations, and his late wife-a youn
handsome and wealthy widow-will
aprize to be contended for by gent
men Of position who are in the mat
mOnial market.