The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1860, Page 8

ee AFFAIRS ‘“N UTAH. Qer Morm on Correspordenec, Gresr Saur Lace Crev, Nov, 18, 1859. Brigham on Prajady—The Army—Lhre Coming Fumine— ‘The Uvsh Scttlements— General News, che. @Qoowy winter's come again! Our mouutans are dri ped with soow, and our streew as muddy as those of New | Werk in the days of a Street Commissioner's row. The | red tkius” are drawing close to the city and hnve begun Ahetr winter’s plundering of wood piles and fence Umber, hey charge Dr. Forney, the Superintendent of Indian Af- ire, with promising diavkets and provisions, and as Wat gentlowan loft some tue ago for the States, the In- s@iaps are eviailing upou ‘be citizens an extra amount of aswellas praying. Though the Indian never eon keep bis word, be considers that thas of We whito mav should be sacred; and, thongh con- ‘tevtly deceived by his pale faced brother, be nove the Ness holds the pex$ pale fase responsible for all he 8, and holds on tenuciously to his word. bead of Indian depredations aud the cust of Weir sup. port in this Territory, much could be said of cousiterable mterest both tor the government and the people, which I) ‘Will furvish at another Une. TER CRNTUES LEAVING —MHE THRATRE—BRIGHAM AGAINST TRAGEDY, The Gentile portion of ta? community is for the prosent et deoreasing Trade is now dull, aud before the moun- fame become impassabio they set Ubeir faces eastward ‘Quite a number of hom left two days ago, The Mormons ‘view their exit with particular pieasare, and wish them a | feugthy journey. Sioce the rush of Gentiles into the city ou the heels of the army, every thing like public amuse- ment bas been dispensed with; but now that they are fectdwappearing the general expectation is that the duil Reours of the winter’s cve will be whiled away the cupnug of ihe aruats in “sock aud ae the bye, Brother Brigham has a Geewed clon to the tragical. He has istened to and ‘edmired ‘Virginius,’ bus for his @y. Be thivks there is enough trag ‘oub Drugwg i on to the stage, His peopte work bard, and bave no noed of Banquo’s ghost or Hamies’s futher to disturb their bours of slumber aud rest. He profers the saercise 01 the rsible facultics—ap) thing that is harmless end will inake them bappy is the doctrine. Que of the of the green room reiates that on requesting ‘from Brigham permission to cul a grave w the boards for Hamlets Ophelia, the ex-Governor waa very omphatic: bad seep 100 Many graves in the days of past perse- che, ‘and he had vo disposition to awaken past recoliec- hous. Of course the grave was indispep-abie, and Brig- We he prefers comy- ly in duly fe, wita- | cerned, I presume that Brother Brigham feele Vader the | NEW YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. | nere. 1 believe he has bad several interviews with Gov. Young, but J do not anticipate any imporrtant results therefrom, So far as the migration of the people ts con: as he ont when the agents of Oolone) Kinney offered him gravis of the Mosquito Territory. When they spoke of aiveu- ters of soll, &¢. over that of this barren waste, he cour | teousty avswered that he guessed this would do for the Mormons, MARRIED. Hannts—Howen —At Deseret, at the reaidence of RK Domer, Fsq cond ward, on he evening of November 4) by President John Young, Martin Barris, Jr., to Miss | Nancy A. Hermer, all of pret — He At the same time and place, by the Willis Lemon, of Mil Creek ward, to Miss Anna E. 1, of Devere WITE—MoAvtien.—At the same time and place, hy the same, Stephen White to Miss Agnes MeArthar, buth of eeeret Wanpatt At Beaver, Oct. 3, by Elder J. x, Charles Werley Wandeil to Miss Mary H Sparks, botn for merly of forvia. Boow—Kmrpsinsen.—At Deseret, Now. 6, by Fider Samuel W. Rieburds, Charles Booth to Miss Mary Kirk. patrick, THE YACHT WANDERER AGAIN. | Sketch of the Adventures of Her Capiain— He Assumes the Name of « Respeotabic Shipmastcr and Owner—His Real Name and ResidencemAUlcged Bigamy—Qucer | @perations in New Oriteans and New York, &c. We preseut to the readers of the Henaup gome addition- al facts connected with the bistory of the late eaptaia of the notorious slave yacht Waoderer. It appears that Lin- } coin Patten was merely an assumed name, that being tie name of a wealthy and retired shipmaster ani owner of Bath, Maine. The real name of the quast Lincota Patten, { late of the yacht Wanderer, is Dresser, @ native of Harps- well, Maine, where he has @ wife and several children re- siding. He te very respectably connected, and his coa- duct for several years past has given his friends and reia- tives @ great dea) of anxiety and uneasiness, Bat it ap- pears that Dresser has been laboring under qn aberration of mind, in cousequence of injuries received a few years ag0, as will appear in another part of this article. Prior to the ipjury, which we sball designate, bo was known asan upright, intelligent and practical seaman, haviog ‘been an officer on board different vesscls, and always, until recently, borne a good character for his skill and honesty, A tow years ago Dresser was mate on board a vessel that was at New Orleans loading cotton. While engaged ham’s denial, as truswe in trust of the property, shelved | in this business, one day, from some accidental cause, a Hamlet, since which there has been no disposition to shed the blood of innoceuce tor the amusement of the crowd. ‘The ibeatricals are ai), Lowever, on the qué vive and ready for the word, to dust their wardrober, spring to tho Boards, ana “hold the mirror up to natare.”” ‘88 ARMY—THE MORMON SUPFLURS—TUB COMING FAMINE. ‘Tbe change of contractors for Bupply ug, ‘Ube army is re- ‘@arded bere by mavy as an indication of the withdrawal @f the Woops at no Cistant day. Ivie thought that the in- Beence of Rusee!, Majors & Co. with the government ia wach ‘that if the conwact was now worth obtaining they would have been agai the fertanate bidders, asthey have beforetime bad awarded to them contracts when pa By known &) have deed much bigher in thetr esti- than other competitors. Iu us convection, Hearn by the Henato, recived hero by last mail, that much of the army suppiies in future is counted upon from this son, Ip this, | apprehend, Lvere will be conswderabie dis- j@iment. The Mormons bave up to the present cer- @urprised us all by their constant and unreserysd Wading with the army; but the past can be no @uiee for the future. When tbe army entered, Abe people, at least very many of them, were very poor, almost destitute of clotbing, and strangers to adything Wie the Juxuries of ibe prey ibe Sugar, tea and coffee wore resviy uted. ‘There was little in the market, and ‘what there was had to be purcbased by cash, and tuat at | go to the the moderate figare of $3 per pound for tea, coffee and wugar between sixty and seventy cents per pound, ‘while New York ten cenws and billing calico would figure wa thirty five ceuts per yard. Shortly after the army en- aered, the city was soon Mled with dry goods and gro- series. ‘Towbtain the needful cash many have traded ‘ale yraip, fruit una lumber with tho army, and, indeed, them with everything that they consumed, ‘Wow, the eocia) condition of the people seer changed, pensar ipry Sad gobBupphed at the merchant stores, and of the wealthy brethren bere brought in from the this season their own goods’ trains. There 1s now plenty, and no further noce-sity for parting with grain to abe army. Besides, a harvest here is a very uncertain | mercantile house and repeated the same offer, Crickets ana grasshoppers have in one day de- “Moved the jabor of months and the sole dependence of en! “= amily broud. The Femembrance Fon poor sv. <4 ‘oth font and the prophecy... "i, will unquestion oat it famines, pd sere ee mall mater wnt. dulk of the Perron anywhere” in the usv8 of atly 8e0 e, and thoy will as earnestly seike P ante akin of UD ‘tall cf Iie” egaimet the day te the ° see sz Meedicted wrath. ‘These matters are DOC! eng a 9 pri- ‘ais and specuiative—they are frequently set forth in the | Tabernacle, and accompanying them js the recommenda- to let Uncle Sam feed ls “hired soldiery, Do Sut our throats, but the Lord weuldn’t let them.” The from some of the setilemeuts support the moye- ment for the preservation of the grain pow in hands, At Bpenish Fork, « settlement which bas bad an average Zearly auiplue of forty thousand bushels of grain, the Beiticrs Lave uot raiked wore than cnoagh, if even that This and other bgp meg ty defeency to the rislog of alkali to Sartace of the groun’, which entirely destroys all wogeta- dou. It Seems that the greater portion of the Territory. Be impregnated with alkali, and to course of a few years the irrigation necessary to raise crops is washing and drawwe up thie alkali to the surface, Reports from ‘Washington county, where the settlers have endeavored te raise ootte re also ve upfavorabie Some kind of aalt bas this séuson appeared on the soil, and destroyed il bopes of success, Unlese some means be discovered by which all this alkali and salt can be neutralized with Aoibty, 1 1s Hot Uifficult to forewee that the soi) bere will gome uay be insuilicient for anything like a jarge popula- ‘won. Twuch, this year, ‘THE SETTLEMENTS IN CTAT. Ibaye not yet seem anything published that sete forth The ectrements fy Utah, For my own convenience of re- ference i set about finding distances from this city, and bave bees wurprieed to fud go many settioments In this new Jerritory. With their distances from this city they ‘tre as foliows:— Miler | North. Miles.