The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-27
the FORREST DIVORCE CASE.
,pinions Of the Morning Press.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The Excite ment in the Court Room and
Elsewhere.
Opinions Of the Evening Press,
&C., &C., &c.
Opinions of the MorninsPress,
THE FOFRLsr CASE.

the whole tial viii be noised about tie st.se Is for
sale, Aud will be sen. t. at paris Of the United
States and Europe, to CRAFTY the morcd propen-
sity of both hemispnores The works of Paul dc
Kock, Eugene Sue ana George Sand, will be thro wn
aside for the present and the great of the For
rests will supply tbeir place. For obscenty the
Forrest case beats all the others named; and it has
the merit OF not being fiction, which will no. apply
to much of the other works named
"Have you read the Forrest case ~ and what
Ia your opinion Of IL are questions that will be
asked for the nex Fix months When we write
this Of ceurse We know not what the verdict Of the
Jury is. though IL viii be known by ten O'clock
to-day. After thst verdict is known, the press
aud the cor Duuiy viii discuss Its msrits-far is is
impossible t. sstisy sl, 40 matter whas the yer
dict may be We snail not enter into the dis
cussion farther than obser ye, Us no de- chat
both parties, in cur judgment, have been proven
to DO bad members OF society. Their course Of
life has been con iueive TO i'm morality, and tho
fewer suoh members Of society We have the better
The details cf this tiai lave shown the people
something Of fashionable life among the upper
ten" of our aty the Forrest case is an evidences
OF socai life In doors. snong large portion Of the
arist0cratic, volnp5uous, and wealthy Ct ass in our
city. This trial hss enabled the mosses, from the
readers OF the sl2 penny journals to che penny
sheet, to take peep behind the curtains, in the
palaces of that class woo live on the labor OF
the multitude. Il is generally true that one
halt of the world DO not know how the ether half
live but the foul o. testimony in this Forrest
case, which has and Dili continue TO inundate the
community for some time 20 come, will let us n lit
tie into the secret respecting the manner in which
certain portion Of society live. The characters
who figured this trial-Inale and female, belong
to class, halt literary and half thentricaI whose
society is eften coured by those infinitely their su
perlor IN everything which truly dignifes hu,nan
nature and which is useful in life. The waves of
social life bears on their surface many suoh
geniuses this trial has brought to notice from
Barney McCabe, the innocent Irish boy, to the
,'Great Tragediano himself; and from Mrs. Anna
Flowers. and Mrs Caroline Ingersol to the talent.
cd Wits of the trsgeosp who is pro GA oily tAe least
corrupt among ali who figured in the grand drama
that has just closed She is certainly the most
talented amerg them ALL
We give the address of the iuege to the jury,
which is tslerably impartial, and from which very
seod idea Of the whole case can be earned.
ENp or THE FORREST CASE
From the Morning Star, Jan rs
AT length this exciting case has reached its cul-
miratng point, and both parties TO the suit, with
their friends av ait with anxiety that may ut
be described, the sealed verdict which the foreman
Of the jury will place in the hands Of Chief Justice
Oakley, in the Superior Court room, between ten
and eleven O'clock this forenoon. Nor is the public
mind much less excitd than the minds OF the prin-
oipals themselves. A fsverish desire to kno the
Forrest have each their warm partisans; and dis
cussions hot enough to be termed quarrels have
been going on during the thirty-one days OF the
trial, even between intimate friends We have
never, in our experience q member of the press,
known 60 warm and general a feeling to be excited
by any oase Ct similar character.
