Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-28
THE F0RAY AT HARPER'S FERRY.

CltlZeuS kllleu. MT. N. Will lOSc tue
sight of his eye.
The tidings from Chaolestown are that
Captain Brown is out of all danger, and
will soon be in good condition again
He seems as firm as rock notwithstand-
ing his present prospects, his wounds,
and the death of his two sons. Nothing
seems to shake his nerves. His wound
ed companion, A. G. Stevens, although
suffering considerably, is now in "a fair
way of recovery.
CuARLEsrowN, Oct. 81, 1859.
The examination trial of the nsurrec-
tionists, Brown and his associates, before
eight justices of the peace, will take
place on Tuesday, in the court room.
1t is understood that Brown has made
application by letter to Judge Chase, of
Ohio, and other prominent members of
the bar in other States. to appear as the
counsel for himself and his associates -
Also, that the prisoners will be allowed
by the court to avail themselves of every
privilege which would be accorded to any
citizen of the Commonwealth i'll like
circumstances.
The Bar and Grand Jury requested
the publication Of the following as the
substance Of a portion Of the charge Of
Judge Parker to the Grand Jury:
"Gentlemen Of the Jury: In the state
of excitement into which our whole com
munity has been thrown by the recent
occurrences in this county, feel that
the charge which usually deliver to a
Grand Jury would be entirely out of
place.
Those occurrences cannot but force
themselves upon your attention. They
must necessarily occupy considerable
portion of that time which you will de-
vote to your public duties as Grand
Jury. However guilty the unfortunate
men who are now in the hands Of justice
may prove to be, still they cannot be
called upon to answer to the offended
laws of our Commonwealth for any of
the multifarious crimes with which they
are charged until a Grand Jury, after
"dilligent" inquiry, shall decide that for
these offences they be put upon their
trial.
. will not permit myself to give ex-
preston to any of those feelings which
at once spring up in every breast when
rejecting upon the enormity of the guilt
in which those are involved who invade
by force a peaceful, unsuspectne portion
of our common country, raise the stan
| dar6 of Instruction amongst us. and
shoot down without mercy Virginia citi-
zeDs defending Virginia soil against their
invasions. | must remember, geutle-
men, that, as a minister of justice, bound
to execute our laws faithfully, and in the
very spirit of justice herself, | must, as
to every Que accused Of crime, bold, as
the law holds. that he is innocent until
he shall be proved guilty by an honest
and independent, and an impartial jury
Of his c0untrymen. And what is obi
gatory upon ME is equally binding upon
you, and upon every one who may be
connected with the prosecution and trials
of these offenders. In these cases, as in
all others, you will be controlled by that
oath which each Of youA have taken. and
in which you have solemfly sworn that
you will diligently inquire into all Of
fences which may be brought to your
knowledge, and that you will present
no one through i'll will as well as that
you will leave no one unpresented through
fear or favor, but in all your present
mento you shall present the truth. the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth "
Do but this, gentlemen, and you will
have fulfilled your whole duty. Go be-
yond this. and in place of that diligen.
inquiry and calm Investigation which you
have sworn to make, act upon prejudice
Or from excitement of passion, and you
will have done a wrong to that law, in
whose service you are engaged.
&C. As | before said, these men arc now
in the hands Of Justice They are to
have fair and an impartial trial. We
owe it to the cause Of Justice as well as
to our own characters, that such a trial
should be afforded them. Ifguilty, they
are sure to pay the extreme penalty Of
their guit--apd the example of punish
ment, when thus inflicted BY virtue Of
law, will be beyond all comparison more
eifcacious for our future protection than
any torture to which mere passion could
subject them"
CAPT. COOK ARRESTED.