, 1867-09-20

quickly kiDdled regard, and that this soon ripea
ed into . strong mutual attachment This feel
ing, however, was not inconsistent with the re-
lation of loyal wife to an attached and loving
husband. Neither was it the effect of any ad,
dresses Of said D. as "a lover, but on the con
trary was the result Of a course of conduct which
was hRbitual and natural to him as a person of
culture and refinement, and which was in eyery
particular that Of an honorable gentleman. If
the conduct Of Mr.. Darwin was particularly
agreeable to me, il was mainly because the same
sort Of consideration would have been extended
by any gentlemGH to a lady, and should have
been, but was not, given to me by Mr.. Wilson.
Il is further true that the delicate attentions of
Mr.. D. towards me were fully known by the de-
fendant and were also known by him to be
agreeable to ms, for they we're oftea-lu6eed prs-
senced by me to him as in delightful contrast
with his own neglect. - =
NATRMoNY USBEARABLE.
The bond of wedlock had become unbearable
at the time of separation, not from any feeling
OF attachment to said D., but from Que of aver,
sion to defendant, which aversion was the natu-
raj and necessary result of his own selfish and
Legleetful conduct, aud of his keeping so much
aloot from me, for so long a time, and would
have been true if Mr.. Darwin had not existed.
A HUSBAND TRIES TO sEDUCE HIS wIFE-woNAS's
VIRTUE TRIUMPHANT.
The lady AYERS that during the last month of
her residence in her husbands house she refused
to cohabit With him, and says that during much
OF that time the husband was engaged in a stud |
led, vigorous, and often shameful eudeayor to
possess himself of her person, and then proceeds
to say: When a husband has been informed by
bis wife, tina: in her state of mind his embraces
would be prostitution, as he was, and be never
theless has the indelicacy to urge his demand
By the shameless bribe of new dress, as be did
what woman true to her purity, would be coolly
accurate in the utterance of her indignation
What woman would carefully plan the means to
be used to deliver her from such clasps Nor
were his essays of tenderness limited to endeaS
vors to purchase, bnt they also eliminated in
terrific threats to besmut and blast my name, if
|, although willing and des7ous to remain as
the mistress OF his house and guardian of my
children, would not also continue his wife |
Threats whibh not even the rage attending their |
utterance could induce me to believe any father |
could execute upon the mother of his children,
but which he is carrying out with the cold, |
blooded persistency of O savage, and that, too,
with no ostensible motive but to make an honor
able career difficult or impossible to his wife,
whose only fault was that she ceased TO love
him when his own GOODNESS had frozen her heart.
Indeed, so continuous and brain-wearing was
that conflict, that the struggle as now looked
back upon, seems like an internecine battle for
honor, waged under such circumstances of des-
peratiOn amid the fearful odds against me- that
much of what was said and done does not re-
main clear in my mind,
DENIES CRMISALITY WITH JUDGE DARWIN.
Mrs. Wilson most positively denies having had
criminal intimacy with Judge Darwin, and then
proceeds to narrate a series of annoyances to
Fhica she hash sah;ee.r-i zi-re leaving her
husbands roof, and conclude as follows: Tse
sole reasons why claim a divorce, have been
tated in my petition, and so claim with the
assurance that the legal grounds exist which
.ntitle me to one. / would avail myself of the
nerciful provision of our law which concede to
he wronged wife a right to pursue her happi,
less, and that of her children, out of the mar
iage relation, when such relation is exercised
~ the husband only for his own pleasure and
With no participation in the high and delicate
sentiments which constitute the true spirit of
hat union. ELIZABETH WILSON.