All sorts of surmises were aHoat yesterday as to
she tenor OF the verdict but We think the most pre-
vaient opinion that the issue adverse to
MIR. Forrest. Some though. that he verdict
wonld be mot proven as regards the charges
against both psrties but 4 IT one person with
whom we converted supposed that the decision was
IN favor of Mr. Forrest and against his wife
The trial throughout has been oonducted with as
much fairness as could be desired An indulgent
court permitted the counsel on both sides the wild
est latitude in the introduction Of testimony and
immense mass of evidence, which ad no N ore bear
ing upon the issue than it had upon the morals Of
the people at the antipodes, Was logged in by the
head and shoulders, seemingly for the the sole pur
pose Of consuming time In the "keen encounter
Of their wits airing the progress Of the examina
items, both MIR. Van Buren, and Mr.. O'Conor dis
played gre at deal Of SIN artness and leg al acumen
and never were tie interests of ellen more faith
fully protected by council han the respective
interests of MIR. and Mrs Forrest by those gentle
men. The most damnatory portion of the testi
mopy on either side, given by parsons, the IN
fanny Of whose characters rendered it, in hum
bic opinioR utterly worthless and the Chief Justice,
from the tone Of his charge evidently dsctedited it.
Throwing out the whole Of the testimony which il
open to suspicion false inaccurate, we can see
nothing which should have induced Mr.. Forrest to
take the strong measures against his wife which
have lead TO this denotNn,e'lt. He has had wicked
advisers, we fear-lagos, who found it to their in.
tsrest to poison his mind against his wife. lmpru.
dent she msy have been; but OF her innocence we
have net q shadow of doubt,
Ii may be said that the notorious Consuec let
ter is strong point against her She was certainly
to blame for keeping it in her possession but it
proves nothing against her chastity, althoughit does
prove, beyond all doubt and question, that The
writer was O consummate ass, and should, in all
time sto come, wear the ears OF Midas, and play
only IN the extravagerza OF that name. Besides,
MIR. Forrest lived with and cohabited with Mrs.
Eorrest after ha had discovered the Consue!o letter
Would be have done so had he considered that do
cumeYt conclusive proof OF her guilt or course
not. He would have spurued her from him With in
dignation and scorn.
There are many who think that Mr. Forrest him
self has never believed his vile guilty-that the
proceedings against ber were the result Of con
spiracy bat il 80, Mr.. Forrest was not in our
opinion, party TO it. He, we feel convinced,
confident that bis wife had been untrue to him Ills
nature has been ' much abused We have reason
70 know that he bss suffered greatly, and should
the verdict be against him, we verify believe thst
IL will 60 near to drive him mad.
The story of this sin guar and painful affair s as
yet but half told Mr. Forrest has been vllainously
deceived. We hope that one day bis eyes may be
opened, and that he may learn to pge those WAC
have miseo h,m
The ming up of Mr. O'Conor vas mastery.
MIR Van Buren, probably made out the best csse 70:
his client which circumstance would permit but
MIR OConor's ajdress was perfectly overH heluing
Chief Justice Oskley's charge was luminous and
impartial, and by 10 means - unlIiendly" 10 Mr.
Forrest.
X will he seen that after having been in delibe-
ration time, the jury stated 70 the Court thai
the ony point upon which they were in dou bt was
"a TO whether the frequeDting Of houses Of ill fame
was proof Of adultery. The Court informed them
that they must judge Of that after for the pselves
From the nature Of tbis inquiry put by the jury to
the Court, macy persons infer that the verdict is
sgaisst Mr. Forrest, We cannot soe that the facts
exactly warrant such conclusion. However, tho
/" long agony" viii be over By noon to day.
THE FORREST CASE.
From the Daily Times Jan e
The "Eoryest case is closed In spite of its
repulsive details il lie one Of the most importaat
trihls with which our courts have ever been con,
cerned. The petition Of the parties. the nature oil
the allegations, the revelations Of the trial, the
skil with which it has been conducted aud its pro.
babe result oonspire TO make i. case Of unusual
interest
The verdict ofthe jury has not yet been publish
ed, though 10 one can doubt what il il. i.
is PROFESSIONALLY in favor OF Mrs. Forrest
tbcpgb with what qualifications retlains TO be
seen Tue public will have very little difficulty
70 The whole affair. The evidence. which was
allowed by the JuSSe TO take most unusual
range, shows clearly enough that the style Of