The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-23
Iosj aial r. From the ohiosso TinsfIUi
A .sDisbanded" Volunteer DE.
serted,i Robbed and Ruined
i INV His Wife. .rcrles', sIsl cd

q. l)nc oil tuOsc UtCulaiby ooa SsSSSV N.~
rln,ouisl ipfidelity which the incidents OF
the present, war have produced, was de>
veloped Yesterday, in the story OF re,
tatned soldier, who applied arthe Central
notice station for the assistance OF the do
teetives to aid him in the search for
AT tie outbreak of tho wsf, three years
| since. Joseph Button, small but we'll to.do
farmer Ewing in Wyoming, Jones county,
Iowa, felt il his duty toenist oss q soldier
| in the cause Of his country, and he accord
| jntly enrolled himself private IN the l4th
Iowa volunteers, for the term Of three years.
With him in the same company went q
friend and neighbor named George Minden,
who had been for some time intimate IN MS
family, Leaving his wifes aud th'e go child
rem, the Youngest OF whom was about four
| wears of age, on the farm in IOWA, Button
departed with his regiment for tine South.
Ina short tmes Mindsn deserted, and, re.
turning to the neighborhood whence he had
come, he formed all illicit intimacy with the
wife Of his comrade. The criminal int''
1 macy was kept up between the parties tor
some time, until Miadeno YVES threatened
/ with arrest, and was compelled TO dy from
the ueighborhood. In the mean time But
tom was informed by his friends Of the state
OF his domestic affairs, and hasteued to re-.
turn home on a furlough. He. was not
thoroughly convinced of bis wite'sj jnfdelity,
hat in order to save her, as he supposed,
he sent her and the three chiidren to her
own relatives in Canada,to remain during
his term of service. oJi .itirgn
Two years passed away, and during this
interval, Button received little, and indei,
mite intelligence of bis wife and children,
until a month since, when his term OF serv-
, ice was to expire, he ascertained that they
were residing at Marquette, in Michigan.
Without aues tioning the circumstances un'
der which his family were living, Button
wrote to his wife to rejoin him IN Chicago,
a. his term of service bad expired lie re-
: cei ed a very afiectionate letter from his
wife, which told him that she would meet
him on bis return. Not suspecting the In
fidelity of his wife, Mr.. b. accordingly
telegraphed from aUsiro that, on yesterday
, morning he would meet her on the arrival
of the train at Chicago Mr. Button did
arrive with the punctoaiity Of a soldier at
: the Northwestern dspot, aud proceeded to
Il the Eagle hotel. Here he found his wife
AID children, but-and here the story
should haye long pause-he saw an infant
1 in the hands Of the mother whose paternity
h he could not recogaizs. Mr. b.. refused to
notice that which should have been most
Y startling TO him rs the father Of :amlly
Without uttering a word OF ,reproacb, be
3 went to a room provided for him, and lsid
down to sleep. He had been shortly since
i mustered out, and had about ibis person
nearly the sum Of three hundred dollars
4. A few hours after he awoke and found tha
he had been robbed Of all the money tha
he possessed On inquiry he ascertainet
!. that bis wife had left 1.-The train for De
troit, in company with man who hat
accom- panied her from Michigan. Furtbe
investigation pointed inevitably to the fac
|, that the woman, who should have been tn
u partperlof his joys and sorrows, bad, by
cai most daring aud inquisitiye theft, appropri
ated all tue money in his possession
Amounting 10 hearty three hundred dolari
A.iF and fed, with her sparsmoury 70 parts un
known, btMraB nttoD applied st,tbe Centrs
81 station y yssterdsy, and the Detectives wer
gh able to inform him. that BY, telegraph the
L. had received ibteTli gence OF fthe whereabout
- of fibfswffei RutDD'is a soldierof obstinat
. senainsnts, and, from .hisiewRscsouns, h
81, does not care, 40 mucb, for his wife as b
does for, the money which she managed {
h .L u a,1sr ghabti'YjJ 81 }
lS"atiiy p'g
.,.Isb AUSTRALIAN !GohpUIn the 6rst si
= =. months q the yea ysaarr 1864, s1s,34l ounces
eootd have Beepexported from Victoria.
. This, however, Isl, ,ol3 oanles was the pre-
ny duce of New Zealand mines. Deductin
this quantity, and, on the other hand, ad
ding /. .l33ounces, by which amount til
deposits in the treasury and IN the hand
" Of the banks were greater attbe end Of Oh
i half than at its beginning, weihave 1874
2 ounces as the net Weld Of the VfctOIia