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2 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY» 18, 1850. TY ON VIRGINIA, | cause—it is a question of organizing | this Com: SR ee THE WHIG PAR’ vi ‘and independoat — Sate for the pare of dovcopagal her power Wii | aye chit Loa of conesopaon par tha o>: teu The Cuba and Presidential Questions Before the State Conventions— Opposition to the Acquisition of the Gem of the Antilles. Virginia Whig State Canvention. OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Ricamonp, Feb. 10, 1859. The Virginia Whig State Conyention assembied in the | African church in this city today. There were about one | thousand delegates present, among whom were some men of distinction aud talent, At twelve o'clock the Conven- | tion was called to order by Francis B. Deane, Esq., of | Lynchburg, who moved that the Hon, Alexander Rives, | of Albemarle, be appointed temporary chairman. The | motion was agreed to—whereupon Mr. Rives ascended the platform and said:—We, | gentlemen, do not come here witn a base or mad dening lust for places; we are not attracted hither | by the glow of the glittering spoils, which the voice of the past admonishes us we may uot clutch; no assurances of majorities in our bebalf embolden us to follow suit in a yuigar scramble for the offices of the State. (Applause.) We, gentiemen, are here as the vanquished, ‘Yrue itis that in many a hard fought field it has never | yet happened that our honor bas been tarnished, or our | positions compromised. (Appiause.) We appear here to-day in the lists, ‘eager for the fray,” where duty and principle call us, in no wise crest fallen, with no colors struck (applause), but ready to hang out our glorious ban- ner, Which no disasters and no discouragements or tempta- Uions have ever led us to desert. (Applause.) We aroa minority—a mmority so proscribed, by a sort of oriental exclusivences, that we baye becn made to appear in the eyes of others as the very outcasts of the State. But in spite of all of these discouragements we are ready again, at the summons of our party and country, a minority though we be, to appear in our place and’ to assert and maintain the principles which we ayow. (Applause.) May I not, then, gentlemen, challenge for you from an im: partial and discriminating public the merit of being actuated in this step by honest and simple convictions of public duty, undismayed by the exigencies of our peculiar condi. tion?’ But I may be asked, what are these convictions of duty that thus summon us fromour bomes through the | medium of that sympathy of feeling and that concurrence of opinion which constitute vs the vote and the intinence as of one man, with the power of this serried pha janx? May I mot undertake, in my poor way, to be: come the interpreter in your behalf of these mente? I would cnumerate as amoug these convic tions the thorough and intimate persuasion on our part that from the commencement of that useless agitation of the slavery question down to the present day, the history of democratic agency has been but a tissue of blunders and errors. (Applause.) You cannot have forgotten that after this exciting theme had been used for party pur- | poses, not many years ago, the two contlicting parties of | the country were agreed upon a platform that henceforta. agitation should cease upon this subject. The sentiments were repeated in the inaugural of Pierce; but he was scarcely warm in his seat when politiciaus and public | king out for the promotion of their individual a party discussion, and that discussion issued braska bill. At that time, gentlemen, in our behalf, who could not be frowned down by perse- | cution or discouraged by adversity, took the ground that | it was a fatal blow to the best interests of the South. What | bas experience proved? Sirs, those who have been the | martyrs for these principles are now exalted by their eue- mics for the correctness of their views. (Applause.) | Without enlarging upon this subject, may F hot assume this. Ido not impeach the loyalty or tidelity to Southern interests of democratic politicians from the South: but I do most emphatically and distinctly impeach their wis- ¢om,andI claim that every measure which they have originated and pressed upon the adoption of the country bas reauilted in the virtual overthrow of Southern interests. (Applause ) Gentlemen, tell me how does the Kansas- | Nebraska act now stand by the confession of its advo cates? The embodiment of that odious doctrine of “squat. ter sovereignty,”’ and of that still more odious heresy of “non intervention,” and if the interpretation put upon this by its author, Douglas, is to be accepted, we have the poor privilege of carrying our property into the Territoriies, there to be liberated by a legisiative body representing the squatters who may have settled in the Territories. I say that in my humble belief uo allies of the abolitionists have done more to build that purty than the blunders and errors of the democrats themselves. (Applause) | But permit me to congratulate you that the day of retribution has rived, and the injuries have come upon their owa he for we understand from authentic sow cratic party has been exploded. Uemen, aud not only exploded and dispersed, but out of | the smoke of that explosion is not the nation ‘appalled by the shadowy outlines of a black republican party, in bulk ag huge ‘as whom the fabled name of moustrous size,Tta. | nian, or carth, long that warred on Jove.” (Applause.) If there be one party more responsible than another fot | the success of this republican party, I charge it home upon the ieaders of the democr: party. (Appt: ) But, gentlemen, when the cris's of the battle has come | upon ue—when the stoutest heart begins to quail for the | integrity cf the Union—they descend from the arena of | federal politics and come to our beloved State. And who Js it they have chosen to marshal the democracy for the battle of Southern rights? Is he a man that you can ac- cept as the exclusive guardian of Southera rights and Southern intereste? He is the gentleman who has endorsed the doctrine of dividing the State and abolitionizing the western portion of it, and who came, three or four years afterwards, into the Constitutional Convention of ti State, and taunted eastern men with their ‘ uegro ology’ and “ negro-ocracy.”” (Applause and laughter.) Weare told that the fiat of party has gone forth: that ihie ‘stand ard bearer (alluding to Letcher) is to become the Gov- ernor of this State. It may beso; but, gentlemen, let us be true to ourselves, and if he is elected, let it not be without a manly remonstfance against the injustice, and the bold warriors | an honest appeal to the people of this State, from mountain to valley, and feom the weat to the east. (Applause.) Let defeat come after that, and no patriotic heart will be cowed by the result Let the battle end as it may, if we do our duty we have nothing to fear from this defeat. (Applause ) ‘I pase on, gentlemen. 1 say that we have no other than patriotic Motives to come before the people and challenge their calmer consideration. Is it nota pride when we point to the history of our country to sow the truth of our prin- ciples? But the other day the country wus almost on the eve of bankruptcy. Productive interests were dis- | turbed by excessive importations stimulated by free trade. And bow has the President proposed to remedy it? What does he do? He comes back to our own principles, and recommends a tariff with iucideutal protection and specific a 1 would ask for no other weapou to meet the de- y than that farnished in the President's message. But, geutlemen, our able President lias, in furmer years, been wonderfully shocked with the extravagance of the government, which he then deemed a sufficient cause for 4 change in the administration. He could not stomach such an expense as fifty millions, and yeutured a predic: tion that a few years would make it one hundred millions. He verities bis own prediction; and the report of the cretary of the Treasury shows that the preseat exp: cannot be voder eighty millions, (Applause.) Aud gentiemen, with these things staring us in the face, what is the proposition we see made in Congress? Our leading democratic politicians are extremely astute in party tac tics, and at once we find them organizing committees of retrenchment and reform to brivg down the expenditures. They wish to take the lead, and it is but the artiilce of the thief who cries “‘stop thief” to escape detection. (Ap plauge and laughter.) Gentlemen, have we not another ineentive to action in this coutest in the ackaowledgment that Las been made in bigh democratic quarters, that “our government is ihe mosi corrupt under the sun?” I be- heve that rank corruption festers in every depart- ment of our federal government. (Applanse.) Let ue, then, gentlemen, correctives, 80 far as it may be in our power; and tell those geutlemen who would begin the work of re- trenchment by orga on the subject, they had by me, and retrench their (Applauge.) Or depend upon it'that the ‘grc teristic of modern Uemocracy is its monarchical longing— ite decided love of the one man power. Why, gentiem=n, what ia the beau ideal of a democratic administration? President of iron rule, and a subservient Congress to re- gister his edicts. 