Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1859-09-17

lFrom the Newark MsrsuFT.
Extraordinary Elopsmsnt.

AAAEhohothAry hAopememes
A Nrv JERsrr EDITOR RUSSiSo orr wtrs 1A
wirks sisrER--ASrEcEDENTs OF rms rARrIKs
Considerable excitement has been occas.
toned recently Ia quiet town on the line Of
the New Jersey Central Railroad. BY tbe
elopoment Of che editor Of ono Of the village
papers With the sister Of his wife. The cir
cumstanees Of the case, though not myster.
ious, are remarkably singular and afford
striking illustration o. the fraiity Of our IN.
man nature Mr. v, the editor 10 question,
is gentleman some thitty.sve years Of ass.
enjoying good position 10 sosiet, and Cor
the last ten or twelve years has beea mem.
Der ia high standing Of Christian church.
In hia family relations lie has beet, Il tis Be.
heved, more than usually happy, Ia his
children, two ia number, he has always mani.
Tested The greatest pride and delight, asa We
who have seen him IN his home, would heyef
have supposed that any nfatuaton whatever
could induce him to abandon iho comforts
and onioyments Of the household circle Ia
his business Nc Y. has been sncoessful. aud
isis not known than say embarrassment
monaccd him therein.
The lady who accompanies him in his euil.
~ aight ia probably twonty.one or twenty-five
years Of age, aud is as stated, sisser OF hia
wife. She possessea the charm Of beauty,
and has moved in highly respectable circles
--hor family being one Of the bes, in the
county where they reside Until recently. il
WAS never suspected thAtany improper iniim.
scy existed between the two, and indeed, il
is believed that the whole affair was Of sudden
growth. Some days before the elopemsn,,
Mr V made sundry purchases of Scwclfy,
Nc, which it is believed he presented to the
object Of his criminal affection-the articles
being obtained on credit
The FIRST positive information which ibS
friends received Of the elopement eauYe ia ne
shape ofa le.ier from the fugitiyes, aunounc.
ing their fight, and that il would be useless
to pursue them as. when the letter reached
It's destination, they would have loft for Cali.
iorna. The husband left letter for his
wife, stating that sufficient money had been
left behind to maintain her for time and
adding, that il successful in the Golden
State, he would remit TO her, from time to
time such means as she might need. The
eight being thus sndden, and tho discovery
producing very naturally an astounding ef
feet pursuit was of course ont Of the qnost.
ion, and the deserted wife and little ones, mp.
on whom scarcely sorrow has ever fallen,
are loft to greve alone and in despair a: the
hearth at which the fathers face will, in all
probability, never again appear
What causes have operated to produce this
catastrophe--the alienation of q husband
from the wife Of his love, the surrender Of
happiness and good name, and the abandon.
ment more than all, Of the purity and peace
Of nm unspotted Christian life--i,i is impos
sible, Of course, 10 comprehend. The facts
only can be stated, and the world, whose
judgments are seldom too lonientto offenders.
must discover for itself the cause Of the sad
and sudden fall And could the world, with
lbs hundred greedy eyes, follow the course
and read the future Of the fugtives, mAyhap
it would be discovered that in this, as in other
instances of ike nature, the sin carries its
own punishment with H. ningEng IFS bittes
with every sweetened cup