The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-28
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land announcing that counsel was ai "n Cle. :,
prisoner, and would almost certainlv hn l o tu' ~.
night. As this a very important witnns, od rD
1t was now late, he would ask the Court 10 ad;,,,
until the morning in order that the counsel gi,rbt
nave an opportunity to cross question the witnSss
lie did not intend to conduct the case longer than
10 the arrival Of the counsel selected by the prison
eI ana as only scraps of conversation Of two hours
VII Mln "oV. Wise had been picked out and given to
ne jury, ne desired that the witness should be cues
tloned as TO other parts of the conversation
hlr' hunter replied that there were several other
witnesses 10 De called Of the same character to
whom questions could be put by the new counsel to-
morrow. If the case was not pushed on The Who'll
balance of the term would not be suCiciant to trv
these men. He thought there was no reason far
delay, especially as it was uncertain whether conn
sci could get here before Tomorrow
The Court decided that the witness sbopld nro-
ceed. P''-
Cross-examined by Mr.. Green.-In the conversa.
tlon Brown said it was not his intention IN harm,
ANYBODY or anything, and was sorry that men had
been killed. 1t was not by his orders or his ammo
baton, and would not occur again providr peonla
were peaceable and quiet when Brown spoke of
taking them all prisoners if they did not ret into
the cars he appeared to want the train to 90 on as
soon as possible. 1t was given as advice more than
in the form of threat; witness did not recornize
Brown till he had talked with him in the armorv
yard don't think Brown was with the party on the
bridge or in the wagon, for if he had been think
would have recognized lin from his peculiar
beard.
By Mr.. Hunter.-When Brown was parIcvinp
with US at the bridge, the three armed men re-
NAMED on the bridge saw what seemed to be a
man dressed in woman's clothing pass, followed by
a boy with a bundle or box
Col. Lewis w. Washington sworn rn-This witness
detailed the occurrences already published
Cross examined by Mr.. Green -Carnot saw
whe her the Marines fired after they broke into
the cngine-house; the noise was great and several
shouted from the inside that one surrendered. tha
prisoners were kept in the rear of the engne-house
and allowed to seek the safest position; saw no
effort to endanger US: Browns conduct was mt
rude or insulting towards It's.
By Mr.. Hunter.-Was present at the converse.
ton with Governor Wise on Tuesday: Governor
Wise asked Brown if he had not selected Harper's
Ecrry as the border place between Maryland and
virginia tor the estaoli hment of a provisional
government, and he said. Certainly; he avowed his
object to be to free the Southern slaves and said
ms party consisted of TWENTY-FIVE, nineteen of whom
came over with him. he said he had two hundred
Sharps rifles, two hundred rcvolvers, aad-wit-
ness does not remember how many-spears; Brown
said he had enough to arm about fifteen hundred
men.
=, The Governor asked if he expected that number.
lie sald double that number or five thousand if he
wanted them lie detailed the conversation resnnct
ing the Provisional Government substantiaiIv .
the lat witness. go
BY Mr.. Botts.-At the time of the attac, on tba
engine house the prisoners remained in the rear at
the suggestion of Brown. He directed his marty
not to fire on any unarmed man and gave that or
der more than once.
BY Mr.. Hunter.-Cook said that Brown had been
stuGying TINS subject twenty or thirty years: had
recoanoitered ilarpers Ferry repeatedly
BY Mr.. Botts.-The prisoners were allowed to 90
out aud assure their families of their safety: Brown
went out several times and told his men not To re-
turn fire from dwelling houses; there were nu,ner-
Gus shots towards the tanks where Brckham was
killed; Brown assured witness that he should be
treated well and his property should not be de-
>troyed.
BY Mr.. IIunter.-While prisoner in the engine
mouse overheard a conversation between Stevens
and another party not known to witness, about
slaveholding; Stevens asked the man if he was in
favor OF slavery; he said yes although not Il slave
holder; Stevens said "you are the first man |
would hang"
By Mr.. Hardng.-One of the three necroes
taken with the witness was kept in the armory
yard; another escaped and went home: saw no coi-
verSation in particular between the party and the
negroes who were taken there; all the negroes
were armed with spears; while in the armorv ward
they walked about the grounds and one came in
and warmed hmsell no negro from this neighbour
hood appeared to take up arms voluntary saw no
wounded dragged into the engine house
AT O'Clock the Court adjourned till Friday
morning.
Orders have tccn given to the iaiers to shoot all
prisoners if an attempt should be made to rescue
them.