|__ North. Mile. 1¢| Bast Weber......28|North Willow C.53. 4g |Ogaen City tt ogden Hole 22 40] Brigham City .. .60 146|Cache Vailey | /80 Miles. South. Miles.) South. Miles. 4 68|Parowan.......255 i + ose 26 le... 87 221120] Oedar Valley... 40 a\Fort Ephraim. 180\Cedar City... .27 30 | Mantt 140| Harmony. 2] Mt. Pleasant. ..1 10 ro ‘Beaver ..... + 330 Spanish Fork, . .61} Meadow Creek.175)/Fort Clara......350 Poad Town. ....64 Im addition to these Settlements, there are numerous where @ few Sago bays oe ™ eae mlug purposes. You wi roeive, by 8 jormane have “spread themse es’’ considera- ‘At the na time there is a rush to Cache Valley, rom here, which promises t become the ‘valley. Oid settlers are pul up stakes at and plant m anew in Sao tis ve gone etaxe of Lion.”” ‘Two of the apostles, Hyde and velieve, have gone there, with instructions to president and two counsellors, z # ret es ul ‘Wance to negouate for some Mormon village for their ‘wmter quarters. The gallant Ca) was of course a ted with the country, and besides, he had his in- 18 to Secure, it posible, some 2, near this city. ied it been left to himself to decide, he probably would Bave accepted Cache Valley, where the army could now Dave bad ap excelleut reserve, saved ‘the war,” and in ail probability a gentile ety would have been founded there to rival this place. As it is, the Mormons have aquatted on it, taken it up, aud the army has Bush Val- Jey—a country that bears no comparison with that of Cache Walley. It is said that one of the leading Mormons " ed the attention of the Peace Commissioners so forcibly to Cache Valley, thai they suspected his disinterested ues, and cousequentiy rejected the place altogether—a cosull that, rumor says, the Mormons wanted to accomplisu. Be that’as it may, it turns out for the good of the Mormon community that it is as itis. When the time arrives for the army to mareh away— if that time should ever come— the improvements during their stay will amount to oething. Rush Valley never can sustain a large popu- dauion. i GRXKRAL NEWS. ‘Marsbal P. K. Dobsvn’s letter vf resignation has retui ed bere in the Exsteru press, much to that gentlemen ehagrin. The Mormon papers have republiabed it, and twiticd “friend Peter’ with being a tool in the bands of the Judges and the Secretary to lash President Buchanan and calumniate them, because they bad been foiled in their emery + breaking up Mormondom. The Marshal had no of bis letter appea‘ing in gain ae now feels @wkwariiy situated. His limited education was proof ‘SHV that he was innocent of its composition, besides, ‘Was been for some years the agent of Mr. Hi 7 €3tisive merchant bere, and consequently tho last per- ‘fon that should have comptained of want of ability to dis- the duties of bis office. Want of time, the Mor- ‘mous say, should have been the statement. The Marshal freig that his influence here is goue forever, and purposes Reaving ax eariy as porsibie We have bad a remarkable peace for the last two woeks. the execution of Ferguson, the revolver has not been: beard in any row chery A_fow dragoons, on their our from eamsp Floyd to Fort Bridger, bad a difficulty week with a few ous in Eeho Canon. The affair wor jn this place, before Judge Smith,on Tuesday, when parties were heard anc the case ditmissed, to the evident Batisfestion of both the soldiers and Mormons eccumed. Evidently the dr had been well soaked io mountain dew, and ot un the Mormon boys had a for the bogier's bor The wos deaf and dumb,an? the soltiers engaged were Upsy—so that between whatthe Mormon could not say, eed what tbe sole cog no lremember, it was eensxdered BO persociion to either party cane orb ® iggesting at Wali va, is now i whele Moron comm nity bere, img to the Island of Pa ‘Take my word for it, the -Mormon chiefs are in | who came | ‘Mormon that was | ‘0's demand. to dismiss the | TH@ Rext day we made the westernmost of tha Ca bale of cotton, that was being hoisted into the vessel, slip- Ped out of the rope slings in which it was suspended, and, falling into the hold, killed two men instantly and severe- Jy wounded Dresser about the head and cyes, so that the latter organs looked as though they were affected with cataract. The next thing heard of Dresser, he went on a voyage from New Orleans to London, as master of the bark Fanny Fern. At the Jatter place, it is said, he became quite familiar with the stevedore employed in discharging the cargo from the veege], and was invited to the house of the latter, where, itis alleged, he became enamored of the stevedore's daughter; a match was made, and finally a marriage was consummated. From London he went with his yessel on a trading yoy- ‘age to the Pacific ocean; but the owners of the vessel not feeling satisfied with his conduct, employed another cap, tain, and clothed him with full authority to Pacific Ocean in search of the vessel, and take the command from Dresser, ‘This was effectually accomplished, and Dresser returoed to New Orleans. He arrived there om Friday, and it would aj that he had previously concocted a plan for carry! out @ series of queer operations. He first Wentton ip chandler’s, and presented a letter of intro- duction, and stated that he was the owner of the bark Jane, lying in Mobile bay, and that he had come to New Orleans for the purpose of chartering her to some pes ee party. After @ lengthy conversation, and from his representations, a stevedore standing by loan: ed him $166. The next day, Saturday, Dresser went to a story he told the day Fema to other partics about his ownership in the bark Jane. Terms were agreed upon for the charter Of the vessel, and five hundred dollars was to be paid to sealthe bargain. The merchant went to his office to get his clerk to draw up the charter party, but discovered one home for the day. The matter —-- Samdras Tred up! Monday *~ aeeoet (ow the merchant Abceriatna 2 “sowing; in. thé moantiand | the ‘ Jane a myth, #4 Dresser was a humbug, and | he ° —-+a+ mx Week prior to his adventures in the yacht | Wanderer, he came to this city with a letter of introduo. tion to a respectable mg ee representing himself to be the owner of a , lying at epter in the East river, and desired to purchase stores for a voyage. He then proceeded to an upholsterer, and employed him to refurpish the cabins the brig, and also employed a clothier to make three hundred suits of clothes. The next fing he employed a raaster and mate, aud | opepy told them he was going to send the vessel oD a slave voyage to the coast of Africa. Ho latter! Went to the sailloft of TD. Wilder, 208 Gouth stroet, aus desired to have a full sult of sails made for his bak Mr. Wilder proceeded with Dresser to the brig, and while on the way the latter represented himself as In Patten, of Maine. Mr. Wilder, being familiar with the Pat: ten family, at once came to the conclusion that his man was an impostor, but allowed him to carry outhis scheme. They reached the brig, which was, with another one, iaid up in ordinary, under the charge of a watthman, from whom Dresser obtained the keys of the vessel, without the coxsent of the real owners, the vessel being for Dres- ser also stated that he was the owner of the ship Flying Cloud, lying at the Atlantic Dock, and offered to sell a part of Bor to Wilder. The latter prevended to purch: a part of the vessel, and agreed 10 give Dresser a che for $5,000 the next morning. In the mean tim> an officer was employed, and the parties from whom Dresser had obtained stores, &c., were apprised of the operations. The next morning Dresser appeared at the appointed hour, but in place of getting a check for $5000, he was arrested by an officer and taker to the Tombs, 10 for obtaining goods on talse pretences. judge committed the prisoner and told the witacsses that they would be sent for when the case came up for examination. The witnesses were not sent for, and it was subsequently discovered that Dresser had been discharged through some hocus pocus arrangement between the Judge, officers and the prisoner. A few days afver Mr. ‘Wilder met Dresser in tbe strect, and after some pretty sharp interchange of words the latter was advised to leave town. The fellow took the hint and nothing definitely was beard of him untilhe turned up in the yacht Wan- derer affair. It is thought by many that the injury Dresser received at New Orleans has produced ap aberration of mind, as prior to that he was considered an upright man. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. One of the men who was on board the Wanderer hay made the following statement:—~ Ft ‘The voyage purported to be for Matanzas and Nassau, N. P., for fruit, and back to Savannah, some on board having signed articles to that effect; but Captain Patten, calling all hands on the quarter deck, declared the v: to be without }, the collector refusing a clear: each. stated he was well acquainted with the trade, haying already landed several cargoes in the barks Sagara, Ocean Tyrant, Frances Ellen aud several other vessels. In the hurry of leaving Savannah he took neither ‘compeiied 10 go enltrely ty ecmoning, On the were go entirely by ri 3 Savor October ne’ Woarded the ship Troz, ot, Boson, succeeded in buying an epitome, a Coast and Pilot, and _a chart of the coast of Florida, for which be paid $76. After lea the ® bark hove wing Troy jer ‘The next day he gave chase toa , both guns be- | ing loaded with grape, but on under her stern he | excl ed longitudes and kept on his course. Nothing Material again occurred until the 28th of October, when all sail was made to overtake a brig which appeared in the | Rorthwest; came up with her at cight o’c! P.M, but ber, tacking every | could not make ber out; kept purst hour and firing heavy of to make her i beeve a without avail, for at eleven o'clock she was not in sight. | "We sgain shaped ovr course for Fayal, encountering a | severe gale. The eoptain, being all this time full of liquor, war extremely reckless, and endangered the safety of the veete] n curry ine Sail, sometimes driving her twenty knots an hoor, On the afternoon of the Sth we mado the isiand whe fifteen | wore bearded by the Engliah Consul, the chief magi vessel, under the name of | pound’ to Smyrna, stating that he had {oat sails, water provisions, spars, &c., ‘asking for a supply of’ prot | they agreed to let him have. | days and obtained the promised supplics. trates: suspicious, | day (having the night before board) slipped from the harbor, leaving one man He did not pay a dollar for his suppiies, and took away three men from the isiand against their will. reat eecret of hie intenticn to dispose of the women on the coast to the hig! er, ‘they would: | for at least cighty Atricans. oe aR We then steered for Madeira, and on the 71th day made island, anchoring at a small village called Point de but the authorities refusing supplies and permiesion 10 land, we run for, Funchal, twelve miles <tigtant. Finding ‘a British steamer here tho captain bore away for Cape St. Ann, intending to pass between the Canaries. He declared bis intention to board the first vesse! that refused bim pro- visions, and take them by compulsion, swearing that he would shoot the first man who refnsed to fight or assist bim ip such an undertaking On the 22d of November we spoke the bark Clara, of Bordeaux, but she refused supplies, when the captain bore away for two other barke, and ai four o’clock spoke the bark Jenny, of Marreitiee, which agreed to the cap: Patten launebed a boat, and, taking foar men, boarded the vessel. We ket on ovr course, set a!) aa'l, and steered to the eastward, detarmined to leat and give the vessel up to the laws of the United group, and thence continued our course tor Bustom [From the Boeton Travel) Ap this ¥earet is the fer of the day— ative of a great principlethe priuciple of the revival o tho slave trade—everything relating to her must be of in- terest. We propose, therefore, 1o keep the run of her ‘unti some other wonder more wonderful shat! throw her inte the shade, She now lies at the south site of Union whort, with sails nnbent, foretopmast down and jibboom unsbipped, in charge of two men who guard her watch- apd watch, Yesterday and to-day sbe has been vwited by crowds of all classes, from the mooeyed to the moneytees, an’ Piey wil) probaoly visit ber to morrow and tbe ext day, She ts beauty withont paint, of 260 tons register, with spactons decks aod low bulwarks. Ber bow is very loog ano very sharp, with concave tines full three feet deep: Abeta siraight line extended from the cutwater to tue round or eu of the eide, would measure three feet from ie midele to the planking.’ Tt somewhat resembles a bent Doe, or segment of ucircle. Her stero is an acute angled Wiargle, the taffrail forming the bese, and bas no Knuckies wor Dilging quarter pieces, so that by the pa, even n preseed down to her bearing? i nothing aft to impere. her | progress: Hier ides are boldly convex, ‘and her run, like her bow, 1s Jorg and A wore beautiful made, or one better rely seen ip this. vicinity. Those tatement about her going twenty lapteri for sailing, is ie Mr. Weltos kvots would do well to inspect ber. If ever a vessel woot twenty knota, ee is surely capable of golug at the sa.ue role, fer ¢ t her indicates speed Her masts are antitul spars, clear of knots or flaws, aud very Stout: they keem strong enoagh to stand pil every yard ot canvass blows? away, or antil thay rp her kecl out. She sell has the raised saylights and booby batehes which belonged to ber when @ yacht, but #ve awn and rusty, though ber auil is sound he hams large stowage capacity, dih-of beam; butwo doubt ber tocarry seven hundred negroes, with the ne- pplic6 of water avd provisioas Mr. Welton, iu his statement says that her cap: 8 loaded while proceeding down the river from 3 mah, for the purpwe ol fighting the United States revenne cuter if sha ehoulté attempt to detain him. This was an idle Dowst, She had only two short sixes, carriage guns, which work over the rail, whereas the cutter had Probably, ex eight ponnders, with bigh and golid but~ wark to preteot the men quarters The Wande decks have no prowction; & weil directed vuiley or two of mal) arme, from a cntier, would clear them; not to speak Of the effect of a broadside from three guns charged with grape and canister. As 4 pirate, her only play, with her present insignit cant armament and exposed docks, wonld be to rap along: Bide of an opponent and carry her by boarding. Spot, and ate to bear a beavy press of gail, are the principal elements in her model. Ig not adapted for war. Mr. Welton has not explained how be, bimeelf, came on board of her, ner what position he occupied. under the captain, Did be ship fm Savannah, as chiof mate, second ‘mate, or as a sailor before the mast? or was he one of the men Who was sent to aid in taking her stores ov board? He can surely state how.many men knew the designs of the captain) in advance, and stood by him to overawe the others. The notorious character of the vessel must have been well known to an iotelligent man like Mr. Welton, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that he knows the party who furnished the stores at Savannah. ‘Yet be bas not given a word ot explanation concerning these important particulars. As there is no doubt that the captain designed to go slaving, it is fair to presume that he had the means to purchase the cargo and the requisite supplies. If 80, what were they, money or letters of creait? We ard somewhat inclined to think that he obtained his supplies at Flores, by letters of credit (though the mate says he ran away without payjng), and that the kidnapping » the wornen was the real cause of his putting so hurriediy to sea, or} perhaps, that a ship of war was in the vicinity. No one acquainted with shipping can for a moment snp. pose that a verse! like the Wanderer, lightly