Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

proof of that part of Gen. Estell's speech
which relates to John P. Marrow, the head
and front Of the San Francisco purifiers, and
of the completely of Thomas King with Man
row. The veracity of the author of the fol-
lowing letter, Captain Benedict, is too well
established to need any endorsement at our
hands, and we therefore give the entire let.
ter as it is written. rerbatm ct Hterdtin.
"0roville, Butte County, Cal.
Feb. 7th, 1857.
GEN. JAMES EsTELL-
My much honored friend
Being staunch Democrat of nearly
80 years, take great interest in what Dem
ocrats in the Legislature are doing, and in
looking over the Union, which paper has
just come to hand, | find you are go K' as
regards your speech before that body
in relation TO the Vigilance officers. " the
immaculate Erecutire CommIttee," the
Pure and Best Citizens of San Francisco.
You handle John p. Marrow, alias Col John
p. Manrow-where he derived his title from
God only knows, unless it is as n forger and
sedueer. Had known you intended to have
shown up this man, would bave given you
his life in fun, although brother-in-law
In your speech about his seducing my wfe's
sister is all true; about my writing long
letter to the Executive Committee about this
villain is true; and that did join that body
to have him turned ont, is true; AMI that
your humble servant received notice, only
few days after joining, from Secretary 33,
with the seal of the body, never to enter the
walls of the Vigilant rooms, which most re-
hgiously fulfilled; and more than that, | ad-
dressed letter to the editor of the Evening
Bulletin, Thos King, setting forth my grew
ances, and requesting him to publish sever
al letters that were in my possession, but
never received no answer from the editor,
although he says in his columns that he will
show up all rascality and villainy that is
going on in high places. informed you of
my domestic troubles when | commanded
your ship, the Columbia, and would have
killed the sedueer of my wife, but what
chance would | have had with such a man
rs John p Marrow, "a seducer himself and
he judge Of the organization then in exist.
ance' Why, Sir, they would have hung me
without trial If | had taken vengeance
on the seducer ofmy wife who has borne me
five children, and been married to me 18
years, any jury with ON impartial trial,
would have been acquitted
Now, how do | stand with the seducer of
my wife, Saml II. Robinson, mayor of the
city of Oakland. There is no law in this
State that will reach him. If should
challenge him, he would not fight, but take
the dueling law and incarcerate me and 70
Kill him in San Francisco would give the
still existing Committee another victim to
strangle-me. BY the Eternal God, General
this, my case, is n hard one. My property
gone, my wife - my only daughter,
now fifteen years old, to have her prospects
blighted, my four boys to be stigmatized,
and | to live and die wretched, mi SCRABBLE,
broken hearted man-and there is no re-
dress This man Marrow, during the time
my wife was ut his house, allowed this son
of a -, Sam'l A Robson, to visit my wife,
and as she informed me. Marrow had spies
upon me--members of the Vigilance Com.
mittee Now, what is to be done. Cannot
q law be passed to punish man for seduc-
ton? Why, sir, if Robson had stabbed me
in the dark it would have been charity to
me, and left my wife pure, and my poor
children good inheritance
Iremain your obedient servant,
VIM. BENEDICT.
?. S.--These letters which wished Thos.
King to publish, were to show the public
what two id villains had done-Sam'l
II. Robinson, mayor of the city of Oakland,
and John p. Manro judge of the Vigilance
Committee. ran on the same ticket that
elected Robinson as mayor of Oakland, as a
councilman, and was defeated. why" he
asked me, "did | not do as he had done, buy
up illegal voters" He was elected by a
majority of six, and l kno,o he bought ten
votes besides getting the crew of the steam
boat Clinton 10 vote for him. They had no
right to vote, their residence being Clinton
lCu are at liberty to publish this letter il