The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1856, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7326. ey THE NEW YORK HERALD. | MOBNING EDITION—SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1856. ‘ INTERESTING PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENT. THE CONQUEROR OF CALIFORN:A. Mr. Buchanan Endorses Fremont as the Conqueror of California—Veposition of the Sage of Wheatland tn Favor of Colonel Fremont—Secretary Marcy’s Official Report of 1856. We received by the last steamer from England an tm portant document, n which two of the candidates now before the people for the Presidency prominently fig- ure. It ia @ certified copy of the evidence for the defenco in the care of Gibbs vs. Fremont, being the copy of depositions. taken before Commissioners under ‘ho authority of the Court of Common Pleus, London, in 1862, it will be remembered that Uoioncl Fremont was ‘arrested in London on accouni of debts contracted in Ca- iifornia, The defence was, that these debts were con tracted on account of the Un'ted States government, Col. ®remont drew bills of exchange to the amonnt of nineteen thousand five hundred collars upon the Secretary of State of the United States, the liabilities having been in- ourred-on government account while Coi. Fremont was Governor of California, Tho bille fel! into the hands of persons in London, and being protesied for non-accept- ‘ance, the hoklers sought to bold Col. Fremont personally Mable. The evidence of yames Buchanan, of Pennsylva- nia--upon whom, as Secretary of State, the bills were sdrawn—being considered material to the issue, the Court ‘appointed Henry D. Giipin, Hugh Campbell and Peter ‘MoCall, of Philadelphia, commissioners to take depositions of witnesses for Col. Fremont in Pennsylvania, They ‘were to be sworn and then administer oaths to interpre- ters, clerks, &c.—the testimony 80 taken to be sent under geal to Sir James Parke, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Here THE DOCUMENT. VICTORIA, BY THE GRack oF Gan, oF TH UsiTep KinG- DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, QUEBN DRYSNDER OF wie Farru : To Henry D. Giipin, Hugh Cempbell and Peter McCall, all of Philadelphia, in the United States of Ame- rice, Esquires, Commissioners, nominates and appoin' ‘om bebalt of the defendant hereinafter mentioned—Greet dng: Know ye, that we, in confidence of 5 our prudence and delity, have appo.nted you, and by these presents do give unto you, or any two or more of you, full power ‘abd authority ently to examine certain witnesses at Penney ivania, in the United States of America, to be pro- duced, sworn and examined on the part of John Charles Fremont, the defendant in ® certsio action, on promises now pending in our Court, before tue Barons of our Ex- chequer at Westminster, upou interrogatories, wherein William Gibbs, Henry Hue! oe, Johu Hayne and George Thomas Davy are piaintitis, and the said Joba ‘Charies Fremont is the de(endant, to be exhibited and jut to them, the said several witnesses, on the part of e said defendant, and also to cro#s-examine the said ‘Several witnesses respectively on certa! oss interroga. ‘tories also to be exhibited and put to them on the part of ahe said piaintifs, &o., &e . &c oe = 8 * ¢ ¢: 8 «8 ‘We here quote the oaths :— THE WITNESSES’ OATH, ‘You are true answer to maxe to all such questions as shall be asked you touching the matters in question in this cause, without fear or ailection to either party, and there- im you shall speak the trutn So Delp you God. THE COMMISSIONERS? OATH You shall, according to the best of your skill and kaow- ledge, truly and faithfully, and without partiality toeither ‘ine parton im this cause, take the examinations and cross-examinations and depositions of ull and every the ‘witness and witnesses produced aud examined by virtue of the commission within written. So help you God. ‘THE INTERPRETED 'S OATH. You sball truly und faitbfu.iy, and according to the best of your ekill and knowledge, 4od without partiality to r of the parties in tnix cause, interpret the deposi of the now avout to be examined before us by virtue of the comm'ssion within written; and also that rou will truly and faithfully interpret the oath vo be takea ie the said wilness prior to his examiaation, and also tho question or questions to be putt) him on bis examination and cross-examination. 30 help you God. THE CLYKK'S OATH. You sbail truly, faithiuliy aud without partiality to apy or either of the parties in this cause, take and write down, trauscribe and evgross the de ions of all and witness and witnesses produced before and exam- ined by us, the Commissioners in this commission within named, £0 far as you are directed and employed by us to take, write down, trans >ribe or epgross the said deposi- tions. So help you God. ‘The Commissioners then proceeded with their duty, as appears by the following — We, Henry D. Gilpir, Hugh Campbel! and Peter McCall, Guntsctonere hanted ix Use writ of commiaiesion here” ‘with annexed, issuing out and under the seal of her Ma "s Court of Exchequer, at Westmmeter, bearing date ‘the eighth day of October, iu the sixteen ‘a year of her said Majesty’s reign, do hereby, 11 pursuance of the said writ, Certify and return that wo Lave proceeded to examine upon the several interrogatories and cross inter- bereunto annuexed, the Honorable Jamoa Buchanan, he beimg the only witcess wh> has been brovght before us for that purpose, pur. the said wrk, and that the paper writiag annexed and marked B, aad signed with our d with the name of the sai’ James Buchanan, examination and cros;-examinatiou, reduced into , of the said James Buchauan, wituess examined of the defendant tu the sa! pamed, aad ined on behalf of the plaintitTs, which juced into writing by Caldwell K. Biddell, Esquire, ‘k employed by ur in that bebalf,as by the said ; and we certify and return that the seve writings and documents hereunto annexed, and ith the numbers 1. 2, Sand 4 ronpevay, 8 several paper writings and documents relerre, ny examination and Crees exainination of the said wit- ‘we do hereby certify that the several oaths di the said writ of commission to be takea by us, admistered by us, havo beon duly taken by as, of us, and by us administered to, and duly takea clerk, who so wrote down and transoribed the de- f the said witness; aud also by the said wituoss, and by virkue of, the said Lye ¢ apd retura fe have done all such otter acts, and matters and by the said writ of commission we are direct ized and required to do. In witness whereot hereunto set our bands, the fourteenth day of ir, in the year of our Tae eee eee a any-two. ENRY D. @ eins HUGH CAMPBELI PETER McUALL. MR. BUCHANAN’S EVIDEN James Buchanan, of the county of Lancaster, in the State of Pennaylvania, gentioman, called, sworn and examined, as a witness on the part of th d defendaat, deposeth and saith, to such of the several foregoing in- terrogatories and crots interrogatories as are respectively distinguished by the number set opposite to, aad placed at the commencement of each of his answers thereto, as follows, that is to say :— Question. What is your name, your present sat, Occupation, busiaess or employ nent’ . My name is James Buchanan, my present re Lancaster county, Penusylvauia, and | am not any particular occupation or employment. know the defenuant in this cause, and how ou been acquainted with bim ? the defendant in this cause, aud have wainted