manned and Roorly armed, could hope to obtain her supplies by piracy, jor will any one believe that her captain dared to run Away with her, without the consent of tbe majority of ber cre@ and the approbation of agents on shore. Mach re- ‘mains untold of the history of this mysterious vessel since she became asiaycr. The name painted on her stern at present is ‘William,”’ in large white letters, but there ig no port of hail under it, American Lioyd’s says she is 250 tons, rates A 133, Dnilt of oak, and copper and iron fastenod; is 10 feet drat, and was built at Sautucket, New Yori, in 1667. She way last inepected in July, 1858. Since the ee we have received a de. spatch from Bath, which states tbat Captain Lincoln Pat. ten “bas been at home for some time, seen and known of men, and posserses not one of the characteristics at tributed to David Martin,” the name by which the captain of be ‘Wanderer pleased to be known to his crew. is Mystery, and suggests another question Vig, Whois David Martin? Sa ‘crew and ladies (“every woman ‘5 a by right of her sex” tre in Jal, Uotaingd ae ctdahog Ay f bie deen provided with clean and comfortable clothing. ‘We understand that the Wanderer bas been libetled United States Distriet Attorney Wood oury ,and a techni complaint having been made against ‘John Doo” for fit ting her out for the slave trade. 4 private ¢xamination of the officers and crew is now oncng on. ee The Granby Seduction Case. CHAPTER IN EDWIN W. REKD'S HISTORY. {From the Hartford Rimes, Jan. 6} The full history of Edwin W, Reed's rascalitics has never been written, and we propose here to rupply & chapter that will throw more light on the real character of this accomplished seducer and most plausible rogue. ‘We derive the facts from anthentic soure-s. It is a fact not generally known that his wife, who lives ‘at West Springfield, and for whom much sympathy bw deen expressed, is not his first wife, bot a woman with whom Reed many years ago eloped, Jeaving his wife to aie of neglect, and his children to the chances of the world Reed married when he was very young His wile was a young lady of Wiibrabam, Mass., and by her he bad three children—one of them is now a young woinan, m2r- ried, and s resideat of New Haven; the other t#o wore boys, now grown up, and clerks in Sprivgfield—one, we Ddelieve, in a bank, and tlc other in a store. The wite of Reed, who now lives in Weat Springileld, was pups of his, years ago, in one of bis music clastes—as hus !ste victim, the beautiful and accomplished Miss Laura Ken- all, of Granby, was; and as, it is » several Olivers bave Deew, at various times. This young woman, before Reed married ber, sas, at bis souctation, taken mito his family as @ ‘boarder,’ and soon alterwards Reed Tan away with her to Canada, abandoning bis wife sd three young clildren to their fate. His wile was thrown, upon the iowa and eventually died in the poor house. Reed aud bis companion passed four years in Canada aad Western New York, when, hearing of the death of his wile, he came back to Wilbraham, bringing with hiro bis companion, now his wife, At what time be married her dus not seem quite certain; but she 38 of very respeotadle connections in Wilbrabam, and bore to Reed three chil- dren. There ig a woman now living in Canton, in this State, who with ber husband kept te poor house at Wil braham when Reed's first wife was thrown into those quarters by ber husbana’s base desertion, and there she saw Mrs. R. die. The sympathy which has been expend- ed for the present Mrs. Reed, on account of her husband's debaucheries, will not be increased by these revelatoos, for ebe is placed in the category of guilty ones by ber con: senting to aid in the misery which the rascal iuilictea on his innocent first wife. Much may, however, be parion- eq in her case, to the unequalled arts of this accomprished seducer. Reed has occasioned no little scandal in towns where he bad classes w music, by his illicit amours. We ha counts which it 1s not well to publish now, because th yublicity could do no good, but might ocoasion mach an- pinees. bag the reputation of being a regular “ jady-killer”’—a despoiler of female virtue, anda very great hypocrite, using bis professions of religion a9 & mask to favor his vile purposes. His manner was very irank and hearty, and he carried such du air of earvest- ness, honesty and good nature, wat he deceived men aud women abke as to bis real character. He woud shake bands with ail friends in so hearty and wholesouled a manner, and appear go full of fresh, overbrimming “human” good feeling, asto disarm ail suspicion, and ‘win hosts of friends among the most infivential classes of society. ‘When Deacon Kendall's daughter, Miss Laura Kendal}, disappeared, suapicion to fasten upon him; bat he put on an air of injured innocence, and cou:rived to put down the suspicion, in cases. All this time Miss Kevdall was living at South Boston, wbere she hada child by Reed—the litle girl of four years, whoes re- cognition of her father in jail, a fortnight since, ao aff cted the bystanders who witsessed that scene. Hearing at Jength of Deacon Kendail’s death, avd that be bad willed to Laura a share of his property, Reed induced the poor girl, who still loved him with all a woman’s mu, to go home ‘ Granby and get her portion of the money. This ho subsequently got possession of. Soon after she had made tain ordered the two her ance in Granby, after her long myeterious 1 sence, Reed gentleman of Granby m eid, and him ‘the had heard good news.’ Being asked get back,” and, added Reed, “I mean to go back there Row,”’ intimating the girl’s reappearance wasa proof of hie own innocence. The gentleman, on his return toGran>y, to to Mr, Dibdio what Reet bad said about letter, when Mr. D. at onca denied that he had written to him, aud be had uot. Reed had added this gratuitous faisehood to his other bad asts. When Laura’s brother, toward Kendall, of Granby, Went to South Boston to get the body or his unfortunate sister, he was directed to premises occupied by another victim of Reed’s passione—a good looking Irish girl, who was there living with her babe, the evidence of her shame and Reed's ign arts, Fioding bow things were, Mr. Kendall told the girl that Reed had then a wife and children living in Weet Springfield, but the girl stouvy re fused to believe a word of this. Mr. Kendall then tald her that bis own visit to South Boston was to recover all that was mortal of his own sister, at that moment lying a corpee in that neighborhood, and’ who bad been, as sho = Irieh girl) was, a victim of Reed’s debaucherves. poor girl was com} ly Overcome by this reyela- fuon of ber seducer’s guilt and her own doom. ite daughter ot Taure Kendall, now about four old, probably adopted into a family tiv: in Tarifiville, near Granby—frienas of the little girl's ‘dead Reed’ daughter in New Haven seems stil! to Jove her father, and clings to him with aj] filial affection. in spite of the revelations of bis wrong doing. She 1s said to be a woman of character, as was indeed sho va by her resolute behaviour during the trying ecene ta the ‘Yetim. Reed is still in jail in Boston. He was brought before the Grand Jury on Tuesday; but nobody would go dai! for him. The amount of bail required is $1,590. that Mrs. Reed will declare, in order to clear her husband from the charge of aduitery, that they were never legally married. But their public confession of marriage, by liv ing 88 man and wife for twenty years, will prevent sach 4 ples from availing anything, even if positive proof of the marriage is not forthcoming The evitence ef Reed's visits to Miss Kendal! at Boston, in the character of her hneband, and also of his supplying her with money to de. fray ber necessary expen is taxi to be abundagt, di- rect and conclusive. e late reeflence of Capt. Ger sunt Street, Ui Fa! River, has become « 3 sia & 4 ere heard, and a! sorts of hobgobuy s2eg3 are ie yA ee RR i a a IAC a 2S a NE EE i fad * SE ORR a Ee Si GER en. at AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA. Our Richmond Correspondence. Riarwoxp, Va, Doo. 15, 1859. A Regiment of Free Negroes ta be Pormeh ta ight tee Aboli- tionits and Act as Police Upon Bheir Bmissaries— Mor ment to Prevent Prade with the Abolitioniste— Wm. 0. Rives and the Life ana T mes of Madison—Phe Bvt for the Purchase of Arms, dc—A New Onunty in Virginia te commendation for @ Pastmasturship in the United States Horse of Representativer—Becings of