The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-06
CHAPTER w.

HARLOW CASE, THE GOVERNMENT DEFAuLTER THE
sANDUsKY ELOPEMENr.
few days since published item to the effect that
Mrs Case wife Of Harlow Case had received decree
divorce from her husband. This brings to mind the
causes upon which the application for a divorce were
based. They will be found in extract from the Buffalo
Commercial advertiser of the I'd of December last and
previously published in the HERALD
Some twelve or fourteen years ago Harlow Case was
respectable and esteemed citizen Of Buffalo he held the
place Of Assistant Postmaster and for many years
entrusted with the more importan. duties of the Office
member OF Of the Baptist churches upright every
walk OF Life married and the father of family, he seem
ed to be as firm In the straight forward paths Of virtue
any other. Removing to Sandusky, Ohio, he received
the appointment Of Collector Of that port under Mr. FIJI
more. The appointment universally approved ,
in life While holding that Office be was intimate
in the family Of Mr. F., Of his assistants. Mrs f.
young beautiful, mpassoned, and fatal attachment
grew up between the two which remained unsupported
until the truth made known by the sudden eopeen
Of Case with Mrs and the Simultaneous discovery
he had absconded with government funds 10 the amount
of some s34 GOO From that time forward nearly Ali trace
| OF the guilty pair was lost
ACeyon missionary has written the following account
to the Boston Wdtchman Of his interview with Harlow
Case and the wife and daughter Of Mr. F. They re-
sided magnncenty furnished villa in the island of
Ceyon The interview-whch must have taken place pre-
vious TO June 1856, as in that month Mrs F. died-is
thus described.
we threshold by a lovely child of some
eleven summers Her hair hung In curls Her eyes par
tcularly usrous, yet mournful in beauty, and on the
young brow seemed 10 see a somethng-a shadow of
sadnees-an unchldlike quiet che greeted my new
friend Dressed IN pure white, she glded before u.s.
and 10 her was left the duty OF entertaining me- while Mr.
Case excusng himself In the remark that sickness
sarily called him away, for half hour left the
room.
sis your mother very unwells asked Of the little girl
who with those filed eyes Of hers was regarding
me gently but atentvcly
eyes, sir; mamma has been sick for long time - re-
piled she, dropping her eyes, while her lips trembed
odd you come from America she asked tindly, after
long silence.
Eyes, my dear. Do you know anything Of that coun.
IVY returned, growing more and more pleased with
le, me talk about i.n
"Are you, then not the little daughter of Mr. Cases
asked, some what astonished.
81 am my mothers daughter answered the child
WIZ grave dignity In one young and minute after
white robes lifting through the long shady walk opposite
my window, and knew that the child brooded over some
va. cr ner eyes were hled with tears Why
session OF me as sat theres II seemed as were 40
journng 10 an enchanted sp and some horror was
beautiful table OF letter wGod were several costly eifi
books. took them up carefully, for have roverencc
for book and turning TO the ny leaf Of spenddy bound
copy OF Shakspere, read
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} TO NARY FRANCES p, FROM HER DxvorED HUSBAND, {
thrill Of surprise and anguish ran from vein to vein
NY thoughts seemed parayzed The truth had burst upon
me with such suddenness that the blood rrehed Wifi
shock 70 my heart knew Henry z. p; had known
him Intimately for years; he was friend towards whom
all my ympsthies had been drawn for be bad such
SORROW as makes the heart grow old before n tune His
WIFE, whom he loved, had deserted him She Nad taken
with her bis only child She had desolated household
forgetting honor shame everything that pertains 10
virtue and to Cod had fed from the country with the man
wnose arts had her wanton love. II was some time
'eVfe 'ne seducer came into the room where still at