, 1881-01-16

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soft alar1n does nor thuuk God he is Il u,an. that
| such sweet music can bcstir within him the
! rhapsody he feels"
CHR1STIANCY.
Tho Ex-Scnator's Answer to Ills TVffe's
! CrOks-HsiIi.
| The answer OF ex-senator Christiancy to tho
cross-b bill for divorce entered by his wife WAS
| filed in Il Washington court on tho 18th inst.
| Tho docu,nent-which was sworn to Nov. u,
1850, before tho American Consul at Callao,
| Peru, In which country Mr. Chrlstiuncy is now
| serving as United States Minister'S as follows:
| TIE ANSWER.
| /. tho aboye-naned defendant in said bill, now
uId ut I'LL times hereafter rcsertng to myself
nil, aud III! n,uuner Of benefit and advantages Of
exception Or otherwise thar tnny be had or taken
fections IN sail bili contained and PROTESTING
that the said so-called cruss- bill coutains nothing
in bar nor In anything which is or can he suit-
| cient answer to the original bill flied by me
| against her for II divorce on the grounds OF
adultery, and claiming the same benefit and ad-
| vantage on this and other ground rs II I had
specially dcmurrel thereto; yet, tor an ans wer
! thereto should the slsue be deemed by the
court sufficient to cali for IN answer or SO much
| thereto us AN ndrsed 1t Is material Tor me to
| make answer to, answering say:
| ]. Thut utl NIT the present residence of my
wife, the complainant, In sn!d District Of Cnum-
| bia, and ttlut ut present hold tue office Of
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister P!entpoten-
1iury OF the United Suites to Peru, md my pres
e1lco In Linn, Peru, rs stated III point No. OF
| her said bill. .....
In answer TO the second point in her bill, ad-
nit the marriage bctween myself and =, the said
| complainant, suited III her said bill, but
! solenlnly assert that snld marriage
TOOK PLACE AT HER OWN INSTANCE,
and that Was lcd into it by her skfilrutly turn
ing what WIS intended us Il mere compliment to
tic first moment suspected she intended to
! co1lstrue iuto such Il propositions. promptly
apologized for whel. she promptly .eciatsd e: her
] assent until after hud honestly aud earnestly,
on several different occasions. einlcavored to
/ convince her OF the antitness of such marriage,
on uccount of tho difference in our respective
ages, but tbat l finally yielded to her
solicitations Upon the Tep1a,ed Sd.;a 6s assurance
| other man, which assurances she volunteered
tu declare to inc were false the first moment ~c
were alone toscther ia our rooIn % At PhilaaeL- ;
| fore she hud taken of her hut, avowiug her love
/ for another man, to WHOM sho said she had been
| engaged. and declnring that on the morning OF
| the Wedding day she had tainted at the mention
| OF his name, and TINT she mud perjured herself
| in her marriage-vow, demanding IN immediate
/ divorce: and upon my telling her there was no
! ground for Il divorce, and that none could be
had. she seemed like maniac.
In answer to the third point IN her so-catled
| bill ue;ly that she has ut I'll! times since her
| marriage been to rae fntthful and utcd!ent
| wife. or that she has ut oil times performed to-
ward me tho duties devolving upon her us such.
protesting und avcrring, as here protest and
p, pyer thnt withi1, Il month after sud marriage
she commenced and entered into various scan-
lulo,ls and Improper intrigues with other mon,
| md kept up secret and improper correspond
| euce with them, especially with one Frank
T. Anderson, which fhe @ Kept up dnwn to 1 Mooat "a,
J Washington; and that she bad been guilty dur
| ing suiti marriage Of undue and scandalous
| fnniarities,
| AND, AS BELIEVE. ADULTERY,
/ not ONLY In Washington and New York, but IN
| r Dar and in
from Cnllao and PMnan1a. and others Eoing from
Aspinwui TO New York. with several different
| said marriage. and without the slightest proyocu-
tion, said to me that she wished would die,
and that WIS the only obstacle to ner aapp,. ~ @
| her Intention To cat.se the Impression that
WIS abusing her, and that she intended to make
cause for divorce, though none existed III fuct;
thut She refused to return With me to my house
i'll Lansing, Mich. when she left there with me
in November, ls7s, for washington, anu mas
| which was compelled to abandon my home
residence in Lansing; that she has, upon TWO
| sing in 18,T-wiiituIis produced upon herself
| 1niscurrineea and abortiOus: and. finally. tnat
she has failed In the performance ol tne uut'es
! OF Il VITO to me by committing the crins M & Of
adultery rs charged in my petition or bill lied
| against her III this court
III answer to point or allegation No. OF her
| so-cullcd cross-bill, 1 admit that have filed
| hjll or petition for divorce. as stuffed and aver
that believe that the charges stated In MY suld
o' IA tn mint or allegation No. s. in said socalled
cross-bill, answer and say that am Informed
und believe that complainant ~ SAID cross oll
hns filed such answer as stated In sad point or
"'4s ss r. mint No. in her so-callcd cross-bl
answer u1,d say. 1solemnly ara positavG1y aeny
every word aud every idea expressed IN sad
point;
NOR HAVE I EVER DONE ANY CRUELTY TO
HER WHATEVER.
As to point !, or allegation, in so-called Cross
bill. solct,ny deny every thought and idea & ~
pressed in said point Or allegation. and deny
ihut ever OH any occasion touched her IN anger
or with my ccuched fist. nor struck or assaiEed
her in any: manner, or threw her down there or
IN nny other. pluce: nor did ever henr from her
or nny one else nny such charge TIL read it in
this allegation. a..'.'jt tha1 On one occason az at
he'd when refused to consent to her going TO
Alabama to see suid. Anderson, when at once
efs M ni; GSr roDn hcreuftcr on thnt OCCASION
In answer to point or allegation No. g. 10 her
said so-cul!c, cross bill, deny every aegat1on'
every idea. every thought expressed therein,
uud say that never wrote letter to any person
nj Healing Springs except to herself, nor did
cause or procure nny letter 70 DC @ written 1ee pi
springs, to which got reply; nor did attempt
In my ulanner to get up any correspondence
a nswcr showing that said Anderson was there,
made use Of It. n my % manner to on6 her fier ie
her return to Washington and our rcconcslia-
tion aud her return with me to LnnstnK, de-
sIroyed the letter, That nothing might appear 10
her disadvantage. Hut will here further say
that, without uny effort of mine, haye, since
tho hing Of my bill or petition against her, IN.
expcctedly received information beltove 70 &c
true thnr while she was Mt said Healing Springs
she WIS
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL INTERCOURSE
with ut least one man, II not more, which a9
not set forth or detail here because an ADVISED
By my counsel and believe such conouct c"n-
not properly be tried In this SUIT .,..r..
In answer to poEnt9 Q. solemniy deny eseis
u,nrd fhareIn cCnfnined. and declare and aEef