Litchfield enquirer., 1859-11-03
HARPER's FERRY RESURRECTION.

From the chaos OF kilograms, Ill Whcn tue
extraordinary outbreak at Harpers Ferry
was in the first instance communicated, it was
quite impossible to ascertain the origin and
plan of the conspiracy. There was an insur-
| recton of whites and blacks, mingled in nobo-
! dy could discover what proportions, how far
supported by outside influences, prompted by
| what motives, and aiming at what results, it
| was wholly impossible to form conjecture
Happily the clearer information received
since throws all peedful light on these diff
custies. John Brown, it appears, the hero OF
| numberless border skirmishes in Kansas, and
| whose thirst for vengeance for the loss OF a
son and Of property at the hands of the Pro-
Slavery Party prompted him to acts OF bitter
retaliation, seems to have transferred his war
fare to the State of Virginia. Having bought
farm some time ago in the vicinity OF Har-
per's Ferry, he proceeded to arrange the de-
tails of IL plot which was to extingush Slave
~ in Maryland and Virginia, and to rerolu-
tionize the Government OF the United States.
John q. Cook, young man who had become
associated will. him in Kansar, became par
tlcirant in this new enterprise. A general up
rising Of the negroes, free and enslavcd
throughout the south seems to have been
counted upon as the immediate result Of the
pronunciamento and to arm them, as they
hocked III, the arms and muniton of the Har
per's Ferry Arsenal were provided. Such
was the plot-tle plot, it is not to be doubted,
of o crazed fanatic, who in his eagerness for
vengeance lost all sense of proportion between
means and ends How the scheme prospered
we have abundaptly seen. Aided by some
nine teen whites and Il considerable number of
negroes, whom they pressed Into the service,
Brown obtained possession of the United
States Arsenal, and seized all the arms and
Ammunition belonging to Government. The
whole town, i'll fact, was at one time entirely
at his mercy. Various acts Of violence were
perpctrated, and it is difficult to tell to what
lengths>the insurgents might not have gone,
had they not been forced at length by superb
or numbers aud military intelligence to sue
cumb. As it was, the defence made by them
when attacked by the military was desperate.
Brown and his men were finally, after consid-
cradle skirnishing by military companies from
surrounding towns aud party of United
States marines driven into the Arsenal build
ing, where thu y We're bcsirgod and conquered.
Among those killed among the insurgents was
son of the leader. Brown himself was des-
perately wounded. but there is a possibility of
his recovery. The insurrection may now,
doubtless be considered at all end
Harper's Ferry. Wednesday, Oct 10.
The killed and wounded in yesterdays con-
fct is as follows: Killed, six citzels and if
prisoners five.
CharIestown Jail to await the action of the
Hpan Irr ,,;l h., 4 .:.l
in a few days. The question of jurisdiction
has been settled in this way The local au-
'thorties are to try the prisoners for murder,
to proceed on q char5e Of treason Gov. Wise
said to U. S. District Attorney Guild that he has
no objection to the General Government pro-
ceeding against the prisoners, that is what will
be left OF them by the time the Virginia
authorities have done with them.
Brown is better, and has made fuller
statement, in which he says he rented the farm
from DR.. Kennedy six mouths since, and the
rent is paid till next March he never had
over twenty-five men at the farm at one time,
that belonged to the organization, but he had
good reason to expect reinf orcements from Ma
ryland, Kentucky, North and South Carolina
and CANADA; he had arms sufficient for fit
teen hundred men he had two hundred revol-
! vers two hundred Sharpc's rifles and thou
sand spears he left them at the farm he
had abundance of powder and other ammuni-
ton he brought all the arms, from time to
time, from Connecticut and other eastern
points to Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania they
were directed to j. Smith & Sons, Kennedy
Farm, his assumed name. They were packed
in double boxes so as to deceive the parties
who handled them on their way to the farm.
He says he made one mistake i'll either not de-
tanning the train on Sunday night, or permit
ting it to GO on unmolested. This mistake he
seemed to infer. exposed his doings too soon,
and prevented his reinforcements from coming.
The names of all the parties on Sunday
night, except three white men, whom lie ad-
mits be sent away on an errand, are as follows,
with their proper titles under the Provisional
Government:
OGeevs-Gen. John Brown, COMMANDMENT
Chief, wounded, but will recover; Capt Oil
yer Brown, dead; Capt. Watson Brown,
dead Capt. Aaron G. Stevens, Of Connect
cnt, wounded badly he has three balls, and
cannot possibly recover Lieut. Edwin Coppic,
of Iowa., unhurt Lieut. A. Hazlett, Of
Pennsylvania dead Lieut.. VIM. Leman, Of
Maine, dead Capt. John E. Cook, of Connec-
ticnt, escaped.
Prirates-Stewart Taylor, of Canada, dead !;
Charles P. Tidd, Of Maine, dead VIM
Thompson, of New York, dead Adolph
Thompson, of New York, dead Capt. John
kagi, of Ohio, raised in Virginia, dead {;
Lient. Jeremiah Anderson, of Indiana, dead
With the three whites previously sent of,
| these make total of seventeen whites.
NEGROES.
Dangerfeld, newly of Ohio, raised in Vir-
ginia, dead Emperor, of New York, raised
| in South Carolina, not wounded but prison
| err. The latter was elected member of the
Provisional Government some time since