Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-08-08

was Nh. Jno. Dillon, Of Hudson street, an em,-
ncpt dentist.
Ont>lde the Magistrate d,sh stood a poor old
woman, dressed IN the apparel of an Irsl, peasin-
tess, whose manners and address were equally
coarse aud yulgar her seanfy covering On
the fri look al her she appeared 10 he ~ least six
~ years oi age ; but on a closer inspection it was
evident that poverty and life of hardship had pre-
maturely done The work of time aud made her
look ten OF fifteen years older than she really was
II would be difficult indeed 10 bring together TWO
human beings whose appearance f,rmcd SO strong
and extraordinary contrast rs that of the we'll
fed, wcl-looking, well dressed gentleman sitting
inside the desk, and the apparently hali-starvcd,
,nscraby -apparcllcd woman standing out side il.
They seemed ~ fact the, very antipodes Of civil
society. Aud yet this poor, hali-clad, wi,l,ered
old woman, claimed the wel-dIessed good booking
gentleman, rs her lawfully welded husband, aud
insisted that he had not only legally cspo,,,cd her,
bn, that their marriage had been marriage Of love
on both sides. In order TO jnstfy the poor wo-
man in an assertion sccmingls prepostcrous her
daughter, young woman about two and twenty,
and her daughters husband, man something over
, thirty, were produced rs witnesses, and from their
testimony On oath, and the statement of the wo-
man herself, il appeared tia, some five and twenty
! years ago, Mr.. John Dillon, the now dentist in
New York, was common laboring man in the
county OF Roscomnon, situated in that part OF Ire
land called Connaught, and that the now dccrcpld
old woman was then bnxom peasanteSs OF some
nineteen or twenty years old, and that the said
John Dillon, in consideration of pure love and al
iccrion and the large fortune of hrly-wo pounds
sterling, or about 10 dollars did espousc and
marry her according to the rules of the Roman
Catholic religion. One Of the witnesses named
Patrick Clifford, son-in law Of the old woman,
dcpoSed that he was present at the wedding, and
that be ii made an indcblc impression his mind
iIom lis having been the first marriage ceremony
that ever attended.
I Abou, year and a half after the happy event
took place, having in the mean time been prescn-
ted with daughter, MIR. Dillon got tired Of Dig
ging bitches in ireland, and leaving his lady to
make out life in the best way she could. came oil
to America, without giving her the slightest init
nation ol his intentions Years and years pas
scd ON, and poor Mrs. Dillon heard nothing about
her husband, and supposed that he must have gone
to 'l,at bourne whence no traveller returns" OF
he would certainly have got some person to write
| TO her. What then must have been her astonsll-
ncnt, AT the end of seventeen eighteen wears to
be informed 10y returned cmgran that her dear
Johnny Dillon was not only alive and well, but
had succeeded fortunately that the potato dig
ger in Connaueht had become IA dentist in New
lor'. And in proof Of hi. information, the re-
turned cmigrant showed Mrs. Dillon very neatly
printed card containing the words, John Dillon,
Dentist, Hudson street, New York" Mrs. Dillon
having thus discovered where her husband was,
the assistance of some friends enabled her to
send her daughter in search of Mr. Dillon, and her
daughter accordingly took ship and arrived here,
where she soon found out her father, who, (accor-
ding to her testimony acknowledged his paternity
and took her 10 his house, where he introduced her
| as a servant to il second wife whom he married in
this country at Hartford having first cautioned
his daughter to conceal her relationship to him or
that he had another wife in Ireland.
/ The daughter, however, disobeycd her fathers
inluction, and communicated the dociul intclli-
gencc To Mrs Dillon that her husband had another
/ wife in Ireland. In consequence of this impru-
dcncc the daughter was obliged to leave her Ia
| Tiers house, and went to service, where she re-
remained for about eighteen months, when her ia
thcr kindly pad her passage back to Ireland, and
she returned home. She had, however, during her
residence in America become attached To the
country, that IN about two years after She left il
she again returned, bringing along with her the "a
bovc mentioned Mr. Patrick Clifford, " HON she
had married IN the int, i'm. On her second arri
VAL she again applied To her father TO abandon his
course OF life and do something for his poor wife,
and on his refusing to do So the daughter and her
husband ST about saving money, and as soon as
they had sufficient, they RENTED it 10 Dllon'S
wife in Ireland who landed here about six weeks
ago, and in propria persona made claim hor
husband for restitution OF her conjuga rights, OF
"A separate maintcnan ce and ON his refusal, she
summoned him to the Police Office, where he was
ordered 10 find bail to answer the very seriol;s
charge made against him.
! In reporting the occurrence it is but fair TO Mr.
! Dillon 10 say that he denied the accusation, and
sent for counsel to consult in relation to it, before
hc would tender bail