The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1852, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 1028. ‘THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE. The Argument on Part of the De- fendant. Superior Court, Before Uhtet Justice Oakley. CATHARINE N. FOKREST VS. KDWIN FORREAT. ‘THIRTIETH DAY. Janvany 22,—The interest manifested by the public in this case, seeme to be on the increase as it draws toa close, and the anxiety for the result is apparent on every countenance within the preciats of the City Hall, At an early hour this morning the court was besieged by spe tators, and long before ten o'clock every seat and stand- ing place was occupied urs. Forrest, who was absent during Mr. Van Buren’s address, for the last two days, was early in attendance, accompinied by her sister, Biss Virgivis Sinclair, Mrs. N.P, W and two other ladies. ‘There were several ochor ladies in court, some of them frlend8 of Hrs. Forrest, who were anxious to hear the summing upof Mr O’Conor on her behalf. Mr. For- geet was, a6 usual, seated by his counsel and his friends, About ten o'clock Mr, O'Conor commenced his sddives, MR. O'CONC SPEECH. May it please the Oourt — as observed at an early stoge of this case, in respect to certain things of which by possibility complaints miyhdt haye been made, and wherein no complaint was nude on our part, aad ia rex wish Lo pay. ur ‘Lonor plese, that the ich it was my determination to pursus through- this case, and my owa se of right and Gicteted to me throughout this case, the ble, of say obsar- OR any pereons other then those now on july to avoid any ob- 4 jest, which might so desply inte he parties as this doinistration of jastiza to the whole out propriety, avoidauce, a8 tar as was prast vation tria! before this court, end es: servation, in the nature of & excite ribald laughter, ina cause so deeply & 80 deeply connected w in its tenderest poi gomunity, not mere} y, nor of tnis tate, nor of his wid continent, but even of ali that pert of Lue parent ecuntry which speaks ahe Engiich ianguage, or has any naiotance with it That came sense of tixht, sir, diotated to me tha pro- priety of making no comp’ and at no stage of this care have Lever complained thing whiea Lor aay other might deem a depart om the ordinary source of propriety, or a transy: good ofder Which are indispensa sooiety, aud which, unless render it wholly impor aithful, bis to the very bein erved, must sbs: oto maintain the orderly, tration of law in courts of cally felt. L say. eir, was not to complain; and so far, sir, as course of irregularity may beve ny teudeney to develope the true chatacter of one he parties to this coutro- veray, it would, indeed, have been a bad policy to com. plain; and in this matter, standing as I do, the sole de- Tender of this lady, { followed out my determingtion to Observe this policy, as weil as to sev justice, Pucre- fore, sir, [ have not complained. I have consider- ed #8 perhaps regular the farces that have been enacted. end the tragedy that has been attempted, by 80 many voluntary wi #, brought before the jury and displayed before this community, for the pur pose of deveioping to the Jery, to the Court, and to MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1852. lest an honorable grave. (Mrs. Forrest was deeply af- fected. and wept bitterly at this feeling allusion to her parents) You have another party. You have an inte- resting little society, namely, Margaret Sinclair, her hus- band, Mr. Benjamin F. Voorhies, and their son, a bright ‘and beautiful little boy, two or three years of age, who while I speak isin the sunny land of a § probably rattling at his mother’s side, while she is there in the and of muric ard song, studying an art an inging it to entire perfection, to delight the ear, to cultivate t! imagination and to improve the morals of her own country people in the art of music In respect to this couple, who are also placed before you to be blasted with infamy by your verdict, you are to deolare the mother a prortitute, the father a blackguard, and the little child a bastard. Are thereall?. No; you have young Vir- ginia, almost a woman in Years, to sure, but as yet a perfect child. She, also, is to be blasted and condemned by your verdict. And why all these? Why,in order, geuciemen, that by going into the pedigree, and tracing that Deaigree to its collateral links with Mrs. Forrest, you may foist upon Mrs. Forrest ascrt of concentrated infamy, as one who was prone to wickedners, even in her cradle—bent upon vileness, and utterly incapable, by the very constitution of the woman, OF any act of viltue. I have overlooked one more—{ have ‘overlooked the party who, indeed, might have been ateailed without any violation of Bropristy, if they be- lieved in ner guilt. [mean Mrs. forrest herself “You heve the destiny of this woman !m your handsa'ao, A woman, who, at the bright and blooming age of nine- teeu—aud bright and blooming you can have no doubt she was~the pride of her father's house—was captivated by the foine, the porsoval attractions, and his great rapu- tation as an artist, which had attached to the distin- guished young American, gave bim her hand, trasted her virtue to him; and rinca then—at al to the yesr 1849--cloven ‘long year, nay, about © long years—she devoted herself to his’ service ia, I may fay, the most abject manner; #9 much so that tbat vile woman who was brought from bis kitchea to traduce her, and to whom an opportunity was furnished, stated that’ she was listle better than an upper servat in the house of her lord. [I kaow not how you felt, gen- tlmen, when that woman uttered that remark, but [ may say, for myself, it is the stage of this cae-—the stays in which I thought cf the tendenoy of the human heart to fery indignation, which, on fitting occasious turns, as it ‘were, the milk of human kindness into all, aad mukes man feel as if a rattlesnake had prepared to sitike. I say, gentlemen, these are the parties who stand around you; this is the sum, ina slight degree, of their condition and oleims upon your consideration, I will reserve to a future period what Ihave to sey on the claias of the remaining party to your consideration. You will observe, gentlemen, that Mr. Fdwin Vorrest comes before you by the voice of bis counsel, to demand of youa verdict, which shoul utterly hiast all these from every stain ard blemish--the victor over all those whem, with iron heel, by means of your veriiot, anit by the couree of public judgment, he would trample avep into the slough of never: dying infamy. It certainly is of some importance when we see so many in one soale, while im the other stands a solitary individual. cheer: less, as we gre told--not a single endearing connestion, at least of hisown—which should present him to you as & subject Of commiseration---a subject of commisera- tin |” Doubtless he is entided to justice; but that jus. tice, I trust, isnot to be wou by a man’s ten and that, too, by the tears of @ hacknied actor oa the public ¢. accustomed to imitate and present the passions people. end send him forth annealed, triumphant, clear | eubpems, and comes to me end asks me which conveyed the idea that he did not know any ‘hing at all. He asks a question calculated to threw me off my guard; but I had confidence, and I doter- mined to luce him on the stand. Mr. Doty has furnished to the defendant some materials upon which he could produce a witness, and upon which the learned counsel could address si in argument. The evidence of Doty, gentlemen, wholly unimportant, if you look at another party in this case. If I was io the field with half the fortune belonging to the defendant, and that balf fortune amounted to seventy-five thou- sand dollars, I would not have given seventy. five cents for all be swears to. Ladmit it was impossible to con- tradict him; for, in the name of Heaven, where is the use of attempting to pile the vessel after it is full? Still, it is mot the fashion of a lawyer to throw away testimony. Ithas done little harm, and has done some good Though uvimportant, it has fur- nithed the defendant and his counsel with infinite di- | version. It has caused the waste of