the Pexpla Here as Governor Wise’s Term ts Drawing to a Clore, &e., &e. Tam informed that ft is in coutemplation amoog © minent members of the Legislature to raise m7 ab of free vegroes, of good sharacter, 9 repat any futi + inva fon vf abulivondats, a8 well as tow’ as poue yon aboli- tion emisearies. Ib ie iotende ! + the most ellicdent mavner, apd art ‘hem Dest weapons that the couptsy sites ulitary duty, ube wil! bave to perforin... duty of hangmen upon every aboltion'st convicted of such offunces av brought John Brown and lis copfederaves w tue seadoid, aor bab movy will be admissible against al! offvaders of that ola rector. Under the law waking the abductiva o: a capital offence, which will undoubtedly be pas present Legisiatnre, the functions of this new corps it is. ‘thonght will be often caliod into requisition, the presamp Lion being Wat the ardor of the adolibionists tor te five dom of the negro will suffer no abatement under the 1. fluence of the dread penalty which awaits their couvic tion ena charge of kidnapping. This free negro regi ont will be officered by white mep, and every member wilt receive the same pay whilst on duty that is now allowed) to the members of the exisuay voluntecr corpa Phis city, itis eetumated, can covtribute at least one hundred trusty, upright, faithtul free negroes to assist in making up tbe regiment, and the remaining number necessary can be bad without difficulty in other tewns and eitics of Eastern Virginia. t A Socument, embodying a pledge to trade with no ene known to be aa abolitiovist, is now beiug numerously signed ty prominent merchants and others in this city. Tbe pledge embodies no probibition ta trate at the North, nor does it seem to apply to black republicans, for the reason, doubtless, that they are placed in the same cate. gery with the abolitionists This pledge beara already ‘the eiguatures o: a large Ue our Wealthy merchants, whose trade with the North hitherw amouaied to mii- Kons each year. But this outlay will not be diverted from the North under obigatioas agsumed by this pledge, wagmuch a8 the Union men of that section are Bot contemplated im the proposed pronibition. Pie a slaye with them is stnetly » the terms of the pleuge. This is certauly the most practicahimovement yet instituted to wiienate Svuthern pa- trovage fsom those who are hostile to Southern intereata. The same movement ig zealously urged upon other: Southern States, and it will no doubt flad general favor in the less conservative States Sou'b, The How. Wm. C. Rives visited the Hall of the House of Delegates to-day, sod ut bis instance the following resolu- tion was offred by Air. Wooifvik, the delegate from Orange avd Greene countics:— Beso!ved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates be en- thorized to deliver to the Hon. Win. 0 Rives tbe origypal pa- pere of the session of 1785-6, relatiog to the com 0 sitions of that session, and sneb other papers on Sle in bia nice asimay be useful to him in completing the Life and Times of Jawes Medison, to be returned by him aster thelr exam’ The resolution was adopted. Tue di! appropriating one hundred thousand dollars, a copy of which I furnished you on yesterday, was report- ed buck to-day by the Cominittee of Finance of the House of Delegates, and read a first and second time. It will Bey puss to-morrow, This bill was framed by the larper’s Ferry Quinmitiee, aud, at the suggestion of the chairman of that commitiec, referred to the Committee of Finance for revision. It was reported back as origiually presented. A bill is now beforo the Legislature forming a new county out of the counties of Nicholas, Braxton and Ran- doiph, to be called “Webster county.” It was to-day or- dered to iis engroesment in the Houte of Delegates. © Whig members of both Houses of tho signed @ recommendation to-day in behalf of Col. J. E. prety Ed Fauquier county, now a candidate for the of- fice of Fostenanter of the United States House of Ry . tatives. The Colonel figured conapicuouvely at lea- town en the occasion of Brown’s execution. He com- preys ‘ Sangre) ‘troop of nosaied xiticeaney anganiend under his own immediate auspices an beiacts yy A uspices and drilled nes cipally . 48.697, Wise's torm draws to a clote feelings of bitter Sorrow and regret mauitest themeelves amoiig ail parties. Many an expression of a wish have heard uttered for ‘he last fortnight that bis gubernatorial term was now Commencing. The peopie of Virgmia realize from ths ex- perience of the past two momths the necessity of having fuch # map in the executive chair, in a crisis auch as they believe ig now imminent. ‘They esteem it fortunate that Wise was at the head of affairs in the late orais, for to big promptaess im hurrying w the ezene of acton at Barper’s Ferry, and bmp ret, Bene manage: mept of affairs there, was due the happy termination, at least in a comparative sengo, of that memorable event Virginia wout! to-day, iustead of being peacefally legis lating im ber Capitol here, be busy planning dissolution, Sudeco, the would not have proclaimed it from the ram: ire Parts of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. It ts conceded by every ove familar with the evens connect d with that invation, as well ag the tentiments and feelings of tue people whowe mghts were ao grossly Violated, and peace fm ly utsturbed, that the presence aud infinence of 3 one prevented the boisting upom the spot of the stavaurd of disunion, and other excesses which would iavolve tho most geriou® comsequences Every citizen bere, #)¢, here, in this stronghold onewot Know Nothing Jem, accords to Wise aneiligicncy in the discharge of his ubernatorial func! ever eqnallea by aoy of prececersars. It is despairingly observed by many that Virginia will never have his equal oyair He is pecutiarly gifted with an antirio; which seems % increase in efligiency an: with every additional need for its exercise. He ‘8 from early Cawn until dark, and frequeutly until Dedtime, and within that period accomplishes more than could, probably, any tqo men in the Uaited States. Tae only error of an officiacharacter that [ have ever hoard ascribed to bim by any citizen of Virginia is nis too free exercise of the pardoning power. Bat this judgment is rendered without a knowledge of the circumstances g: ‘verDing these acts of clemency. He has pardoned seve- ral from this city, ond of «!! these 1 know of no one who has not euvce led an exemplary life. The close of their term of incarceration woul doubtless find them depraved aud reckiees, with no other prospect before them but @ return, as is Most frequently the case, to the same soarce of corruption wheuce they had, perhaps, but receatly ewerged. Many of those whom the Governor has par- doped are Dow among our moet law abiding avd peaceful citizens. So that in the exercise of this prerogative, the Governor bas undoubedly done good gervice ia rescuing many from that moral cegradation wich is the joevita- Die consequenee of a short service in the penitentiary. No man who has ever occupied the executive chair has had the courage fo exercise this prerogative to the same extent, and none who may succeed tim will be likely to ‘venture so far. 1 beppened to be in the executive offce on one occa- sion hej fo past summer or fall that a poor woman applied to bim for pardon for ber husbaod, who was aa inmate of the Penitentiary, The cause of ‘bis tinprison- ment was shooting at some one upon very strong provo- cation, it appeared. The Sbot at was in no way injured. The woman was miserably dressed, and aie had wub her a little boy, a son ef his. who was bare- footed. Spe pleaded bard for her husband's release, representiug with much force her distressed cunditioa, ape the bard fate which awaited her dui the coming winter, with no ove to provide for ber and her children. The Governor was eviaently moved by this gad repre- Sentation, aud be icstantly rose from bis seat and went to the room of the Secretary of State to examine the records in this cae. He evidently saw nothing that couid jastify bim in pardoning, for on his return he informed the poor woman, with marked indications of }» that ne could ‘not pardon her busband. She sat in the office for a oon- siderable time after, aud at length, rising from ber seat, ‘Governer, can 1 go see my husband?” “Certainly”? said the Goverpor, “and lest you may bo disappointed, 1 wiligive an order to the Superintendent of the penitentiary wo admit you.’ He thereupon wrote aa order to secure her the privilege of admittance. “How did you come bere?” suid the Governor. “] walked ‘the whole way from Louisa,” was the reply. “You walkea the whole way, sixty mies?” “Yes, sir." “How are yoo going to get back?” “} must waik back.’” ‘Has that hide boy any shoes?’ “No, sir; T cannot well affurd to give bim food, much less shoce nd elothing.”” The Governor gazed upon the woman and boy with pity and surerze. He searched hig pocketa for some Money, but found Lone, whereupon be wrote an order | for a eufficient amount te pay the Of the woman anc boy bome, and purchase a pair of shoes for the boy, apd handed itto ber, They vottrWien left, the woman at’ tering heartfelt thanks for the favor just received. She bad scarcely closed the door of the office on her retiring when he observed tbat fe would pardon her basban. * Tf,” said he, **he is left were that poor woman and her children will starve before the winter is ont” The prison- er was at howe as soon agdhe woman herself. Wise. No appeal of distress ever made t m has beep unbeeded. He takes the respopsimilty, am Mite cou cerned about what tbe public Winks as vo bis course. Ricmwowp, Va., Deo. 36, 1859. Efforts to Get Governor Wise to Autres the Legislatures of the Free States on the Existing State of Ajiars—Commis stoners to be Appowited Ly the Southerss States to iJelermine Upon Some Joint Bazis of Action—Gooernor Wise Wristen togrom Alabama to Ascertnin the Plan for a Miliary Or. ganization Adopted in Virginia—a New Armory & be Broilt—Pay of Mr Andrew Hunter—Kiection of Mivitary Officers, dec, he. ‘The policy of sending Governor Wise to aidress the Legislatures of such of the Northern States as hore upon their statute books laws wi conflict with the constitution vf the United States in discussed here by prominent men of all parties, The repeal of those laws would tend more to ailay the distrust now existing here in referenes to the North, and furnish stronger hope of future peace between the two sectiony, then a! the Tuion movtings that cou | be beld for a year beuce. As T have stated in Tespondence, the question of a repeal of tended to be wade the ise of disusiom by some, if not all, of the tales; og is the aporehensies growing ovt thie fact; ston has eryver cy of gending Gdvernar DW: upon tis peace, that he may @ duce the orn Tegi es to expunge those date pefo Ber Would arcest this commirmon; and even it it would 2 the consent of those secure hima hearlog. There soems, however, to be very | Ne doubt upon that subject for it is presumed that the Gerire to bear Wise iw euilicientty strong tw secure that content, epartfrom the pecotiar eharacter of hie mission. Strange a8 it May oem, this suggestion Mrst originated with & prominent member of the “Sonthern Rights Aaso- Cation,” whose chief aim ana object is to cut off all com- mercial intercourse with the Sortb, and establish direct trace with Europe, This fact shows that while move- | ieee te presented. Lam not aware weiter 3 St b ments ol a countervailing character are resorted to, a Jis- | postion exists ta remove the moentives t them; and | i mm be hoped that this sentiment will find | | a becoming reeponee op the part of those who } e are respoceible for the existing unbeppy wate of things, I Governor Wise will agcept | this commission, and be perraitted to address the North- | ern Legislatures, ie most sai tary results will he likely to follow. Such, ai least, is the general impression here, and the project meets the hearty cepcurrence of all who We Heeb male aeqtiatt tex! with te - Saoaretaee ase a movement is on foot to induce the Legiviaturss of the several Southern States to appoint compissioner® to-copfer together and decite upon some COMMON basis of legion, 80 far ax relates wo the re- striction: to by place! npon Northern trade and tha sys- tem of iniitary defences to be established. The necesst- ty for tis taovement is made anya 10s by the applica- re made by eome Southern States to Gov. 1 the play of atlitary orgapizaticon con’em- 6 ran ascertala, & therongh mititery ovgantzation will be formes throaghout the Soath, under the oectou aud supervision of tho frat miliary talent In the country. Fach Stats will adopt eome syaeidc uniform, the color of which 18 tobe determined by the military ¢ on (ogalature, avd the artniug tions hick * iT > ae COM plete it is popsidie to make them. Under the new mulitary system w be adopted m Vi gipta, y man between the age of Keen aud twenty-five will be compelted to serve. By a decontentimate made by some Of var public function- aries, it is ascertained that the anmber of men tn the Staie with these standards amounts to from seventy to pinety thousand. It is contempatet to make provision for the arining and equipping of about seventy-five Abourand, ans no pains will be spared to reuder that force as well d’eiplined ant xs efficient aa any similar namber ip the army of any country. The law, in respect to the attendance at drill, will be compulsory, go that the mein- bere wil have no diserction, as under the preseut militia or volunteer system. Anew armory, of sufficient capacity tosupply the trade ‘of the whole South, will probably be erected here within the neat scar. on State account, The State is ower of alarge extent of valnable building ground on the bank of the James: river in the immediate suburbs of Richmond, on npr which stands the old State Armory, now occupied by the State Guard under Capt. Dimmoek. There is at this point & Water power Cy of moving the machinery’of all New England, while it has, in addition, the advantage of ‘water comm with the mining regions of Weatern Virgwia, by the James river and Kanawha Canal, which rune within @ few yards of the present armory. The work. L understand, wil be coustructed under the supervision of Major Rartiett, an armorer of some celebrity. It is stated that Col, Coit intends purchasing one of the series of small isiancs on James river, direct'y in front of this city, asa Bite for sn armory, in which to carry on the man re of bis world renowed revolvers. A more magaitlornt site for such a purpose could not be found in the whole country, A bil) is pow before the Senate of this State, providing compensation for Mr. Andrew Honter for bis services in pros cuting John Brown, and the other arrested at Horper’s Ferry. The original bill, as reported, Oxed his compensation at $2,500, but the sum was subsequently Teduced to $1,500. Ata meeting of the officers of the First regiment of Virginia volunteers, held last night for the purpose of filling vacancies in the staff, Captain P. T. Moore, of the Monigomery Guard, was elected Lieutenant Colonel, and Wm. hi. Fry, formerty Captain of the Bloes, a Cap- tain Mocre is unquestionably one of the most ¢! nt aud gentlemanly commanders of our volunteer corps, aud hie withdrawal from the Montgomery Guard, which was originally orgavized under Lis auspices, will be very pon he by that ce chains tee splendid service of was presented 0 clerks in the Firet Auditor's office, in this State, to Xr. J M. Bennett, for many fom chief in that department. ‘Thie was cone under au impression that Mr. B. was about to remgn; but it is understood thatthe Legislature will insist upon his continuing in office. Mr. Bennets is gentieman to whose demand for ne the Har Ferry affair di ‘wis county on -per’s you de- murred a short time ago, reserving that information until compelied to give it upon Goverbor Wise’s requisition. Mr, Bennett ig a universal favorite with all who know him. Another of the statues which are to adorn the monn. ment in Capitol square arrived here this orenieg. It iq the Flatue eee Mason, the r of 19 “BN of Frights? and of the Bret constitution ‘by Virgiaia. The statue 18 enclosed in a large wooden box, and Jam, therefore, unable to form avy estimate of ite merit. [iis the work'of John Randolph Rodgers, from a model left by Crawford. It came direct from Munich to this city, and will, doubtlers, be raised apon ite pedestal in a few dayt, by the side of the statues of Jefferson and Patrick Henvy. That o’ General Lewis, of Revolutionary fame, 1 the hero of Point Pleasant, will soon be added, aad then the ftatucs of Colonel Lee and General Nel&on, when fivished, will ey ged the group. All these encircle the shaft upon which stands Crawford’, noble equestrian ue of Wathiagton, isaugurard here nearly two years BO, With great pomp and Parade. The Virgmiattaiute for the suj f incendiary docuinents sent