The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1858, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 18658. n prosperit: Making ful and attentive as a mother over her ohMd. That is one “ * pace wealth to Chemsetves aad iy to tom: the | eacrifice of my ments if 7. sbould refuse to obey the orders which ‘The &. Lawrence Hotel Tragedy tn Phila-~ of we.aual rd the Susie from the auscoveries already made. The pron. snip wits the ci at vata bare ded on, Tepecipe Sie "govramrats ma ine heer deiphia. their aa tity Of the mines to the line of the Rio Grande will very | the military of course Tam tion to the public service and their official duties. ‘THE TRIAL OF THOMAS W. SMITH —TOUCHING N. of tals there wes woh favor the operation of the company in carrying on | periously called ny cuties a by my 16. Nay enaeevar part co piace Sp taetazion the ‘TIVE OF THE PRISONBR'S SISTER. of that Another ‘of evidence, te (heir werk. An opportunity wil present itself tocmes a parca or iberty, and combined States Co om, om (Fr m the Philadelphia Bulletin, Jan. 15.) ‘which we stall call y x to the position for the safe and profiiable investment of capital to those | friend of the peopie. Supreme Court of Cy | her ‘The greatest feature of the case morning ‘and talk of Mr. Roberteon, a man or 46 remee of ago, and fer {ibe baw the funds to spare, and are willing to become | Before taking this step 1 oy ‘i — fe, vocrhonn President tempore of te. | been the «xamination of Miss Smith, the sister of | together; about twenty years well known in this com . New, pe “-) vba Lprnpe ned bere ed Lo Paper oa gy ag teap yand ite ola public i e servant of the comeihaiion india the prisoncr. She delivers her testimony in the | soon he rel gentlemen, think for my momen oe momo taee, fa tene begg4 {o Land persorally by the gentioman who is the sole | have rendered it acceptable even to the most all the powers and privileges conferred in such cages by | most. distii ct and elegant language, evincing great | I en eh Oe, Oe a ae ek nd a ba owner of the lands within which the mines have been | defenders of the constitution, and given at the eame time | the article of constitution. self possesion, a womanly delicacy, and a le- | arm, 6a) ‘why you think so, you would reply: Why, have known discovered. In this matter he is sustained by the govern- | satisfaction to the principal exigencies of the awthors of | 11. The States of the coalition will eeractiataly proceed gree of in‘ellectual refinement. Asa witness she pine that man his boyhood up, and known him to be a iment and come of the most intluential men tn the that Plan. But my elforts have not succeeded, for the | to nominate one representative for each State, a0 that all | Could not ie excelled. The manner, as well as the man of generovg, liberal, high c! in all the rela Notwithstanding the rebellious spirit of the retrogressive faction being master of the movement in | the representatives of the States may withoat delay meet language in which she tells the painful history of | roused up ani tions of life to Le trusted—and he has maintained this ally in the interior, their eflorts (0 create a wee ee i arrangement, its only wish being to | and be installed in the capital of fhe State of Jalisco, 0 | the relations between her brother and Misa McCau- | he had no con Charseter all through his life. Suppose, when you returm, pect od ee . ees at Se yeasney Yemenite! a ee ee, ares Seis Fosvens ean tone tes te ee ital one pen [evra Mag ley were the admiration of the crowd of listeners in | verted as naturally you that that man had been overheard by plete! estab z ‘ Sed Space, beam wtb | gene AN Pep Meaty et | teen ace tn teet, Seated | RSE ay nasa ad tio flows | so bag ar Seevnstgers cor eee ees tof all the b andthe | is antagoni w r ‘oue more convenient ity. iss hy 5 " it? You eay that it ia in- ecu ary fines lately imposed. ap yt the members of | Mexican fact which good faith X yey endea- | be to act as and exercise the fata a sovereign, Con- | Our conversation was continued a short time longer; Sponghy Tredivie, Unt on have Kpown that man's character amd (be Eoclesiastical Court in this city, are measures that vor to tit opens & side door for reform, | gress or convention of the people of the Mexican Union, | the last remark was, my brother was willing for the | thought no suc! his soo'a! rel ‘too well to believe it. So it is im have proved higbly beneficial, aad whieh have drawn on and when the last pronunciamiento was effected, no reform | until such time as a free of the Mexican States ponement, but added, don't let that be said, but | Mr. this case; we believe a man’s habitual character is more Governor Vidaurri the deep curses of the rascals in Mex- | had been begun; the war violence, ever unjust and | can be assembled. They must also be copowered by posty ‘it her own convenience in making such an op man that could be bribed; to be trusted than these euspicions: although Oviatt Sante Anda, Bnet needa ems As Command teeason | which ins peecetit manner would bave gives tecsasee | dent, coras to-relieyu'sr.fuarez from the charge now | pointment, and that if she wilsit Iwill assent to | ashamed of himself for thinking so; but vale tnd Sear! may think they heard words, which go against nba. y may % ne ani % , d ont perf read! 4 once n 80 grossly deceived, became | him. There must evitence, unl ta order to ‘restore thetrtofamous’ idol to power, bus You result—the suppression in that code of whatever was ill | temporarily cevolved eh shall adhe ious mig re = arr repo fe Nor but if suspicions on everybody. J Then he said he | s¢cing are the 0 ae evidences that Can be addressed to SEZ Teh, sacred of tho fuck teat, weateras, wear Lapoe> | Tesaines rs Md wa ge om tet a pegh riherg 4 es t sof it attach toher; my | received various advices on the subject of | ‘he mind A many stories are related; they toll io the interior, we will never, in this section of the coun- On the band, the moment the executive | coslition shall ratify their act by aoe of a decree, | there be any censure let none ot baer is all that Le | his. difficulties. from differem icemen ; | About the evening at the Osburn House in ‘August last, eat of our somenic ene er@re in he EMOAE® | 4 for dhemaciven tho groprety of npeticioy of soe, | force of aw tn each Gatovand be Brought tebe Geom: | CocuCre,creabrune @20 2 WTiands for* censure | that somo. had cae a, gegen Deevene Conte cel anes ae mm ts F 5 P, » * « in e@ an 4 ‘Aftor the termination of the armed fracas at Tampico,on | stitution, the latter exists to longer but by name, and the | ledge of the . Said decree shail also be communi- | after having honorably obtained the consent | leaden and others a legal redress for hig difficulties pied ged pee ‘up a turmoil from eleven o'clook until the 15th ultimo, Genera: Morcno, as we are now informed, | country is doomed to turn in the vicious circle of revolu- | cated by said State so publishing the same to the other of ber natural father, to whom he had writ- by rosecution. Such counsel he regarded as only | two. If such a thing actuallyoccurred, you will eay that has formally accused Garza, the Governor of Tamaulipas, | tons without ever able to recover the - of Daten, as wel a8 6 She berries ing prpingeed ten on the subject; I told him there was perfect | adding insult to injury; that men ot ong | itisa circumstance calculated strongly to corroborate. Hi" oe fr er fare suing oe | he ae an by opera gin ete hre aa 2 | De, 280 -A'oy 9 eT | Droit In EO ea a ae ee oe ee ee oars sede on 3 | surdity’ not be justified. . _ FRANGIS RIOSECO, Secretary. | learned that Mr. » being an open . ecient tm te mgo.reasirmeet me | werner ok Mane | LN SaaS" ES tray, | tc se al Ve enka | pees ka ee wie thee | Eten eu gu aan every mail from the interior we are informed of the | said, the rei for rating the evils of the constitu- JORRLIA, . 26, 5 "ASCAL retary. ad paid him the respect was duc him, | early, “ m ”” what roll. “= of tie reactioniete, and public opinion i ‘again on | tion: for the fatims of a code never have been correoted | peesipenr COMONFORT HAS quelle! saeeaic. 