Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-06-27

e TnE FoRREsr AND WILLS REcoNTRE.--
We publish below the Card of Mr.. Willis,
giving his statement Of the afliay and, in
justice 10 the other side-f there can be
any ius,fcai, in tie case, we give href
statement OF facts as detailed TO us by a
gentleman who ,uchcs for their correct
ness. According IL his version of The &c
currence, Mr.. Forres, met Mr.. Wills in
Washington Square, aud said TO him -
. You damned scoundrel. you seduced my
wife, and now | have got you ~ Mr..
Wills put his hand into his bosom, upon
which Mr.. Forrest h &C cd h IN Gown aud
putt ng his foot upon his back, commenced
beating him with gu,ia percha cane which
he carried in his hand. Whea the Off
GERS " ho Yrre tod the G.ht, came up, MIR.
F"rro'' proclaimed that he had on'y been
bea'in 9 the man who had seduced his wife
The rest Of the story, as we have heard
it, agrees with The account we publish
What the termination Of the affair vii
be We cannot pretcad 10 surnisc, as Mr.
Wills refused To enter a complaint against.
his aSSailaut but there cannot he any fear
Of lis terminating as affairs of the kind usu-
ally do between gentlemen, for where there
has been such an exhibition of rufiian like
pollrooncry, there can be no danger of the
ducllo.
There is a heavy score Of wrong in this
community against one Of the partles to This
disgraceiul braul, Vii h we trust there is
vlrlure enough among our judicial officers
to sec re iresscl but we fear from the ter
Mlnaion Of The bloody tragedy enacted in
Astor Place, that money will carry The day
against justice, and that the luxury Of
mob, a murder, or any other outrage on the
public peace, may be enjoyed by any swag
gerng bully who chooses to keep retnue
of pimps in his service, and pay literally
tor lis savage enj0yments. Mr.. Forrest
appears determined, literally, to fret his
hour upon the stage ; but we think he rath-
er overcsilmaies his position when he flat
,ers himself that the public authorities will
always remain Indifferent to his peculiar
manner of interpreting the law o! private
rights and wrongs.
w ; are ~ respecters Of persons VIXEN
the public peace is concerned, and let our
feelings be what they may towards the III
divduals implicated, we can only know
them as offenders against the law, or as it,
jured by It's outrage.
A Cart tiom ". u. Wills.
To THE EDlToR OF THE TRIBrNE
SlR-As statement will doubtless ap-
pear, of an outage which took place this
evening, and as i, may no, be correct ore,
allow me to state II, simply as it happened.
While va king in Washington square,
with no suspicion that any one was near
me, was suddenly knocked down, and,
while upon the ground, severely beaten
The first thing tha, | could observe was
tha, two men, MIR. Stephens, and anoth-
er, were struggling to prevent persons from
interfering and " hen rose to my feet, ],
for the frs, time, saw Mr.. Edwin Forrest.
lie WAS in the hands of The police officers,
and his two friends were eagerly declaring
To the GRO Nd ,ha, was the seducer of MIR.
Forests wife. This prepared falsehood
and sIander of that lady they continued to
declare al the Police Office, where we were
,akcr. When Informed the Judge that
bad no complaint to make, or other leck-
oning with Mr.. Forrest, at that place, tho
usual bail was required, and | left the Of
fee. As nv whole proyocaiion to this
ruflanly assault has been an endeavor to
yindicaie the honor Of the lady, (and, Of
cour.c, equally to show that her husband
had not, through her come 10 dishonor,)
public opinion, as Ear as that reparaiion can
60, will readily see the outrage in its true
light. Yours, respectfully
Mp. WILLIS.
Monday Evening, June IN y Trs