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MORNING NEWS- BY JOHN m. COOPJGU. w THOMPSON ERH E DITOR teems: DAILY PAI>ER $4 00 | tri-weekly $2 00 All New Advertisements appear in both papers. 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 LARGEST <TRClJLATION' Ftp The Daily 1 MobHino News has now a t , KB city circulation than either of the other*? 1 !?' papers, and consequently is the best Anve.I. 4 * 1 ^ medium. Wo state this fact in justice to niJUi 1 " 8 and tor tho benefit of tho advertising public Ur,e ,cs BC n 'lf p " se for , our rfttes of advert!,in„ Ljf* Advertisements should be handed t.!” 8 ' fly hour, to insure their appearance in the u the next (horning. ® 8 Paper or Single copies of the Daily may he had at J. M. Cooper’s Bookstore at J s 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,