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I The late John Caldwell Calhoun.
WefinB tbeVollowing biographical sketch in
the Charleston Courier of Monday. It will at
^histime be read with doep and* sorrowful in-.
'terest.
. Mr. Calhoun was born on tho 18th of
March. 1782, in Abbeville District, in this State,
aad, having died on. the 30th of March, 1850,
hud little more than completed his sixty-eighth
year at the time of his death. His grand
father, James Calhoun, emigrated, with his
family, from Ireland, and Settled, in 1733, in
Pennsylvania—his father, Patrick Calhoun,
being then six years old. The fumily, several
years afterward*, removed to Western Virginia;
but, Braddock’s defeat having broken up the
settlement, they came to South-Oarolina, where,
in 1756, they formed whut was called ‘•Cal
houn’s Settlement," and encountered many
bloody struggles with their Indian neighbors,
tho Oherokees. For his daring courage, dis
played on these occasions, the father of our
lamented statesman was appointed, by the
Provincial Government, lo the commnnd of n
body of rangers for the defence of the frontier,
End prftved himself worthy of the trust. In
1770, Patrick Calhoun intermarried with
Martha Caldwell, of Charlotte county,
Virginia, niece of the Rev. James Caldwell,
of-Ne w-Jersey, a Presbyterian divine, who was
prominent as a patriot in the war of tho Revo
lution. Tue issue of the marriage were four
pons and one daughter, of whom the subject of
this tribute was the youngest child but one, ami
on him was conferred tho namo of his uncle,
Major John Caldwell, a zealous Whig, who
had fallen a victim to Tory butchery.
• Both of Mr. Calhoun’s parents wore per
sons of exemplary piety and virtue. His futh-
cr was an enterprising pioneer; although en
tirely self-taught, and living, the greater part
of his life, on the frontier, exposed to constant
perils, ho mado himself an excellent English
Scholar, and an accurate and skillful Surveyor,
which profession he long followed. He was
tha first member ever sent to the Provincial
Legislature from the interior of this State, and
of lhathody, ami of the State Legislature*after
the revolution, he continued a member for thirty
years, without intermission, except for a single
term, until he died, in 1796. Ho wus a zealous
Whig and disentirested patriot; and ho oppos
ed theudoption of tho Federal Constitution, on
the ground of its incompatibility with the
ioveroignty of tho States.
At the age of thirteen years. Mr. Calhoun
commencedhis school education, at the Acade
my of tho Rev. Dr. Moses Waddel, afterwards
so distinguished as a teacher in the Southern
States. But the depth of his father interrupted
his studies, und they were fora time abandoned
for agricultural pursuits, for which he hud a
decided propensity and taste. His brother
James, who had been placed in a compting
house, in Charleston, returning home to spend
tho summer, in 1800, was so struck with the
extraordinary cupacity of his younger brother,
tlmt he importuned, and finally, with ipuch
difficulty, persuaded him io turn hi* attention,
at once, to classical studies. Accordingly, he
proceeded to Dr. Waddel’s Academy, which
had been re-opened in Columbia County, Geor
gia, where, in 1800, he may properly he said,
at the age of eighteen, to haw- begun his clas
sical educaton; and, so rupid was his progress,
that ho was enabled to join the junior class io
Yale College, in the autumn of 1800; and,
in two years afterwards, ho graduated with the
highest honors of the-institution at the head, or
among the most distinguished, of a large end
talented class having prepared, as if pro
phetically of his own future career, an orbtion
on “the qualifications necessary to a perfect
by sickness.
St ate man,' the'delivety of which was prevented
While at College;*he took a high grade in all
the studios, and was so peculiarly distinguished
lor depth and quickness of intellect and power
of argument and eloquence, as to elicit,- (rom
i liis celebrated preceptor, Dr. Dwight, Presi
dent. of the institution , the remark, “thut young
man has talents enough to be President of the
United States.”
On his return from College, Mr. Calhoun en
tered himself, for a time, as a student of law in
tho office of the late Chuncellor Desaussure;
and afterwards completed his legal studies, in a
* course of eighteen months, under Judges Reeve
and Gould, at the Litchfield Law School, in
Connection. In 1808, he returned to his native
State, and the uextyeur commenced a lucrative
practicein Abbeville District, taking rank, from
the outset, among the most eminent lawyers
of this circuit.
