Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-26
Marriage and a Mistake.

the Cardinal-Mrs James DICK
HiII's Suit for Divorce and En-
gagement to Count.
New York Sun.
An Ecclesiastical Court appoint
ed by Cardinal McClOskey, has
recently tried, in this city, a sin.
gular case of contested marriage
ceremony performed by the late
Archbishop Hughes. The Ro.
man Catholic Church iorbids lis
communicants, even if divorced
by the civil law, to remarry, and
the wife who seeks separation
in the present case takes the nov
81 ground that her husband being
a Protestant the ceremony under
which they were joined was not
binding.
The husband is James Dick
Hill, only son of Henry Hill, of
the old firm of Hill, Mclean &
Co., cotton factors of New Or
leans. The Elder Hill, before the
rebellion, was one oil the largest
cotton planters in the South, own
ing five plantations in Mississippi
and Louisiana. On a single one
Of these plantations he had SOo
slaves, and rsised annually l,5OC
bales of cotton. When he died
the entire estate, valued at SO,
100000, went to his son. James
Dick Hill was educated in Paris,
and he enjoyed every advantage
that lavish expenditure OF mon
ev could obtain. When he be
came of age be gave dinner in
Paris which. it is said, has rarely
been equalIed in magnifcence, and
vas the subject of gossip in the
American colony for years. 1t Is
said to have cost him 100 900
francs. With an income of $780,
00O a year, the wealthy young
Southerner was considered a great
prize in the matrimonial market
Oc his return from Europe he Wis
tied Newport. The reigning belle
there that season was Miss Louisa
Du SaulIe. She was seventeen
years of age, and had bewitchlng
beauty and charming names.
Miss Du Saulle was the daughter
of Louis Du Saulle, a French m, r
chant of New Orleans, and man
of great wealth. Before the sea
son en1ed he engagement of Mr.
Hill and Miss Du Saulle was form
a,ly announced. In 1859 they
were married. in that city, by
Archbishop Hughes. The bridal
gifts in diamonds and J'welry
were of almost fabulous cost. On
the evening OF the wedding Mr.
Du Saulle handed his son i'll law a
check for $4,000. Mr.. Hill tore
The check into fragments and
flung the pieces at Mr. Du Saulle,
saving, 81 did rot buy your
daughter, sir"
The young couple went to New
Orleans alter an extended Euro
pean tour, and lived in grand style.
Mr.. Hill had a taste for the fine
arts, and he gratifed it. His gal
Iery of paintings and statuary was
considered one of the finest in
The South. He was fond OF fine
horses, and he prided himself on
having pair of horses and a car
riage for each day in the week.
In the summer Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
came North with a routine OF ser
wants, and divided their time be-
tween this city and Newport.
Their bill for one seasons enter
tainment at a hotel in this city
was $4,000. Three children
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hill,
and their domestic life was one OF
great happiness. The war broke
out, and with it came sudden ruin
to Mr.. Hill. His slaves were
freed, his plantations overrun by
the contending armies, his New
Orleans factories were stopped,
and the family home was one OF
the first occupied by General But
Ter when he entered New Orleans
Mrs Hills father, Mr.. Du SanIle,
was one Of those who foresaw the
coming disaster in time to sell bis
property. He returned to France
and settled in Pau, with an am
ule fortune. At the end OF the
war Mr.. Hill was utterly impov,
Ierished and unable TO provide for
his family. Mrs. Hill and her
children accepted Mr.. Du Saullc's
A. NJ q hane in France. and 8