The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-25
Airllmonh 9ispatth.
THE ABOLITION INVASION,
T. L Il L IL T. II IARTICuI,A &

has been thoroughly searched and a quantity
Of correspondence found therein. The Balti-
more Sun noticing them says:
! Most of the letters are written in an intelii. /.
] gent style the use of the pronouns bv MANY
! OF she writers indicating that they were mem
| hers OF the Society of Friends. They illus
! trate tbe morbid feeling and fanaticism which
| nnhappily. exists in certain portions of the
| Union upon Il subject with which the wri .ers
are but imperfectly acquainted. One of tho
letters contain seven verses, respectfully adj
/ dressed TO him by his friend, the author " Es-
/ ther l.. Lewis, dated Newark, n. l., July 3
/ 1859;
II 60 brother to thy vineyard;
Il 60 labor with thy might,
I In thy chosen field of labor,
| Till wrong weld unto right
/ areweil the tie that binds us,
| AlectIon's cord, is strong;
But duty calls thee from us,
| 10 battle with the wrons,'
| Another letter from Anna, dated July %
! 1859, says The time draws near that we are
| 10 part, perhaps never to meet again on these
/ mundane shores. appreciate the feeling that
| prompts thee to take thy life in thy hands and
| go boldly forth in such hazardous under-
! taking in that cause that lies near my heart
! L have been thinking OF the great resnonsi-
| bIlity that rests upon thee in the command OF
others; may thOu do it with wisdom and dis
cretion. BE noble, be dignitied, and always
| see mat the rights OF women are respected and
| protected. j want you to make a bargain that
/ II anything happens to either of our friends
| the one that is able shall inform us of the par
| ticularS,' &c.
There is another from Sarah G. Wattles,
| Newark, n. j., Aug. II, 1889, a school teacher,
encouraging him in his enterprise.
There are other letters, exhibiting all of a
| mothers love- addressed to ''My dear child
| Charies." One of them, dated SpTingdale,
| Iowa. August %, 1852 signed &c Narney,'
/ says: "If thou art spared, wilt thou return 10
! us again = II his name has not been con
| founded with others, the deluded victim of abb
! olitioulsm, who stained his hands with the
| blood OF his fellow-men, lies buried on the
! banks of the Shenandoah.
| Another letter, in lady's hand, is signed
"Emlin," and dated ''sths1nonth, ilth, 1852"
says: Press nobly on. BY your instrument
| talyy millions may have the pleasure of sing
| ing the song of liberty" &c
| MeSSrS Herr Il Go. eXhibted to the writer
| several pistols and small tin box found on
! the person of Capt. kagi, secretary of war un
! der Brown, whose body was taken out of the
| Shenandoah after being shot. 1t contained d
| small compass. a flint box a knife. percussion
| caps, and handsome set of ivory tablets,
which were full of memoranda, as follows:
| Wrote 10 5. Jones-sending men on''-'G ue-
/ rilla operations at BroWnyille, Texas" Lea.
| ry and Copeland arrested Thursday, ''Re-
| ceived letter from Merriam, dated Baltimore"
| "Friday-Sent telegram TO Merriam al Balti-
| more.n
| Tuesday.-"Dimas returned to Mrs Rit-
| ner's.' Saw Watson, and appointed meeting
| for Thursday eye.' Wrote Mr.. Still and j. B.,
Jr.
|
who arrived at Harpers Ferry, Oct. IS, and
registered himself y. Z. Merriam and friend,''
| Massachusetts. lie brought with him here Il
heavy trunk, supposed 10 contain arms and
| ammunition, which were taken away from
| the depot by son Of old Brown, aud probably
| taken 10 his house. When here Merriam
! wrote more than . dozen letters. His face is
| marked with blotCles and he is supposed to
| have been the agent OF Old Brown and his as
| sociates at Chambersburg, for the supply OF
| arms.
| Mr.. Mcdaniel employed in the rifle factory
! exhibited a shawl, bonnet hoop skirt ana
| coarse ard torn calico dress, found by him at
| the side of a fence at the head OF a !rayine
! tLree-tourths of mile from the town. 1t is
supposed that they had been used, or We're in
tended to be used, as disguise by some Of the
| insurgents.
| A young lad, named Walter w Harrington,
| went ont into the Potomac this morning and
! recovered the Sharp's rifle dropped by Cap
! tain" Leeman, vino was killed in the river.