1 speak not unhesitatingiy, but point you to the proposition now pending before ‘Conzross in my retirement, gentlemen, when I saw that an effort was made in Congress to give to the President almost un: limited powers, I began to fear lest the fires of liberty had been smothered by the corruptions of the day. Bat 1 find in this meeting a proof that that is not so, and that still advocates are to be found to resist the granting of this power. A proposition was made to abandon the war- making power aud give it to the President, so that he may employ the army and navy in ay project. And again, as if that was not enough, to take from an empty and beg gared treasury $30,000,000, to be appropriated at the ex- Pense of the people in order to enable the President to carry out the brilliant doctrines of the Ostend manifesto, A use.) Is there a man here jn whose bosom the fire of hit burns that is not oe to struggle in vain and | without hope, for the comfort of believing that he does his | duty in resisting this encroachment? (Applause) Gen. | tlemen, the theme ig a fruitful one, [cannot recount all | the sins of the democratic party in a brief ad. | e Totligney of the present adminietration, and I pret gen ; f ent | cannot doubt thet they ill find responsive chordela tne boone uch as 1 should limit myselt to, Permit | { . Tam with your movement, heartand soul, "As 4 me now to call upon you to go vigorously to work and organize, not only forthe Gubernatorial election, but. to place ourselves in a position where we can command in. Auence in other quarters of the Union to reform and te. store the government to its ancient basis of constitutional liberty. (Applause.) Col. Bovpivavr, ou behalf of the comm ed the following names for President, Vice Secretaries:— meet Previdert—Hon, William B. Preston, of Moutgo nery, dor Vice Presidents—R. T. lacy, New Keat; J. ©. White, Nortolk; Wm. Townes, Weat Danbury, tincos Wilsten, Pittsylvania; W. &. Scott, Powhatan: John Carter, Loudon: Dr. Tenele, Orange: John Lewis, Roc i bam; Walter R. Staples,’ Montgomery; B. Mask: 1 ix shine, Mon Jot Tran brea nortan jongahela; Jolin A. pi eietes and, Richins mudinaut, of Rockingham, and R. E. Scot Fauquler, were appoluted a come comforts Me Pee. ‘ton of his intinent as Prosifent, and conduct him to the chair. it duty was duly performed, aud Mr. Prea- taking the chair, said:—1 tender to you my most pro- | acknowledginent for the tionor you have couferred | me. I 4 iy ® ee, report residents aad tchison ‘wirtax; Dr. M. Corkle, Cabell PY, after long years of ab | the | Sured that [ shail sympathise deep] | friend’ trating all her glory and preserving all her unity, and perpetuating them forever (Applause.) Everything is | Secondary to that; but I feel that there are other things that Twill ‘say a word of, which are aaxiliary and conso- quential to it. What, then, has convoked us, aud what is | our mission? It is to uot the federa! household in or- der, but to put the Virginia household in order, and to exercise this sovereign power, upon which, as State rights and Southern whige, we feel that we can alone re- = that superstructure that we have reared al eu, sirs, your calm counseis to-day are invoked to the | selection of such men, to the designation of such measures, | to the adoption of such counsels, to the examples abroad, | to the feelings at home, that interest us. Whether J ence or war—in a happier, glorious union, or ina dis- union—our Virgipia standard sha't float forever to the breeze. (Applause.) Thon, sirs,I invoke’ your attention to what I regard as the great paramount question here— not, sirs, that 1am now announcing principles, but refer- ring merely to the magnitude of those questions in the ete tnreich they present themselves to my humble mind, I know that we are here upon the union of parties | that have been temporarily dismembered. Some stand as the old whig party, some as the Know Nothing—all professing devotion to many common principles, and all professing opposition to many common errors, What then, sirs? Shall we begin this contest in avy other spirit thon’that true spirit that invokes, by our having selected a tree, proper Virgina Pe call to our aid, not under ' the influence of dictstion and violeace,’ but that strength of position, that manliness of ' pur pose, that unity of this commenwealth—that illus- tration of this commonwealth—that lie at the foun- dation of all? (Applause.) Then sce, panne. for one moment, Look, sirs—I say it, and I shall indulge in no remarks of agperity to any party—I speak it more in sor row than in anger—the whole aspect of America makes me tremble every hour. The whig allies of the North bave left us; our black republican opponents are panting for a new contest; the democratic party itself is cram: bling to atoms; we are attempting to organize the frag- ments of our own party; so that the earth seems every where shaking. Let us select a sound spot. Whether it be aspot of fears or doubt, let it bea spot of honor and of justice. (Applause. Thea, sir, where shall we put our- selves? Upon our Virginia principles, to which I propose fora momont to direct your attention. The particular operations of this government have been iy different from that which was anticipated by many of the wisest. men engaged in its fort They supposed that the government would not ha hough. But let us strat 2 States, sovereign power to protect eserve all except their. fo- r guaranteed powers to dwindled practically to ab. federal government absorb. I this power that gave us State so- i on free and self-sustaining? s influence of the federal 5 on to say :—Now, sits, what solute prov nees ed in the worst form vereignty, and made After referring to the ce power at Washington, he thall we de? Do we’ not anticipate aud feel in this very contest, in its most polluting and injurious form, the effects of this federal concentration: A Governor is’ sug- ed, not in view of terests of the commoawealtn of Virginia, not upon the services which he has rendered to the Stutc—a Suggested in the person of a genticman who never shed one drop of sweat or lent aay uid in opening your rivers, in promoting education, in regulating your banking ayd mOnctary system. I ‘say nothin espectful of the geutleman (Mr. Letcher). ‘I at respect for him. I speak of the political tan- sof the government itself. Tsay, is Austria dictating to the free republics gerland, not on' men but the measures? I say that instead of being d mere machination for the purpose of sauctioning the government at Washington, it has gone into the lower depths of a mere dependency of that gov- ernment, which has degenerated to the position of repre- sentative of aspirants for Presidential honors and stations. Now, in view of all these things what is your duty to day? Let us bave a Virginia poliey—a Virgipia expression of that policy. Let us have a man who has served the State 12 the councils of the State. Let us, by cur nomination, give man to the people who looks primarily to Virginia, and who looks wisely to all our federa! institutions and rela- tions. Then, sis, what have we todo? We can say that there is a principle of trath and justice that will, in the end, call back our countrymen from their errors. ' We do koow that there is an exigency in the democratic ont '@ ‘The arch %s crumbled, the key-stoue has fullen, the North- west has abandoned them. Our democratic friends come back now to the very principles that you are illastratiag. There is upou them at this day the necessity of perpetaa- ting themselves by moderating or qualifying in some form, or uniting in Yome quarter, with those who do not Propose union with them. (Applause.) Let every ohe of us clean himself of his ambitious motives, and subdue as much as hi all unworthy aspirations; ‘aud, anima. ted by a true spirit of patriotism, we can go on nobly in work which we are about to cousummate in The speaker made a brief reference to the position of the party on the slavery question, exhorting the party to a strict fidelity on that important Southern question. He disavowed any