The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-13

In the Home Journal of the 9th inst, N. P. Will
La one of its editors over his individual signature,
publishes card to the public of four columns, in
which he attempts to put fair coloring upon Mrs.
Forests side of question.
We have already expressed our opinion as to the
improperly, If not criminaiiy, Of which Mrs. For
rest guilty, in receiving and retaining the ex-
ravagant love episte of Jamison. This improperly
Mr.. Willis seeks to palliate by statement of the
circumstances connected with the acquaintance
and association of Jamison with Mr., and Mrs. For
rest. Jamison was introduced by Forrest TO his
wife his friend, and took especial pains to be-
speak for him her attentions and civIlity. They
subsequently met in this city. Jamison was en-
gagged to accompany Mr.. Forrest, whose wife was
with him, on professional tour for months through
the Western States A very kindly feeling grew
up between the friend and the wife - the natural
consequence of reciprocal courtesies and constant
association This kindness, [says Willis and the
unreserved intercourse ofpersons thrown constantly
together in travel made an impression on Jamison,
which none will wonder at who have seen the
beauty, and know the winning frankness, of the
lady Mr. Jamson is an imaginative man, and like
most actors has become confused as to the realife
value of the high-fown language of the stage.
At Cincinnati, near the close of this tour, he I'd
been reading the new novel of Consuelo,' and had
become completely intoxicated with its love-story.
With the facility of his profession he assumed the
part of lover, and addressed the language of the
book to Mrs. Forrest, who had become the Con-
suelo of his imagination. The letter he wrote to
her, at parting, was very improper one, but it
would have been addressed, we venture to say, to
the most innocest woman in the world under similar
circumstances" A Very lame defence, to say the
least of it. for Mr.. Jamison-a man who has and
then had wife and children.
And now what is said for Mrs F. in this trans
action? "She [says Willis answered the letter,
with lady's mild rebuke for the erroneous con-
struction it put upon her kindness forbore to in
furiate her husband with the knowledge of it, and
threw it aside, with vague thought that her sister
might be interested in it as a circumstace of her
Western tour" This letter was afterwards found
by Mr. Forrest in the possession of that sister and
upon it he relied chiefly as the evidence of his
wfe's guilt. Forrest says the letter was sccretea
by his wife Willis says that it was carelessly left
among the papers of her sister, which" he adds.
+" a aooman 4cho k1lerD 1t to be a proof of gull
acoatld haze secrsted or burnt" Which of the two
tells the truth we are unable to decide
One paragraph in Mr.. Willis card strikes us for
ciblythat in relation to the testimony of Forests
servants--though we do not know with what ius
tice it can be made to apply to the case in question
1t is this: Reading this testimony of Forests
two servants, and Of Lawson and Steyens-bis
low agent, and lower jackal-And comparing it
with what we know to be true, we feel that there
is not lady IN Neto York safe from destruction by
The easy conspiracy Of uile men, nor gentleuaan's
house, matted by servants, ,ohere The hospitality
may not be sDorn to as debduchery'