Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-16

gr Browne, Lut- OF the "CorstitutiOn,'
Newspaper, in Trouble Down In Dixie
The Atlanta Ga Intelligencer publishes
,1e following card from Wm S Bassford. who
ok W II Hurlburt
RICHToND, Va, June 25. 1861
To Hon. Jgrsd / WAItaksr, Manor Of
4EJutI, Gs0rgIa In accordance with ysur
orders, Messrs- Bogus, Watkins Hunnicutt.
sai myself, left Atlanta, Georgia, on the even
,lE Of the 2lst instant, in charge Of W ii
HurlbUrt, for Richmond, w. We arrived in
aFucnbuTg, Va, on Sunday IL ming, the 23l
instant, where We were obliged Is remain over
until Monday morning, in consequence Of the
trains drumming on that road on the Sabbath
Q arrived in this city on Monday, the oath
INST, at L 0 clock ?. m. Leaving HUrlburt
IN charge Of Messrs- Bogus. Watkins and
Hunnicutt, / proceeded Immediately to the
4UaTters Of President Davis, and reported my
business The President was 50 kind ~ to
give me an immediate audience laid before
HIN your orders, the letter of Hon. G Yam
tey, aud the dispatches, explaining to him,
verbally. the whole particulars Of the case
tr-ether with the f1c,s drawn cat in the ex-
aUInatIon ~ the committee in Atlanta to-
getler with the state Of feeling which existed
in our community.
The President examined all the papers and
despat hes personally, and listened sttentively
% my statement. lie called in consultation
Mr. TJUmbs, Secretary of State, and after
careful weighing OF the whole case the Gov
eminent came to the conclusion that Mr.. lIurl-
burt was dangerous man, an enemy 10 the
South, aud that ne ought to be held for trial.
Mr- Benjamin, the Attorney General, was also
consulted, but have not been fully a pprised
Of his opinion in the case. Mr.. William VI
Browne. assistant Secretary of State, rr1s u t
consulted by the Government, yet he gave i
as his opinion, and expressed il with great
bOldness, that Hurlburt was a friend to our
Government, and ought to be released at once
/ take occasion TO say that Mr.. Browne is the
only man IN or out OF the Government that |
have met with in Richmond who dares to ex-
press such an opinion in the face Of all the
facts Of the case President Davis, for certain
satisfactory reasons, concluded to turn uurl-
burt over to the authorities of the State Of
Virginia
By request Of the President, Mr TOOmbs
accompanied me to Gov. Letcher, before whom
the whole case was laid. Gov Letcher came
" the same conclusion concerning the case ar
rived by President Davis and Mr.. TOOmbs, and
determined to send Hurlburt TO Charleston, on
the warrant Of Judge Gilchrist, Confederate
States Commissioners. Dispatches have been
received from Charleston, from the COnfeder-
ate states Commissioner and others to hold
fast TO Huri5Urt a. they want him in that
city, and le will probably be sent 10 South
Carolina In a few days 1 am requested ny
Gov Letcher to remain here for day or two,
until final disposition is made of Hurlburt.
The outside feeling in this city against Hurl-
burt Is very strong, and if turned loose here
be would no doubt be summarily dealt with
he : looked upon here by all persons, except
W Vi Browne, bold and auiaciOus man
bitter enemy Of the South and her institu-
tiOGs, an Abolition writer, known 10 the North
and 70 Edrops for the past twelve years, and a
wholesale slsnderer Of Southern men. In per-
son and manners he has all the appearance Of
gentleman. lie Is Il 8ne scholar, man of
very superior talents and arrnmplishments
and of very insiuusting addresS-sll Of which,
taken into consideration makes him far more
dangerous than an ordinary man would be. IL
Is hoped justice will be mCted out to him.
VIZ. ). BAssFORD.
In an editorial notice of the above, the In
telIigencer makes the following pertinent re-
marks
And whe IS Nj Browne And how comes it
that this spy Is his friend Why should Hurl-
burt so earnestly desire to be sent to Rish-
mOnd where his friend Browne was? Why
should Browne. the ' friend - Of the spy, 1rIlh
ont bsIug consul ed, thus strive to Obtsin
HurlbuTts release at once We mean more
and we know more than it is desirable to ex-
press at this time. We only cay to the Charles
ton Mercury, " here Is "a widening Of the AbO-
li;iOn trail. Mr.. Browne, like Mr.. Hurlburt,
possesses facile pen. We all know with what
ease certain accomplished .. professional Wri-
tsrs' eau paint. bOtn sides Of picture.
Mr.. Browne was once connected with the n.
7 Journal Of Commerce when that paper op-
posed the south Mr.. Browne is from Eng
lGL1, and If we are hot mistaken, is very init
mate With certain parties in Edinburgh. He
may be blameless. He may be the dupe Of
Hurlburt But there il too much at stake to
Justify ceremony. Browne is too near our Gov
ernment, too familiar with our plans and by
his influence IN the State Department, has too
much power 10 pRralize and demOralize our
foreign Policy,,to De exempt from scrutiny. Of
one thing We are positive, and that is, that the
friend Of w. III. Hurlburt is not 81 to be tine
Assistant Secretary Of State and the cOnfden-
tial adviser of the President Of the Southern
Cabinet.