a very considerable amount of valuable time, and it will, of necessity, cause the waste of @ littie more. I will call your attention to | the evidence of Doty—frst, because I regard it as the testimony of the leat moment, and secondly, be- cause it isthe oniy testimony which is sought to be im peached, Mr. Doty, if he testifies to the teuth prov: to you a distinct act of adultery, He proves it to have been performed under circumstances of great shampel: ness. Tho learned counsel says that the story is im- provable, and can’t be believed. Now that is a very fair Way of admitting, ec far as it goer, the assailiog testimo- ny of th: wituerss story, which is * improbable,” ant is mere satisfactory on that ground then on the ground | of eny contrediction or impeachment of character of | the witness. But let me ask you, gent n, bow far is | t improbable? The parties ‘acoused aro Mr, Borzest | end a deceased wowwan. Mr, Forrest bas declined to say | that he was innocens of committing any of the offences | in question with that woman | Mr, Van Buren,—Mr. Vorrest_ made no declension to | answer any question at all, Without consulting with | him, I objected to his belugaworn. It girikes ine that | comment isa very improper one. The Learned Judge—I think it would be better that no interruption should occur, Mr Van Buran will have | an opportonily of affording an explanatiou after tae ad- dress of Mr. O'Conor, Nr. O'Ccnor continued-—With the advice of coussel, with the ost deliberation of weeka, nay, of months, he putin his answer, wbeu he was charged with comin ting adultery with that lady. Mr Borrest answered the cherge in wriling, as drawn up by counsel. (fhe arned counsel then read portions of Me Forrest's de- nivl of the charges, and continued ) Tuat is what the lawyers cail a “negative pregnant.” (Laughter) It | is one of those negatives that carries in 1a bosom an eflirwative. You assert that I committed an act on (he 29h June, 1549, at half-past three o'clock ja | the morning, up a three pair ot eteirs room, in the | rear part of the building. Lanaweet! [did not com | | mit that offence at the time and p..ce stated. Tho | venue, date, and location are most material. but the de- | ferceisundeniable, And when it was put ia on the | 17th December, 185¢—and that,tue leuraed counsel has | tuken the pains to put in evidenoe—they joined that in | | putting in an answer te this suit, The counse! has taken | ihe pains to put in evidence the fact that, previous to | the commencement of this suit, w» commensed am ac- | tion egainsthimin the Supreme Court of this tate, | subsequently abandoned for the purpose of @ & suit in which she charges him with the | ® question , truth and justiec require it, something upplensant may be eaid of the cead, tn order that justice may be dons the living. He trusted that it could not be said that they were desecrating the grave of the dead. Miss Oli! ; he believed, had been married, but léft no issue. Bbe is gone to her grave, and it isabigh maxim not to eveak ill of the dead. aud that. too, when {t is one of the softer sex. The plaintiff had endeavored to avoid it; in her first complaint the charge is there made inst Yr. Forrest of his having committed adult ry “with a Certain actress, now deceased,” and the jury would see why the plaintiff found it neeessary to be more recive in her seosnd complaint, It was because Mr. Forrest thought to evade the charge, and they then en. deavored to pin his ccnscience to the wall 80 far, the: as bursting the cerements of the grave, it was an occa: sion of the most dire aud afilicting necessity. Wher he spoke of necersity he apoke of the past, for certrinly aa tha care now stood there was no necessity for it, if they had known thet they could have got the ocher ovidenoe The jury might well say the plaitif had wautonly brought in the circumstances connected with Sis Clif ford aad he would have confessed the impeachmens. | The evidence was pow ro perfectly covclustve that it might by justly said he hed wasted all his health up to this time, as what ‘remains to be spoken tx of itself overwhelming and conclusive. What remaing is this: Mr. Forrest from October, 1545, to May, 1861, the long period ef four year, and a huif, was tbe habitual frequenter’ of a hove of prostitution, Now, he wouid ask, was it possibl: ia th nineteenth century, that it becomes a man to argue wita rationo) ien that this is conelasive evidence of ay very lowest kind of utter, unworthy, aduitery? The learned ccuceel in rumming up the evidence, said--it is true Mr, Forrest was once or twive in this house, and that the jury ought to be very cautious how they drew a conclusion egcinst bin, because suid the counsel, with & cburity waoich he (Mr, O'Conor) did vot discover towards his cli- ent (Mra. Forrest)—the defendant might vo there for aw innocent porpose. nay for an evil purpose, and be disap pointed — But, gentlomen, eaid Mr0 Gonor, what do you think’ of a gentleman eix high and well’ proportioned going into that house once a fortpight for tix or ¢ months, aud every time disappointed? Why, what a patieu avd’ krgeuttering gentleman he must be, stay- ing there sometimes two end three hours, and being every time disappointed, and yet going to the rame houre—and not only thut, but following the house to another place. Why, one would think he liked to be disappointed, I do not know that the learned enuns threw out the idea that this was not a house of that de cription, We caHedl several witne, its ol Teoter, and you obasrved some of then tbe parties at the other table as they i There witnesser had most convenient memor! not recollect too mush — Yet we proved that house was ited in the night and in the daytime by gentlemen in estiiages; but it was imposible to prove who any of Jose persons were, except on and sae wana rostitute, One witness, a butcher, proved that the wo- meo ot tha house used indecent gestures towacds the men ae they were going out. Then tuere is the very murked testimony of Mr. Weir, who anid he saw arespes- table woman of his acquaintance 20 into the house, and that Pe took a friend there with him. with a view to ns- certain the churacter of thehouse. They wore admitted afier a little difficulty, it being the custora that parties should be futroduced. “They wore furnished with wine, and furnished with ladies for the purpose of hoiping them to drink the wine. Nothing (ook place byg tulktiog and of Edwin Forrest that would "be illustrated by the sump- tuous hospitality of his splendid castle-—by the lady- like deportment of bis very acoompiiahed, amiable, and | Gistinguirhed wife. Now, gemtlemen of the jury, may it not have begum to occur to him, towards the close of the year 1848, when his mind was secured against all foreigners—particularty hia deadly quarrel with Macready, which terminated in staining the strects of our city with blocd amd carnage, on whe ever memorable 10th of May, 1849—wheo bis mind was thos excited against foreigners, particularly the Eog- lish people, who are the most distinguishedthat coms to cur country,—may be not, after all this expense, for | which be was not to receive @ sutisfactory equivalent | —may he net bhuve had a greater ovure for displeasure than the mere smoking of a cigarette ora long nine ? Bay not thie bh probably, was it not, the fecret reason that moved Mr. Forrest to put an end to | that attempt by getting op a quarrel with his wifs, hav. | ing no intention at the time to charge her with any | | | guilt, but to produce a separation as the resalt of his | will, which would eontinue ss long as it suited bis plea- sure, and which be wight, at any momeut he pleased, terminate, I confess this has been, according to my judgment of the matter, the most probable presump- | tion, because Io: ot believe, and LT will prove, | that Edwin Forrest did rot believe anything to the dis- porsgement of his wife when he doomed ber to a separa. | What ishis story’ 1 cake ic in a general way, for he Gid not adbers to such a story ae I am going to pre- sent, He says: “In May, 1843, returning ouddoaly and xprotrdly to my room in Cincionad, T found Mr, | in suob aa immodest proxunity to the peraom