The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-15
THE sIsslp uyasce cAss-sArEssM OF M. ssHo,
TO rHE EDITOR or rHG HERALD


In your issue Of Sunday, August IL - an article
respecting myself and my wife, my Xantipps. which,
perfectly Mortified me when read There is scarcely
assertion in that article that has any sembance OF
truth in it. except the simple AMI unhappy fact that
am the husband OF Mrs Eleanor G Bishop n you %
any Of your readers have Wilxe Collins last work
" Armadale," and remember Mrs Major Miroy you and
they will have some FAINT idea OF the character of the
lovely woman who figures your exciting narrative "a
the injured wfe. | cannot occupy saacien. of you.
valuable space to deny sertdti The pleasant ctons OF
that romance and will therefore content mvse. with
specific denial Of Tow and general denial aud explana
ton OF the rest
Fsrs-Mrs. Wallace is no. young lady fthourh both
young aud LADY, but Is a widow 70 whom real
estate agent let house ia Stamford and who toox
boarders there and among them myself | having iled
there 10 escape the persecuti OF Jay angelic wife Mrs,
Wallace Is very woman indeed and our "a
ntions harmless those OF brother and sister
I was boarder-" only this lnt nothing more but
Mrs Miiroy-I beg pnrdon--Mrs Bishop ferociousy at.
tackled and her IN tae house stanford raising the
neghborhood ami ~ woman always can enlistne thu
sympahies Of those 10 whom she IS unknown Mrs
Bishop is fair fa', aud not ye. forty, shc weighs two
hundred pounds At least While am scarce more than
half that and has w0ate-,ol or looking aud talk
ing swectly, and is very fascinating TO fools as w,s
when married her--alss tho day Mrs Wallace dread
ing scene lied, | admit, ana did l. Mrs Bishop
commenced divorce suit the only thing for which
can conscientiously thank her, in Connecticut, aud
Heaven grant she may get a decree. She has all my
prayers Tor her success.
.sccondi,t-Mts Wa..a,e and were found together at
the DeIaneau House brt Mrs Wallace did not live and
lived there She had ca lei % me in relation
to property OF hers loft house ip Stamford
and while there-and not may II please the public, In
my hedroom but in the parlorshe aud were arrested
and for what do you suppose? 'or pretended CONVEX
sion of articles of properly which she ciaiped hers
Mrs Wallace on the day promptly Discharged
by Justice Barnard OF the Supreme Court, n
not liable to arrest. and I gave bnl aud OK
pect also to DO Discharged tomorrow. II Ia
true that once did try teput Mrs Bishop in insane
asylum and she ought to be there. the only dlicily
being that she has too much method in hor "mad-
ness" Seriously, my wife, a short time after
marriage she Ia thirty years younger than am and
nearly sixty haS made my hone hell and my lra
drcary tale Of suffering from her infarna temper She
has done everything that she could do to Diure me- al
tho gb since separation (and could not dared live
with herr she has been supplied with ample means by
me; she has continually me "a dcbt 10 traders, who
have sued for articles of luxlry not necessity fur
nishrd to her. She has come INTO my place ~ bust
ne and occupied my char a. my desk
and refused to get up when came IN, screaming when
attempted TO remove her, no matter how gently. l
cannot here tell half of the misery have endured and
now, last resource she nst atrocious libel
against me TO niurc me still more while part
declare most sol"mpiy have given her any
OF offence whatever, ever been unfathfni to tho
vow made to her in marriage" / regret TO have to
fence have .troops Of friends and business
quaintances whose good opinion valne highly. have
young daughter inst budding into womanhood. whom
love most tcndcry, and who loves her father, and
whose eyes have more than been fitted with
ut her hers disgrace when she his honored
sgisngiv paradcd III the newspapers; and cannot
forbear longer For her sake al least viii and must
speak, II any person be curious about the matter let
him call on me or nv attorneys Messrs. Townsend.
nyeit Morrison, al Broadway and he satisfied that
all have written Is true And now sir, having per-
has tried your patience and that OF your readers take
my leave or them, hoping II they do not believe me
that for sweet charity sake they will at least suspend
their judgment Of
NATHANIEL. c. BISHOP, 81 Liberty street.