The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-02
The Rev, l. N. Mafflt.

Lne htt. (. V. AhiIik. The recent death of the second wife of ths eer. uemsn' has called down upon himihe bitter desun- eietion of two of the New York papors. The Shrisdon adsocate,'a Methodist paper, led of m the attack, and was followed and improved upon by the "Pctice Gazette"
 hi. last paper charges MafIit with almost every s..n's .h tns catalogue of vilIany-with being le- ener--a common drnAkarJ--with brutality 10 his wIte-wtth procuring ahetheT minister te siebauch hss lMafhrsl own Wife--with daser;inv berand finally, with being her murderer
 1he Nav York sunday MsHing News defends pondence' between the parties is published The following letter from Mr. Msfit 10 his wife, we se- | lect from among them, to show that bis marriage was not happy one from almost the beginning and to show also some of the original gsoasss Of dIscor ance between them.
 The complsints of this letter, however. were uo, at last the causes of their parting We have care fully read the whole controversy and 90 far as we can gather, 1t was pecHRiasy matters that finaiay brought about the separation, and it was his wife who deserted him, Instead of his Asserting her.
 The f~es that MafEis srparatS from fs wife. fol.
 lowed by the unfortunate difficulties with his second has created Predspesition in ths public mind 10 condemn him in both, and many persons do so with. out even listening to his defeace
 This Is unjust. We do not believe any ;u,,,r,;,l person can condemn him, after viewing ,he wbole- l matter.
 It appears that Msflit, some time since. com. menced suit against the "Christian Advocate. V Tor sander This settles the question as to why if attacked him The courseof the Police Gazette" is also easily accounted for- is it's roea.ion to pet up snonrosties Of all sorts. In this case however we think 1t has oyerleaped itself It's opslaught Ia too coarse brutal and extfavagant, to be swallowed even by the most guble.
 The sunday News proves very clearly that mammy and daddy -ia-law had fuil hand in the matter and advised and decided Mrs Mafit to leave her husband.
 II also proves that instead of being alnean'' and l "stingy' in his allowance of money to his wife, that ne gave her about $500 year. for pin money besides presents of fine gold watch and valuable plano. There are thousands of wives who womb be delighted with meaaness of this character on the part of their husband
 Tho separaiion.did not take place at the time of the writing of this etter-s'e answered his letter | afeciionaieiy, acknowledged that she had acted wrong, and they lived together several months as- l terwards-but il tcok place upon the return of Maffit from trip to Pittsbnrg wh,her he had been preaching He reached New York about II o'clock at night, hastened hsme, and approached his wife with exclama,ons of pleasure But she coldIy l turned from him. Without taking offence, he asked the meaning of her doing so, and affection ateiy greeted her with kiss She then anerily re- peiled him, and, late as it was in the night with only female friend to accompany her left his house and returned to her fathers in Bsookiyn He begged and imploFed her not 10 leave him: bnt she was inexorsble-and when he found she was determined to go, he wished 10 accompany and pro- iect her, but this she also refused him -and thus they parted!
 1 She has since died of typhus fsver--while MafTit | was in New Orleans.
 There is no consideration could induce us to utter ono word agaiust her. If she has erred, l t was no doubt an error of youth and indscretion 1 in defence of her husband, however there can be no impropriety in our speaking; and we will here state some facts that have to us from m au. J ataffr nn1r l.lan | speak volumes in Mafits favor.
 We are told that, after hta eapasatssis ffots lafs first wife, he reSnifted her money upou the most
 liberal scale. During his residence in this city, of sgent S2.000. And even after his divorce from her. he regularly, up to the day of her dcath sent her l 5000 year for her support These statements may be relied upon.--LoaisrHs Chronicle.
 FRioAY MORNING. To FRANK: God knows, who reads all hearts. that it would have been more than pleasure To me, to have sat down 10 write my wife letter. such as one deserving tho appellation would have wished 1 but, unfortunately for us both, l am compelled to write in . manner that presume you will feel seenly. But necessity forces me to the dreadful i alternative.
 When become acquainted with you, I had not l tho most distant idea of ever either coarting or marrying you. For twelve years had ire,atied at trusting my fortune again in the hands of wuman 1 When was informed by certain persons tha, you toUed me dsb aeiediy, took it for granted that It was true, aud felt correspondent interest in you on that accounts your valentine blessed me, and l when 1 found you were the writer it's style, &sc. had great effect in making favorable impression n | on my mind. But l will 20 no further, but inst 1 notice what occurred before engaged. On my knees-you knecIing slso-i told yoa with tears in my eyes the story of my snfsria2s-pontc out all the causes Of my separation with my first ] wfe-warned you, again and again, of the tremen- l dons responsibility you were aboutto take upon you at your age showed you the difference between l onNsges and the almost utter imposslbility of so 1 younea person being capable of making fit com panion for me, and that It was almost equally i'm possible allowing that she loved me, of that loves continuing. told you plainly how singular l was in my tabfts what l would expect from a tcye-and everything. in word, an honest man 1 ought to say, on the eAe of serious matter as marriage. imPiored you,at your feet interrupted by sobs, to ponder the msttesa ,rV to seerch yonr 1 hear. to the core and not to seceiyc ms at your perildeclarcd, most distinctly, that to De unhappy the secoud limo, woRld be my deatA, and that, if l you ever made mo so, If would be beiter lheu to stab me .e sle heart. even went fdriher-eindced l perhaps, farther than any mortal man rver%went before with iady--and before l gave myseffste | your, commissioned Mir. Green to sound yen f6i l the very qaick-to proceed as l had done in the
 matter, and to point out everything clear. fair, open and aboye-board. To him, first, you most soIenInly vowed that you Loued me dcvotedly. distraetediy, and forever! and that nothing under the heavens, I youy part should be left nndone 10 make me a happy man; and before l uttered that word which ssemed to make you happy. you made similar, only that more fervent rotcs 10 of the same import, appealing 10 God for your sincerity. And these Conditions, feeling l loved you, and coud aud would cndeavor to make you happy my wife, became engaged. We were married-and what has followedl Has Frank kept one of her vo~s,--her solemn. her repeatedly spoken, and VOWS, Let facts answer. When left you. told you ii tafigh FDRN rk-lR a,.A alone, without your mother, some older person than yourself. You soienlnly promised. and said my will was your pleasure. Did yoa keep your word' No; far from il. There arc several little matters connected with my absence, that tended greatly to injure your character and ban my in l fiuenoe. You rebeled against yoar mother inter ference with girl of seventeen; your appearance in the streets of both cities alone. iu g.lY and