40.4: 4a fared time considering the past kindnesses of | grace, heaped wpe him sway with paltry gold; his , poor (Shy er rye y needy oor me But where did the gut vive about Santa Anna's return, backed by her | by sedition. oer the pee of the Se per can remedy BITTERS—A CONGRATULATION. Mr. Carter to Lizzie, that ‘a becoming respect was | soul loathed the thought; it was an abomination to | Jo Biegler get the idea of his being at the Osburn House? Catholic Majesty. The invasion of this country by Spanish | the defect of the law; the sword of soldier destroys, On the day before yesterday, at half Zo'olock in | necessary, and to pay some consideration to Mr. | him; that he re the very touch of Carter's or | Whe was ‘a plan, he must weave into his story forces would be fb extsend to Marien, sae we are onl) bene yp os — trtumph, the . | the afternoon, his Excellency the President received the | Carter's wishes also; my brother could not see that | any other man’s money, under si mstances, | some probabilities, in order that the story may be such s py Dons aay ined tele fe Pa 8 ene phy ‘eae praitirher los soleadé of the army ae ‘be | Congratulations of the diplomatic body resi Mexico, | he was under any particular obligations to Carter, | a8 a contamination and ution; the Wy Pameed } e Sapa ry op (Beppe Fun. ae. Dae To errr * * | ruin, anarchy and the toes of oar pationality. Ss neceel sonthe Slowing addrestes were delivered. and said that he did not consider or expect Carter to | on, and as the time neare for m leaving he, grew the city, and if he had a cman oe 4 contrivance to implicate NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. But the States are already gathering round the constu- | a.)pecendor of die di oF OF Guatomala, the fenior | cringe tohim on account of his money; thathe (Carter) | énd, and said that if he could have me wi Roltaewr that ie case tee waschinl or hiaeitinn, Sek: Agreeably to the Sth article of the plan of Tacubaya, | tional banner, and strong by the justice of the cause they Me Pusibenta in tie mane aad pa'bchetforthedighna. | Would find himself much mistaken,and if he thought | always he would be himself again; I told him. that | [ins him step by ses makiog: inquiry and. eding et the President has appointed the following persons to re- | defend, and instructed by the bloody experience of former | «ic'ropresentatives of Guatema’a, of France, ofthe United | 80 then or would afterwards; he said he was glad | if he would permit it I would never leave him, I | enough truth to answer’ his purpoce. Jo. Biegler ia not Present the different States in the Council of Government: | dictatorships which oppressed them, will use all their | Stel or North America, and of Kijuador, whose sentiments | that Miss McCauley’s father was not opulent, and | would travel with him to the ond of the earth; he | gionein thie matier’ He wan asked how often he went States. Counsellors. Alternates. Fesources and defend themselves to their utmost; for they | T have the honor of being charged to couvey to you,Ibave | my brother did. not marry for mercenary motives, | remonstrated against my accot ing bin. urging | down to see his father, and he had it six weeks or twe SMC y Najera, Manuel Campero. ] well know how much it costs to reconquer liberty when | tne picacure and satisfaction of presenting to your Excel. | but only cut of love for her, and that if she was will: | that he never would satject me to nyenience | months; but when he brought his sister bore to testity, Eulatio Ortega, — Joaquin Rangel. once lost. aay ony cae antacanis wabaliomareavam: fartio Utne t tak him he would risk all for her, if that he | of his mode of life; he said he wished to take a tour | she said it was as often as once in two weeks. Wo have ee ee Pn Gimme een aire ecunat. gl oat nd prosperiyy and glory ofthe Mexican republio. | Tost thereby every friend he had in the world; I re. | through the mountains of Virginia on horseback to | here an intimation where the Georgia story came from. + Beanciaeo Reese, Penal beans. Tare ant paosontod th tlltagee te fed Lg ‘and deceiving | ,, 7 , our prayers and good wishes, we would unite | turned to Wilmington on the evening of the 13th, | regain his physical strength. Before leaving he in- | Where did Jo. Biegler get lea that Robertson some ‘Manuel Siliceo, 'L.. Robles Pezuela. ‘Bernardo Flores, Félix Maria Aburto. VJoscsarialacunza, Joaquip Angulo. Mier y Teran, ’ Felipe Berriozabal. . M. C.'y Esparza, Miguel Zincunegui. Nuevo Leon’ and . José Maria Iglesias, J. Munoz y Munoz. Ignacio de laLlave, Juan Navarro. Rafael Espinosa, ' Cosme Furlong. Bernardo Garate, ws Juan J. Baz, N. Pizarro Saurez. Mariano Yanes, Ignacio Vera, Pedro Echeverria, J.M.R.yPedregurea. “Hilario Elguero, ’ José Maria Garcia S. 1. de Tejada, ‘8, Lerdo de Tejada. ‘Jose Maria Godoy, Manuel Saldana, rnardo Couto, ' R. M. de la Torre. Santiago Mendez, ©. y Echanove. * Marta Cuevas, Mariano Navarro. . Riva Palacio,’ 7.G.deCarrasqu District of Mexico. . Joaquin Cardoso, M. Maria Azcarate, Some of theee names are already in open hostility to the government of President Comonfort. The New Orleans Bee learns that President Comonfort is exerting himself in order to bring over to his side the oppanents of his late coup d'état. He uad alread ted reveral important measures to the Go cil, and seemed very anxious that the it parties should unite in order to repel foreign invasion, in case of a rupture with Spain. The Council appointed & committee to form & new ministry, and another one to draw a bill relative to the prosecution of thieves and robbers. A third committee was ordered to report on the law regulat- iug cburch property. This report will be submitted to the Pope as a basis for a new agreement between the Holy ‘See and the Mexican government, (From F! Heraldo, Jan. 3.) After baving received the day before yesterday, from Vera Cruz, the news of that place having returned to the constitutional r gime, a junta of Generals has been con- vohes by his Fx clleney the President. It is asserted that situation of (ue country bad been debated, the was © creed upon:—To obey the orders of Senor and to share bis fate. Incase of a foreign p all domeetic quarrels and to hasten to tl nef the country; te oppose the Santa Anna faction . ver it may present itself, and to authorize Senor Comosfort to --ter into arrangemests with the States. ‘The situation is grave, very grave. It behoves the libe ral press, which is the press of order, to listen to the Voice of reason, and to advise what is tow convenient. Although we are sware of not possessing the necessary influence, we think it right to break the silence we bave bs ) and to epeak frankly. After the liberal party bas triumphed ana obtained the support of public opinion it would be grievous for it to be vanquished by the reactionary party which is attentively waiting the mo- nuent for profiting by our carelessness. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN’S MESSAGE IN MEXICO. (From the Mexican Extraordinary, Dec. 26.] In to day's issue we give complete the message of Mr. Buchanan, President of the United States. The document is ope of uncommon ability, and does credit to the chief magistrate of the neighboring republic. The entire aly sence of apy mention of Mexico in this document has given disappointment to many, and to us surprise. There cannot be the slightest doubt entertained but that the Pre: sident of the United States thinks much of this country, as the interests of his nation come so directly in contact with those of Mexico. The silence with which Mr. Buchanan has chosen to pass Mexico by in bis message is ominous. To infer that ‘the omission Was from want of interest would be entirely incorrect: no such conclusion can be arrived at by any reasonable person. President Pierce, in his message, @ year ago, took occasion to refer to the unsettled claims of lm citizens against the Spanish American republics, and eaid -— “Unfortunately it is against the republic of Mexico. With which it is our special desire to maintain a good ua- derstanding, that euch complaints are most numerous, and sithough earnertly wi upon its attention they bave bot as yet received consideration which this (Cited States) goverpment had a right to expect. While reperaticn for past wjuries has been withbela, others have been added.” ‘The question whether Mr. Buchanan takes a greater or smaller interest in the claims of his citizens against other nations than did Mr. Pierce is not yet settled, but the probabilities are, that having spent some time abroad as the repreeentative of bis nation be must take a far greater interest. His reference to Spain goes far to prove ‘Ubis, but still, granting that he feels no deeper concern for the security of the life and property of American ci zens ebrcad than Mr. Pierce, the causes for complaint that existed twelve months since bave not so diminished ‘as to leave the matter comparatively insignificant. For oar part, we can come to no favorable conclusion in connection with the silence of Mr. Buchanan towards Mexico. Every point that we can see in his message in- dicating Coutact with this country implies encroactment; and wheo we look back for afew months we think we ly see one of two or more of the designs of the 2 un. Our readers will observe that the President goes elabo rately into the explanation of the necessity for a military railroad, apd although be saye be declines giving an opi- route, he uotw ithstanding, at the same ically shows bis preference for the ex ne N that the surveys 2 marie show it to be next to impossible to ad entirely on American soil, and there can ton buf Mr. Buchanan bas already caused to be committed to paper bis wish to purchase a few of the tortbern tates ot Mexic lu our opinion the ne Uo {that has been shown to Mex- dent in bis message will soon be d, perhaps, not fully explain us between Mexico and the Mr. Buchanan to delay and of @ special meseage, in order the tocall the attention of the Senate This is the ie at and & jon to this cofutry ony & bn we can give, and we shall therefore watch with grcat attention the first signs of the deve ent of Mr Buchanan's designs on this country. We shall con hope that they may be of the most pacific charac until we are forced to believe to the contrary. W are fully con ed that the sentiment of the American nation i against annexation, notwithstanding this idea has been strongly wtis American journals, but stro we are equally well convinced that Mr. Buchanan bas set ou dist Ling hes administration by the acquisition of ‘one or more ports in the Gulf of Cortes. Toe foreign ministers at Mexico went ina body on the Ist inst., to the Palace, and congratulated President om onfort. The Minister of Guatemala addressed the latter in behalf of bis colleagues, The absence of the British Minietor was s subject of general comment. The Heraldo of January 5, says:—The absence of Mr. Letom, H. B. M.'s Charge, at the customary visit of the compe di on the occasion of New Year's day, to pay their compliments to bie Excellency the Presi dent of the republic, has been remarked. Neither did the said diplomatiet hoist the Knglish colors on his residence, as the other representatives did theirs om this occasion. Yesterday, moreover, it was said that the relations bo- tween Mexico and Great Britain were already interrupted. Ab express bad arrived at Morelia from South, des. patched by General D. Diego Alvares. Th latter accepts the coalition of the States (or supporting the constitutional order Joan Jone Baz bas gone on a mission to the interior, it ts supposed, for the purpose of reconciling matters if pos. rible Many of the old servants of Santa Anna are now said to have returned bere, after years of exile, secretion ‘On the day of the’ publiéation of the plan of Tacubaya, seventy of the members of Congress drew up and signed A paper containing their sentiments against the plan. The number of the signatures is eighteen legs than quorum. By the constitetion iteelf nioety eight members were re- quired to form a quorum The daves from Zacatecas are to the 24th of December. Rrerything war quiet there. No action had yet been taken upon the Planof Tacubaya. It was believed that that State would go with Gov. Doblado, of Guanajuato, ‘There waa a belief that Gov. Vidaurri would revive bie Rierre Madre Republic echeme, and if so Zacatecas might join that The Indians were quiet for the me, bas there ‘was no restraint upon them. In mining operations every thing wae going on pro=perously, as usual THE REVOLUTION IN GUANAJUATO. his heart | of the 23d of the present month. The said coalition is accepted upon the basis them with hypocritical istry. To-day everybody well knows that the Plan of Tacubaya is the result of the machin 8 of the privileged classes, w! have been. bibdered” in thelr abuses and iberests by constitutional order. Convinced of being unable to take away by force of arms from the Mexican people the ameliorations which the government of Ayutla has conquered during two years of struggle, they have en- deavored with all their might to corrupt some of the ser- vants of the government, as it happened in the case of the very chief of Ayutla, who, deceived by those who call themselves his friends, has committed political suicide and stained his laurels by an inexplicable defection. The country deplores the Joss of a man who personified liberty and order combined with glory; but respecting as it deserves, the name of Comoofort, it will not let itself be misled by bim, and will defend a form of government conquered at the price of so much blood, pursuing the path of firmness and legitimsey traced out’ for it by the very man who to-day turns his back to his companions of Ayutla and to his most loyal friends. If fate should defeat the defenders of the States in the struggle which is about to begin, we shall at least have ‘the satisfaction of having fulfilled our duties, of having been consistent to the last with our principies in favor of liberty, and of baving planted seed which, although trod den down at présent by the passing footsteps of a military and theocratical dictatorship, will sooner or later abundant. ly spring up throughout the whole extent of the republic, reducing the desired fruits of peace, libert, and social provements. MANUEL DOBLADO. GUANAIUATO, Dec. 25, 1857. THE TOCSIN SOUNDING THROUGHOUT MEXIC@ AGAINST COMONFORT AND HIS GOVERNMENT. We have received from Morelia the following decree of the Legisiature, together with the basis of propositions sent to the State government by General Parrodi:— DECREE. THE €, Santos Degollade, Constitutional Governor of the State of Mi shoacan, {9 all the inhabitants ofthe sald Stata greet: ing: Know ye that the Constituent Assembly of the said State has issued the following decree:— Art 1. The State of Michoacan accepts, as a means of defending the national institutions, the coalition to be entered into by the government of Jalisco, in its note Tan?'down tn the same note. Also, an invitation is hereby exten ted to other | several members members of the Mexican confederation, not mentioned in the above articles, inviting them also'to enter into the same coalition. Art. 2. ‘The government of the State of Michoacan is charged with the care of seeing that the agreement re- ferred to in the above article ‘shall be fulfilled to its utmost extent, as far as ite er extends and as the circumstances of the State shall render it possible. The said government will employ for the purpose all the powers already granted to it, ag well as such other extra- ordinary powers as may be granted to it, and which may be required for this special purpose. The Governor of the Stato will take measures to have this decree printed, made public and circulated. He will also see that it be observed. JUSTUS MENDOZA, President and Deputy. Macenonics Gomnz, Secretary and Deputy. ‘AN*KLM ARGCETA, Secretary and Deputy. in consequence of the