wife, that 1 was impressed with the bolief that | wessomething improper between then, Loharged her with the evidence of ber guilt, she denied it: and | tome time I was satisfied Aiterwards, on the | acth of January, 1849, having been perfectly satis fied, be went to work and rommaged bis wife's drawers until he found this oelwbrated Goususlo | letter, or, ss T cal! it, this romantie effusion ad- | dressed to Consuelo, The sight of thas carried to his mind such absolute conviction that his wife nad beon guilty of infidelity, that be parcod with her on the Ist of May, 1840. after baving liberally, aud in the most manly spirit, allowed ber $1,000 a yoar—onouzh for her to live upon a4 @ lady—while be intended to pass over, good, | humble, kind creature that be was, (ho desecration of his marital Led Ol, fa the month of Veoember, 1849, he aa- cerstood (hat this wie of his, instead of being gravefal for biv Corbeuraace, was eirculating reports that thw se paration between misconduct; thear resulted fre bud thereupon ho deterai u charactermind that in this etory—for the vincication of ott or purpise br of hia an tapostunt point | hia character--no at with any view to degrade her, but to elf upon a high’ platform asa man of virtne to show 4 in eeparatiog —t proaeeute her for , in her infamy, Was jinprted to und purity. irom he and to e gult which i og unjustly his «ide, 7 ese, you will bear in mind tha 0 elo poetey | fn single speck of evidence ng ainst tthatturoishea. Tsay you willrem: wher thut, gen. lonen, because It was not (il the first day of February, 1850 that ove single additional wird of evidence of wny discription, was brought egainst her purity aad chastity ‘That it positively sworn te im various forms, and insisted on by the counsel bere= Mr. Luwion proves it, and Mra Now, if I don't mistake, £ ehall Underwood proves it a PRICE TWO CENTS. But [thirk she not only manifested this entire fiderity —0 devotion of scul, bey and mind to her master—but the wae ro happy end so fortunaio aa to gratify her de- fire, wd to compel the ecknowledgment of her income para ile excelence at a helpmate, companion, and friend in thy dearest relations upon thisearth. I say she mot oly wns faithfol, but happy—I mean in the rons of mes cort—In all things ehe pleased him, and never better than in 1043. It was not a late coming fidelity, a supple compliance ef a guilty woman feeking to restore herself to the graces of her lord, by the most abject and meas submission, Now, I ask you as reasonabis mon, oan it be peceible that Mrs. Forrest hed been caught flazrante delictomthat she had been accused, tried, and by @ rolemn pretestation of innccence recared heenelf quietly in May of 1640---that by « subsequeat sot Jamieron bid excited his jeaiousy—that all the time subsequent to that period there is not the alight- retalluston toa failure on her part im anything? ¢ may be onid thet more letters have been written tham ve hove produced. Webave aright to asert that we bave prodneed elf we are in p sion of. They could ; any letter che wrote to bin, and it in any of owas # fulure of duty spoken of on hee you not have it produced? And if there re th part, wow Sed been. it no doubt would have contained some | thing which would go direotly to the heart of any man. But no; Mr Forrest shows that he haa entire | Sed unsbeken confidence in her purity and fidelity, rrd he proves more than that ‘The pretease bow advanced, that from muy, 1844, to January, 1240, he poerersed the galling donbt which abe him Fe C0iaDt In Cibolnnelt, if xe desutuate of any foundation ma Guth ae pny areertion that has been made in thie couse by the worrt acc mosh reekleea witness that haw been produced en that stond But we go to the pert rtep Mr orrget,in Jonusry, 1849, found the Conauete letter, Whydid be findit?) Because he had his cue piciore axd becewe these suspicions were lurkiog im hie mind. However he found it, and that letter, he thyr, caused the #eparation, Now, [ proceed to show that that letter dia not cause the separation; and I alee proceed fo phow, gentlemen, out of Mr. Forrest's owe, ips, that that letter did not eaure (he reparation I wi chow, besides. that be never considered letters ary evidence of guilt. I proceed to prove, out ef his own lips, thas the language of that paper fweif ndmitted of @ very innocent construction. T will read to you portion of Mra, Correst’s fidavit, as to this cireumstavce:— And sho further enys, that on returning from enevonirg party at the house of har as karet Voorkies, on the eighteenth day of Jann Ford eight hundred tnd forty-ning, she wat ¢ door My. Jomes Dawson and hia wifs, aod ed home, Whern she met her husba Above named defendant, iv his library, rea sald Edwin Forcest, after learning irom deponen bien guew'e atber said sistor’s, and somo further unimpor- tent conversation, remarked that thie deponeot was mse id steter than to him, sad that her oavored to prejudice this deponons again © carriage Mra, ona tho down st thei aby seid Edwin Forres, remoly harsh, sod, ap ehe me one of them, thin a l, gave to said Edw. ‘no doing, weed ave been improper. antly grove from hia spat ery tone, that no man shou'd @ him and tive, and thathe would not live with an who did ro. Now. gentlemen, this ia her statemen heard. in the course of this cuse, that Mr, setion. and, hi shoncmita to d ; 3 antle r prOVN, 10 Ye istuction, thy entire aud absolute falai 4 > ‘eharacte: ‘h be would excite in others, but never feels himself, | seme adviteries, snd in which case he has putia the samo | ditohing. and the gentlemen walled away, the ladies | Prov ‘10 your aati fac! ae torde on affidavit in answer to t] thie egal sak git; (hte kaa Nese ne acpae Lreserve what ought to be said of his position till [peo- | avewer—at wny or either of the times or places stated in ae ee ear cies meee COUR Nee J oes Malle niben eneinion, Marg’ Poarwes: aad more | cver this eume ground. I desired to read certain gone ture from propristy whioh has not that tendensy. There | ceri to the examin’ ‘ion of the testimony, and in that | theoomplaint. Mrs Forrert had in her affidavit served | Ingersoll testified that some of her boarders stayod etal ethyl wohiech tap a tions of this sffidavit; but as I was at that time en; falsity of the number—the most audecicus of them ali—that it was pucely for the purpore of vindicatirg bis character that, in December '. be saw fit to apply fera divorcee. I will prov: ty cfevery charge in this list of circumstances examination 1 can coneeive no better mode, at least to rome extent, thaa to pursue the lin of arrangement adopted by the learned counsel om the othersiae Youhave been told that there are in this case three distinct ques- | tious—firet, whether Kdwin Forrest.at the oommencement upon bim, expressly stated that Mr. Povre in that action, ehé was advised and b virtual admission of infidelity. the particular timos or plac deny the fact itself, ‘s answer | & Gn, fome a week, some longer; bnt ake could vod, was a | Dot tell us the names of wny one of them, Hut he denies the factof | and Clariesa Rusecil told us they never teok one meal but be can't venture to | in the house, Boarders without eating’ (tauzhter.) Now, gentlemen, you haye an | | wonder what they ted on. They must be boacders of a has been one departure {com propr’ on 8 very important right of the benefit which shou! therefore here ask leave te Of the last viclation of prop: ty which may trenck my client, and deprive her resuit from this right. £ mplain, for the first time, ry which bas ag yet tuken ine matter in which I wae endeavoring to foroe them te tuke a certain course, Udia not consent to reading that affidavit, and the court excluded it; but at a subsequent stage cf the case, t gave them » written consent to read every portion of Mr. Forrest's sflidavit, except certaim ‘ aaee pale : : Poharze | pecwl entiemen went to be 1 ifestly more clearly than anything eso, anal t tele lati . | of this suit, was # resident of the state of New York? S: apswer putin by Mr. Forrest, in relation to the charge pecvtiar description, And these gentiomen went to bed aries 7 ) ; | parte, which I marked, ard which were scandaious in