Mr. Calhoun’s entrance into public or po
litical life grew out of the affair of the Chesa
peake, on width he addressed a public meeting,
for the first time, with signul ability and suc
cess; and the result was his speedy return to
the State Legislature, where he served two
successive sessions, taking the lead in every
important matter, and distinguishing himself
for political foresight and sagacity. In the
autuintrof 1811, he took his seat in Congress
ns Representative from the united Districts of
Abbeville, Newberry und Laurens and imme
diately commenced that glorious career as a
legislator, orator and statesman, which has
placed him among the furemost men of our re
public. His reputation having preceded him,
he waR placed at once, second on the Oommit-
ttf Wv 0is,ra .%‘. r8 i aad soon became its Chair-
withdrtjtwal of Gen. Porter from
His services on this committee und
his *ble and eloquent epoeches identified him
with and placed him althe head of the party,
which routed the country to redress her wrongs
by “the second war of independence” with
Great Britain. In his first speech, he encoun
tered tho celebrated John Randolph, and
such was his signal success against his tormid-
^-able adversary, that he met with universal and
n unbounded applause, and was compared to
“one of the old sages of the old congress, with
the grace of youth,” and “the yfiung Carolinian”
was hailed a* “one of the master spirits, who
stamped their name on the ago in which they
live.” Our limits will not permit us to trace
out his parliamentary career in the popular
hranchof the national legislature; but it con
tinued. even unto the end, in peace as well as
in W’ur, to he such us to command the admi
ration and the confidence of his country.
In December, 18IF, he w is called, by Mr.
"'ufilioE, to the office of Secretary of War, and
r'cstgecivin the cabinet war a? brilliant a* it
?aa btSSh in the hull of legislation. In his con
duct of this department, during a period of sev
en years, he manifested administrative powers
of tho highest character, finding it in chaos and
lonving it in the completes’, order.
From the-War Department, he was called, bv
the popular voicoj to the Vice Presidency of the
Union, for two successive terms, under John
Quincy Adams, and during tho first term of
Gen. Jackson; and ho conferred on the Vice
Presidency a dignity and character worthy of not
tlio elevated station, discharging tho associated
duties of the Presidency of tho Senate with
signal propriety.
Just before tho close of his second Vice Presi
dential term, Mr. Calhoun resigned thnt post
to serve his native Stato as n member of the
Senate of tho Union, being her leader and cham
pion in her measures of resistance to the pro
tective system, carried, in his opinion, to an un
constitutional and oppressive extreme, by the
General Government. 01 his part, in that con
troversy, differing, ns we did, with him, widely,
both in principle and policy, wo leave others
to speak ; hut we cheerfully bear testimony to
our thorough conviction of the integrity ot his
patriotism and the purity of his motives. Of
his Senatorial career, it is only being *uc to
history to sny tlmt it covered him with laurels
us u-parliamentary dobuter and as the very mod
el of a senatorial orator.
. Retiring from tho Senate, nfter a protracted
service, ho sought for a while tho shades of pri
vate life,but was soon, with the approbation of
the whole country, called into the cabinet of
Mr. Tyler, us Secretary of State, and bore an
active and cfficiont part In the negotiations
which led to the annexation of Texas to the
Union—a measureof doubtful policy at thp
time, but the sagacity of which has been since
fully vindicated, by tho additional strength
which it has givon to tho Southern portion of
the Union, a consideration more important than
ever, in the iniquitous war now waged against
Southern rights.
Tho close of Mr. Tyler’s administration
again allowed Mr Calhoun a brief interval of
repose, at his farm in Pendleton District; but
it wus brief indeed. An unwise administration
of our national a flairs threatened to involve the
Nation in an unjust and perilous war with Great
Britain, on tho Oregon question. Once more
ho obeyed the summons of his native State, and
“stood a Senator in the Senate-House,” and en
titled himself to undying honor and the ever
lasting gratitude of his country, by his able
and patriotic instrumentality, in effecting a
pacific nnd honorable adjustment of that dan
gerous controversy. In tho same patriotic
spirit, and with asegacious foresight of coming
evils, he opposed, but opposed in vain, the war
with Mexico, which has resulted in the dun-
gerous acquisition of additional territory, in
relation to which have arisen controversies,
which are shaking our Union to its centre. It
was in the discussions growing out of these
controversies, that our illustrious Senator may
bo said to have lost his life—and he could not
have closed more gloriously his illustrious ca
reer—proving his fidelity to the South, by ex
pending his last breath in demanding justice
for the South, and his fidelity to the Union by
proclaiming, with his dying accents, the certain
means of rendering the Union perpetual. Let
then the South, and the whole Union, embalm,
and do honor to his memory—and os the most
greatful tribute and incense to his manes, let
animosities of North and South be buried for-
evor in his grave—and then his death will bo
blessed indeed, should the softened feelings
und solemn reflections, which it is calculated to
inspire, result in justice to the South, and con
sequent perpetuity to'the Upton.
