The New York herald., 1873-08-22

Mrs. walworth Ocfsnded by an Inti-
mate Acquaintances-AIr. Walworth is
Pronounced Insane.
The following letter was written to the Louisville
J0urndI:-
Having always found your journal ready to cor.
rect mistake and do justice TO the injured party
ask place in It's columns for this article In de-
Northern papers are determined to pursue the
already heartbroken Mrs. Walworth with false
10 eT awe ss 20 my duty both
Charges against her. she mas been @ fSSicss puSoiy
as sESss1A VA s asgs sEsenntw tTsaSIW ahom DS
met met with in foreign landj, ana other @ restless tess
spirits at Washington to overthrow the federal
government, when l well know she was not at
Washington during the war, but upon her panta-
tion near Louisville, KY, where had frequent
occasion to be With her. And now for the proof OF
to Judge Bulitt and Others OF her near neighbors.
Also TO the family OF Virgil Mcknight, her relations,
intrigue and collusion as has appeared in the
Northern papers. Such journals, In order to give
relief to the staid, stale and drvelling trash they
and popular reports and guesswOrk to the injury
OF individual character and to the modification
Mansfield walworth, being suspected OF Southern
sympathy, was confined during the war to the
iiInits of washington city and could not be with
msnans ns il and take care Of her Children. and
where happened to be when he was released and
came out ~ Join his family, and more harmonious
does not give credit to the published accounts OF
her upbraiding him, despislng him, scorning him
and casting hira olr:hecanse he would not take up
arms and fight for the South'--a wilful and cruel
fabrication. well knew this once happy but since
sadly unfortunate pair, and could not think 1t
RESsan nirers Of OF each other After the death @ @ Of
Colonel Hardin, In Mexico his widow-now
Mrs. Chancellor waworth--brought her three
<vun Cnnu and H..
jacksonville, ILL.,, to Harrodsburg Springs. and
lived with my vile. her cousin, till her marriage to
the Chancellcr, which took place in my house:
the most amable, good-hearted and conflding girls
ever saw, and favorite OF all who knew her; nor
a M1s an Unusually handsome and S elegant gentleman
sensitive TO all the courtestes Of social life. have
hunted the moose with him at the heads OF the
Hudson, IN the sublime Adirondack Mountains, and
found him to be as courtly In the rude camp as In
the gilded parlor. Who then could think It possi-
one eI "a a say transmutson"by @ I mental
insanity, there being as many disorders Of mind
as there are Of body, Of which physicians are
finest OF authors and the most beautiful writers
and speakers have been known to be deranged on
certain subjects while sound on others. General
Sam Houston, OF Texas fame, and my fellow SOL
dier In the war OF 1872 was 80 incurabiy deranged
on the subject. of jealousy as to pinch his wife
black and kick her out OF bed, as was well known
BY ner neighbors. Not only SO. but he quit his
home, went into Nashville dressed as an Indian
Chief paraded the streets with owls feathers hy-
ing in his cap, and at last went and lived with tho
savages for time. Captain Desha, OF Tennessee,
another fellow soldier Of mine and the finest ls0k.
ing officer In the army. also became so aberrated
In mind as to treat his wife most cruelty, and in
one OF his crazy fits emasculated an innocent
youth IN his neighborhood. These are two cases
only out OF many others that have myself wit
messed where the persons were otherwise sane and
Of great practical energy. History tells OF the
troubles OF the "Dtvine Milton" and his wife,
OF Byron and his, and OF many others OF the most
intellectual OF the world In ali OF which cases am
satisfied. from much reading and long study Of