The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
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1He t'anhcst Atay iiasc0 has not yet
passed into the oblivion Of "A nine DAYS
wonder. That friendly veil of forgctiul.
gs.s for which the priest in his robes the
beise In her velvet and the bcggar in his
rags give equal thanks, has not yet fallen
upon i. The railway king, with lis mil
.tonsi lies dead, yet outside of Wall street
tho movements Of the young mognl Of
The HtrdM excite far more interest ti,un
tlie Vanderbilt funeral. The one is sean
dai and appeals To the deepest interest of
the pnbiic heart; the other is death. mt
which all men frown. The one cficts the
stock Exchange; the o.hcr effects gay
socirty. The one bring. mourning weeds
INTO family; the other brings disquict
ana scandal into an otherwise hrppy
home. The unfortunate Bennett Nav
anair - on every tor-ue. II forms the
chief topic ofshe,cIub mcn; .itpernleates
the atmosphere '5fthc Fifth avenue re.
ceptions. and it il tossed from lip to lip
amur1 the bootblacks in the Bowery.
] There has been a vast amount Of 10
ciety gossip since the announcement was
frat made that Mr.. Bennett had become
engaged to Miss Carrie May, daughter of
Df. William May, Of tilis city. This
transpired over n year ago, and during
the intervening time all sorts of contra.
dictory rumors have been ahoat. The
story that Mr.. Bennett had ordered a
valuable set Of diamonds, including neck
laco and bracelets, from Tihanys, for his
fiance, and that the marriage was to have
taken place last winter, was followed bv
the statement that il hnd been POSTPONED
on account of the determination Of Mr..
Bcnnctt's only sister to enter a convent
in the event of her brothers marriage.
This bore rome truth upon its face, az
Miss Bennett is II rigid Catholic and en-.
tirely devoted TO her brother and would
have been jealous regarding any new ties
that he might have formed Close upon
this rnmor came one TO the effect that the
marriage was TO have occurred last sum
mcr; again, 1t was stated that DR.. Nav
had refused his sanction to the union, on
account Of the young gcntleman's habits,
and that he had been put upon probation
Tor SIX months or year. Failing to
work out his probation, the lover fell into
divers and many disagrcenents with the
head of the May household.
r On the OCCASION of one OF his visits to
his lady love he slapped her OIL the
cheek-.probably i'll play. probably rs an
eccentric means Of displaying his uilcc-
tlon. At any rate, the young lady's
father took umbragc at the action, and
quietly put Mr.. Bennett out of the front
door. AS soon as the paternal back was
turned Miss May went down stairs and
let her lover in through the basement
window. Little incidents of this and u
similar nature served To give spice to the
engagement and to test the young lady'a
determination 10 cling to her eccentric
Il lt l,. H. - ~
Through all the wild escnpadrs thnt have
MARKED Mr. Beiinctts career during her
;ls,"cintion with him, always taking his
part Whenever her own family spoke or
acted against him. 1t is stated ON the
best authority that Mis-, May really loyes
Mr.. Bennett, and is deeply grievcd mt the
phase that the affair has assumed. MI
though mp t0 t0-tlay she has heard moth.
ing Of the meeting between her brother
and Dir. Bennett, she being quite iii from
tue excitement of the past ten DAYS.
during which time the engagement hus
been broken Off
A handsome trousseau had arrived
from Europe, the wcdding-day mad been
fixed for the 9th of December, and Mr..
Bennett had positively engaged passage
for himself and bride in the Russn, when
10 the wedding bubble burst, aud the
gayety of bridal IL likely to be changed
into the tragedy of a mortal combat. On
Christmas Eve EIr Bennett went to DIR.
Mays house, in West Nineteenth street,
while he was considerably under the in
huence OF liquor, and, like many Others
OF the same temperament, nc ms no con-
troll Of himself when in that condition.
His manner and language towards Miss
Mays mother and members of the family
was not particularly commendable. In
fact, it was such as again to arouse DR..
Mays Ire and to lead him to show his
guest 20 the sroat d>os. Mr. Reans.t'e
demonstrations in front of the house
greatly incensed the May brothers when
1t reached their ears, and they swore
vengeance against him. In the mean
while DR.. May wrote note to Mr. Ben.
nett positively refusing his consent to the
marriage.
It 10 asserted by society people, and it
is believed by the Nay family, that Mr..
Bennett was very willing to have the en-
gagemont annulled, having grown weary
Oft, but that he did not wish to break It
off himself, preferring that this movement
should come from the May family, end
That this was Tho explanation of much of
hie annoying and angular condrrt to
members of the May household. Il 10 30
we'll known that Mr.. Benefits life has
been o constant search for new pleasures
that it would not seem incongruous to
h!s character that such should have really
been the case. Rut undoubtedly in the
Efdt instance he ~:s attracted to Miss
May and inspired by o feeling of deep
intereat when he offered her the Bennett
hand and the Bennett fortune, which, in
o pecuniary sense, eas such o glittering
target for women of the world, in which
the millionaire editor moved. It does
not follow that Bennett did not care for
the pretty girl who had attracted his
fancy, simply because he may have grown
restless under fettera to which he was un-
accustomed. Young men of society re-
quire novel pastimes.
Miss Carrie May il g very attractive
woman. possessed Of fascinating manners
and sufficient beauty TO have rendered
her belle, both in New York, and in
Washington, of which city iier father Is
s native. The family are extensively
connected in Washington and in Ralti-
more. Miss Carrie May is slightly above
medium height, Of rather delicate
physique. She appeared much smaller
than she really was az she walked gayly
along Fifth Avenue, by the side Of her
atalwart lover, or sat beside him as he
drove his foar-in-hand through the Park.
She Is very graceful in movement and
styiish, though usually attired with SIM
pIicity on the street or the drive. She
has been called rather. cold and self.cen-
tered, and many supposed that she cared
more for the dazzling fortune that her
lover possessed than she did for him