Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-11-02
Old Brown before the Court,

Ol0 brown before the Court
On Wednesday last old Brown, with the other
prisoners, was brought before the Examining Court
at Charlestown, Va The Court enquired il the
prisoners had counsel, when old Brown spoke as
follows: .a.
"Virginians did not ask for any quarter at the
time was taken. I did not ask to have myself
spared. The Governor of the State of Virginia ten
dered me his assurance that l should have fair
trial, and under no circumstances whatever will |
be able to attend to trial If you seek my blood
you can have it at any moment without the mocke-
ry of trial.
81 have had no counsel have not been able to
advise with one know nothing about the feelings
OF my fellow prisoners, and am utterly unable to
attend in any way to my own defence My memo
ry don't serve me- My health is insufficient al
though improving. There are mit ating circum-
stances If fair trial is to be allowed us, that |
would urge in our favor. But if arc to he fore
ed with mere form of trial to execution, you
might spare yourselves that trouble. I am ready
for my fate. do not ask a trial. l plead for
mockery of trial-no insut-nothing but that
which conscience gives or cowardice would drive
you to practice.
' ask to be excused from the mockery of a trial
l do not know what the design of this examination
is. do not know what is to be the benefit of it to
the Commonwealth. have now little to ask other
than that | be not publicly nsulted as cowardly
barbarians insult those who fall into their hands,"
CAPT Brown SpuRNs THE PLEA OF INSANITY
Mr.. Bolts having concluded his statement Captain
Brown then raised himself up in bed and said: Il
will add if the Court will allow me- that look upon
it as miserable artiicc and pretext of those who
ought to take different course in regard to me, if
they took any at all. And view it with contempt,
more than otherwise, | remarked to Mr.. Green.
Insane persons may, so far as my experience goes,
have but very little ability to judge of their in
sanity and if am insane, Of course should think
knew more than all the rest of the world but |
do not think so. am perfectly unconscious of in
sanity; and view with utter contempt and re-
ect so far as am capable any attempt to interfere
in my behalf on that score"
THE HARPERs FERRY EMEUTE-A Confession
John Copeland. the mulatto prisoner from Oberlia
Ohio, has made full confession to United States Mar
shall Martini of Virginia and Marshal Johnson of the
Northern District of Ohio He has given the names
Of the parties at Obcrin who induced him to go to
Harpers Ferry, and who furnished the money for
his expenses, &c He also states that movement
of a similar character contemplated in Kentucky
about the same time Many persons in Northern
| Ohio, whose names have not heretofore been men,
| toned directly implicated. The confession is
withheld from the public until after the trials are
| over, by order of Gov. Wise
l was shown to-day. by Mr. Johnson Marshal
Northern District of Ohio, large number of i'm
portant letters duplicating Gerret Smith and num-
Der of prominent men of Oberlin, Cleveland, and
other portions of Ohio Among these letters is also
the following:
| TRIBUNE OFFICE, April 80, 1862
| Mr. j. H. KAGI Sir: Yours is received and
We enclose our check for forty-one dollars for seven
letters from Kansas and two from Ohio
| Yours, &C.,
HORACE GREEDY & co.
Kagi was one of the killed, was formerly a CORES.
ponden of the Tribune and this letter is doubtless
| one enclosing his pay.
There is also letter from Captain Brown to one
of his sons, dated April 49, 1859, describing his
visit to Gcrret Smith, at PeterSboro', which he re-
garded as highly encouraging, and stating that
Smith gave him one hundred and eighty dollars
that he also, at his house. received note which he
considered good for two hundred more, and tina,
Smith had written to his friends at the East thai
two thousand dollars must be raised for Brown, o.
which he would agree to furnish one fifth himself
There is also the notice of draft from the Cash
Ter of the New York State Bank for one hundred
dollars, sent him by direction of Gcrret Smith,
This is dated Albany, August 90, 1859.
John Copeland, the free coored man above re
ferred to, is said to have been born in Raleigh. Hi
father removed to Ohio some ten or fifteen year.
ago, taking the prisoner who was then boy, alont
with him.