purpose to unite with the black republic cans, remorking that a union would only be possible upon the Virginia whig platform, If they united upon that they would be welcome, but not otherwise. Mr. Borrs rose in bis seat in the hall, and said ply to the calls that have been made upon me, T beg leave to say to this Convention that should have been extreme- ly happy to have been excused from makirg a speech ‘pon this occasion. There are many reasous why I should id it. Tn the first pl Tam laboring under an indis- position acd hoarsenees anda cold, which I would rua a great bazard of increasing, which would disqualify me from the discharge of a duty thst I have undertaken to perform in delivering am addrée: .a the Academy of Music in the city of New York on the 22d of this month. Bugas there see » that 1 should Raye something to say, Itrust th: vention Will excuse me, and wait fora more aprivpriate occasion, Wait until you have made your nominations; and be assured that there is no biow that I can strike at this democracy that will not be given with a hearty good will, if not with a strong arm. 1 trust, therefore, that it will be the pleasure of the Con- vention to wait for a more appropriate occasioa; aud I promise them that I will have something to sey, however short and however feeble. Tt was agreed that he should speak to night, but feeling too vawell, be deferred it subsequently until te-morrow. EVENIN ‘The Convention re-assembled at the appoiated timo, and the names of the committee appointed under Mr. Scott's resolution being announced, they retired to transact the busi: ntrusted to them. After an absence of some half hour, they returned and reported the Hon, Wm. lL. Goggin, of Bedford county, as the pemson whom they agrecd to recommend as the candidate forGovernor. The apnouncement was received with tremendous applause, and the report unanimously adopted. Tuey took no action with regard to the nominations for Lieulenant Governor nnd Attorney General. These will be acted upon to mor- ow. The following letter from the Hon. A. H. H. Staunton, addressed to Wm. Martin, E: was then read:— Staunton, Feb, 9, 1359. My Dia —I regret very much that circumstances over which Ihave ro control will prevent me from attending the Convention on the 10th inst. 1 was anxious to be present —I desired to witn ther old fashioned " union of the whigs for the sake of the Uviou.” Never waa there more urgent Feason for such a meeting. | Never was the Union of the States in more imminent peri! than at present. Never was there seater occasion for Lhe concert and co operation of all natioual end cones ive men lo resist the factious spirit aud sectional tendencies which ere runaing riot throughout the country, Never was there a time which Sppenied more persuasively to the bonest and pairiotic portion of the community to stem the tide of wastetul extravaganes and political corruption which pervade the administrat: e federal goverament. Surely the people of Virginia mi ake from their lethargy ere long. When they aee doctrines broached by the executive. for the regulation of our igtercourse with foreign nations which the Weat End is the Fry case, receniiy com meuced, and which ga0w before the Stit > Lrgi> lature. Mr. Horace ty Fry is ¢weill known genic our city, amd his bride isa wer of the we: ty Mr Grigg, for many yoarsa partner with Mr. tin the publishing business. ‘The petition of Mrs. Fry to the Legislature is, to» say the least, a very curious and singular document, whea viewer in comparison with « leter which she had writica Wo gentleman at West Point, whose acquaintance slic aul while on 4 bridal visit there last Arges’, As the affair possesses considerable local interest in Philadelphia, we present copies of the petition and the letter—two docu ments from which the reader can form a prot, cocrect conclusion of the cause of the sad state of aifairs. Mr, Fry, on Friday last, dled an answer to the petition of his wile, in which he flatly contradicts every one of her e It is a long document, dignified in to: at was accompanied by the letter alluded to, which spe: for itself, Without furtber remarks we submit the docu mentary evidence as a rich mental repast for the readers of the Daily News:— To Tue SkNATR AND Hous® OF RePRESENTATIVES OF TH COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN GENERAL ASSRMILY Mur The petition of Emily L. Fry, late Emily L, Grigg, of the city of Philadelphia, humbly sheweth: That ou the second day of August, cighteen hundred and fifty eight, ‘our petitioner was united in aatrimony to a certain jorace B. Fry, of said city, then and still a citizea of Pennsylvania,’ That your petitioner lived with him until about the eleventh day of September, 1858, when she lett him for the following causes, which your petitioner begs leave to state in ber own infor Janguage: On the day of the wedding, when at the Walnut street wharf, about to take passage for New York on the bridal trip, the said Horace B, Fry got into a violent passion, Swearing and cursing at me, because he did not wish the trouble of taking charge of the baggage. I had taken n0 more baggage than ke had allowed me totake. It was the baggage of the two ladies who attended me as brides- maids that put Lim into @ passion against me. It was not the inoreased expense of the trip, because my fatier had furnished ample means to defray ‘all expenses, On or about the 4th day-of August, 1858, as we were aboutto leave New York for West Point, be commenced writing a letter, Tannemniee to him miidly that he had not time to write the letter; tbat we would be too late for the cars, He immediately got intoa passion again, and told me to ‘go to the devil.” He continued to write his letter, aud the result was tbat we were too late for the cars. He again displayed bis ungovernable temper, and cursed and swore at me, declaring that it was my fault. We took the boat for West Point, and arrived there on the 5th of August, #853. Here a succession of acts of vio- lence and abuse occurred which it is difficult to Ia the presence cf company be generally conccaled his un- governable temper, but displayed 't when we were aloae together in our bedcbamber. On one occasion, when [ wag aitting on achair, ho seized mo and tlasg me with violence on the floor, On two other occasions be threw chairs at ws. Thus far 1 had given kim no cavse whatever for his {ll treatment of me, aud whea lasked why he thus abused me, he stated that ke bad received a business letter from home, which had pot him cut of temper, and he must have some one to vent his passion upon. While at Wost Point he introduced me to a gentleman connected with that institution, and requested that gentie- man to take charge of me, because it was not couven.entto pay the necessary attention to me himself, Distressed by bis abuse, and in deep trouble on ciecovering thus early that my bappiness was destroyed, I sought sympathy and counsel from the gentleman to whom I have referred, whereupon Mr. Fry became jealous without cause, aad became more violent than before, When I entered our bedroom he would lock the door, and commence swearing at me for staying down stairs, and talking to different people. His violence caused a hemorrbage of the lungs, When I teld him I was sick and thought I was going to die, he said he was “afraid there was no such good news.’” When,on account ot my illness, I declined going down the river to visit his bro- ther, be threatened to jock me up. When then consented to go with him, he gaid “I should not stir a step with him.” On the evening of the 24th of August, 1858, after we had returned from a dance, he locked the room door and said he would get his pistols out of bis trunk and shoot me. He opened his trupk, apparently in execution of his threat, but closed it, saying bis pistols were uot loaded. Thia violence was aileged to be because I had been walking around among the people. When I attempted to explain, he got into a violent passion, stating that what I wag say- ing was ‘a G—d d—d lie,’ amd that I was “a G—d d—d liar.” He continued this violence for about two hours. When I told him I would write to my father to come for me, he said be would open my letters, and if he found a word in them against him, ne would destroy tue ietters, and write a pretty story my father,@hich he would easily make him believe. At last_he proposed a divorce, to which I readily as- sented, He promised to sec his lawyer about it as soon as we gothome, When we arrived at home I asked him about getting the divorce, He at firat said, in reply, that be bad cha gedhis mind. Afterwards be said it never wos bis intention to give me a divorce; that he obly promised it to deceive me, €0 as to get me to go