New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-12

s've Oo the other hand It seems 70 us og"v
eou;,sb,r. sill. there is, by favor OF the Missouri
.Jude, :. TO o. new tri,i, aud Sir. hepr! on'"
seelipe. through his attorney in to'' city tue
farmer residence of the plaintiff. for test'mon!
hostle I, the virtue ard chastity OF the ~on'n 10
pr, mi..d TO marry. This proves ." Us yer! '''-
cIu.,vey thst Sir. Henry Shaw. OF ST. Louis
gentleman, Undtr.brei men, with snan LOT
tune. wherewilbal IL lointurs their one's' "'sn.
k.ye been guilty Of toe uuromsntc P'uoeue' =.
making these Inquiries before proiierinS 1e"''
ard hand, and worldly goods. No 50 Nr' h''''
shss. Of 81. Louis He discovers 8 poor, unPro-
t.ct,d Girl. living by her daily lsbor. He prom
;sss-Hesyen knows with what ulteror it1ea-
tons -to marry her. II he meant ever 70 uia't!
her, he changed bis mind with di'creo''ao'e
rapidly, and flung her away to dIsappo'n"
nfnt modification, and the sneers OF tue
wotlr. Ii was very pleasant to hiu-wna'
was II to her 1t does not aPpesr that MI heht'
Shaw came TO "a :. szipg sense" OF his nooie
conduct until twelve men requested him 20 pay 70
Mise Fife T.. CMzs.ang, at sight without grace
the sum Of ere bundred thousand dollars ineu
be- began to ash if the young woman had always
b, an yirtnous1 Then be WAS seized WITH ''oieo'
suspicion that she wss not like the cicie that hangs
on dams temple Then be tracked her from Guy
= city-huptsd for scandals In all those pisces III
which. in her orphspsge, she bad struggled, oy
honest labor. to earn her bresd-rsked the Kennels
for scandals against ber and intent upon her soso-
lutte rum undertook to prove that her previous i've
had bet loose one. All who know the world
knOx what an unequal same this would have oeeu
ever betwet man aud woman of equal pecunlsry
rnsourcss. AL who know the world will uoder'
stsrd ths true character of the proceeding wen
they remember that the hunter had million u
collars at bis command, and the hunted nothing.
Shaw failed to procure testimony against the char
scter Of Mss Ellie worthy of moments attention.
The jury laughed at it. Now, be is hunting again'
And yet with our limited knowledge Of the
Common Law, We do not understand OF what yaiue
in court would be thousand foos of depositons, all
proving as the lawyers say "smack and clean that
the ,ourg womsn had been the willing and constant
inmate of a brotbeL Upon Al indictment Tor rape,
rs every 'Toubs lawyer knows, it Is no defense
70 show that the outraged woman was OF loose iife
and conversation. The humanity Of the Law inter
yeles to save her from the greater shame. Ii pro-
sumes that moment before the outrage she might
have been medits,irg return to the paths OF VIZ
tue, ard it takes care that those who throw crim-
mol distractions in her path shall suffer the ex-
tremcst peI atty. If Va understand the lax, PROM
ise Of marriage is not TO be avoided By any evidence
of iucontinency on the part Of the woman. In GER
tain sense tie rule of eortat smptor holds man is
presumed to satisfy himself upon the rather impor
tant point of chastity before he contracts mar
rage Ii he pleases to act blindly and rashy, that
is bis own care and not the care OF ths courts OF
law
To be sure, explicit Evidence of the previous i'll
conduct Of tie sggrieved party might 90 very far
in mitigation Of damages, and might very justly
render them merely nominal. But with oil Me
ShAw's assiduity backed BY all Mr. Shaws money
We have not yet seen or beard Of any evidence at
all Trustworthy mpeacbing the chastity of Miss
Carzstang-ary evidence which may not to-mor-
row, BY COLLISION and brides, be obtained against
tuIdred Of the purest women in this city. Her
character, upon the trial. passed tho ordesl nobly
1t does rot appear to have been at all damaged by
the late investigations in this vicinity We have
nc spe cia interest 10 IT, cAse ebeeye that we
personally acquainted with nobody concerned in it;
but We feel as We think gentleman should feel
at the spectacle Of young woman betrayed by
folly or by knsyery, and encountered ia her prayer
for justice BY further contumely and wrong.