Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-22

+. hams. toy thrr with several pounds oil
. b liter, lard, &c. The fire was yet smoul'
A drrinp in The stove, and The wafer IN the
: bMller was quite hoI al ME time ol The en-
j trance.
But the most valuable discovery was a
trunk belonged to Capt. Brown, contain
. ing great number of highly important
papers, documents, plans, and letters
from private individuals throughout the
, the Unnn-alI revealing the existence OF
a an extensive and thoroughly organised
conspiracy, whose leaders were Captain
: Brown and j. E. Cook, and The well-de-
fined, determinedly expressed object of
, which, was The Fastening Of "lrrepTessl-
bIe conflict" predicted BY Senator Seward,
and recently by GernIl Smith, which was
to resul in the ,'disenhralment OF The
the slaves of the South, and The exllnc-
ton of the "Slave Power"
The most undoubted evidences have
thus been obtained. not only OF the plans
and hopes of this formidable Instruction
but Of the lndlspulaoie
fact Of its extension throughout The Nor
,hern and Western States, from the iniIn-
entail cilizens of whom the reasonable
movement has received It's sustaining sup
port aud encouragement.
i Among the most important documents
discovered were pamphlets containing the
Constitution of Provisional Government
for the United States, the reasonable pur-
poses and objects Of which II not directly
put forth, are nevertheless so cIear eX-
pressed as 10 be conclusive.
Startling Reuelation-The points Of at.
tuck.
In a trunk, supposed TO have belonged
TO Capt. Brown, was found seven small
though elaborate maps of as many differ
emf States, bearing peculiar marks, which
would seem to indicate that the points OF
attack, end the course of the Insurreclon-
airy movement through the South, had al
ready been carefully determined upon by
this well-organized and confident league
IoG traitors. Certain counties In the seven
States, of which only these maps were
obtained. bear croSs.msrks formed by a
pen, and in se1ersl instances as if 10 com
mand greater particularly Of attention, or
TO suggest perhaps more available points
of attack, circular lines are drawn around
the crosses. South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, FLORIDA
Tennessee, and kentucky, are me States
mentioned to attack.
I ;.l, ola
ches, are carefully and neatly pasted on
Stout cambria cloth. Upon the margin OF
each map is pasted the census returns OF
1850, OF lis State giving in detail the
relative strength of the white and slave
population of each county, and the proper
ion Of fem ales to the whole number OF IN
habitabtants. By referring 20 the coUn-
lies marked, i, will BE- perceived that in
them the slave population vastly prePon-
derale, and might. therefore, have been
deemed a safer field of operation for The
abolition invaders.
Important Letters and Notes.
In the same trunk in which The maps
were discovered, were found number Of
highly important letters from certain we'll
known Northern abolltOnisls, conveying
both" laid and comfort" 10 Ihe lnSurec-
lionisls; among them was letter from
Gerrit Smith, Of New York, containing
some financial statements, and cheque
Tor 500, endorsed by the cashier Of
New York bank, and Letter from Fred
erick Douglass, enclosing $40, apart con-
rbu,ed by lady. These were read by
Gov. Wise to the crowd in lie arsenal
yard.
There are yet other letters not yet made
public, which implicate several we'll
known politicians OF Iowa, New York and
Pennsylvania in The conspiracy 10 create
slave Instruction throughout The South
eru States.
Among a quantity Of papers in our pos
session, found in the house Of Capt
Brown, is The following bIiel. written up
on a scrap of pape,, in good, profession
al hand writing:
"At the right hour, by all you deem
sacred, remember me- LSigned.
GEORGE B. GILL.
The following is in The hand writing Of
+ Brown himself, and is entitled,
"VINDIcATIoN OF THE INVASION. NC.
4 "The Denver truce was broken 81
"lst Ii was in accordance with my set
tied policy
I'D 1t was intended as discriminating
blow al Slavery
"3 1t was calculated 10 lessen the value
OF Slaves
"4rh 1t was lover & above all other
+ motives) Right.
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