re- Priey, pursing the gams e(idierimiaste nayoo, por, | eotd, whether Le is gulliyof tue ecime ef aluiery? | o€adultery, wbich i» camugh 13 enllie ua toataioenees | Buh telly Boaaders but she earned tall un whores fnfenoed hun Dee'wht of foils 45 thee ot the vind | {EEGH te eter persons} and, et tho maine tine, algo, T perhape, of person, but of reputation, far more dear than | Third. whether Mrs Forres: has been an infidel to her | in other cates of litigation for a suum of money Suppore | they were married or not; but Think, ceutiewwa, you | it ue ee eee Deerm rah] 1540, us that of the vindi- | gliowed them to read any part in which they might be iife, which har characterized this care throughout, {| Matriage vows? ‘The firet. two were pacsed over by the | thut,on the 30th June, 1850, be had borrowed a eum of | can decide on that, Thero is a dimoulty always inar- | Cation of his oharucter. I will prove it to you not culy | able to show us, OF satisfy ihe jury, It woe reasoned ly ne- that ehe is entirely innocent of having ever spoken one word pgeinst his choracter and circulated rumors to his at thet time; but I will show you that rumors redit must necessarily exist if Mra Forrert had been deaf aud dumb, or deprived of the natural means of nicating with the exterior world; and I will also a that. so far trom desiring, to December of 1840, movey, and he bad answered that he did not borrow it | tivingat tertimony of this desoription. Iwas told that at the same time and piace stated, we could have trekon | Carcline Igersoll would tell the truth, even though judgment because of the admission of the charge charged | the wasa person of that dercription Mes fusceil tells in this netion, The defendant has never cyen denicd | 0s one of the ladies (Mra. Cranfield) Was murried, but this aduitery; he bes never depicd that inthe aoswor, | she never sow hee husband; she was, ! suppose, one of kor upon any other occasion, Well, then, if the story | thore ladies who played wile to some of the genilemen ot Doty be improbab'e, are mot the facts notorious , boarders. [9 it pessible that it is neceseary for mo to mean, tir, that which cailed forth the observations of your Honor yesterday the remark as to tho probable unfriendliness of the Court. Now, sir, I conceive at to be altogether in charaoter; and following out the probably commendable. and certainly very pru- dent course of my adversary, I deem it proper to impute that remark, not to him, but to his in- couns:! on the other side, with prudent and commeads- ble epeed, and commendable facility. T must observe on them at a much greater length, because they are mate- rially connected with anot!er branch of the case—the remaining uestion. ‘Th firet, gentlemon. ia, was Kawin Forrest, on the 19th November, 1850, when this suit was | commenced, a resident of the State of New York! Tais | cesrary to enuble you to understand perfectly Mre. Ror reet's tffidavit, They did not choose to act upon but on Mr. Forrest's affidavit, whioh you cannot gee, bi which I was dexirous you should we," There were two or three parseges too full of inveotive, and too abusive apsinet Mra. Voorhies, which at the time were answered Ly Mis Voorhive in + affidavit, but not answered rs t ‘ We $ 0 vate bis character, he wanted « divorce—an en ra. Ke i ject, i ey as emanating from’ himsol | question is canvaseod materially in various parts of the | te aii the world,and bas ho been “mobbed?” Well, as | dweil longer on this tertimony to show the character of | { : a ioe} Mrs, Forrest, snd I did object, and do object, to ra oases yet ager ia sel omau: ant evidence and was very properly Patil distinct point by | to the during and boldness ofthe acts adverted to--the | that house? Let us ree how Mr. Forrest found his way | tte Giveree—and nothing but it And yet we are told that, It would be utterly scandalous to meat in the to the house m ‘ - % heir ar Heth go elke gata pda P me It seeina he fitet brought an introdue- | Percught that tor the purporw of vincioating his cha- | the‘ner of ane, Verte, oe voice, the language, the observation of his client. | counsel; end to this it becomes necessary that I call ¢ Se cakny Deena PHO eee nO are es | diomntlued feels tasgoOMiNts Toueacieatoriee yet 20 : d without reading Mre. . The ‘ ter, But I must take this story at the commence- + " err is our attention to the evidence Dearing open i Let as | ‘There ares great many people won woe nce es ructer. But I amy a story nt, th Voorbies sfidevit also. Lnow ccmo, gentiemon, to Mra, g iabeyduaeciiecel wilste sauireraete cy Mahdeatiy | te what that evidence is. It ia trac that Me Kiwis | 1am opposition to the conimen sense of meant « | Phebe Tce Or Fone te eee ee ree tl Be Ad ee eee Tee Chen eee ts is; thet In Do- | Yorrestia replication in her sffdavit, about this: totes: hope that, a2 all the persons who have come within the Vorrest is a native of the city of Philadelphia, but it is to their own reuse of propriety—how far that may ha | there three or four time, That was au add sort of in- Cf 1848, when, ac Clucionail, be detected his | + iow on the 16th of January, where se thows you, ar@ t P le ‘ i i ith Mr, Jamieson. What i > . rel daha His s elso troe, avcording to iis owa statement, that as early | been the case, it is nst for uato say. There is no evi- | itcduction; t rather think it was the same friend who lest porition with os which Mr. Forrest expressly admits, the conversation ever ce aed as ae vie Pyare as 1887 ‘or 1838, at the very commencement of his | dence furuished before us in relation to Miss Clifton, | intreduced Mr. Forrest to moet of the witnessos ta this eee a Unis a Why, tt in the evidance of tir. | be exretly aa she etutes it, that the ceparation thea am. that twelve other Sudividuale will Toveive a suitable de- | married life, he became e resident of the city of New | except that che is dead, and that she had acertain form | case--a friend of Philedelphfa birth aad creation, who | famuel B. Smith, and from the evidunve of this gemile- | rourced was on uccoant of Men, Forrest ¢ Punoiation consequent upos (bo justice ~the integrity— the rightecusueee of their verdict. And it is only necas- sary for me to add that, as to other improp ies, I fear them not Now, tir, [observe on this,for the reason with confidence in the righteousness of his client's caure, but each, of course, liable to the deepest pre- judices; lisbls to’ be greatly misled; each liable to use ‘# ootwee of argument unfounded in reason, tinctured by sileetion, colored by paseiou. Mow is thisjury to decide between us? How, if I male a etatement of evidence directly contradictory to the eounse! on the other side— York, and continued to rvsile hece, at all events, to the month of May or June, 1349, when, he wow states, he begame a resident’ of the State of Pennsylvania, Geatiemen. my position to you will be this—that Mr, Forrest has been sdvised longer oonnect themeeives with this land to which [ have emigrated, and henceforth “my eyes are turned backward tomy native clime;” and that very emotion of hie mind makes @ mana resident of his native couotey. | Isuppore this is somewhat the case of Mr. Forrest. i suppose itis probable he received legal advica as to this, T speak now withont eny offence to any counsel; but ofperson, and was-aflicted with illness at particular , times; but that is all thst in furnished. There ts nothing | else supplied for the purpoce of enabling you to supparo | that rhe would not venture to act so boidly Ido not | know tbat she would. I have nothing to say against | Le proved in this case. It, hns been said more than once betere, can a maa iu New York, whose person everybody | | knows, commit such acts? And yet, gentlemen, duriog~ | i we know not teen months that Caroline Ingezeo!l Kept a house of established reputation (a lavgh) in Greenwich and Houston streets, this gevtle- lnen (pointing to Mr. Forrest), aiaerried man, o issued from the mint. Now wo have proved that ér. Forrest, noi suspecting the chastity of his wife, whilit | she war his dearwet Oatharine, and whtist he waz #0 un happy at being «b-ent a moment from her side, was au babltual Gequenter of houses of