The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-17
Our New York Letter.
A Wedding I'm High Life-The
Legal E8rigandls-VanderbiIt's
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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New YORK, February 10, 1877.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The papers are filled.with accounts
of gorgeous wedding in high life,
which has afforded an immense dea
of amusement in the clubs and among
the men about town. The lady il
the case is daughter of very
wealthy man, who has something ovel
million in her own right, and the
groom is young man from Western
State, whose only fortune was his
voice, and handsome face and figure
The voice, very rich tenor, by the
way, has brought him $500 a year, in
an uptown church, which sum has had
to take care of his person, for that
was all he had. The lady is past her
hey day, and has the additional dis
advantage of not being a sylph in
proportions. But the million and over
Half that sum would convert much
uglier woman into an angel, and the
young singer found her defects in per-
son no drawback whatever. Especially
were they not noticeable, after she
settled upon him an income of SIG. 900
per year for life, and made over to
him 100000 in his own right. That
proceeding covered all her defects,
and he was led like a lamb to the
nuptial altar. From this time out the
gorgeous rooms of the lady at the
swellest of the swell hotels, will have
two occupants. Rather a good spec
ulation, counted as "a speculation, for
young man with only $500 per year!
But then think Of his being pointed
out every where as the husband of
the rich Miss Croesus Think of how
his fellows, who haven't married a
million and over, will sneer at him,
and tuin up their noses at him, for
doing what they would give all their
earthly possessions to be able to do.
It will he hard lines for the young
man, and possibly he has more than
earned bis money. He Processes to
he happy, and swears AS he drinks his
wine-wino liz late habit with him
that he actually loves her.
1t pays to be a lawyer in New York,
if You only can get any thing to do.
The will case of the late James K.
Taylor makes an exhibit that is start
ling. Mr.. Taylor left an estate that
Was worth $780, 600 cash, which has
been entirely eaten mp by the lawyers.
One firm gets $4,000 commission for
the sale of ten shares of Times stock.
Other firms got fees ranging from
$4,000 to $50, 900, and now the litiga-
CATION stops because there is nothing
more to pay the harpies with.
The papers in the city have taken
he matter up, and ara urging the
of an association to resist |
he robbers. The charges for legal
ervices are always exorbitant and
oppressive. They have more the ap-
'earance Of robbery than charges.
md there is Eo use in going to the
Ourts about it, for the judges are
awyers, and never decide against the
raft. Ayoung lawyer considers him
elf amply provided for for two or
hree years, if he can become counsel
u a decent bankrupt case. There
ever is any thing left of the assets,
nut the attorney gets fair start in
ife. He always considers himself in
to marry when such plum
lrops to him.l
Vanderbilt's estate will, without
Oubt, be in the courts in u few weeks.
Jr., is moving in the mat
er, and several of his brothers in law
re backing him. The old man left,
undoubtedly, an estate of one hundred
lillions of dollars, of which ninety
We millions was given to one son,
William H., Internationally, and the
lost of the five millions goes back to
i'm on the death of the recipients.
or instance, Cornelius gets nothing
bsOlutely-all that he has is the in
ONE of S200,0OO for life, which is J.
bout $4,000 per year. One or two
the sisters had lalf-million each
1T them out and out. The idea of
no old man was to keep his fortune
/ the hands of William, that the great