The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-02
UNPARALLELED FEMALE DEpRAvIrY.

The following narrative of an instance of
almost incredible female dopravity is ffom
paper in Allegheny county, N. Y:
We paid flying visit he other day to the
county seat. On our return, upon reaching
B4lvidere, waiting to take the Duukirk Elk
press for home, we observed, seated upon the
platform of the Depot well-dressed, gen
tecl appearing man. with two interesting
little girls, QUE upon each side. There was
something in the appearance Of the group
that attracted attention and excited clriosi
ty. There was IN expression Of sadness
upon each countenaDce which nothing but
some great sorrow could produce We ap-
preached them and commenced conrersa~
ton with the man, who was frank and in.
te!iigent, and from him learned the follow
ing story:
The little girls we're his children, aged
five and seven. He was married to their
mother about eight years, and lived with
her in perfect state of happiness until last
fall His home is in Barton, twenty>eigFt
miles east Of Elmira, Oh the Erie road IL
December last near and intimate ueighbor
employed negro to do a job of work, aud
for few days got this man to lodge the
negro in back chamber in his bouse. The
negro comp pleted 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
neighborhood,) } although the husband had
not a suspicion of anything wrong on tbs
part of his wife ut the time.
The wife was indignant-wrote to her
brother in Bnghampton that her husband
had insulted 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 few days the wife, eu1ing the vigilance
of the brother and family, eloped with the
negro, taking with her the two daughters -
the only children The first clue the hu9
baud or brother had been able to get of the
fugitives, was on the day before we saw the
group at Belvidore, when he learned they
were about four miles south Of Friendship.
in this county, among some negro inhab-
itauts living there. He took the cars and
reached }eIvidere that morning gotta live
ry and went immediately in the direction of
the settlement He was armed with six,
shooter, as he said, to kin the negro if
he saw him. lie soon found the negro
shanty, where his guilty wife was living
with the negro The first persons he saw
were his little girls in rags, playing about
Eho h,t fTha g., op1
che field berryng. He entered the cabin
and said it presented scene of squalid
wretchedness-no chair, . little straw and
old quilts constituting the beds; and few
plates and a kettle made up the furniture.
He took the, little girls and the mothers
trunk and returned to the Belyidere station.
With the aid of the landIady, he washed
and dressed up the children with the only
remaining clothes found in the trunk, and
was waiting for the cars to take them home.
He was mochanic-candid and honest
hearted to appearance, and in comfortable
circumstances. There is no faint OF African
blood in either, He showed daguerreotype
of his flithless wife. She was good looking
above the average Of her sez-rather pre-
possessing, He said she was educated 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 sensual passion.
The little girls were really pretty aud pres
cocious.
About this time we heard the whistle of
the train. They were soon on board We
saw the three in seat The little girls
nestled beside the Injured father, and soon
they sped away, leaving the mother to
wretchedness and her vagabond Paramour.