Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-28

Guilty on account OF being q Northern
man, be should receive all The assistance
10 his power. Nexfday witness met DR.
P. IN the bar-room Of the same house
and recommenced conversation on The
subject, The Doctor Informed him thai
be could have no further communication
in regard to. the matter; that be had bet.
ter 60 back home and 90 al something
else. AtIthe conclusion Of Mr.. Meach.
ANS testimony, the prosecution present.
ca the following letter from the aid-de.
camp Of Gov. Wise. pf Virginia, to GOV.
Harris, which was read to the Court
LETTER FROM THE AID DE-cAAP or GOV
WISE. Ss.z
t ExEoUTrvE DEPARrHENr,l
RIcHaoND. Oct. Is, 1859
i ~ his Ercelleney NE Governor Of Ten.
Ressee Sir: / am instructed blythe
Governor Iof this Commonwealth to en-
close TO you copies of letters and papers
received BIZ him from IN anonymous Wri-
ter, signs himself /" A Traveller" Al
though they reached him from lire
sponsible source. he feels il 10 be his du-
y 10 inform you Of their contents, that
you may Judge for yourself;of their i'm
portance in the present excited state OF
the public mind. Very respectfully. !.
- WV. MUsFoaD,
Il. Aid-desCa and Military Secretary
Also tho following letter from travel
DC. written al the Manhattan Hotel, New
York, and forwarded TO Governor Wise.
This letter has heading at the begin
ming Of the FIRST page, = Manhattan Hotel,
Murry street. second door from Broad
way, New York" Below this on the
left hand is sketch Of the Hotel, q then
follows on the right The advertisement Of
Huggings 4 Fling. propristors. Then
the letter begins l.2
NV YoRK. Oct. 90. 1859.
DEAR SIR; While ID the cars to-day,
On passage from Philalslphi,a TO New
York, d young man, who occupied the
seat FIRST 10 fropt 81 ne, gos7lalp to go out
at one ofIthe way stations. He had an
overcoat On his taFm. / thought saw
something fall from the side pocket d
his oyefeoat as he started. On boxing
oyer into the seat I discovered be had
dropped two letters and d memorandum
I took them up, but too late TO give them
to him. al the cars had started again.
a sealed letter to Capt. ].
Brown, Harper's Ferry. and having my
curiosity exhibited ON account Of the coin
cidenoe ofIthe addresswith that of Brown.
the insurreetionist, I was led 10 read the
other letter, addressed to VIM. Horner,
which had been opened wfeu foundIit,
| was satisfied from reading this letter
that the sealed letter WAS for Brown, the
Harper's Ferry insurrectionist, you now
have under arrest As Il suspect the
contents ofthat letter 70 Be Of an ineendi-
ary character, / have concluded 10 send
them 70 You for disposal; J. therefore
send them just as found them, enclosed
Id the same envelope with thisAnote. II
there be .incendiarism 10 the letter to
Brown, it may be Of. service to you, and
i not, Capt. Brown cannot be injured BY
receiving It At your hands. In this mat
ter feel that act only as good eiti-
zen. and a lover of the Union. ! hope
you will not feel offended at my sending
this as an anonymous note. / do So sim
PLY because l do not wish my name Id
any way connected with Brown oil Har-
per's Ferry. Yours, respectfully, !
NJ et3, 5s1 4 n. TRAyELER.
To Hon. Cow H.A. WISE.
The following is the memorandum re.
ferred to IN the above. together with the
letter from Mary Horner 70 her husband
II THE MEMoRAEBBM.
The memorandum read BY the prose.
eutlonIIs on a piece of paper folded and
written On four pages, Jas follows
Isl page. Left New Orleans. Sept
28th. Paid passage 70 Cincinnati. sig.
Got from i. Sharp. a# the boat, $40.
+ Mr.. Maxwell gave me $500.
H. F., Oct. {I5.h. ss4s
III. G.. Oct.125th. 4. Il
Page opposite above.
1 w. A 80.
s. B., $3.50. s:+ fss5s IS
+ 5F.sB., lie T. i
TENNEssED.
Sd andF4th pages. u
MENoRASDUM OF EXPENSES. i
Oyercoat S6 SO. Boots. 81 so. Z
pair pants. 80 1880. suspenders
SO GENTS. Socks. A pair. 81. Cigars,
so cents. Paid An Co, expenses, S3
Hair cut 25 cts.
Jno Matthews, New Orleans.
G 9 Harding, Baton Rouge, La.
. MARY HOMER 70 HER HUSBAND.
CHASBERsBuaa. Oet. 20, 1859.
DEAR WILLIAM: AS Mr. Martin goes
down to HargerstoWn this evening,
could notshelp writing you line by him
You are Sd headstrong yon win not lister
q me. Do, for Gods sake--don't 90 L
Harper's Ferry now you can dc
nothing ifi you 60 fear for your life
You can keep the letter for Capt Brown
until all is safe you cannot give it 10 him
now; you would be suspected and taker
up. Come back and wait at Chambers.
burg until Capt Cook gets here. / am
afraid this business will bring us int
tronble yet. Last night Inevef slept j
wink. Do come back. for ! shall be era
81 until you return safe. Now. fer once
do listen 10 your loving wife.
MARY HoRkER.
r ST. win not go home until you
come for me.
The sealed letter referred to- IN The
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