Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-04-28
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THE JAPANESE EMBASSY: To BE HOUSED AT
THE METROPOLITAN HOTEL-THE MRS. CAP
TAIN BRENNAN MYSTERY" CLEARING TIP.
NEw YoRK. Ap.il 24. $50

NEW YORK, April p, 1860.
Our municipal authorities are making preparations TO
receive the japanese Embassy in style worthy OF the
power they and Of the country to which they
are ambassadors. The Common Council have taken
for them the Metropolitan Hotel, ana given the
proprietor OF the establishment carte blanche for their
entertainment IL Is the intention OF the MeSSrs LelAnd
20 give these regal specimens OF Japanese Just
idea of the perfection which the culinary has been
brought in this country and the comforts and Injuries
that may be enjoyed by those who fortunate
be the guests of the city The entire japanese pro-
amme vet made out only that part OF it that has
Teen entrusted TO the Ielauds.
The breakfast tables of the town vocal this
ing ON the dsgOlsHeat of the Brennan tragedy, Z
revealed in letter from Rome, dated March Slst, pub
shed in this mornings Irb1ms, in which minute details
given OF the distinct recognition Of Mrs B. on
or eight different occasions by persons who knew her n
tmatey in this country The upShot of the matter seems
be- that she left the country in company with person
named Powell r. Wyman aud that man OF that name
grstulted according the Army Register, at West Point
In 1880 and is now First Lieutenant in the First Arte-
~ in which corps Mr.. Brennan is captain The
pendent of the Tribune saws that Lieut. Wyman had
difficulty With Capt Brennan, touching his vile, in Flo
rda months before her disappearance and that he
obtained the leave OF absence 70 abroad through
political influence Washington afterit had been reius
ed him by Gen. scott and Gel Thomas. The passport
Of the Powell T. Wyman recently in Rome does not
however be is army officer, and no one in Rome
Knows the lieutenant so as to identity him. The sus-
peCted Mr. WyTnAu Is described as a sim, lantern
jawed man, with sandy complexion and thin, light
beard; he eyeglasses spectacles Anoth-
er superstition is that Mrs. Brennan left the
country in company with another person than Lieut. W.
aud that the latter Joined her abroad Some light APP
pears have been thrown On the matter in connection
with the passports Out of fourteen passports sent
Mr.. Glentworh, 70 be vised, our consul at Rome,
suspicious. Ii dated June, 1859, aud
made out in the name Of Powell T. Wyman But in the
uiss OF Mr. Spencer, consul Paris Helen
femme was inserted, and the equivalent Italian express
sion added to the American rise at Naples. Last
Monday udict de place came 70 Mr. GentwOrth to get
this passport riSed tor France and Sardinia. The consul
objected that il not rCge and solicited personal
interview With Mr. Wyman. That gentleman appeared
a. o'clock. when Mr. GentWOrth informed him that if
be wished the use to persons he take
affidavit that she his wife At first Wyman buster
ed that il no, requisite, and that no other consul
had demanded IL; but after further talk, changed
hLs 'front.' affirming that he had already taken the
qusite oath AZ Paris At length however he wrote out
and signed declaration that the woman in whose
pluy lie was travelling. his wife. The passport
then yissd, aud Mr. and Mrs. Wyman took the steamer
Wednesday.