The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-03-07
to inquiring friends and relatives,
Your affectionate uncle,
J.I. MIDDLETON

Your affectionate uncle,
J.I. MIDDLETON.
Some testimony follows, which it is no
important to publish, and we then have the
following deposition of Mrs Pauline B. Mid
dleton, sister-in-law of the petitioner taker
in Paris.-Iti is as follows:
|, Pauline B. middleton, being duly sworn
do depose and say-I am the wife Of Arthur
middleton, who is the brother of Edward
Middleton; was on intimate terms and in
habits of constant intercourse with Edda, the
wife of Edward middleton, from the time o
her arrival in America which happened soon
after her marriage, until left it in the month
of May last; was with her at Newport in
the summer OF 1s4s, and also in Philadel.
phia part of the previous winter.
Invent to Philadelphia and lived with her s.
Mrs. Middleton, my mother-in law, at the
Morris House, in Chestnut street, in 1s4s
the first that gave me reason 10 suspect her
Of any serious Improperly of conduct was a
miniature, shown to me in great secrecy on
the 18th day of April, 1s49, by Dora, her
maid servant; this miniature was likeness
of E la, and intended for Mr.. ***s** on
seeing this, which alarmed me very much,
| addressed many questions to Dora, who,
having much confidence in my discretion,
revealed to me the horrible secret, assuring
me that she had threatened Edda very often
to leave her or to tell, if she did not change
this way of living, as Edda told her that she
met Mr.. ****** very often Dosa told me-
that could always know when he came,
as would see Edda sitting up very late in
the evening, combing her HAIR very careful
ly, and putting on clean night clothes, SC. !;
one evening observed all this--another, on
my retutn from concert, Dora gave me no.
tce he was coming that night; l told my
husband of it, who remained very uncertain
what step TO take to prevent scandal the
last night Mr. ****** came; l being informed
as above, remained at the window 10 see
him come, but the evening being very cold,
and not feeling we'll in consequence of this
occurrence, went to bed, but resolved to
listen If l could hear anything; between
two and three o'clock, the night being very
quiet, and my bed placed exactly above the
sofa on which they used to sit together,
heard sort of whisper, which remarked
also TO my husband; after this 1 heard a
hurried walking of several feet; it appeared
to me certainly they were Edda's, footsteps ::
/ Immediately fastened Is look through a
small window above the bed, and opening
it, it being dark, could see no one; then
heare other footsteps and then saw light
which was explained to me in the morning
that some one had heard the noise and
had gone 10 see what it was, and that Edda
and her friend had run up stairs to avoid be-
ing met; sometime after | heard light
walking, and then Edda's door shut; the
day after our brothers confronted her, went
into her room, and speaking together of all
that happened, she said that it was redcu-
lous to accuse Mr. $**xas* more than others /;
that twas true she loved him as if he were
her brother; that he had been very atten-
tive 10 her, and that he sent her boquet of
flowers for every ball she went 10, and it was
true he escorted her home she said, be-
sides, ''it is true have done very wrong-I
have been very imprudsnt, but l am alone
TO blame it is who have made all imag.
Unable advances, and see that have done
very, very wrong; do not love Mr******;"
last year she spoke to me often Of the SIM
gular manners which MIR **st*xk had with
her; he gave her, one evening, at Mrs.
Rush's in her own hands, valentine, which
could NOT be wore in the expression of mis-
hopes, &C.. asked her who had brought it
to her; she answered, that on returning
home she found it on the chair in the entry
OF the house, upon the candlestick placed
for her, and that if she could discover who
had sent it TO her she would never speak to
him again; she kept II all night in bed with
her, made Dora get candles, and read ii for a
long time, and in the morning as soon as
awoke she rect il again; she took it TO break
fast; begged her not TO allow it to be seen
by those in the house, but she appeared to be
proud of such prize, and showed it TO Mrs.
McMurtrie and others, saying what she had
said to me, promising not TO look in the face
of the person who had sent it, if she should
discover him; knew how she had, had it,
but said nothing, ane short time after, Ed
da, forgetting what she had told me of it, re-
lated to me how it was Immediately re-
minded her of having told me another story;
then she accused herself, saying that she
would not tell; at Newport told her that
feared her returning TO Philadelphia, because
Mr. **s*** would renew his attention-and
she promised me, over and over again, that
she would not see him; she told me, also,
another thing contrary TO the truth she tcld
me that James the fireman at the Morris
House, came, one evening, into the room
whilst she was with Alexander Wilcocks
she did not tell me that it was Mr. -,
and that he threatened to kill the fireman if
he should repeat what he had seen, but that
if he did not repeat it he would give him so
much year, and go to his house the next
day 10 get the money about this time, she