above decree, the undersigned, Governor of the State of Michoscat commands the same to be printed, publisbed and circulated, and desires also that (ne attenbon and consideration be paid to the same. Given at the Government Palace of the State of Micho- acun, at Morelia, in eaid State, Dec. 27, 1857. SANTOS DEGOLLADO, Governor of the State. Pascat. Onrez, Secretary of State. The following are the bases of tho coalition referred to in the above decree, proposed by the Legislature of Jalisco, and ‘as seen above, by the government ‘and Legislature of Michoacan:— THE FEDERAL ARMY—FIRST DIVISION, Conaeaspen- in Crier Instructions which the Executive government of Ja- lisco is required by the Legislature to give its Comm! sioners, wit of the Mexican coofederation — 1. The government is required to inform their Excelien- cies, the Governors of the other States of the Mexican con- federstion, that it is the firm determination of the govern- LETTER A. the Legislature and of the people of Jalisco, to maintain, at al! hazards, and by all means in their . ail the public institutions consecrated and established bj the constitution of the Sth of February, of the year 1857; alse, the division of the army under the command of Gen. Varrod) joins with the goverument, the Legisiature and the people, in the same firm resolve and parpose, They are resolved to support the prino'ples and institutions of the said constitution, because they regard it as the legiti- mate expression of the will of the majority of the Mexican le; alto, they will maintain the same, the said constitution, in ‘te 127th article, fully opens the door to any reforms or additions which may be necessary to be made to the constitution, in a lawful manner, and without any nece*sity of resorting to violence, rabellion or mutiny. 2. The government is required to invite all the other Mexican Legislatures, in @ confidential manner, to unite together and to grant full powers to their respective go vernments to carry out the priscipies ‘and purposes enun- ciated in the preceding artic! ‘S. The government will also, in the same manner, call upon their Excellencies the several Governors of the other States, to issue orders for the immediate sending of troops against the revolutionists of the city of Mexico, according to the following ratio, viz.—Zacatecas and Guanajoato, to send TT: each ope of them, one thousand infantry, four bund cavalry. one hundred of artil and four or six mounted pieces, well supplied with all the necessary ammunition. Also it is to be required that the said forces shall be maintained on foot during the whole time that the campaign may last. ‘San Luis Potos! and Michoacan are to be required, each one of them severally, to supply in the manner prescribed io SS article, eight handred infantry, three hundred cavalry and fifty artillery soldiers, with two or three pieces of ordnance for field campaign. Agnas Cali- entes and Queretaro are required to send, each one of them severally, five hundred infantry, two hundred cavalry, and I Ties artillery men. * ns 4. The State to send, as propor- tion, two thousand ten, ofall kinds of milthary’ onetp- ments, with fourteen pieces of artillery. These forces, im the 3 article united with the contingents of instraction, shall form and styled ‘The Federal i abovementioned States § th the remainder of thei troops and manitions of ‘war, provide for their own internal defences, and fortify, if peceseary, the capitals of their several States, aud other ition and of our be jition, im order that by all possible methods the sist and oppose the revolutionary government. Unity of purpese and of action are necessary among the of the coalition with respect to the Commander in Chief w be entrusted with the direction of the military operations, and also with respect to the die position of the arms and forces, that the rosults attained may be effective and efficac: 7. The which compore the first coalition will recommend to the State of Tamaulipas to direct it forces against the fortress of Tampico, and Desiege | regularly until it fall, in case said fortress should suppor | the Mexican revolutioniata, and prevent the entrance o money and also the exportation of goods into the port of | Navidad and San Bias. {Transiated for the New Yore Henavn, from £ Heraldo, | of the City of Mexiso, Jan. 3.) Prociamation of citizen Manuel Doblado, constitutional Governor of the free and sovereign State of Guanajuato to is fellow citizens: — Inhabitants off .ana)oato— In the conatitutional order has been destroy and the dictator ship of D. Ignacio Comonfort prociaimed. A part of the army, under the command of D. Felix Zuioaga, was the instrument in carrying out this Plan, accepted afterwards by the constitutional [resident The State of Guanajuat, hae reaseumed ite sovereignty by resolution of the honorable Logisiatune, by which | am vested with full powers for the defence of our institution: besides, it declared iteelf to be adjourned while the present Criet* combmues. ital of the repablic Tampico. The governments of New Leon, of Tamaulipas ‘and of Chibuabau will be recommended to adopt measure: to prevent the smuggling of merchandise on the frontiers of their several States: e tall governments will alao b» reeommended to lower the rate of duty on all import: at their ctive Custom Houses, by at least twenty five percent. This is a measure whieh will be adopted by the government of Jalieco in its several ports with respect to Castom House duties, namely, at the porte of Manzaniila, The said government will take thie etep in view of ite being also adopted at the ports of Maeatian and Guiamas, eo that the duties, at all place:, may be on a level ® To further the above views, the reroment of Jalie- co Will guarrantee full security and transit throagh the State for all goods and merchandise entered and im ported at ite ports, as also for all conductas of express carriers passing through the State, Cy * from Yacatecas, San Luis Potosi, — Agdas ientes, Guanajuato, Queretaro and Michoapan, and going to Manganilla, to Navidad, of to San Blas, in order to be put on board the steamers of the United States which stop at Manzanilla on their way to San Francisco, in California, or which stop at Panama an their return. 9. All Persons holding office under the eral government in the several States entering this coa. | [ition, will be removed from their seusiont end employ respect to the Governors of the other States | q the expression of our hopes that the position of things brought about by late events may prove the beginning of whole Mexican nation. pe prosperity and union for ‘e hope that youpéxcellency, sustained by the general good will of the le, will be able to succeed in realizing and consolidating such great benefits and advantages, to the glory and high renown of your Excellency. The following is the auswer returned by his Excellency (Comonfort) the President of the Republic:— Mr. Amnassapor—i receive with sincere pleasure the congratulation which the diplomatic body bas been kind enough to address to me on this day, by the worthy chau- nel of your Eacellency. It gives’ me great pleasure to receive this manifestation of the sentimed’s which animate the diplomatic corps and their good wishes for the pros: perity of this republic, and their hopes that the situation of things brought about by late events may be the commenco- ment of the prosperity and union of the Moxican people. My most earnest aspirations, and all my utmost labors have been ever guided by the one principle, and have never had apy other object in view than that of attaining for my country the blessing of unity and concord among all her children. This I regard as the greatest of bless- ings from Heaven, and asthe only sure foundation of pros. perity and greatness, Whatever may be the result, God the witness of my good intentions.” While I fully appre- ciate the good wishes for Mexice which the diplomatic corps has been so kind as to address to ma, I bey leave to return them by making the most earnest and