with lim at least tou years. ‘here were you residing in the year one thousand wndred and forty seven’ oy of Washington. then persooa.ly acquainted with the de- g if il pide € i EE cl! 2 3 2 Ey ll di 35 z 3f fi #3 > ertebr 3 see the defendant during that year’ the defendant during that year, but not till , in tbe latter cnt of sam- warn of that year. defendant tien, or at any time, in the ser- United States government’ if yea, ia what 2 32 2» A i defendant was in the service of ths United States ernment, as Lieut. Colonel of the regiment of mounted throughout the whole of that year; be was ap ‘unis office in the iatier ond of y, 1846, hebad ix Or more yoars previously « Heavensst ia the ‘Topograph! Eogia vers, in which the brevet o conferred apon him for meritorious ser ing expeditions. dant in the year one thousand eight seven bold any, and if auy, what of: the said governmont, aod did he holt ‘any of thom, in the month of March hundred aad forty-seven ? je year lie bold the ovice of Lieut. of mounted rillemen. now who was the military commandan California, within the territory of th» the year ono thousand eight hundred ant particularly in the month of March ja that in the first months of that year therowa: ‘Sol Fremont, the defen vane Gen Z> i rf ba ie fi u Si HE ij 3 E e : : of March, 1847; after ‘disputed Military Commandant and Governor till the be- PY June, when he was succeeded by Col. Mason, the States Army, who continued in this position wntil after the end of the year. + you know who was the porson in actual command of the land forces of the government of the |nited States dn California, in the year one thousand oighy hundred and forty seven, and in tye month of Marob in that year’ ; Col, Fremont, the defendant, was in Onlifornia at of hostilities between the United States the reguble of Mexico; he there raised and commant of Cal Volunteers, const*ting of about men; his services wore very valuable—he bore 4 in the conquest of California, and in better entitled to be cated the ‘Conqueror y than any other man; he continued in 6 actual command of this battalion throughout the Month of March, 1947, but there Wore other troops ia Ca lifornia—other troops of the United States—under the command of Gen, Kearney, who was afterwards the Mili- tary Commandant and Governor of California, as 1 have already etated in my avswer to the eighth interrogatory; I cannot undertake to decide the aispate to which I have already referred, between Col. fremont and Gen Kear. bey, but as long us the Calijormia Battalion existed they ms under the separate and idependent command of |. Fremcnt, whilst Gen. Kearney commanded the other troops of the United States; for the rest of the year 1 refer to my ext preceding answer, Q. Do you know whether in any part of the year one thousand eigbt hundred and iorty seven aostilities existed between the government of the said United Sates and the Kepublic of Mexizot if yea, when did such hostilities commence, avd how long did they continue? A. Hostilities existed between the United States and the republic of Mexico throughout the whole of tue year ope shourand eight hundred and ferty seven—these hostilities commenced on the twenty-f. of April, one thousand eight bupdred and forty six, and the existence of war between thd two republics was recoguized by act of Con grees of the thirteenth of May, one thousand eight hun dred end forty six. Hostilities continued betweeo them umil the conclusion of the treaty of peace of Gua dalupe Hidalgo, on the second of February, one thou- rand eight hundred ane forty eight. ‘ Q Were such hostilities existing in or previous to the mouth of March one theueand eight huodred aad forty- seven! A. They were both in and previous to the month of March, one thousand eight hundred ani forty-seven. Q. Do you know whether apy. and if apy, what forces of the said government of the United States were, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, e- eaged in hostilities with the saia republic of Mexico? A. Ali the forces of the United States were engaged in hortiliiies with the republic of Mexico, except such as were indispensably necessary for the performance of other duties, aud this throughout the yeur one thousand cight hundred and forty-seven, Q. Were the said forces of the said government of the suid United States up Calitornia, or any part of those forges, engaged in the said hostilities with the said repub- iic of Mexico 1p one thousand eight hundred and forty- seven? A. The forces of the United States, in California, were ergaged in hostilities with the republic of Mexico in the yeor ope thousand eight hundrea and forty-seven. Q. Under whose command were the forces of the gov- erument of the said United States in California, so en- gaged im hostilities with the said republic of Mex'co? A. These forces were under the command of Commo- dore Rober: F. Stockton, Colonel Fremont, the defendant, wad General Kearney, aud, after Generai Kearney, Colo- nel Mason. Tho last actual resistance of which 1 am aware, was on the eighth aud vinth of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, The forces of the United States in these engagements, were under the command of Commodore Stockton and General Kearney. ‘he results ol theee engagements were 80 dieastrous to the enemy that the leaders of the Cuiifornians, a few days thereafter, met Lieutenaat Colonel Fremont (who was in command of the battalion of Callforn.a volunteers, and who was haste! to the scene of action, but did rive ip time to take part in these engagements) and eu- tered into @ capitulation wita him, whereby the people under arms abd in the field agreed to disperse and re- main quiet aud pewceable. Theie wag no actual battle f ught afterwards in California, to my knowledge, but the Btite Of war between the two republiss contiaued, of course, until the treaty of peace. Q. Do you know whether any, and it any, what forage or other heceesaries were supplied to or for the said forces oi the said United States #0 engaged in hostilities with the said republic of Mexico? And, particularly, do you know whether any such supplies were necessary for the forces under the commaud of the defendant: A. [know not whether avy, and if any, what forage or other necessaries Were supplied to or for the said forces of the United States, so engaged in hostilities with the republic of Mexico, but I do know that such supplics were necessary for the forces under the command of the aefendent, aud that ne apprepriation bad been made by Copgress to pay tor these supplies. Congress coald not Lave anticipated that volone! Fremont would raise a Cali tornia battalion by his own persoaai exertions, and with out previous instructions. Q. State if known to you, upon whose order the said forage or other necessaries were supplied, and the course of dealing in relation to such supplies, and the mode in which the payment for the same was made or eecured? A. know nothing of the matters aud things coatained in this interrogatory. Q. Were the said supplies suitable to, and proper and tee aaa for the said forces of the said government of Ube said United States so engaged in hovtilities as afore- eutd? A. I know nothing of the matters and things contained in this interrogatory, and ¢o not krow whether the said supplics were suitavie to, aud proper and necessary for ibe said forces of whe said government of the eaid United States, 80 engaged 1p bostilities, as aforesaid, farther than I bave stated in my auswer to the tfteenth interrogators Q. Do you know wheiher any, and if avy, what bills were given in payment for the said supplies? 