Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-17

luxury, but she dld not appreciate 1t.
Hugh had theirrooms in the st. Charles
painted, and told her to buy some new
carpets. She felt that is vas wrong TO
encounter acquaintance under false
name. She would be tortured constant
ly. Hugh has a bad set of fellows
about him, who eat, drink, and smoke,
and win his money at cards. She re-
cords the fact that she had taken an
oath that she would never permit
Hugh to play cards again. 1t is sin
full to thus fritter away his time and
waste his money. Biography teaches
that no good man can raise bad
associates to his level. They always
drag him down to theirs. Hugh never
looked into a French book after he
went away from her. They began Ger
man, but Hugh soon tired Of 1t. Still
she thought that Hugh desired to in;-
prove himself. The great drawback to
improvement is self-indulgence and
riches. A rich man has no occasion to
be self-reliant. If Hugh were only
poor, how much better he would be.
Work brings the most happiness, for
man who is busy has no time to be
unhappy. She goes On by saying how
much she wishes that Hugh wculdta
up the study of some familiar science
with her, and so they could always
work and study together, and never be
separated. Well-chosen acquaintance
are doubtless an assistance, and -inhu-
ence man for good. One of the
greatest banes of a wife's hfe-whieh
sometimes wholly destroys her happi-
ness-is ''the club"
: Under the date Of Sept. z, 1866, she
records that she has written the first
ten pages in her journal since she took
upon her the title of wife. 1t is only
three months since their marriage.
Sept. 9 she writes that she spoke to
Maj. Lanier about a saddle horse, and
he said that he would procure her one
and would ride with her. She adds
that her situation is very embarrassing
here, lat the st. Charles Hotel) She
would 60 to Europe alone, but she
knew that if she did Hugh would gam
bic away every cent he had, and she
would have to beg her way home. She
loved to picture the future, when she
and Hugh would be united, never to be
separated again. All their troubles
would then be over, and they would be
supremely happy. Their marriage had
been marriage of love; they had every
pleasure that money could bay, and
they would be happy in The future.
Then she soIiloquizesi ITO be happy
together we must forget the bad and
remember the good. l love to bear
with his faults, and he has to bear with
mine. l Will study his desires, and try
IN every way In my power to add to his
pleasure. ! may sometimes be sorely
yexed at his opposition to my desires,
but l should take no pleasure in any
thing that he objected to. We all have
faults, and we are certain to disagree
at times; but well kiss and make up,
and love each other all the better after
ward"
Again, under date of October Is, she
says that the link between man and the
brute must be very close one. Great
Heavens! who could disguise their con-
tempt for dissipated persons? She adds
that she feels so sorry to see Mr..
Brinckley associated with such profit
gate men. She speaks Of the marriage
of dear lady friend to a lake named
Burns. Afterwards she says the hotel
is becoming quite gay. She describes
supper that Major Lanier gave in his
room, and relates how he seemed smit-
ten with the charms of a young French
lazy.
Mrs. Brinckley then resumed her
testimony. She returned to Memphis
after leaving ST. Paul, and took rooms
In the Adams Block. She knew no one
in the Adams Block except the pro-
prietor of whom she rented her apart
ments. MIR. Brinckley's friends visited
her while IN the Adams Block, as did
also Mrs. Judge Smith and other we'll
known ladies. She had always kept
her husbands letters to her, but then
she had never supposed that they
might be necessary to establish her
claim to being his wife. As to the re-
ceipsed bills, Mr. Brinckley always
handed them to her after they had
been paid, and told her to put them
away. The bills wee made out to Mrs.
Brinckley and Mrs. H L. Brinckley.
Witness then took the book in which
she had written her journal, and identi-
fed the writing as hers.
Counsel for the defendant then took
up each passage in the journal that had
been read by Mr.. Brown and introduc-
ed as evidence, and questioned the
plaintiff as to whether Mr. Brinckley
had read it, and what he had said In
reply. To all of the questions Mrs.
Brinckley answered that Mr. Brinckley
had read them, but that she could not
recOllect what comments he had made
upon them at that time
Taking up paper upon which he
had made notes, Gen. Anthem read,
"Mr. Brinckley and l have frequently
discussed our unhappiness. How good
natured people submit to the conjugal
yoke" What did Mr.. Brinckley say
about the yoke?
Judge Van Brunt, turning over the
leaves of Mrs. Brinokley's jOurnal)-I
am looking for the yoke.
Gen. Anthon-I trust, seriously, that
your Honor may find the yoke.
The plaintiff could not remember
what Mr.. Brinckley said about the yoke.
In explanation Of paragraph in her
diary, the plaintiff said Col. Sawyerwas
a colonel in the army, who was living
at the Lindell Hotel, in st. LOUIS. Mai
Lanier, who gave the supper in the st.
Charles Hotel, is an old gentleman
whom the plaintiff had known from
childhood. She loved him as father
She said that Mr.. Brinckley had sup
piled her with every thing she had
wanted until they separated. She took
legal advice coon after her return from
St. Paul. Then she did not intend to
separate from Mr.. Brinckley. She had
heard that he was living with a bad
woman, and she wished to break up
that intimacy
At the request of her counsel, Mrs.
Brinckley then detailed the steps that
she had taken in the case, and spoke of
the journeys that she had from
time to time made to Memphis. She
said that she did not know that Mr..
Brinckley was In New York when she
came to this city. She believed that he
had gone to ST. Paul, because she had
been told that he had purchased tick
ct for that city. Mr.. Algernon S. Sui