prostitution: 4, Which was to the effect that the not of going to # of ilt feme is characterized by the old saying the pariy dors not go for the pucpose of eying Lis Parer noster, but is strong proof that iis visit is for the purposes of adultery. ihe Jad u thes cace says, that it if porible «men may xo ox into # houre of fil fume to collect a debt, or may ba mis there in 50: wep. it is ead that Mre Forest's affidavit is contra. | | dicted in this particular. She denies her knowledge of the statement that Mr Jamisson bad agreed to gotoa phrenolegist; aud ehe also denier her knowledge that he wag cought for to accompany them there. Now, the locked ior bim ta # couple of places, and. failing to find | him, nothing more was said ehout the mate vi Mr Smith supposes fw relation to the anumen the phrenologist, (hat Mr. snd Mra, Fort the ectence Ur i purd to it, My knowledge of phrenol theorlea of the kind, is abs helleve in pbrenclogy, are tb 1 ii by “zy, and other | t this—tbat ail those who | only who find the phre- | cei! upon there : ic, and that shi ene seay ‘Sbere are 00. about ber sister. bat the Comsuele ration, and that he ehteenth of Jam ‘bse! it 0 I - estimony of Mr. “ . ‘, without the slightest + ion © r icavaerans ant ofe right ‘ome aees “iryous | by his counsel that a man’s <domtcil of origi” asitis | her.” You cannet form an oploion of her from te ele, | Mey, 1848, whew his suspiotons.ot his’ wite va fgarimany, of Me, Geaish is, FEAL there. Was @ oonverts ity oF Uupropriety ier my lecotaee Mua pate of aap Frome please, there have s:00d, during some five or six | Called—that domici! which is acquired by bircuin | stents before you. With regard to Mr Forrest, taers | sto ared, bot cemmencing so fer bask an 15th. Now, | tens Matateie the Mit en thie asloase tj Decerrertiy admity thot ho pronounced that sentonoe long weeks, two advocates, members of the leyal profes. | rome large degree continues to be with him,andapor- | is ample evidence that hve is not deficient in | gentiocwen; ae Zou how stands the feet inoue In this vata ped a teint sitnaihe te a ReeROe ANd | becasue 1 urtered toLiman ctfensive epoich, aud for me 9 they slog who come in each asthe champion of ‘hie party, | too, anit were of Bitola that an emotion of mad | ‘lat srt charactettic of mind that would have ena | <:t1: Telus thelearned out £0 the opipionof a | UE. Yenucsca ciyosing it. At the tue they) wine Preesly, that bls confidence in my puridy each imbued--henestly as the counsel on the other side | Would enable him to resume it; and that a man has oaly | bled him to bea party to the charges made against him. | Hegw oe One yosden 'y. Lougon ooGL Bs de th ointment did net ‘Mr, Smith iho feund the lettor. He adinite sey, ard I am bound to thint-honestiy imbued | to eay to bimeelf—now my affections and de ires no | Bot let us cee, for one instant, if wnother characteristic | ‘clesinstioal, Rep 472, Mr. O'Gonor cited part of the | be wade the sppointimont, did not appear. Mr. Smit! letter. G fn rolsom bad iound, he atatos thas, He qu ed the hand-writiug, and vt waa merely an extract ftom ® Le determined, therefore, to take , Unvilbo had fuily informed bim- evening of that identioal ered ntious Fre © messures ‘This ts on the sam ‘ of atgument fi . when L mention this supposition, 1 do not refer to an: ing a respectable position in soviety, had no he. ay. All there things mny happen, Ses et 3 apn which t hope avd believe will urn cut to be avthing at jd de ctine: to linerecte thin can, Mitiin cite pereco, for, uniike othte parties, he hus aumbssloss | ton. im bread deslight, of conetsedly goivg ints | ord conseduentiy. wstogie visitation ts & house of ens | Seine GOMteaeS are nacre crema; and those who | sil. Here we have my lord playing s part—whiok bas on the couree of argument that I ought toadopt—how, | counsel. It seemed to them that by this legei fiction, | tis house, and mot Knowing who might bave seen | drseription ought to be open to explanation; and even if | find me Pye a that tere 1 napsyhin te ie soli 4 enon iS | such & vraivemblance about it—because, it you will beliewe S would unk your Honor, are tess s0sen £01k anaes, Forrest was able to swear himself a resident of Peon | Dim. and in a short time after the bill of com- | * Wau were without the means of explaining it, a jury it. 1 Lk sth otf eine, kower epee “ pi ound, | 2) bis wife gave bim tho lie, and he declares thetif « pire and an arbiter between us, butinyour Honor? Ihave | *ylvania at eny time he pleased: for, geutlemen. we | plint was filed against him in November, 1850, | wight, under these circumstances eequit him But eo ee eee ane an ee emaver, muintainedsound- | prrsen of tie male sex would dos0, he could not ilye, aba Pepiawtsiurbagh this case, els omiibn very OanhEOS, a legel fiction dereribed by three Latin words, | He did, in the anawer, deny the charges with which | ¥hen we come to the fect of x man who doea not attempt | ly regeray ds piey sca ate: Uae ioe Saclaviiy | be Would not live witha wean who had done it; and ment, that every just, honorable and upright manim the |“ 1sne pro ture (now for then)—end Mir Forrest had | the bill of conplaiut charged him—with being a | to deny the oberge of adultery, and a ra : re pretatly “ede by ell thee and’ tie iuel, | (bt! he keuterces ‘her towseparation. Now, 1 told you community would be deeply imburd, may aay, with vio- | Only 10 say, trom tho first of June last, I consider | a visiter at the house of Guroline Jugersol. in. iloaston bxae so olten as to become almost @ standing teaant, Hie be eels Jowleson was ‘for the patpose or thst L would prove fiom Mr. Forrest's own lips, that he lent prejudices egwinst the case of this defendant, up to | Mysiaresident of Pbiladelpbie, and have a right to | et d-after be bad denied that charge. it appears, | the care is somewhat different, Mr O'donor then con. | tation to Mr. Jomleson was f nimegioe thet ye cost Bre Forrest forih from bis ride, and sentenced bar have expected, tir, that that calm, enlightened, and in- mony bi Don point of residence, reading por- | ciliood—this suit still pending—-he claiming before the | sume lesoription, ti 07 a Gay; Renilemiem, 1| Te coodanted imuelt in Char, oa emay proba. | Containe evidence whatsoever against her, and tallies fanericte wiven pe tvoand twenty yours hax pro. ticns of the atlidovits and other lezal documents so- | ity to bean Ted man-—he had etili the har- | Whether Mr. Forrest went there to say his pater e conducted himself in that raanser that may proba- | wror bu had no imputetion whatsoever to impute to it, fided in this court with uvirersal ratisfection, manifested not only unser the oid system by the highest aucho- | tity in the State, buc, more recepily, by the majesty Jemnly eubserti ibis care~ bia to by Mr. Forrest, in coangation with ve. in November, 1939, exercised the right of voting at an election held in Yonkers, in the | dihood to continus to visit the honse Ingersott ocenpied, h what motive the Lord only knows t necessary to pureve the sal I do not thi t. Now, if you take | would have been xeaeoneble and just end that bis devotions lasted for three hou Th ¢ now done With the isenes aginst Mr. It v" wn it did not speak favorably of his cranio- losical developements Ana thus you have a solu'ion, at once, «fthia imegined dificulty wa to diff is affidavit of Mrs. Forrest goes on to ayo aent having, aftersome days’ inquiry, sacortainee d letter was in the hand. writing of Mr. Jamiosems i bs 5 h jen between brs Forrest and Mr B: d that uo part of it was extracted from ioe 7 " ites a aot of New York, and dosertbed himself ina lezal do- | the story to be improbable, because of the grossmess of edumuch time-~if the learned counsel had hone Bion: Letra Mee Nore 3 mG Shab nd Bary : from “ Consuolo,” waa shat thee aa ghte ed Jute me eras | August, 1849, as Edwin Vorrest, of the city of offences on the part of the individual, when such | and feirly conceded the point, and said am h gives this farth euiiey of a oly conclusion,” that his wifs wae y ev 9 doubte/—which rarely’ his a jury ever differed with — which we have all, at the bar, uniformly ka to be 80 iaapartial, ae