New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-23
FROM pHLADELPHIA.

HoTEI-BAILIE PEYToN. r.
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A paragraph among the foreign news by late
arrival makes brief mention of the elopement OF
the vie Of John Henry Quincy with her fooFman.
Mr.. Quincy is the son Of Joseph John Quincy, Tho
distinguished Quaker preacher and philanthroPist,
well known by his extensive travels IN this country
some years ago, for the purpose OF visiting 'she
meetings Of the Society to which he belonged. Inc
latter was a brother of the well-kuown banker, :,
Samuel Quincy. his sister was the celebrated
Elizabeth Fry, and his widow is a native OF Peun-
syl 'ania. The family name and character are thus
familiar to thousands in this country, who will be
interested in hearing some particulars OF the do
nestle desolation hastily dispatched in the foreign
summary Letters received here by the last steamer
have been shown to me- which furnish full partieu-
lars of the case The fugitive wife was the only
child of Richard Quincy, NJ. p, cousin OF Jo-
seph John. and was married 10 the husband she has
abandoned when she was only fifteen years old She
is now twenty eight and has two children Her
father at his DEATH LEFT fortune OF So,oOo,Ooo-
oue-half TO her children, and the income OF the
other half to her during her liie-the prnciPa' ~
her death, to 90 also to her children In addition 10
this abundance, her husband is also very wealthy,
a Member of Parliament, and maintains splendid
city establishment and several country seats. Asa
man, citizen, husband, and father, perhaps all
England does not contain better or brighter char
acter. He married for love, and was passloaately
attached to bis wife, aviskng on her every atten-
ton and indulgence which an Overlooking fortune
and affection could suggest as likely to contribute 70
her happiness, without for a moment suspectng
that her loyalty to him had been aienaed, until he
heard the blasting intelligence from her own lips.
A Young Nan whose name is Taylor, had been
highly recommended to Mr.. Quincy as groom or
footnian, to take charge of Mrs. Gurney's horses
az she WAS excessively fond of equestrian exercise,
and was accordingly employed in that capacity.
TAYLOR was IN educated man, of fine appearance
ard pleasing manners and three or four years
Younger than his mistress. Thus thrown often to-
pether che conceived passion for her servant, oil
which her husband did not entertain the remotest
idea until she openly avowed il to him, declaring
that though the latter had been faultess as hus-
band and only too indugent, yet she had ceased to
love him; that her heart was with Taylor, and that
she had determined TO abandon the husband Tor
him. The tenderest remOnstrance and intereesslon
awaited nothing 10 lessen her infatuatOn. Friends
and relatives who were called in to plead with her
made stronger impression; and, leaving her
children without shedding tear, this infatuated
being abandoned as admirable home as woman
ever inhabited, and left England for the Continent
in company with her seducer. The letters referred
to speak of this sad event AZ having produced an
extraordinary sensation in England, where the
Quincy family has long been universally Known and
loved. In this country, also, where their virtues
are as highly appreciated by very extensive circle
these particulars will be read with equal astonsh-
ment and grief
Let Inc ask attention from your good Samartans
TO the operations of our Society for Alternating the
Miseries of Public Prisons For six years past they
have employed an agent, Mr.. William j. Mullen
whose astonishing labors for the past year almost
exceed belief Within that period he has been the
instrument for liberating from prison no less than
1l59 persons, at the cast of but SAT % which
were paid to the Distrct-Attorney and to magis-
trates in special CAGES.
"These all Court cases. and not committed for vaan;y
nebey breach OF the peace which properly
oby the Inspectors. Their imprisonment upon careful in
yssion appeared to be gDn. and # h1 ,
were not guilty Aud even guilty las in some instances wS'
that Justified the Court and the magistrates in granting
Lr immediate release without going to trial longer de-
could be subvered by any further action In reference to them
Their Liberation saved the county oi which "a o 70
would have had they reaied in prison till the commence
Inen OF the term OF Cont for TRIAL"
More than all this. After convict is discharged
from prison. Mr.. Mullen takes him i'll hand, finds
him home and employment away from temptation,
or supplies him with railroad ticket to take him to
bis distant friends, with clothing and little pocket
money. As Mr.. Mullen's whole heart is evidently
in the work he has undertaken, the good he is doing
is beyond all calculation. In the Six years of his
agency he has liberated thousands of innocent per-
SOILS uDjusy ordered for trial, and saved thousands
of dollars OF the public money.
The distress among our poor continues great and
general. No amount of effort or expenditure is
large enough 10 relieve it altogether the number
out Of work is enormous. Our great Union Beney0
lent Association il run down with applications for
relief. Three persons are kept busy taking down
particulars of want TO be enquired into by the ex
amlners. No less than near 200 stoves are loaned
out among the poor, and four carts are kept con-
stanty employed in serving out coal and wood Ii
is tru. that much o. this extraordinary restitution is
the creation of the rumshops, but much also springs
from the palsy of public industry by the Wholesale
food VI foreign fabrics invited into the country by
the powers that be- to the destruction of home labor
The owner of an island in the Delaware river,
s0me miles below the city, is now engaged in con-
yerting Six huge bullocks into prize cattle. These
animals cane from Indiana, are to years old,
and have been undergoing the stuffng process for
nearly year past. They are onsters already,
weighing an average of 1900 pounds, and will be
made to reach 600 before they die. But though
these performances look well paper, and read So
norcusly in print yet it is notorious that they do
rot ppy. Many years ago, the same island was de-
voted 10 the iattening of mammoth cattle. The
then proprietor astonished the world with his enOr
nous beeves, but they actually ate up his whole
farm of 400 acres. The business of raising prize
cattle ruined him outright.
One of our citizens has just invented capital
substitute for the clumsy and imperfect POst-Oiicc
stamp. He discards ink altogether, by forming his
letters of small sharp points. A slight pressure on