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


Ny joy shah be made up alone,
OF esliing eses With fslcy's charm,
Those halsyon hours wherein my arm
Clssped Csnsuslo.
Adisu Adisu. Ss thiae each joy,
That earth can yield without alloy
Shall be the earnest constant prayr
Of him who In his heart shall wear
But oonsuslo.
Adieu! Adisu when next we meet
Win not all sadness then retreat,
And yield the conquered time to bliss
Say, Consuelo!
And the deponent further AYERS that he still
could not believe a crime so unprovoked and ex-
traordinary TO be possible that he questioned the
handwriting, and hoped that the manuscript was
merely an extract from lice ntious French novel
He determined, therefore, TO take no measures
upon the subject, until he had fully informed him.
self upon these points. Mrs. Forrest returned after
midnight, and joined him in the library. After
some conversation, he spoke to her Of the danger
Gus character and associations of her said sister,
and in the course of heated argument, charac-
teriZed them and her, as he then believed and now
knows and can prove, 10 be just. The aim and
collected response of Mrs. Forrest was, I" It's lie
it's lie" When This deponent said, g If man
should so insult me he should die with no wO-
man that does can consent TO live"
And he further says, that on the following Satur-
day, January 70, he, in order to obtain the hand
writing of the said Jameson, wrote to him, asking
an immaterial question, TO which letter he after
wards received an answer in disguised hand,
which effort 10 deceive betrayed Consciousness
of guilt, and fear Of detection on the part Of
said Jameson and that when Mrs. Forrest was in
formed that he had so written, she, as he is IN
formed and believes, manifested great apprehen-
sion and she Immediately wrote letter to the said
Jameson by the same mail, bearing il herself TO
the post Office. This deponent having, after some
days inquiry, escertaDed that the said letter was
in the handwriting of Mr.. j annie son, and that no
part Of il extracted from COnsuelo was brought
TO the melancholy conclusion that his wife had re-
ceved, secTeIed, and cherished letter which re-
cognized and rejoiced over her outlines with the
author.
And he says that on the said Saturday, the 10th
day of January, in the morning. Mrs Forrest, as he
is informed and believes, went TO the drawer of
one OF the bureaus, which she always kept locked,
and examined a number of letters when of sud-
den she started back, with an exclamation of
alright; and being asked by Mrs. Bedford, now
Mrs. Underwood, the housekeeper, (ds appears by
her deposition, which was presented by this depo-
nent 10 The Legislature of Pennsy lvania) what
the matter, replied, He has got that letter." and
spoke about Mr.. Jameson and Consuelo Mrs
Forrest then opened another drawer, and said g
am lad that he did not open this drawer he might
have found some more letters )" and the same day
she destroyed these letters.
And he says that on the evening If the day last
mentioned, he had an interview with Mrs. Forrest
on the subject. He exhibited the letter, and in
CURED who wrote it and she replied that il was
written by Jameson. The deponent asked when
il had been received, and she answered that il was
handed TO her on the day deponent and she left
Cincinnati, the l4th day of May. 1913. He then
said that such letter the worst indignity that
could be offered TO a virtuous woman and asked
her how she could have received, and secretly re-
tanned a letter involving her own character so
fatally, and if she regarded il wrongful, not to
have told this deponent. He said that really vr-
tuous woman would have spurned il, or torn il
into pieces, and flung them into her nsulters face,
and never have seen or known him afterwards He
said that this explained the peculiar position in
which he had found her with Jamie son, in Cincin.
natl, some two weeks after the letter had been
ceived by her. This deporent ayers that 1t was on
leaving Cincinnati the letter was delivered, as APP
pears by her own statement; aud some two weeks
ON their return, that Mrs Forrest was
found standing in an immodest position, with the
hands of the author OF the letter upon her person.
Mrs. Forrest protested that she was not guilty of
any crime. This deponent then asked her if she
had ever written to Jameson since the receipt of
the said letter, and she called God TO witness that
she had not But this deponent AYERS that the aifi-
dayit of said Jamieson, prepared for the Pennsyl-
vanla Legislature for presentation on her behalf,
alleges that che did so write TO him. Deponenl
asked Mrs. Forrest why she had not shown him
the Consuelo letter she sand she was afraid He
then inquired why she had not destroyed il ; and
Sic e1cleimod, Oh, Cod why did not destroy
M The deponent remarked, "because il was
deserved by Heaven as the instrument of your ex-
posuTe."
And he ayers that the character of III. said jamie.
sou IL VIGOROUSLY and UNANIMOUSLY ueacherous aad
IrofieGte end that Henry Hunt, by his aiiid iyt
presented 10 the said Legislature Of Pennsylvania,
alleges, uncer oath, that the character OF the said
Jgmeson for truth ana veraciy Is had, and that he
IL not TO be believed upon bis oath and the said
Hunt also alleges, under oath, that the said Jamie
con is notorious a liberiine, and for being utterly
without principle or honor in regard TO women
sLd that, some time IN or about the year 1876, the
said Jamiescn was on terms OF friendly intimacy
W ith the said Hunt, who living Buffalo with
LIS wife that the said Hunt admitted Jameson
freely, and with entire confidence, 10 his family
circle; ard that the said Jameson, by every species
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mind OF the said Hunts wife, and finally ssduced
her from tie path OF duty aud honor-all OF which,
under oath, the sand Hunt alleges.
And This deponent further says that, ia the said
lGst mentioned conVeisation with Mrs. Forrest, he
proposed 10 her solemn oath, in writing, attestng
her innocence she signed II, but as she did so,
fneered Ecofniuly END contemporary; and this
der' nent obfefviDg II, said, "you have sworn
u manner 10 which you have sworn, con-
vince ne Of your Ttcklessness and false hood;
and We must separate" Mrs. Forrest then said,
-" suppose now that you viii apply for divorces"
and The deIontnt answered, a. No, that there was
1 DE- ed for the aid Of court and that he was
willing 70 minister 10 a morbid appetite for scandal,
by such exposure and public trial" She then asked,
g what is 70 become Of me ]" and this deponeat
seid that he would provide Tor that, and that she
should never want while she conducted herself
properly. He said this was but one eTfor (and this
8 eponent AYERS that at that time he knew Of no
other ct Of inhdeiiy) and that he was not disposed
will be degraded and ute d. aud he reptile that
she could not be degraded while she conducted her
self with proprey; aud that II any man dared tom
cult her, che should call upon him, and he would
pToieci and right her. He also said 10 her, that
this calamity was one which he might have ex-
peCtd; that her father, when the deponent applied
for her hand told him to beware Of her, and warned
him that her character and education were such
she might deceive him. Mrs. Fouest answered,
. know he said II; | was secreted in the closet
and overheard H. and cursed my father in the bit-
ternets OF my heart" Mrs. Forrest then entreated
the silence Of the deronsnt to the cause of sepa-
rston to which he acceded, solely upon the ground
OF shielding her from shame; he agreed TO suffer in
silence; she pledged herself to ontire silence upon
the subject; ana upon that consideration he agreed
aud pcmised not TO mention the causes which Sc
Tarsied them. And this deponent AYERS that, up to
the month Of December, 1919, period of eleven
months, he saoredly observed the said PROMISE and
never TO any humen being, not eve TO the members
At his family, nor az any time, in any way, nor
10 any person, dvulged the cause of difference be.
tween Mrs. Forrest and himself.
And he further says, that in the aforementioned
Il was agreed between them that they
should continue 10 occUpy, as before, the same
punrimenf IN ayoid The susniciaua and gpaudalp