The Presidency was but the just meed of
Calhoun's eminent abilities, and illustrious
course of public service—but that he failed to
attain It, detracts nothing from his fame. All
admit that he was one of the greatest men of
the nation—like Clay of the West, and Web
ster of the East, our illustrious Southerner
towered among his countrymen, both morally
and intellectually, in colossal and pyramidal
grandeur. • Such men constitute the fame of
their country. and in honoring, them, she but
honors herself.
Of stainless integrity in public life, in his do
mestic relations Mr. Calhoun was equally
without blemish He has left a widow, and
sons and daughters, to mourn their bereave
ment, and claim a nation’s sympathies with
their sorrowing tears.
Tho bells of St. Michael’s Church were toll
ed throughout the day.yestevday,and the flags of
the shipping in the harbor, and on the cupola of
the Custom House, were displayed at half must,
in token of respect to the memory of the de
ceased patriot. The meeting of citizens, in
tended for this evening, on the subject of the
Nashvtllo Convention, has been postponed,
for the sume reason. In compliance with the call
of the Mayor of the city, a public meeting of
the citizens of Charleston and the Neck will be
held, at the City Hall, to-morrow, at one
o’clock P. M., to express their deep sense
of the public bereavement.
will not be unondurable, and if a sombre hour
should intrude itself upon you, bnnish it by
knowing there is one who is whispering to him
self consuclo. There is another potent reason
why you should be happy, that having been the
means of another’s happiness, for I ant happy,
and withyouto remember, nnd tho blissful an
ticipation of seeing you again, shall remain so.
I would I could tell you my happiness; I enn-
not. No, words have yet been uninvented to
convey nn idea of the depth of that passion, com
posed of pride, admiration and gratitude, ven
eration and love, without being earthy, that I
feel for you.
Bo happy, dearest, write to mo and toll me
you are • happy. Think of the time when we
shall meet again. Believe that I shall do my
utmost to bo worthy of your love; and now
God bless you, a thousand times my own, my
heart’s altftr.
I would say more, but I must store away my
shreds and tinsel patches. Ugh! how hideous
they look after thinking of you !
Adieu, adieu ! and when thou art gone!
My joy shall he mado up alone,
Of calling back, with fancy’s charm,
Those halcyon hours when in my arms
Clasp aconsuelo
Adieu, adieu ! Be thine each joy
That earth can yeild without alloy
Shall be the earnest, constant prayer
Of him who in his heart shall wear
But consuelo
THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE.
A Copy of the Testimony.
The New York Herald contains the testimo
ny laid before the Legislature of Pennsylvania
by Eiiwin Forrest, in order to obtain a divorce
from Mrs. 1‘orrcst. The Legislature, ourread-
ers are aware, refused to grant it. The follow
ing letter, alleged to have been written to Mrs.
Forrest by Mr. Jamieson the tragedian, forms
the basis of Mr. Forrest’s application:
Letter of Mr. Jamieson to Ms. Forrest. And
now, sweetest consuelo, our brief dream is
over—nnd such a dream! Huve wo not known
reul bliss 7 Have we not realized what poets
loved to set up us an ideal stato, giving full li
cense to their imagination, scarce believing in
its reality 7 Have wo not experienced tho truth
that ecstacy is not fiction 7 I huve; and as-1
will not permit myself to doubt)oil, am certain
you have. And oh ! what nn additional de
light to think—no, to know—that I have made
some hours happy in you ! Yes. and that re
membrance in me might lighten the heavy t ine
of memory an hour to come. Yes, our little
dream of great account is over; reality stares
us in the face. Let us peruse its features.
