Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-29

A company of the Frederick military is still
near Harper's Ferry, TO cheek any attempt al
the rescue of the prisoners.
GOV. wISE,s OPINION OF JOHN BROWN.
Governor Wise in his late speech ut Rich.
mond, gave the following description of John
Brown:
Brown was not made, but he was misin-
formed as to the temper and disposition of oul
slaves. He ought TO have known that all the
slaves on our northern border are held as il were
by suffcrance-ther one sufIerance; that they
can run to liberators In Pennsy lyania easiel
than liberators can come to their emancipation
He was ignorant, II SEEMS of the patriarcha
relations in which our slaves are everywhere
held by their masters, and what bonds of affec-
ton and common interest exist between then
and their masters. And thus it was that odd
Brown the fanatic of 0ssawattonic, and Law
renee, and Fort Scott memory, who denounced
the Missonrians as border ruflans, became the
border ruflian' of Virginia himself, and is now
a prisoner of treason to her nuththority. The
slaves he would incite to insurrecton and mas
acre would not take up arms againstthG mas
ters. His spears were untouched by them
They are themselves mistaken whotake him to
be mailman. He is a bundle ofthe best nerves
| ever saw cut and thrust, and in bonds. lie
is man of clear head, of courage, fortitudc,
and simple righteousness. He is cool, collec-
ted, and ind omitahlc and il is hut just TO him
to say that he was humane to his prisoners, as
attested to ME by Colonel Washington and Mr..
Mills, and he inspired me with great trust in
his integrity as Il man Oftruth. He is a fanatic,
vain and garrulous, but firm, truthful and intel-
igent. His men, too, who survive, except the
free negroes with him, are like him. He pro-
fesses to be Christian in communion with the
Congregationalist Church of the North, and
openly breaches his purpose Of universal eman-
cipation, and the negroes themselves were to
be the agents, by means ofarms led onby white
commanders.
When Col. Washington was taken, his watch
and plate, and jewels, and money were de-
manded, to create what they call u safety
fund to compensate the liberators for the
trouble and expense of taking away his slaves.
This, by law, was to be done with oil slave
holders Washington, Of course, refused to de-
liver up anything and il Is remarkable that
the only thing of material value which they
took, besides the slavea, was the sword of Fred
erick the Great, which was sent to Gen. Wash
ington. This was taken by Stephens to Brown,
and the latter commanded his men with that
sword in his fight against the peace and safety
of Washington's native State. lie promised
Colonel Washington to return it to him when
he was done with it. And Colonel Washing
ton says that he BROWN was the coolest and
frmest man he ever saw in defying danger and
death. With one son dead by his side, and
another shot through, he felt the pulse of his
dying son with one hand, and held his rifle
with the other, and commanded his men with
the utmost composure encouraging them to
be firm, and to sell their lives as dear as they
could. Of the three white prisoners-Brown,
Stephens, and Coppie-it was hard to say
which was most firm and of the two negroes,
it was hard to say which was the most cow
ardly and false. The North Carolina negro of
fered to betray all persons involved in the affair
if spared, and the Canada negro-who was, |
believe, one of the members oftheir Provision
al Congrcss-was a crouching craven, who lied,
as Brown said, for his life