The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-31

In noticing MIR. GRASSES pamphlet. yester-
tlav, we took occasion TO say that there were
some important discrepancies between his mar
ra.ive and shat OF Col. SaERBouRNE. AS the
latter relied entirely upon official documents
ani the letters of PAUL JONES himself, pieced
ont by his diaries and log books, and, where
these were deficient, supplied by the recollec-
tons Of his surviving relatives, there can be
no doubt about The perfect authenticity of his
statements.
In the first place. then, PAUL ZONES, or "a
he was baptized. JOHN PAUL. was not the lille
Ultimate son of the Earl of SELKIRK. That
SANDER was propasa.ed after he became IA
nous: bat il was always Indignantly repealed
by him. as can be proved by his oorrespon-
dence. and Is contradictei by the high stand
ing aad unblemished reputation which his
mother sustained in the society in which she
moved during her life. Numbers of letters
frorl her son 10 her, and his two sisters, are
published by his bographers. Her maiden
name was NACDUFF. Her celebrated son was
bora AZ 4 place near St. Mary's Isle, in Scot
land-tho name of which we do not now recol-
lect. nos having The book before us-in 17i7, not
i7:5 His father either was, or had been, gar
cener TO the Earl oT LKIRK, one of whose
seats was on ST. Mary's Isle. That peer is re-
presented by Mr.. CHASE 10 have played ths
tyrant 10 the future hero in high style, fire.
quently scourging him without cause until
tha blood ran down to his heels. This is GER
tainiy not correct, as il is utterly contrary TO
the evidence Of his listers who were still alive
aad residing al Dumfries, in Scotland, when
Tr. SHEEBoTRNE wrote his book. The fact
was that young PAUL conceived i violent
passion for the sea, when only twelve years
old and induced his father, by his own earn
est solicitations. to enter him an apprentice TO
the captain OF Il ship engaged in the American
trade. The ship, we think, was called the
Friendship. Mr.. CHASE represents him as
having been, at some period between this and
17.5 commander OF a pirate, which ne calls 1.-THE
Black Buccaneen" which cruised in the Ameri-
can waters against English commerce, the incit-
ing cause being hatred of the English. This
most unquestionably is not so. A statement
of every snip he served in, derived IN some III
stances, from The log of the ships themselves,
ana iii others from his own diaries, and his
letters to his mother and sisters tell where he
was during ting whole time. He was always
serving in some capacity, on board some Eng
lish merchantmen. NJ one time, aud for Il
considerable period, he was mate on boarda
SLAYER, the slaye-trade being, at the time, Il
legitimate traffic. lie afterwards left II,
from feeling aad engaged in the trade between
the Isie-of-M Man and some port of Great
Britain. Subsequently, when his name had
become terrible, his slanderers charged him
with having been Il sInuggler, and the charge
assumed some color from the fact of the Isle
Of Man having been, al that time, the entrepot
OF an enormous smuggling traffic. But Mr..
SHEgBoURNE put this SANDER TO rest by ex-
amuing the entries of the Custom House, 10
which his name was found as the commander
of !, vessel engaged in the legitimate trade
These same slanderers stated that when mate
OF all English vessel, he murdered a sailor
in the West Indies and fed for his life. !
This was a lie out Of the whole cloth |
1t was suggested by the following crcum- |
stance: When mate. or captain, OF 4 certain |
merchantmen, JONES or (as he was then
Called PAUL, had sailor logged for mutt
nous conduct. The flogging was not severe,
but the man having shipped on board another
vessel died soon after. and il was alleged that
he had fallen Il victim 10 the punishment
There was no evidence 20 prove the fact.
Nevertheless PAUL was arrested in one OF the
West India Islands (Barbadoes, probably and
tried for murder. lie was not only acquitted
but received the certificate of Governor
YOUNG (of the Island) testifying that there
was 10 reason whatever for believing that the
man died from the flogginF. Notwithstand
lug the testimony III his favor. he was pur-
sned with relentless aEmosity by his enemies
on account of this transaction, when he re-
turned home. and, as we'll rs we recollect pub
lished The certificate in his own justification.
But the event aud its consequences, sunk
deeply into his mind. and determined him to
brother, who had come out many years before
aud fixed his residence at Fredericksburg, in
this State, aud had died intestate and without
heirs, leaving, it WAS thought at the time, 4 con-
siderable property, seeIaed to offer him IA
yorable opportunity OF carrying this plan into
effect. lie embraced H. and actually resided
AZ Fredericksburg TWO years, (from l7s3 10
t.s5.) SMr. CHASE appears to doubt this fact.
II is as well established as any in the history
Of PAUL JOKES, by the testimony, in the first
place. o. his relatives, and secondly, by the
recoilections of persons who have not long
been dead. and who remembered his residence.
we have no doubt Mr. CHASE could have OBJ
taigea full information upon the subject, by ap.
p!ying TO any of the family of BROOKE, one of
whom Mr. HENRY l.. BRooKE) resides III this /
city. One OF the members of that family, DIR.
BROOKE the uncle of the gentleman just indi-
Gated, aad an elder brother of the late venera-
BILE Judge FRANCIS I. BROOKE, himself reyo-
patriot and soldier, was surgeon on |
board the Bon Homme Richard, in the action
with the Scraps. Commodore DALE JONES
frst lseatenant,) in his narrative OF that en-
gagemert, mahes honorable mention OF DR..
Buoagg {yvhon he calls BRooKs,) and with
ont designing TO do IT. bears ample testimony
n, the .nt,aunted zeal with which he dis
charged his duty, "a very dangerous one, since
EALE gays a coach might have been driven
krosaga the side Of the Richard when the Sc
rApis strael;,) by simply renarking that she
was as bloody as butcher" Wehaye always
b en- under The impression that Dir. BROOKS
first became acq nainted with JONES in Freder-
ieksbsrg and we are disposed to think that i'm
precision was derived from conversation we
once held on the subject with Judge BRooKE;
5iss we are by means positive. The testi-
xnBAy Of his own family, however, is sufficient
"a w that matter at rest. In Fredericksburg
~ probably first assumed the name of JONES.
81 ss'e now come 70 his public career. He wa.
z5s5ssed f1rss isentenant in the navy by an act
sanssezs appointing number Of naval Of
\, Amcag them Commodore HOPKINS. fthe
q AxnprieaR Commodore, whose commission
Eaas3 IN The sapae day with that Of JOKES -
&ps3kK 1stppLE, Afterwards blown npi the
EE6H4 alplz fFikete, while engaged with the Var.
RHsn et y ennss was appointed lieutenant
1he sssnA ast. The flrst expedition under. 1
W tbs aational navy was agains.