Look with me, an.l read os I do, and you find
our dream is “ not nil a dream.” Can reali
ty take from us when she separates and exiles us
from each other 7- Cun she. divido our souls—
our spirits 7 Can slander’s tongue, rumor’s
trumpet, summon us to a parley with ourselves,
“ where to iloubt and to doubt ouch other who
should hold a council 7” No, no ! a doubt of
thee can no more find harbor in tny brain, than
tin open rose could cease lo be the humbird’s
harbor; and as my heart and soul are in your
possession, examine them, and you will find no
text from which to discourse a doubt of me.
But you have told me (and oh what music
did you- words create upon my grateful ear !)
thatyou would mu doubt me. With these con
siderations dourest, out separation, so pa it. fill,
Adieu, adieu ! When next we meet,
Will not all sadness thou retreat,
And yield unconquered timo to bliss,
And seal the triumph with a kiss 7
Sny consuclo.
The above letter was sworn to bo to tho best
of there belief in the hand writing of Mr. Jum-
iscn, by Mr. W. R. Blake, late manager of the
Broadway Theatre, and by Mr, Henry B. Hunt,
now a member of the Astor Place Dramatic
Corps, each of whom have had ample oppor
tunity of becoming acquainted with his hand
writing.
On the discovery of this letter an ecluircise-
mentissaid to have taken place between Mr.
and Mrs. F., which resulted in a separation.
Mr. Forrest in his deposition, says:
I entered my private parlor in the City Ho
tel nt Cincinnati, on the 31st day of May, 1848;
I preceded Mr. S. S. Smith some yards, and
found Mrs. Forrest standing between the knees
of said Jameison, who was sitting on tho sofa
with his hands upon her. person ; 1 was amaz
ed and confounded, and asked what it meant;
Mrs. Forrest replied, with considerable per
turbation, that Mr. Jemeison had been point
ingout her phrenological developemcnts ; be
ing of an unsuspicious nature, and anxious to
believe it was nothing more than an get of im
prudence on her part, I was, for a timo quieted
by this explanation.
Mr. Forrest also states that since the separ
ation he has voluntarily allowed her the gum of
$1,500 per annum, for her support, which hus
beep punctually paid in advance ; his present
income is about $4,300 per annum.
Christiana Underwood, a Scotch servant of
Mr. Forrest, who has resided with him with the
exception of one or two interruptions from the
period of his marriage, having previously been
attached to the family of Mr. Sinclair, father
of Mrs F., deposes to the previous happy life
of Mr. and Mrs F. until February or January
1849, when the letter was discovered by Mr. F.
in the private drawer of Mrs F. She deposes to
a conversation between Mrs. F.and her sister,
connecting Jamieson with the letter, and to the
fact of Mrs. 5. having immediately on the fuct
of a letter being written by Mr. F. to Jarnoi-
son, Mrs F. wrote herself to that gentleman.
Tho witness also deposed to the fact of impro
per familiarities being almost daily taken with
Mrs. F. by three or four gentlemen, nnd that on
more than one occasion when Mr. F. wus ab
sent gentlemen married and unmarried had
remained in his house at unreasonable hours.
The following is a portion of the testimony of
this witness:
Jamieson at one time, some three or four
years ago. stayed as u guest at Mr. Forrest’s
house; Jamieson, some time in the latter part
of ttie summer of 1848. while Mr. Forrest was
absent from the city, came to Mr. Forrest’s
house in Twenty-second street, in the morning,
and spent several hours with Mrs. Forrest in
the drawing-room.
Shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Forrest’s return
from the Suuth, in the spring of 1847, 1 heard
conversation amongst the servants about the
late hours kept by Mrs. Forrest, and the gentle
men admitted to the house at such late hours,
and I soon perceived that the state of things
between Mr. Forrest and his wife had entirely
altered. I had previously my suspicions exci
ted ; ono day in 1844, before Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest went to England, I went to the house,
and Mr. N. P. Willis came to see her; she
went down to see him, and spent considerable
lime with him; when she returned her cheeks
were flushed and her hair wus disordered, and 1
thought he had been kissing her.
Sometime in the summer in the year 18-47,
Mr. Samuel Mardoen Raymond was in the
house of Mr. Forrest late at night; Mr. For
rest was absent from the city, Mrs. F. dinoJ
alone,and Raymond ctrne in the evening; Mrs.
