Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-27
NlEssRs. EDIT0R>:-IN YOUR PAPER or

NlESSRS. EDITORS:-IN YOUR PAPER OF
N1 Saturday last, you speaA Ot the attempted
suicide OF Cathsrine Longinetto, by intinatng
that some fault or blame attaches to me in the
difficulty which led her to this act.
10 correct the erroneous impression which you
article Is Calculated TO CREATE p,ej adicial TO me-
me, deem 1t my q - aside the domestic
curtain that my frle. ;s., The public shall not
be misled to my disadvantage
My present wife was married to me on the 9th
of December, 1852, about eighteen months ago
She was compArativ~ stranger to me, and the
causes which induced me to marry her with
| out u better acquaintance ! shall not mention
bus ny mistake soon become painfully evident
She is endowed with TEN er which, so far,
surpssses that Of Xantippe, that no philus
pber, not even Socrates himself, could
long endure its constant manifestations
She was poor. ] clothed her, bought her gold
,Sat.h for seventy ollars, rings and breast
pin t,,r eshteen dollars. bonnet costing fifteen
dollars ,,ade by Mrs. knotwell, apd her mplete
wardrobe was equal to that o. any woman in our
circumsts nc and far better than could well af
ford. out we're bestowed cheertul!y ant affection
ately bv me We commenced keeping house with
five rooms well furnished, in the building over my
saloon.
About ten davs after our marriage she had .
d I'll ,ult, with the vvant girl, and this continued
so that have had to change my servants fifteen
times at least.
A few months after the marriage, while ! was
sick in bed with blieus ever, she become angry
and took the gold watch, AID the ear rings and
breast pin and put the under her feet grinding
them to atoms. She sold the fragments 10 Mr.
Lindsey, for seven dollars and hfty cents. DIR
Adler saw the jevelry Immediately after she had
destroyed it, and before she ha taken y from the
foer. She was 20 furious that there, in the pres
ence of Dr. Adler, she took q vial Of 'audsnum to
kill herself. Dr. Adler imm ed lately prescribed
the proper medicine, which she refused TO take
until Dr. Fountain came with stomach pun p
and gave her her choice either to take the medi
cine, or have the pump applied by 70 &C. she
then took the medicine, and in day or NO, she
got over the effect OF the l.udanum. She made
It practice u come down into my saloon, an d ty
violent denominations Of anger. drive away ~
customers. At another time she took mixtu, =
which she alsu called laud anum, which Dr. Adie,
after the, application Of medicines, found was
not laudanum October p, S0O, she gave birth 70
child, and this she has repeatedly threatened
to poison as we'll % herself. She tore up the
q teen dollar bonnet, and has torn up her clothes
in fits Of passion. Repeat dly / have called the
arshal 70 talk to her snd Try to have her 81
least refrain from disturbing the public peace
bowling and abusing persons there, &C., that /
vas eolnpslled tn break mp house keeping and t.
hire board tor at the Mississippi House keps By
Capt. HAupt. So1n she began her & OF frens ed
passion, and although Mr.. Hsupt is my % sDnal
f,ienu, he gave me notice that 81 would ruin his
business and she must leave. made mn INV mind
that could no longer endure this conduct |
have treated her with uniform kindness, have
provided literally for all her wants, and have
been compelled, with great relvcts nee, to I'M
dertake to procure separation. No man car un
derstand the horrors Of my situation without hav-
ing had actual experience Of like nsturs. Her
hs it of drinking are such that she often De-
comes unable % have care Of the child, and
an lily her whole conduct Is one continual series
Of acts which the most patient Of men are mot
qualified to endure.
these disclosures are made With the mcst paiu-
full reluctance, but will not have the impression
created that the cause originates even partially
With me.
myN dit J. LONGINE ITO.