, 1867-07-05
A scandaIous AnaIr.

tenie excitement to-day, caused by the develop
melt Of an act Of outrage and villainy, which i
selsom perpetrated.
me chief actor in this last drama of crime il
one who officially occupies an exalted position
"pse sworn duty it is to not only honor anC
rePect, but to uphold and enforce the law. Ut
Q this time be has enjoyed the utmost confidence
Ano respect of the entire community. By those
tae most intimate with him, he was considered
me very soul of honor, aud the personi6cation
Oh integrity, while his impartial and fearless ad,
mlnlstration on the beach unholdinO its dionitv
enforcing respect to law and rendering efint
odious, gave him the highest Recommendation
to all peaceable and law abiding citizens through
out the district over which be has been called
to preside. But, alas, how have the mighty
1 fallen The ermine of Justice has not only
been stained but vilely polluted in the person Of
this man. We refer to Charles B. Darwin, at
present Judge of the Third Judicial District of
this Territory, who, to-day, is branded by the
verdict of outraged public sentiment, as more
deserving of the convict's cell or the hangman' S
halter than the veriest criminal upon whom he
had passed sentence.
About year ago, Judge Darwin came to this
Territory a stranger, but highly recommended,
and received at the hands of prominent citizens
of the Territory most cordial welcome and
by none more cordially than by F. A. Wilson,
came the honored guest and trusted friend in
the Collectors family, when, scoundrel as be is,
he betrays that con6dence-a confidence, the
betrayal of which is the more aggravated, be-
cause greater trust has been reposed in him as
brother bound by the most sacred ties.
BY. assduous attentions to his friends wife,
who was as unsuspectng and trustful at the out
set, he managed to gain her affections, and by
instlling into her mind some of the damning
heresies of the present day, falsely termed phi
iosOphy, he has completely alienated her from
her husband and children, till at length she
consented to break all the ties which bound her
to them and home, aud become his affinity as soon
as she could secure divorce from him to whom
she had solemnly pledged her love, aud he
(Darwin) be in like manner released from wife
with two children be has left in Iowa.
Three weeks since the aggrieved husband bes
came aware of the peridy of the wretch to whom
he has extended his hospitality aud given his
confidence; but to avoid scandal, aud in the
hope that the wife of his bosom was not yet so
far astray from the path of rectitude and henor
but that she might be won back to duty and her
family, he refrained from that redress which 9TH
ers would have been likely to employ and in
which the verdict of the entire community would
have justified him. Mr.. Wilson demanded of
Darwin that be should not again cross his thres
hold, to which he assented and yet afterwards
in the supposed absence of the husband, he pre-
sents himself in violation of his word, at the
door of the man he SO fOully injured. but with,
6and proves delusive. The villains work is too
thoroughly done to be uudone. The alienation
is complete and Yesterday Mrs Wilson left the
roof of what has been to her peaceful and hap
py home, until invaded by this ruthless betrayer,
never to return.
As soon as this sad affair was known general
feeling ofIndignation was manifested, and threats
of personal violence, towards him who had
caused this rupture, are rife and ominous. We
trust however, that for the sake Of law and or
der, nothing will occur which will be calculated
to reflect any discredit on the community.
1t is true the case is of that character for
which our laws furnish no adequate remedy.
Nothing can now restore the peace of the deseN
Grated home or repair the injury thus fagranty
inflicted. A husband robbed of his wife, and
worse than widowed his children deprived OF
a mothers care, and their future disgraced and
blasted and she, who was short time ago the
idol of that home, beloved, honOred and respec-
ted, is now stunned, and her shame puolshed to
the world Still we would not counsel violence
AGAINST the author of all this mischief but we
would brand him with mark as deep and in
delible as that of Cain.
Let the finger of scorn be pointed at him as
he passes on the street OF sits upon the bench
Let it be seen and known everywhere that the
ban of public opinion rests upon him, and that
in their estimation it is the veriest mockery for
him to sit on a court of justice. As no honoras
BILE man can recognize him as gentleman, or
invite him to the hosptalites of his roof, so let
no man extend to him the courteSies of kindly
greeting, but shun his polluted touch, as they
would the contamination of pest house. Sur
rounded by society, let him be cut of from all
participation in its pleasures end enjoyments,
that be may see and know that his crime can be
neither paliated nor excused. Let this be his
punishment-a punishment which may follow
him even to the end of the earth.-SeattLe Ga
rette.
Card.