An extraordinary memento is that possessed
| by Mr.. !. w. Jackson, tavern keeper, Fairfax
| Court-H House. Va, which is part of the ear of
| one of the insurgents who was killed in the
! engine-hCuse.
correspondent from Charlestown says,
relative to the trial:
1t is unders TODD that Brown has made ap-
piication, by letter, to Judge Chase. OF Ohio,
| and other prominent members OF the bay in
| other States, to appear as the counsel for
| himself and his associates. Also, that the
prisoners viii be allowed by the court to avail
| themselves OF every privilege which would
be accorded to any citizen of the Common
| wealth in like circumstances.
Il Is also stated that should the prisoners
| apply for a separate examination trial it Will
| b. granted them. and also a separate trial be1
| fore the court and jury, should their counse
| make motion 10 that effect. As two OF the
| prisoners are negroes, the Commonweaith's g
| Attorney Will introduce negro testimony in
| their cases.
| Should the five prisoners insist upon a
separate examination trial and separate trial
| before the court, their cases viii undoubtedly
occupy several weeks. There is no probabili-
! " that their trial will be postponed beyond
! the present term.
1t is apprehended that the empanneling of
jurors in the different cases will occupy con-
siderable time, for the reason, it is supposed,
that but few persons can be found in the
! county who have lot formed or expressed an
opinion on the subject.
A letter from Cham mbersburg, Pa, states the
participation of Fred Douglass in the plot. 1t
says
Some eight or ten weeks ago Fred Douglass,
| without any invitation appeared in this place
| ostensiby to deliver Abolition lecture.
| Not only had there been no invitation known
to the public, but there had been no previous
| announcement, and the first intelligence ofhis
| intended presence was a telegraphlc dispatch
from him to q colored man Vi this place, re-
ceiyed late in the afternoon, that he would be
here that Saturday evening and deliver q
| lecture. He came accompanied by another
colored man, who did not seem TO have any
| special business; Iectured in the evening, re-
| manned over Sabbath, and said to some of his
| coIored friends that he would be back here
| sometime in October.
| Since assumed names have been revealed at
| Harper's Ferry, it is now remembered that
| about the same time a man was here, calling
| himself Smith corresponding i'll some things TO
| the description given of Brown,) who was re-
| ceiying numerous boxes from the East, thro'
| two of the forwarding houses at this place,
| and quite number OF letters through the
| post-office. He also bought at the edge-tool
| factory picks and ares, and these, with the
| goods received by railroad, Were forwarded
| Southwark by a wagon He remained here
| nearly week. going ont but little To any other
places than the warehouses, post-oifce ana
factory. During the Sabbath that Fred. Dou-
glass remained here, he, too, remained closely
| o. his lodgings, and it is remembered that he
| was visited by, and remained in conference du-
| ring part OF that day with, couple OF strang-
| ers who were said TO have their lodgings at a
| boarding house where, there is some reason to
| believe, this man Smith has at times either
| been staying himself or keeping some member
| of his family.
| ossAwATToMIR BROWN.
A boIder or worse man than that same Ossa-
| wattomie Brown the world never knew. His
single virtue, "linked with a thousand crimes" !"
| was bull dog courage. Fanatic TO the highest
degrce--a pupil, in politics, OF the Giddings
! scRooI-he has been taught to believe that tho
killing of STAKEHOLDER was an act which God
| would approve When in this city last spring,
! in his lectures he told of his stealing negroes
| and running them TO Canada-of his stealing
| horses. which he then had with him for sale
! of his shooting down Shareholders, and OF oth-
| er acts equally atroclous. ana now, saiu
Brown, II wish to know if the people OF
| Cleveland approve of what / nave dome
| Those who approve of my acts will say "aye,"
| aud more than one half of his audience, COM
posed of abolitionists, shouted "ays," whist
not single may was uttered by any one
present.
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