The New York herald., 1850-12-23
DIVORCE CASE.
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS.
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AFFIDAVIT OF MRS. FORREST.

on Saturday last on the motion to disolvs the In
junction in the Forrest divorce osss We insert
ths asposton Of Mrs. Forrest which includes al that
read to the time Of the sdournnsnt ofths court
The case VIII come up again on Thursday next
Guy and County Of New York, s,-Catharias n For
rest OF the sad city plaintiff in the above action be
Ing sworn saya that the schedule hsrsunts annexed
ssss .ss 81 srS. q this
by the complaint is verinsd and she saith that
q. ..ia so.,. q ysIassien i s,s. and she her:
verifying the same, a. part Of this afadsyit
And sSs iurther Gays, that ON rsturains In . car
Mrs. Margaret voorhees,, on the eighteenth day Of
January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine,
his wife and soon after reached home where she
her husband, Edwin Forrest the Aboye named defen.
dsnt, in his library reading book, The s.id Edwin
Forrest after learning from deponent who had been
the guests at her said sisters and some further un
important convsrsaton remarked that this Opponent
sttsched TO her said sister than to him. and
that her said sister had endes to this
depons mt against him He then proceeded to speak
terms used By said Edwin in reference to her
sister extremely harsh and, she believed
just, In reply TO some one Of them she cannot re-
member prscissly which ono, this deponent having
Tor moment lost her SELF comm and to said Ed
win Forrest direct contradiction, and, in so doing,
proper The tsid Edwin Forrest thereupon instantly
from his s.st and sad in fierce and angry tone,
that should 80 address him and live, and that
he ould not live with any woman who did 30.
This depon that this occurred In the house,
second street belonging to the said T.
Forrest which had been occupied their family
Sdepce for nearly They continued to reside
together therein and to cohs bit man and wife,
iii the twenty eighth day Of April In the year.
Between the said eighteenth Of January and the
said OF April the said Edwin Forrest
not abtent from his raid house many fourteen
nights and with. at the utmost that exception she
arms that the said dwin Forrest and this depsnent
did between the dates last afsrssad each occupy the
same chamber and bed
And this depone further says that several days af
ter the said sighesn day Of January, he the said
EA.4r ant tnn IN via
premises at Fontbi in the county Of Westchsster In
company with Mr. Psrke Goodwin and returned with
said Mr. Goodwin to dinner. Before leaving for said
journey the said Edwin Forrest stated that he wished
to send letter to she post Office and asked whether
tne servant, hGosr. eoua 90 win n1anSaH hS
hand to take the letter. The said Edwin Forrest in
short manner, indicating III humor or impatisnos,
said 'No, tell Robert to come here,n and deponent
called said Robert, who and received said letter.
which was addressed 10 MIR. George Jsmison, at New
Edwin FORREST, coupled With the address Of said let
ter, called to seponents mind the circumstances
son several months before, had handed to this dspo
neDt letter, without signature, containing some
mantle language and verses sadss,sd CO. to s0onsu,
said letter when so handed TO her, and had NO
suspicion OF any impropriety therein nor did
Pricr to the morning last referred to, said
letter had lain In . drawer in said house from
forty eight The .aid drawer vas generally unlocked,
and when locked could be opened by key which was
always carried by said Edwin forrest hs the said Ed
win orrest, having himself occasion In July,
eighteen hundred and forty. eight unlocked such
drawer for this deponent with his said key; her stteu
ton beilg thus called TO the subject she looked for
and missed the said letter After dinner and after Mr.
