Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-08


GETTING MARRIED WITH BRITISH
RED-TAPE.-I was occupied nearly
two months in getting papers sign.
ed, paying for certificates and Sig
natures, and getting the permission
OF various people to get married.
1t was regular chancery lob. 1t
was trip through the circumlocu-
ton office. This paternal English
government puts various obstruc-
tons IN the way Of matrimOny to
keep its people virtuOus. There
was a necessity for our marriage to
take place in the Roman Catholic
Church. The English government
will not allow a Roman Catholic
priest TO marry a couple without
putting its official finger in the pie. /
1t insists virtually on marrying the /
parties itself before the union shall |
be considered legal. First, we had /
to be 'cried' in church. Then it
was necessary to apply to the reg
lstrar TO certify to him that our
bans were Published. He wouldn't
let us marry until tweEty-one clear
days after the first certificate had
been taken out. And before ne
would give us that certificate nc re-
qulred that nv wife that now is
should have the consent Of her faith
er. So she went aud obtained his
consent. Then we went to the reg
istrar aud said we had the consent
Of her father But that would not
do; We must have his written con
sent. So we went after his written
But the old man wasn't
so ready to give that. He had
Eeered around, OF somebody had
been talking 10 him, and he'd cot 4
notion in his head that father {
should be more careful in allowing
MS daughter to marry a foreigner,
because Americans with many En-
,lishmen do rank as foreigners. and
hey have all sorts Of tales current q
mong them about poor girls being ;
'ntrapped into marriage, carried {
o America and sold as slaves
Iou may stare, but this is true q
they've got our negro slayely of :.
he past and the present merchan- .
Use Of Chinese women in Califor- y
IA all mixed up in their heads, =
nd this Is the result Of it. 1t was =
long job getting the old mans =
lgnature, but the girl got it at last, .
nd she can get almost anything o
Ihen she makes up her mind to- g
he left home and set up for her u
elf at an age when most young 9
'omen arc lingering about the rag }
ably era. The registrar now made G
ut paper, and told Us to call a. e
ain in twenty one days. We did e
D, and then he gave us another pa u
er. But this did not marry US p
Lr. Hardley must have a hand in u
hat business. Mr.. Yardley is 4 4
0mething or other who must be a
resent 10 behalf of the English q
overnment whenever a marriage p
9remOny Is performed by a/Ro- y
ian Catholic priest. So | went to ~
-r. Hardley and paid him four shll- g
ngs and sixpenee, and at the al y
II, he read something TO me and q
Iade me sign another paper u
here was the register TO be signed / y
the yestry. Then there was an u
her paper still in which l prom %
ed the Church not ts-inierfere / 3
18th my wife's religion; not to en- NJ
savor TO convert her to anv other
18th, and to have all my cbjldren 90
ought up in the Catholic faith Z,
suppose now l am completely tb
arried. l am not quite certain, on
Id half expect some other paper ID
pop in Tor my signature, or some af
rgotten official to pop up from n,
me unexpected quarter with an or
her certificate and shilling fee. he
Prentice milford IN San Francis ~
Bulletin.