, 1864-11-21
cnkkUBtAL TREACHERY.


There are more thrilling episodes pertaining to
ihewar than those belonging to the field OF hattie
The history Of one Of these will be found below.
Soon after the lall Of Sumpter the whole country
Ecsoundcd with the tread Of armed men marching
to nseuge the insults heaped upon our flag BY
Southern traitors Those Of US who resided in Chi.
cago during that eventfnl summer will remember
how suddenly this people were turned from peace.
ful pursuits TO those Of grim yfsaged war. The
merchant left bis u merchandise, the mechanic hia
Workshop. and all classes vfcd with each other
who SHOULD best and soonest cyinco his patriotism
and military ardot. Nor was this exhibition Of
love Of country confined TO Chicago. There we're
the North, and this whole section was the theatre
d12s2E this narrative are laid in the
that pleasant place lived q plain-spoken, honest
iarmer, Jasper Button, BY name, who removed
thIther ftom small town in Illinois, not far from
in the latter place, but the tile proving defective
he had removed to Wyoming. where the person OF
whom he bought the land resided, and there IN the
court5 Of Jones county, prosecuted his Claim to
Judgment
Twelve years before, In the city Of New York
be had married blooming CELTIC dnmscl. and by
ttfu1 children, one a bright, Intelligent boy, now
eleven years old, and another girl now s1x years
old. When he removed 70 Wyoming he took
don, because his evidence was necessary to enable
him to maintain his suit In the Iowa courts. From
thiG source has sprune Al his troubles.
don both enlisted in Co. =, I4th Iowa Infantry,
Col: VIM. Shaw commanding, and together went
TO- The font u. soo1 aitfs IT, hcndon deserted and
half ago, young man, named James Clark, now
citizen Of Chicago received LITTER which covered
open. Our readers can judge Of Buttons surprise
when he found that 1t was from his wife breathing
the most Intense love and devotion for his quon-
ob1atned furlough and returned to his home and
tSea tS 1ssiaens r rost ssFaia. 8. y Xiser t.
III Since then M % be- has heard @ rom he9
but seldom. Just before luis discharge and return,
he received letter from his vile, dated Mar
tention of coming to Chicago to meet him. On
Friday be reached this city and found her at the
Eagle hotel, opposite ne NorthsesteEn Inv Depot
three, Upon her bosom Numbered an infant
scarcely nine months old, the fruit Of her iidson
with Nendou. MIR: button was naturally tndig-
the woman to follow her evil inclinnhons without
hind1ance. By somc means she pactfed him and
induced him to take glass Or two Of liquor, and
woman entered his chamber and robbed him Of
Sa95 the savings Of his three years service. With
this and his two children and the one whose pater-
nifty he ascribcs TO Mcn1ou, she took the cars for
Detroit. accompanied BY miner from Marquette,
nnrncd Mccormick. in whose company she came to
this city and who, unknown to Button, had stopped
ut the same hotel with her as her brothetinlaw.
The woman had mol been long away, before the
eldest child, the lad before mentioned, returned
to the hotel having. escaped from the custody Of
bis mother just as the cars were starting: From
him the father learned the history Of his wife 8
temptation and fall. lie snid that some time n{lcf
Mendou deserted, he came 10 Wyoming; and then
and there maintained marital relations with his
mother. The citizens Of that village becoming
cognizant Of The scandal, it was thSnghi best e
opened = boarding house. flere, the child, The
fruit Of their mofganatic union wns born. He
hlled the place Of husband to the woman passaing.
we'll until three months ago, when tempted hy the
high price of Substitutes, be eold himself to q
drafted man, and abandoned the woman he had
taught to dcviatc from tho paths Of rectitude and
virtue. She rcmn1ned not long lnconsolablc, but
speedily formed another connection with the man
Mccormick, with whom she came to Chicago, and
under whose auspices she has robbed her husband
Of bis money md his child. The guilty pair were
last heard from In Detroit, and probably before
tht are safe Iii Canada. The husband cares moth
ing for the woman, but ho does want the money
and the child, and TO optatn these hns applied to
the authorities for assistance There te little like
iihood ihnt be viii be successful. The comments
we would make upon this episode Of the war Will
readily suggest themselves to our readers.