home wit him. When I told him I would leave him, he said I was crazy; that if Tdid rot behave Deiter, he would get a certificate from tue doctor that I was insane, and would put me iu the Insune Asylum, and then I would be out of his way; that I had no intellect; that it was notin the family; that I had never been used to deceht society; that he had taken me out of the mud and mire and me where 1 was; that I owed him everything; that I waa perfectly depeadent on him; that he wasso superior to tme,and had such a splendid clagsica) education, that I could not appreciate bim; that if Isaid one word more upon the subject, he would shvot me without the slightest hesitation; that tits temper was so ungovernable that he was not responsible for what he did. He then locked the room door, went to his trunk and took out a pistol and pointed it at me, saying he. would shoot me. He said that be married me for my money; that he did not care ans thing about mo; that he hoped 1 would die in six months: that he had another lady whom he liked very much, and intended to marry. He expected, when he married me, that I would give him the control of my property, and die. Before our marriage he bad told me that there wag no insanity in bis family, but afterwards, whether true or false I know not, he Said that there was insanity in his fa- mily—tbat his father and his brother William had both been ingane; that he had pot told me this before our mar- riage becayse he kuew that if I discovered itl would not marr; « In Socgpane’ of bis declared intention to slander me, he sent tomy father the Police Gazette, containing a slander. ous attack mpon my character as a wife. The envelope covering this slanderous publication was directed to my father, in the proper handwriting of Mr. Fry. His writihg ig known and can be proved by witnesses, Task legisistive relief, because by law the courts of this commonweaith have no power to decree a divorce under the peculiar circumstances of my case ag above stated. I canot all(ge under oath that the acts above set forth, bad as they are, were ¢o cruel and barbarous as to endanger any life, because I never believed that he bad courage to risk his own life by executing his threats against mine; and IT perceived that his object was to terrify more than to inflict onal violence. Nor can [ say that the to my person have ren- dered my fo iutolerable, and my life so burthensome, that I was thereby forced to withdraw from his house and family, because when I left him we wore residing in a house owaed and faraished by my futher, and Sr. Fry had oifered to permit me to occupy eparate apartments if I would abandon the idea of a divorce from the bonds of matrimony, and congent to live in a state of separation under ‘the same roof with him, I did rot think it my duty to tive with him under the outward show of matrimouial cohabitation, after I had been deceived and disappointed with respect to all its could Le tolerated oaly in a code ot freebooters—when they | realitics, His motive for wishing to bold me as bis wife see all fraternal feeling between the North and South destroyed 7 or be bad slande! by the machinailons of the tedera! goverument—when taey | Sé0ivet my will, after be had slandered my charactor as a Witness the monstrous demand of thirty millions of dollars, to be withdraw trom the pabilo treasury aud placed at the trol of the B hen they see a demrcratic Senate Abandoning its unetions, aad willing, in advance, to | rattly any treaty the President may pegotiate for the aoquisi. | Yon of Cuba—when they perceive that one line of conduct Is. | presctibed for our deslicgs with strong nation { ome Ubat are wea! d defenceless—when they discover that the golden rule of asking of other countries het right, and submiiting to nothing that {4 wrong, is entirely ig- bored—when they (ind that in a time of id peace the ex ae ame ste ti are My from fifty millions of eighty tuilllons—whe 5 dollars (0 ig hen they learn taat the sur 4 another for Mr. Buchs me into power, bas been squandered, and all res are gone, and » debt of sixty or seventy millions has been created in’ two yours—when they gee thet American industry bas been prosteated to foster the labor and reward the capital eign nkions—when they are told that we tax the prodnctiona of toreign nationsonly twenty per cent Oh 4 average, when they tax our productions (except cotton, which they cannot do without), on an average, three hundred per cent, ‘and Virginia tobacco about one thousand per cent; I the people must awake to «just sense of thelr y they must rise in the “majesty of their url from power the party that hag so shamefwly abused tbeir confidence. Must the earth quake before tke people can be aroused? [think not. I think when the democracy stands condemned, as it does, out of the mouths of fis own orga: je must see and feel the nesessity ofachange Let, then, the noble whigs and Americans go on in the work which tbe; have 90 nobly begun Let thea put ia ‘nomination a strong ticket of good Men and true. Let them K to the people, face to face, Let them expose the iniijul nd misdeeds of the party in power, Lat them unravel its hery to the South. Let them show up the wastefal extcs, the ranks | will cheerfully contribute my mite; aud sincerely regret that Leannot be present with toe glorious Whige and Americaus or Virginia, to blend my voice with theirs in aloud and earnest appen! to the people to come to the res- cue of the constiiution and the country. ay God speed the WestC art. Rood work! ALEX. A. ‘The following extract of a letter from the Hon, Wr. ©. ., Of the Whig, was also Rives, to Robert Ridge read Thow th T shall not have the pleasure of being present, be as- with the noble spirit persuaded, will animate the consultations of our Hy! I sincerely trust that they will succeed in effecting & thorotigh on Buization, not oply for the pending stale ions. but for the future emergencies wi ? lant viglinnce of the people. * “He demand fe con Mr. Mariix, of Henry, moved that a committee of thir- teen be appointed to draw up resolutions ag a basis of ac- tio for the party, or as a party platform. ‘The motion was agreed to, ‘The chair announced the following committee of thir- teen, appointed in compliance with Mr. Martin's resolit- ion; to draft a platform of resolutions for the Convyen- tion:— Wim. Martin, of Henry; Robert E. Scott, of Fanquier; Alex. Rives, of Albemarle; Geo. W. Lewis, of West: mh of Montgomery; John nM. which, Lam moreland; Waller R. ence, to | c] rl _ m this ball and Detore this aagembiy, aud | Wn G Gon, egy Fi ay El Wo meeting this grave body cr a Woche 448 | Wheeling: B. HH’ Shackleford, of Fauquier; E.t Bodthe, We come here to-day—and [ cau “¢ "| 1 H. Chandier, of Norfolk; Alex. Little, of Fredericks: to this =— & great Work before us—invokiug all | ing the + Most decisive | exatnination, ust oniy as to the burg. R After a few other brief speeches, the Convention ad journed, to meet at ten o'clock to-morrow means to govern but a8 to those means and tons pil ronaty the action of this assembly Superior Court—General Term, on thisday. not jou ttl eed py to | Present Chief qyation Bosworth, aad pues Hoffman, make S jou havo Slosson, Woodruff, Pierrepont and Moncrief. tendered me. But ig'@ remark or two that Teannot | Faward Potter va, Melancthon H. Sey mour.—New trial Wiiat is the character eonyention haz assem pease sta ‘Th is not Seoondarily, connected | Corts to abide the & d a ean a te Mees @lection, Tt is to Abraham Fowler v wees » & higher and more Leal sticring ow trial ordered ordered, Costs to Luther Wilson v event, 7 » Henry Nason.—New trial ordered, 8. Potor Mollor.