2 A. 1¢O no\ know whetner avy, sud if any, what bills were given im payment of the said supplies. Q Look at the bills now produced and shown to you, sud say whether they or any of them were or was given in payment for the said forage aud other necessaries £0 supplied to or for the said forces of the Untied States wovernment’ A. No bilis being shown to mo, 1am unable to answer apytbing contained in this interrogatory. Q bo you know the havowrtng of the drawer of the said Dillsy if £0, state whether the said bills or any of ‘hem re or is in his bandwriting’ . bills being shown to me,1 canuot answer this ‘ogatory. Q. Look at the copy bills now produced and shown to you, apd say whether the origival of such bills, or any of ihem, were or was given in payment for the said forage and other necessaries so supy lied to or for the said forces of the sai: United States goverument’ A. Looking at the copy bills now juced, and shown to me, and which said copies of bibs of exchange are the several paper writings or documents hereunto aanexed, and marked respectively with the severa! a ore 1, Sand 4, Teay that 1 do not kaow whether the original of euch bills, or any of them, were or was given in pay. ment for the aid forag« and other necesssrics 80 pitied to, or lor the said forces of the said United States govera- ment. Q. It pay, eay whether any bill or bitls of the like tenor and effect were or was ever given in such payment, and if yea, when the same were or was a0 given’ A. | know nothing of the matters and things contained in this interrogstory. Q. De you Know in what character or capacity the drawer of the said original bill or bills of the like tenor aud effect drew the same, whether in bis individual cha- racter, or in any, and if any, what public character or cupacity, It yes, state fuliy the ciroumsiances? A. 1 do not know in what obaracter or capacity the crawer of the said bilis drew the same; but | perceive, from the face of the bilis, that they bave been drawa by Colone! John U. Fremont as Governor of California; by the bills, I mean the copies of the biils hereto aunexed, twaiked 4, 2, 3 and 4; 1 therefore infer that they were = bim ia the character which be attributes tu bimeeif. &. Do you know who was the Secretary of State of the eaid Cuited States in and during the year one thousand cight hunared and forty-seven, o: in avy part of that yemr? A. Lknow that I was of State of the United ‘Siates during the whole of the year 1847. Q. Do you Know whether or not the defendant himself individually and for his own private use or beueflt ever received any consideration for tue said bills, or any of them, or was there any consideration whatever fur the drawing or the accepting of the same bills, or auy or either of them, other than the sail supplies to or for the said forces of the said government of the United States’ A. | neither know nor believe that the ¢efendant him- seif individually, or for his own vate use or benotit, ever received any consideration said bills, or any of them, a7d do not believe there was any consideration ver for the drawing or —— of the same bills, of any or either of them, other t to procure supplies for the forces under bis command in California. . Do you know F. Huttman, in the pleadings of this use named” I do not know F. Huttman in the plendings in this ¢ pamed. Q. Look at the bills of exc! 0 now shown you at this the time of your examination. Was the said F. a st any time to your kaowledge, the holder or payer oi any stich bills of exchange, or any of it yea, state the time when and ail the circum: within your knowledge under which he became such bolder? A. No bills of exchange being now shown to me, | can- not answer this interrogatory. Q. Look at the copy bills of exchange now shown to Jou, and say whether the said F. Hatsman was, a+ lime to your knowledge, the holder or payer ot the origi- tala of such bilis of exchange, or any or either of them. if yea, state the time when and ali the circumstances within your knowledge under which be became such bolder, If bay, state whether the said F. Huttman wasat any time, to your knowledge, the holder or payer of any bill or bills of alike tenor anu effect. If yea, state the time when and ail the circumstances within your know ledge under which be became sach holder? = + A. Looking at the copy bilis of exchange, now shown to me, and hereto annexed, marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, I aay I koow nothing of the matters and things contained io this interrogatory. Q. Had the said F. Hattman, at the t'me when he first became such holder or payer of the eaid original bill or bills of the like tevor and effect, or any of them, or atany other and what time, any notice of the ciroamatanc x un- Cor which such bilis, or any of them, were drawn, and aid he, when he received the said bills, or any of them, know the copsideration for which they were drawn’ state fully 1% knowledge herein ‘ A. 1 know nothing of the matters and things contained in this interrogatory. Q. De you know the plaintiffs in this cause? A. 1 do not know the plaintiffs ia this cause. Q. Look at the bills of exc now showa you at this tho time of your examination. re the plaintiits, or any ‘of them, at any time, to your knowledge, the endorsers or holders of the said is, or any of th If yes, state, if knowa to you, when they became holders aod the circumstances under which they by ach boldera’ A. No bille of exchange being now shown to me, I can- not answer thie interrogatory. Look opy bills of exchange now shown you ur examination, Were the plaintiifs, y of them, at any ti y the en: or holders of the originais of gach bills, or any of li yes, state, if known to you, when they besame them® such holders and the circ ‘mstances under which they be- came euch holders. A. Looking at the copy bills of exchange now me, and herei annexed, marked Nos. 1, 2. wo to and4, 1 know nothing of the maticrs and things contained in tots interrogatory. Q. De you know whether the platotiffs were ever tho holders of endorsers of pay bill of a like tenor and oflyot; If yea, state the pan iculars of sucky bill or bills fully, aad when the plaintiffs su held the sagse and the circum- etances under which ay became such holders. A. 1 know nothing of the mattere az thinge coutained in this interrogatory, @. Are you aware wher ver the plaice when they first became holders of the a4 original bi or bills of the like tenor and effect, or any o them, had notte of tie cir- Cumstances under which, and the consideration won which the same bills were drawn, aud of the capacity in which the aefendant drew them / A. I know nothing of the matters and things contained in thia intern ar, Q. Did the plaintiils give any, and what valie or con- sideration for the endorsements of tae saic bills, er any and which of them, or wae there never av; sideration for the plamtiffis becoming t sae tote or any of them? State tally evem, A. I know nothing of the matters nad things contained in this interrogatory. Q. Is there witbin your knowledge, avy other yuatter” or thing touching or concerning the matters in {ssue ip this cause, or.the parties thereto, material or necessary 10 be known and adduced in evidence on the trial hereol—if }€8, state Cully the particulars hereof. A. To the best of my knowledge the originals of