F. tripped running up stairs, and lamed her
self; she had been drinking a good deal, and
was a good deal the worse for what Bhe had
taken; her foot was bathed by me in the draw
ing room ; Mr. Raymond went into tho entry ;
he stayed there till very late, till 10 o’clock,
when I went into the drawing room Mrs. Forrest
told me I might go to bed; I therefore, went
up stairs, and all the servants went to bed ; [in
tho morning Mrs. Forrest sent for me, and said
that “the devil stayed all night; we set talking
very Into, and I should like to give the poor
wretch some breakfast;” I asked her where
he slept; Mrs. Forrest said he slept in tho
spare bed room, tho door of whipil went out in
to the main hall, and close to Mr. Forrest’s bed
room ; I said the bed was not nude up—that
there were no sheets on the bed; to which Mrs.
Forrest replied, that ho (Mr. Raymond) slept
on the outside ; I said there were clothes on
the bed (the weekly washing;) and asked who
took them off, to which Mrs Forrest replied
that she had, aud her stiff petticoat was on it,
and that Mr. Raymond had asked-whether it
was a tin petticoat. I then stood at the head of
the kitchen stairs, to see that the servants did
not ccme up from below, and saw Mr. Ray
mond come down stairs and go out, and go
away; ho very shortly after returned, nnd wus
let in the usual way. und breakfasted there.
I went into the bed-room ; the bed had not
been mhde, there were no sheets on it, nothing
but the mutlress, blankets counterpuiuc, and if
anybody had slept there it must have been out
side, for the cover had not been turne'd down or
nnytliing disturbed. A few nights afterwards,
Mrs- Forrest was in the house; Mr. Forrest,
wasabsont from the city, and Mr. Raymond
was in liis library, which was in the second
story, and connected with the lied room, and I
went into the bed room about eight o’clock and
found Mrs. Forrest dressed in a tight black vel
vet dress, which fastened behind, which she
could not have fastened herself. I was surprised,
aud asked her how she got her drees fastened,
to which Mrs. Forrest replied, “oh, that devil
did it," meaning Raymond ; I looked astonish
ed, und Mrs. Forrest raid, “why, three is no
harm in having him to hook tny dress,” nnd in
a few minutes afterwards Mrs. Forrest and Mr.
Raymond wont out to a party in a carriage to
gether, und I accompanied them putt of the
way.
Some time on or nbout tho first day of De
cember, 1849, young Mr. Richard Willis stayed
secretly in the bouse three days and throe nights;
Mr. Forrest was absent from the citv; on the af
ternoon of tho third day, Virginia Sincla'r, sis
ter of Mrs. Forrest, ayoung girl of twelve or
thirteen years of age, met me in the hall of tho
second story; she stopped me, saying, “you
must not go in there—there is a gentleman in
there;” I asked who it was; Virginia replied,
Mr. Willis;" next day I wentup into the library,
found Mis. Forrest alone, and asked her who
was the man whom shehnd kept three days and
three nights in the house: Mrs. Forrest exclaim
ed “ Good God ! who says so !” I replied,
“why all the servants know it”and then proceed
ed to remonstrate with her .on the imprudence
of her conduct; after thnt, young Willis etayed
there for several nights more, but during the lat
ter time he stayed openly, and took his meals
down stairs; before, during those three days n-
foresaid, he was all the time secret, and his
meals wero taken up to him; the night of the
day ol the last conversation, Mrs. Forrest, Mrs
N. P. Willis. Mrs. Voorhies, (Mrs. Forrest’s
sister,) nnd young Willis sat up all night; l came
down in tho morning nnd saw them all in the
hats and dresses of tho night before, and Mrs.
Forrest said thoy had been sitting op all night
laughing and talking; when Mr. Forrest was at
home, the house wus perfectly orderly, and wns
shut up about 10 or 11 o’clock, and everybody
retired; but when Mr. Forrest was absent, his
wife was in the habit of silting up late with
gentlemen who called there; she would send the
servants to bed nt 10 o’clock, and remain with
gentlemen in this way, and close the house her
self; but ono night about 4 o'clock in tho morn
ing, I heard a great noise, and got up and saw
by a small clock, that it was 4 o’clock, nnd I
looked over the stairs, and saw Capt. Cnlcroft
bringing up a tray, with bottles and glasses, and
Margaret, (Mrs.Voorhies) wns bringing a pitch
er; Mrs. Forrest wasin the library with an Eng
lish visitor; 1 do not know his name; she did
not go to bed nt nil that night; during the year
1847, Mr. N. P. Willis was in the habit of com
ing continually to see Mrs. Forrest; he used to
stay for some hours at a time with her; with all
the blinds in the drawing room closed; the fre
quency and privacy of his visits attracted the
attention of the servants, and on one occasion,
when he was in the library in the evening, Mrs.
