HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT. Xxix 
Hoboken. The duel with Mr. Valentine attracted but 
little notice, and we should hardly mention it here except 
for the sake of impartiality. 
Our duty now leads us to a much more delicate affair, 
in which we hope to be correct without intrusion. In 
February, 1858, the newspapers of Newark, N. J., and 
New York, announced the marriage of Henry William 
Herbert with Adela R. Budlong, as having taken place 
on the 16th of that month. They were married by the 
Rev. John Shackleford, at the Episcopalian House of 
Prayer, in Newark. This announcement caused consider¬ 
able gossip, but that soon subsided. Herbert was in 
ecstasies with his new choice, and sad only when she was 
absent. In a few weeks, among the callers upon the 
newly married lady was a person who professed to know 
much of Herbert’s affairs, and also to have such a great 
regard for the new Mrs. Herbert that she could not take 
her leave without giving her a large amount of very spicy 
information, taking great care, however, to exact a prom¬ 
ise that the name of the informant should not be re¬ 
vealed. 
From that moment, peace fled the happy abode at 
“ the Cedars.” All poor Herbert’s plans of reformation 
and future improvement were upset. Mrs. Herbert is 
said to have left the house while he was absent in New 
York, whither he had gone to engage rooms at the Ste¬ 
vens House, thinking that more lively company and less 
slanderous callers would be more agreeable for Mrs. Her¬ 
bert. His clear use of reason never fully rallied after he 
discovered her departure; and, when he received a letter 
stating that she would not visit him again, he spoke fre¬ 
quently of committing suicide, on the same day of the 
month in which he was married. His friends became 
alarmed, and watched his movements; but, about two 
o’clock in the morning of the 17th of May, 1858, the un- 