just, so enlirhhened.in its view of evidence end in tbe iaw, so reasonably, so ur d with that plain Saxon common sense which gves straight home to the hearts of men, and can tion to them; so marked with that love of justice that knows no faltering, so that it has commanded universal admiration—I dia expect, sit, though I pretend to no personal claims on youc cousidergtion—though my client is a total stranger | You ere surrounded by parties deeply in- portance Forested | who are terested in the resulis ot your deliberation ‘aot only, Imag say, by your side, but some of whom are New York, tragedian. Nr. he should be bound by t a & resident of this Stat O'Conor contended that 8, showing him to ot Pennsylvania. | not Mr. O'Conor continued—I think that it will be aufi- cient to show tLat Mr Vortest had no idea of bringing a sutt ie the courte of the State of Pennsylvania: it cer- tuinly pever has been pretended that he had avy idea of bringing the eult im the State of New York; fer from that hour to the preeent he bas nevor dared to prosecute this ledy In the courts of the &tate of New York, aad preceed to the tria! of bis caso. But she got an order weied of bis life. ie nguage of the Chief Justice of Pennsy!vani of one of there divorce cases, A woman left her hi “sa these are elown. such an argument is perfectly | idle, and loses effect. It would be conclusive as | sgainst eny one of you. gentlemen; but as to its being | couclurive against Edwin forrest is absurd. Lrefer not | now to any general evidence in relation to his character, | but I refer to evidence which is irectiy furnished to you | | in this case, and ma ness not ht to be im | peached, whosupplicates you, gentlemen, inthe name | of all Chat isrespectabie and religious, with the greatent: | amount of btwzen audacity of man—who could go in the 2 diers who may be ot! rs to | nection with Mr. Vorrest; and proceeded to the evidence ! Tlawks, in reference to his observation and kaow- concerned, the case is made ovt; no man can reeiet it; jet that lesve pase; letthix lady bave a divorce, unless I have succeeded in chowing thet if I am black she is elmost ar desk." Gontiemen. I shall not again refer to those two ivsnes. Aji I shall hereafter say, isas to the Ohird irsne=the question of Mrs, Forrort'a quilt or inuo- ence, Now. gentlemen, in relation to that i very extracrdinery set of circu selves to us, and I confem I do ret ment which bas not heen presen ne sort of angu- . because, on the aa tumption of hire Forrest's entire innocence, the condact gentiemen,1 do not know that I am bound to fiad ouc Certainly, if Mr. Forrest has con- tracted 2 new attachment it would be ample reason the true cause, hs had never observed Tost's deweanor before 0 testifies with regard the count © mild temper of Mr. F Van Buren When did I testify to th t testified in the matt Mr. O'Conor.—Wel t? Thave said as much as that, if you yon did not t Tiowever, we will let that pass, Ali lity! Well, let us see how this matier affected the party the following day, when Mr, Jeinl J Mr. Smith a moment atter-.che hed time to withdraw, and not asign of petulance was obeervable in the manner of clus wm Lis wife cut of doors without any reason; and he found woariter midnight, ) was the dato on the 1éth of J 34, you Will observe, was hin m.”) He dotermined to turn her out of hie se, and from bis aide, for no cause Whatever—a wncboly couciueiun, everybody must admit. to tare melancholy? oom- ben a gecd ene for doirg so. He must have shed aa many tears then as be did within the last forty-alght bovrs. on discovering that t. velancholy fi Wr. Forrest could not now deny that ti auunry (oF perhaps niore properly bh ightennth of ? 7 of my aontal to you, eir, and a total eranger to all puniic vii ihe aller + NES he’ oan: (Rin ps, Knew him—into the | of Mr, Feurest isthe most extraordinary that but over | Was nor present. Bir. and Mes. Forcast,on | bo rately acsort that he bad thon colerredte the outeet that at common sUce whicl | Pennsylvania; A oat ‘n-=0) ested with greater | to Such “a thecry as t “ labored under } cimpati, and S Bn ur. econ socom r 0 had nd eh . have received at your hands, woald CB Sk dd Hie il Reet Rhee sl ae o*inake the welkin ring’ with com- | hed» monomanta--we rhould be relieved fro - | ¥ ben they left. and had some. rourio belonging to Mrs. explanation is, (uae the to us in thls cago) and that the ¢ tis case | che a Taliee ones ea tte Peet Be Wiest than ce ty and chastity of his wife, and but Feec ro room for any such prot Dede Ail Got, out nin toes pelepiate eins Pere rity; that further inggutee es eee cake? evita a te ons on the as vo oth 0 me part hots ciel at State, a st regard his conduct as that of ts wey : Bi Bethy 4 ck ; COC Ssary, a shat, exicaly; Gepmsioonnts, Sesiy aa} ive a pretty fanoy tothe judicature and legislatuce of A enous oy cre i ous Hees RE holies treats trian quested to ‘ Mra. Forrest until such there wa eat expinmat , calmly, dispas a in ayes his Jur, d | the State of Pennsy!vania, for them to grant an applica- ourts of justice of another State with litiga anh ie are . ox th ime os he enn Well. now if Mr. For- o open the oul Pireaever the learned counsel on the other nde aat’ay..| tion fore divorce and upon thet autject I refer the ngcut of the ecmplaints inresnect to her purity? | mind. and secking the atiainment of his o Ye letus | feet's petulance of manner arose from Se. Jamisson’s witless and yet, heist whenever the learned counsel on the other side and my | © bio the doh eromowaeed: by Ju Ramouds, | learned co continued this tine of full; owere of bis mind perfectly unimpaired. Now l Fahne Wo the cides slents “4 . Bie ation extated, nud ti self are tn confitessuch s cont TD et tee Lee Do What is the character of this | rome len } F a moment at the currespondence between these | Pot Bong to the | would bave boon enane litte Tor auithreny cece’ tee 2 o t for their ald ence in po! law. 1 . ~ | in which the facts to w! H bs «gg a eee ' *, and whe itted ke ch ha ed ne fr vwide fe to be sure, for thelr absolute governance, but for their aid | dence, in point of law..a mere formal and nomi. | jn which the facts to witch he bad tes tuk Teonteas., The conneel las nevor u'ked what mo- | the cart, and when Permitted to teke charge of Mra. | sci g7, hy Test Lanlahed we from hiv ide for ao ex among confitcting arguments. 1d Qo hope [do | Pal change, in virtue Me eet Gal. |. th wes WAG tis worked 4h Me. Tn tive he could have in destroying # tirtuows, innocent, ¢ this tenn Or he es | oft by him. His own words condemn hims Brayeney, © Gemtanc, #69 2 comp dieestl A toad Ie court’ of wanthee Atatenin ‘Ehioh ete | the Bxchange, and that Be was wit him aud faitbful wife; but Tconives as thi ug pros | tien, to seme, of this tratimony of Me. Fores, | | the masuteis whioh Mr. Porrog: has involved Nimeodt im fergie gh onl eh ep ctof justice | was not resident. Cwill now read the learned Judge's | year; and he farther stated to the laaraed. ¢ bgt ? 