Forrest came to me and expressed great anxiety
to get him out of the house, without the ser
vants seeing.
I then went down to prevent the servants
(rom coming up, when Mr. Willis went out of
the frontdoor; some time in the year 1847 or
1848, I want up stairs to get an umbrella, which
was between the library and the bed-toom; I
tried the door of the library aud found it lock
ed, and went up stairs and in a few minutes
Mrs. Forrest calling out of the bed-room, asked
who it was. Mrs. Forrest left Mr. Forrest in
the month of May, 1849, or thereabouts; went
travelling for four months or thereabouts, then
she tqok a house, No. 102, in Sixteenth street,
where she now resides. Mrs. Voorhies lives
there with her. Some time in the month of No
vember, 1849, I wasin Mrs. Forrest’s bed room
and Mrs. Forrest was in bed; it was at twelve
at night, when all of a sudden Mrs. Voor
hies came in, and with fier Professor Hackley,
of Columbia College; Mrs.Vorhies came into
tho bed room, and Mr. Hackley remained in
the entry; I went up to the bed,and Professor
Hackley went into Mrs. Forrest’s bed room and
stayed there laughing and talking a long timo ;
Wednesday Morning,- April 3, jgjQ
Professor Hackley had been in the habit ofcom-
ing to the house in 16th street in the most fa
miliar way for a lqng time ; but on one occa
sion, when Mr. Stevens, a friend of Mr. Forrest,
called, and he was there, he[Hackley] avoided
seeing him, and was let out of the basement, in
a private way.
Mr. Garvin, footman of Mr. Forrest, gives
testimony of a similar character totheabove
He criminates several of the gentlemen men
tioned by Mrs. Underwood, and states Mrs. F
was on one occasion affected by drink.
Tho testimony of Mrs. Andrew Stevens,
tends to show the date of disagreement of Mr.
ana Mrs. Forrest, was in Jan.’49, (when the
“ Consuelo” letter was discovered.) Mr. S.
also states that he did not hear from Mrs. F.
that the infidelity of his wife was the cause of
theit-sepuration until the lust summer. He al
deposes to have seen Mrs. Forrest under the
influence of drink on one or two occasions,
“once in particular, in a private box of the
Broadway Theatre, while Air. Forrest was act
ing. ’ Mr. S. also states that the lady informed
him some time in November, 1848, that her
husband had struck her.
The evidence of Mr. Lanson, goes to show
that his efforts to effect a reconciliation had
been repelled by Mrs. F. on more than one oc-
ension, and that on or about the 2d November
last, Mrs. F. acknowledged to him, that in the
unknown cause of trouble between her husband
and herself, she was in the wrong. Mr. Lanson
states that Mr. Forrest first heard of the cir
cumstances detailed by Airs. Underwood, from
himself.
hathew Mathew is getting a great har
vest in New Orleans. On Sunday at St Put-
rick’s church about a thousand persons took the
pledgi
EE 8 * The U. S. frigate Susqueliannah was not
launched on 27th ult. as was expected, owing
to some difficulty in starting her. She moved
only three feet and came to o dead halt
The expected Attack on Cuba. —The
statement whi(5h we gave yesterday, from tho
New-Y oi k Journal of Commerce, as to to the
British steamer Vixen having been temporarily
ptacedunder the American Commodore Parker.
to sail from Kingston for Havana with the Rari
tan, with a view probably to intercept the Ame
rican invaders of Cuba, (real or imagined,) is not
credited, we find, in other quaiters equully as
discreet asAhat of the Journal. It seemed
strange that the commander of the British war
steamer should place his vessel at the disposal
of the American Dommodorc, or'that Cemnio-
dore Parker should he in such alarm as to accept
the loan before his own resources Imd been culled
ir.to requisition
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Cubbedoe’s Book store, Congress-st., and at th
lice of publication, 117 Bay-st. (y p r [ e ,, tWQ ^ °*
0AsPEK Hauser-.—(We uhderst0Dd1l^f
extraordinary being, whatever it is, will bo ex’
hibited at Lyceum Hall during to-day and J
evening. Those who have not seen it, wj ]|
do well to avuil themselves of this opportuniu
Forrest Divorce Case.
