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The New Orleans Delta explodes the bit of literature which appeared recently in the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times purporting to be founded on a love and matrimonial affair in which Hon. John Slidell and Capt. Wilkes figure as rivals for the same fair hand. The Delta says: ‘ "Mr. Slidell came to Louisiana in 1824 or '25, and Capt. Wilkes went into the naval service from North Carolina perhaps about the same period. Mr. Slidell married his wife about 1840. She is a Creole lady, and Capt. Wilkes was as far removed from her knowledge and her thoughts at the time of her marriage as Louisiana orange blossoms and female beauty are removed from Connecticut snows and pumpkin piety." ’
The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 18, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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