wing took place; and they pro— ikethr. ft, Plaidelphia, where a 3 man and wife, for twelve 1. Colton having left home with 2ssed. intention of visiting her friends at Providence, RI. During their visit to Philadplohie, about $2.50 .of the $2OOO, were expen4e.d, and the balance was retained by Coriies, with the consent of Mrs. Colton . At the expiration of the twelve dap, they- 17eturned-to New York, and the inn: Inacy was kept hp fer some time after. warts, Colton- remaining entirely ignorant ~ `''t 1. f:< ::. ti Ike 'conduct of his unfaithful wife and ~ ,, i.:•- f twtirgtritty paramour. In the meantime, --. t yricer a n gem e ti t was made by the guilty 'Air, to elope to New Orleans, but a friend of Colton's family having become apprized Of the intimacy, the plan was frustrated. Colton was then informed by this friend -of all the circumstances. The astonished lirisband, however, very naturally. was nn willing then to give the statements that '..s'erederice to which they were entitled; but wee told, that if he would take a posi tion at-the. corner of a certain street, at a certain hour, he would satisfy himself as .to the troth of the developement. He did at), and soon afterwards his wife, in corm ., .1 party with Corlies, was seen to enter en assignation house opposite. • Colton T.:turned home, in a state of truia.l which can ossify be imagined. lie, -however, concealed from his wife the ins foithation he had thus ,:,',17 - 1;.1;4-1, not at nate on Collies, who, greatly agitated. cnrifotsed all that had transpired. At this interview, Colton stated to Oodles, Ow for thei-salte of his children. he was desi raus.o2t his wife's n.fsniv miolit not he -made public, and proposed try Fay Collies • each reasonable vim es he might st:putate. \ arr-so o.dition that his intimacy with Mrs. '.Colton should forever be,.broken off, rilid circumstances 3a - cred l y concealed. Such arrangement was finally agreed • upon, the pike being fixed at 83000, and • conies was accordingly paid $.1.000 ad . dition to the $2OOO already received from - Mrs. Colton. The conditions of the arrangement thus entered into, Colton suppss d were rigidly * . abset . ved on the part o f C or li. s , m oil a thort time previous to the 10!: i,f' th , I .) es ant month. .vhen he rcoPived satiifietory proof of the coot, ary. The ineffectual at . .tempt ~of Colton. to sip) it. Collies, was one of the cuniicqiiencei of tin. iiiiie"very. The 7911bescqent cvehts lictim T., to • public. I_, Cie • MT: L'oit JAMES It 1:C El Be k , J.lrt 141 cll.. f 4 DAILY MOR NI t; PAST T4i-r t rnict.kpt: li. sYITfI,ICIIIT6III, ND FUr,PrIIVT,RR -7-4NTI—MASONIC CON VEN nos. This - great Conventism which had fur its 'object the eternal dissolution of the Whig -- eel Antimasonk partie=, came off in f l ue; style 'at temperance Hail, yisterday. As near as we could judge, about two-thirds of the districts were represented; the Hall wes pretty well filled, however, by genuine antics, whit's, loco focus, and d.e lov ers of fun, generally. It Nt :is equalled on• , •ly by the late meetings on the sulje.ct of .the Canal Commissioners. All that was said was well worthy of, and suitable to , k .. . he importance of the occasion. Motion * -inpon motion, and amendment upon amend• Went were offered, to the confusi el, of 6...""".N4... . the Chairman. .- • It was organized by calling Dr. Car ctli• sof Wilkins, to the Chair, and appoint .... ing somebody Vice President. Russell Errett and Mr. Earl Secretaries ~.- The credentials of the delegates were then read; the 2d ward of Pittsbure2,h (the memorable South) kindly furnished two Atte, who claimed their seats by virtue of the wilt ofithe constituency. Much difficul ty was experienced _in gathering up "raw recruits". to represent those districts which failed to Send delegates', but this was soon : fettled to their entire satisfaction. Nloj.l - Viriilock,(who has not heard of Wen?) made; itiremendons discovery! Orre of th!., Pio.l ebwnship delegation was a mason. He ,Mtnounced this fart to the astounded ass! - aerribly, but before any action could he had `,et:Yetis subject so important to m Inkind generally,and to atitiMaSOn3 in particular, the,prolcribed delegate withdrew from the Hati; : : A smile of triumph lit up the coon tenance of'every patriot prescut—they had touted, demolished, discomfited at least :one of their arch enemies. The Major yralked up and down the aisle in all the majesty- of a conqueror, saying, "did not I do it that timer I _ `_.,,r.. Then came the tt,g of war. The south a.? ward question was brought upon the car pet,. .yhe reading of the credentials of both Vets of delegates was called for. The Secretary commenced by reading the "Law Chamber" (or more appropriate, "Star Chamber") credentials first., and the "S:otch Hill Coffee House" credentials next. He, (kir.Errett) then made a speech in ckienee of the "Law Chamber" delega— doe:- He - gave - a brief history of the case from the -beginning. Agreeably to the call, the friends of a distinct antimasonic organization ,ret at Duffy' F; but there were only eight of them, who, were 'unable to stard.up against the inmates 'lf the Motion gawk "Daiinitts - Argtrki l it (~. ~.. ~~h? ..~ TIII7IIADAY: iI9RCH_39 1F.44-3 Sre Pire.t ` ~~ k `{ Iselikely to batbafliad-in —11404 . 1444 fir it p. point deirgatesof their tAptyttamp4 they withdrew to a Law Chamber and appoint. ci six out,of the eight to represent the isouth ward in the Convention._ He char ged the antagonist faction, of being made up of loeofocos and masons and contended that-they hatl no right to appoint - anti-ma I 3ouic delegates. He was replied t 9 by Mr. Steuar Who proved to the satisfaction of. the audience that he had lived a long while in the ward, and so had his coadjutors; that the tither faction were mostly unknown to thb ward, and never supported the aotirpasonic ticket, except when it suited them. He made a pobitive declaration, that he was a strict party man, had always voted the par ty ticket RIGHT OR WRONG; .and al ways would. After some further squabbling, in which a great many good things were said, a mo tion was made to admit both sets, which caused an angry debate between Messrs. Bayne, Marshall, Sewall and others. The "elementary principles of republicanism" of the lights of numbers—the incolocoi3, whigs and mason—were talked of in a mas terly style. intcrcatiiig as well as edifying & she‘%ed that the speakers knew a thing or two about the science of poll. After much uproar and confusion, a m idst motions, amendinents, srita ques tion, order, &c., the chair succeeds d in bringing thing to a focus by putting the question to the convention. The, rmerd merit that both sets should be admitted was lost, and the motion that the "Law Cham ber" set, (consisting of the regular anti -masonic twairnasoas,) N ab rat ried.— Suddenly, six gentlemen wire , eel w e nt', jug - their way from the Hail. In the afteroon sestion, a long string of resolutions waa adopted, declaring the object and incip!es of the An'i• masonic NV niegery is kicked out of the rank, and all hopeF of a "union" at thr apprJael.ing fall elecdon are now di esmat ed New Hampshire Itlection. All is safe in the Granite State, and the It - inciples of uncontaminated democracy have achieved a