The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-18
MIR. HOVEY's CARD TO THE PUB

TENY vULLY FXPLAIN" D-TH At MRS.
v8yh9 az 81 IN
INVALID FoR FIVE YEtRS1DdVoHGIg- M &C
MEnT-ITs HI3THRTTss r r. : GMSD3 ~ TO THs TIL
MENTS VERSUS FACTS, &C.. &c Asa Ri
of the siimnuy on my cross-examinatic n before
the Court Of Inquiry ON the 9Th instant was mac
curat,ly reported to tie press. and the published
statements creat4 a W. cng impression ani d. me
injustl e. improve the icst possible opportunity
to make public full statemen. Of the facts In the
case.
= he lady IN question That arrived In Richmond
ard called ut the pentcntiary on the l4th and to'
her departure from the city on the ~ h If last
January, was Mrs. n. j. spauldlng, Of Wlnona
Ste was once Mrs. Hovey. tn some eight years
since was married tn > Mr. Spauldlng.
She WAS the adopted ard only cLill OF GcHr.e ".
Randall, ESQ, tf the town Of Isle. Broome
county, New York.
MIR. sand I'll IS gentleman Of ample fortune and
| of the highest resp. ctabillty. formed the ac-
qua intance of her that Is now Mrs. Spaudiag In
nay, 1853 She was then in her ciahtseath year.
We were married on he 2lst OF the foloTing Au-
gust. was then partner IN u store ut whitney 5
Point a vlll!gc nearly mile distant nom DIT.
HandslrS rcsid nee. also extensively engaged In
bus lnes ds contractor on The Sy racuse and blnS-
hamton railroad.
soon after our marriage. Mrs. Royey's mother,
| a Lady OF exceedingly unhappy disnosition cam
t. reside vi h rs rhc hat ptJted from her iius.
| band sEd they had subs lu29tlF been dlF"rtch
rcnts OF the mo hcrin-la " had also separated Her
brothers gentlemen Of distinction III tht cdlLo'
rial and leg professions.
Aficr tni &c and half years OF pa lent endurance
end fnrbcar: nee, finally. In the summer N 1857,
when residing III the city ot Scranton, "a, re-
a. red tae motLc: ll-law TO occupy ascrarate re-
. lew weeks thereafter was pros'rated by an
extr. NEIL rc attack "f lnlaNumatpry :heuml'
tism. 1Le y eviuus year Tas very sick with hii-
| uis fever auu recovered wish greatly impaired
health. Roth i. kGcs es we're Cccas!"ncd by expo
sure in snlcfia:'ni!ng work on lu, lie work.
over-niu Ii care excessive pilcation 10 hustGess
and domestic lnfcicty, occasioned as previously
mentioned.
tier enduripg cycruc!atIng suffering IN an en-
tircly helpless condition, for nearly thee months
and receiving but l!t,e no benefit from lie mcl-
cal treatment. OF the abet physic lans IN Tie place
Nth two men en- plOycd u attend me, my parents
ana relatives feeling greatly concerned in regard
TO my recovery two brothers and other friends
visited me, aLu Il Ivlsed and urged my removal TO
my fathers residence, Ia thenanso county, New
York.
AsI would there be among relatives and cd ac-
qlalntances. instead of am ng comparative strau-
gers. and bslievus that wou receive more sue
| Cc ;sful medical tcatmcrt and thinking that 1t
would also be g:cat RELIEF, and remove b,Il den
Of care from my wife, finally consented to be re-
moved
| hecyinlns IN large rocking chair, With pillows,
&C., under and afOuud me, and little platform at
| tAchcd 20 support my feet, was carried from my
residence 20 the dep It ana placed upon Tie cars
aud conveyed to higghamton New Ioik, thence
by packc; ON the canal to oxford and from tneI T..
| in carriage to my f4ther's residence IN Guifprd
| Two ess thereafter Mrs HJvey came to visit
| m. While lhere my father, anl also Il brother
ports that were I'm circulation among some Of "
| neighbJrs prejuGilial ID her character. paid
bat little regard TO such gossip, believing that II
| originated through ma!iCc-as Mrs. Hoyey and heT
| mother were not usually on fIteudy ttIlnS with
| their negbbCr5 generally, and hal been- on one
| or two occasions, threatened with prosecution for
| sander.
