The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-14

CARsrAxo BREACH OF PROMISE CAsE-By
telegraph it il stated that a jury in this cele.
brated case was empanneled at st. Louis on
Saturday, aud the opening speech for the
plaintiff made by one OF her attorneys, VIM
Nerves. The particulars OF the case have al
ready been published. The following are
sketches Of the parties TO the suit, copied from
the ST. Louis Democrat:
The plaintiff, Miss Efie Catherine Carstapg
has lived in comparative obscurity till the
commencement OF the present proceedinxs-
She came to this city In the year 1854, and has
resided since on Fifth street, between Frank.
lin avenue and Morgan, win Mrs Seaman.
her sister. Her acquaintance with Mr. Shaw
commenced during the year 1856, and the pro-
mise TO marry Is alleged to have been given in
November, 1856. In personal appearance Miss
Carstang Is rather tall in figure and withal
graceful; has dark HAIR, brilliant eyes, blonde
complexion, and flrmness Of features indi-
eating the decision Of character which has
marked her participation in the present suit
since its inception. We should Judge the lady
to be oa the shady side of thirty, and not un-
attractive in point OF personal beauty. She
mas maintained remarkable perseverance
throughout the whole trial, and accom- pan led
her counsel personally to New York and other
places, gathering testimony in her own vindi.
cation. The attempt to compel her To give
bonds for payment OF the costs was unsuccess.
ful, the motion therefor having been denied BY
Judge Reber. Pending this matter, Miss
Carstang proved the ownership OF property
reputed to be worth about $1,000, consisting of
promissory notes secured by mortgage on land
on the southwest branch Of the Pacific Rail-
road.
The defendant, Henry Shaw, has been a resi-
dent OF ST. Loui for forty ty.oneyears. He was
formerly merchant, and acquiring great
wealth, retired from business long ago rs
ISL. Subsequently he went to Europe, and
travelled extensively on the continent, spend
Ing several months in Italy observing the arts
In
pearance Mr. Shaw is of medium height, hear
~ complexion, rather sharp in features, with
blue eyes, and possessed of great suavity Of
manner; in fact, one of the hottest men of ST
Louis. His age is between fifty and sixty his
hair tinged with grey. His wealth is various
~ estimated between 81 l,50o,Oo0 and 81, ,OGO,0oO
The array of legal talent on both sides in this
case constitute one of its features Hon. Ed
ward Bates the leading counsel for the defence
associated with Ex-Judge Lakeland, of the
Circuit Court, TX Recorder Cady, ]. X. Shep-
ley and Samuel Glover. The interests OF the
plaintiff are confided to Mai Uriel Wright,
assisted by Luther M. Shreye, VIM He mes
and Mr.. Boyce
The GOVERNOR OF Iowa AND THE EsCAPE
OF CoPPIc.-Gov. Kirkwood, of Iowa, whose
dupilcity in preventing the arrest of Barclay
Coppic in that State, after requisition from
Virginia had been sent for him, was exposed
in recent message Of Gov. Letcher to the
A/' 'SASi"tuAV, Scht IiitSNtSt 10 tut IOWA
House of Delegates intended rs 4 reply 10
Gov. LIS charges. He asserts that the reason
he did not Issue a warrant was the informaii-
ty of the requisition. He denies the charge
that he sent information to Coppic, directly
or indirectly,'' and says:
The fact that an agent of Virginia was here
with tequisition tor Coppic became publicly
known in the place solely through the acts Of
that agent himself l denied myself what
greatly desired the privilege Of cons sultation
with gentlemen i'll whose opinion had conf
dence touching the legality of the papers SUBJ
mltted to me, lest the matter might thereby,
through inadvertence, become known. After l
had communicated to him my determination
not to grant him the warrant demanded, he
sat in my Office conversing freely with me on
the subject. During our conversation other
persons came in on business with me, and TO
my surprise he continued his conversation in
their presence. l said to him that had sup
posed he would not wish his business to be
made public, to which he replied that as the
warrant had been refused he did not care who
knew his business, and continued the conver-
sailon In this manner the fact that u reGui-
siiion had been made for Coppic became known
In this place. and I am credibly informed it
was Well known in Iowa City to many per-
sons there that tn agent of Virginia was on
his way TO this place with said requisition be.
fore ne reached here.