The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-07
Correspondents for ths 1lOoeatc
VIM F0rney Rails.

The Clerk of the Senate and proprie-
tor of the Washington Chronicle and
Philadelphia Press, has found new OBJ.
jects Of defamation. He now intersper-
ses his denunciations of the President
and Secretary MCCULLOUGH with fierce
vituperation Of Mr.. DAvIs--a helpless
prisoner, and Of two of the gentlemen
who are understood to be his counsel,
Mr.. CHAs. O'CoNoR and Mr.. VIM. B.
REED. In this the public may not be
aware, though we are, he is but fatten-
ing en- ancient grudge.
Mr.. DAVIS was one Of the Southern
gentlemen Governor WISE was anoth-
er,) who, on Mr.. BUCHANAN's accession
to Office in 1856, warned him earnestly
and successfully against trusting FOR
NEY as the editor of the administration
journal, on the score of his private
character. Men of unspotted reputa.
tion could not stand the contact.
Against the other gentlemen this
man has still more specific grievances.
In the great FORREST divorce case,
years ago, Mr.. OCoNoR was the leading
counsel for the lady in New-York, and
Mr.. REED in Philadelphia-the latter
gentleman being the one who forced
FoRNEY, on his examination as a wit.
ness, to admit he wrote the infamous
ROBERTS letter, in which he advised
the suborning of drunken witness to
confess to adultery, with an absent wo-
man. No wonder FoRNEY hates and
defames these distinguished gentle
men.-N Y World.
The following is the letter alluded to
above The "Ncwgate Calender" does
not furnish more degraded specimen
of human depravity.
pRIvATE.]
Our friend Forest is now here aud is
about to apply for divorce from his
wife. He has had for eighteen months
the proofs of her infdelity, but has
chosen to keep them quiet, and would
have done so still, but for her folly in
censuring him for leaving her. 1t is
really astounding how he has kept these
proofs to himself, from all his friends
for all that time, but it is 50 neverthe.
less.
The facts are these: Eighteen months
ago, while playing in Cincinnati, he
caught Mrs. F., in very eQuivocol po
sition with young man in his own par
lor, no. in actual connexion, but near it
She protested innocence, and he had le
it pass by, loving her, as he did, mos
profoundly. They passed on to Nev
Orleans and so home to New York.
After they reached, and mad beel
there for some time, he found one eve
ming on his wife's table billet dou
in the hand writing of, thoug h nc
signed, by this young man, in whic
she was alluded to in terms most amol
ous and unmistakeable.
The language alluded to her whit
arms that wound about his neck, to tn
blissful hours they had spent togethe
and the letter had been kept as m
mento till it was well worn. Upon tn
evidence, with the other confirmation
proofs, he intends applying to our Lee
islature for divorce, but you are no
IN a position to ser0e him IN q mann
he ,oW neoer forget. The person wi
wrote to Mrs. f., and in whose comp
ny she was detected is George Jami
son, now playing in New Orleans.
you don't know him you can, as the eo
tor Of a leading daily paper, soon ma
his acquaintance What Forrest nc
desires to cliach the nail, as to obtain
some ,ooy an admission from JonaieSo
Inoneed you to him as a safe, stea'
and Intelligent friend, and he will neV
forget whatever you may do for him,
this, (to him) most vital matter. I
suggests that you nilM mStit,
Estimate relations pih j., and ,
duce him, either iayoar presence or
company, to admit as a thing to
proud of his connerion ,oih Mrs P.
is fond Of a glass and possibly i" a C
viuid mood might become cOn'munt
tUe.
No harm will come to him; he
game too small for Forrest, and any
mission he may make, may be imp
tant only as aiding an injured man
getting relieved from hateful bond
Can you manage this thing,
friend? HpW require skill and c
ton, and If successful aciU en"ear
to Forrest He is nearly crazy at
idea of being placed in his present P
t;on but Io Mill p,,onl bolf ba IL ypO