, 1859-11-14

- JUDGE JEDGEp.--4oe IlttsunF2R OSpd1tA
say that when Thom4s Cunningham, Esq, Ct
Bearer. Pa, xecs to L 1usas. undsr NJ appoint
ment Is y. S. Judge, in passing through se:-
tlemeat be met old 0sa~atomic Brown, who lad
ust arrived with haf dezsn i'so.slarery pris-
oners, captured while in arms to ask aiI tie Free
Stale setllefs. Anon. them were seyerut slare-
holders, who were discharged ls Brown, {.s
Gov. y ise promised to aeclarxe Gertit Smi,hl,
with d lecture, Us poor ignorant devils, wLo
knt" no y tier; then. tnruiuy to the Northern
uen with Suutlc c!n PRINCIPLES, Ee remarked !:
. fur you fellows, who on :hs to knox bes1sr,
having Eeen bforSet up IN 1he fle= North,
nust asx th- Lcr.1 wbat / <la. to ~,th Jour-
Nhefcupon the s:eru Oh n'au coasulrn. et
pts3 ing 10 the Almighty, asking Lis aid, thai he
might 10 ti.lose Of tfess pr1soners as to best
promote tic tree Stale cause. etc, ia The II itst
Ut which Judge Cunningham, after vain at-
te1npts at lc.aralnlng il, burst into i fit Of
laughter. 1n mousent Dso*u CEASED praying.
an4 turning his piercing 81 yes upon the offender.
remarked: " Aud II you dou't stop laughing. !
.ha'l dispose Of you, sir, icitA>at u.EiAg lie
Lord anything a5oat ~" 1t Is unnecessary TO
ray thar the honorable Court resumed its accus-
'oned grare deaseAnor, aud that the subsequent
proceedings Of J.isu Erosn's druul-lsad court
martial wese psutke4 with 10 lev1ty 70 ias u
Judge GpYnlnyi'am was couc=rucd.
On. noxxtnLs!-A Virginia soldier, cne Of
Tie Pablo Guard that gives security 10 the s'eep
ot tho c.itzons Il kichmend, by name Simmons,
is fallen ,nto trouble bv reason Of the "11e.
ter'nE sentiments Of decided Anti-starery
cha' actcr, and nsmp7.h'ziny with i Brown
and his as-oc;e:es. TIC nen II h., henrtl him
gaze information to Capt. Diusrlcck, who, With
h's officers. inquired iuto tho matter. Gov.
Wise DEEMS the otfenss ono that comes under
the jusi>dc ion Of the civil suthpriies, and SUM-
nous wiil accordingly have henripR before the
Mayor. The Riclluoud Nt<pstch sar il is son,e-
SHAT important ihut the soidsers Of thu State
Guard should be ail right ou j question 90 inti-
tna:cy connected with The wellsrc Of the ccu1-
nlunl'y, and Fa'Lcr dangerous to eiyc express
sirn 10 se 3lsious lansuas N fizgsnia, pa1ticu-
lGrsy at This time.
lathe Charc:toHn correspondence Of the New
York 7'ri5un., ue liad ,he following;
ANOTHER SESsa11cx.-Tbe LADY, Of whom l
told you es.e,d d4y, who is supposed 10 be Mrs.
l.. Ma'ia Child, but vi ho is not, WAS to-day by
the good na.urr OF the jsi1e", and in deiiauce II
the written decision ii the Sheriff. permitted to
visit bsuwn. During their Interview Of HI hour,
1t which the jaller Was present all tie tinc,
some o; the mos. susceptible among the popr-
Iace we're mtrel 10 src'l pitch thusit seemed
quite likely they would do something dangerous
to-,hetusetves, If no. to the ILL., But toward
evening Ibis ieeirg s1bs;led aud comparative
calnnts6 was resuMed.
Atslegsa7hic dispatch from Cha1les:own, dated
Nov. 9th. says:
CONFESSION OF Cook.-Thc confession Of
Cook, whIch was ye.ts,day read in Court, is
lesloualy guarded. Tor pn'puEes 10 he he7eatter
dcvelop.d. Its importance Is hardly sufficient
Tiled t~enty.orc pages Of fuofscaI', threw COM
p*ratiEe1y little new light on the Harper's Ferry
a1a'r. Twas most y c r. cord Of Cooks per-
sonal cxpt fencts. II related Ilow fe first be-
came ac1uaihtc. with Brown in 1856, jus, after
u: battle Of btack Jack; how hs was iuduced
tlo1n Brown 10 cn-orcr4tc with him in his Ia
bors for securing The f.e:dom Of Kansas ho*
Missouri. and setting shc:n free in Canada, were
accomplished, End s,n,'l.r details equally izrec
rant. Tie more important portions wcre tlusc
which told Of the Convention held in Canada,
at which the VIC kno~a constitution W..
fraEel; ef The militSry training under S:c.ens,
viii b Erown's party went through. Altering
their original inteoiion. which was to be in
>trueted hy Col. Forbes. nnd Of his oxn e1plo.
ration Of Jefferson county, Va. under Browns
direction. to prepare 'ht way 1or tie insutrec-
ton.
Genit Smith, Ere'. Douglas. Dr. S. G. Howe,
aud others were mentioned in the c1nfss-iop,
but not in way 10 deeply duplicate them. Th"sr
E0.!31cetO7 "hl AtO"H 1lSCISCn. 11WcFef, 1ut
Presentation Ct ,;issol-. money, &c. Cook said
Init tie time Of ite Invasion would have been
dit. est 1u< fer tae isiv l..s,so:, given By uol
For.s+<. ls"t,- altogether. the c.ofe=sion dog.
nor bear very s.ronsls upon the case, and it il
tic opiblon Of ;le Court ibat Cook has whit cid
tic erea.er part ot his knowledge. For certain
rea>ous she paper is kept stcsc,. and wilt not lie
pernli.sed II be published .: passeus.
The Wah>'cgton 10. c. Star says that Ire
Southern newspapers which treat tile Harper't
Ferry nttatr nilh menace ahd buster arc nearly
altogether journals that, b. adv ocatsns ll,e lat
er doctrines Of Senator Douglas, have bcconc
justly discEsJilsd ut home. they arc anxious
to prore t" unrr1ectins readers that, uutnith.
.'anding their support uf the Duuslas ecbem.
1or securing that stale Of 1lIings in the United
States Territories for which the Republican
purity contend, they arr the onjy Legitimate
newspaper yiudicatoEs Ut SoutL,fn rights and
interests. Most of them, il wil tc remembered,
are a'so rioleut adrocalcs OF Southern rights
and interests. Most Of them, it will be reni-na-
beted, are also ~io'est advocates OF the revival
Of the African Slase arade. rs Inconsistent u
amy such position is tie advocacy of the PEesi-
'!sn,ial asl''ratioos Of the SqaatteE Sovereignty
theory Of their political dcnli rod.