New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-15

bf John JrehWny, tDe Wesn Daroncti finn n"", aAcA
separation Of GEMS time from her husband, ION whom
abe had settled BY contract about E2OO0a year, the
lady Is taking measures to secure a divorce Unless
husbed up, the Gaze will briog up past circumstances
not at all agreeable for high percentages.
The Hon. Cassius NJ Clay arrived in the city, from
New. Haven yesterday morning, and is staying at the
residence Of Frank w. Ballard in Bank street. Guns
IN honor of his arrival will be fred in the Park this
morning.
The Paris correspondents Of the Courier de' Eta.s-
Uns, relates that d.le had taken place between III
About and NJ V'.udn, both belonging to the Editorial
fraternty-boout only sending challenge after re-
ceivipg a fecond and the grossest insult. Weapons
used email swords; wounds-a scratch; fight to be
re,ewed. The sane correspondent says Mas FLORENCE
Wolfe of New.York was much admired for her oeau'y
at an imperial ball. and thai that lady Get h'rer un
oyand succfs dams le monde Parisien." Americans,
as usus asked many invitations 10 the ball IN question
The Emperor and Empress did not dance, owing TO
the deatH of The Duchess Stepbanie Of Baden.
-Georoe d. Prentice says: "An Eastern editor
undertaking to describe us personally says our nose is
not Intellectual. We don't suppose it iS Our brans
are not in it."
Mr. Theodore Tltop, in The Independent, mar
rstes on interesting story of colored man named Ed
ward Bachus now sixty three years Of age who was
born slave in Hardy County, in the great State
which has the double honor of being the mother Of
Presidents" and the mother OF slaves He was the son
of native African woman, who was kidnapped on the
Coast of Africa and brought TO this country In slave
ship. The child before be was five years old, was
sold three tmes-twice with bis MOTHER and the third
time away from her. At the third purchase the price
of his body was paid in SPECIE which was counted out
upon the grass, under green tree. The money was
aerward spent to buy tract of land in Ross County,
Ohio, on tie big Bottoms" of the Scioto River.
" Since have been Free" says the venerable man,
" have lived in Ohio, and have walked many time
over this very piece of ground Last year 1t was COW
cred with corp-a great field of four hundred and
eighty acres without single croSs-fence to divide IT,
But. he added "no ear Of all the crop fell to my
share p The incident strikiney illustrates how much
faster during the last fifty years land in Ohio has risen
in value than slaves in Virginia. The old man Is now
in the City of Brooklyn, aborng to raise the necessa-
ry funds for the redemption Of one of his Children
young woman twenty years Of age, the only one at
pIe.ent left in bondsge
Ben. Pelley Peere Of Massachusetts, is or ia to be
Clerk Of the House Committee on Foreign Relations.
LII, appointment, CVuhuB HOm GU "iSenib"ANN~
Chairman as Mr. Corwin, is a compliment MAJOR
Poore t ia said, won his FIRST spurs in the "hard
cider" campaign, his Tartiality for which was evil
denced more recently in his barrel-ofapples feat. He
will be very efficient aid in the cultivation of for
eign relations"
Mrs. Mary Hewitt has addressed note to The Lon
don Critic denying that abe has joined the sect OF
Swedenborgans, however abe may respect them as
body of Christians, and believing there are many deep
truths in many of their religious doctrines.
"A curious book bas been lately printed in London,
for private circulation by Sir John Simeon. 1t is the
contemporary account in Italian, OF the murder Of the
monster Cenc, and of the execution of his unhappy
wife and children. This is the document we believe,
upon which Shelley founded bis tragedy, and an ex
tract from which, in English, is given in Mr.. Moxon's
edition of Sheeys works 1t relates the horrible cir
cumstaDces of the affair in materof fact and ndire
toDe which rather enhances than destroys the horror
which attaches to it.