Godw in bad le the said Edwin Forrest requested this
deponent TO step into the library and there unlocked
his own drawer took from 1t said 'Consuelo" letter
and asked this aeponeni by whom was written this
deponent Immediately replied that IL was written BY
said George Jamison the esd Edwin Forrest
himtef with vehemence an anger; spoke Of IL as
insult and censured this deponent for keeping It for
not destroy ing IT, and tor not showing IL to him each
form Of being reiterated in various forms But
this dspopent further that neither at that time
S hnusaua p,sh. hnydo.s Sort nins
did the said Edwin Forrest evince the slightest
jeaousy Of this deponent or any doubt Of her purity
and chastity either 20 herself In her hearing to
any other perton whomsoever, to her knowledge in
formation belief and she, this deponent informed
by numerous circumstances, and does firmly and
confidently believe that he the said Edwin Forrest
has, 10 the present time entertained the least
doubt suspicion Of the chastity of this depsnent
She further Gays that throug ughout all the dfhcuties
hereinafter mentiened and TO the present time. the
raid James LAWSON has acted as the especial and CON
hdental friend and agent Of him the said Edsia For
rest and she prove by several respectable wnsss
e. as abe Il we'll assured by them and doth believe
the summer Of the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine, that be bad just then, recently, aud
during the seIsrttiou OF this dspon.nt and said Edsn
sid Ed~in Forrest say in so many words
that there crime on the part OF this dcponent
that there And this deponent verify believes that
the said statement Of the said Lawson vas true.
.hs deponent further that she did not consent
20 separate from said Edwin Forrest ss Aforesaid but
che did not contsId with him on the subject and sub
ni.svey scsuie.eed In his pleasure entertsning TO
At length see the srror Of his course and aba ndOn IT,
The said Edsin Forrest the said twenty day
OF April LEFT this dePcnsn At the house OF the said Mr.
PGke Godwin, whore this deponent resided fer some
time.
During the neryaibetween the ssid 18th OF January
and the raid 2sth 81 April the ssd Edwin Forrest In
addition 70 the cirau instances before sdverted TO-
Quoted himfelf towards this deponent In manner iu-
consistent yi:h ben'f on his part that she was un
smsnuensis end otherwise. as had been usual. He
took her with lin in bis carriage trips Of pleasure
20 his raj at Fonthill three II mes during the
said mouth of April lie driving, asd no other person
b,iug In the carriage And again. the sunday next
pre,iou,ly to said 2sth OF priL he took her INT
lar pleasure ride over rural portions Of New York
island. stopping with her. for about half an hour In
the prsseDcs 81 many perssns at hotel called The
Abbey near the seven mile Stone.
few dsys before the 2Ith day OF the said month OF
April the said Edwin Forrest selected from his library
an illustrated copy OF the works Of Shakespeare In one
large volume the purpose Of preseGting the same
to Opponent and the lsst me Dtoned day. wrote Ia
bsnk lesf thereof vite his own hand. the following
vordssud figures -" Mrs Edwin Forrest from Edwin
Forrest pr 9Th Is4e," and presented the zane tO
this dsponsut which book she can protues The said
Edwin forrest before taking her to the house Of Mr
Godwin save this deponeut their only family por-
trait a. fim,,f birg siih the frame sbout four feet
square, which portrait was uansp'rted 10 Mr cod
vln's houss in the ssme esrriacs with sad Edwin
Forrsst snd this depousni aud hath been seen By aim
hanging up In fol- view in this deponents parlor At
bouse I'm Twenty second street being packed mp
in the tsd month ~ April for the purpos OF trsns-
portstion 20 fcHtfu Aforesaid under this dsponentf
superuter h- directed by the said Ed vnFor
reft TO have packed NJ similar portrst OF herset
then bsing in their said dEUliinx house which vas
done sccofdirzly The last mentioned portrait was
drawn before this deFoneuts marriage, paid far by
ssid Fdwin Forrest and presented 20 the father q this
deronent.
This deponsnt resided in the family of said Mr. God
win and IN other Tefpeeabie families from the last
mentioned day urtil shout The hNt day Of October
1S4s whsn, having united With her Fister, Mrs Mar
nAtet Noorffes in keeping house she hired dwelling
house No 1O2 Wet Sixteenth street. In the city OF
New York in witch. from thence 20 ~. present time
che end h.r sad fiser have rssdrd snd Kept house.
This deponeut ssys that nothing hs1 been said or
done In relation 60 hny provision for this depoOent
until time IN May June. ls4p, when this de-
pontut. having applied for means Of support, the
SUsstiop arosf.
The said Ed-in forrest insisted that this depcnept
could live upon Slooo yesr. and proposed 20 make
ruch sllOvHrce This dspouent replied that 70 I'm
pcsfibIe aud that ~ least twice that sum would
$1,000 An har lIr. a aannn- AZ.