Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-05
DAILY DEMOCRAT
From the Cuba IN. " Southern Tier
TnuRrnIIeIptl Derroyifv.

We paid a flying visit the other day to the
ciuhty seat. On our return, upon reaching
Belvidere, waiting to take 5the Dunkirk ex-
press for home, we observed, seated upon
the platform of the depot a 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 curiosi-
ty. There was an expression of sadness upon
each countenance which nothing but some
great sorrow could produce We approach
ed them and commenced conversation with
the man, who was frank and intelligent, and
from him we learned the following story:
The little girls were his children, aged
five and seven. He 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 Elmiria, on the Erie Road In
December last a near and intimate neighbor
employed a negro to do a job of work. and
for few days got this man to lodge this ne
gro in back chamber in his house. The
negro completed his job, but still hung about
the premises, The husband ordered him
away, and demonstrated with his wife, as the
affair had created some scandal in the neigh
borhood, although the husband had not
suspicion of anything wrong on the part of
his wife at the time.
The wife was indignat-wrote to her
brother in Binghampton that Aer husband
had insulted her. The brother came and
took the wife and daughters home for a 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, euding the vigilance of
the brother and family, eloped with the ne.
gro, taking with her the two daughters, the
only children. The first clue the husband or
brother had been able to get of the fugitives
was on the day before we saw the group at
Belvidere, when he learned they were about
four miles south of Friendship, in this county,
among some negro inhabitants living there.
He took the cars and reached Belvidere that
morning-got livery and went directly in
the direction of the settlement. lie was
armed with a revolver, as he said, to kill the
negro if he saw him. He soon found the
negro shanty where his guilty wife was liv-
ing with the negro. The first person he saw
was 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 squalid
wretchedness-no chairs little straw and
old quilts constituting the bed few plates
and kettle made up the furniture.
lie took the little girls and the mothers
trunk and returned to the Belvidere Station.
With the aid of the landlady, he washed and
dressed up the children with the only re-
naming clothes found in the trunk, and was
waiting for the cars to take them home, lie
was a mechanic by trade, candid and honest
hearted to appearance, and in comfortable
circumstances. There was no taint of Afri-
can bloodin either. lie showed a daguerreo-
type of his flithless wife. She was good
looking-above the average of her sex-ra-
ther prepossessing. lie said she was educa-
ted and intelligent, and had always moved
in good society. The shades of night were
drawing around, but, as we scanned the
picture, we thought we could detect in her
otherwise beautiful face vein of low and
sensual passion. The little girls were really
pretty, ard precocious.
About this time we heard the whistle of
the train. They were soon on board. We
saw the three in a seat. The little girls mes
tied beside the injured father, and soon they
sped away, leaving the mother to wretched-
ness and her vagabond paramour.