, 1866-08-18
THE BISHOP DIVORCE CASE.

ARaeT Card from the Defendant. :.
To The Editor Of the Eeu fork Herald:
= n your issue OF Sunday, .-AAnSust Il, Is an
article respecting myself and my wife, my
4ausippe Ehich perfectly hor1ided me when
that article that has any semblancc Of truta
IN II except the simple and unhappy faet
that s1n the husband Of Mrs. Eleanor. c.
blshop. II yon or 2ny of your readers haEe
rad WHkae Collina' Last work, "Ar1nadale,,'
-they viii hsve rome faint idea of lie charae-
ter 81 the lnvely woman who Ggu1es IN your
exciting narrative IS the injured wife. Ic1n-
not occnpy sufficient OF your valuable spsre
to deny ATia.tu. the pleasant hcsions or that
semsnee, and VII therefore content myself
nt4l and explanation of the rest.
FHn-A1- Wallace Is not a youuE Iady
Though both young aud . lady) but 4
AEidow TO whom as xeM estate agent let
there and among them myself having. fed
there TO eseape the persecution Of my ance1-
fc wife Mrs. Wallace Is I yc1y respectable
woman indeed, and our relations were Is
harmless rs those OF brother and sister.
Hes boarder--'-onlE this and nothing
more" but Ms MlroJI beg paudon-4rs-
kaAh0p 6erodnns1y attacked ne znd hef IN
the house At Stamford, raiaing the uffghbo1-:
hood, End, es woman always can, en1isting
the symp1thies Of these to Ehom she L. uu--
known A1s. bishop is fair, ht and not get
fofty, tshe Weighs two hundred pounds at
least while am scarce mose than ha1t thst,
ard hss wonderful Eay Of looking and
falling s~eat1y, and Is very GscIasting to
fooIs as VAS Ehen I uoarTied her-Alas The :
I admit, Ard 50 did3 l. Ms. Bishpp eo1n-
menecd divorce suit, the only thing for
which can corsefentious1y thank her IN
Connecticut, and Heaven grant she may get
decree She h2s all my prayess tor -her.
.!Sausdg-Mxs. Wallace md vsue found
together 1t the DeIaneau House, but Mrs.
Wallace did not Live and never h.d lived
there Sha had called to see me In rel1tion
70 some property Of he's Len as tho house In
Stamford, and while there-and not, mxy It
please the pnhlic IN my bedroom, but In the
pasao7-xhe and I wc.e. 4r1ested; and tar
what, do you suppoee9 fora pretended con-
vs1sion Of aEtte>es Of IrgpeftJ, which aha
al ssid, a IT, sap1erae coHt =: 9 not s Hssis s to
si1ess, and gaze bail and expect also to be
| discharged tomorrow. Il Is true that I did
once tIy to put Mrs Bishop In an insaue
| asylum, aud ahe onght to be there, tho only
ams1 8s;hSd PHI = si..s sas ~ tee s,a.,s @nsh
| m1 vile, since = short time after her nnsr-
md I'm, near1y sidy> has made my home !
b., I'D Pa1 E 1[n,, Me asny tale q 5aa
i 4NUx AAA4G44a4 AElAt0s A1A&1 LAO ADuN
eveEything that she could TO-: In
jure me; although, sinee:: :separs-
tiDn,- (.nd T coa1d not, dared MT. lire
| with heF) she has been supplied With simple
! means By me; she has continually znn me in
| debt to fsaders, who have sued me ~Gor zzti-
eles Of luxury, not necessary, furnished to
her. She has cune into my plsee OF busf-
ness and occupied my chair at my d.sk md
refused to get up when csme in, screaming
.whenI attempted to remove hsr, no matter
\ how gently. I cannot here tell half OF the
mEerTI have endured and now, as 4 last rr-
tou.ce, she tnstigatS an strooous :, libel
as.inst me TO in1ure me SIN mort, while On
my part Ideclarc most soleu1nly I IhaTan nerer
efTen her any ea1se Of offence whatever, noz
hsr In msr7i1ge.r r regret to have 10 SPEAK
70 OF wumsn, but must do It In M
oxn defence hasn troops Of friends Il
and businEs Acq1amtances Whose
good opinion I value highly I hay.