The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-08

!. v.ry wicked Hoax.

-, .,,o,r,sa now run BROOKLYN CIV .ssY wsaa
:. S1aS J" s, r,or,slzsD ON All POOLS. BAY.
rerom the Brooklyn fax,e.i
f.at Saturday Yves % Fools, Day, as
.,,gers Ia (iyiduais In thi 4 ei y know to their
,oss. Among other /" se,.s - perpetfated was
ana which Tor undergraduate cussedness ,"
ssr,;es osf the palm. During the forenoon Of
the asy she foiiowirg note was received by
forty different clergy men 80 the city:
g Rem. Dr,S-N--
:. Dear Sir, Please 10 at the Pierrepons
House on Saturday,, April !, OF O'Clock r.
Az. TO perform tie marriage cere mony De.
tween Louisa B. Campbell and Ferdinand
l.. Bristo@.
.ss remain, sir, very respectfully,
.aaF. T.. ERIsTow."
Now. the nsrse signed to this note bad
ao,f az golden sound. II resem6led, as IL
svare the chieS Of double eagles or the rus.
sie ~ Treasury notes. !. Brfstow! May hap
Se 20 ths nephew or relative OF the chief
maeuste Of the Treasury Such were the
visions which fitted tbroEgh the minds OF
numbers Of the recipients OF the note, as
they pu, on clean nec&cloth and prepared
themselves for the ex penied ceremony.
Half an hour before the time appointed
two young men who haye no regard for dig
mites nor respect Erspsrsons stole quietiy
into the hotel aud stationed themselves 10
the waitipg.room adjoining the main en-
trance. Three o'cleck came, and as The hane
upon the disl pornted to the hour the IRON
door opened, and IN walked stately, White'
chokered gentleman, who proceeded TO th'
desk and dandy inquired Tor mr.. BIS
tow.D at the same time exhibiting bis mole
The urbsne Clerk replied that there was
"a orr
md the .<eeTic" departed. greatly mar
yelling. He had barely left the door be
fore another entered, with speculation II
his eve; aud he also departed with 81
eynressjon upon bis face which showed
That he believed this world to be nor
low ard his doll stuffed With saw-dust
Rev ]. -. Sutton was among the hrst ar.
rivals. bu, he saw the 1ke in an instant, anC
silt os,t-n With speed. Rev. DR.. Ialmagf
and ReE.yDr. Stnrrs sent notes by Telegraph
boys 10 the effect that circumstances owes
which they had DO control prevented them
from attending. A note had been sent u
Mr.. Rrecher, but the witty Plymouth pastor
was too keen to be caught with such chan
and rave no response. One absent-mindee
clergyman had forgotten bis pote and tai
name, and hunted through the register iol
some time 10 hopes of finding it. For owe
half an hour the food.tide OF ecclesiastical IN
uuiry broke in bland murmurs around taa
devoted hotel-clerk, until upwards 0
thirty. members Of the cloth bad inquired
for "Mr. Bristow." As each one discoVere'
the wicked device which bad lured him on
and felt h,s crisp and rllstllug hopes withe
before the blast of adversely, be turned ant
denarted with swiltness which betokened
forgotten engagement or an unfinished ser
mon; and with a lively sense Of the total de
prayity and utter wckedpess of mankind
1t was noticed yesterday that some Of then
prayed vipdictively for the regeneration o
The human race. And those unrepentan
and deserted young men gloried il
their shame, and when all was over went on
and comforted themselves with warming
and nourishirg fluids, composed Of the juice
of the CORP, the rind of lemon, and Wltha
little sugar.