—Judgmont rey ort Costs rida que event. gia in wife, and avowed that be was attached to amother, aud had ‘married me for my money, expecting me to d in six months, cau be readily understood by the Legis- ature. Such a continuance under the bonds of matrimony was hot, in my opinion, according to the ohject of that holy institution, and cannot produce any other result than the unhappiness of both parties Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays that an act of Assembly may be passed ‘annulling the boads of ma- {rimony between your petitioner and the said Horace . Fry. And your petitione will ever pray, &. EMILY L. FRY. Sworn ond subseribed before me this 26th day of Janu- ary, A. D. 1859. Jou Tuomraon, Alderman. e following is a copy of the letter sent to the West Point Gentleman The original was intercepted by the husband — Purtavetenta, Sept. 5. My Deanst—I searcely know bow to tell you what I have to communicate, bat so you may understand every- thing T will commence a day or two back. Friday after- hoon Tasked Mr. Fry if he would consent to having either Paration or @ divorce, but tomy surprise he firmly ed, giving as an o: the impropriety of the thing. alked and pleaded for at leostan hour, when I told bim if he would go away, or let me go away for one year, and feel perfectly free, T might love him, but that if I stayed here I should always hate and despise him, He seemed struck by what T said, and said he would think of it, as he would give anything to have my love, In the first part of the conversation he said he considered me a lunatic, and said be would put me ina lunatic asylum if T did not bebave better: that be had told Mrs, Fry to agree with me in everything, and to pat all the blame on his shoul- ders, as he was afraid if 1 got excited 7 might fall down dead. He promised, however, to think of whatI had asked iim, and give mean answer the nextday. I told him thie much, that if he would consent 0 & Separation, T would try to jove him (which i# uttor- Jy impoestble), and if I did, would come back to him, but thatit he made me stay here | would kill myself. The evening before, 1 told futher before Mr. Fry that 1 was coming to tee bim on Monday morning, but did nob Mr. Fry told mie that he went to see fa- the next day, and that father said that the house did not long tome, or Mr. Fry, but to himself, and that he agreed fully with Mr. Fry inoverything. Lwas very much surprieed at hearing this, but did not say anything. 1 watched for a letter from you ail day Friday and Satur- day morning, and I cannot ‘tell you how sick I felt, ag the time for the postman to come passed by, and no letter ar- rived from you. At dinner time Mr. Fry eame up stairs, stuck his head in my dressing voom door, and said he thought of what T hint asked bim, but he could of consent to it, ag it would not be proper. Iconid not gay a word, for {felt ae if T could have died on the spot. and. then i thonght of you, and determined to atruggle through eve- pyibin for your eake, for I see now a bright spot shining rough the cloud which before T thonght 30 black, Liezy was here to dinner, but before we bad finished Mr. ry was called out to see Mr, Josoph Fry, who wanted to see him for an instant, When he came back, Lizzy asked what was the mater, but he anid nothing— only something come tothe oMce after be and his brother had brought it up to bim, He finished his dinner as quietly as if nothing had happened, and went into mother’s as hard as ho run, a6 it was raining very hard. Mamma know exactly how I stood towards Mr. Fry, for 1 had been in there ali the morning, as I was quite sick with the nowral- face, and I told her about him, In a few minutes I saw him come back with father. He came into the room where I was, and they both sat down, Mr. Fry thea pulled outa letter, which I saw directly waa from Sra iees hich heals he vee fo eta te father myself. feelings, «nd for one minute I T should have Titpioreo bim to give it to me, and father told Me. Fry it was the most cou! le thing a man could do to bis wife's letters. He not opened it himself, and at last he consented to give it to me, upon the condition that i here was anything in it that was avy Lin, wrong would show IT had not read a page to myself whoa he ft from me and commenced it, and then fd said he would shoot you. trled’ to tear It , but all in vain, aud wi @ shriek—which even fr gotened bim—I burst into tears. Father then said he ‘would not listen to it, and told me to come home with him, I went up stairs to get something, and sosing a bottle of poison on the table ‘petit tomy month, when yon, like my uardian angel, came before me, and I felt P could not do it. fainted, or at least was {n a stupor, for though I beard everything going on around me I could not open my lipsto say one word. Father and Lizzy put me on the sofa, and my poor father cried nearly to break bis heart. fe impiored me to speak to him, and said he would always receive me home—that the doors were always to me. Mother came in, and such a scene of Couftision Teannot describe, After E had revived a little Tsentfor Mr. Fry. He refused to come at first, but on my sending a second time he came, He said he would not touch me, and talked in the most horrible manner. Tasked for the letter, which he refused to give me, but said he would give mea copy of it. I told him I wished to say good bye, as I never wauted to see him again. He said be did not care where I went to, and with that marched out of the room, As soon as I could got dressed—for I was determined to go home—and wheu I came down stairs he said he would not allow me to go, as I was his wife, and that he would not allow either father or mother to take me home, but that ifT went home and they would take care of me, it would be at their own risk. Father and mother said they would not take me home, but if I went by myself [ would fod the doors open to receive me, and they would protect me in spite of Mr. Fry. At this Mr. Joe Fry came in, and after talking with Horace up stairs, came down stairs, He sald Horace was very anxious to have the past forgotten, and to com- mence over again, 1 hesitated a long time, and then I thought if I went away then he would revenge himself upon you, 80 I'determined to smooth the matter over until I could form some other pian. Horace came down stairs andsaid he was very sorry, and hoped | would forgive him. He said no one knew about the letter but Mr. Fry, father and mother, and they had not read the letter, but had promised to say nothing about it. He said he would forget al! about it, aud when he met you would treat you Kindly for my sake. This mornivg I tola bim ifany letters ever came to me from either West Point, Hatifax, or any other part of the lobe, he would please let me have them immediately. He said he would send them right up, though bow loug this kiniduess will last I don’t know. Last evening he a your letter, and it seems that instead of the post- g it, as it was directed, to the house, it was put in their box at the office, andthat bateful Mr: Jos, Fry brought it up. I cannot teil you how I feel, except that T am uearly crazy. 1 told father and mamma this morning I would not stay here, but cautioned them not to tell Mr. Fry. You know more aboutsuch matters than IT do, IfT applied for a divorce could I get one? Horace says hecould get one, but only through that letter. What does he meau?’ Mrs. Humphreys told me yesterday morning that some one told ber that the cadets all said I bebayed shamefully; and though they were flattered oy my attentions to them, they had no respect for me, acd that you said, though you were flattered by the prete- rence Il showed for you, you had no respect for me, as I treated Mr. Fry. Tid not believe it for one instant, aud flatiy told them so. ‘Now let me te'l you what I purpose doing. I have about $900 in ready money with me, which will last for some time. My plan fs to try and get a situation as a servant in some family in Philadelphia, or with some one whois joing away, as child's nurse, maid, or any thing of the fing with a disguised name, of course; ant I can easily get clothes that will be proper, and that noone will know mein, Then | thought of renting a room here or in New York, and living where uo one can find me. My Iast_one is to take my clothes and go home; but theaT am afraid of Mr. Fry’s coming for me, as be says he has fuil au- thority over me. [will go by your advice, whatever it is; but you must not ask me to stay bere. When you leave West Point, let me live in the same town with you, if itis asacommou servant. Let me be near you and shall be happy , for I cangot live without you. [read your letter over and.over; but do not taik of a goldier's grave, fur if you die what bave Itolive for? Uthink the future looks brighter, if] can ever get away without being discovered. Can you not invent some plan? I think I would rather go to New York, as I would feel nearer to you, and then [ would be safer than hei I feel now able to go through anything, for all my loye is centered upon you, though, perhaps, I ought not to say it. I will not take any step Ull [hear from you again; that is, if you will write tome again. Lf you write, direct to some friend whom youcan depend upon, and get them to put itin the despatch—then itis safe. Direct it in a different hand from the other one, I kuow you will clear me from all biame iu this affair, and forgive ine for what has occurred; for, indeed itisno my fault. There is nothing in the world’ I would not do for you, even to death. If you think it is better for me to go home, of course I will go; but I think jt will be useless, as I will not be frce if 1 go there. Forgive this long letter, but I feel that I can tell you everything. Mr. Fry asked me to tell him