Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-12

The ssTemPtatiOas' OF Medical Men
F-oa LHE Report II Loadsz Tines, July r.
Court for Divorce s1d M2trinoaial
| Caasss, July 21-Befors the Judge Ordi-
nary End Special Juries-Reid Es- Reid and
lAyErsL-The petition was by q Husband
| for dissolution, and claiming dAmAEss--
| The respondsnt and correspondent pleaded
a denial of the charge The QEesa's Al
Voeats stated that the petitioner, Major
/ Reid, held 3 high position IN the Iudisu
service, aus II October, 1851, he married
AZ Lahore the daughter Of SIr James Ten
lnAnt, q Distinguished oAcer in the Indian
army. He Was thea shout tEenty-six, and
shs Was about eiEhteen- They had lived
happily together, sometimes n Iodis a1d
Sometimes in England, until October, 1851
In that mOuth he EEs obliged % return .
India TO enter upon the duties Of Al EP-
pointueut to which be had been promoted,
and his wife, II consequences Of tl-hsalth-
remained II EnEla5d- Re made ample
provision for he maintenance during his
absence. Soon after his absence the Co
respondent, who WAS medical usn, vas
called in 70 attend her, snd 81 the begin
ming of 1854 she lsft her home, and since
lived witt him. The learned couasel pro
respondent 70 the petitioner between the
time Of his departure from Englaud a1d
the end Of 1858, AL Of them II the most
aFectionateIterms, znd thsr'rssd lsttsr Of
the 24uh of February, 1854, written by
her 70 her husbands uncle, entreating hin
70 prevent a duel which she had heard
was FofuE.to take pIzce betWeenSheE has
band and Dr.. Ayerst Major Reid
had never seen Dr.. Ayerst, Ubo Eas called
il after ne had left the country, sad he
vas not instructed 70 infans the damages,
but the jury wonld remember that Dr
Avsrst was the medical attendEnt OF = del
icape wife, whose husband Ess II lodia
when the adzlterous connectioa wa form
ed. The marriage and eohAbitation, and
the afectiouate terms upon which the Pc
tftioper and respondent had lived, were
proved by the Rev. Mr. Jay, Sir G. T. E3-
moustoue, formerly Lisutezsnt G9TsruC-
of Bengal, and other EIrueEses- L vas
also proved that up 70 February, 1854
Mrs. Reid hsd lived II WinPcls street, ana
that on the Z4th Of February she hsd re-
moved TO 8 hOase II s. Johns Wood,
where she had since lived With Dr. Ays-st,
passing as his wife Dr. Deane, for the
respondent, declined 70 address the jury.
The Solicitor GeneEsl said he Vas not IL
suructsd 10 excuse the condnct Of Dr..
Aye-st, who was ready 20 make every re-
psrstiol IN mis- power for the Wrong be had
done. he had 10 intention Of ssdacing
Mrs Reed, but having been called II %
attend her they we're thrown into each
other sIsociety, and 8 guilty attachment had
gradually and unconsciousiy % themselves
FprunR up between them, which they were
unable 70 Overcome. Hs hzd not, however,
been guilty Of tie treachery OF carrying
on a secret intrigue with her, but bsd Ia
ken her openly 70 his houe as soon IS the
sdulterous intercourse was cou2soce1--
The Judge ordinary, II summing up SAID
that e great outrage had been connltuec-
The petitioner was s member Of = noble
profession, and the correspondent vas
member Of q profession equally noble. The
situation Of 3 medical attendant OF nzrrl-
ed woman vas one raught win peril, both
70 the medical man and 10 society The
temptation 70 which he Was exposed vas
very strong. but the very strength OF tnai
Temptation made il in perstiTely necessary
that those who were u sny sense The gaar-
dians of society should guard society
against IL In this case the Correspondent
had been unfortunate and weak enough ID
Weld TO the temptation Ii WAS 10 part Of
his duty to iudans the damages, but =
great wrong had, no d0ubt, bean done 70
the petitioner and 70 society by this IN
happy connection II was fair, however,
70 recollect that society in great measure
reveuRed itself, and that from this n0usnt
DR.. Ayerst would probably never sEzin be
fouLd by the bedside of q married woman
II her sickness
The jury, after dsIibersung for Al hoar,
found a verdict tor the petitioner, and as
sessed the damages AZ "a, 900. Decree
siEi, With costs against the correspondent