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


Latest from de lnsMrreCtionlsts.
CnARLEsroRN, Va, Not. 8.
The excitement in regard TO the trial AZ the
il.1Psrs Ferry con:piratsrs still cens.oes.
and fair progress ia being made BY the Court
in the disposal Of tho cascs. The caseof the
free negro. Copeland. was br,'usht to close
on Saturday P. NJ The Jury found verdict
Of not guilty of treason. AZ charged in the frat
count OF the indictment, he not beng recog.
nised as citizen, and guilty Of the conspiracy
with TIE slaves to rebel, and Of murder, a
charged in the second and third counts. Ths
case was ably argued by Andrew Hunter on
he!,alf Of the State. The prisoner was
defended BY Geo. Sennstt, of Boston, who
labored with much zeal for his client
A bill Of exceptions and motion for the
arrest Of judgment was entered by the pris.
oner's counsel, which will be disposed Of
to morrow morning.
1t has been determined that Stevens, the
most severely wounded Of Browns men, shall
be handed over to the Federal Court, which
meets at Staunton, in . few weeks. The
object of this is said to be to form pretext
for summoning before the Federal bar -
number of the prominent Abolition fanatics
of the North" ... Ga. Fr. .s.. 81.
Capt. Cook is now on trial. He wrote out
full statement or confession, which was read
in Court before his trial was commenced. J.
Mcdonald, Attorney General Of Indiana, and
Mr.. Voorhees,, District Attorney, Of Indian.
apolis, together with Messrs. Lawson Bolts
and N. G. Green, Of Virginia, are counsel for
Cook. Gov. Willard, of Indiana, and Mr.
Crowley, of New York, Cooks brothsrs-in'
law, are present at the trial.
Those thus far tried and convicted are old
Brown, young Coppic, Shields Green, (col'
ored,) and Copeland, (colcred,) all of whom
will no doubt be hanged. AS to the result Of
Cooks trial, hopes are entertained by him and
others that he may be acquitted. Nobody
rretends that he is less guilty than the rest
but he is SO fortunate As to have influential
and wealthy political friends, who are doing
their utmost to save him.
Researches into the obscure portions o.
| Virginia law, which relates to the crime o.
treason. have brought to light the fact that
the pardoning power in the case Of John
Brown and Of Coppic resides not in the Gov
ernor, but in the Legislature. As the Legis
lature only meets in the early part of January
as Browns sentence is to be executed on thu
I'd of December, and as there is no likelihood
of an extr, session being summoned, the fate
of the leading insurrectionist may be regarded
as sealed. A correspondent Of the Boston
1rascler, who was in Charlestown, last week
assures US that Brown is entirely reconciled
| to that fearful result. d .a..
The Boston atlas and Bee publishes letter
written by Brown to . Quakeress in Rhode
Island, from whos, he had received sympa
thizing letter. Brown attributes his defeat t.
want Of military skill and foresight, but
insists that he took up arms in righteous
cause, and expresses his firm conviction thai
his motives were just.
A letter from Frederick Douglass is also
published, in which he bids farewell t.
America, states that he is about to depart t.
England, denies, in the most positive terms
that he ever contemplated rebellion agcins
the Government, and states that he had con
templa:ed departing for Great Britain before
the Iarper's Ferry outbreak, though admit
ting that he is apprehensive of An attempt t
arrest him as an accessory to that affair.
Harrison, or Hazlett, the prisoner captured
at Carlisle, has been surrendered upon thu
requisition of Gov. Wise.
A man named W. R. Palmer, an alleged
Harper's Ferry insurgent, has been arrested
at Memphis, on requisition from Gov. Wise