The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-25

The amount of gross immortality and iicen
tiousness produced by the war is alarming
No one pretends to dispute it, for there is nc
one that has not, in the circle of his own &C
quaintances or in his own neighborhood, seer
many evidences of it. The number of applica
tons for divorce filed by soldiers against their
erring spouses, shows that the marital rights
Of our brave boys in blue have been very nu'
merously trenched on while they were in the
field. It is often wondered why so few cases
of this nature are made public. The explana.
ton seasily made. The soldiers shrink from
from an exposure of their wrongs, from mo.
tives of pride and delicacy. Many forgive
and forget" Many emigrate to the gold
mines, or anywhere else, to bury their shame
among strangers. So there are but few who
have the courage and pluck to expose and pun
ish the destroyers of their happiness and
homes.
Anthony Gress, of Company Il, Seventh
Regiment, is one of that few. He Friday
testified on the trial of his dishonorer, the fol-
lowing facts, which form strange tale oil
crime and wrong:
Anthony Gress lived at Henderson, with the
wife of his buzzum, whom he loved sincerely,
and was astouished in 1862 to find that another
man, Andrew Reikart, (who was boarding
with him. loved her too, and that Mrs. Gress
was showing him such favors as made it evi.
dent that his Illicit love was reciprocated. Ri
kert was driven from the house, and Gress,
full Of grief and shame, enlisted in Company
II, Seventh Regiment. a<
For three years he says he allotted all his
pay to her to keep her comfortable, and sent
her IN addition the proceeds of land sale
made by him in Indiana. Did Mrs. G. watch
and wait for his return, and deport herself as
virtuous and true wife ought to DOE The evil
dence given made 1t seem not
It appears that in the fall of 1868 Mra Gress
added little waif to the census Of Henderson.
At that time Reikart LEFT that place (balanc-
ing the census books), and came to 81. Paul,
where he was followed by his paramour in
January, 1864. The two then lived together
opealy in tenement in the Third Ward, and
60 continued cohabiting until few weeks
ago, when hearing that the Seventh Regiment
would soon be home, they removed to st. An
thony. In the mean time the Third Ward had
received an addition to the census.
Gress came home with his regiment and at.
ter some inquiry, found where his wife was,
and soon called ct her dwelling. To his sur.
prise he found Reilkart comfortably domociled
in the ssme house, On inquiry he was told
that Reikart was boarding" there.
swell, where he'd did those babies come
6onr'
This was staggerer. It could, of course,
not be answered satisfactorily. The result of
the matter was that the neighbors saw man
about Reikart's size running down street and
man in blue popping away at him with a re-
volver-an exciting tableau, certainly. Gress
was persuaded however not TO take law in his
own hands and redress his wrongs In that man
ner, and go came to st. Paul and procured q
warrant for Ricketts, arrest Deputy Sheriff
John Grace served it. and brought Reikart to
st. Paul yesterday. He was examined before
Esquire Dodge and committed in default of
$500 bail, to the Jail, to await trial on charge
of adultery.