siucere prayers for the happiness of each member of your honor. able body, and for the prosperity of the friendly Powers which are'so worthily represented by you. (From the Mexican Extraordinary, Jan. 2.) Weare pleased to be able to contradict the notice we ublished in our last, to the effect that the mail which jeft New Orleans on the 16th ult. had been destroyed. It has been recovered, and, it is suppozed, arrived complete last night, after twelve days’ detention. Areport has been circulated that Juan Alvarez, the General and Chief of the South, is dead. We received this eport several days ‘ago, in a letter, which stated that he ‘was not only di but buried; but considering the ruinor a8 doubtful which came to us, we did not publish it. It may be true. (Correspondence of the Extraordinary. ] Preuta, Dec. 50, 1857. We have heard of Gen. Negrete having entered Zacatlan without meeting any enemy, Gov. Alatriste having retired, It is strongly suspected that Negrete will dispronounce and declare bimseif for the constitution party. It is not true, as reported, tbat he has already done so. A force of 500 men, with three gus, left yesterday for Jalapa. Gen. Dias, who took down the conducta, is to command it. Gen. Portilla arrived to-day. He ia said not to be very well pleased with the new order of things. About Oaxaca we know nothing except that the authori ties have protested against the movement in the capital. Of Cobos and companions we bear nothing. La Liave, formerly Governor of the State of Vera Craz, has taken arms in favor of the constitution of 1857. Several liberals have been imprisoned, aud others have received their passports to leave the State; and I think there are only the commencement. They are raising four new regiments of infantry, and one of cavalry. The officers named are all cons It is thought they will ! .ve to resort to pressipg to ranks. The private soldiers who were chasing Codoe talk out 11 the very clearly that they will fraternize with such robbers It ts said Cobo Moreno have ¢ ed Romulo de la Vega their President ‘The citizens have been invited to give & loan; and if they do not come forward, it will be made a forced one. AMERICAN CLAIMS AGAINST MEXICO. We bad resolved to lay before our readers an approxi- mate idea of the claims of American citizens against the goverpment of Mexico, but from the coofused coudivion of | those claims we have found it impossible to ebtain the ne cessary ‘ata. In the legation in this city there is notto be found—as we think there ought, for the inte!ligence of the resident Minister—evidence of the existence of many claims; ond where claims are on file, many of them are of the most indefinite character. The result of our efforts to obtain a knowledge of the amount of American claims against this government has been to foot up a sum of over ten millions of dollars {810,000 000). Besides these, there are many claims to found where amounte of are not set down Judging from those claims wherein damages are specified, the amount of unspecified damages will not fall much short of $3,000,000. There are also other claims of Ame- rican Citizens sgainst the Mexican government on fle in Washington which have never been presented here. The #mount of these we do not know; and besides all these, there are some which bave been adjudicated and acknow ledged as just by Mexico. a Taking all together, the sums specified and unspecified, of claims unsettie?, both here and in Washington, and the claims acknowiedged just by the Mexican government, we think we will not over-estimate the figure when we fay that at least $20,000,000 of American claime will be found to exist agaiust this government whenever acom- mission is appointed to examine into them. Of course many of these unsettied claims are very much over-esti- mated, and undoubtedly some will be thrown out entirely ; still, the figures cannot be reduced so much as to fail excite some anxiety. We suppose that in the next treaty the United States makes with this country, some provision will be made for American claimants, In's0 there i# and has long been urgent necessity for t. The embarrassed condition of the government » annoyances to which it bas been continually by revolution, have been, and are stil!, palliating renseos for want of acti where jurtice was demanded. As settlement day come. we should recommend what thi *niment vor to do away with these claims as possible, for it is mach easier to arrange than it will be after the government of the United States takea notice of this subject. Our sole et in not the matter et this . ing time is to direct timely attention. {Correspondence of the Extraordinery. | Mazattas, lee 3,7 Thave to communicate to you the very yw gence of the decease of Mr. Robert Koight. t mer in this port of the house of J. B. J jexico. His death is a loss that will be our city and throughout the whole State. ‘Our latest intelligence from the Rosario min cheering: an abundance of old ore has already | found, left broken up in the shafts by the former ope: rators, and there is now a positive certainty of the good prospects of the enterp Mr. Gordon, the principal owner, has recently arrived here from’ San Francite with new and valuable machinery, constructed expressly ae all demands the progress of the op@@ation may on it. We are again bere without an American consul, Captain C. B. Smith baving left for Lower California. The pay being none, the free rather ‘(fees simple,”’ the annoyances great and the loss of time great, no gentleman can be ex Pected to take the office without adequate compensation, and if the United States government deems it tmpractica ble to make an appropriation for the Mazatian consulate, the interests of United States citizens must go woprotected. No question about it, an American commerce might be duilt up bere; American capital might proitably, in diffe rent ways, find employment, but nobody wishes to risk his money where the government never gives protection, where it is not deemed worth the while to keep a consul decently or «end a man.of-war even once in three years, From Lower California we bear of great prostration of business. The lato hurricane has done immense damage. In San José del Cabo it was expected to strip from that ‘vailey alone 4,000 cargos of panoche. A gentleman lately thence telle me that hardly four will be forthcoming, all the cane having been destroyed. It i the eame through out all the lower part of the peninsula. The garrison at Ia Par suffer greatly. It seems perfectly cruel to keop men there to starve. From the interior, Sonora, &c., I have no \ntelligence of any importance to communicate. i S.—I re open this letter at 27. M. this day, to inform you that tbis morning, on hearing of Mr. Knight's death, all the vessels in port spontancously displayed their flags at balf-mast, aa a mark of respect to the deceased gentle. man, butat 1 P. M. the captain of the port, Pedro Ruis y Barenda, sent his boat round the fleet ordering masters of vessels to either lower their flags or hoist them to the masthead, as he could not understand why such obsequies were to be paid to # “simple oomerciante.” Mr. Kuight was an Englishman by birth. Law Intelligence, Scrree Covet or the Usrren Stari. Jaw. Crofoot, Fig., of Michigan, and Jas. 1, Texas, Were admitted attorneys and coum Court. No. 158, Flisha Foote, appellant, vs. ©. Silsby et al. The motion to diemise this cause waa argued by Mr. Matchford in support thereof, and by Mr. Gillet in opposi- tion thereto. No. 29. The Commercial Bank of Manchester, appellant, ve. Henry J. Buckner, The argument of this canse was continued by Mr. Bayard for the appellee, and conciwied by Mr 1. Madison Day for the appellant No. 36. James R, Teller et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Jona- than T. Fatten etal. This cause was argued by Mr. 0. 