who 1 gave that daguerreotype to, but I would not tell him one word. I shall commence to-mor:ow to gather my thin, ether, and make up gome common clothes; so, if your advice is'to leave, T cau go immediately. Direct'to “Mrs. Fry, 1,317 Walnut street.” I feel perfectly alone in the world; or, at least, no ona to look to but you. Every feeling I have is centor. edin you. I must stop writing, as I think I have taxed your patience sofliciently. Dou't send any letter to any due, unless you are aure of their being silent on the su’ ject. Yours, most affectionate! é The Semi-Annual Report of the Fire Mar- shal, To 1% Mayor, Common Cocxci AND Pouicy, Justices OF THE Cry anp County or New York: In submitting my usual semi-annual report for the half pear, ending the 30th Noveniber, 1858, I have the honor to lay before you a detailed statement of all the fires aod fre alarms that have occurred during that period. Ihave also traced the origin of each as far as it can be shown by the evidence takeu, or other circumstances. The report embraces the amounts of insurance and of alleged ‘oases, together with special notices of many cases of interest, A SPECIAL LAW ON ARSON REQUIRND, Arson, a8 now detined by the common law, is a ma- he: and wiliful burping of the house or out house of another: hence it becomes essential to prove who was the actual owner. In New York, after an elaborate examination of the author ities the. common law rule was re- ‘Dut it was held that, unter the Revised Statutes the bouse or building set fire to, or burned, must be de Scribed as the building of the person in actual possession, and it was accordingly decided when the building destros ed was alleged in the iadietment to be the building of the owner, and the proof was that, at the time of the offence, it was iu the possession cf a tenant, the accused coul not be convicted. Under this same ruling, it is recogaized that a man cannot be held on an indictment for burning hisown house, and that the mere possession as a tenant is sufficient presumption of owsership. Under this interpretation of the law owners of property are eut Au evil Gisposed tenant, for « detached trom other builé! owner , can ope itis plain that the mercy of tenants cupying a house to injure the a match, aud and del burn it down, without any risk of being held accountable for it, It is dillicuit to enderstand the policy of laws which can permit such astate of things. {he ruling of the courts is no doubt right on the coustruction of te statutes, aud we can only attribute this anomaly to the y and haste which im geverai characterise lation. Seeing the vast interests which are imperilled by it, it is time that steps should be t to T would therefore suggest that am immertiate Legislature, at present in @ special act securing the direct interest of ow operty, until the same has been daly conveyed how that the dangers resulting from these omissions of legis!ation are not merely speculative, I should state that seve ees of the kind have fallen under” my ob- servation, In a neighboring State, for instance, one party Was entirely ruined by the malice of an incendiary, whose counsel set up as a defence, that no offence had been com- mitted, the Courts having ruled that a man could not be indicted for burning his own property, and that possession established him as the owner for the’ time being. Stich laws must, [ think only absurd, but inc y interests of the community, and the sooner an act is passed to omend them, the better for the character of our State leg'station. Ia my tact, overal previous reports, I brought under your consideration the subject of hot-air Surpaces, and Iai again induced to call your attention to it, from a conviction of the dangers resulting from this mode of heating, not merely aa regards accideuts by fire, but in a sanitary point of view. Impressed with the ne: of introdueing improvements in the prodaétion of r, Thave bestowed much time and pains in investi gating the different inventions applicable to it, in order to be cnabled to lay before the public a plaa which would meet all tho objections taken to the present system. As I stated on a former occasion, the rarified air thrown off from the red-hot furnace becomes almost, if uot entire ly, deprived of the oxygen which constitutes its vital ele. ment, Henee the continual complaints which we bear from persons sitting in rooms thus heated, of congestion, heatache, affections of the lungs, and Weakened oyes ‘The explanation of the fact is simple: the atmosphere thas deprived of its oxygen becomes carbonized, and is ren dered unfit for human beings to breathe. After a careful examination of the diiferent plans auggested to supply heat without destroyiog the vital. properties of the air’ {have been lea to form a favorable opinion of that which bas been patented under the title of ‘‘Balkley’s house fur nace.” The inventor claims it to be a new principle, and he describes the result as “superheated steam without preesure.”’ This furnace is simple enor composed of a ny made of tin or gaivan iron, about five fect in height and two and « half or three inches in ¢\atweter, placed around a stove or turnace will 1 or sheet iron enclosure. Tho box introtucing the c om the street extends to the bottom of these tubes, and as the cold alr passes through them, it be. comes boated and ascends into the conductors, and thence into the apartments where it is required. Those tubes are surrounded by heated steam, which is generated from a tank of water attached to the furnace, which is made to supply itee Thus it will be seen that the air docs not come inio contact with any over heated or red hot iron surface to destroy the oxygen, but io merely warmod without losing the properties so essential to life and health. Ibave seen t!)s furnace in practical operation, and can personally testify to the result# stated. While free cir- culation and ventilation are insured, the heat which it supplies basa balmy, summer like feeling. Tho atmos- phero is delightful, and one inhales it with pleasure, for, unlike all other furnace heat, it invigorates and strength: ens the system. Thecost of construction, which i# an important feature jn ‘all such contrivances, amounts to about the game aa that of the furnaces at present in use. Thewonducting pipes used for other hoathers can be made to serve for this. In my opinion this plan of heating deserves to super. sede, and will eventually supersede, all‘other similar ap- tus Low in use. While itis the Teast liable to destroy. Re ve ity of the atmosphere, it is also leas dangerous aa a cause of conflagration. It will vot dry and char wood- work, aud thus prepare a house for rapid destruction h in construction, b Teenletee inane tart enact keepers. Tabing all those diferent features into ation, it will be admitted furnace is heating dwateegsatlice INCENDIARISM. table exhibits a total of forty incendiary The fires di Re Deeds eakeveS-snereane OF tae seen red w! corresponding peri 10 previeus year, Phe whole number of fires amounts to one hundred and forty-five—an increase of two over the carresponding 8ix mooths of 1867, but a diminution of sixteen as compared with the preceding six mouths. The total'loss by Gfes for the half year embraced in thy; report amounts 0 $1,289,351—an increase of $750,087 over the ‘six months. and the burning of the City Hal!, the estimated loss by these two fires to $874,880; deducting thie amount, it will be seen that the loss by fires was onty $364,471, a of $124,793 a8 compared with the corres; ing half year of 1857, or $90,685 leas than the loses of the preceding six months. The sum paid by the underwriters amounts to ouly $263,948—that being for loss and damage for which they became liable. The cazc of James H. Magee, under indictment aince April, 1858, for arson in the third degree, was called up for trial in November, in the Court of General Sessions. He did not surrender himself, and the bond of $3, on which be bad been liberated was declared 3, sub- sequently his counsel and signified his willing- nets to go to trial. The case was set down by the District Attorney for the December term. The case of James McHugh, alias Peter Keily, alias McCue, cannot have escaped your recollection. This young man belonged to a whose incendiary acts in the firing of stables and ou' kept the neighborhood cf Tw street and Tenth avenue in a constant stato of slarm, Two of bicHugh’s associates were caught by the | lice of the Ninth ward, and were convicted, Mc! imself escaped, but was’ subsequently found on Black- weil’s Island by the Fire Marshal, under a sentence of six months’ imprisonment for larceny. The fellow was subsequently indicted for arson, and pleaded guilty, Gustavus