Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-10

lD;errO taieJ he demanded scparailOn, and
he has accompl ahcd h object. NJ Forrest
and his wife have eternally separated. IL
forms no part of our duty to interfere in their
domestic ieuds and nothing but the emlncncc
of Mr.. Forrest. as an actor and man, and the
gossip of the world. would induce us to say
thus much. As an act of Justice We remark
that we are Inform land cur infDrnat on
comes from sourc, that can be relied on
u at Mr.. aud Mrs Forrest have. IN thp end
separated on terms Of mutual reciprocity
The private reputation Of both remains un-
touched, unchallenged, untarnished. No as
persion, at any rate, rests, or can be made to
rest, on the character Of the lady. No per
sonal imputaton has been made TO cast on
either side. Jealousy-the curse and bane to
welded life--has not, in this instance, had
any influence.
Mrs. Forrest is represented on all sides aud
| by those who know her best, to be a lady of
superior talent, attainment and personal beau
~ and the disquietude vi ch this ll-assort-
ed affair mus, give her and her relatives, must
be exceedingly Ioignant. The immediate
friends Of The parties have, we understand
made numerous efforts to compromise the dii-
iicu.,ies that have transpired between the gen
tlemaa and his wife, but without success. II
has been supposed by many, that the absence
of issue has beer the cause OF these domestic
brolls. Such is not the fact. The lady has
been the mother of four children, al OF whom
however, died in early infancy ~. Y. sun
day Atlas.
MEETING OF THE N. Y. IIIsToRIcAL SociE
ry.-A regular meeting of the Historical So
ciety was held on Tuesday evening at its
Rooms in the University-Ilon. Luther Bra
dish ih the Chair.
The Minutes of tho preceding meeting hav'
ing been read and approved the receipt OF
several letters, ETC., was announced by The
Domestic Corresponding Secretary. One OF
these was a communication from MIR. Van
Schaick of Manlius (N. W complaining OF
the careless manner in which hunters after au
toeraphs are apt to treat the MSS. To RENE
dy this, Mr.. Van Schack recommended the
adoption of a system of abstracts of such ole
documents as may be imI ortant or interesting
| As d sample of these, no transmitted some
curious portions of an old MS. in his posses
sion--from which it appears that Treason was
mcdita,ed by Arnold before It's consummatloI
at West Point. The papers from which TIM
| is taken 90 to prove the assertio, IN such
manner as to make it undoub,ed
| The table was covered th donations from
! various Societies and individuals. The don
! or. names we're read by the Librarian, AM
made a long list. Many Of the volumes ad
ded 10 the collection OF the Society durltg ih'
| past two months have been Of much value
and interest. Among the donations are proc
| impressions of the Maps and Plans used IN TIN
recent Public Documents Of this State, con
! tributed by the Secretary Of State.
/ Robert FuIton's Original Account Bool
was presented by Mr. J Il. Bartlett. 1t is
fairly written and moderately thick book O
IS or 20 by 10 or II inches, and is filled wit
curious details 1t has accounts Of the cas-
received by Fulton, and all the payments mad
by his Steamboats, on the North River, 70
different years. His calculations for the iut
urc will seem old to people Of the present day
lie says that in 1909 the boat Rlritan carried
202 passengers in one year to EllzatethtowI
Point for four shilllngs each l ,iS0 TO Am
boy, for eight shillings each-Go2 were land
! ed at Brunswick, at twelve shillings each -
and 90 were way-passengers. The total re
ceip,s for the year were S2,675; of whcI
sum the paientees had Si15 Contrast thi
with the Steamboat enterprise, capital ant
profits of the middle Of the Century.
Il This is but one of the many interesting
4 memoranda of the book. Ono of TIE nev
boats went weekly to Albany, the receipts 70
| each week varying from one and two to fv
hundred dollarc-the average being abou
S4OO. The smaller boats averaged abou
S2OO per week or, not quite $500 per an
mum
Another feature Of these Mems, is the en-
deavor of Fulton to find some other nam
than Steamboat. To this end he appears ,
have obtained from DR.. Mitchell a long Ii:
of Greek names, from which he sought t
Construct compound word expressing tn
idea Of smoke-boat or something simil tr.-
Another memorandum is one wherein Ful.o
calculates the resources of a tract Of 0oC
acres OF woodland lying at Egg lIarbor, q
fuel Tor his boats. 'fhe ten thousand acres
f he calculates, are sufficient for pcrpctua
supply for the North River boats, - Ti1brns.