The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-29


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t3ons now bring against you are new"
II h uttsriy untrue that since the discovery Of thai
Infamous letter, which you calously call foonsn
freedom from guilt. could not have done 60; and
81 : correspondence Of this Kind. have NO desire
to injure to crush you the fatal wrong mas Deer
done 70 me and only .sh to put nn M
mind, and which y ssarns out HB VIZ FORREST
hEw YoRx, Jan isSo'
And he further AYERS that he is informed aud
believes, that after temporary residence at the
month or more at the house Of Mr. n F. Willis,
. With whom this deponent charges her with incon-
Thence and that she Afterwards took up her per-
manent residence with Mrs. Voorhees,, an associate
moralizing and discreditabie
J. AND he says that from the time Mrs. Forrest and
fhe dePonent removed from Twenty second street,
70 wit, on the 18th day OF April, 1919, he has vo-
Tor her support, which been punctually paid to
Der quarterly, and in advance; that she assured
MN this sum was sufficient, he svers-that ii was
much more than sufficient; and that she had never
ceediDgs in this suit.
And he AYERS that, Notwithstanding Mrs. Forrest,
on the evening of tAe conversation in relation TO
the icentiOus letter received by her from the said
written 10 him; the said Jameson averred, in the
affidavit before mentioned, that she had answered
mat letter. which is also averred by N p. Willis;
and that Mrs. Forrest received the visits and atten-
lions of said Jameson after the reception of that
husband.
:, And he AYERS that he is informed aud believes
that Mrs Forrest I'D milFed to Mr. James Lawson,
@whose testimony is hereunto annexed,) that she
was in the wrong in her difference with the de-
ponent; and that the difficulty in the case was
that third party knew il.
:, And he AYERS that, learning that the cause of
thrn separation was by Mrs Forrest made the sub
3ect OF misrepresentation injurious TO the cha
5scter Of the deponsnt. he, as good citizen and an
honorable man, found himself compelled either to
sufer the forfeiture of the good opinion of those
whose esteem was valuable, and of the character
Wnich oy many years of earnest aud honest effort,
ne nad won IN the community. or TO indicate him
eeu Dsiore the tribunals of his country. That i'm
mediately upon his separation, he resumed his OH
4asi residence In Pennsylvania, though without,
~ tna' tlme having any purpose or intentOn of APP
plying for divorce.
orrest relative to his petition for divorce, the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, is utterly untrue.
That he AYERS thar the said petition was never re-
jected by the popular branch of the said Legisla-
ture; and that II was but once only, by a majority
OF three, rejected by the Senate; and it was only
finally lost, because no opportunity was afforded to
move for It's reconsideration.
The defeat of the divorce bill in the Senate was
ntfully and insidiously effected by the influence
exercised against it by John II. Walker, of Erie,
and by II. Jones Brook, of Delaware, both of whom
are violent personal and political enemies of this
deponent. And he AYERS that, in the discussion of
the question, the said Walker admitted that he was
in correspondence with N Il. Willis, paramour
OF the said Mrs. Forrest; and that he was unan-
ewerably charged with playing the attorney, rather
than discharging the dignhed and unbiased duties
OF his station; while the Senator from Delaware
added, this deponent PROVE 10 the bite
of his hostility, detected and undenied falsehood
And he further AYERS that, pending the said ap-
plication, Mrs Forrest made directly, and by her
aeknowie dyed agents, propositions for an amcable
arrangement for divorce. She had before voun-
tarily offered, appears by her said letter to the
deponent, TO 60 out OF the State with him to OBJ
tain divorce, and said that at any future time her
promise 10 that effect would hold good" She
proposed and agreed TO make opposition to his
said application before the Legislature OF Penn
sylvania, though il alleged her incontinence; but
she afterwards, under counsel, objected to that
allegation.
And, at a later period, as this deponent is pre-
pared to prove, she male, through Henry Wikof,
her agent Tor that purpose written proposition that
she should leave the country, renouace his name,
permit him 10 obtain divorce, on the ground OF
abandonment, and leave her allowance to his
generosity. Had this deponent been actuated by
mere desire 10 dissolve hts matrimonial connection
with his said wife, thus proposition would have
been accep pied; but il was made through an indi-
vdual believed to be involved 10 her guilt, and its
acceptance would have left this deponent open to
that women his wife, wrongful accusation II
YVES there fore declined, and this deponent posi-
lively refused to see Mr.. WIkof.
And this deponent further AYERS that evidence OF
other, and equally criminal acts, on the part OF
Mrs. Forrest, of which he had been previously
wholly unsuspcious, has reached hun; that when
he was al home, his house was usually closed, and
the family retired at ten or eleven O'Clock, and
that his household conducted with the srictest
regat TO decorum and propriety; bat that, when he
was absent, as he is informed and believes, his
house was made, by Mrs.. Forrest, scene of
revelry and in,emperance fer herself and her COM
panions, and those of Mrs. voorhees, (many OF
which guests he had never, to his knowledge,
seen or known until late hours, and even through
out the night, until the next morning. That, not
withstanding this deponent had forbidden Mrs
VOORHEES, 10 enter his house, on all occasions, as
soon as he left tie city, on professional business or
otherwise, Mrs. voorhees, came, with child. and
nuJse, and husband, frequently, and made depo-
nenls boure her home That, duuog Mrs. Voor-
hees' reSidence Aforesaid, Mrs. Forrest made par
ties, for the avowed purpose of endeavoring to
bring ssid Mrs Voorhees, into society, and TO
chsnee the current Of feeling which set against
her, In consequence OF her bad character And
all OF this was unknown 10 this deponent until
after the 2Sth day ~ Aprl, lSi9.
And he AYERS that al these entertainments the
guests occupied different rooms, the companions of
Mrs. Forrest and those OF Mss. Voorhees, being
separated, and separately entertained. That the
house keeper, Mrs. Understood, upon one occasion
heard (as deponent is informed aud believes, and
as appears by her testimony, presented before the
Legislature Of Pennsylvania), at 4, A VI a great
nose. and saw Captlin Calcraft bringing up tray
with bottles and elarses; and that Mrs. Forrest
was with him in the library. and nd not 90 to bed
.ihss night That Robert Garvia saw Mrs. Forrest
and the eaid Cacrlft dine together, in the absence
of Dir Forrest That Mr. Forrest was intoxi-
.cats,, and that the din ng Dom door was locked;
bun he the said Garvin, entering uaes pectedy tbs
apartment by the pantry door, found Mrs. Forrest,
half Wing half sitting. m Captain Calcrah's lap,
with her arms on his breast, and round his neck
IL "A. IT.I.
wood and the said Robert Garvin, as he Is inform
ed and believes, in or about the month Of Deem
Der, 1919 and in the absence Of Mr.. Forrest, knew
one Richard Willis to be concealed N the house,
No 2si, in Twenty. second street, for three Gays
and nights; that Mrs. Underwood demonstrated
with Mrs. Forrest, and asked who was thus secre-
ted; and that she exclaimed, "Good God, who
ssys sol', To which Mrs Underwood replied that
All the servants knew IL. That during the night Of