New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-26
JOHN BROWN 5 INVASION.
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Ferry con,pi.s,ors. Ilst pspsr sfsc's 20 'ee"H
them a. affordrg evidence o! 81 eitersive cons
srd Of tie implicitly therein o; s.rons inp0f'S1'
persons a. TIE North. On boxing careiGLy s. men,
hosever, We see ths. they ere Of very ht,e e'ose'
or.rce. Noe. az them are ts:ed 81 West ArcoFer,
Ash.abuls Co, Oaio, ard sisTed John Sn.,h'
They were WI; en-, dOubt. BY one # joan bfo~n
s9r. and they di.cose very e beyocd the fac, that
tire writer lsboring 20 obtsin money, srm', snd
mer, All thst FOX these purposes re sas IsVedpS
ssou: ire county aud holding cornesPoLdenee with
persors whose rames ara sometimes mentioned ani
sometimes OILY bn.ed 81. Tney are addressed tor
tie noe, part 20 u. Henre, esq. IS fictitious name,
doubtless. Chsubersourg, Pa, and we're intended TO
keep the old mar informed Of his the sons move
melts Tee writer speaks mysieriousy of mining
op.rs,ions," "m.ssiorary lsbors, meetings OF
stockholders" sc phrsses which reel no explars'
ton Drafts fr various sums are inclossi from TINS
20 time. In letter da:ed West Andoyer, Oaio Oct.
l. John Smith says.
Yesterday r;anes an ZIP to Jeasr'on MI A.s''es,
yh.r- with Our cd friend j. q, took
the amount e -5 add a, se vi" Just s,lFss oi 81
ysrni, 'sia De ~o1-t h'm - A..,SiAian s..s noa NJ
S;uI,syas fl usy '.p-rd upon r. have oen 80 az yre
nr.,s Js.y ,s. = Hsae 70 sd P.sser Pills.
Ouiy s=d sc;uAy WON'T in behalf Of ne mine oPe'
In one letter al,asion is made to &C. ii. l. probs-
by Charles H. LaDss:on, one Of the Oberiiu rescuers
a coor,d man, who s sai TO be clear discouraged
"sbou; the mining business-thinks the hands TOO
few
Another letter saks of j. NJ. Bel Of Concord,
g. ,ru. man. and Of al II. a, Boston 10 letter
dated Sept. q, John Smith says: " Sia make "a
"c,py Of yours 10 Jay There is nothing TO eIpain
who is meant By jay TIE folosing letter WAS
addressed to John Heniis the envelope, aud dated
Concord, Sept. % bu. the inside the initials are
OF ID >" and reads thus:
ED .7-Drix sk: The urtersnei feel to Be cf tie
s@s t' sSi a S 5. goV:by IN this
STAT We think are The man Of Al others % r.peeen u.
o. ~ew zee yoa family well provided during you.
" sn ;os 81. s.un Fem A"e ~ 20 Is s, max
you rsni.sne., II youto
ave have qo. number Of god bu' not very h'li
s,p, collected some Of our members are ready
ca with you
There is nothing TO indicate who is meant by Ed"
but mary suppose that Frederick Douglass is the
person alluded 10.
John Brown. diary, extending from March TO Oc.o-
ber 1852 spesks Of letters written by him to the fol-
loving, among other persons, viz. Augustus Waters;
Frederick Douglass w. Perm Clark, Iowa City; A.
Hazett, Indiana Pa. Clinton Giroy, esq, New
London, CT II. Greeley & Co. Enclosing 8 for The
TRwUsEl; James v Gloucester.
The diary also contained the following memoran-
DUN:
"N,Mrs o. uPoy FOR ASSISTANCE.
"hssc White ana VIZ, B1,se.' Carlisle Caneer and Co
Pa lesspb C.o.ey lila. Rose and J3hn fider bedord
D. scovlle'
TIE following memo-anda were found, written on
ivory tablets in the pockets Of Ksgi who shot in
the Shenandoah River or the retreat from the rifle
factory:
MosD,Y-Nr Merrsu, came; wen.d with me to NJ
TutsD.Y.- Dina. returned % Mrs. R.ner's
Saw WATSON and appointed meeting for TtuIsdsy
Saw CARLISLE seCS; ps,cMS.s has s.,u
Wrote to s. Jones sendos men off, Gaerria operations a.
THrs,D.Y~ksod letter from Merriam ds..i Baltimore
yROAY-sep. telesrsmtO Merriam 81 Baltimore.
BATrRDAy.-lslsnf
The Herald correspondent says:
1.-THE Merriam referred 10 in the memoranda Is sup
posed TO be a man who stopped at the Wager House
on Saturday last, bringing neavy trunk, which was
taken off in wagon by one of Browns cons and a
negro man. Before leaving the hotel he registered his
name +. &. Merriam, Massachusetts,, and took din.
her. lie then procured paper and wrote large nun
Der Of letters taking particular pans 10 prevent any
one from seeing what he had written. IL is supposed
that he took part in the doiDgs of Sunday night
ana escaped in company with Cook and his party
His face wss very peculiarly marked with biotches
and answering his descr ption exactly IL known
TO have registered the pane of y. Henry, a. Cham
bersbug. IL is eoIjectured that this man had charge
Of the procuring of the supplies Of arms, ammunition
&c., for the Provisional Army
"A large bundle OF letters, addressed 20 Charles r.
lido one of the dead fllbusters, found in trunk
at the house of Capt. Cooks mother-in law. Among
them several from his mother, who, il appears,
lives With secont husband Al or near Sorlngdale
Iowa. breathing the most tender and aectlona.e spirit
ana praying heaven 10 bless and protect her dear
child Chaes,' through al the dangers which ne was
about 10 pass, and begging OF him /! he escaped IN
harmed 10 renrl ar once 10 his home. All the Letters
IT, al atNla NJ and
ug, and are perysded with deeply religious tone.
Al approve and encourage the enterprise IN which ne
Is engaged as holy cause, and eIhort him TO lesd
life Of piety. Many Of the letters are in feminine
band One signed Emlon, very piettily written and
dated sh month, llth, 1859, con.aDs this sentence:
Press nobly on for by your fundamentally millions
may have the pleasure Of singing the song Of liberty
'Anns writes, under date Of eth month I'D,
1859, as follows:
my DE.. FRIEND: A. the time seem, drs~ps very near
TIA: part perhaps sgan 70 NEE: these mum
dane shores and bans that have msny things TO say 70 thee
h af S.:yt Sas thy motives s purely psia
and .yP:hsic and ..., tina; d. 'pp,f .s me
and 60 boldly forth IN such hazardous InderAns IN .e.s cause
a' he: ns. ny ssaI and ia With see I0 hing 5.
ttniag this afternoon gea re'pon,6y that going
Win wisdom and dis re.ion IN cannes doing nothing I,shy
Set thy mark high sndsm perfection Be poole, be aeihed,
snd s s' 'te that Tie nights Of woman 'i' and pro-
LETTER FROM JOSHUA R. GIDDISGs.
TIE following letter appeared in The PhiladelPhia
North American Of Monday:
While coming to this city Saturday, first read
telegraph dispatch from Washington saying that
JOIN B,own the prisoner captured a. Iarpers Ferry
refused in the presence Of Senator Mason and Mesrs
FsulkIer and Vallsndighan, 10 answer the question
whether he mad consulted Mr.. Giddings about his
Virginia expedition.
"It is evident tbs. the object Of these gentlemen
was lot 10 obtain facts which 10 predca:e q charge
OF crime, of any immoral or dshonorabe act. Had
their nhiect they Nonh not have published