Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-02-02
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case i about 10 be brought before the Common Pleas
in Philadelphia which promises rich Developments. i
'eres's to the literary world te facts follows
gentleman of this city, of high literary .inencc married
is second wife, CIrolinan, ten or twelve v.,r.
since and went 10 reside in Charleston = C. where b.r
property lay After residing there for some six ar v
years Tor some reason uneX planned the gentleman
Tor divorce, and requested the lady go To P.nnsy
vania III which State his object would be more readily
obtained Tue lady would not consent aud sometime
afterwards the gentleman sent her document to sign she
then being at Schooleys Mountain y. j which dozen.
ment, it IL alleged, an avowel written
by her husband her part asserting that she b.d
wiuy, malciously and without cause abandoned him
Ihedy refused TO sign saying that such not the
III the fact that the statements made in the document
were uuequivocally false and and she would not no
accessory TO the disruption OF the marriage false pre-
tences
At this time the lady had under charge the Youngest
daughter of her husband by his first wife To whom .b
had been constituted legal guardian 10y Chancellor with
ont opposition from the father; and upon whom she had
'Npc"lyd some S1po lor the purposes Of education On
the hdys to New York. with this little airl who an
pcA 20 nave been strongly attached 70 her the husband
lay IN wait tor her, and the boat reached the wharf IA.
seized the child rnd ran oil with her followed uy his terri
fed wife aud of tie bOamer who tore off the stir
of his coat in the struggle. Placing the child in c,r,i
the gentleman drove OH but presented himself the anne
day a the house his wife was STAYING Offering to re-,
storc the child to her and give paper confirming her
perpetual guAranShip beyond the power OF mOc-tlon
Oh condition OF her signing fhc important document hc
was To secure him divorce and enable him marry one
oil ne two or three Ihdics whom lac said he had view
The child, miserable in her separation from her ,nor
dian and I'll from the shock and terror of her f,rc all
duction, wrote impoing letters beseecing her .aiing
mother TO yield to her fathers wishes; friends and l.g
counsel represented that her forced signature could avail
hothng the hther walked up and down the srcct-cal
Ell every few minutes to inquire f the papers were sign
ed threatening eternal separation from the child If they
wcreuot and halt distracted state with protest
10 il'chood the weeping lady affixed her signature 10
the document, and had the little grl Immediately restored
10 her the promised paper securing her guardianship be.
ing withheld till he should bc of it, efficacy in mn
curing the divorce. The promised manor IN. ,sy,.
given.
The lady thought proper to caugon the lady To whom
her husband was paying is addresses aud wrote TO in.
form her that lc had neither divorce nor ANY rylt IA
one Alter hcr return Ia Charleston she was surprised
one DAY to see the announcement Of his marriage 10
lady from the State Of Maine Having received no not
hcaton ~ tile action for divorce she directed er conn
sci ~ Philadelphia to investigate the matter and # a J.
Voce hah really been gate to her protest against
the decree. e
The court records gave no evidence the p,pcr On the
subject having it said been al.trnctcd iii. S,in,u
Court therefore, could not act on that apt.,l int Tie
counsel said he believed the plea had been granted ON the
supppsed voluntary statement OF the lady and mint had
even been stretched to Obgr her IN the matter Come
Inehty the hdys counsel, -. T. Brown Esq then pro.
cured ~ the court OF common pleas, n r, To show
cause why the decree OF divorce should not be rescneJ or
nnn"d on the ground that il had been obtained y fraud
ana nppiton on the court. So stands the case Sew.
crl autiors We understand, have been -ubponicd and
constrained 10 give evidence When the tsstiuony
- made public IN full understand il will be- strange
and curious practices will be- brought 10 light sbauiSg
the invention Of French noycsts The biri wife of the
gentleman ~ question, IL il said has rctrcacd from the
coming storm 10 the shelter Of her brothers house in
Bipgor-N T. paycr