| After her return home the suhieCtw frequently
referred TO In her letters, AID occasionei bit ct
| and unpleasant feelings between the parties.
| AS my recovery was tgarGed AS extrcmel,
| Il ubLiui, l gave Mrs. Hryey control Of ny pro-
| p,rty in Scranton. consisting of beautiful lo
| situa ed On Franklin avenue, and Il fine new resi-
| dence, Sc, lien worth at least e. ool, ana now
| GOub.e hat value.
| IN regard 10 M own condition, iGn4mmatory
rheumatism ran into hip compliant, and the iDt l.
| nation extended 10 the bowels and other lnterna
| organs. ! was attended by the mos: skilfu phy
scians: aLd received The tende: est pos tote cars
frCn kind parerts, brothers, sisters. and friends
| hf.er other modes OF treatment had been trie,
| In vain, when my condition was suth that 1t va
| rot thought possible for me to recover or even 4
live ANY number OF days, last alternative tA;
| water-c cure II tnent WAS resOrted 10. " ithin
| f=w weeks time began to gradually recover. r!
little mprudence In endeayoring 10 get G!t NJ to-
| fast, had several rslapses, on which occasions
was again contLct TO MY room and bedtCr man.
months 1T i time.
:wss Amos; entirely disabled from business fc
ive years and never have. and never can, cntirel
| recover from the effects Of that sickness
| Two Yeas after had been removed from ScIan
| ton to eu!liori, dir. Bushnell, d Tcrchtut al
also a fie1d and neighbOr, wrote 10 ms fr, Il
scranton informing ms that Mrs. Hovey ha al
piled u the onnty Court 'f Luzerne county, Pa
for bill OF divorce men, charging ne with wliiu
dc .rtiOn anu abandonment. and absence from tn
State for two years.
| / wrote a. tae Judge Of the ccurt relating ,h
facts of the case. and The application was a. one
My relatives feeli~g z unk.ndly towards Mrs. Ho
yeY, urgently requested me, II she renewed the AZ
pllcatiOn TO permit lIer 70 obtain BILL.
AS my CT notion Was such that my physician
deemed 1t extremely imprudent In me To uId II
axe the journey, d not return ) Scranton, Al
| a IL W months subsequently was INF Tmtd that o
second application Mrs. HoEey had oatalne
Il bill.
Not receiving any notice, and choosing that
BIZ, III ud be granted If ST desired iC, Of c0urs
| no defence whatever WAS mace To her appli alton
WAS at the time helpless invalld-contned |
my room and bed d-requ!ring the teaderest care an
| Attendance Wlea removed from Scranton ex
| peeled 10 rec In few months and return {
| ny home and f4miiy-neyer entertaining the hrs
thoush. that separation or enforcement could b
The reason assigned by her mother that induce
Mrs. Hovey TO apply for blu WAS thst she be
litved If fIrecovefed would ever remain help!et
cripple.
Ihe reason given by the daughter /, tha. he
mother persuaded her 10 II.
/ Whatever might have been the motive, Il base
: act greater wrong Is but seldom cOmmit,e
by one perton against another. had always tee
Eost exemplary, kind, faithful, aud irdugeI
hu5nand-tver tue In every respect To every ma
Immediately after Mrs. Hovey hal oh aimed he
E bill she went West and few months sub 'equenIl
was married TO Hr. Nor;on SI IauldiDg n merchaI
residing at Adrian, Michigan. After living tt
gether few months ley separated. Soon there
al er Mr.. spauldiDg Joined thu army, and wa
killed The first or second year or the war
I lace her separation from her second husband
: Mrs ra.ldins, without any legal ri.ht whstev
10 the same has assumed her form name ri
es by the name or Mrs. Hovey
un,ll Il brief peal I'd prior 10 her vts.t To Rlcl
: mol had heard nnthing in regard 10 Nj
t sp,nnding for nea'ly eish. years. l I'D receive
Richmond until after ier arrival. L mold no CO