Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22


himself lie urged that he bad the town
at bis mercy.
he had treated the prisoners with court.
esy, and complained that he was hunted
down like wda beast. He spoke of the kill
ling of his son, which he alleged was done
whlest bearing flag Of truce, and seemed
anxious for the safety Of his son.
HIS conversation bore the impress Of a
conviction that whatever he has done to
free the slaves was right, and that the war
fare in which he was engaged he was enti
tied to be treated with all respect as pris.
oner of war.
lie seemed fully convincedsthat be wa:
badly treated aud had right to complain
although dying man. On examination
his wounds have proved to be not necessa
rily fatal.
He expressed desire to live and to be
tried by his country. In his pockets were
nearly $500 in gold, and several important
papers found in bis possession were taken
charge of by Col. Lee, aud on behalf of the
Govt.
At the school house near Browns resi-.
dence were found quantity of clothing,
tents, 1900 pixies, and also documents
throwing much light on the subject. A.
mong them are the printed constitution and
| bylaws Of the organization, indicating q
ramifcation throughout the various States
Letters were also found from various in.
dividuals at the north-ono from Fred
Douglas, with SO another from Gerrit
Smith, with a check of 800. These docu-
ments are in the possession of Gov. Wise,
who has issued a proclamation Offering 1000
dollars for Cooks capture
The prisoners have been committed to
Charleston Jail to await action of the Grand
Jury, when they will be indicted and tried.
The arrangement about the jurisdiction has
been settled. The local authorities are to
try the prisoners for murder and in the
meanwhile the U. S. authorities will pro.
ceed on the charge of treason. Gov Wise
said to Mr. Olds, the U S. District Attor-
ney, that he had no objection to the gener-
al government proceeding against the pris-
oners, that is what will be left of them by
the time the Virginia authorities are done
with them.
Brown is better to-day and has made u
fuller statement of his operations He
says he rented the farm of Dr. Kennedy
six months since and the rent is paid until
next March. He had only % men at the
farm at one time but had good reasons to
expect reinforcemens from Maryland, Ken
lucky aud North and South Carolina. He
says that be made one mistake in either not
OBTAINING the train on Sunday night or per-
hitting it to go unmoeSted.
This fnigt fol n ba 70; ;,,fo, -o1
his doingS too soon, and prevented his rein
forcements coming. The names of all of
his party at the Ferry on Sunday night,
except three white men whom he admits to
have sent away on an errand are as follows,
with their proper titles under the Provincial
government
Gen. John Brown, commander-in-chie
wounded, but will recover. Capt Watson
Brown, dead, Capt John Kage, of Ohio,
raised in Virginia, dead. Capt. Aaron G.
Stephens of Conn, wounded badly has
tnree balls in his body aud cannot possibly
recover. Lieut.. Edwin Coppee, of Iowa,
uuhurt, Lieut.. Albert Hazett, of Pa,
dead, Lent. VIM. Anderson, of Indiana,
dead. Lieut.. VIM Lemon, of Me. dead,
Capt. John &. Cook, of Conn, escaped
PrivateS Stewart Taylor, Canada, dead;
Charles ?. Tidd, Ne, dead VIM. Thomp-
son, N. Y. dead Dolph Thompson n. Y.
dead.
The above, with the three whites previ-
ouSIy sent off, made II in all.
Negroes-D Newly, Ohio, raised in Va.
dead Emperor KY, raised in S. c., a
prisoner the latter was elected member
of the Provincial Government some time
since. Lewis Leary, of O., raised in Va,
dead Copeland of o., raised in Va, pris-
oner
Brown has nine wounds, but none fatal.
A bushe of letters were found, from all
parts of the country. One from Gerrt
Smith informs Brown of money being de-
posted in New York to the credit of j
Smith & Sons, and appears to be one of
many informing him from time to time as
money was raised.
The States which have just held Elections
had they voted for President in 1855, would
Houbtlaoo baya Oh r II