Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-11-25
THE CASE OF MRS. BRINsMAnE.

Something dbom Marsha Bake's i" "AGection"-
phdt The Secretary Of War thought Of Mrs.
Brmsndde's Letters and Portrait
The trial Of Police Superintendent Kennedy
for alleged i1lse imprisonment of Mrs BrinsmaIe
and abuse Of her aud her friends, was commenced
On Thursday, in New York, before the police
Commissioners. A number Of witnesses were
examined, including the unfortunate lady herself
The testimony as to the mode OF arrest
and incarceration aud detention WINS interest
ng-especaly that OF Mrs. Brinsmade Mr.
Baker, Provost Marshal of the War Department
is held up by the testimony in no enviable light
There was visible stir rs the name IF Mrs.
Brinsmade was called. The lady was tastefIllv
httred in black silk. She had n blue veil thrown
over her face, which, at the request of Mr. Bnr-
low, she laid aside whilst giving her testimony
She is lady Of graceful figure and pleasing faee.
and has eyes that denote the custom of command.
Her whole manner was quite self possessed,
lady'like and diguifed Her testimony wns
given with promptaess, rapidity and firmness
indeed 30 rapidly that the excellent short hand
reporters employed by the Police Commission
ors found il always difficult and often i'm
possible TO catch hor utterance. She testified as
follows;
TESTIMONY or MRS. BRINsMADE
My name is Isabel NJ. Brinsmade; | reside in
about the 25th of August last, on the steamer
Fulton; was coming to New York for the pur-
pose OF transaoting private family business |
intended to remain o short time in New York
after got here, made up my mind to go to
Washington on the passage here, knew the
captain, his wife and son, DR.. Phelps and some
OF the lady passengers; we arrived Mt New York
on the 10Th Of September; went to the Everett
House; afterward went 10 Brooklyn; was thern
a xga l oil rtKH
connection; | then went to Washington: was
there four days; was arrested by one Bowles, an
officer, who told me il was by order of the PRO-
vost Marshal Of Washington City, Col. Baker he
fore whom was taken they took from me INV
private papers, my pictures-pOrtraits of myself,
Baker told me | was arrested BY order of the
secretary Of War; that was accused of being
a rebel spy; of having reasonable papers in
my possession he told me they would send me
to New Oreans | told him had not done anv-
thlng TO deserve that; he said had been indis-
Greet in remarks about the Government; that
had said that Stonewall jackson was the only man
who could fight Mcclellan, Laughter II which of
course acknowledged, Igreat laughter; he told
me that was going to be sent to New Orleans;
that was to be taken to New York, and kent n
prisoner at the st. Nicholas Hotel until was
sent away that on Saturday he was going ia
New YORK, and would release me; he said there
was nothing in my private papers to hold me as
u spy; he said my letters were very affectionate:
he said my pictures were, one or two of them.
good-loOking, and be proposed to presr, se an
keep them because they were good looking; he
informed me that he could not return my pic.
lures and letters until the next day, because he
wished TO show them to the Secretary Of War
before he gave them to me when cnnle to New
ork, BoWles brought me to the headquarters, in
Broome street, in a carriage.
Q-What was Bowles' conduct and manner