Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-30

CHAKLEsrowN. Va, Oct 27.-The storm Of last
evening prevented the transmission OF the latter
mart of the proceedings Of the court The Court
finally refused to postpone the trial. and the whole
afternoon was occupied in obtaining jury Brown
occupied cot IN which he was carried INTO the
court ROOM The trial will be resumed this morn
ing. when counsel for Brown is expected from ONO.
CHsRTF.s4ovS Va Oct. 27.-Brown WAS brought
into court this morning. being able TO walk, but ne
immediately laid himself down on ms cot at iui
length within the bar He looks considerably pet
ter the swelling having left his eyes Senator MA,
son is among the spectators Messrs- har1lng anu
Hunter represent the Commonwealth and Bolts ana
Green the prisoner. Mr. Bolts read the following
dispatch received this morning.
AARON. Ohio Oct 26, lS59.-1o Messrs T. T.
FiadIcaer and LGlusoa Bots, ChdsaeS0ten Va: Johh
Brown, leader of the lnsurreeuon at harper ~;
ry and several of his family, have resided IN inns
county MANY wears. Insanity Is hereditary IN mat
family: his mother and sister died with 1t, ana
daughter of that sister has been two years IN
Iunatic ASYLUM A son and daughter OF ms n-otner
brother have also been confined IN lunatic asylum
and another of that Drotner Is no" hlsHl'e anu
under close restraint
sThese facts can be conclusively proven by wit
nesses residing here who will attend the trial II de
sired. Signed: Ali. 1--we LEW w
The telegraph operator at the Akron office, WIN.
CaVen. aids To- the above dispatch that A. II. Lewis
is resident of that place, and that his statements
/ are to be relied or. :,
Mr. Bolts said thatOn receiving the above dispatch
he wentto the Jail with his associate Mt &reen' ana
read tito Brown and he was desired by the latter
10 saw that in his fathers family there has never
been any insanity at all; on his mothers SIDE there
| have been repeated instances of il. He adds that
| his first wife showed symptoms OF II, whien was
also evident in his first and second sons Dy that VINE
Some portons of the statements in the dispatch nc
knows 10 be correct: of other portions he Is gno
/ rant He does not know whether his mother Sis
ton died in the lunatic asylum, and thinks son ant
! daughter of his mothers brother have been comm
ed in the Asylum; but he was not aware that anoth
or son OF that brother is now insane and IN close
~ ,RIEsTowN Oct 27-During the session of thu
/ court on Monday afternoon, the prisoner, Brown
LAID with his eyes closed though evidently not mucl
injured He is determined to resist the pushing o
his trial by all the means in his power The Jurl
Nvepe then called and sworn. The court excluded
all those who were present at Harper Ferry, an(
4 also those who had formed or expressed any Opin
ion that would prevent them deciding the case I'm
partially.
Twenty-four were selected, mostly farmers from
: | a distance some owning few slaves, as competen
Jurors Out of these, the counsel for the prisone
struck off eight of them. Twelve of them were sc
! lected by ballot from the remaining sixteen, a
, | follows. Richard Undertake, Joseph Myers, Thorn
as Watson Jr Isaac Dust, John c. Mcclure, VII
: ! liam Rightstone Jacob Miller, Thomas Osborne
Geo. W. Boyer John c. Wiltshire, Geo. W. Tapp an
VA Martin. The jury were not sworn in the case
= but the Judge charged them not to converse uPo
the case, Nor 10 permit othefs 10 coi'erSo VIZ
4 them.
, John Copeland the mulatto prisoner from Obel
lin. Ohio has made a full confession to the L.
Alarshals Mr.. Martin of Virginia, and Mr.. johnson
of the Northern District of Ohio He has given tn
names of the parties at 0berlin who indueed him
90 10 Hsrpers Ferry who furnished the money 10
8 his expenses. &c. He also states that Inoyemer
of similar character contemplated IN Mel
/ tuckv about the same time. Many persons IN NOru
ern Ohio, whose names have heretofore Deen mel
toned are directly implicated. His confession
withheld from the public until the trial Is over, D
order of Gov Wise. Mr.. johnson was shown Z
day large number of letters, duplicating CIerri
Smith and a number of prominent men OF Oberhi
e Cleveland. and other points of Ohio. Among u
letters is one signed Horace Greeley Co.. that ma
enclosed S4l from seven letters from Kansas an
two from Ohio 1t was directed TO J. H. kagl, one
x the killed but as he had been correspondent {
the Tribune, this evidently enclosed his pay.
| Another letter from Capt. Brown to one OF h
sons dated April 10th, 1859, details visit to Ge
J. rit Smith at PeterbOro \. Y, which the writer r.
garded as highly encouraging; that Smith gave hi
+ 500 and that he also received at his house no.
! which he considered good for 5000 more; also tn;
> | Smith had written TO his friends at the East thi
50 900 must be raised for Brown of which he wonl
h agree to furnish one fifth himself There IS also
notice of a draft from the Cashier of the New OF
State Bank sent him by direction OF Gerret Smlt
; dated August 80 1889
! Marshal johnson also has list of officers OF Il
: Provisional Government and also list Of the co
. tributors to the project. He left for Cleveland Ia
evening, taking copies with him.
The examination made by Marshal Johnson settl
t the fact that this movement had long been thref
: ening that many prominent men in the Northe
States have given money and influence in its beha
7, and when the facts made pnblic, sensation mi
u be expected.