12 too, | abselvtely certain that | next day ut it | part of fe emdavio't wiltexpain ie procta forthe Pome 90 faras the management of a case in a conrt of justice iom, 2 kent, and other cases, [Mr. O'Conor then | it as living at No 42 Macdougal Mrs, Korrest, us far ly was within « Forrest's aMidavit | @ylvanis wre— consisting ehieity, inet who the js concerted-—who has ever ure, that | thud the learned Judge's opinion.) Now you eee the | Thus he bud given taets of bis veracity, Bir. 0 g that a worthy aud honorable husband ay Wate. bak tives dage ith Ohsstareit cu apar |; os Undorwoed ant Rovert Garvis—thow your Honor y + remark as om of this I med 10d It is for the purpose of | aleor ents in detail, in corrobora- ‘ She was well educated; she was most ao- oe Whe fat of fe Jou ving there toomhia | ftt#R froma party on the eveaing of Thursday, Jane to unfiiendit urned aside | opinion is learned Ju Mo poe oe tom, d to rematk on other lished, most aitentive to all her iord’s tlightest | Fe the cee ee con being there too—his | tath, and thas a siayete Was cvecheard between ee sites eae from the performance 0% ¢ best Oh ech Be Hn the issue. The question shen; she was a mere upper servant, taking thi virg the musio—its being left with him is unodia. | right. Mrs. Underwood teotiicd that om the neck ternnas believe you have shrapk O asaume a sor — i wna. eas Forrest guilty of adult ? | witha eteadiners and an abject fidelity more like | pated but he did not remember that Mr, Forrest heard morning, that le, January the twentieth I miased garding that oreny other o & | Mater suppeses’ “It seems to heve srusk the couusel | Now, ‘there wae ove vsiriking cbservation tw. be | Sclity of the falthfal dog, that, aader all elrcum- Eainly Boe w pOCE MOMIOET T Hat Eo rete ta ratiatany | suiceeatanst GH Tane eset ae nee ee i you wig ae cnt | . ig eet Bits ie Panay ciate: but | made fn relation to evidence Independent of Ser ang apy, a ogee 4 reany Gee oe hen cL carter te amine J 19 0 mnect my search for the Ici ter on Savurday morsing evidence bus made en your miad, uuiniucnsed an 4 t at Ye Go ii j ‘r; and Jet it be considered that in all he | bisarelf, life and all, to the ser er; | here Bette al cel with the dis ute of Tiureday right, 0 as to show thas |” Gnawayed by this groes improp mca of the | thst sult he might have slept there. The Court will ta. | Se inane Herat sid beep testi say. My Kor. | tile she was ro faithful, eo constant and so desirous | areiycute " Herel fie abroriceeomethbag tere | dispute arore eut of my pu ach questioned. | Gury, thls case, afver baving very fully—as must be oon. | strnet you ther such s mere temporary oliange of Ris ') "sale Derenltes, ve tatioalty upon hie defen uirefe, | ef pleasing bin that, whatever may have been bie treat. | improper is saysbimerlihe observed n very indelicate | Now, gentlemen, iv urt this teking (tom even Mg Boe d-—taxed your patience, now draws tp wchss, No | locatton snd of bis persen, whilst hia pr pethlL while | rence to bie frequent and habitual visits to the noase of | ment to ber, down as far as the clore ot the year 1843, he | be aviour of there pert jen st oxolte ; Page Tert’s own lipsmis net his sworn alldavit co re, rutin’ for mo but to present to you such | in New BUS PMC CRAIL WARNE NOMLENL “WEIS | Tra, ingercell” atid. tiie eharacter of whe witassess | never COOL Gobtnence wletter'tn her withot begitining ee eaele oat eee le Mr that, without being in any way interested by this sorap arguments as strike me to be requisite to put, | he ren ins in New York, and whilst on the hg s a whoth Re wae. sbDged:td ea Caaprove. thom visite, ire dearest. Kate,” pronounce himeelf hor “ever true | £m! Pena aN com 7 € oe hernias pa *, of sbodomontade prose. eud equally rhodomontade poe- snd to be proper in the cauce, 1 shall ea | of dowt ae Ingersoll’ praises in ee can bs | wouldterark that it wee = oasior that if they wanted | Elwin.” end expressing in the strongest terms bis thanks Soiia Glitanes ainen oF isn Weve Watitt, #hen oo caaee i nian dirs. Forrest tos separation, wiioh te ainere may bosom diicuity a dctng thatrior chore afe | Code chute at al) t6\im Polat of lew, no change of | Lohucw the proceedings of wives, they mart admit | fot Ber Magno rereiting that ahe war not with aim | fone diane abet of him yet Mr Hil, whem became the operation 9 canbe proved, thle proved Sey oad here may Le some difficulty ia doing Regen lint Agee c orrest ¢: rol Mr. Vorrest hed nover denied the imputation* le n ‘ i rnent—nothi ssa it " > Well, ccording . re: idcnce, aud, therefore, that Mr. Forrest, upon every | wolves, o s it. Our theory is, b ‘ex suspected her; anti | heard no eciairctsscment—nothing very wrong—it must sary poseibility of doubt. Well, now, leaving a pasesges tn the cass which; accondlng:to my expetisnos te In ae much a resident in the Btate of New York, | made against him, and. ax he had obsorred, in an ordt- | servant. Our theory is, he never suspec : have been amon’ rapid trial for Mrs Forrest, a0 that she mcment out of view this paper itrlf—this Conese an the matter, it is much easier to Listen to thanto | prce'ple Is & Pp s@ judgment would have gone against him. Mr. | {snot now I am called upon to reconcile that theory po af tine oth ited b oa é pa “i t 8 very hour, as he i*, was, and ever was at any | rery case judgme: Ls ‘1 * was enabled during the brief time that transpired be | sffuir—let me ca!l your attention to | speak. You, gentlemen, oocapy « position of some im- | & F tite. ES-TENG ON Bec Rinsenr We O’Conor revlewed,the evidence of Mr. Allen, and hisgon- | with his own conduct under these ciroumstances. | Well, | The Snuilee Seting tte, tne room, and the eerivalo¢ | ein wt! y another fact place. Mr. Forrest ordered & ae! nuvry, 1449. From the 18th of wet day of Aprilin that year, he and 1849, to the ma h “ dae of Mire’ detoiling at length the incidents e ial + fe Portes " tant acy Well hare tee eensencane harthie ordi musby gents nien, Or the question oftesidence., Luses | 4 Be DaYe, pee PODIARAS ox GURL Oe es eas | but Uhetw kee Canek Wbgue” OF nesrenting fea iH Harti | Sas hot to be found acverding’ to. promiss to ge tothe | fch Lis wite, occupied the sane ebamber for four long might very pale a | dweit upon ie probably more than is necossary, Can you. | terol to his care what ‘9 : + 4 in bis letters bi he was of the ‘stage; | phrenclogist. De you credit this tale? Mrs. Focresthas | months, while he intended never to ocoupy the came ~ baty orurte of things, itehould have beem oonfined—to s | Cwle UDED t Preeti iiate when you have bofore you , thet indy suifered trom—whethor from abortion. or the | have read in bis letters how weary he wa: Sesantent, itunder osth. axd ff contradicted by Mr. Amith okamber with her sgain? Why, gentlemen. it is sald simple erquiry into the acts of those two parties, and | OF NY Crdvof the Court amd a coloan judgment’ Gan | teusl pericateal filvess to which ladies were subject. | ¥° ey EST Y uence rien speek C0 Ae Su OUiCTE UrOteeeeoTy it would bes matter of mers impression in that the ctject was te rcreen her fina susploroe ‘Whee, of the reepective guilt or Innocence of either, That | the records of the Court ends selon judgawwnt | an | Ht, he asked. was the ooeduct of Mr. Forrest conelatent | ind &s little etter than utter slaverg; you herein evi: | at all, tt wuld po & matter of mera Impression in | that the ctject know, did ‘hat purpose frst arise? Wad course has not been adopted. By the yeluutary act of ‘one side, pumberless individuals have been drawn into ccm monwealth, believe that Kdwin Forrest, under this with inwocence’ Lerequested a married lady, who was dence that in 1818 be made his farewell visit to the South, apd you bave it testified before you, on hia part, that at | fion; but the probabilities of the case go to show it on the night of the I5ch of January. when this violent the contest; and by the final addrese to you on that | fort of residence, became a resident at Philsdelphie in | in tie peloen, to rellse 8 lady Who oul aa re | thie ime ho is only worth about $190,000, Row, gentler er Seay: Cae Raiser Wee: creel Be OEY CUAENSLISOR pikes Letveen the parties? | Why, i¢ woul side, every other hnman b-ingin respect to whom the | {hemonth of june, 160). and ooptinutd eee ek ono. | assirtance Mica Clifton, In the course of her conyeray- | men, unfortunately. in the beginnir g of the yearted7 Mr: | spoke very tavorably of bin, and cettainly if it ls 6 Ter=-be believing her 40. be unfaithful aed oho lalntift hes not exhausted your patieace, by calling ins | # > Lag ime, oT at phoney for. the purporesof | ration, never requested or invited. He requested her to | !orrest proceeded to purchase Wonthiil, and to bu no irue selence, Be HASRO token 40 be atetiog With Wh Get ping 1 eeoutlp es 6 Inthe Whole matter bon bem Ocourt witnesees to difead them, and regulacly way. | ee ee en eee to retmuin while under come re- | wicLdraw. and he remained alone with herfor some time: | there ® coetly structure. and when that seer iia ce | $9 eays ot bia. developeizents,. New, Wt-os. we, genie: | beegiet ine eae <rfect, amixblo agreement, #0 that Sect them to trial—in respect to every euch individual | Dili oF to Gericd’ Leubmit that the istus | and when Mra Hawks returned to the saloon, Miss CHE be completed It would Kare been about the middle Of | © ca 7qsstn the evidence that Me” Perret has’ aby res. | acct, pecltey perfec, amiable agreement Gen im tho summing op speech, judgment by default has aguitst the defendant is piain to the cyes of any pacty, , ton was relieved from ruffering The learned counsel pro- picion vpon that occasion, evidence n taken, and they are ali pronounced guilty and ut- bes {nfamoun in Fespest to those matters extraneous $0 this ease, which have been presented. for the pur- and (hat nothing short of positive revelation from that Vower (hat cannot err, could make the evidenos plainer ceeded to animedvert upon the conduot of Mr. Forrest. in | Teference to this transaction, The witness had been un- 4 his conduct had been unexplained, it then. Of his $160,000, the erection ofthe building, the furnithitg amd decoration of it, would go very near swamping one-half of it when completed; and what We have given i his letters written to Mrs. Forrest, in Nos 1. 