Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-01

friends than, did Sydney Smith-whose life,
chastened by great sorrow, was devoted to the
good of those by whom he was surrounded.
Another of those "feasts of reason" is served
ND in this number in the best style of ths Pro-
fessor of the Breakfast Table. We cannot help
loving the Professor for the good and beautiful
things he says. So much thought, expressed
with SO much delicacy. Such admirable yet
unpretending wit; such depth and tenderness of
feeling, that VIC read as often with tears as
smiles. Want of space compels US to forego
any extracts from this months Professor, at the
present writing, but we shall take early occa-
sion to lay before our readers some of his talk
to his readers" and his "story of young girl
OVER two pages of the Newly Tribune are
devoted to the history of the remarkable divorce
case of Emily Grigg and Horace B. Fry, now be-
fore the Pennsylvania Legislature. Mr.. Fry is
a brother of WIN. H. Fry, one of the editors of
the Tribune.
On Dec. 81, 1858, Emily Grigg, or more prop
erly Mrs. Emily Fry, presented petition for a
divorce to the Pennsylvania Legislature, setting
forth therein that her husband had from the very
day of their marriage treated her in the Imost
unnatural and brutal Misunderstanding her,
throwing chairs at her, threatening to shoot her,
declaring that he only married her for money
hoping that Sne wUuIa Iia and finally ut
tering slanderous reports against her virtue and
good name.
On the goth Mr.. Fry had circular letter
printed and placed on the desk Of every member
of the legislature of such. length that it occupies
-four solid columns of the Tribune. In this he
denies in toto the statements put forth in the
petition, declaring untrue every statement she
had made of i'll treatment on his part. Henever
swore at her, never threw chairs at her, never
threatened to blow her brains out, never injur-
ed or insulted her in any way; in short, he al.
ways treated her with the fondness and tender
ness of the lover and newly married husband.
In addition to this he alleges that from the
first she treated him with studied coldness and
contempt, which a. length amounted to down
right NV crsion. Ono the 4Ih of September, after
their return from bridal visit to West Point,
having hpen warnod by friends, he intercepted
Q letter to her from that place, which he read in
the presence of her and her father, and which
was from the gentleman with whom she had
been carrying on secret correspondence. A
reconciliation effected shortly after this,and
the West Point letter surrendered to her She
Immediately answered it, which answer Fry in
tercepted, and which is given in full in the cir
cular. This letter seems to confirm her crim-
nality.
Mr.. Grigg, the father of Emily, then drew up
petition to the two branches of the Legislature,
contradicting Mr.. Fry's statements, and sustain.
ing those of his daughter. To this Mr.. Fry re-
piled by counter petition of some three and
half columns length. Mr.. o. G. Wagner, the
West Point Cadet, who caused all the trouble,
wrote quite lengthy letter to Mr. Grgg, setting
forth his relations with his daughter, declaring
them to be those of gentleman and honorable
man. Mr.. Fry had been charged with sending
in an evelope to Mr.. Grigg, copy ofthe United
States Police Gazette, containing scandalous
article relative to himself, wife, and the gay
Lothario, Wagner, the West Point Cadet
Three witnesses swore that the handwriting on
the envelope was Mr.. Fry's, when Mr. Lewis
w. Briest, reporter, comes forward aud sweIrs
that he enclosed the paper in the envelope aud
addressed it to Mr.. Grigg. The evidence pro.
and con. appears pretty evenly balanced. The
correspondence is all voluminous, and forms
quite an interesting domestic drama. So the
matter stands; We shall probably soon learn how
it has terminated.
BETHANY CoLLEGE-We learn that at late
meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bethany
College, Mr.. G. j. Kemper of Rockingham Co.
Virginia, was elected Professor of Mathematics,
in lieu of Prof Milligan, (rcsigned,) and that
Hiram Christopher "A. NJ. NJ. D. of st. Louis,
was elected Prof of Chemistry in place of DR..