The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-03

The following narrative of an instance OF
almost incredible female depravity is from
paper in Allegheny county, New York:
We paid flying visit the other day to
the county seat. On our return, upon reach
ing Belyidere, waiting to take the Dunkirk
Express for home, We observed, seated upon
the platform Of the Depot, well-dressed,
genteel appearing man, with two interesting
little girls, one upon each side. There was
something in the appearance Of the group
that attracted attention and excited euriosi-
ty. There was an expression OF sadness
upon each countenance which nothing but
some great sorrow could produce. We ap-
preached them and commenced a CONVERSE
ton with the man, who was frank and in
telligent, and from him learned the follow
ing story:
1.-The little girls were his children, aged
five and seven. lie was married to their
mother about eight years ago, and lived with
her in perfect state of happiness until last
fall. His home is in Barton, twenty-eight
miles east of Elmira, on the Erie road. In
December last near and intimate neighbor
employed a negro to do job Of work, and
for few days got this man to lodge the ne
negro completed his job, but still hung about
the premises. The husband ordered him
away, and demonstrated with his wife, las
the affair had created some scandal in the
neighborhood), although the husband had
not a suspicion of anything wrong on the
part of his wife at the time.
",Thc wife was indignant-wrote to her
brother in Binghampton that her husband
had insultcd her. The brother came and
took the wife and daughters home for few
weeks, until the difficulty wore away. She
had no sooner arrived there than the negro
presented himself and was lurking about
In a few days the wife, cluding the vigi-
lance of the brother and family, elopcd with
the negro, taking with her the two daugh-
tiers, the only children. The first clue the
husband OF brother had been able TO get of
the fugitives, was on the day before we saw
the group AT Belyidere, when he learned
they were about four miles south of Friend
ship, in this county, among some negro in
habitants living there He took the ears
and reached Belyidere that morning-got a
livery and went directly in The direction Of
the settlement He was armed with six
shooter, he said, to- Kill the negro if lac
NJW HIlll. lc SUUu lUunu TUT itb1O sli'tlt.
where his guilty wife living with the
negro. The first persons Inc saw were his
little girls in rags, playing about the hut
The wife and the negro were away in the
field berrying. lie entered the cabin and
said it presented scene of squallid wretch
edness-no chair-a little straw and old
cults constituting the beds; and few
plates and a kettle made up the furniture.
" lie took the little girls and the mothers $
trunk and returned to the Belvidcre sta
ton. With the aid of the landlady, he
washed aud dressed up<he thildrrn with the
only remaining clothes found in the trunk,
and was waiting for the cars 10 take them
home. lie was mechanic candid and
honcSt-heartcd to appearance, and in COM
Portable circumstances. There was no taint
of African blood in either. lie showed .
daguerreotype of his faithless wife. She was
good looking-above the average of her
sex-rather prcposscssing. He said she was
educated and intelligent, and had always
moved IN good society. The shades of
night were drawing around, butas We scann-
cd the picture we thought we could de-
tcct in her otherwise beautiful face vein
of low sensual passion. The little girls
were really pretty and precocious.
about this time we heard the whistle of
the train. They were soon on board. We
saw the three in scat. The little girls
nestled beside the injured father, and soon
they sped away, leaving the mother to
wrctc l,cdncSs and her vagabond paramour.