Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-04

/ el s1gag THE NEWS. e' l@eo
n a di<patch from New Orleans of the2s
4 says private lstssrs received BY the Picsya'
from Maxic',, confirm the eold.bloodsd in'
> der Of Mr.. Chase, the American Consul,
!. : Gem Aatqnez. 9 a'al+'s 'az'.''sF 50. '--'
The Kansas State Convention met
|, Lawrence on the 25th. and nominated Sa
. Medary for Governor, Jno.P. S'ough for l
Governor, Jno. A. Ha' dmnn for member
Congress, and J. Williams, the present ASS
slate Judge, for Chief Justice.
The schooner Principss, Of Southpor
Me-, lying At snchor At MaErse Island.
the Bay Of st. Lawrence. got adrift in
, gale, snd run afout Of an unknown scho"n
or. Both vessels were sunk, and all
board psrished. Thirteen bodies have floa
ed ashore.
by the last Salt Lake mail we lear
that party Of seventeen smigrants frol
Buoharan county, Iowa, were STACKED b
lndians near Kinney's Cutoff. Mr.. Kline
Mr.. Mittenore, wife and six children, wer
killed. Mittemore's two Oldest sons and til
remainder Of the party escaped, and are nov
at Camp Floyd in destitute condition.
FoRslaN.-The steamship Jason, from
Liverpool on the 18th, arrived at St. Johs
IN. b. on the Oath. he negotiations be
fore the Zurich Conference were still pend
ing. 1t was expected that the Great East
ern would leave for Portland on the Oath o.
October. The American Minister was courte
ously received at Pekin, and it was expected
that he would send home the ratified treaty
by the first mail. ,s.,s ,s.a "a. ... - t,..r
"A dispatch frsm Chariestown, w., Of
the 2eth, says the jury in the case of the in,
surrsctionists reported true bill against
the prisoners. They are charged-lst, with
conspiring with negroes, to produce an In
surrection; End, with treason to the Com.
monwealth; aud, 3rd, with murder. The
prisoners each responded to the usual ques-
ton, "not guilty., and desired to be tried
separately. They are still closely guarded
for fear an attempt will be made to rescue
them. Charles B. Harding, assisted by
Andrew Hunter, represent the Common
wealth; G. J. Faulkner and Lawson Bolts
are counsel fer the prisoners. Brown was
called out first for trial, but requested a
few days delay in consequence of his wound
ed condition. The action of the Court on
bis request has not yet reached Us.
Browns trial at Char!estown, Va, is
sill the sll-absorbing topic. On Saturday
afternoon, several witnesses for the prlsone,
were examined, all proving that Brown had
treated his prisoners with humanity and
frequently expressed his regret that blood
shed should have been caused by him in
self defense. The defense closed their testi-
mony about four, sad the State desired to
give the case to the Jury without argument.
Capt. Brown insisted that his counsel should
argue the case. After the opening speech
for the State the Curt adjourned Till this
(Monday) morning, when the e,unsel for the
prisoner was to proceed. -... ..-...'.
In consequence of remark of Brown
dis,ru,ting the counsel assigned to him by
the Court, (Messrs. Bolts and Green,) they
peremptoriy withdrew from the case.
Samuel Chiffon, Of Washington, and uenry
Griswold, Of Cleyssand, were employed in
their place. Brown complains bitterly Of
the unfsirness of the Court in neg'eoiing to
subpoena witnesses named by hi,r and Tor o
disposition to hurry the trial through. He
continues to occupy cot in the Court room,
in consequence of his wounded condition,
but occasi ionally rises to his feet and gives his
views on different points in the case as they
come up.
Hon. J. R. Giddings delivered an ad-
dress at Philsdelphia on the evening of the
28th, for the purpose of explaining what be
knew about Brown. He says he invited h m
to Jefferson, g., where he delivered lecture
on Sunday, after church, telling his trials in
Kansas. After the lecture Giddings prompted
the audience to contribute for the relief Of
Brown after which he took tea at his res
idence, where they had o conversation
Though Brown never said he intended t.
visit slave States to free slaves, Gliding.
inferred he would if opportunity offered
manly from having done SO in Missouri
These were the only times lie saw Brown
He asserts that neither in lecture or conver
sstion did Brown say he had assistants Of
associates. No mention was made of Har
per's. Ferry, or Virginia organisation, o.
provisional government. He ackno xledge
contributing 90 to Browns son towards tn
necessities of his father, after the rescue o
boy from the kidnappers, matter in whicl
he (G.) acknowledges having taken a stron
interest. In be-towing this gratuity he ha
little idea it was to fit out an expedition fo
the capture Of Harper's Ferry, or to effec
the conquest of the Old Dominion, or t
strike teri or to the Executive.
1 ~It seems that the Democrats did SUI
ceed in electing one State Senator in Pennsy
vania, Mr.. Crawford, in the Cumberland
Perry and Mifflin District; but he owed hi
success to having refused to commit hinse
to the reelection of Mr.. Bigler to the Unite
States Senate. as. 81 ss.a1
60 Gov. Wise, in the course of convers,
tion with old Br. wn, told him he had bett,
be preparing for death, to which Brown r.
-p'nded that he (ihe Governor though
might live fifteen years, would have goo
deal to answer for ct least, and had bett,
be preparing now too. pa ~
Gov. Wise, in speaking OF Brown, says
HE is the gamest man he ever saw."