1 Smith for the defendants in error, and submitted ona printed argument by Mr. Crawford for the plaintiffs in error. No. 26. J. M. Mattingly and wife, appellants, va Jolin H. Boyd, administrator of David H. Boyd, deceased This care was argued by Mr. Rebiagon for the appeliant. Adjoureed. leaving matters in that state; the day after the mar- riage | received intelligence of it by letter, but I did not come up then or afterwards; Inext visited Phila- delphia on the Cth of ganuary, and found Carter in the ity at that time; [ called with him on my brother and wife where they were bcarding, in Seventh street; Car- ter met them as a father would his children; the call lasted but part of the evening; he knew they were married, and remarked he had felt-a little slighted at first at not receiving a card, but that such matters seldom affected him long, and he had got over it en- tirely, and would act as if nothing had banpensd, and { returned to Wilmington the next day, the 7th of January; on the 4th of April Iwas also in the city; my brother and wife were then boarding in Eighth street, below Chestnut; Carter took tea with us.at Leonard's on the evening of that day; after tea he accompanied us to attend a religious meeting held in a private house; the next morning he called and ac- companied us to church; this was Sabbath; he called again on Monday morningfto see us all; I left on the afternoon of that day; I next heard from my brother on the following Monday, the 13th of April, by letter; I received two letters by mail on the same day. The letters were handed to the witness, identified by the witness, and read by Mr. Brown. The following is a copy of the letter:— Many—My wife bas a female heir. Keep still. Tam a stronger to a father’s joy. It capnot be my offspring. Come up and mourn with me. Heaven has decreed me @ severe fate. Ihave written to Uncle Stephen and George. I need your counsel; withdraw not now from me. The Jéth of this mouth is four months since our wedding. Oh God, be merciful. Lib knows not that I suspect ber chastity. She is too weak now te break subject to her. J leave for New York Wednesday. Witness resumed—I went then to my brother by the next train: he met me in the hall of Mrs. Leon- ard’s; I found him then asI had never looked on him before, a living picture of wretchedness; his linen was soiled, his hair disheveled, an unshaven face and a grief worn countenance; he folded me fm his arms, threw his head on my shoulder and yielded toa paroxysm of uncontrollable grief; his first gudible words were, “Mary, oh, Mary, what shall J do? am I nota ruined man? my honor is in the dust; what can-I do? I have been most grossly deceived; 1 would as soon have suspected the angels of heaven of a wrong as my wife; oh, God, how Ltoved her; I May ory her, and this is my reward; what must 1, what can I do? shall I leave her? bow can I leave her? and yet how can | live with her; | cannot think or act for myself; I have sent for you to counsel me; she dreads your coming; she knows you will advise a separation; must I not leave her now;” to which I replied, No, not now, | you are not in a condition to decide properly, and . | we will do nothing rashly; and then said take a night's tat, cope yourself,and in the morning we will Le able to decide more coolly; my brother | then entered Ler room and returned, saying that she wished to see me, and we entered her room together; as we approached her bedside, she exclaimed, “Mary, oh! Mary,can you forgive me for having 80 deeply injured your pure minded, noble hearted brother? ‘Tom has been an honorable, true and de- voted husband to me, and oh! how I have injured him; can you, will you, forgive me?” I told her I wos veges Be forgive; she had offended inst a higher tribunal; a greater than man; that she must first ecek forgiveness of Him; she replied she had, and she thought God had forgiven her; I then in- quired of her whose child that was laying by her side, to which she replied, “Carter's, it is Carter's;” I then inquired if it could be possible, and whether I must rely on what she told me, to which she re- plied, with great solemnity, “Before God, Mary, I tell you what I expect to say to Richard Carter and John MeCanley, my father, face to face, and sa: in judgment,‘ This is Richard Carter's child?’ ” add- ing, “ and, indeed, it is my first offence; Mr. Carter took me an innocent girl from my father's house, promising to be a protector to me, but he has proved my betrayer;” Lleft the room shortly after, and my brother's state of mmd continued about the same throughout the day; he obtained little, if any, reat that night; I knew it, as he oceupied the room above mine, and as I slept none myself; I heard his foot- steps overhead the greater part of the night; the next day hie mind was unsettled as to what course he should pursue: he would first ask me whether he should not get a divorce, and shortly after would sa; that such was the strength of his attachment to hie wife, he could not see how it was possible for him to leave her, adding, “Oh, had she but told me the fa- tal secret, I could have ven her all: T would have taken her from the d and in exile from every other friend, 1 would have gone and found a home with her in a far off land; but oh, that base hearted man—he led her into the conspiracy to cover up his own shame, and I never for a moment once suspicioned his honesty; the day before this heart- breaking discovery. 1 wonld have trusted my wife to go to Kurope with him (Carter) if he had asked her to go;” after farther delibera‘ion my brother con- cluded that his fidence in his wife had been so be “ < rever more live happily Wiss fi “& morning of ti he | oct) | stepped into the street on basiness, and on iy ‘carn to the house I found my brother in the parlor convulsed with grief; I aj hed him and endeavored to console him, telling him that be must rise np in the strength of his manhood, and strive to outlive bis difficuities—telling him that there was seldom a life picture so dark but that some ray of hi might be found gleaming through the gloom; I endeavored to direct his thonghts to the only source of true consolation; but, said he, “Would you not have a man feel on taking his heart from his living body?" that he had just “been taking ae that room, and a < Hall 7 broken, gremneee 4 added, through his and groans, “1 was born misery; my life bas been one of sorrow; I have known what it was to bea fatherlegs boy; I have known the sorrows of orphanage; I have known what it was to be a homeless wanderer in a strange Jand; I have buried the most of my kindred; I have stood by the grave of my mother—one of the purest irits ever lent to earth; no son ever idolized a mo- ther as I did mine; but all my life's sorrows are no- thing to thie; this is the ay of all my hopes; oh, merciful God, why was I to such a fate!” My brother's grief continued with little abatement up to the hour of his leaving, which was in the afternoon of that day, at Mrs, Leonard's; I was there when he left; it was inthe night of April 13; he wrote me from New York to meet him at the Madison House on the 16th of June, and I replied to his letter. Mr. Brown read the letter: — New Yous, April 16, 1867 My Poor Mary—How have the tables changed—now I am hopeless, without hope How | ask your pardon for being unkind to you. Though I was under a groes error. And you will for. give me, It is hard to realize my situation. It is difeult to think of her who was once the idol of my thoughts 1 fear she willeome to wreck. i ar vf lest she Be in respect an ” jut “T would cleave er {war in Bim, Bot ihever vain can have conbdence In her. It ts better that we be separate » TOM. WASH. SMITH. Care of Sherman & Co, No. 1 Vesey street, New York. ‘The other letter read by Mr. Brown was similar to the above. Witness resumed—I saw my brother, and he re ceived me with the gladness and simplicity of man- ner a little child would manifest on the return of a parent after a long absence; he caressed me, clap- d his hands, laughed and stepped about the room in great delight; I inquired of him how he had been during our separation, and he replied a wretched man; but now, since he had seen me he wee well and strong agains (hat though the ! pillow, or a pind, quired where we could find a home together, where we might live amon areangras who knew not of and would not oe at his disgrace ; told him we would go to the Western States, or California if Be preiiaes it, and the idea seemed to please him, and he added, “it seems like a hard case, Mary, that I am aman no longer; you will have to think and act for a man;” by the close of that day I found that time, the great restorer, had failed to blunt the keen edge of his grief, and the night was gathering about my only brother; I left there in the evening for the college; he accompanied me to the depot; I next saw him in the early part of the following August; he came to see me at the country residence of a friend, about two miles from North East; the first week in August he saw me at Mr. Marm’s house; he stepped up on the verandah of the house where were seated a number of his friends who knew him from his boyhood, and so changed was his appearance that none ass yp him till they heard the sound of his voice; his ap- pearance was truly appalling; he had grown thin, and his countenance was haggard and careworn. One lock into his eye told the fearful truth that rea- son was tottering on her throne. He passed hur- riedly into the house, i and down through the va- rious rooms, and said he must return to the vil- lage; it was raining at the time; he had walked with- out an umbrella, and determined at once to retura; finding him resolved to return, I determined to accompany him, being too anxious to permit him to go alone. His friends, finding us going, ordered a carriage, and fect os fo She Vilage brother seemed determined to leave that night; he done so, it was my full pw to pyre 4 him: but he yielded to the entreafies of his ¢rien and remained over uight; the next day he was more composed, and returned to Baltimore; 1 visited him in Baltimore in the latter part of August; I then found him at the Mansion House, better than when he left me last, and I remained with him several days—nearly a week; though better, he was still quite erratic in his course; he was looking better, and seemed to be regaining his flesh; I saw him in the middle of October, when he again came to me at the college in Wilmington; his mind then was very much disturbed; he looked much as he had looked when I saw him in August; he looked wild; I tried to console him as I always did, but it had little effect upon him at first; he remained for an hour or two, then took leave of me, saying he would not see much more of me for some time; he returned again after taking leave of me; dashed hurriedly up to the door, and brovght « horse and carriage for me to take a ride; we then ‘ook a ride together some distance on the Philadely aia pike, which was parallel with the Brandywine; it was a dreamy evening in Autumn; we rode iopether for an hour, some time in silence, I thnking; my brother and myself were corking tp the scenes before us in silence; I reat .aw hin in prison on the 6th of November. Tit) of John B. Robertson, WoTK ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY THE LIFE OF LIS WIFE. 2 «THE DEFENCE. ster Union, Jan. 16 avcreseed the jury as followa:—If en-ci of the Jury :—The duty which fp the opening ‘address to you on more erucr produce. “you here that aa to the charge presented agai + Fl erteon, and for which the prosecution claim hie coor) ‘ion, there is pot the slightest probability in law, une tho law of the land is violated, thet his con- vietion could be exacted at your hands. We might pause here without introducing a single witness, ad, appealing to the law of the land and the duty of the Court to hol: tbe scales of justice even and firm, demand, by direction of the Court, his acquittal at your hands. But our design is not merely to procure the defendant's liberty; God knows how deep and comprehensive are the other queetions rising above and reaching beyond this, affecting him in ail the relations which gather around him, requiring us to pro- ceed cireumspectly and carefully, and not to obtan his freedom by the letter of the law alone; but to present cireumstances and facta which, were the law otherwise than it is, would establish his Innocence and procure his uittal. Our minds bave been bewildered by the de. tails of a story which bas attracted our curiosity, as it did that of the District Attorney; you are now to examine as to the probability that these things are as supposed by the witnerses who went to Biegier's house, e to hear something unusual and involving Robertson. They went there on Wednesoay, Thursday and Friday nights, with their minds fixed upon a matter calculated to excite their fancy and their imagiwation, and were prepared to beheve t the conversanons took place as they have varrated then, Robertson speaking in the precise order these witnesses bave stated. Their prepossessions were sl] im favor of the impressions they received, and gave directions to them, carrying all thei weight against the defendapt It certainly is one of the easiest thin world to deceive the heman mind jn this way, and to place iiopressions in the stead of tacts on any subject whatever. You bave often beard men swear pot ——, to the actus) wores spoken, but the impressions which these words conveyed. An instance of this was re lated; the case of & man who went to parchase a saw wil; and the purchaser baving his mind on the pur. of the mill and machinery, understood the vendor prive of the whole as 82,600, while the vendor, se | only the machinery, intended to be um ae culy putting bis price on that. And a Chan 4s.it a8 Ube result—one swearing one way, and nother way on the trial, according to their dif- ampressions. ‘The District Attorney, in his opening, | La you im the outset, of the difficulty under whiten this case is to be approached. The question is asked, how can we meet this case? Havn't I introduced these witnesses nd didn't T conceal them 80 as to overhear this con- ‘op? Did Robertson have any one there to listen for How can they get in and tell what did take — bim? when we bave locked up all the avenues and prevent them from entering? These witnesses listening with their imagination beated and curiosity excited, with no one by to give the true meaning of the conv jon, may defeat the ends of justice and destroy character, if it has not something solid and yern anent to rest upon. How is there any eecape? © Witnesses go into a place of concealment and hear something, write it little by little, and commit it come bere ai Wares tenmneay ore tee +3 exact language, could you do —you would not bave the power to do ‘would write down bis “impression,” and the other would write down bie foon. You or give the impres- sions with whic! Fg go away; dut the could not give. with these men who down and committed to words which only con- vey the impressions made upon their minde—they expect- ing to bear certain wonderful things when they conceale! themeelvee. It is an effort of memory in regard to words from time to time. This being the caso, what could Rob erteon do? what could any man do? If this may be done, where is there safety? No man—take the best man in the whole country that you know, and secrete witnesses, as the District Attorney has done, to overhear a conversa- tion, to administer to curiowty, and let them commit to memory and come on the stand to repeat it. We ask if it is trae; and you say no, it is utterly falec. Wel', but to what does it refer? To the murder of my wife? Thoy beard you solicit some one to aesist in the murder of your wife. Where is your defence? Perchance you were not there at all, and your domestic circumstances are such as to repel all ideas of your guilt. Does Robert: fon live upen unpleasant and unsatisfactory terms with his wife? Ishe a bad man? There is neta particle of evidence of the kind. Is he likely to do such a thing as here charged? No, far from it. Where, then, is the se- curity of any man ‘in euch a state of things? In the frat place we must look into this matter calmly, and with the exercise of par Jodgment—looking