New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-21

holh DIFF, 1t from tie al ne aaog IS yad bsve
b.sn pspable 70 svery one 4 the whole contstt hsa
b,.n siyen Woodu an confe ses in lis 81 ard t,st
At ,he very time Ma Wopomcn's tignsturs VS. or
tired 70 he affidavit sne INDUCED ia such free uss
" Of laudstum So 10 be q1it, incapsbls OF realizing
" lsr condition This ! eacnOt doubt as he onyst 70
be familiar with the use e drugs aud c1usdsring tbs
ma had 10 y.W, be surely did not aow her the TO
,u6sr from the want OF them.
Ma state meut in the Courier des Eta.s Uas pred.
e,ed M IN this same affidavit declares she ss ID 90
her., of her own reason her letter, written at the
anne tic e. sid nov in NY posse sion, imp0es me tn
:. for her erme bopoi able proec ion fro craetes
which ,he enouGes, bat shrlnks from the effort TO
d., eribe. Pied by promises OF pardoa. which were
,f.r,n,d broken-teTiieo by ihres.s Of yer geanas,
bicb were more than iuliiled-1ogyed night and day
M an attorney whom q fee converted into an accom
Mic. Zee PriicbaId testimony "a sigua'ure 70 this
paper was at ler 9Th extracted from soobng, hsa't-
!, oui,i,1rs aid sent TO a msdhouse Aud yet NJ
Woonnan. 10 bis tend err ess olsanvely asks: What
el,e could have done ]" This paper th1s Obtained
even Judge Roosevelt won not receive 10 evidence,
,lthous be cid Lot hesitate TO pursue hoe of ia.
ois Conduct with regard TO writ OF habeas corpus,
vIicb oIly the pen Of Junus con charscterize
az for which no example can be f,uod except 10 tue
d.Ielctio ns imputed by Junius to Aarsded fetupo
sucb u st;uopy prof. oupced worthless by hostile
CONT am sr1siened By the press ana with bout hear
rp pror oubeed guilty Of conduct only to be looked TOR
among the bssest AID meanesf OF mankind. Next
am bau ed for my wems ant Efforts to eifec. the re-
Las of
ford Hall She appealed to me TO recue her iron
loathsone custody She described her wIetchedness
in lar eua2e to which no ole could remain inssnsiole
She iaIploied the to aid her to return to her psrens
did so took 10 steps the matter except 10 co n
pIapce with Ter reque,t Tie application to the Court
for her release was rot made until percussion ald
stratsgem had proved equally unavslnns 10 restore
heI 10 liberty. On.e more to use the language oi Mt:
Woodnan in his card, "wha'else could 1aVe done
hiss sen said by m any that the writ OF habess
ohfr hap
some other p.rsoD. would have preferred It myself
hut how could It have been showd tnat the proceed-
ing was undertaken ct Mrs. Woodmsus request his
objection strenously urged snd bad 70 De met by
proof; ard yet all communicative with Mrs. w. was
impossible except through the advertising columns OF
TIE Herald.
Agsin, | am blamed for allowing the letters to be
reea which Mrs W. addressed to me from Sanford
Hail. in regard to her captivity there confess toat
il was with the ceepest reluctance did so; but the
necessity was forced upon me by Mr.. We lawyers,
who otmanced proof that the proctedin ior ner re-
lease were undertaken at her request and in this they
were upheld by the Court. l vas then forced 10
chooe between abandoipg the lady to her ia!e o; re-
soiiog 10 her letters for such evidence-nowhere else
TO be bac-as would secure her nearing lfoni ''''
r.luc.art Court. / authorized extracts ram them 10
he uud for this purpose ano no other But the law
yers of Mr. W. denied that the letters came from Me-
Woodnan, and demsrd that they should be read IN
full, every word 10 ms aso, 6ss lo'csu " 'tl'
Court 70 Yield and 20 the letters were msde puoc
And II any more proof wanting OF the absurd IN,
yentioos If the Of mentioned affidavit l!sto be una
in the 20 l. tiers written subsequently BY MrsWood man,
|. it possble--csn il be conceivod-tnat aoy woman,
even Borsia could wi knowledge OF lis infamous
accuse. Ons sign the affidavit OF Sepenber ana IN
the very lext month address the sane person III terms
Of confidence esteem and Suppression The suPpo,
,ition it, indeed. nUpstrous when Il Is rem mocled
that the affidavit was preceded by similar letters on
the 2ist al I'D of August. -
IL the space accorded to me would permit couu
multiply reasoLs ard accumulate tace most ssaou.
Il. ofN i'll f.na WIN
by recent publications in regard to tins unfortunate
,aiY, while complete silence has been imposed upon
n e until the appearance OF Mr.. Woodmsns card, Tor
easors which AL will appreciate. Ii Will not be long,
however before the whole truth will be given to the
public unc er the sanction OF judicial Investgaeion
For the complete vindication OF Mrs. Woodmaa and
for my own exoperation, l am con en-. 20 wat until
tber For the present il viii suffice for me to show, as
l have sbowB-Fvd: That Mr.. Woodmau knew all
about my relations with his family during the three
years they continued and never saw tit 20 object to
the hotel, in order to get rid Of wife whom he
bad long taken pains to ALLEVIATE Sccond; Loaf
NY eforts TO obtain her release from Shto:d Hal,
where he had sent her for revenge, as ne
eelared, were uiade at her urgentand repeated re.
quests asd that Der sole wish and Med purpose was
10 60 to Der fathers house. MI. Woodman would
male people believe that his wife refused, in
he early part of September, to go home with her
brother and yet that che freely consented to be i'm.
INJURED in private mad.house two thousand miles
away from Der xiv dred) Third: That the use Of her
letters was forced upon me for her own s1ke and was
unavoidable. FoaIth That the statements PIT forth
b, Mr.. Woodman as emsnang from his wife, uoder
the solemn form Of an affidavit is base fraud upon
the public a calunny upon me, degrading only tlose
the Malignant client M the convenient attorney
wi procured it to be published.
Mr.. Woodlands "card' terminates like piece OF
freworks-in sentence full Of guupOwder. He inti
ates that If his " aim had been more successful in
New York." something dreadful might have happened.
IT, as suppose, this Bob Acres intended to make the
good people Of New.Oilesns believe that he fred
pistol at me- can only assure my friends there that it
must have been an ar.gup for nobody heard the re.
port hyre; and it will provoke a suls in New York,
vi ere il il well known Mr. Woodman had 30 many
oppc turtles 10 do something desperate, to read his
teigersnt bulletin, written in the safe ooscuty Oh
Sttr York, Nov 49, 1857 GARDNER tuRNiss'