Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-03-10
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The Terrible Washington Ira.
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The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times gives the following his
tory of the origin and termination of the
recent domestic tragedy at the Fedora
Capital:
For months past the social world Of
Washington, always as quick TO relish the
details of private scandal as it is lax in its
judgments of those by whom such scandal
may be caused, has been busy with the
names of Mrs. Sickles and of Mr.. Key
Their intimacy was of that marked and
peculiar kind which may perfectly well con-
sist III the innocence of any absolute guilt
since while it was open to public obser-
walton, it was hardly concealed from Mr..
Sickles himself, who having married his
wife, Miss Bagiol, of New York, in her
early youth, has always treated her with
extreme kindness and tenderness, and
doubtless looked upon her relations with
Mr.. Key as the mere expression of girl
ish love of admiration, and of q vanity de-
lighted in the sense of power over man
of fine presence, graceful address, and a
certain local renown in the District for
high spirit resolution and galantry.
During the whole Of the last session of
Congress the tall figure of Mr.. Key was
constantly to be seen in Presidents square,
opposite Mr.. Sickles' Washington resi-
dence; and Mrs. Sickles was as constantly
in his company at all places of public en-
tertainment. In the interval of the Con-
gressional recess, Mr.. Key made short
visit to New York, still without exciting
any absolute suspicion of positive impro-
priety in the mind of Mr.. Sickles; although
other friends of the unhappy lady, and
among them ber mother, repeatedly warn
ed her of the fatal precipice on the brink
of which she was permitting herself TO
trile.
On the re-assembling of Congress, and
the return of Mrs. Sickles TO Washington,
Mr.. Keys attentions, and the scandal con-
sequent upon then, were revived with great
er ardor than before. Mr.. Key was par
ticularly noticeable man in point ofperson-
al appearance; tall, well-formed, much
more athletic man than Mr.. Sickles, and
especially fond of exercise on horseback
He rode an iron-grey horse; and scarcely
day has passed since the return of Mrs.
Sickles to the capital, on which his tall
figure. his white riding-cap, well-trimmed
moustacbe, and iron-grey horse might. not
have been seen two or three times in the
course of the morning on the circuit of
President's square, or at the door of Mr..
o'ckles' house, which stands alone on the
nor'h side of the square, is very conspic-
uoIS building of white stucco. 1t was but
on tuesday last, that, on visiting Mrs. Sick
les, Tuesday being her day of reception. l
found Mr.. Key there, his horse waiIinc for
him at the door. The rooms wero f;lIod
with pleasant company; the soft Snr;ng
sunlight poured in at the open windows:
and Mrs. Sickles herself in all her almost
girlish beauty, wearing boquet of crocuses
the firstlings of the year, seemed the verv
incarnation of Spring and youth, and the
beautiful promise of life.
In the early part of the week before last
! Mr.. Sickles went on to New York. During
nis absence the busy spies ofsociety observ-
eu mat the attendance of Mr.. Key at his
n0use was even more unremittinp than usu
81. Mr.. Sickles returned to WASHINGTON
on the morning of the day Of the Nen;or
Ball, and from that time up To Fr;d.~ tast
nothing occurred to make the matter Of b;s
wife's relations with Mr.. Key more ,b.n m0
ordinarily prominent in bis mind. So f.r
was DO from manifesting anything like in.