The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-03-07

Letter bg Mistake t5 Friend from
hls Own NHe
Easn g aIsmsass Ba.Is.ia. Fsa ~
Fer ihe past two DAYS there fas sez
curious runlara ca the streets 5E Alemphi1
relative to the naughty aoiuEs Of Il cereaIa
FeIl known lady o. fashion. and a young man
/ VINO up 70 withiH the past week has held a
! Promlnent position ia the De Soto Bank.
ib has been a sweet morsel to the laYsrs Of
scandal, and the AIRS Candoars ana Lady
t Sneerwelis Of the city have rolled it under
their tongues with extreme JUNCTION aad
/ have visited their nefghbors and given
! full, true and Particular account of tho
whole affair, so faras they knew, at the sane
time holding up their hands and turning uD
the whites Of their eyes as they detailed and
diiated On the particulars Of the oYertrue
tale
+ SIS the matter has no7T become Of uu5 e
fame, and has been openly talked Of On th6.
/ streets. no Further secrecy. on the part of the
! journals of the city i required even although
some OF the most respectable families of
/ Memphis are involved IN the disgrace yelsisl
is certain to follow when female foseets
her fidelity to her husband aud besgozs her
affections on q gay young bachelor, whom,
perhaps, she loves neither wisely nor we'll.
The parties In the scandaious affair In
I
dashing appearance laHlIliarlY knO gyn am 1n1
his assoeiatss rs Tom Lewis, and a Mrs
Leeeh wife of most respectable citizen,
AlT. fhaBlas Leech. and the mcthsr &C thFeo
young and beautiful children. k bout
year AGO Mrs. Leech, who was fond Of gay
aud fashionable society left this city for tho
Parisisln capisali taking her ehiidren with
her but leaving her husband behind her
MF iseeeh. who Is, or was foRdlY devoted
AMI sax Der safely on board the steamer
the world across the Atlantic When the
vessel sailed he returned 10 Aiemplls ard
resumed his business as cotton broker, in
order to make money for the support Of his
WIFE and family In sac gay eapilaio Of Paris.
The lady and her Little cries safely landed
In La Belle France, and q stter ann0u eng
the fact was dolly received by the husband
and father, and IS duly acknoYyled ged-
Every mail bF8ueb and carried away loving
epistles from the husband to the wife, and
rice 0ersa
A couple Of days AGO Mr.. Thomas Lseeh,
the husband and fasherin question, received
letters frOm his wife. il Paris, aud tbe sans
mail brought letter from the Indy addressed
TO Mr. Thomas lewis. the individual aBoYa
referred 70. The similarity between the
name Of Thomas i.e1is and Thomas beech
caused the post Office clerk, IA the hurry Of
business, to place lewis letter IN Izeech
box Mr. Laeeh, without serutinizing tho
address very carefully 7f seeing tfe letter post
marked Paris, materially thmght It vas from
lis loving wife. and hastily opened 81 lie
commenced to read, hut the contents of the
letter perfectly astonisheds him II was un-
doubtedly from bis wife bas was certainly
never intended for his eyes, and turning 60
the envelope, he observed that it was nd
dressed 10 g Mr.. Thomas Bevis. He again
picked up the letter, and read on, and On
each line making a new revelation Of his
wife 1Hidelity She alluded u saptuous
had spent with her lover, and painted n
roseat hues the period when they should be
in sweet commuulou The hnsband
was astonished as he read the gloEing
languages and sat almost petrifies holding
uneonseiously the epistle that told him Of
his wife shame and also showed him Ia the
darkest ccors happiness had forever de-
parted from his household. He was perfectly
distracted and for time he knew not what
20 DO. Ills first thought was e e tc the a
dlvidual who had ruined Lis happiness, and
kill him on tie spot Better eouasels, hove
ever, prevailed, aud taking lis brother into
has confidence, he left him "a charge Of his
business, and departed last night for Paris
to get + possession of his three little young
ellildreni and bid an internal adieu e his
laithless wife
As may be suspected the report Of such
an occurrence IN the otherwise virtuous city
Of Memphis caused quite a sensation. and
has been the theme OF general remark as
many a freside for the past two4nighta
The gay Lothario, in this @oweg true"
and interesting tale of connubial infideiity,
Is native Of England about twenty-five
years of age, for. .segetaf years a resident of
Memphis, and known as q fast ycung man.
about town. he was at least prepossessing
IN appearance, spoFted good clothing carried
a high head, and was more noted for assur.
anea and pomposity than for other moral and
mental traits of character He delighted Ia
Of the fair sex, and was especially
attentive 70 married ladies, with few Of
whom ne had established himself as
fayorite walking stick. lie almost invaria-
bly, appeared at the theaber on fashionable,
nights, gotten up apparentently regardleas
Of expense, either So FAR as bis oEn means
OF those Of others were concerned and
seldom without the company Of some far
dame or maiden His style Of conversation
was Of the exquisite, as aw dem f9iue
order, very patTonizing and evid6ntlg In
tended to impress with his magai6eence
hose who figured as snail fry n his
ordly estimation
After the revelation Of flle pnWeIsome
e5EeF 20oFe referred -, 30 - sald tlut 9
brother Of the injured husband, accompanied
By some legal friend, sought and obtained
ln Interview with LeWis. ii 6 private, rotired
-o0m. and there gave bin TIC choice 81
making clean breast or fuH confession of
the intrigue, or dying On the spot lewis
'-as Of course taken by surprise. but chose
the former propositious and confss3ea taeat
making also "a allaagit shg9
ing that the criminal intimacy besween hiH-
self and the iraii wife and mother had existed
for several years previous t0 Der espaftere
f9r tie old world. lie was theH allowed Eo
-. The next day He was Dismissed iEom
the bank with hiut chat Iempbis vas not
q healthy place FOR him ~ present. iie took
the hint and haviag hastily eoAestsa l1s
TRIMS together, and left teNa Oh tHesaar
ni.fdt. bound. e s. said, f3r the Isle bseord
the sea which vas honored by his birth and
early training
The Nashville Press and fines ef the 22ds
says:
sfes James X. Pelr,s ressT4nee an Vins-