2, 5, 4, 6, 6, 7. We bave read all the letters marked Bup to 9; we crder to play this farce before the servante for foer lorg months—for it dees not appear that rept spare for one single night ducicg that ewe of casting odjum on tuem. I am bound to aay, | and more clear. And el elle Maen Fortes, econ Mr ‘roomor | then alluded to Mr, Van Buren’s cot sum would it require to snatein it in es ade tier | iabectymraledehechene ye aM Het Enindise Hie Fervenin the plana er the ublie, Gentlemen. at the outset, that I onoe heard from | presented by the Sn that teint T must say that the de. | tion of the circumstance of Mr. Forrest being seca in | all adequate to the lordship of euch s mansion? talatenoe of the slightest fault or blemish, on the patt of | oben it wes hnown that they were th aap aiee fro jury. box, when eniering into some of these irrele- | mitted adultery? On Hasty fortunate: unighappy-—very | the Lotel. with nothing but his night clothes anda cloak | Why. you can imagine $10000 a year would have Mre Forrest; there is not e hint that she mart be wary | parate by bia will and wasdale View emg ae injure vant matters, the words,“ bare merey upon ur; and I | fondant Hw pees prouliasly Httanse. wimian comes be- | urouud him. Ke thought, howover, that Sas Lary Comte | Tis ROO Weald Mee nb oc Git ronestiorate to Live sas. | OF Bee, steps; Shah she lanotalways pendent, always ocr: | fer fit vas known that taeg, Giai cee occupy the same onoe heard from a i gece td pete TT wae fore % court and jury, and either ewesrs that | uot be called upon to provounce that at that early hone Wavner corresponding with {ts magnificence. When | rect and proper in her deportment Th oy - et hoe Med cae months! What effect could it pocndat aie eter fh, mea 10 po onand deiendall be is innocent or swears something moastrous. Miss Clifton, with only bis shirt ow. He believed that | furnished, what was to be done? To own so grand @ | gusc* cf unmoersured Kindness and praise, hy, the: ave in screening her reputation? Certainly noue at alll. quently, , a . who had been assailed, avd that | had a right to rest on on of inadcence, When charges were made Soeis upsezes the parties, which were irrelevant to to palm off on the public as a declaration of too cence, ond ie taken as 9 legal sasertion of innmocens | --wod neither, by the admission of witmasses, or counsel, | inthe morming he was rebearsing © Metamora’ with aztiole was the garb of civilized life, and forms no part of Indisn dress. They would see how fer the evidence of house—to live in such fige style, alone, would be idle. | It would be necessary, in ordot to live there, that he should callehout him the refined, the cultivate 1 of this is one I cannot help calling your attention to st this timo, dated the 18th day of October, 1548, n which he # “How very nicely you packed the 4gein, a4 to another argument, or rather, testimcny Offered by Kev. Mr. Kagoon cn the stand. He bee ewern, undoubtedly, jortion of the with the intention of speaking ‘ e1 Ve one ” v4 « " e. aly. Bas “ F Fee aeeeecay, and when the party had mo counsel or | bee one riz cle werd of defence aguiet the overwhelming | Mr. Foetet agrees with the other evidence: he wna more | oii te aa ted with: the thestrioal und wardrobes ke, and cBellone img, yours eves Holy i; | the iret Uoee eras Foctes bola him tbat during tho age tee coer orencat.. Sat afill, centiomen, judgment by do. | and covolurive character of | the eritten he ia | Mz Forrest's letter, of November, to Mira. Forrest, It | the literar protenslons,, It would be neorssary to give | Nia.” Now, was thie wetten ts end sister. Whither is It more belo ther we tenenen Toole fs taken ngatnst all these pactios, and WeOnly, Bends | cerced. carrion, with. is. oneh. oomecquensee--guch | Was t Ca nt oar pl er Mog Meng Seth a Te sg Pave tend aiotatier co Lbin effect, speaking of his repug lieve it? Why bas he not scuiswh this ‘com- | was mistoken in thie, of that din Forest ncaa then - » Leen called on to render, se onvistic Mira Oliftom; but it is nleo troe that ir Quacken- ye c “ for all t cot O1 if part aud of mix- a cn bie M P ly re int cxare Ee ar hes in any way been referred | Utter, Overwhelming Soaeigeunees, of a eoay sd bees, with bls good memory, could have proved that Miss | osvce to them, Who was to figure as the reigoing Pensates ade ig eoy ag port peer ok say, | to Oeupy hoy ee hed silite Le reas at. ee toin the conve of thls ti att Dy Phone ibe Sone Lirewenhen paren wneensegy st Fad win Korsest upon | Clifton wes Te voce net Ris Beelett Sr es Inpor lore ona Seetying, ike Gane person’ all believe tn your fidelity!” Why se there not some | monthe for the purpose of rcree Ler reputation, ‘ rot “ i sul be om the regseter of the le Hotel; but no evi- % re vitera a intimation that in | wo oh ds e Mr. Forrest—except Mr. Hawin F otselt Kiiwernit. You, | the issue of his having beer guilty of inddelity, to | would tng there? Who, I ask you, but the jady, who, | Where in seu et uid eho cwards tell Me, Ssgoon, or aay tier and absolute guilt. You, y that | Cence is brevght forward on the point, and the thing is fs , y jady, Wey boty! t, ia ame slight thing that | bedy ele, J nag fhurefore; eeaticner, being adarensed by ee ae ameute derwee cold commend, {t'beoutsyeus tol tn | treried, oa the Part of the defendant. as tru0, as nt wa he fy ie to ta might have Mirred the blood of hor inpexions waster, | met "Rides t Would she havo told te "mr. Le ae heey the Aoatinies of may Cail, amongst the witnesses to whom your attention nna ye yey be of Gounueoe yon txoinent station? No doubt Mr Forrest, at the tima he | Pls had felled in the last moneure of human Adelity’ Is fon in @ conversation. using figurative In your hands, 0 i ld Mr, John Binoiair been osliod, one Wiliam M. Doty, witheat knowing tered into this matter, was proud of the tusire that x to be found! Why,the counsel said some. | ugh @ ueUAg, too, that they had lived together as brothee omen, wae “ e reoord=-no attempt was reade vo purify her charac- ~ , = ere letters not te1 hing hee for | : ® i hy sndiviauatt,, fat. far edvanced in old age, and wow living Heer er ate Tene fut ovale be renarded wets | tar, oo, they tight Have, attempted, and, in the next ihe inn Gatingwihea,aaitiogamd manners rested | Miu neu tor rs SU onanieg he (ms | aad lr without ant question trom bin oalng it rp ‘ u i co, the : . 'meaei! he was ell BAY ' rors 0 4 in retirement jn their native country, Ch pity 4 then Kate Western or Mary MoLolan, whom you wil! ty | pince, therw Isthe fact of his being even with hor in his ieapable tem bis oetinn a ovtake avery promi. | he Ws mistaken. «No, |b ia tho errors of others | go ther arance on the sta a ee aterogtet in bumam transactions than in their Aileotion for their obildreo, aud in their hope 0 fil wt ember wea anything but an amiable witnow, Well, : | Whtisg Mt Doty waa eaddenly pounced npoa by cur | ULtton ightolothes. Te (Mr. O'Conor) waa done with Miss Ulitton "te ts aot Poaasat to epeak o€ tbe deed ; but if | ceatand uppertant pert in wTair Te was tha name | that ere referred to in some of those letters. | highly improper—eo high.y fedecuroas os thle? Ty'g ‘Gob Qootwemry ty suppoce that Mr, Magooo’s rey