Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-02
TWICE MARRIED.
A California; Widow IN n Strange Dilom'
mn-A Manly and Affecting Lotter.

Vhany river, was charged with making
and passing counterfeit money of vari-
Gus denominations, mostly fifty N
twenty-five cent pieces. The charge
was founded on the fact that in a stable
attached to his dwelling and belonging
to him, q considerable quantity OF the
spurious coin was found 1sseeted, with
dies and other countsyf3t Appliances.
Before the police could ssHaLh him he fled
to St. Louis, where he Norked Tor a
time, but, fearing detecsiop, joined a
train that was going across the plains
to California, and after passing through
'dangers by field and flood" he arrived
in the new Ell Dorado.
Proceeding to the northern section OF
that State, he settled in Orc Elmo, sis.
kiyou County, where in the capacity OF
a miner, and subsequently in that OF a
country merchant, he succeeded in
amassing what might be considered in
| the Atlantic States a competence. In
| the meantime he kept up a correspond
ence with his wife, who still continued
to live in their old home, and frequently
| sent her remittances of one, two, N
occasionally rs high as three hundred
dollars. This was during the first six
| years Of his absence; at the n Of
which time he left California and settled
in the new found dlggings of Idaho.
Here all communication between hus-
band and wife ceased-his letters writ
ten as often as twice a month being re-
turned to him in official envelopes as
"not called for"
Four years elapsed in this way, when
Millman, conquering his fears of personal
liberty, determined on returning to the
| States, in order to learn what had be-
come Of his wife and child-the thought
Of one day returning to whom had been
the one bright hope-star of his exile.
On Monday last he arrived in this city,
and withouta moments unnecessary de-
lay, proceeded to his former home. But
strangers occupied the old homestead,
who could tell him nothing of the where
abouts of those he sought for, other than
| that Mrs. Millman had removed to this
city sometime during the progress Of the
war, since which time nothing had been
heard from her.
Returning to this city he met an old
friend in the borough Of Lawrcnceville,
| who expressed the utmost surprise at
seeing him alive, exclaiming, "Why, we
heard you had died up in the mines of
Nevada; your wife showed me several
letters from that place containing the
details of your death" "And my wife,
where is she now?" asked Millman
eagerly. "Why, didn't you hear 1t, she
has been married to a returned soldier,
named Henry Eggleston, for the last
year back, and is living on st. Clair
street, opposite the - Hotel" III
s%uperauous to attempt to picture the
grief Of the deserted husband as he left
his friend, and fastened to the hotel
mentioned, where he engaged rooms
overlooking the apartments of her who
had been his wife. On Tuesday morn
ing he watched the door Of her dwell
ing, and seeing her come out and pro-
coed in the direction of Penn street, he
fastened after her and passing her just
as she reached the corner, turned round,
looked her full in the face and, without
deigning to recognize her, walked to the
hotel again.
In that momentary glance she had
fully identified him, and, fearful of his
vengeance, repaired at once to the Office
Of Alderman Donaldson, where she stat
ed the fact of the return of her husband
who she had supposed dead-and
begged the magistrate to go to him i'm
mediately and endeavor to exonerate
her from blame, lest Millman might in
his rage take the law into his own hands
and execute on her some dire revenge
for her betrayal Of his confidence.
The magistrate demurred from taking
upon himself such an unpleasant task at
6rst, but, finally yielding to her impor-
tuuities, went to the hotel and gained an
interview with the injured husband, to
whom he communicated the object OF
his mission, offering several palliating
circumstances in extenuation of Mrs.
Millman's conduct.
Millman, in a calm, digniied manner,
devoid Of bitterness or spleen, then re-
lated to the Squire the whole story OF
his life as herein set forth, assuring the
magistrate that he meditated no scheme
of revenge whatever, and that he would
on the following wednesday, morning
return to California. In order that she
might know exactly how he regarded
her conduct, he requested the magis-
trate to sit down while he wrote her q
letter. Which request being complied
with, the deserted husband indited the
following strange epistle, which, through
the courtesy Of Alderman Donaldson, we
are permitted to publish:
"PIrTsBURo, Dec. 18th, 1866.
To Ny WIFB:-This may appear q
strange title for me to use in addressing
YOU after the terrible shock that your
conduct has subjected me to, yet / wish
to think of you still as a wife, who some
evil beyond our controlkeeps ever apart
from me. Knowing as you must know,
how strong, how self-sacriicing my af-
lection for you was and is, it is super
luous to offer you any assurance that
will not harm you by any act Of person
al violence. That I could never do, were
my feelings of regret a thousand times
more poignant tnan tuey aie-ai 1nos
were possible, which I cannot believe.
When early indiscretion and evil associ-
atoms led me into a breach Of the law,
and | was forced to leave you and our
child-which, thank God, is now dead
I directed my steps to California, and
there, secure from the law ! had offend.
cd, determined to Barn money, by whose
potent agency You and / could n day
live happily together. You may justly
censure me for not sending for you to
come to me. But each year l thought OF
joining you, and was, therefore, unwil-
ling to subject you to a toilsome jour-
ney. You can never realize what tor
ture of mind l endured on your account.
In the mountain ranch, surrounded by
every barbarism, in the deep gulch,
meath the SHOWS Of winter and the burn
ing heats of summer, you were ever up
permost in my thoughts. And when
toiled YEARLY I cheered myself with the
hope Of making your heart glad with
the proceeds of my labor. AT lastl had
attained sufficient to return with, and
OF how my heart throbbed with Pulsa.
tions so quick as to almost rob me OF
breath as neared the city. Tho patient
| bona-nd to;l of veara uaa at length to