Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1859 — The Forrest Case. [ARTICLE]

The Forrest Case.

This celebrated case, which has so long occupied the attention of the courts and the public, is at last on the eve of a final settlement. By the decision of Judge Woodruff the question of alimony has been sent before a referee (Mr. Bradley,) whose award, it is expected, will be made in the course of the ensuing week. Pending his arbitration, an interlocutory decision of the Court gives to Mrs. Forrest an allowance of s2o*l a month and $1,500 law fees out of the defendant’s estate. The counsel for the lady are Charles O’Conor, Nelson Chase, and Benjamin Galbraith; and for Mr. Forrest, John Van Buren and James T. Brady. A curious piece of evidence was given before the referee in the course of these proceedings. In his examination, Mr. Forrest admitted that neither previous to his marriage nor subsequent to his divorce had he kept any account of his professional earnings and income. He had nevertheless made his wife keep a strict accouCt of every item expended for domestic purpose ß * or for he* - own use. H It is provable, from the general character of the evident.?’ that the reteree will allcw Mrs. Forrest froi.’J $3>00l) to $5,000 a year out of the defendant’s estate, the former being the sum awarded the verdict of the jury which tried the case. Besides this, she will be entitled to the arreai’3ffes that have occurred since then, and which w’.'H amount to upwards of $20,000. The law coals wi!! also form another formidable item—the sum of $1,500 allowed by the court for the present proceedings representing but a small portion of the aggregate. By the laws of this State Mrs. Forrest will be at liberty to marry again after this decision, but it is doubtful whether her late partner will be entitled to do so. There is nothing, however, to prevent him going to another State, and contracting a marriage that will be binding. Thus terminates the legal dfficulties of a couple, who, under other i circumstances, might have lived together . contented, respected, and honored. — N. Y. ! Herald, (£7”Senator Hunter, of Virginia, has declared in a speech, that if the Democratic party does not repudiate the principle of Popular Sovereigty and advocate in lieu thereof the principle of Congressional Intervention, the party ought to be dissolved, and the sooner the bettor.