the bilis, copies of which are now produced and shown to me, avd are hereto annexed, marked Nos. 1, 2,5 and 4, were presented at the State Department, in he city of Washington, for acceptance and payment, but {do not recollect the individual or individuals by whom present- ed; I should have and paid these bills, from my general knowledge the transactions in California, had Congress appropriated any money, and placed it, at my disposal, uhich could be applied to their payment, though would have been more correct to have drawn these bills on the Secretary of War; 1 should have ac- cepted and paid these bills, aud bave them charged in ac- count against Colonel Fremont, to be settled for at wie general settlement of his accounts ag Commander of the alifornia battalion, had any such appropriation boen made; I kuow of no other matter or thing touching or concerning the matters at issue in this cause, or the parties thereto material or necessary to be known and adduced in evidence ov the trial thereof, OROSS-EXAMINATION. Qaestion—Where have you reetdea during the iast five yeuref Are you in the empioy of aay and what persoa or persons? ea, in what capaci:y—how long? Answer, I bave resided during the last five years, the iirst portion of the time in the city of Washington, andthe reroainder in the county of Lancaster, in the State of eun- sylvania; I am notin the emplvy of any person. Q. Are you in manner interested in the result of this cause? If $0, how? A. I um notin any manner interested in the result of this cause, Q. Wil, or can any result of this cause in any way prejudice 'or benefit you? If so, how? A. No result of this cause can in avy way prejudice or benefit ne. Q. In case you have made answer thet any bills or bill as to which you have been interrogated, were or wee given in payment for forage, or any otier necessaries supplied to, or for the forses of the United States govern- ment, under the command of the detendant, stats who ther or not the defendant received for his own use, as a commander of tae said forces, any and what part of such forage und necessaries, or either and which of them, de- clare the truth and your knowledge herein? A. I know not whether or rot the det for bis own use, as commander of the said forces, any, or.what part, it any, of such forage and necessaries, oF either and which of them, Q In case you have ‘made answer to the tnterro. gatories put to you on* behalf of the defendant, Joho Charles Fremont, fo through the same one by one, and state whether you have given your answer thereto from your own knowledge and observation, or from wuat you have been told by others, or how otherwise’ State how you have come to know the matters you have deposed to. is not your knowledge of ail, or some and what part, of the matters stated in your answers, derived from hear. say? Declare the truth of your knowledge herein. ‘A. Ibave gone through ‘my answers to the interroga. tories, one by one, put to me on beball of the delendant, Jobn Obaries Fremont, and stato that | have answer he firet, second, third, feurth, fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, twenty-fourth and thirty-sixth from my own ‘kuewledge and obacrvation; I have an- swered the eight), ninth, thirteenth, fourteenth, tifteenth, twenty-third and twenty fifth not from my own personal \nowledge and observation, but from my own close ob- servation of the events of the Mexican war, as they occur- red, and from taformation derived from official docu- ments as @ member of the Cabinet of President Polk, who was President ef the United States during the whole of be Mexican war; wy knowledge ‘of the matters to whick i have deposed is derived from ‘say in no other man- ver then | have hereinbefore eiated. 1 have staved that i have no knowicoge of the matters inquired of in the otber ipterrogatonies: JAMES BUCHANAN, Breaky D. Gurr, Commiesioners. Hven Canrneis, Perse McOats, Here follow copes of bills of exchange, &e., &. Secretary Marcy’s Opinion of Col. Fremont. (Extract from the Aunua! keport of the Secretary of War, December 5, 1846.] a War Dararrueyt. Dec. 5, 1845. * * * * * * * * In May, 1845, John C. Fremont, thea a brevet captain in the eorps of Topographical Eugiveers, and since ap pointed a lestenavt colonel, left bere under orders trom this Department to pursue his explorations in the regious beyond the Rocky Mountains. The objects of this ser- vice were, as those of his previous explorations had been, of a scientific character, without any view whatever to military operations. Not an officer or goldier of the United States army accompanied him; and bis whole force copsisted of sixty-two men, employed by himeeit tor security against Indians, aud for procuring subsistence in the wilderness and desert country through which he was to pass. One of the objects he had in view was to discover a pew and shorter route from the western base of the Rocky Mountains to the mouth of the Columbia river. This search, for a part of the distance, would y him through the uusettied, and afte-ward through a corner of the settled parts of California. He approached these ret- tiements tn the winter of 1845.6. Aware of the critical state of aflairs between the United States and Mexico, aud cetermined to give no cause of offence to the authorities of the province, with commendable prudence he halted his command on the frontier, one bundred miles from sonterey, and proveeded alone to tha: city to explaia the object of Pbis coming to the commandant general, Castro, and to obtain permission to go tato tho valley of San Joaywin, where there was game for bia men and grass for his horses, and no inbabitants to be molested his presence. Tho leave was granted; but scarcely had ho reached the desired spot for refreshment and repose, bo fore he received information from the American settle m pis, aod by expresses from our Consul at Monterey, that Gener! tro was preparing to attack him with » comparatively large force of artillery, cavalry ani in- eutry, upon the pretext that under the cover of a ecien tie mission be was exciting the American settlers to revolt. In view of this danger, and to be in a condition to repel an attack, he then took a position on a mowntain overlooking Monterey, at a distance of about thirty mies, couren it, raived the flag of the United States, and with bis own men, fixty-two in number, awaited the ap proach of the commandant general. From the 7th to the 10th of March, Colonel Fremont and bis little band maintained this poxition. Genoral Cagtro did not approach within aitacking distance, and Colonel Fremont, ad! to his plan of avoiding all col livions, and determined neither to compromit his govern ment vor the American zet/lers, ready to join him at all hazards, if he bad been attacked, abandoned his position, ‘and commenced his march for Oregon, intending by that route t) return to the United States, ming ail danger from the Mexicans to be passed, be yielded to tne wishes of some of bis men who desired to remain in the country, Cischarged them from his. service, and refused to receive ethers in their stead, 80 cautious was he to avoid doing anything which would compromit the American settlers, or give even a color of offence to the Mexican authorities. Be pu: sued bia march slowly and leisurely, as the stave ‘of bis men aud hovses required, until the miadle of May, and bad reached the northern sh¢ re of the Tiamath jake, within the limits of the Oregon ory, when he found