Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-02
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SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY q

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TRUE LOVE IN GEORGIA "A move! case il
now pending before Judge Rice at Chambers,
Ga. A young man by the namo cf 1. d. Field
married the daughter of MIR. Julian Of GWn'
nett county short time ago without the par
ents' consent. MIR. Julian and family being
from homo the young man found an opporuoe
moment to make the young damsel all bis n"n
persuaded her of with him, and justice OF lHG
peace being conveniently near they we're made
one before the return Of her family, and repair
ed to friends near by, Whcro an elegant re-
ception was given them.
Amid the hilarty end pleasures Of the occa'
sion the irate father returns and bids his daugh-
ter to return to her parental roof Wife, hus.
band and all demonstrated and entreated, but
to no avail, and she is forced homo and kept in
close confinement. The husband supposed the
matter would blow over in day or two. as Is
usual and did nothing. But getting tired Of
single bcsscdness when he had a companion Of
his bosom, he sent a friend over to his father
in laws to see how tue land ley.
Tho friend, upon arriving, was informed he
had better make himself scarce around here,
end that rapidly, and of course, he departed
The husband finding that something was ncccs
saly to secure to him his hepmatc, he sought
the remedy of tho law, and sued out q habeas
corpus to icquiro into the cause OF her capture
and detention, and to have her returned to him.
The defence is that she is minor, being only
seventeen, and having married without the
parents consent, and that the license was Dot
itsued by tho ordinary or sworn deputy, aud
iD consequence the marriage is absolutely void,
and the parent has the right 10 the possession
of his child
The plaintiff admits the defence is true, but
asserts that the license, Thi!o not issued b.
sworn deputy, was issued by a man fully an.
thorized by the ordinary to do 50, and that the
act has been ratified by him in admitting the
marriage and license to record, and the mlnorltI
of the wife has nothing to DO with the legality
OF the marriage.
Il curious feature OF this case is, if these
parties are not legally married, on account OF
the license not bsing issued by tho ordinary,
for this is the only ground in the defence, that
about fifty othof couples who have boen mar
ricd on tho same sort oil authority will aIso be
turned loose
CLUB LlFE.-lhe card pay:Dg scandal 10
the Uoion Club and the Palette Club has gwen
grounds for new arguments against club life ID
New York. Cheating at cards Is charged
against members of both clubs, and a charge Of
that kind is considered ono Of the gravest that
ono gentlemen could make against another.
letter to the Hartford Times says: Invostiga-
tons are on foot which will probably lead ia
the expulsion Of the offending members. end
this may act as lesson to other clubs in which
card playing is the principal occupation.
It would not be much of calamity ii club
life in Now York was broken up altogether.
Its Influence upon young men IN many
cases is decidedly bad. There arc hun,
dreds of young men hero who have plenty
of money to spend which they never earned.
do not understand. Their fathers, or
somo other relatives, left them fortunes, and
they think Of nothing but idle amuscmcn!.
Most Of these young men turn to
tho clubs as Offering exactly What they want.
Thero they meet others Of the samo class. and
life Of idlencss and dissipation begins. Gard
playing is, of course, one of tho ways employed
to Kill! time, and passion for gambling is often
contracted that lasts through life.
1t the play was merely for pastimc, perhaps
20 harm would come of it, but instead OF chat
it is always for money, and sometimes for larg,
amounts. Spruce young fellows, who haunt
the club windows in the afternoon, with bou
tonDiers on their coats, ard stare through oye
glasses at the passors by, aud especially at la
dies, frequently sit up al! Dght in the club card
rooms, playing for money. They arc exact
counterparts, as to mako up, OF the London
snobs whom Thackcray took delight in satlriZ
ing, and they try to ape their London proto
types ia manners and style OF conversation
Having nothing to do but kill time, OF courdo
they smoke and drink to excess. and many Of
them are utterly ruined, physically, when they
should be in tho primo of manhood.
The Too CLEVER YOUNG WoMAN.-Ooca-
sional indulgence, in repartee with bright man
or woman is entertaining, but if either party
| insists upon carrying on the game unduly it
| becomes nuisance, and the persistent ono lays
himself or herself open to that gravest Of all
social charges bad style.' TO talk With o
pirl who will do nothing but cut and thrust,
and whose constant attack ncccsstatcs con-
states defense, is a bore. Nobody cares to live
| continuously upon spiced meats. When tho
too. clever girl finds herself Stunned by men
aud hated by women quite as clever as she Is
/ herself, she enjoys in her heart because She
feels that her superiority tactly is acknoWl'
edged; nor does it cross her mind that there be
those fully her equals who arc content to allow
their wit to gleam naturally and pleasantly, and
who do not seek to make it sparkle all the
time, That the too.clcVer girl rarely succeeds
in catching husband, and that, subsequently,,
she runs down upon the lee shore oil Old MAID
enhood as fas. as the gale OF years can drlVc
her, is not to be wondered at Her character
lis not loyabIc, aud only most confirmed hun
ter of curiosities would cara to marry her ior