The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15
NOBLE NUPTIALS.
THE EXPLOITS OF MANAGING
Mammals.
"MY MONEY FOR YOUR TITLE"

CAPTURED BRITISH PEERs-THE BLANKS
AND PRIZES IN HYMEN's ROYAL LOTTERY
The gossipy New York correspondent OF
the San Francisco Chronicle writes concern
ing royal romances and noble nuptisls gen.
orally: 1t was formerly cherished article
in the creed OF confding youth that all
loyal daughters of Columbia must infinitely
prefer the heightened, full breasted Ameri-
can gentleman to any sprig of foreign no.
bility, no matter how ancient his lineage or
how splendid his social rank. To this day
the matrimonial market Is, am credibly
informed, controlled by native Americans,
but the mothers OF Manhattan, at all events,
are not actuated by patriotic motives, and
o erweening maternal ambition must be
held responsible for many notable ex-
| ceDtions which occur to my mind.
This morbid hankering after titles and
other gegaws of a rotten aristocracy bodies
| evil to the commonwealth, and, like the
eating of opium, should be checked by heavy
penalties. Some wholesome precedence
may easily be found in certain statutes of
the Edwards, which imprison within the
] four seas the person land fortune) of an
heiress. / submit to the lawmakers of your
| state, whether the growing exodus of
wealthy maidens does not call for stringent
| legislation, provided the writ of ne exeat
| regno, by no means obsolete in California,
can not be stretched to cover the case.
found myself drawn to this weighty topic
| BY the announcement of an early marriage
between the Right.Honorable the Earl of
ROseberry and daughter of William Butler
| Duncan, the well-known banker of this city.
The young lady will be richly lowered, for,
besides the liberal portion which her father
can afford to give, she inherits on the mater
nal side uncommon personal attractions.
| Her mother was one of the beautiful Misses
Sargent mot to be COMPOUNDED with the more
i n oha Pc nf Init
| fame) who at their debut conquered Phila-
delphia and subsequently married husbands
of identical name, although Henry Duncan
was wholly unconnected by blood with the
earl's future fsther-in-law. The most caus-
| tic satirist of unrepublican weddings must
/ needs temper his invective on this occasion,
for the circumstances which brought about
the match have quite romatic, not to say
idyllic, flavor. The late Earl of Roseberry,
by whose premature death the present lord
came to the title, was confirmed consump-
tive, who, after
CRUISING THE MEDITERRANEAN
in vain quest of health, was advised to give
himself last chance of lie by turning his
yacht toward America. But the voyage
only aggravated the malady, and as the
mos. spacious of yachts is far from adequate
to the demands of sickness, the invalid was
transferred with some. difficulty to Dun
cans home on Staten Island, a refuge he was
nos destined to leave alive. Few houses OF
English country gentlemen are more thor
oughly appointed and nobly placed than that
old mansion bosOmed in great trees and
commanding wide reaches of land and sea.
But pure air and gentle nursing can not
always avail, and the next heir only
arrived in time to receive the re-
mains of his relative and thank
the host, who had done his best. [
dare say gratitude is tar from irksome when
it may lawfully take the direction of bright
eyes and blooming cheeks. At ali events
when the new lord returned to England it |
was known that a young daughter of the |
house had consented to become his countess. |
Does it not read like play? The senior |
partner of Duncan q Sherman has thriven |
In mis- calling beyond most Of his peers on
the Exchange, but doubt If, in his iudg- |
ment. any investment has yielded ampler |
returns tnan that act of honest kindness.
Like Banquo, the worthy banker will die
untitled, but, like him, can see himself in
dreams the ancestor of a line OF potentates,
and other heriditaments are set
the pages of "Burke's Peerage."
Shrewd American mammas in estimating
the brilliancy of this marriage, do not forget
how seldom their daughters have prospered
in the assault upon highlands hereditary
legislators. In France, Italy and SpaiT
where the last shadow of baronial right has
vanished, where the abolition of entail and
the enforced subdivision of estates has beg
CARED the haughtiest houses, they have found
men by no means averse from gliding q tar
nished name with little plebeian gold.
Bat those pale ghosts of nobility do not
tempt wise women of the world like the
splendid magnates of Britain, whose young
est sons and remOtest kinsmen shine with q
reflected lustre quite strong enough to daz-
zle many. "Pas la rose, il vecu pres dele"
saayDS N have baAn
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN SUCH MAR
RIAGEs,
for instance, as that OF Miss Jerome's to Lord
Alfred Churchill, who is not supposed to
have shilling in the world, or the faintest
chance of succeeding to his fathers duke
dom, and whose title derived merely from
of course can not descend to his
children, who must rank as simple COM
mOnners. So, too, when brother of Lord
wodehouse captured Miss Minnie King. of
Georgia. / presume his proximity to
tue barony contributed more to his success
than any rank he might have acc uired as a
The same thing might have
bsen said had the reported engagement
between the daughter of Paran
Stevens, the well known propri-
etor. and Lord Walter Camp
bell son of the Duke of Argyle, been car
ried out-although in this case the prospect
of becoming sister-in-law to princess of
the blood doubtless heightened the intoxica-
ton. Attractions far less illusory found
favor in Mrs. Ritchie's eyes (she was. you
a daughter OF General Wads-
WORTHY when she welded Mr.. Adair's income
Of ESQ ,00O But the winning of the Rose
bsrry cup palss utterly before the achieve
ment of the three Maryland young ladies,
who performed their matchless feas long ago
when our grandmotners were young. Most !
people have heard of the good fortune !
which befelI the Misses Cation in England
but few know what slender portions they :
carried to their future lords. Good looks, |.
by no means striking, however,, they
nad, and they PROFESSIONALLY were grand ,
daughters of Charles Carroll, of Carroll :
,on. OF accomplishments or culture or any
nigh order they could not boast, and as to