Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-15

been dehliDg the home of his best friend. Re-
sides being libertine he lost some 81 OO0 at
play some two years since at one of our leading
notels While in Washington he was the sub
Ject OF rumor as being one who tried to ruin
daughter or niece of now Cabinet Minister.
in 1857 he effected the ruin of a married woman
On the North Side and while he was betrayine
the bankers wife, this ugly lothario was re-.
Gently seen dancing at the hops gotten up by
abandoned women. We need not dwell on the
hypocrisy of this man. or this woman who, when
nelghborlng female was accused of a l,asou.
she least the first stone, ;" and said she would
not recognize her in society, even while she
was receiving and returning the visits of this
wretch In the form of a man, aye, and meeting
him in his office.
The affair was discovered strangely The
bankers Jealousy was aroused by the familiar
lty of young EDglishman. an insurance agent
residing here, with his wife, and in watching
for some overt act on their part, caught in COM
| pany with her his friend. his counsellor under
circumstances which led him to charge his wife
| with dlslOyalty to her marriage vows; and she
| confessed to acts Of criminality, not only with
| the lawyer, but also with the insurance agent,
| and a distinguished artist we'll known in this
! city and in Washington. THIS confession was
acknowledged before notary public.
| We have it from good authority that the
banker set his confidential clerk to watch the
| guilty pair, and one Sunday while he was sup
posed to be attending to his mission chool du-
ties, be, with his clerk, took part in the watch
Ihe clerk saw the honorable ~ enter the house
| and saw him enter the raOm Of the wretched
woman. The clerk then left returned with the
husband, and caught the pair FacraUte deltctu
The husband Of the bruised heart then re.
paired to their devoted pastor, and communi-
Gated all As soon as the minister s surprise
was over, he babe the brother join him in
prayer, so that the Lord might counsel them
upon the course to be pursued; and upon their
pended knees they earnestly prayed for many
minutes, and the husband arose refreshed.
strengthened, and somewhat comforted.
Ills plan was soon arranged-a separation
was the first step. She was sent to her adopt
ed parent, resigning all claim to the children.
save the baby. He told her that he would
make such settlement of property as her adopt
ed father thought right. He wrote thus to the
person referred to, and subsequently went East
to make the necessary settlement
Such are the main facts Of case of the truth
OF which there is too little reason to doubt The
ingenious attempts of the willy lawyer to cast
over the whole an appearance of doubt, and
meet it with positive denial, only tell more
plainly the departure of every redeeming quail
ity from the heart of this ungrateful being.
We are glad that the innocent husband has
refused to imbrue his hands in the blood of the
villain, and it is rumored that he will seek re-
dress in our courts. Be this as it may, a pun
ishment more certain than that which can be
meted out by any injured husband or human
tribunal awaits this heartless villain
Now, here is the text Who from this shall
tell to US the remedy in these days of enlight-
ment for the frequent recurrence of these das-
tardly crimes against the peace Of homes and
the amenities of society? Who solves the prob
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