M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-16
Unparalleled DepraVity-A- White
Woman Deserts Her Husband
and Slopes With a Niger.

we pald lying visit the other
day to the county seat. On our return
upon reaching Belyidere, waiting TO
take the Dunkirk express for home,
we observed, seated on the platform of
the depot, well-dressed, genteel. look
ing man, with two interesting little
girls, ono on each side. There was
something in the appearance Of the
.gronpc that attracted attention andex.
cited curiosity. There was an ex-
preston ofsadness upon each counter
ance which nothing but some great
sorrow could produce. We approach,
ed them and commenced q conversa
ton with the man, who was frank and
intelligent, and from him learned tho
following story: ..-
The little girls were his children,
aged five apd seven. He was married
to their mother about eight years ago,
and lived with her in perfect state
ofhappiness until this fall. His home
is in Barton, twenty-eight miles east
of Elmira, on the Erie Road. In De-
cember last a near and intimate neigh
Dor employed negro to do q Job of
work, and for Few days got this man
to lodge the negro in a back chamber
in his house. The negro completed
his job, but still hung about the prem
ises. 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 suspicion Of anything wrong
on the part Of his wife ut the time.
The wife was indignant-wrote to
her brother in Blnghamton that her
husband had insuted her. The broth
er came and took the wife and daugh-
ters home Tor 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, elu-
ding the vigilance Of the brother and
and family, eloped with the negro,
taking with her the two daughters,
the only children. The frat clue the
7 husband or brother had been able to
get Of the fugitives was on the day be-
fore we saw the group at Belvidere,
when he learned they were about four
miles south of Friendship, in this
county, among some negro inhabit-
ants living there. He took the cars
and reached Belvidere that morning
got a livery and went directly in the
direction Of the settlement. He was
armed with a six shooter, as be said,
to kill the negro if he saw him. lie
soon found the negro shanty where
his guilty wife was living with the ne
gro. 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. He en-.
tered the cabin and it presented 4
scene Of squalid wretchedness-no
chairs, little straw and old quilts
constituting the bed, and few plates
and kettle made up the furniture.
He took the little girls and the
mothers trunk and returned to the
Belvdere Station. With the aid Of
the landlady, he washed and dressed
up the children with the only remain.
ing clothes found in the trunk, and
was waiting for the cars to take them
home. He was mechanic by trade,
candid and honest-hearted to appear
ance, and in comfortable circumstan-
ces. There was no taint vf African
blood in either. He showed daguer-
reotype of his faithless wife. She
was good-looking, above the average of
hersex, rather progressing. lie said
she was educated and intelligent, ard
had always moved in good socie-
ty. The shades Of night were draw.
ing around, but, as we scanned the
picture, we thought we could detect
in her otherwise beautiful face vein
oflow and sensual passion. The little
girls were really pretty, and preco-
cious. To
, About this timo we heard the whis-
tie Of the train. They were soon on
board. We saw the three in a seat
The little girls nestled beside the in-
jured father, and soon they sped away
leaving the mother to wretchedness
and her vagabohd paramount Cubo
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j DCF A Scotchman who had put up
at an inn was asked in the morning
how he had slept, "Troth, man, /" re-
piled Donald, mae very weel either,
but was muckle better off than the
bugs, for devil ane O. them closed
an e'e the'hale nicht." lib M .al
! a0GFHon. David Tod has been nom.
mated tor Congress by the Democrats
, of the Ashtabula District, as the sue
/. cessor of Joshua r. Giddings. This
= is a strong nomination. MIR. Tod is
: one of the most prominent and abla