Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-29
LATE NEWS.
The Plans Of the slave Insur.ection-
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NV ioRK. Oct. 27th.-The New York
Herald publishes q series OF letters Of Col.
Forbes, the author Of the insure elton
books for Guerilla warfare. found at
srowBs House, to various PERSONS One
letter gives The plans Of Forbes and Brown
Tor an insurr-cilon. Forbes plan was this .
Coiored and white en- 10 organize along
the northern slave frontier, Virginia and
Mary land especially; a series Of stampedes
OF slaves, each one Of which operations
would carry off in one night and from the
same place from twenty TO fifty slaves
lh's 10 i'e effected oLce or twice MONTH
and eventually once or twice a week, along
noncoh'lguous parts Of the line, il possi
Ole without conflict; only reeOrting to
force II attacked. Slave woman accustom.
ed to held labor would be nearly as useful
~ Hen. Everything being in readiness to
pass on the fngitives, they could be cent
with such speed to Canada, that pursuit
would be hopeless In Cara preparations
were To be made for their instruction and
employment
h Any disaster which might befall etam-
pede would at the utmost. compromise with
those only who might be engaged in that
single one, therefore we were not bound in
good faith To the abolitionists. as We did
not j.orardize that interest, to co.ult more
than those engaged in this very project -
Against the chance of loss by occasional
accidents, should be weighed the aIvsn.
staEts sof series Of successful rurs Slave
property would thus becon,e untenable
near the frontier that frontier would be
pushed more and more southwark, and it
might reasonably be expected that the ex
nd a
pro'slaveryites to CONT come stupid blum
der
Y The Missouri frontier being go far from
the inhabitable part Of Canada, and the
Political parties. anti and pro-slavery, being
in that State (Mi-souri) so nearly balanced
suggested peculiar actionin that quarter,
which would depend, in a gr eat measure, on
affairs in ksnsas
Brown had different scheme: He pro
prosed with some 25 or so colored and
whites mixed, well armed and bringing q
qnantity Of spare arms, TO beat up slave
quarter in Virginia. To this it WAS object.
ed that no preparatory notice having been
given to the slaves, no notice could with
prudence be given them the invitation to
rise might. unless they were already in 4
state of agitation, meet with no re esponse, or
feeble one. To this he replied that he
was sure Of response he calculated that
he cousd get OF the first night from 200 to
800 half or thereabouts of this first lot he
proposed to keep with him, mounting 100
or SO OF them and make dash at the Har-
per's Ferry manufactory. destroying what
he could not carry off the other men, not
OF this party, were to be subdivided into
three, four and five d stinct parties. each
under two or three Of the original band,
and would beat mp other slave quarters,
whence more men could be sent to JOIN him.
All these letters were written in 1868.
CHARLESTON, Va, Oct 27-Brown was
brought in Court this morning, being able
to walk, but he imme ediately laid himself
down on his cot at full length within the
bar. Ae looks considerably better, the
swelling having left his eyes
Senator Mason Is among the spectators.
Messrs. Harding and Hunter represent
the Coz mon wealth, and Bolts and Green
the prisoner
Mr.. Bolts read the following dispatch re-
ceived this morning.
AKRON, O., Oct 26, 1859.
TO b j. Faulkner and Lawson Botts. Char.
lesion. Va:
Mr. Brown, leader of the nsurrection at
llarper't Ferry, and several Of his family
have resided in this county for many wears.
Insanity Is hereditary in that family. His
mothers sister died with 1t, and daughter
Of that sister has been two years in the Lu.
matte A-yi inm. A son and daughter of his
mothers brother have also been &C cnfined in
the Lunatic Asylum, and another son of
haf Ipaf kar l.. I
restraint. These facts can be conclusvely
proven by witnesses residing here, who will
doubtless attend the trial, if desired.
c. H. LxwIs"
The Telegraph Operator at the Akron of.
flee, Vim. G. Allen, adds to the above des.
patch, that c. II. Lewis is resident OF that
place, and his statements are entitled 10 in
plicit credit.
Mir. Bolts said that on receiving the above
despatch he went to the Jail with his 1850
ciate, Mr.. Green, and read il to Brown, and
he was desired by the latter to say that in
his fathers family there has never been any
insani at all. On his mothers side there
have been reported instances Of it. He adds
that his first wife showed symptoms Of it,
which was also eviden in his first, and sec.
ond sors by that wife.
Some portions of the statements in the
despatch he knows to be correct; of her
portions he is ignorant. He does not know
whether his mothers sister died in the Lu.
matte Asylum. but he does believe daugh-
ter Of that sister has been two years in an
Asylum. and thinks son and daughter Of
his mothers brother have been confined in
the Asyl ylum, but he was not aware of the
fact that another son Of that brother is now
insane and in close confine ent.