The New York herald., 1870-01-09
AFFINITY VERSUS MATRINONY.
Another Illustration Of the Great
Social Struggle.


by Justice-Jersey TO Ihe Rescue-Rnpid
Shifting of Scenes-Thc Sermon BroolIyn
Heights Declared Heterodox in tho Fuithiul
Little Statc-Thc Baltic Ground for Home
aud Family.
When the wise man was asked who was tho
greatest preacher in his dag he replied Example"
and that reply stands on record as q truism never
disputed In any code OF ethics. In these days we
are progressing 80 fast that IN there IL
novelty which keeps ahead OF the rest OF the world
anu leaves the moralist the philosopher and the
rhetoriclan tugeing at the coattais OF old Father
Time and almost In despair that he will ever
sacken his pace. All good men hope that the
career which points to the DARK abyss Us the
goal will DO OF short duration, ANA that the
eleventh hour can be utilized to check
the advance OF pernicious theories which are
ever the preludes or great social evils.
There Is no question OF our time on which so much
depends as the nvlolablity OF the marriage tie
which must be regarded as tae cohesive power
which holds together the fabric or society Just as
surely rs the great law OF nature 'moul6s tear"
The divorce law, the Fourier system and the doc
trne OF aillnities are many disturbing forces
which can no more overcome the higher force than
the transit OF Venus the passage OF q comet or the
falling Of meteor can destroy the cohesion OF the
earth or arrest 1t In It's orbit Though the violations
during the past few years, was only when the evil
eliminated IN the Richardson Mcfarland case tnat
pubic attention was attracted to this question and
people have since regarded 1t with grave apprehen-
sons But 1t S consoling to know that while men IN
high PAGES and men claiming to stand In holy
places lend their sanction to the growing evil there
ls still lett sense o! justice somewhere the io
loving case VIII show
WnIiam Van Zailen was married year ago, and
he and his wife livcd on the most amicable terms
North Seventh street, WllIIamsDury Six weeks apo
nd
tor three weeks he remained out in this way. His
wlfes suspicious were aroued, and on Thursday last
she traced MIN TO tie residence or one Margaret
Naigher, in Seventh street. She thereupon up
braided llW lQr Ms Inndelity, ana threatened to
m ers 4 e aa mot saat
War, the husband feeling humiliated and moriiied
at being detected SO openly, and the wife learning
Things had so long existed without ref knowledge.
William at length Struck on plan by wnich he
thought ho could ria himself of troublesome bur-
den, or, az people would express II some years
ago, OF wife. Accordingly on Friday aiGernoOn
collection OF furniture was packed on q wagon In
North Seventh street, a Wink and q whisper were
enough for tbe driver and half an hour afterwards
Williamsburg was as guiltiess OF the presence Of Van
Lallen and his new attraction, Margaret as II they
never had existed The scene changes, and the
same wagon aftel crossing the Brooklyn and Jersey
ferries stops at house IN Dutch row, Hudson City,
and the work or unloading commences. ALI TINS
time wife No. was not sleeping. She had her spies
out, and the husband had scarcely established hun
hoped he would be free from any Intrusion
or annoyance from wife No. /, when The
latter presented herself before him. Hero
was a dilemma, he looked daggers at her, ana the
interview, or rather conflict, which followed was
short, sharp and decisive. He struck ner heavy
blow on the face, which lelled her to the ground,
and there he left her, deserted, poweriess and
stunned, to crawl Off as best she cou.d.
The scene again changes, and we find her In the
office OF recorder Aldridge, where she told her
story, and the humane magistrate was not needless
OF her condIon. He issued warrant for the arrest
OF the unnatural husband who was soon brought
up by officer Reilly and confronted with The
injured woman. the fact that she carried
her child In her arms when she received the stun
rageous and brutal. Tue Recorder informed him
that whatever lessons he may have learned on
BROOKLYN Heights with regard TO MS obligations as
husband, he would not be permitted TO put such
theories into practice IN New Jersey. Such doctrines
were never recognized in that State, and the man
who was fOolhardy enough TO introduce them should
bear the consequences. Such plant OF socialism Is
not OF jersey growth; her gardens are on Brook
lyn Heights and IN salt Lake City: Tnc atmosphere
order therefore, TO make an example which
would be more effective than any pulpit orator.
cious assault. AS Van Zallen did not furnish the
required security he was committed to the Hudson
county jail, where ne remains, without any proba-
blity OF his being speedily released.
In the course OF the investigation 1t transpired
that Margaret Naigher had buried her husband and
married again. The second husband soon vacated
she could not get along without s0mo companion
to console her In such o sea OF troubles,
and 1t was In this emergency that Van Zallen
turned up and lavished his attentions on her. 1t
appears that she has money enough to make ner
comfortable, and Van Zaen obtained sums from her
at direrent times amounting In the aggregate to
$3.50. Wife No. @ or, as the Recorder styled ner,
"Mate No. l." remains IN Dutch row to guard the
premises and furniture and await the dellverance
OF her .sDear Wiliamu from captivity Jersey JUS
tice Is not only sure. but 1t Is very often swift.
During the investigation at the Recorders Court
In Hudson City Yesterday morning every person
present declared the TO be outrageous In the
| fullest sense OF the word.