Wo seo it stated in the Northern paper, tl)
notwithstanding the previous adverse action rf
tho Pennsylvania Senate on Mr, Forr Est ' 8 „'
plication, a bill has been introduced in thelow!
house by Mr. CouwYn from the divorce com
mittee. annulling the mairiage contract bo
tween the petitioner and his wife. By the ib
stract of the testimony which we publish to
day, ottr readers will be enabled to judge of th,.
grounds upon which tho divorce is sought, an,I
if they can credit tho testimony well no douln
come to the conclusion that Mr. F. was not al
together without cause for discontent in his do-
mestic relations. We have not the fullest con
fidence in the testimony adduced, though it j s
very evident to our mind, that Airs. Foriieh's
associations have pot been such as become n
wife and a lady. The reputation of any lady
must suffer from contact with such individuals
as appear to hove been her associates and inti
mates.
W'o have given place to this testimony be
cause the case has excited considerable inter-
est in all circles, nnd in order that our renders
mayynform themselvce of the tone and habits
of ascertain class of so called fashionable socie
ty in New York.
The Herald, tho organ of the “ flash socie
ty ” of New York, thinks that the evidence
does not disclose any startling facts- of magni
tude against Mrs. Forrest. None of the per
sons figuring in this testimony, according to
that paper, appear to be implicated in anything
more remarkably ungenteel op Utigrhceful than
what is frequently perpetrated in fashionable
society, after an extra glass of-champagne.
The Day Book agrees With the Heitild and-
adds:
The manners and morals of most of thefaslil
ionable and exclusivo cliques of this metrop
olis,if closely scaned by the oyo of rigid purity
would afford abundant materials for at /east a-
dozen divorces a week during the year—while
at the watering places during the summer
months tho number would easily be doubled.
Airs. Forrest has not thus far suffered very,
materially from the coarse and unmanly per
secutions of her husband, and will doubtless
come out “first best"’ from the affray, as p. wo
man—un especially a pretty woman always
should. She lives in a fashionable house,
“with marble mantels and all the modern
conveniences,” in Twenty-second street—has
her regular weekly receptions on Sunday
evenings, und is constantlyengaged in around'
of social pleasures and amusements. The Inst
timo we saw her, she seemed to be in really
excellent spirits—not convulsively giddy with
an affected buoyancy, but naturally nnd ra
tionally contented and well pleased with her
self. We think she deserves to be heartily
congratulated of her riddonce.
[Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.]
Washington, March 29.
During the present week, the last of Lent,
we have little gaiety and a great deal of winter.
The chilliness of the atmosphere, and the hea
vy clouds obscuring tho light of heaven, served
to depress every body in und out of the capitol.
Nothing has occurred which is much calcu
lated to relieve us from the gloom. On Tues
day the quurrel broke out between Foote and
Benton, and on Wednesday it was renewed.
It produced an intense feeling in the city, and
every where, nnd by every person it was, and
still is viewed as a deep nnd lasting stain en the
character of the Senate. The Senate cannot
long reluin its high character before the Union
Of people while such things ure toloruted. H
the men would fight and be done with it, it
would be a relief. But there is r.o probability
of thnt. Gen. Foote cannot force Air. Be*-
ton to extremities. He has beer, advised
against it, and it is not incumbent on him, f (ir
he took the same ground against Mr. B. a year
ago, and was the first to throw down the glove
an emeute. in the Senate Chamber is what is
mostly feared. When Mr. Benton, nfter hav
ing the previous day talked about the prospect
of using cudgels, declared that hereafter, he
would protect himself, “cost what it might,
he was under covert, und his son-in-law, Col-
Fremont, stood by his side. We shall see
sights yet, before wo get through with this con-
ttoversy. This altercation between Mr- Biff"
ton and Mr. Foote, you will notice, was not el
sudden growth, from the heat of didcussicn,hut
the result of an old quarrel, and a premeditated
determination to insult each other.
Several Senators, when the altercation went
on, took up their lints and left the Senate cham
ber. Among them was John Davis.
The Whig Senators who remained devoted
themselves to writing, and pretended not t°
heed it. Air. Webster this very day expose
ed a deep feeling on the subject, and entert# 111
ing as he does, much kindness for both of id* 1
parties, he seemed to think that it was derog"
tory to the dignity of the Senate, and won <
sink it in public esteem, both at home
abroad,