New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-10-25

4 aNllars sas found on his person, which was piaced
liNist the Paymsster for ( safs keepng. p ua,noaa
I he Saconaintance Of Brown last winter IN Iowa,
vbere Brown told him Of this scheme and asked
| lin 10 Join the expedition. Copie states as fol
ows were TO bs Te 2aa ,os our tune ana "a
| how much We were TO receive. Old man Brown
was not to psy US. but 1 don't know who was.
The rifles were furnished by the Massachusetts Aid
Society. They were first sent to Kansas, but the
excitement having died away, they were of no use
and Brown got the rifles for this expedition They
were sent from Kansas to Chambersburg Franklin
county; they were then hauled from there to
Browns house BY man who lives in Greencastle.
/ don't know who made the pixies or picks. l have
said all the prayers have to say, and am ready to
die."
This man was in excellent spirits, perfectly un-
concerned in regard to his fate, and said that he
was ready to swing, if the laws of the country
ordered it..
"A mulatt0 was severely wounded and taken
prisoner. His fate is thus related:
The wounded man taken happened to be the
mulatto, and our informant, for the, purpose o.
eliciting some information, went to the man ana
rested his dying frame on his arm ne repeatediy
asked him his name and the origin OF the outpreah,
but all he could elicit at first from him was roll
| of his large eye and shake of his head. At
length seeing that he had not long to live he de-
clared in all sincerity, that the rebels only mum.
bered at first nineteen but that they hau g9t, anu
informant was engaged in his interrogatories, one
1 Of the infuriated citizens came up and snatched
the dying man from his arms, and with one cash Of
knife cut his throat from ear TO ear Ihe mniatto
| was good looking fellow, and about twenty-five
years of age. To such hight had the indigna-
ton risen that before his throat was cut, female
came up and struck him blow in the face.
Another rebel by the name of Stevens was de-
scribed ~ our informant as ssmighty fine looking
fellow As he lay on his bed last night wounded,
person came to him and had his rifle leveled to
end his days, when somebody came and pushed
the gun aside. He was about thirty years Of age,
and told those around him that if he died, to tele-
graph to his father in Connecticut that he died in
the attempt to commit high treason against the
State of Virginia. He was suffering from wound
in the side. He told those around him that if he
lived till daylight the people would hang him-and
they had already erected the gallows, and were
only waiting the dawn of day to execute their pur
poses. asSi
The Richmond Enquirer has the following from
its special reporter:
On Governor Wise reaching the Arsenal old
Brown received him with the utmost composure,
though evidently suffering much from his wounds.
He said, Well, Governor, suppose you think me
q depraved criminal. Well sir, We have our opin-
ions of each other" The remark was made with
mo disrespect whatever. The Governor replied,
"YOu are in the hands of the State, and have
| questions to ask, which you can answer or not as
| you choose" Brown answered every question
and made full confession, which will be published
| hereafter. Brown said he was conscious that he
! was in the hands of the law and was prepared to
meet his fate that as far as he himself and those
already in custody were concerned, he had no
cealments whatever to make; that he had been
mistaken in his calculations about assistance from
others, otherwise he would have given much more
trouble. He said that the whole plot was well
contrived and arranged as far back as 1856, and
that he had reason to expect assistance of from
5000 to 5000 men; that he looked for aid from
every State Virginia nclude,l). Upon being asked
rx-tf rn1.n IlD~
Ferry were pledged to him, he declined answer
ing. But upon reflection he framed an answer in
these words From my visits and associations
and inquiries about here, have right to expect
the aid of from three to five thousand men, Be-
ing interrogated very closely by Governor Wise as
to where the boxes Of guns and ammunition came
from, Brown said they were shipped from Con-
nectcnt to Chambersburg, Pa, direct to ~. Smith
g. Sons, Y in two boxes, and were hauled to Kenne-
dy's farm in Maryland (the rendezyous) by drivers
who knew nothing Of what they contained.
4 A Provisional Constitution was found on one of
the rioters (Stevens) and shown to Brown, to know
if it was genuine. Upon hearing the preamblcr read,
he pronounced it genuine, and confessed that he
was the author chiefly, though the document was
amended in their Convention He declined an
swering questions that might impcate Others until
yesterday, when he said he had fixed upon Harper's
Ferry in 1856 as the point to commence his opera
tons againstthe Southern States; that he had fully
examined its strength, aseertained the number of
men in charge of it and the probabilities Of taking
|. it; said he rented the Kennedy Farm in Maryland
about two years ago for his two sons, Oliver and
/ Watson, under the name Of Smith, to secrete the
weapons, etc., and had continued, from time to
time, to add to his stores. He thought he would
have succeeded had he held Phelps train at Har-
per's Ferry thinks he would then have been able
to hold the place long enough to inspire confidence
in him and his plans, and then his promised support
would hive come up.H
AMIR. Moreton McGee, from Kansas, was arrested
on suspicion of being connected with the insurgents
and upon questioning Brown as to the connection
of McGee with him, he asked for his name. Upon
being4t0ld that it was Moreton McGee, he broke
forth in the most bitter denuneiation of MCGEE as
pro-slayery man in Kansas. MCGEE was forthwith
discharged. McGee then went out in pursuit of
Cooke, and brought in many Of the captured arms
etc.
Like Coppie and Stevens, Brown had no apologies
to make, but justified his conduct from the begin
ming to the-end.
A The Governor asked Brown if they had taken the
GovernmentemOney. He replied with indignation
that money was not his object; he had no object
but to take slaves from their masters they had
money in abundance; and though they searched
passenger in the train for arms, who had in his
possession $4,000, they did not molest the money
Theiletters found on Browns farm showed that
the insurgents were in receipt Of money from other
parties. Browns manner to Gov. Wise was most
dignified and respectful. He claimed equality as
to character and motive, and complained through
out Of the treatment visited upon him; that while
humanity had governed his own conduct towards
HIS pTlSOHtTS, At ldu ueen utdteu as TuLlhn anu
O brute.
A discrepancy exists between Mr.. Washington
and Mr.. Brown as to the surrender of the latter.
Brown says he surrendered before the marines
entered the engine-house. Mr.. Washington says
Brown had musket in his hands when he was
struck by Lieut.. Green Of the marines Brown
complained that his flag Of truce had not been re-
spected-his son having been shot while bearing
the flag. Browns son was not shot by the soldiers,
but by citizen.
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The CARNIyORIA or INDIA AND CHINA.-M Cas-
telnau has sent communication to the French
Academy on the carnivoria Of India and China.
Lions are very rare there; but the country swarms
with jaguars and tigers of the largest size, who
live mainly upon human flesh. There are towns in
certain localities surrounded by forests and unges
which furnish as many as 700 victims year to the
tigers, which establish themselves in these places
as a hunter does near his park of game. NJ. Cas-
telnau gives singular story of their daring. Forty
or fifty men had built village on an island. 4
band of tigers crossed the water, attacked them,
and in spite Of desperate resistance carried off
twenty They generally kill their men by lying in
wait and letting them pass, then eaping upon their
backs they stun or kill them by stroke of the
nav They then open the veins of the neck and