The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-21
From the Baltimore Patriot.
The Insurrection at Harp er's
Ferry.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS, &c.
Rcword offered for Captain Cook Mor,

wise has offered $1,000 tor the arrest OF Capt
Cook, who is supposed to be in the noun
tains with a number of negroes. The noun,
tains are bsing secured to-day by armed
uen in search of tie fugitive.
After the train left y sterday detach
ment of marines, with number of voiun-
tears, were sent to the farm house Of Capt.
Brown to search it. They returned about
six o. clock in the eveniBg with wagon load
ed with several hundred pixies and spears,
two boxes of Sharp's rifles, tents, blankets,
boots and shoes, clothing, &C., and other
equipments for the enterpriss. The arti-
eies previously br ught in by the Ipdepen-
dent Greys we're from the schoo-house, and
not frem tue Farm Of Captain Brown as at
first supposed
The most valuable article brought in by
the marines, however, was a carpet bag fill
ed with documents and letters connected
vita the expeditions; they were taken pos
session of by Gov. W IS. and many of them
lead in p Ablic last night. Among ths most
important are:
A letter from Gerrit Smith, the Abolition
Presidential candidate, containing some fan
atical statements, and enclosing draft for
500, endorsed by the cashier of n. YORK
BANK.
letter from Frederick Douglass, enelo.
sing $40 note contribut ID by lady for
the good of the causr.
Several letters from Henry Smith and
John Smith, prominent Northern Abolition
lists.
a aumbar of letters from different parts
OF Connecticut.
Printed pamphlets OF the Constitution of
the provisional government to be established
by Capt. Brown.
1t was said I'll. se letters would implicate a
number of prominent abolitionists at the
North and West, as being cognizant of, and
avorihg the project.
There were letters of introduction to Cap
tain brown presented to him by Aaron
Stevens, sEe of the insurgents, in which he
vas commended to him as worth a dozen Or
binary men in fl ht. The writers stated
that they had engaged him to join the expe-
dition, which he nae agreed to do on condi-
ton that they would give his wife, who lives
in MISSOURI, 500 to support his family dur
ing the winter,pay some small debts for him,
auS pay his travelling expenses to Harper's
Ferry.
These documents are very importan. and
Interesting, and will attract great attention
thruu! hoat the untrG. -.
IaC prisoners are still in possession of the
United St,eses authorities, aad District At
.orney ufd~srriyed here this evening fro n
NJ aShingt0n, directed by the President to
iayesti ,ate the Claim made by Gov. Wise to
deliver them up to the authorities of Virgil
MIA. Gov. Wise claims them as murderers,
wa lie the claim of the Government on them
Is for minor offence.
The Independent Greys having captured
the boxes OF Sharp's rifles, were each pre-
santed with one by order of Coonsl Lee.
They are beautiful arms, entirely new, just
as they were forwarded from Massachusetts
armory.
Captain Cook was supposed to be conceal
ed in cave in the mountains, about five
miles from the Ferry.
Captain Bro,on's Statement to Cor. Wise.
HARpGR's Forty, Oct. 19tb.-The wounds
of Odd o sawattamie' Brown are not at all
d ,ngerous, and he is to-day a'most well again.
Dr.. Dunbar has attended him professionally,
sa skilully and Kindly as if he had not de-
server his fate. he is calm and cool, and
exhibits that resoluteness, in view of his
certain fate, which is part of his nature.
His tanaticism is of that character which
shuts out all doubt from his own mind about
the propriety OF the desperately wild foray
In which he has engaged. He takes it for
grant d that he was right, cares for nobody
eise's opinion, and he views the murders he
ana his men committed as merely the neces-
sa result of the war in which he has enga-
ged against slavery. He processes to be pre-.
pared for trial, though having no doubt of
his conviction, and AYERS his readiness to die
on tie scafold, though he would not like.to
be slaughtered by the mob.
He made statement to Cover or Wise,
this morning, of which the following is the
substance:
81 will be sixty years old next month.
rented the Kennedy farm six moaths ago. 1t
belongs to DR.. Kennedy, of Sharpsburg, Nd;
had paid the rent up to March next. l new
err had over tw. nty-two men at any one
time at that farm, who belonged to my reg
ular organization, but had good reason to
expect reinforcements from Maryland, Ken
lucky, North and South Carolina and Cana
da, (negroes and whites) and had arms
enoug on the farm to arm fifteen hundred
men-not quite full. The arms consisted
of two hundred revolvers, two hundred
sharp's rifles, and one thousand spears.
left these at the farm. We had p.eaty Of
pow der and fixed ammunition. We brought
all the arms from time to time from the East
to Chambersburg, Pa, and they were there
packed in double boxes, 30 as to deceive the
parties who hauled them to the farm. They
we're directed to j. Smith and Soas, Kene-
dy farm, that being the name We had. assum-
ed
Governor Wise this morning, with par
~ OF military, went to the Cave, some miles
above Lere, in which Cook and his men
were reported to be concealed. They
found nothing to indicate that they had been
there.
LIST OF The INsURREcT o lists.
The following is list of the sinsurrection-
lists given by Capt. Brown, with the rank
they held in his service, and their place of
birth. We have arranged the list 80 as to
show who are dead and wounded:
WHITES.
Capt. John Brown, commander-in-chiet-
wounded, will recover.
Cap. q O. B Brown dead sons of Brown.
Captain Aaron C. Stevens, Connecticut
badly wounded; three balls; cannot possibly
recover.
Lieutenant Edwin Coppuck, Iowa-un-
wounded.
Lieut.. Edward Haz.iH, Pennsylvania
dead.
VIM. Leman, Maine dead.
Captain John E. Cook, Connecticut -es-