, 1863-05-02
ARREST OF Il FAITHLESS uUS-
BAND.
He is Convicted of Adultery and
Discharged.

This is city ofsensations, and we hare our
imbroglios as regularly as our dinners; not
always clerical to be cure. but of I nature
adapted for I'LL shades Of society, and
ter1iug as condiments to our talks about
wheat and lumber and freights and gold, and
such unpleasant subjects which are affected
by specialized and bow-windowed elderly gen
tlemen Of tie first floor, Water etrcet, and the
youthful cubs aud bulls up stairs. Bohemia
is revived here, whether for good or evil We
leave to the philosophers and students Of the
moral economy. The fact is none the less
patent that morality is becoming relaxed to 3
considerable extent, and that there seems to
be q growing lack Of discrimination Of the
ssttna and tun,,, in conjugal affairs, and we're
Asmodeus to take . flying tour over our city
he would see strange slg hts beneath the roofs
The cure is 4 matter plainly open for discus
sion, but we sincerely trust it will not be ap-
piled after the style Justic. Miller applied it
yesterday, In tho following case which came up
before him:
Not long since, there lived in the busy city
Of Manchester, n. L., well,to-do I1iahman
mined Michael Welsh and his wife Mary
Welsh, each Of them about forty years ofage,
and apparently enjoying domestic life Us well
as their more ar1stocratic nrighbors. The
twelfth anniversary Of thu nuptials Of Michael
and Mnry, however, witnessed the commence
ment Of series Of family jars which con-
tained anything but preserves. The once un-
Jared household was 50 violently agitated by
tue storms which swept rude1y over the little
Milesian horizon, that Michael Of his own ac-
ctrd, without the necessary decree peculiar to
Indiana legislation, dissolved the part
! nerslip, mud left the establishment.
This occurred on the 31st Of last May, near
| II one year ago, and Immediately after the
dissolution, Michael came to Chicago, where
where lie remainee until the present time, It
I appears, however, that he has not been living
| solitary and alone, during the last twelve
| moths, but has improvlsrd sort Of conju.
gu relationship without the necessary per
mission Of the County Clerk, with 4 muc1
younger woman than the wife he Ind left
named Julia Haley, with whom he had beer
living quiet life, in retired por
ton OF the city. As an illcgitimat'
| result OF this arrangement, sprightl,
young Michael now dangles in the arms o
the second Mrs. Welsh, and Michael unblusll
| ingly claims to be its parcnt-which nobod,
went on, smoothly and quietly, till one da,
this week, when the domestic happiness O
Mr. Welsh received q shock. Tic once hap
| ~ but now pe1turbcd Mrs. Welsh numbe
| one, whom Miclael Ind left somewher'
among tile granite Hills Of New Hampshire
| by some unaccountable means, discovered
Michac1's whereabouts, and also that he aat
an interesting and devoted *'housckeeper'
| to care for him. Whereupon she started upol
direct journey to Chicago, and on her or
rival here, made a sudden appearance betor
the astonished Michael. She next caused
warrant to be issued for his arrest and that O
his paramour. They were found, and yestes
day afternoon we're arraigncd III the Polio
Court, to answer to the charge Of living tc
getler In IN open state Of adultery. The az
cused were confronted by the real wife {
Welsh, who had her marriage license Wit
her, as she alleged. The policeman wh
made the arrest stated that Welsh told him b
had been living with Julia Haley as thong
they we're husband and wife, aud that he ws
the father Of her child. But the Cour
closing his eyes like true Justice, could nj
see the propriety Of holding the defcndan
to bail, so they were discharged, with IL
sage advice, from his Honor, that they t'ha
! better not live together any longer. y
: know not which to admire the most, the Sit
: rlicity OF Dogberry or Of the Mrs. Vel:
$ from New Hampshire, who supposed adultc
= was punishable