through tho mails, is being rigutly ea- forced, in reference particularly to the New York Tribune and other abolition eheeis of that stamp. Every number, I uuderetand, is committed to the flames upon its recep. tion at any of the couatry Tost OMces, Whe'her this fate Awaits eXchange papers or nol,] am notaware. Tae ruje will prebably be made to apply to alt. ‘The presence of Caliwell, the black repubtizan Sean. ang, m the Lygislature of this State, seems to be a source of humiliation to many mombers of that booy. If his expulsion would not be calenlated to exeile sympathy for him among his brother black republicaus, it woula baye been decreed before this time. Ricewoxp, Dec. 17, 1859. Oxinions as to the Uttimeate Effect of the John Brown Inva- son—Dowers and Duties of the General Government to the Stales—A Union Slay Presented by Pennsyloania to Virginia—Pemeeratic Caucus—Governor Wie Still Threatencd— The Peeling Mere in Regard to Stevest, new Awaiting His Trial in Charletown, de., &e. | _ There ts very gencral opinion here, which seems to have recently grown up, that the ultimate effect of the | Jobn Brown invasion will be to strengthen the Union by | ronsine into action the conservative elements of the | country. Heretofore there elements were entirely in- acuve Nothing short of somo great disaster, such as a digeolution of the Union, mute imminent by the coarse of | Brown and bis confederates, cowld have aronsed them. These elements are vow active, aud it only needs that tacy should be kept £0 ip order to prevent the ascendency of the political fotriguers who have heretofore thrived by the supiuenecs and indifference of the conservative men of the conntry. There ia an abiding hope among the good citi- zeus of this region that matters will never again be per- mied (0 come 60 pear the point of culmination, But no assurance of this character will stay the Jetermination of the South to place itsclf on # formidable footing of defence. Resistance to any further aggression seems now the dis- tinctive motto of every Southern man, no matter of what party. The policy of Southern commercial independence ‘Will be vigorously urged, if only to enable the North to realize the inestimable value of the Union, by contrasting the benefits accruiog under the intertrade system with the ftate oftbings under the new pulicy of exclusion which is | being adopted, Commercial aenation will be established | to an extent that will bring to the minds of the North a foll seme of the disasters which would foliow a thorough anvibiiatn of the intertrace between the two sections. ‘They wili thus be brought to realize more fully the advan- tages of the Union, ana @ salutary effect is looked fer from. | thigpolicy. Be areured, notwithstanding the hopes of ulti- | per ee oA fale pew, entertained, that no rei jom will ta) 2 Figorous system of legis. Jaton now conte yy the Southern | Virgivia is determined that her system of miliary defence Fhall be a8 complete ag 8kill and money can make it This policy ie intended to admonish abolitionists to attend to | their own affairs. and that ig all that ia necessary to give + that strength ad permanence to the Union which are bow predicted as results of the Harper's Ferry emeue. In the House of Delegates today, Mr. John Seddon, of Stafford, offered the following resolution, which was adopted: — Resolved, That to the joint committee of the General Assembly on the outrages commiited at Harper's Ferry De especially referred that portion of the Governor's mes- sage which alludes te the powers aud duties of the general government to the Stater, and the relations exiating be- " some of the States and a of the citizens i to this Conmonaveaith, who sballexamine into the and report at au early day such views, and recommend such measures as the exigency of the care may require. ‘The iquiry under this resolution will involve a itlement of the conflict of opinion between the Presi- Gent and Governor Wise ou the duty of the federal gOFeTDMEn! Ww preserve the peace between sister States. Neither party, however, wiil be boand by the committee's interpretation »pon this enbject The only effect of this Movement wil! be to form whe basis of some united action | On the part of tue South, giving soch an authoritative con- | Strection of the powers and duties of the iMeHt to the State? AS May exercise a finence to secure Its m and exercise in the future. If the committee's interpretation of these powers and duties are in keepirg with the views of Govornor Wise npon the subject, tt ts probable that Congressional action will be urged, In order to give them Jepislative foree. ‘The com- mittee to which the rubject “has beca referred comprise men who are very competent to decile upon questions of thir character, majority of them are lawyers of the first mauring in the Common wealth. ‘The ding dispinyed at the Inte Union meeting held in Philadeipbin bes been presented to Gov. Wise by the citi- rene of that city, and is now deposited in the State room e Capital at this place. Tt 1s made of bine at Silk, rather eqnare in form, and is rasvened to a p- some twelve oy fourteen fect in levgth. On a ground of <b blue silk are inscribed iho following gilt letters: — y AE, ; UNION i 3 abirty-tour etitertog sure fora ‘ADE 3 3 y four glilteriog stars @ Cano} » > 8 scription. ihe to; es of tbe flog Tela taney 3 3 drapes wih rie HE, fringed with sold 3 3 Un the reverse 1* following ivscription:= 3 3 ANIA 3 N kts 3 3 Wi SK SPATE. 3 2 Se romper iyranle— Vitus. Liberty aud independence. } MdENAA : ; DrcemDEn, 1899, 3 prneereconeens seanness rreegbee aoe The Jet forming this inscription aro gold npon a ge white s"k. Tagaels of red, white and blue Se) eracetvlly som the lower part of the sg, and giro'tbe nce of fivieh to the whole bination. nent preecnt aod evidently gowon up. with great Legis! ‘at vo hitie nae. It was carefully inspected ral of the nen bert of both houses a the py ‘Ibey al) propounced st » gem in Ne way. he cauous of the demogratic members ture, which was to have been held on Tho the 15th mst., was postponed woul 26th inst, The object of this cancusis to the holding the Democratic State Convention, which, it thought, wil! come off in the course of the coming It ts Buppoeed that regolutions endorsing Gov. Wise as the choice of Virginia for the Presidency will be 4, Letters still continue to pour fo upon the h. threatening his lite for refusing to pardon any of the con- viets who have lately atoned their weasoa Upon the gal- lowe. Why not direct their threats against the ‘tore, who bad the largest share of the hanging Brown and bis vogabond confederates? would-be avengers wil) find some good marks for & from & Sharp's rile among that body. The Governor's is Dot & good object to he fired at, and, moreover, he ie 100 good # shot to withstand, in case of fatlure to take bir at the first pop. Ip all, I thing, the safest ceurse for Brown's mourners would be to turn their atteution t the Legislature and select a few of the best dieds in the flock. ‘They are in fact more responsible thau Gov. Wise for the execution of these traitors: Te Stevens, who t# now awaiting trial at Charlestown, is convicted, his execution will be ax certain as that Lone. row's. sun Wili rite. He is looked upon as the biggest vil- Jain of all, and ¥ fee) agaured he would be shown lem mercy than any. 1tis kmown that he urged Joho aR twice to shoot the prisoners whoin he had captured, being informed Of tbe wpproach ef the marines, Every ene familiar with the details of the Harpor’s Pocry inva Pion speak of this fellow as the man of all others of that. gang of vagabouds least eatitie) t mercy, His conv! Lon, if itsbail be estabbsned, will be virtually hie Execution will mevitebly foliow, unless escape should averttbat doom. But ts, 1 imagine, wilt be impospble, after the a¢mopitions to increas: { vigilance Gage sted the recent escape of Coppte and Cook from the jail Charlestown. Governor Wise has recently purchased 9 farm ia Coss Abne county, within cig!it uiuiee of Norfolk. not, however, determined whether he shall resid J < jak night | tne Re38, # & bi I BS a. ii or not. Ttis au he will gelect Home place im tie eighborbood of Riebmond for bia residence. understand it ig the intention of aii the officers of the First regiment of Virginia Volunteers to give nim a sere- Dade ab evening or two previous to the close of his tel tag wonder; r leche, inspeiens Biren no r; for itie iy ven to it by the Governor