his further progress in that direction obstructed by impaseable rnowy mountains and hostile Indians, who had been excited against him by General Castro, had killed and wounded four of bis men, and left bia no re- pore either in camp or on his march. At the sare time, information reached him that General Castro, addition to his Indian allies, was addvancing in person against him, with artilery and cavalry, at the head of four or ive bundred men; that they werd passing around the head of the bay of San Francisco to a rendezvous on the north tide of tt and that the American sottlors in the valley of ihe Sacramento were ~ Ag scheme of destruction meditated i own iy. Under these screomannass, he determined toturn upon his Mexican pursuers, seek safety both for his owe r and the American @dttlers, not moreiy in the defeat of ro, bat in the total w of the Mexican au t! y in California, and the establishment of an inde pendent ment in that extensive department. I was on the 6th of June, and before the commencemen of the war between the ‘United States and Mexico could sucha fogs a tye On the 11th of June a convoy of 200 horses for Castro’ camp, with an officer and 14 men, were surprised and ptured by 12 of Fremont’s party. (n the 15vb, at day reak, the military post of Sanoma was also surprise ‘god taken, with nine brass cannon, 260 atand of muskets ta veral officers, and some men and munitions of war Leaving aemall garrison at Sanoma, Colonel Fromont went to Sacramento to rouse the American setilers; but scarcely had he arrived there when an express reached him from the garrison at Sanoma, with informa tion that Castro's whole force was crossing bay to at- tack that place, This intelligence’ was receive in the afternoon of the 23d of June, while he was on the Amori can fork of the Sacramento, les from the little garri fon at Sanoma; and st 2 k on the morning of the 26th be arrived that place with 90 riflemen trom the American settlers in that vailey, The enemy had not zt appeared. | Scoule war sent, out a a s 8 ty of 20 fell In with @ squadron ragoons. o Pettyo's force which bed Crossed the bay.) attatkod and 1, killing and wounding ave without harm to ves, the Mexican commander, De la Torre, barely with the lows of bis transport boxts wid nine pieces of brass artillery spied The country north of the bay of San Francteos cleared of ibe my, ‘elonel Fremont returned t ma on tho evening the 4tb of July, and on ti ing O the Sth ood the people together, oxpla heing ’ mn them the condition of th."gs iu the provinces, ancl recom mended an immediate declaration of tadepeadence. chief airection of atiuire the attack on Castro was the c'ext objest, Hy was ai Sante Ciara, an enirenched poston ,the upper or eouth side of the Bay of pap Francisco, with 40\' met aut two pioves { of held artiliery 4 circuit of more th 2 & hundred inilee must be traversed to reach him. On t.'¢ 6th of July the pursuit Was commenced, by a body of dh) Mounted ritle- men, COMmanded vy Colone! Fremov’ tz P°rsov, WhO, in three days, arrived at the American sertlexnents 08 the Rio de les Americaucs, Here ne icarnt tast Castro lad abapdoned Seuta Clara, and wos retreating sou.) towards Ciudad de los Angeles, (ibe City of the Aogol#,) the Ben! of the Governor General of the Californias, and distan? 400 miles. it was instantly resotved on pursue bin to ‘bat place. At she moment of departure the gratifying intelligence Was received that war with Mexieg hud com menced; that Monterey bad been taken by our naval force, ana the flag of the Waited States there raised on the 7th of July ; and hag the fleot would co-operate m (he pursuit of Castro and his forces. The fag of iudepend- ence was hauled down, and that of the United States hoisted, auidst the hearty greetings aud tothe great joy of the American sevflers and the forces under the com olone] Fremont, The combined pursuit was rapidly continved; and en ihe ih of August, Commodore Stockton eud Colonel Fremoat, with adetachment of mariues frou the © iadroa and some riflemen, entered the City of the Avge.s. with oui reritonce or gbjection; the Governor General, Pivo, the Commancant General, Castro, aad all the Meccan an ing fied and dispersed. Commodore Siock- ion of the whole country av # conquest of pointed Colozel Fremont Gover- of nations ; to assume the fuavvions of should return to the squadron. ‘Thus, im the short 4 of sixty days from the first Cecisive movement, this conquest was achieved, by a small bedy of men, to au extent beyond their own ex- pectation ; jor the Mexicaa authorities proclaimed it a eon- quest, NOt merely of the northern part, wus of the wAole provivee of the Californias, the Commandant Genera}, Castro, on the 9th of August, fora his camp at tbe Mesa, and next day ‘on the road to Sonora,”’ announced this result to tae people, together with the actual thgbt and dispersion of the former autho nities; ad at the same time he officially communicated the fact of the cenquect to the Freneh, Eng)ieb aad Spanish Consuls in California; and, to crown the Whol, ihe official paper of the Mex'can government, on tho 16th of October, in laying these oficial communications before the pabiic, introduced them with the emphatic dectaraiion, ‘The loss of the Califoruias is cousummated.”” ‘Tae whole provinse was yicided up to the United States, and is now ia our militéry occupancy. A small part of tle troops sent out 10 subject thir provirce wali constitute, 1 is presumed, a sufficient force to retain our possession, and the remain- dcr will be disposable for other objects of the war 7 7 6, 8. sae © ef W. L. MARCY, ‘To ray Presipent or Tg Uxrren Srares. g Political Gosstp. Hon. James Buchanan, ewys the Philadelphia Penn syleoniam, arrived in the city on Thursday afternoon, and tock lodgings at the Mercbunta’ Hotel. The nows of bis arrival spread through the city, and ina yory short time an immenee concourse bad assembled in froat of the hotel to give him a welcome. The Keystone Club and the Democratic Young Men's Ciub, of New York, accompa- niet by Dodworth’s celebrated band, arrived imme- diately to pay bim their respects, Mr. Buchanan re- turnea them his cordial thanks for the enthusiastic ro ception they bad given bim, after which he was tairo duced to the gentlemen of the clubs and the citizens pre. sent, The “outside pressure,” whicb had by this time swelled toa multitude, became anxious for his appear- once, He made a few appropriate remarks, which were received with shouts of enthusiasm: Full retoras of the Maine election, with the exception of half a dozen towns, have been received, aud show tae lollowing resvlt:— — Governor . 1855.— Governor, 1856.— Wels, Morrill, Reed, Welle, Hamlin, P atte Couniier. dem. repub. whig. dem! rep. whi Androseoggit 2850 362 2,000 3,682 Aroostook... 607 245 1) 1,018 Cumberiand, 6,572 6,354 1,088 Freaklip. ....1988 1.992 "195 Hancock 2929 314 Kennebe 6,202 1,767 21748 L648 8.45) 1,3 %: B48 170 3.610 Fenobdecott . 5893 1,470 4,780 Piscataquis. ..1,229 1,401 226 1,188 Seguduboo... 1141 2.193-—S18~ "984 somorset.....2,711 2.795 1,464 2,258 Waldo..." .1.8,998 8,949 “489 9,486 Washington: 2,768 271 8,064 York... 6,405 515 6,529 Total. 