Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-20
The Affair at Harper's Ferry.

BALTIMORE, Oct IA dispatch just re-
ceived from Harper's Ferry foots up the killed
and wounded in yesterdays conflict as fol-
lows Killed, e citizens and 10 insurgents
wounded, insurgents; prisoners, .. The
prisoners have been committed to Charlestown
jail to wait the action of the Grand Jury.
They will be indicted and tried in a few days.
The question of jurisdiction has been settled
i'll this way The local authorities are to try
the prisoners for murder, and meanwhile the
United States authorities are to proceed to the
charge of treason. Gov. Wise said he had no
objection to the general governments proceed
ing against the prsoners-that is, what will be
left OF them by the time the Virginia authori-
ties have finished with them.
Brown is better, and has made a fuller state
ment, in which he says he rented this farm of
DR.. Kennedy six months ago, 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
reasons to expect reinforcement from Mary
land Kentucky, North and South Carolina,
and Canada. He had arms sufficient for 1900,
and 200 revolvers, 200 Sharp's rifles, and 1000
spears He left them at the farm. He had
abundance Of powder and other ammunition.
He brought all the arms at various times from
Connecticut and other eastern points to Cham
| bersburg, Pa. They were directed to j.
Smith & Sons, Kennedy farm. They were
| packed in double boxes so as to deceive the
parties who handled them. He says he
made one mistake in either not detain-
ing the train on Sunday night or per-
hitting it to go on unmolested. This mistake
he secured to infer exposed his doings too soon,
and prevented his achievements from COM
| ing. The names OF all the parties on Sunday
night, except three white men whom he adj
mits he sent away on an errand, are as follows
with their proper titles under the provincial
| government" Whites-Gen j. Brown, COM
manderin-chief, wounded, but will recover;
| Oliver Brown, dead Capt. Watson Brown,
| dead Capt. a. G. Stephens of Conn. wound
! ed badly, he has three balls and can't possibly
recover; Lieut.. Coppie of Iowa unhurt Lieut..
| Albert Hazbeth OF Penn, dead; Lieut.. VIM.
Leman of Maine, dead Capt. John E. Cook
OF Conn. escaped; Stewart Taylor of Gambia,
| dead: Chas. p TODD OF Maine, dead; w.
! Thompson of New York, dead Capt John
Kag, raised in Virginia, dead Lieut. j. An
| person Of Indiana, dead; with the three
whites previously sent Off, making IL whites
Blacks--Dangerfield, raised in Va, dead
! Emperor, raised in South Carolina, prisoner,
| he was an elected member OF the provincial
| government )" Lewis Leary of Ohio raised i'll
| Va, dead Copeland, raised in Va, wound
| ed prisoner.
Gen. Brown has nine wounds, but none ia
tai. Bushels of letters have been discovered
| i'll all parts of the country. One from Gerrit
| Smith informs Brown OF money being deposit
ed i'll Il bank in New York to the credit Of j.
| Smith Sons. 1t appears to be one OF many
informing him from time to time, as money
was received
The provisional constitution and ordinances
tor the people Of the United States reads thus
"Preamble-Wheie cas- slavery throughout
| its entire existence in the United States is
| bPrh1r0US
yOked and uni uStifable war OF one portion
of its citizens against another portion, the only
conditions ofwhich are perpetual Imprisonment
and hopeless servitude, or absolute eXtermna-
| ton, in utter disregard and violation OF those
eternal and set-evdent truths set forth in the
| Declaration of Independence /; therefore, we,
the citizens of the United States, and the OPP
pressed people, who by recent decision of
the supreme court, are declared to have no
rights which the white man is bound to re-
spect, together with all the other people de-
| graded by the laws thereof do for the time be-
! ing ordain and establish for ourselves the fol
| lowing provisional constitution and ordinances,
the better to protect our people, property, lives
and liberties, and to govern our actions:
Art. 1.-All persons of mature age, whether
prescribed, oppressed, and enslayed citizens, or
Of prescribed and oppressed races OF the Uni
| ted States, who shall agree to sustain and en-
nances of organization, together with all minor
children Of such persons, shall be held to be
fully entitled to protection under the same.
Art. The provisional government of this
organization shall consist OF three branches
the legislative the executive, and the Judicial.
Art. 3.-The legislative branch shall be
| Congress or House of Representatives, com
posed of no less than five nor more than ten
members, who shall be elected by all the citi-
zedS Of mature age and of sound mind, con-
nected with this organization, and who shall
remain in Office for no more than three years.
unless removed for misconduct, or by inability
or death. A majority of such members shall
constitute quorum.
Art. 4.-The executive branch of this or
ganlzation shall consist of President who
shall be chosen by the citizens or members of
this organization, and each Of whom shall hold
his office for three years, unless removed by
death, or for inability, or misconduct.
Art 5.-The judicial branch shall consist of
one Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court, and
four Associate Justices of the said court each
of them constituting Circuit Court They
shall each be chosen i'll the same manner as
the President, and shall continue in office I'M
til their places have been filled in the same
manner by an election of citizens.
Articles IL to 10 provide for the trial of the
President and other officers, and members of
Congress, the impeachment OF Judges, the du-
ties of the President, the punishment of Grim
inals, army appointments, salaries, &C., &c.
Art "a treats of peace. Before any treaty
of peace shall take full effect, it shall be signed
by the President, Vice President, Comman
derin chief, majority of the Supreme Court,
ard of all the general officers Of the army.
Art. PIT shall be the duty Of the Com
mander-in- Chief and
Art. 27th.--Duty of the military. 1t shall
be the duty of the military commander in
chief and the officers and soldiers of the ar
my to afford special protection when needed to
Congress or any member thereof, to any mem
Der of the Supreme Court, to the President,
vice President, &C., and 10 hold protection to
all civil officers or other persons having right
to the same.
Art 2S.-Property ALI captured or confis-
Gated property, and all property the product
OF the labor OF those belonging to this organic
alton, and of their families, shall be held rs the
property of the whole equally without distinc
ton, and may be used for the common bene-
ht or disposed of for the same object and
any person, officer or otherwise who shall inn
properly RETAIN secrete, or needessy destroy
such property, found, captured or confscated,
belonging to the enemy or shall wilfuy ne.
glect TO render a full and fair statement of
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