SUhvIvoRs or FrAMl1IN's Covp,Xro>s.-The
Sunday Medical Times says:-'The news recently
brought home as to tn, fate uf Sir John Franklin
shows very remarkably the fault committed bv
Government in ncgecting to follow tn adgic, of a
well known member of our profcsslon-Dr King
1t Is now known that Frauklin's shus We're wreck
ed close to an sland-kiug Williams Isand-Iv-
ing off the western land Of North Somerset; and
traces of the expedition have been found on the
southern shore Of this island, at Point Ogla on the
continent of America, and az Montreal Island in
the estuary of the Great Fish River Now in Feb
ruary, lS45, DR.. King proposed to Lord Grey, then
Colonial Secretary, to 90 by the Great Fish River
to the western land of North Somerset to aid the
Franklin expedition in its survey. Two wears ac-
forwards, when anxiety felt for the fate Of the
Expedition DR.. King made his second offer to Lord
Grey to go by the same route to the same coast to
search Tor ana assist the expedition in its difficulty
The letter making this offer was dated June 10,
1871 and, curiouSly enough il is now Sh own that
Franklin died on the llfh of June, one day only
alter this letter was written, near the very spot
which DIR. King proposed to explore. After
Franklins death, it appears from the records found
by Captain M'Clintock, lO5 survivors ere on the
road to the Great Fish River. in April, ls4S: so
nat had Dr. Kings proposals of lS4j aad lslT
Deen accepted, he must have met the party and
rescued them. Year after wear Dr. King rritera-
ted his warnings and offers, aud in lSjG mrm0fiaIi-
Sed the AcmiI atty to arrange a combined effort by
sea and land again directed to the precise spot
where the remains of the expedition have been
found. Had his offers been accc ted not only
would our gallant cuuntrymcn have been rescued
but no necessity would have arisen foe the cxrcd-
tons OF Ross, Richardson, CuiliusGn. Austin, Pen
ny, Bcleher, or kcllett, at Government cyncnyc
of two millions; nor for the private cyauji.iors
under Ross, Kennedy or M'Ciintock or the Ameri-
can efforts of De Haven and Kane We do not
mention this in any spirit of vain re~rat, but to
point out that a summer land search up the Great
Fish River would be devoid Of danger would be
and might be successful in r,scning
some Of the lO5 survivors, all Of whom can scarcely
have persisted in a country where there is plenty
of game"
INTERCHANGE OF CoupLHExrs.-Prince Napoleon,
son of Jerome is said to be on the eve Of paving q
five days visit to London, aud the Emperor of Aus
trla Is reported to be on the eve Of becoming the
guest of the Emperor of the French, in the rural
retirement Of Compcigne Queen Victoria will
probably be in Windsor or Osborne when Prince
Plon Plon visits London, in which event she must
receive and entertain him. The Austrian Emperor,
at the French court, will be mad, the object of
every attention-sO much 50, that he well may
wonder whether his host really iy the person who
defeated him at Sol'erino, fcw months since.
Politics, like misery, gives a man strange bed-Icl-
The Emperors of Austria and Russia are also to
have friendly meeting at Warsaw There has
been some cooness between them. owing to the
position Russia took during the late war, but no
quarrel If they should agree to make common
cause against Napoleon? More improbable events
have lately occurred.
Queen Victoria's son, Prince Albert, the mdship-
man, is about visiting the Sultan, at Constantine
very pleasantly, at any rate.
An EXQUISITE SwGNDLE AND VEED,yr Vrcrfu-
A fashionable young man has Just he N before the
Recorder Court in Philadelphia. 1t appears that
a human being, endowed with rcas II. haying be-
come possessed OF five hundred dollars, wished to
invest it, and accordingly advertised for Hers As
might have been anticipated. h. received IN immc-
diate answer which informed him that he could
make one hundred per cent, bv an investment
which would be SuggcS. cd at i personal interview
The fashionable Young man was the correspondent
A personal interview was had. The fashionable
young man showed Mr.. Ferdant Green quarter
eagle, stating to him that h. could and would sell
quantity Of coin precisely similar and in every res
pect equally good mt the rate of four hundred dol
lars in quarter eagles for two hundred dollars in
bankablc money. Green took the specimen tn \
broker or chemist, who told him it wa perfectly
good. He accordingly paid to the fashionable
Young man two hundred dollars upon which the
latter stepped out to bring the coin. Not return
ing, Green became impatient aud applied to the
police. Hence thearrc,t.
From VENEzUEGk.-D9t 9tes have been received in
New York from Laguayra, Ncn"zu-la to the lst
instant The adviccs are principally confined to
accounts of successive defeats of the rebel forces
Senior Gual had retired from the Temporary ryer-
else of the duties Of President, and had been sue
ceeded by Senor Felipe Tovar. The conduct of
Falcon, the rebel chief, has been most atrucious
having, among other enormitieS, banged number
Of children. The works on the Pvtare Railway
had been suspended, and some Of the principal en-
gineers had left for Philadelphia.
The Christian Adrocote gives the following char
acteristic anecdotc of an old kcntqckian l1pg IA
miIiar with hunting and border warfare. who being
present at a conversation whore Mathis name was
in connection with ether DISTINGUISHED
Methodist Ministers, exclaimed: IL tell vau what
1t Is. gentlemen, say what You please about your