6,059 Fremont over Bucbanaa.............. ++ Kepublicen over dem. and whigs, combined. Kepubiican gain in one year., Four, at least, of the rix “straight whig’’ candidate for State offices in Massachusetts last year are now sup porters of Fremont ani Dayton, viz: Mr. Walley, vie nominee for Governor; Reuben A, Chapman, Attorney General; Wendell T. Davis, Sccretary of Siate; John Sar- gent, Treasurer, The Sbippenburg (Pa.) News, heretofore neutral, has come out for Fremont and Dayton, It is the only paper published in that borough, and is expected to be of great service to the republican ticket in that part of Camber- jand county, ‘The retarns from Ma! tate that not a single repreven tative or county officer of any kixd was elected by the democrats in the counties of Penobscot, Hancock, Frank Yiu, Oxford, Androscoggin and Sagadahoc ; only one de. moeratic representatives @ach, in Waldo and Piscataquis; uo democratic ceunty officers or Senators any where ex- cept in Aroostock, and possibly one or two county officers tu Washington. At the recent meotiog at Galesburg, Iowa, Governor Grimey, during his epeech, read a copy of a letter ho had gont to President Pierce, demanding of bim to open ‘he Misecurt river, which | national bignway, to cill- zens of Iowa, intimating that if it was not dono specdily, (Grimes) would call on the State militia to march into Missouri and put an end to the outrages which free State men were undergolug in travelling up that river. The Charleston Mercury says the only real political question that is now before the Southern psople is : “ Can we live in this Union?” It says the North and the South are two pations, a distinct as the English aad French. mace 80 by their institutions, customs and habits. ‘The Fremont and Dayton club of Jamaica, (. 1., fired one bunéred guns on the 18th inst., in honor of the nom!- pation of Joba A. King as the republican candidate for Governor. To regard to the expected majority of Fromont tn Maine, next November, the Portland Advertiser says — “ Many place it at forty thousand; but we don’t see why they should stop there, for according to present appear ences every body intends to vote for bim |’ Ap interesting and spirited meeting of the friends of Fremont ana Dayton waa held in the village of Mount Ver- pop, Westchester county, N. ¥., on the 15th inst, Exoel- tent apeeches from distinguished men, singing and cheer- kept the meetiog together to @ late bour. Coroners’ Inquests. Fatat Camrumne Accipent.—Coroner Connery held an inquert yesterday, at No. 65 North Moore street, upou the body of John Drinker, Jr., @ native of New York, 22 years of age, who died on Thuraday night from barus re ceived ® week previous, in consequence of the explosion of # compbene Jamp in the factory of his father, at the foot of White street. ‘The jury rendered a verdict of ‘Ac- eidental death,’” MeLANCHOLY AND Fata Accrpent.—An inquest w.8 Lelt yesterday by Coroner Perry, at No. 1f0 Houston street, upon the body of Ann O'Neil, a girl 13 years of oge, who died from burne received on the nightof the eth inst. The parents of deceased testified that abe was knecling by the side of the bed at prayer, when her clothes caught fire from a candle which was on a chair pear her, and she was fatally burned. Verdiet, ‘Acct ¢: ntal death. Beceased was born in this city.’’ Fatat Fatt.—Coroner Perry held an inquest yesterday at the New York Hospital upon the body of Michael Gay. por, @ native of Ireland, 60 years of whose death war caveed by 8 failfrom a ik kila at verttraw, Now York, received on the 9th inst. Brooklyn City News. Kisos Corsty Cfvnt ov Gawnaar Sxevows— Barone Jéper Moors axp Justices EwMons and ScHoormaKaR— The Case of Buticy,—Jeremiab Butler, who was placed oa trial on Wednesday, charged with mansiai im the lest degree, was last evening found guilty, | On the appll cation @f bis counsel, Judge aod Alexander Had. don, Faq, sentence was }, io order to give them an opportanity of Bling @ bil of exceptions, Creve Covet Kisas Couxty.—Before Judge Brown. Sept, 17.—John Hanley agoinst the Mayor of New York nd Corporation. —Piainti whe is & painter, was, an 21th of June last, ding along Barrow street towards Had@on street, when shortly before be reached the later the sidewalk gxe way jpitating him into an old well, injuring him co that he has been unable to work at his trade since. The jury found a verdict for plainuit in ihe sum of $280, with ten per cent allowance, Benetany.—Henry Willams was tried on a charge of burglary in the frst degree, in having brokeo into the youse of Mt, MeLane, corner of Htoks and Joralembn streets, Flo was found guilty, and sentence will be pro- nowneed to day. Two accomplices, who broke into the ad to | premises along wilh bim, bay oot been arrested, ‘Toe Geclaration was made, nd be was seected to take tue copt the Ordnance Ser; ts on the arrival a ———————————— ‘ PRICE TWO CENTS. The Late Prize Fight. SUPPOSED DEATH OF ONE OF THE PUGILASTS. The prize fight noticé’ in our edition of yesterday, is ascertained to have taken place in New Jerrey, and is said to bave been between a man named Kelly and one Lynch, keeper of a low groggery called the Band Box, in Water street. The fight % repre- seuted a# being one of the most bloody aad revolting on record, wud it is said that even Morriesey, the pugiist, Ift the scene m ctyguet some time before it closed Eiebtyfowr rounds were fought, at the end of which Lyxth was pronounced the victor, Kelly, tis thought, was Drought to this city, and pisced im the Bellevue Hos- pital wader a @xtitiovs name, The Twentieth ward police *tate (bat ou Taursday they saw @ mar taken from a Sarge at the foot of Thirty fourth street, North river, and ditven off @ carrnge, but they made no effort to ascer- the wavure of the occurresce Ths occurred abou! noor; and sbortly after acarriage drove up tothe Belle vue Livapital aud left a man named, as was seid, John Williams, The keeper of the Brown Jug, and John Wright, of No. 407 Greenwich street, accompanied the map, and stated that he pad been beaten by some boat. man at ‘he foot of Thirzy-fourth street, Sorth river. Wright said, tion of tbe his residenve, aud, with the “Brown Jy? The injure® man remained jwsensibie during Thu night, aad dled about dayligoe About dalf an hear after bis death, iwo men called of the hosttal and made ia- quiries about Sim; and, on nsoertaining that he wos dead, left iv baste. tion of the occurrence; and, when requested yestercay by Coroner Perry to serve some stbponaes, and assist him i other ways t9 upravei the myvtery, they refused, say- ing that it Was not their dut: The partes who took Williams to the bespital were searched tor by officer McClusky, of the Covoner’s office, but they could not be found. Greeuwieh street the officer ascertained thet no person uamed John Wright lived there, and the “ Brown Jug’? individual was alxo non comartibus, {rom these facts, and some circumstances connected with them, that the man who was admitted to Beilerne Hospi- tal was Kolly, tne defeated pugiuist. Coroner Perry has eubposnsed a nuinber of persons as witnesses, and will Dring up ali that be can tind who witnessed the brutal fight, as a thorough investigation will be maie by him to-doy. further, that be had witnessed a por- afiay. Be gave the number of ” man: then deft. ay ‘The Twentieth ‘ward polies made no men. ag it was out of their ward. Cx calling at Ng: 507 It is quite evident Police Intelligence. ARSON CASS IN THK SHCOND AVENUE—THOMAS. DEN- IN@ COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Rofore Justice Flandreau recollected a tive oceurred on the night of the Tt will be Sth of September, in the grocery and liqaor store No. 2 Second avenue, occupied by Thomas Dening and wife, aud the