Ludwig, arrested in Mareh for au attempt to willfully fire his apartments ut the coraer of Thirty-sixth street and Fighth aveoue, was placed in the Tombs to await his trial. Dr. Covel, the prison physician, Dr. Roberts, and two German physicians, pronounced the ac- cused to be insane, and the Court accordiagly directed him to be sent to the lunatic asylum. Upon recovering his reason, Ludwig was brought before the Court, and, by the advice of his counsel, pleaded guilty to an altempt at arson iu the fourth degree. This plea was accepted by Mr. Sedgwick, the icarned Agsistant District Attorney. Judge Russell suspended sentence on the condition offered by bis friends of his removal from the city. Francis Dedieu, who was arrested on the 2ist March last, charged with wilfully setting fire to the apartmen's in which he lived and carried on his trade of bootmaker, at 86 Leonard street, was indicted for arson in the first degree, and tried in the month of September following before Judge Russell. The jury found the prisoner guilty of arson in the third degree, the facts showing concli- sively that the fire was applied to the stock of boots and shoes with an intent to prejudice the interests of the Pa cific Fire Insurance Company. Nancy Hood was tried at the November term of the court for argon in the first degree, in firing the dwelling house in the rear of No. 67 Sullivan street, in which seve- ral females were living at the time. The Jury found her guilty of the second degree of that offence, and Judge Russell sentenced her to ten years and six months in the State prison. During the six months embraced in this report, ten ar- reats have been made on direct charges and suspicion of arson. Eight were discharged by the Police Justices; one held to await the action of the Grand Jury, and one con- victed and sent to the State Prison. Among the unmerous causes of fire embraced in the annexed report, carelessoess with lamps and candles gave rise to twenty-one; gas light, and gas and spirit explosion, to rixteen; fireworks, to thirteen; chimney flues, to twelve: matches, to fourteen; window curtains, to seven; chim. neys, to ten; sparks on roof, to thirteen; camphene and fluid lamps, to twenty-tive. By these accidents one boy was burned to death by the explosion of spirits; one man killed by the falling of a wall; three meu and three women were suffocated or burned to death; four women and one girl died from burns caysed by fluid or camphene; two men, two boys, six womeh and oue girl were injured by burns caused by fluid or camphene, and recovered; and one man, one wo- maa and one child were burned by other means, and also recovered, CO-OPERATION OF THR AUTHORITIES, I cannot conclude this report without expressing to the Mayor, the Police Justices, the Commissioners of Police, and the Police Department generally, my warm acknow: ledgments for the prompt aid which they baye aslurded me whenever I have had eccasion to invoke their assistance in the execution of my duties. Arduous and disagreeable as these frequentiy are, the responsibility attached to them has been rendered less onerous by the kindly co operation which I have received from them. To the Fire Department ny thanks are equally dhe. Without their cordial aid and zealous intorest for the pub- lic service, it would frequentiy be difficult for me to re- move the obstacles which lie in the way ot my investiga. tions. With great respect, your obedient servan ALFRED E. BAKER RECAPITULATION, No. of All Cause of Fires. ‘ives. Chimney tues. 7 5 Clothing. Gas meter. Sparks on roof. 3 Children with fire and light 2 ce . E of Stove pipe hole Dripping of fat. Plaster boiler, Accidental, Births, Marriages and Deaths tm California, BIRTHS. noo Tone Valtey, Jan. 6, the wife of Stephea Bary, a 600. meen coke ee wife anon a a Brown—At Gibrouville, Dee. 24, the wife of Tanase Brown, of a daughter. be tact “Ln Si sco, Jan. 8 th lady Of Ong. 5 Buckiegham a Campari. —In Sacramento, Dec, 27, the wife of Joba Campbell, of a ster, ak rancisoo, Jan. 3, the wife of G. Castle, 8 davgbter. CLassH —Ia Mozart Vaile; Costa county, Jan. 2, Mis. Henry Claseen, of aon os ‘Connen.—In Shasta Valley, Jan. 3, the wife of E,W. Conuer, of a sou. Coox.—Iu Oakland, Jan. 17, the wife of J. D. Cook, of « fon. ae —In Sacramento, Jan. 9, the wife of H. R. Covey, of aon, Cusrer —At Oakville, Napa county, Jan. 5, the wife ef John Coster, of a daughter, Donr.—In' Ni pa i rn 2, the wife of Matthias Dorr, weight, » “ nicia, Dec, 26, Mrs. Hoary Floid, of a gon. Goce —In San Francisco, Jan. 9, the wife of Capt, G. Gedge, of a daughter. Havetock.—Iu San Francisco, Jan. 6, the wife of Heary Havelock, of ason, ‘ Dec, 80, the wife of J, C. Himokc- ‘Bincwuty.—At Shasta, ley, of a son. ‘Hizox.—In San Francigco, Jan. 10, the wife of @. K, Hilton, of a daughter. Taaacs.—At Shasta, Dec. 28, the wife of J, Ieaacs, of a son. ‘ Jonys.—At St. Helena, Napa county, Dec. 17, the wife J.P. Jones, of a son. Katienvercer —In Nort: Sun Juan, Nevada county, Jan. 5, the wife of anes Kallenberger, of a son. Kixcarp.—In Tgnacio Valley, Contra Costa county, Jam. 1; Mra. Kincaid, of a daughter. Kony.— At Weaverville, Trinity county, Jan. 2, the wife of Jos. Kohn, of a daughter. Lunosu.—In Jackson, Amada county, Jan. 5, the wife of L. Lubosh, of a son. % Mantin.—At Gibsonsville, Sierra county, Dec. 16, the wile of Henry Martin, of a daughter. eae foConweLL.—At Yreka, you county, the wife of Wm. McConnell, of a son. i McDoxavy.—In Benicia, Jan, 3, the lady of A. McDonald, of a daughter. pMcKue.—In Marysville, Jan. 2, the wife of Fred, MokKee, of a son. Pc a Martinez, Dec. 15, Mrs. A. Penuimaa, of a sou. Prenniek.—In Sacramento, Jan. 16, the wife of E. B. Prentice, of a sou. Reep.—In San Francisco, Jan. 8, the wife of Joseph Reed, of a son. , Roonxy.—At Brighton, Sacramento county, Jan. 8, the wife of John Rooney, of a son, Sivans.—At the Runcho del Capuchino, San Mateo ooua- ty. the wife of Francis Sievers, of a daughter. Topp —At Toddville, Triuity county, Dec. 27, the wife of W. Todd, of a son. Wensrex.—At Pinole Ranch, Contra Costa county, Dee. 22, Mrs. Webster, of a son. MARRIAGES. Beckur—Serwienro —In Jackson, Amador county, Jan, 2, Geo. Becker to Carmelita Sermiento. Braty—Svoay.—In San Francisco, Jan. 13, by the Rev. Dr. Scout, Mr. Marcus A. Braley fo Mrs. Margaret J. Sloaa, all of San Francisco. wkN.—In North San Juan, Nevada county, jaines Briggs to Mary C. Noonen. ELL—KrNNELL.—In San Francisco, Jan. 12, Mr. Jobn A. Cardwell, of Columbia, to Miss Anne C. Fennel. CoLey—Maksi,—At Sweetlaud, Nevada county, Jan. 6, W. C. Coley to Adelaide S. Marsh. Dunnar—Greeey. —In Upper Placerville, Dec. 30, Jee. Dunbar to Miriam Greeley. Frink—Mitcer.—In Grass Valley, Nevada county, Jaa. 4, John Frink to Catbarine Miller. Grertey—Jounszox,—In Upper Placerville, Dec, 30, 0. F. Greeley to Nancy M. Johnston. Hanson—Estant.—In San Francisco, by the Rev. Dr. Scott, Jan. 15, Captain Alexander Hanson to Miss Kate 8. Fstall, both of San Francisco. Hatemty—Wittiams.—At Marysville, Dec. 29, G. L. Hat- field to Alziza G. Williams. Hxrerorp—Jeweit.—In Sacramento, Jan. 13, B. HL Hereford — Ed ia ts Hocxer—Morcay —In Weaverville, Trinity county, Jan. 3, Heary Hocker to Christina Morgan, 4 Jacksox—HiGGNs.—At Gibsonville, Sierra county, Deo. 12, Willard § Jackson to Helena E. Higgins. Krye-—Mciniyre —In Sutter, Sacramento county, Jam. 6, Jobn Keyes to Clara E. Mclutyre. Krs—Wrniek.—aAt Coloma, Janu 13, Geo. 0. Kies to EH- waberh S. Winter. Lxavrit—Parker.—In San Francisco, Jan. 5, by the Rev. R. P. Cutler, Mr. William R, Leavitt, of Martinez, to Mise Susan A. Parker, of Son Francisco. Mayurw—Fisuer.—At Edgartown, Dec. 29, by Rev. E. W. Harrington, Captain Joseph A. Mayhew, of San Fran- cisco, to Miss annie F., daughter of Hon. ‘Daniel Fisher. Maisc—Heisca.—In Sacramento, Dec. 30, H. D. Meiss to Sophia Heisch, eYER—BrLDERRAIN.—In San Francisco, Jan. 6,at the residence of Capt. M. R. Roberts, by the Most Rev. Arch- bishop Alemany, Mr. Th. Lemmen Meyer to Miss Mariana. O. Beiderrain, both of San Francisco. LALLOY—JOHNSON.—In San Francisco, Jan. 14, by the Rey. F. Mooshake, Mr. J. T. Mullalloy to Miss Martha Ann Athenes Perkins Johnéon, both of San Francisco. Nesizy—Buckxen.—At Woods’ Ferry, San Joaquin county, Jan. 8, L. F. Neeley to Ada Buckner. Ovet1—Ketrer.—In Sacramento, Jan. 4, John P. Odelt to Mary Ann Catherine Keller Pacet—Drew —At St. Helena, Napa county, Jan. 1, Jas. H. Page to Adeline Drew. Payxt—Proriero.—At Michigan Bar, Sacramento coun- ty, Dec. 26, C. W. Payne to Angeline J. Prothero Pexsy—Jones.—In Sacramento, Jan. ¥6, James H. Pen- ny to Ellen Jones. Ranpatt—MecDanixt.—In Stockton, Jan. 9, A. J. Ran- dall to Lucinda McDaniel. Ricnarpson—Barrett.