tbat bas rendered it to-day — it ie, in point Of cisciphine and equipment, it is not surpassed by any regiment of the same strength in the Union. ¢ House of Delegates today agreed to take a Christ- mas recess from the 23d inat. until Monday, the Id of January next The Senate agreed to asjourn on the 22d, to meet again on the 8d of January. Sporting Intelligence. MORE INTERNATIONAL MATCRES—OHALLENGE FROM THE CHAMPION OARSMAN OF ENGLAND TO THB International matches between America and England acem to be in fashion at the present time. No sooner hed our etalworth champicn of the prize ring thrown down hie bold cartel of defiance to his transatlantic rival, Tom Say- er#, and challenged hini to combat in the twenty-four feet roped arena, for physical supremacy and the champlon- ship of the world, than our shores were invaded by, @ band of the best and choicest cricketers of England, who voldly offered to encounter double their number of the Pick of our players in the maniy and athletic recreation of _ professors of manly eports to challenge us to trials of skill. Jug: as our American representative has left our shores to battle manfully for the champtonship of England, a bold acft comes sounding across the Atlantic from the champion oareman of Great Britain to the champion of the American watere, challenging bim to row a match on his own river, the noble Hudson, for $2,500 a side and the championship of the world. He will come over here and row the match, either in May or June, providing he ie allowed the sum of $500 for bis expenses; or he will aliow the American cham- Pion the same amount if he will go ovor to England and row on the river Tyne, at Newcastle. The following is hia letter, addressed to the editor of Bell's Lifein Londoninns Mr, Eyzror—Seeing @ paragraph in the New York pa- pers that the Americav champion wanted torow the cham- pion of the Thames on the Hudson, I beg to state tbat T will row him for £500 a side if he will give £100 foe expenses, to come off in the month of May or }) 1860— the editor of Beil’s Life to be stakeholder. Should he think the expenses too bigh, 1 will allow him the same amount to row upon the river Newcustie. heagree to this proporal, an answer through Bell’s Life wilt beat tended to, Yours, &e., ROBERT CHAMBERS, ‘The present champion of American oarsmen is Mr. Josh. Ward, of Newburg, in this State. His claim to the'title has been ma‘ptained jp many a well contested race on the waters of New York, Newburg and Boston, At thegrand regatta for the champion sculler’s silver belt. and rewed at Staten Island in Ootuber of lant year, Be Wag vic- torious, beating easily such crack oarsmen as Bancon, of Newburg; Ady Fay and Daw, of New York Two weeks ssfterwarog be won the champion scullers’ race at Boston, eating Doyle, Whittuan ani Wells, of that city, and his o'd Opponents, Daw,of New York, and Hancon, of New- burg. Whether be will accept the English oarsman’s ‘beilepge remains to be seen, as yet he has had hardly ume to become acquainted with the circumstance of the cheilenge offered bim. Be is about 26 years of age, five fect ten melee in height, and possesses a well knit, mas~ cular frame. Robert Chambers, the champion of the Thames, was born iu the town of Newcastle on-Tyne, a place which has long been ceiedrated for is watermen. He ts in hie 29th Your, Blonds 5 feet 924 inches in height, weighs 154 Iba. , and is a powerfully built young fellow, with w constitution hat will stand abything. His fh wes with Shufto, a man bi; he beat bim easily, oe ui inet, ip 1863. In 1866, he, m conjunction with the celebra- ted Harry Clasper, Pocock an McKinney, won | the champion four-oared prize of $600 at the Royal Thames Natioval Regatta, besting some iine crews. In the same regatta he added to bis Jaurele by winning the Grst prize in the ecallers’ race. In 1866 he was forced to succumb to Barry Clatper in the contest for the championshtp of the Tyne. Ju the following year he won two matches with Galley at Newcastle aud Bentley at Howden. In: 1867, wt the Royal Thames National Regatta, he Tied off Ue champion $600, with J. H. Cl ; again ¢ plagper, A. Madi- eo. and H. Ciusper, and in the seullers’ prize he was also svecesefu!, beating ib the floal kext McKinney, Ralph and Per. The same year at Durbam Regatia he in tovke the Patrons’ plate, the crew cousisting of himself, R. Clas- ver, John H. Ciasper and Harry Cinsper. He also in the seme regatta won the scullers’ prize, ting R. Ciasper in the vc tgewall At the Manchester and ‘Salford Regy 1867, with A. Madison, be won the pair-oared race, beating: ‘Thos. Bruce and Edwin Winship platens and Wil two fine paire, and in ths game regatta he off the reuliers’ prize, beating J. Clasper in the Ou Sept. 21, 1867, he rowea and beat Alfred Wandsworth, this race arising out of the scullers- te the regotia at Putuey. They rowed for £100 a from Putuey to Mortlake. Ralph took the lead and k ® to Finch’e, when Chambers came up, and for a» time they were seulland seni. At bona however, tambon bed taken bis, cponent'a water. evidently far eurmatched, and was eventually beaten peers Tae doing the distance in24 minutes 30 conds. In December of the same year a meeting of backers and friends was called at Newcastle, when « tmonial was presented to him, in copsideration abiliy and success a8 a sculier and oarsmen, and condsct asaman. Up to his race with Ralph haa been a puddler, aa it i8 termed, in an iron the North, but his friends now cousidering thet eventuaily perhaps be good enough to row for the cham- piourbip of the Thames, determined to procure him em- ploymert on the water. This was accordingty done, and ‘bis rowing soon roaterially improved. We next bear of him in June, 1868, when at Durham regatta he won the Cathbert plate, « eculler’s prize, defeating Clasper Cy Bott the Roya) Thames National ths same ear in August, 1868, at Manchester and Salferd he won the Viewers ize, beating Jobn Winmes Taylor, and for }, at the same Tegatta, with Henry Ault, Edwin Winship, and Clasper, he beat the Five Friends and ‘Club crews. Ip August, 1858, at Talkin Tarn bers rowed second to Jobn Clasper for the wilt Plate, On April 19 of the year the talked of match between Ch» mbers and Thomas Whe of Bermondsy, came off. White went away ten lengths, but Chambers cuught him, took the lead, and won by six lengthe—vime, 22 minuter—and it was this victory. in a measure unex? pected, which was the principal cause of his being dgainet Kelly. At the Durham regatta, July, 1359, he rowed seco d with Winsbip in the palr-oared race, beaten by Harry Clasper avd John H.Clasper. For the Cuthdert plate be won, beating Joba Hi. Clasper: with Jonn H. Clarper, Winsbip, and He Tae ree ig for fonr-oared boats, w the Roya! mes National regatta this year, with Gespet, Jcbp H. Clesper, and Winship, be beat the nuersmith and Shakspere crews in hie heat, Gnal beat bore off tae Four-oared Champion ing Kelly’s, the Hammersmith and the Western Atihe Manchester und Salford regatta, be i i Had iefiest 3 A 7 ‘toria prize for sontlers, beating Johu H. ', Moor. house, and F. G. Barra't; and with Joba H. Claeper, avd Winehip, won the Pomona pron prize ‘His pextand last match was with Her of London, for $1,000 aside and the Lam plouusip OF tae Caammme. t was rowed in Seplember Jast, ou that river, and was won in clever style by Chambers, cus a the prouc ttle of Champion Oarsman of Great. A contest between these two celebrated oaremen would create an intense interest in this Eng ichman has volunteered to Faceon, we trust that his challenge will Gur American champion bas fested the porsersion of extra and we de not know one more capabl ting The oacamen of the United States than Joatua Ward. The meney could readily be raised, and sports should at once accept requisire arrangements to be ajapted for the scene of such an important contest than the Hudson cannot be found, and we hope that the En; champion’s terms as to expenses; which are reasonable, will be immediately agreed to. What say the Fropire City Regatta Ciub to the English challenge ? Tar “Soup Men’? op Meza, Texx.—The Avalanche, pebrtsbes 8 tiet of persons, the value of whoge property ix jem phis, Tenn., if assessed at and above $20,000. I: ap- pears that three own property to the amount of over a half a million; twelve over $100,000; Afteen over $75,000, wad forty-two $50,090 and npwards. Many of, these ebumeratee own twice as much property outside of the corporate Lamits of the gity. J