Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-19

Portland, December 22d, 1851.
Louisa H. Brown, my wife, having left my
house without my knowledge or consent, to
protect myself from imposition and loss, eau.
toned the public against harboring or trusting
| her on my account. This was done in language
as gentle as could be used in such case, and
which l did not suppose could give offence in
any quarter 1t seems however, that some in
judicious friend has taken umbrage at this.
and induced Mrs. Brown to publish over her
! own name in the Lincoln Democrat of the 4,h
inst, statement which is so much at war
with truth and fact, that feel compelled to
notice it. This statement she never could
have originated or dictated. But as she has
sanctioned it by her signature. shall endeavor
to answer it more in sorrow than in anger.
From the day of my union with Mrs Brown,
some nine years since, to the time she left nv
| house, have never given her cause to COM
plain of my lack Of kindness or devotion to her
happiness. have never failed 10 supply all
her wants to the utmost of my ability. or to
provide her with a comfortable home, whenev
er she would occupy it with me; and have at
all times endeavored to adapt my family ar
rangements to her tastes and wishes. This
she repeatedly states in her letters to me when
! absent and to her friends at hone. In letter
addressed to me at CIeaveland. Ohio, Mrs
Brown, after she arrived home to her fathers,
says: II know and realize you have done a
great deal for me, and are still doing, and YOU
have provided everything comfortable for me.
l ought to be thankful I have such good and
kind husband, one who tries to encourage me
| TO improve myself for my own benefit
In January last she wrote to her father, say
ing 81 have everything here that heart can
| wish, and Nelson tries to do everything he
can to make me happy and contented." And
In substance the same acknowledgements Of
my kind treatment of her are made in several
other letters to her friends in Damariscotta. as
well as to myself. And she has also frequently
said to MIR. and Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Kingsbury,
Mrs. Warwick, and Mrs. Miller of this city,
| that have always conducted towards her as a
kind and affectionate husband. And in all
| cases these acknowledgements were the spon.
taneous illusions of her own heart, and not
prompted by me or any extraneous influences.
have ever been charitable towards Mrs.
Browns faults, and if her conduct was occa-
sionally subjected to criticism, it was designed
for improvement. OF her father, sister and
brothers, have always spoken with that re-
spect and affection to which they are entitled
And until she deserted me last month, l have
ever taught my child to love and respect her
mother. never visit bar-rooms nor have
ever made her character or conduct a subject
of public comment. l have never supervised
her correspondence, nor examined her letters
to her friends, excepting for the purpose of i'm
proving the composition, or correcting the or
biography. certainly could not have pre-
vented her from writing whatever she pleased
to her friends during the spring and summer
which she spent in Clcaveand, Ohio, while l
remained in the city of New York.
As to the charge, that 1 attempted the ruin
of another woman, that can only be met by an
unequivocal denial. But 1 challenge the
world to produce the least shadow of evidence
upon which to base such charge
1t will doubtless be asked, if l have ever
treated my wife thus kindly, why she has left
me. To this question reply by quoting from
her letter which she addressed to me at Charles
ton, South Carolina, under date of December
II, 1850. "ro tell you the TRUTH" she writes,
Il am entirely weaned from you, and love an
other. and God knows it too we'll; and can
not help it-(which caused me to come home
immediately Here is the whole secret of her
desertion of her husband and her child--if in
deed that may be called a secret which she has
openly and repeatedly related to her friends in
this city, as their certificates will show, and to
her own father, when he was here in Decem-
Der last, giving him and them the name of the
object of her unlawful attachment. For the
truth of this l appeal to Capt. Mellus. her
| father. He cannot have forgotten her astound-
ing replies to his searching questions upon this
point. To his direct question, "Do you want
to leave Mr.. Brown, because You love another
man better" She replied, II do it is no use
to deny it." And in reply to another question
she promptly gave the name of the favored low
or-which attachment she states, had been OF
long standing. know Capt Mellus canno,
so soon have forgotten the painful emotions
under which he expressed his regret that he
was obliged to call her daughter and to forbid