The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-24
MISS BENEFITS SENSIBLE MATCH.
The Marriage OF James Gordon Benefits
Sister-A Wedding Present of S5O0,0Oo.
NEW YOEK, October 5.

New YoEK, October 5.
James Gordon Bennett's sister has en-
rolled herself among the sensible Ameri-
can girls whose fortunes were not carried
off by bankrupt foreign noblemen. The
Irish peer who was announced to be in
hot pursuit of her share of the accumu-
lations of the shrewd olo Scotchman who
founded the Herald must have been dis
appointed, for the gentleman who mar
ried Miss Bennett a fortnight ago is a
New Yorker and the son of an old New
York merchant. Isaac Bell, Jr., the
happy man, is comfortably rich in his
own right, besides having expectations
from his father, Isaac Bell. He is one
Of the gilGed youth of New York, of
whom James Gordon Bennett is the
brightand shining example. AS rule
they are young men of laborious leisure,
dress English, talk English, wear Eng
lish whisEers, drive coaches as the Eng
lish do, and in other respects found
themselves upon the blarsted aristocracy
of the British Isles. Mr.. Bell, however,
seems to be a sensible man if he is fash
ionable; and his wife is quiet little
lady, speaking and writing several Ian
guages, an accomplished musician, and q
great social favorite. TIE match seems
to be regarded in the circle of the gilded
youth as proof that the driving of
coaches and playing of polo tends to the
formation Of perfect existences, and no
doubt they would have liked to see the
bride and groom driven to the altar in
Col. Delaney Kape's four-in-hand.
There is thread of romance in the
brides life which the marriage has re-
called to those acquainted with the cir
cumstances. There was time, as almost
everybody knows, when Miss Bennett
was bent upon taking the veil. So
strong was her desire that it was with
great difficulty her father could persuade
her to put of for time her farewell to
the life of the world. Finally, by por.
traying the lonely condition in which he
would be left if she should enter con.
vent, he succeeded in obtaining hel
promise that she would wait to fulfill hel
cherished wish until after his death
When she conceded that much she die
not know how much of a victory the
shrewd old man had won. For he pro-
vided in his will that in case she shoulc
determine not to enter $ convent, one
hall of his property, excepting the
Herald, should be hers, and this would
be handsome fortune; if she should
however, persevere in her original inten
tion, the whole property should pass t
her brother. What was the result
Why, just what the SLY Scotchman hat
foreseen. The people Who had beer
urging the veil upon Miss Bennett, being
Catholics of the sort that amass wealth
for the church and hunt down fortunes
as a hound might q hare, rather thar
Catholics of the sort that have carried
the cross into every land beneath th'
sun and have filled the annals of th'
church with the record of their piety ant
heroism, found that she was coming *
them empty handed and fell away from
her as if she had been smitten with th'
plague. She sew the selfish and cunnin!
policy that 'ay back of much that hat
been said to her, and like sensible wo
man she changed her mind, as all sensi
BILE women Invariably do. Therefore
she is now a happy wife, instead OF bein!
o hopeless nun. o.
james Gordon Bennett made her :
splendid wedding present-no less thar
S5O0,O00 in cash. 1t WIS hardly NOR
than he ought to have done, considering
that almost all of her share of the prop
erty is unproductive; but the number o
brothers who would have given ava.
more than their whole income for TIVE
years is limited.-Cor. Cincinnati Com
merc;al.