A DOMESTIC DRAMA IN CINCINNATI.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 June 1864, Page 3

A DOMESTIC DRAMA IN CINCINNATI.

(From the Cincinnati Inquirer.J On Tuesday, in the Pohce Court, a singular occurrence in real life took place, which", in thi** city at least, has seldom transpired.' Tho facts are these -.—About five years ago a man named Edward* Carey left an affectionate and beautiful wife and three interesting cliildren,,to seek a fortune in the mines of California. For one year after his arrival in the gold country Carey wrote constantly to -his. wife, and frequently enclosed sums of'moiiey. Suddenly the correspondence ceased, and Mrs. Carey, receiving no money, was compelled to adopt other means to obtain a live- v [ lihood for herself aiid' littlo ones." Tn a few weeksthereafter Mrs. Carey -received information that* her husband, had. beon killed .in tlie mines, winch was'eorrbbprat<id by; a subsequent letter reccivid from CaliforruaV For tlireu years she lived, as she supposed she was7a widow. ' 'Receiving" the attentions of an- Italian, named Joseph ' Reib'c,' w)io succeeded in gaining hor affections, she consented to marriage, and about a year ago the two were legally united in the bonds of wedlock, and have ever since lived- quite happily together. On Sunday, Edward Carey, who had arrived direct from California '*bv tlie" morning train,- was making inquiries inthe neighborhood in, which , his .family resided when' Ke teft[''Cinoihnati,''fbr his wife and children.. His neighbors and friends stood 'amazed, and 'trembled upon beholding the man whom they had long since believed to be dead. Upon being . assured that it was; Carey, who was not doad,,but living, he was astounded with the intelligence^that liis wife, who had. also believed that he had "gone to that bourne whence no traveller returns," was again ..; -married to another man, wifch whom she was now living -iti domestic felicity. Ascertaining the' residence of Mr. and Mrs. Reibe, . the afllicted husband hastened to ascertain whether what he had /heard was true or false. , [Knocking at the door, a tall Italian, measuring .six fpet, one and orie-half inches, came 'to the door. Carey inquii*e : d-S-" ; D6cs Mrs.' Reibe live here?" Italian V'She does will; you walk \n?"-.Careyy-''!Y6s, sir; will yoii please tell her that a gentleman desires to see her." The'ltalian consented, and, going to the door leading into the jcuuing-room, called his wife by her first name.. She. answered, and all full qf smiles, came "running ' into' the parlor. Upon seeing her first husband, who rose from his scat tp meet-. her- -she screamed out ". My/God, Carey!" and fell fainting to the floor. The husbands both hastened to raise lifer* froin 'the' fiobi*. .Wlien Carey informed Reibe that' lib was Edward '.'Carey,, the lady's lawful husband, Reibb also claimed her as hjs wife, .and added, "I. shall never give her up.;'. Before tho i; wife ha3/ fully 1 [recovered "from her fainting attack the two husbands /had. 'become engaged in an'gi*y,7v[bileht words,' I resulting hi Carey drawing a .Reibe, and, the -latter. J?eing ; norclbly7eiebte4'.frpni7.his . house., on Mon-- . day morning; 'had a warrant s worn out in the Pohce Court, ' charging Carby ; with disorderly conduct and provoking him ip commit p. breach ofthe peace; '-'Carey was arrested, j and;7ylion', .awaigned before Judge A Warren,- in ( ''presence of [Reibe and the wife, lie asked the Coiirt to hear an explanation before' : _c entered' on 'his 'plea. * ; ! Ju#ge Warrqri consentedr and Carey stated that he ah'd-Reibe both claimed^the:lady;(pqhiting; to Mrs. Carey-! Reibe) as wife, "aiict lie', 'believing himself tp_ he the legal " claimant;'' had " become disorderly ih demanding peremptorily lofvßeibe that he should gi vei her /up.. 7 Reibe; through*, the prosecutingvattorriey, f .Mr| Stfaub; [ exhibited to[ tlie Court' the marriage certificate,* and the question- was at piiee ' raised,--/? * What further proceedings could be had inj 7tliat -Court?;.- c-The/.wife; whoihliejNiobe/7was,;allj tears, was called up and asked by the Court' ifj either of these was her husband. 7 She replied that? she had beeh married >tp both, for, shaving learned} that her "first husband tos : dead, < she had formed? an attachment ior Reibe three years afterwards,' and, .married f hxp\. , -After :assm*ing the; ..Court of' lier ''deeply-seated" "attachment" always fpr^Carey, \ and now her warm affection for _.Reibe,„who„had| been an aji'ectionale .and devoted . husband, , ? the j "Court' mc^ '■^live'withybur* first husbandVivhoislegaUy^uch,] or your last husband, f who*- by'misapprehbhsibn \ andunintqntio[nally ? you haye made-^uy. husband." | The lady-replied,' "My Huty and' my "desirp r is. tp \ go'and live with my firstiusb'andJ'-Fldwar'd -Carey." j The scene which followed can. never be r described. Carey laM^-bitT wife ' approached 'eabh'; pthbr and weptMoud, while the, -disappointed Italiotn'j- [seated in his r 7 cliair ßlike* tfistatue, p'rbsehted.; a'- picture of despanYand b^sappoihtmeht. r''-Presbntly ; his feelings were. overcomey^andyheYg^ ehcitihg the sympathy of aU^-Garey tfiid' his- wife, arininaim, r lef*j^th^ receiving kindly admpnitiq,n,:fKOin^.the Go.urfe.thatfc he must c be^resigned,^ and »pursup L the . ma/tter/:no r further^ieft ''^^^^^Qy--P^^th^^ '^^'^ chagrmeci; ."anS*' tbrrioly mortified at the fate which had befallen'him. '•' "' •