npper part of the buildiag by soveral fa- milics, The early discovery of the fre and its quick ex tioguisbment enabied the police aud the Pire Marshal to make an examination of the premises. They found evi- al tiring. Serge Twenty tiret. ward police, toox Thomas Dening and wite ‘into custody, on the charge of being the guilty parties. Yesterday Fire Marshal Baker conclud ed the examination of witnesses, and the Justice committed Thomas Dening, in full, for trial, refusing to admit bim to bail. ‘Tho tollowing is @ synopsis of the tes Mrs. Eizabeth J. Brown, of No. 118 vance? $909 to Mr. Dening to open a grocery and liqucr store, the business to be t-ansacied in ler pame wutil paid for, Mra. Brown procured an in ance in ber pame for $800, since which time Doning as reduced the stock sown to almovt nothing. A few days prior to the fire be was seen carting away ebests of tea from his store before daylight; be has not paid Mrs. Brown apy part of the ad vanced money nor jutereet. The fire in the store was not suilicient to make a total lows, and by inven- tory mace, not $50 worth of stock could be found. Mr. Deving and wile ,orcupied the jback rcom off the store. Shaviogs were found stnifec in various part of tae store, tatwated with camphene. The sugar bins were filled with bothing but ehavings ano paper sprinkled with cam phene In the store a hole was bored in the floor, and cirectly underneath in the cellar, waa found @ tub pieced on atabieand fitied wih straw, rags aud ploces crkundling wood. extensively soaked with camphene or vurpeutine. On Mrs Den‘ng proving her marriage she was hberated trom custoday by the Justice ‘The motive of the party may be inferred from the se ret removal of Mre. Prown’s property by the accused venee, the fire to prevent detection, leaving Mre. Brown to seek redress from ihe iueuraoce company. CHARGE OF SEDUCTION. John Duchardt, a Germax, was arrested yesterday at Morrixania, by Sergeant Smith avd officer Kaveny, of the Lower Police Court, charged with seduction, under pro- mise of marringe, of Maria Baner, a German girl, living Xo. 22 Duane’ strect. The complainant aleges tha sent for her in 1854 to Germaay, and paid he pasrage to thie country. On arriving here she wi hy him, and he finally effected her seduction wai mit eof marriage, ard sebsequently abandoued her. aved was taken before Justice Osborn, cand held t to answer the charge, Army Intelligence. GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, No. 8. } New You, Sept. 13, 1856. 1. The followtog movements of troops have been inti cated by the War Department, and will be carried into effect a8 hereina‘ter directed :— 1. The companies of the Ist Artillery, now stationed at Forts Monroe and Moolirie; the 4th Artillery, the light batteries excepted and the Sth Intantry, to be ordered to the department of Florida, to reach there early in No vember. 2. Two of the four companies of the let Artiliery, at present in Florida, to take poet at Fort Brown, Texas, and two of these companies to garrison Mouitrie. 8. Company I, Ist artiliery, now at Fort Clark, Texas, (0 take post at Baton douge barracks 4. The compacies of the 2d Artillery, now stationed in the peninsula of Florida and at Baerrancas and Baton Konge barracks, to garrison forts Independence, Hamil. ton, Monroe, Brady aud Mackinac 5. Brevet Brigadier Geuoral William 8. Harftey, Colone’ 2d Dragoons, i8 aesigued to the command of the depart ment of Florifa, according to bia brevet rank, Il, Brovet Brigadier General William 8. Harney Colonel ‘2d Dragoon, will relieve Brevet Colonel Joho Munroe. Major 2d Artiilery, on the 10th of November next, or car lier if he deems necessary. ‘The headquarters avd companies B and E, lat Artillery. will leave Fort Monroe for Fort lailas, and companies G bal and H, let Artillery, at Fort Moultrie, will leave for Key Wert Barracks op the 20th of Uctober vext. One of these four companier, to be designated by the Colonel, to re Kieve company 1), Ist Artulery, at Fort Cepron. ‘The garrisons of forte Brady, Mackinac and Ontario, ox genuts, will leave their respective poste on the 12.b of Gctober next, for Fort Independence d"the rresent garrison of that post, like wise the garrisou © fort Hamilton and the headquarters ©) WhO regiment, wii leave for Fort Myers on the 20th of Coluber next. Companies 1, K sad M. 4th Artillery, upder the senior Major of the reg , and the §th Iofantry wil be imme ly put {a mar.» lor Fort Mvers, Florida, under instruc ‘to be given by the Commander of the Department of Texas, He will aiso order forthwith Company I, lat Artillery, at Fort Clark, to Baton Rouge barracks, tore eve Company H, 24 Artillery. On being relieved at Forts Dallns and , and Key West barracks, Companies A, 1), Laud M, lst Artillery, will proceed t orts Moultrie, 8. C., and Hirown, Texas; two companies at each post, to be de signate! by the commanding otticer of the regiment, who will fmmediately potify the commanding offcer of the Department of Florin. Companies ©, B. F, G, Hi, 1, Rand L, 94 Artillery, witli garr oon Forts Incependence, Hamilton, Mouroe, nod Mackinac, two at each of the first three named ports The of the regiment. mpanies to be designated by the commanding oilicer A® the com panios for Forts Brady and Mackinac cannot 0 Blations before the close of navigation, they ene! will take post { r the winter at Fort Adama. ‘The companies of the 24 Artillery in the peninsula of Florida wil be pur ia mareh for thebr respective stations the eg 4 rapcas, ane Company Ii, at proceed to their rs] ve stations, tae latter on being relieved by Company I, lst artillery Unless otherwive directed, the officers of the medica! department wili accompany to Florida the troops with whieh they are serving. Headquarters of the ist Artillery, tm the Gott in Flor{ ta; the station of the senior Major, Fort Moultrie; junior Ma, jor, Fort Brown. Beadquartere of the 9d Artillery, Fort Hamilton; the stations of the senior and junior Forts Monroe and Meflenry, The senior w have privilege of chowe “Hondquarters of the 43h , tm the fala in Fo. rida. Tho Regimental Stat will f report to Major Morrie and accompany his command. ‘The commanding \- tario ee Hemiiton, Moarce ana Moultrie will make requisitions on Major Backus, 3d panes, seperta wendent of the general recruiting service at Led Den, for recruits to fill under respective commands to the maximum standard coperintendent i authorised to fill such requisitions | Josh | at the posts from which the troops Pawn will be disposed of ip such a man directed by the such as may be desi; of nagvaNn Mintstens.—The Washington y. pF ‘eays:— We have nnderstood that the (rag) jun ceil not, at present, rece! rea Minister from Nicar sg: ew ing to the wnecttle political conditign of ‘that rep) the Stats of | The New York itepublican State Convention's OUK SPECIAL CORRESPONDEN "E+ Srxacvas, Sep 18, 1856. The Nomination for Qovernor—The Railroad .!nterst Da- Seted—John A. King Nominated —His Claims ts) ‘Bac’? and *Blood,”’ de, ‘Ihe Republican Convention has adjourned, and im a few hours Sy,"acuse will be as tranquil and composed as ever. ‘The candi.'ates haye been nominated, the State ticket ia’ complete, ai\d as one of the delegates remarked, all that pow remains ‘0 be done is to elect the men, From the , begmniag it w ¥3 evident that a siruggle would be made | by Uzose delegat 8 in the railroad interest, to procure the nomination of one Of the three aspirants for the office of Covernor— ©. D. Mean, Simeon Draper er Gen. Wads. worth. Everything "was cut and dried to accomplish the'® purpose; and hat it not been for fas well knows oppomtivn of tie Herat $0 the ratlrosd monepoly and ite policy, they would bey.md a doubt, have succoeded. Their cYoice wee Gen, Wactsworth, but it becanw eviden> on the f..