Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-13
The St. Lonis Breach or Pron.Ise case.

The 81. Louis Breach OF Promise Case.
The breach Of promise case, at ST. Louis, in which
Miss EFFIE C. CARsTASG got the extraordinary ver-
dict Of 100000 against HExRY SHAW, million
are is familiar to readers. new trial. it will
be remembered, was granted, and the Judge of the
Court appointed rowing commissioners" whose
duty it was to take testimony in other cities against
the fair EFFIE, or for her the case may be. The
Brooklyn, N. " Eagle Of the 9Th inst, says of the
doingi Of the Con mission RS;
The testimony closed on both sides on Monday
last, aud covers upWards Of eighteen hundred pages
Of manuscript. Nearly hundred witnesses were
examined, pro and con.
The object of The defendants counsel, in the tax
ing of these depositions, to impeach the char
acIer Of the plaintiff and her sister Mary for ehas-
tty and virue duriug their residence in Brooklyn,
and to show the uufsyorabe opinions VIII Oh we're
entertained Of and concerning them by persons
with whom they associated in their earlier years
This was only a limited extent successful, d.
rect acts Of cupabiity being shoWn against either
of them except hy Que of the Witnesses whose rep
utatiou for truth and veraety and general bad
standing in ths community was sssailed by others.
The latter, in their turn we're eoDtradicted by gen.
tlemen who stand high above reproaeb in public es-
tim4tion and it was this rebutting testimony which
rendered expedent TO both litgants the attendance
of so many Witnesses, the &C supanoy OF so much
time and the expenditure of SO many hundreds OF
dollars on b5ta lies.
1t is remarkable fact go far as the plaintiff is
concerned, that though she was bern and brought
up in Brooklyn, eHd has many Of her relatives and
old school-feloss and companions here residing,
not single female was produced 10 testify in her
favor Notwithstanding that she present at each
meeting before the Commissioners, during pro-
traetei investigation o. than three weeks, and
J ! 80, n d.
her bidding st any momen', 50 tar as reales 70 the
service Of sabp lss the rupung of errsnds and t1e
delivery of notes and ~ sssagas She WAS uuques-
tionablYE woman of more than CT iinsry shreTd-
ness tact, and energy, and throughout the pro-
ceedlng3 took cOpi5us tcs Of the testimony, be-
sides giving instructions to her at orneys, and
prompting them 10 their direct and cross lnterro-
cations.
Tbr,e or fur witnesses for VII, I'm SUBJ On mas
were Issued Oh the part Of the defense purposely
evaded examination, Ciher by concealIng them
selves from The service of process, or entirely eaV-
ing the State until the termination OF the inquiry
before Mr.. Eager. One OF thsm abandoned IuT
crative situation which he held engineer in 8
large establishment in New York, rather than IKE
his appearance before the commissioners; another
suddenly discovered that he had important bust
ness to transact in Philadelphis. whence he sud
denly made tracks for Cork; and three others sdIes
veil known in 1okyn found it eIpedient to repair
their shattered health by beaing hssty retreat TO
the Sulphur Springs of Virgins. the mineral waters
Of Sar ogl or tie invigorating brsezes Of Newport
or Cape May.
1t is not impossible that these untowsrd eireum-
stances Will induce the defendants legal advisers
to issue another commission TO New York, a. a
salubrious season of the year, when travelling to
fashionable plIces of summer resort will neither
be so seductive or so servcesbe at present, and
business men will be less able than Of late to cast
aside their customary SoeatiOns for jaunts OF luIu
ry AID pleasure.
TIE Commissioners sent to New York in this case
are not the only preparations made for the detn Sc
on the ocsssion Of the ensuing trial at ST. Louis
Others have been issued for tae ezGminatJn Of wit
nesses at Charleston, s. C New Orleans, Cincinnati
and elsewhere, that the case promises TO be one
of the most interesting and important of its Kind
ever presented to any court or jury either IN this
or auy other civilized country.