at the probabilities of the case. What we fret desire to know, did Robertson bate his wife? Ts it susceptible of what were their actual relations’ Why, yes; and we have a right to know what were those relations, and to bring evidence whether A man loves his wife and child not on his saying so; but by the daily walk and conversation, year after year. In this cave, we propose to show that from the time of their marriage down to the present, the relations of the de fendant ‘with hie wife have been of the kindest character. Elizabeth Mary Robertson maj yr and present herself—we may get into comelances of their life, and we shall know whether there bas been « murderer her aiTectionate 6 from Georgia, and Mrs. R. came before him, went back, and then they returned together to live heret ‘They tell us that it may have been said because it was table, their roome being side by side? Suppose we goon to prove that Jo. Biegler visited Robertson, and pre- seril for bim, it would not be extraordinary if he knew all about his coming from Georgia? But you ask what is the use of presuming that, when it was known that Josey Biegler was in France or Germany at thattime? But right bebind bim another is visible cnough, assisting and aiding in, making up this whole story, from begin- ning to end. It is true Robertson came from Georgia to this place, and that his wife preceded him for a visit to her friends, and after a while returned; that when they camo here to reside Robertson was in straight- ened circumstances, which did not permit him to take the best rooms at a hotel. He took apartments on the third floor of the Eagle Hotel, and right along side of him was, not Jo., but A. P. Biegler. acres, Mrs. Roberton went to visit ber friends at Saratoga,and Mr. Robertson was taken sick, when old A. P. Biegler prescribed for him. Is it at all strange then, where the young man got the sketch of the history which ‘he relates? So many would be expected that some parts would be forgotten be told wrong. The truth is, Mrs. R. did not return heme ia the spring, after removing to the north through the fall and winter; but she returned in the fall. ee never Another thing to which I propose to call your attention is, what possible motive could Robertson haye for the at- tempt charged? Ig he nota respectable many Yes. Has be not a high character and does he not know the denotes . of a good reputation? Yes. Had he not the comforts of a Low homer . then could be '? The prosecution have utterly failed to give bave any, and give us instead nothing but wi words—heard in the closet and under the sofa, to throw light on this subject. They say he desired to murder his wife; but there are no circumstances that show any motive for the act, such as to be relieved from an incubus which made his life a perfect hell, Now sup- that a woman lies sick in the night time, the lamp of ife almost going out—doubtful whether she would frem aay to day and night to night—her friends hensive that life might depart. at any momeat—while iy- We Ces, 0 wrete comme in whe woe Ree 5 od jesigntng murder, every unholy to kill—ard bangs over her “how: Way dent not kill There lies his viotitn, the light of life just out, unable to resist, and no one to suspect the deed. does he not strike? There must be a cause for this, night after night he did thus watgh over his sick wife. Did he act like a murderer? You will have an opporta- nity to judge, gentlemen of the jury, whether be di over her sick bed designing her death, or night after night exhibited the care and watchfulners of a friend and hus- ! 4 i produced by the prosecution as to the kind ofymediciae administered to Mra. R., for Biegler does not claim that were sperepriste 3 would bave us believe that, and we might rest there; it is not that Mr. books aboutthis time. There people’s testimony that it demands our careful to unt le it and find out how much is false. bertson had been sick at different times, and bad tended by Drs. Ely and Langworthy, and others, all other persons in such cases, the wife finally enn mj aetner heen ber husband te unusual? A\ jer was em| y be did #tudy books, and was at ioommn Taetiey's quiring anc looking, to ascertain the character of certain medi . Mr. R. knew the medical effects of sambucus 48 well ax Joseph Biegler. Perhaps we shall prove that when he was at Biegler’s house he did get a bottle of sam- buens, that it was just as innocent it Mrs. Robertson could take—as harm- z 5 a aid know of his doubts and suspiotons expressed in that terious shake of the head, as though he would say ‘te ae could guees at my reasons, would find startle and ‘m you; but as T cannot toll them, them hege with a solemn air,” This Jos. Biegler is a man of mind’6f a certain cl ter, there is no doubt of that. ‘The manner in which he revited bis testimony here shows that he has a faculty of that description at least. He ox- right and proper. The symptoms of Mrs. Robertson were of a serions character. exhibited a pred: sition to apoplexy, and suffered occasionally from nausea pool mg mT prostration. The first occasion when the dangerous sym) became apparent, was upon receiving intelligence’ that her brother” RG. Boue- dict, was probably badly injured upon. the railroad. Wherever startled or ‘htened, these symptoma ex- Goal of tenant od Prune py oe ited a deal of imerest in ; performed offices of kindness for him—indeod, ir he bad been & ministering angel, he could not have done more; and when he was arrested, and his wife and children were left without their protector, Robertson goes t0 see them, proffers assistance, and shows them utmost kindness, and that kindness is produced here as evidence Againsg him. It is true he did advance money—true that Biegler administered for Mrs. Robertson, at her After she bad suffered, without relief, from the of other physicians, he was called, and his had the effect to relieve her 8, and thus Confidence his ability was established Mrs. R. cian. Mrs. R. is the only sister of the family. two brothers—the eldest unmarried visiting at his sister's house, on foctionate terms. When Biegler was ‘arrested, A subject of interest and concern . Robertson her busband and brother; and she saya to ber when on 8 init to her house, cannot have the personal never leave this bed alive’ and Ross, affection for his sister, what he can to release the Doctor. Don’t = the Le fs rushing sister, woul very careful cure bond and No; but prompted under as strovg an impulse as the to procure individuals to go on the bail, er emarietane cqnsaes Deberacen on neseuns of it. Det conceived that he helped Biegler becanse he to kill his wife, but becanse had Morr, and he i ‘ : i ai i i i which must be made into the bank. Tt was ontribute all he ore cavlen $2,500 ad ing thie upon hi done as early as the first time, 70, 80 of 90 of his affections which unless he could accomplish his his wife's death . that was to time fy ure fon tones very Jos hd how ie get along, ke ald that Robertson between two three thousand doliars for And that Robertson was urging security, Dut that he had the cords eo tightly around him, if his friends wonld stand by h be would sot pay it, bab make the mone: from the other way. said al-o that Romanta aa mean a man as Robertson, for he bad prosecuted his father when in his troable, and that he would disgrace him taroagh the disgrace of his Caughtor. It is true Romanta Hart, as one of the firm recuted Bicglor at Bofalo. Miss Hart was first coupled with that of Mr. Robertson? Ttwas by old Biegler in State to David MeKay. There was the origin of this iniquity. And now what waa the fobjeot? Tt it clear thet if Robertson could be con- vieted here, he would have no hope of recovering the $2,600—that no voucher he has would be good for any- thing against Biegler in such a case. Any human being can Fee that Jobn B. Robertson once in State Prison, there ts no power by which rouse Riegler could be made to resi He has, therefore, an interest, amount. ing to $2,500, hanging on the result of this trial uf i te a seealiiai il