—In San Francisco, Jan. 10, at the residence of Henry Carlton, Jr., by Rev. R. P. Catler, Mr. W. R. Richardson, of Brooklyn, Alameda county, to Mrs. Harriet N. Barrett, of San Francisco, Scurtimovss—McAcrxy.—In Sacramento, Jan. 10, Cyrus M. Scheliliouse to Mary B. McAuley. Somerser—Puirps.—In San Ramen Valley, Contra Costa county, Rovert Somerset to Miss Janet Phipps. Topp—Rorertox.—At Whidby’s Island, Washi Territory, Jan. 2, Joho Todd, of San Francisco, to Jane, davghter of Captain William Robertson, ofthe for- mer place. Supposed ai 9 Hot air fur 1 Wiudow 1 Stove... cose 1 Children with matehes.... 6 Tobacco pipe. 1 Tutoxication , 2 1 1 1 1 4 Supposed set on fire......11 Incendiary... 6 Supposed incend 13 Total. 145 81,2 MONTULY STATEMENT OF FIRE: LOSSES AND INSURANCES. 1358, No. of Alleged Amount Months. F Loss. J’aid, $40,169 $14,536 25/911 17,182 $1,201 $1,259,851 $1,051 6 From Ist of June to 3th November, 1958, there were forty incendiary fires, $25. 3 Supreme Court. Betore Hon, Judge Sutherland A MERCANTILE SUIT or LIGHT YEARS STANDING. Fen. L1.—S, 8. Tig'any vs? Warren, Moran and others —~ This suit has been on the calendar for more than ight years. It involves a sum of over $100,000, arising oat of the failure of Seaman &'Co., which took place 'n (ho fal! of 1851. It appears that Messrs. Seaman & Mu‘r had become indebted to Messrs. Garner & Co., and had given them a mortgage on their stock of goods, with the understanding that those goods should not be recorded. Moanwhiie Messre. Warren, Moran & Co. held a prior mortgage on the ty, which they bad likewise agreed shoutd not - In this position things stood on the failure Seaman & Muir, when Garner & Qo, (adt hay- ing, ce they allege. teenived any notice of tho existenge of a mortgage to Mesers. Warren, Moran & Co.) took posses. sion of the goods of Seaman & Muir under thelr mortgage, and made a purchase of ime for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, ning to Seaman & Muir ome other collaterals, and releasing them from all farther claims. Garner & Co. then disposed of the property (which was proved on the trial to have been worth about uinety thousend dollars) to 8. 8, Titlany (the plaintiff in this ao- tion) forthe sum of one hundred thousand dollars, War- ren, Moran & Co, having obtained a judgment by confes- sion, issued ap execution after the sale of the property by Garner & Co. to Tiffany, aad the action was brought by ‘Titany to substantiate his ownership of the property, which Warren, Moran & Co. claimed, The Court held that the judgment and execution of Warren, Moran & Co. was ‘no lien as against the subsequent mortgage and bona fide purchase by Garner ., and directed the jury to give a verdict in favor of the plaintif!, subject to the opinion of General Term, & A Bank Cashier Murdered at His Desk. THE PEN IN Hi3 HAND—$16,000 STOLEN. (Corresponcence of the st. Louis Repubitean.) Catro, Ill., Feb. 4, 1859. J Lave just learned the particulars of & most atroctous murder that was perpetrated at Jackson, Tenn., on last Thursday night. On that evening, about, eight o'clock Mr. George Miller (cashier or teller) of the Union Bank of Tennessee, at Jackson, called at the Gates House and in: quired if Mr. McKnight, the president of the Bank, had returned on the evening train from Memphis. On being answered in the negative, he left the hotel and went in the direction of his room, which adjoined the bank. The next morning he did notappear at breakfast, nor was the bank opened at the usual hour. Hig unusual ab- sence alarmed bf friends, who diligent search for him. Failing to gain intelligence of him, it was determin. ed, after dinner, to force the door of his room. On enter. ing they found his coat and hat. They then passed through a door which ted into the bank, bit murdered in the most shocking mani scated in achair, resting on bis ae the check book before him and the pen in his hand. He bad been struck twice with the cancelling hammer—one blow having been given on the back of the head, and the other on the right side of the head. Two or three leaves had been torn from the check book, and The bank was robbed bave been made, nor has any one been even suapectod, Mr Miller was a very worthy and exemplary young man, and was always exceedingly careful not to adinit any ove into the bank at improper hours. From the fact of the cheek book being on the table, it i# probable kome one grined admittance under the pretext of getting a check, ~ Vor Grnicuton—Scuropatsecker.—Tn Stockton, Jan. 33, Frederick William Yon Gerichtou to Josephine Amelia Schredelsecker. ‘ALL —Crvskx.—At French Corral, Nevada county, Jan. 8, Parham Wall to Hanvab Crusen, MY, Watton—Wation.—Near Stockton, Jan. 6, M. A. Wal- ton to Mary P. Walton. Wrt— .—-In Middletown, Shasta county, Jan. 6, Leopold Weil to Berthe Leither. a me tea Fairfield, Jan, 8, by Rev. Mr, » Mr ity. wel. — Wortaer.—In Yreka, Withereil to M. P. Wortser. Woor-—Mossaax.—In Honolulu, Dec. 15, by the Rev. &. C. Damon, Capt. Edmund Wood, late master of bark Faith, to Mary A. Mossman, both of Honolulu. J. White to Miss Ada Thompson. ‘Mgpe:.—In San Francisco, Jan. 6, by Rev. wr Wiswell to Miss Mary Wigmore, all Hunter, Wiswi Mr. Wik of Wi Siskiyou county, C. WoonworiH#—Buiss.—At Ladies’ Valley, El Dorado county, Jan, 2, L. Woodworth to Louisa Bliss. DEATHS. Barpwiy —In Son Francisco, Jan, 6, P. M. Baldwin, aged 62 years. Barry.—In Amador, Jan. 1, Daniel Barry, formerly of New Orleans, aged 25 years. ox —In Honoluli, Dec. 12, Mr. Albert Benton, of Coose Bay, Oregon Territory. He came passenger on board the Glimpse, from Sai Francisco. He is believed to bave been originally from Kast Virgil, New York, where his friends now rosin, ceNbass —In San Francigeo, Jan. 10, of consumption 8. P. Burnham, Justice of the Peace for the bith towoahip and Asrociate Jndge of the Court of Sessions, Carcort —In San Francisco, Jan. 6, Mr. Robert Calcott, aged 45 years, recently of the Mission Dolores. CuvTe —In San Francisco, Jan. 16, John R. Chute, a na- tive of Reston, Mass., aged 26 years, Dariy.~At Long Bar, Yuba county, Jan. 9, Jas. Daily, a native of Ireland, aged 38 years, Davis —At Mormon Isiand, Sacramento county, Jan. 10, of consumption, Frank Davis, late of Gen Sulls, N.Y.) aged 25 years, Fikips.—At Shasta, Dee. 28, G. 0, Fields, aged 22 years, 8 native of Missouri. Hixpmay.—At Ford’s Bar Bridge, Fl Dorado county, ‘© native of Massachusetts, aged 66 Jan, 2, Jonn Hindman, years. Honeeoy.—In San Francisco, Jan. 13, of consumption, Mr. B. 8, Hodgson, late of the’ firm of Moore & Folger, = ative of Charlottestown, Prince Edward Island, aged 30 years. Hosery —In San Francisco, Jan. 6, George B. U. Hus- je Abe a ucket, Maes., aged 21 years and 8 months. Kry.—aAt the United States Navy Yard, Mare Island, tee 13, Anna Victoria Key, daughter of Daniel Turner, Konp.—In Alemo, Jan. 8, Caroline Alice, daughter of John J. and Loulse Korb, aged 21 years, 10’ months and 16 daye. LANaixG.—In Sacramento, Jan. 13, Marin Y., wife of C. J. Lansing, of Green Valley, Nevada county, aged 23 years and 8 months. Stockton, Jan. 9, Cecelia McGeary, aged McGrar 17_years and 7 months. leMienart.—On board ig Fiying Fish, off the south end of Formosa, Capt. Wm. MeMichael, of San Francisco; ‘was buried at Foo Chow. O’Conxon.—At Weaverville, Dec. 31, Mary, wife of Jas. O'Comnor, aged 42 years. —In San Francieco, Jan. 10, Littie Ada, danghter of Mrs. E. M. Page, aged 5 years, 2 months and 18 da Prrny.—In Sacramento, San. 18, Lorenzo Perry “(color ed), aged 287 years, 1urs.—in Sacramento, Jan, 12, pital, John 3 Phitips, w na reland, aged ahout 63 years. Pursiw.—In Oakland, Jan. 13, Sarah Patnam, wife of Captain James Dayley, a native of Salem, Mass.,-agod 47 re. RYERSON.—In Stockton, Jan. 4, Clarence Clinton, fon of G. ©. and Mary A. Ryerson, aged 8 years and 4 days. Sitef.—In’ San Francisco, Jan. 11, Harry Parker, at the County Hos- e of the province of Ulster, youn; 80n of James and Eliza H. Smiley, aged 2 yoars and 21 days. Stowsrs.—Near , Amador county, Jan, 7, Wil- ‘Stowers, Twain.—In Carneros native of Crawford county; Pa., aged eck, Dec, 22, William Thair, « eal ‘Tnomrsox.—In Sacramento, Jan. 6, Wil Thompson ‘8 native of England and a member of tho thoatrleal’ pro” fession, 8 40 years, VALLRIO Al ‘hryma Montis, Sonoma Valley, o@ Thurnagy, Jan, 18, Benicia Valle, daughter of en. Ge 2 yonrs, Wanra.—In San Mateo county, Jan. 17, of consumption, Wace i es Valley, Siok 90, ©. rR. —In Score Siskiyou county, Doo, 90, . White, aged 23 years, (every af tow “ey ‘mteRy,—fo For! iti Dregon, of consumption, Dec. 22, John Ht. Whitley, aged #3 yeare-and Bays. Wirtiamsow —In Sacramonto, Jan, 8, George Williamaon, aged 22 years,