¥t ballot thet he covld uot be nominated), and om the secon John 4) King, of Queers county, revetved's jarge majc*My’ of the votes cast. Among tle zamer presented ag thas of Horace Gree- ley, and it was but roasoneble to suppose that it’ woule meet with as fuvorabiea considevation atany other be- fore the Convention, bt, as if to show the nbsurdity of relying on the professed ‘riendship of politicians, he di@ not even receive a compiimeptary vote. There ware abowytwo hundrad and fifty delagates present, snd among these there was Lut one ‘+ todo him henor,’”’ and even he abandoned him a2d¢ went’ with the majority. The result of the second ballot was made known anid tho most ea- thusiast'e cheers, ard » comm/ttee appointed to wAit upom ~ Mr. King to inform bim of hie nomination In due time the committee returned, accorspanied by tee candidate himself, whose entrance was greeted with rcnewed cheer. ing. Whos silence was restorod he proceeded to return: them his thavks (er the distinguisied honer they ad conferred upon -im; and’ had he stopped there it wockd haye done vory well; but not content with this, he went em to tell them how he bad “como ivom a race who had cometbing to do with the framing of the constitution,’ sad how the same bivod ran in bis veins “that ran i> the veias of him whose signature was placed to that lustrument.’’ When he concluded there was a locke cf uneaomess on the faces of many of the delegates, as if they had@one something about wnich they were not quite satisfied: The fact was, they were mortified with the absurd pretensions which it been made by their candidate om the ground of consanguinity, and as men of common sense they felt appeyed that a the start he should havo onid euch a silly Ubmg. ‘What does it mater,’ said one, ‘of what race he came, if be can stand upom bis own merits? MW he's for us te know, or father was.’ grand 7 Some smiled at thet "want of ng. ment and delicasy of feeling which dictated ‘s a speech, and @ delegate who was standing a few feet from Mr. King asked if anybody had cast a2 imputation ou the character of his mother, or exproesed a doubt that Rufus King was his satber; ‘and if not,’ he “what the d—1’s the use in ‘talking: about the ‘thing all?” Mr. King seemed~to have forgoten that he was born in the wrong country for such pretensioas, and that claims bagzed upon nothing eise than mere relationship with distinguished characters amount to tittle or i Perhaps, on that matter be is of the same opinion an acquaintance of the Waterbrook family, to whom * blood’’ was everything. ‘Ob, there is nothing,’’ the character in question \s reported to have eaid oa one cccasion,, ‘ Oh, there is nothing 90 toone. there ts nothing that is so much one’s beau of—of all that sort of thing, speaking iy. are some low minds (not many, | am w but there are some), that would prefer to do what i should call bowing down before idols ively | iola— before services, intellect, and so on. these are im tangible points. Blood is not 90. We seo blood ia @ ‘bose, an we say, ‘ there it is—that’s biood.’’ The Waterbrooks’ opinions on the subject may be died with profit by Mr. King, but in case he should fail te find the authority, bere is another opinion, as strongly. on the same pout, and trom a po less reliable source “Ob, you know, deuce take it,” said the authority im question, ‘“‘we can’t forego blood, you know; we mast have bicod, you kwow. Some feliowa, you know, may be a bite perhaps, polpt of education and bebavior, little wrong, youknow, and get themoelves and people into & variety of fixes and all that; bat, deuce take it, it's deliguifol 10 refleet that they’ve got biood in " Mytels, I'd rather at avy time be knocked down. sy man who had got blood ic bim, than I'd be picked ‘a baan’s.”” bs Ciaims as are ret up by do well for the Waterbrooks, but frmyd will hardly recogpized ip a country where every man must stand fail on bis Own merits or demerits. It was well for he didn't t it his ‘‘race’’ or his ‘* blood’? opening of the Convention, for there were evidentl: in itywbo had the good judgment to condemn foolish display, and who would have reflected 801 vefore voting for him. As it is, he is now vands, and it remain: to be seen what the vege are op the subject of ‘‘blood.’’ ‘The North Americans, a you bave been formed by telegraph have a! bad a Convent Allthe delegates, with the exception of some ten oF twelve, came over to Fremont, and were the republican party. The ten or twelve have issued @ notice, to the effect that they will hold Pong oy heey ou the 23d inst. This, it is be teved, tx to ir sopearance, as another meeting will be the political death of them. City Intelligence. Tork Late StanwinG AFFRAY IN TWENTY STENG STREET Coroner Perry yesterday took the ante moriem cxamine- tion of Patrick Sheridan, the young man who was stabbed, it is supposed fatally, ata rum shop corner of Tweaty- ninth street and Sexond avenue, a fow nights age, by Jobn McGlotn. The wounded man made the following statement: —''Last Monday evening I went to the store corner of Twenty -ni treet and Second avenue; I foumé Jamen Broderick apd Jobn Sullivan disputing together, apd while thus engaged a laboring man came up and took the part of one of them; I tried to quiet them, and told ‘bis man to let them alone and | would getihem home peaceably; McGloin was at this time standing near we know it. We meet with it ina chin, and Lod z i 5 = $ < ard i i Ht fli, i 5 shop apd were friends: MeGlot returped, and raid, ‘Where is the foray? Ttold bom I bad pong mere wibed to make peace; be then aeid, ‘I can lick sud st the same moment ran at te and staboed me wwiee; I threw op my foot and st nothing more eccurred, and I was taken home, and have been in cere of a physician ever since’ MeGloin, the accused, wag arrested at the time of the assault, and te no® in prieon DisarrmaRayce oF Starsax A Brascr.—It is now some vix weeks since Stephen H. Branch was missed by bie friends im this city. It is repo-ted that be was seen at New Or-cans, but the statement bas not been authenticated, amd eriourly concerned as to his whore f i i jerman Moser, of the Third ward, was buried yesterday, with appropriate services, in Greenwood cemetery. His friends and relatives of the deceasod: Panrow Fecara—About pine o'clock last evening, aa the Hamilion avenue ferry boat Montauk waa entering the shp on the Brooklyn side, » woman, with « child im her arms about two months old, alsempted to. boat prev! the boat, being to ‘water, and would no = have been drowned the noble conduct of a whose name we ascertain, who jumpea overboard the infant heen located, and the surveys, plans, and maps flashed the pea ATTEMPTED Svicrp#.—About noon yesterday, as the ‘damilton avence ferry boat, Whitehall, was in the river midway between New York and Brooklyn, a Frenchman, oamed Joseph Pattie, attempted to drown himself jnmping overboard, and no doubt would have ut for the gallant conduct of Kdward Martin, fireman the ‘oat, who jumped over after him and succeeded im rescuing bim, Mitrtary.—The Emmett Guard, Company Ry Tenth mont. paraced Inst week, unger ine cana! or John Kennedy. They looked \