The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-12-14

as lOllOWS.
"DATE-- -.
"GESTLENEN: have got nearly all my Dlc-
chimes on and shall be ready to start them in
few days, Unless prevented by special Provi-
dence. Everything is working well. | Shall
want oH The funds YOU promised me in a lew
"CALM & STILL"
In the mean time, the men who had engaged
to 20 with him had most of them arrived at
Chambersburg, Penn, and been sent TO the
place which he had rented in Washington Co.,
Md. rbout FIVE miles from IIarper's Ferry. The
greater part of the men kept out of sight du'
ring the day, for fear of attracting attention.
The arms, munitions, &c, were carted from
Chambersburg to his rendezvous. Ihe spear
heads and guards came in strong boxes, and the
shafts passed for fork. handles. They were put
together BY our own men at the house where
most of them were found. Letters of impor-
tance came to the Chambersburg Post office, and
were cent BY some of our own party to head
quarters. The letters of minor Importance
came to the Ferry to J. Smith & Sons. All
illusions to our business were made in such q
blind way that the" would not have been under
stood by any outside parties, even should they
have been miscarricd. The attack was made
sooner than it was intended, owing to some
friends in Boston writing letter, finding tanlt
with the management OF Captain b., and what
to them seemed his unnecessary delay and ex-
pense. no not know who those persons were
or how far they were cognizant OF his (Brown's)
plans. But | do Eao,o that Dr.. Ho,ce gave Capt.
BaoqUn breach loading cnrbine aud a par q
mu<z'e loaaing pistols, all Of Government manu-
facture. They were left either at the house o
ha cahOol hnuSp where
most Of the arms were conveyed. AT what
time and for what purpose they were given to
Captain Brown do not know, 1t was suppo-
sed that Col Hugh Forbes was dead.
| was told by Captain Brown that when on
East, he had been told by Thaddeus Hyatt, o
New York, that some Of the negroes at that
place had informed him (l1yatD that torbe!
had "gone up'--a phrase which Captain b. ano
the rest of our company understood TO NEAR
that he had been killed do net think thai
Forbes had any cognizance OF our plans ron
the time of our leaving Pedee year ego laS
April. Previous to his quarrel with Capa'f
Brown, we considered that he would hold
place next to Brown in command. do no
know the present whereabouts Of MIR. Luke +
Parsons or Charles Moftett. The last heare
of Parsons was through Captain Brown, whit
informed me t1dt aISNNS Hdu Sthi u 'oi Inv
Peak, and that he would he pretty toerahly
PEAKED before he got there. short time he
fore the attack on llarper's Ferry, Captain
Brown requested me to find cut in some way
without reatng suspicion, the number OF man
slaves on or near the roads leading from ih
| Ferry, for distance of eight or ten miles, an'
10 make such memoranda as would be pnlntel
| lgible t. others, but in such manner that
could make it plain to him and the rest OF tn
company He gave me Two dollars to pay M
expenses with. / took the road from Harper
| Ferry to Charlestown nnder the plea Of ga,nn
statistics for work to be published by Johl
| Henry, and to decide a wager between him ant
Mr.. Smith. did not go on any other road
A few days after this Captain Brown sent nj
wagon over by his son Oliver and Jeremiah An
derson. to bring my wife and myself to III
house. They gave me note from hlm Wh'ch
as near as can recollect, read as follows:
"MR, CooKE-Dear Sir: Yon will please sc
every thing ready to come with your vile to m
house this morning. My wagon will wait 10
you. shall take your wife to Chamoersour2
and will start early to morrow morning Is
as expeditions as possible. Be very careful no
to say or do anything which will awaken an
suspicion.
: "You can say your wife is going to make
visit to some friends OF hers in the country
Be very careful that you do not let any of ou
p'""' '"'' -. SMITH"
My wife and myself accordingly left Han
per's Ferry that night, accompanied by olive
Brown and jeremiah Anderson, for Captal
Browns house, in Washington county, Mary
land. -.... .r-
The next day after Dime, Captain B. and h
son Watson together with my wife and chile
started or Chambcrsbnrg. When Captain l
returned, he told me that he had got her goo
boarding place in Chambersburg, at Mrs. Hi
terer's, and that she liked her boarding plat
very well.
Iheee were some six or seven in our part
who did not know anything OF our CONSTITUTION
and, as have since understood, were also i
norant of the plan of operations until the Sn1
day morning previous to the attack. Amor
his number were Edwin Coppic, Barclay Coz
pic, Francis J. Merriam, Shields Green, job
Copeland and Leary.
The constitution was read by to them by
} D. Stephens, and the oath afterwards admin
tered by Captain Brown. Sunday evening pr
} vious to our departure, Captain Brown made
: final arrangements for the capture Of Harper
Ferry and gave to his men their orders
2 osng he said: "And now, gentlemen, let Il
, ''press this one thing to your minds; YOU
: know how dear Ii e is to you, and how de
;, ''your lives are to your friends; and, IN remer
/ "berne that, consider that the lives OF oihe
S ARE as dear to them as yours are to you; do NJ
"there fore, take The life Of any one il You Ct
"possibly avoid it; but If it is necessary to ia
+. "life in order to save your own. then make su
: work of it,"
/ Old ErowM's DOiNgs in Kansas.