Washington telegraph., 1852-02-18
correspondence of tho Te1egzaps

New YosK, Jan. &c, 1852.
For wonder, New York rejoced yesterday il
| a lovely Sabbath 1t was like May, brilliant ane
| baimy. The snow began pretty carly in the day
| TO evincs disposition 10 go off without waiting
Qke Mr.. Elnlseman,, for passports. Numeroul
individuals more eager for ride on runners than
for a decorous observance of the sanclity Of the
| day which our Eternal Benefactor expects us 10
| devote 10 his reasonable service" made the
most of the s!eigtng ere it entirely disappeared
| from our main avenues OF course, there was a
vast deal of drinking, and some fighting, At the
taverns, TO say nothing Of boiserons cheering as
| the sleighers passed by where congregations, not
entirely forgetful of Gods goodness were sssem-
bled for divine worship. The stages no: usu-
ally in operation on Sunday, but yesterday they
were in full blast, on runners
The lcng agony OF tie thirty days trial is over,
and the exhausted jur- sriiiy - = = -7~---
cannot but rejoice tlf .hey afa ar .rng j. 0Ci o.
the Forrest Beforr tbis iettsr re'ici ,e c., gour
paper will have rec, ad the result oi ias .ceous
and disgusting, ye: npor,sut ,rsi bs tsi vrsPa.
saw juror yesterc - ,,a-anE 'Il- he little
end of nothing whit fo.l r1 ...f nad
he informed that wa r.t 1lh r.. bet
oa Saturday night, h .lc -.af.s hud rel-
dered a sealed verdict iiI nrl l..-k 4 .rc.e.
TO ask hun, but my impression is tl:a, uls morning
about the time of this writing, Mrs Forests
friends r-joieng il; her acouittal. The judges
may be the wiie's guilt, think (now that all is
over) thai there can be doubt Of the husbands
illicit cOnRectios with the late Josephlnr Clifton.
This wil surprise one who is at all Acquainted
behind the scenes aud is fanilia. with the pri-
vate lie of theatrical people. Well pleased as We
may be with good play, we cannot deny that
many players utterly unworthy in private life,
aud that those who couuten enauce them ia their
performances Indirectly sustain them in their vices.
Some who indigua ahtiy repel this uusavoury i'm
putation better not waste their time in answering
the charge, but expend their efforts in purgiLa
Of those vhose lives scandalise l..
as write mammoth sleigh drawn by six
horses taudliy garniShed with filgs and occupied
by band discoursing discordant music. and two
men in red shirts scattering broadcast the play
bills of the Broadway Theatre (Which Col. Mann
ruined himself in bni!diny) is passing dowa
Wall street. On Saturday, the same sleigh, or
one Ike it, al, ertised The Italian opera im like
manner.
BarBHnl's Museum "a theatre under a moral
coveD is conspicuously advertised just by
series Of seven eight tolerably well executed
ranspGrences, copied from George Crookshanks
illustrations Of Iatempeyance, in his scrap boos
entitled "1he Bottle" which is the foundation
of play now performing in this popular establish
men,. The American museum is IN conspcu-
Gus place, that those pictures plating its front,
attract constant attention day end night, aud
make n very effective dumb lecture tempe-
lance 10 all passers-by. People thet either cup-
not or viii not read a temperance tract, and Shut
their ears 10 temperance orators, and foreign re-
siients who read no English, here some forci:
bile arguments against the bottle and against the
tipping shop
Since writing the above, the little di sse minators
of great news have become vocal with the yer-
dict of the jury in the Forrest trial.
Mrs Forrest is acquitted, granted a divorce,
and alimony to the tune of S2,5o0 per annums
Tie husband is said 10 have been in high state
of excitement while the jury were out. Whether
he will carry the case 10 a higher court remains
to be Dare he appeal to that tribunal
where corruption and prrjury never ente.,-ihe
bar Of God.
The very singular robbery OF silk and velvet
goods from SO Broadway, and the discovery of a
portou of theEi upon The performers Of the Italian
Opera Company, aud the final Identification aud
arrest OF Tie Thief, attracts Some attention this
morning. The item in the morning papers con-
cernin,g it may interest your readers. No blame
is attributed to Max NJ iretzek any of his peo-
pie.
The arrest of fnc late president OF the Bowsry
Bank, ID w. Townsend Esq. for alleged rais-
ing o! the wind by selling shares in Peter Funk
Manufacturing Company, attracts good deal Of
remark among the capitalists. Most likely he
will escape human Punishment, even though h0
deserve il never much.
However we have heard Only one side Of the
story, and he may come out innocent AS Ray
Tompkns.
4 fleet of steamers worked their way through
the ice Saturday, and cleared the coop for
various ports foreign or coastwise. Among the
rest was the Y. = Mail steamer Georgia, with
imncnse number of passengers for the Cola
Region, and Adams 81 Cos, Express messengers
and large express freight for New Orleans aud
California