Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-11-15
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Tried 1n tine District Federal

Cock. llle Anssssgects1ssaAj a. III
| Tried h1n tine District Fedora
Court. IA.
/ RicnMoND, October 81, '59.-I am in
foEnea to-day liat ii is lie. iu,enlion I,
\ ry>Cook. the Harper's Ferry rebel in lh'
\ United States District Court Tor chat dis
iftrict.e This e,nsae has been determined
'Ippon with a view To compel the attend
ance of Seward. Wilson, Greely, Howe
and the other outsiders, who are suspected
ofeomplicily in the, late insur,ectinn. II
Iin the progress Of the trial. theii guilt as
aiders and abettors shall be established
the probability Is that they will be as.
signed positions in the dock beside Cook.
and subjected to the same ordeal that led
To the majority Of them being brougb
forward as witnesses. The list lobe sum
moued will embrace every individual
wheresoever he may reside. whose name
has been identified with this movement il,
any conneclion, however remote. As h
their appearance in obedience, TO the sum
mons. lha, must be presumed rs certain,
inasmuch as it is question involving th4
ability OF the Federal Government tn en-.
force obedience to its summons. W. T.
Mwld. I'm. .a,F I'D. ~. s... .x a
The above. az will be seen from its
date. was written more than two weeks
ago. The country booked upon it as The
rawlings Of tha. mendaeious sheet. withou
y thought that Presidents and Governors
could e,lter into 80 dh.b,lical y conspiracy
but late events seem 10 prove that the pio
is a real one.
The last reports from Charlestowr
show that while empanneliug the jury il
the case Of Stephens, the Prosecuting At
,orney stopped in the case aud read dis.
patch from Gov. Wise. directing him t.
hand over "ne Of the prisoners to be tli-d
in the U s Court. which WAS done. s,
far, the scheme announced BY the Her.
aid" two weeks before, seems TO be IN
process "f execution. ~ E..E
And what is this scheme? A d-liber-
ate conspiracy between Wise and the Ad.
ninisiralinn, to use the forms nf law to
lnme The leading men nf the North into
Virginia under the fraudulent pret-nse Of
suhpenss as Witnesses. and when there to
he seized by tie mob! ' -s'Si p ,r'"
Already the Richmond papers have an
advertisement, in flaming capitals. Offering
a reward of $4,000 for Hon Joshua r.
GliIinys, if del;vpred in Mot ritz olipe,
or $4,000 FOR HIS HEAD! The very
reason assigned is, lla: he has piolated no
hw, ~ d cannot therefore be reached BY
any /eg"l pro '.ss.
But we very much doubt if these des-
pera'e purposes will be carried out since
The result of the November elections is
known. Democracy th"ught that bv the
unsrlnpulons )rbels on Northern men they
had a sure success secured in the States
"f New York. New jersey. Massachusetts,
aid Wisconsin. whose elections came off
on las. Tuesday. And with the backing
thus anticipated. they were ready for any
outrage upon prominent Republi,ans.--
But. thanks t" the intelligence Of the peo-
pie, all those States have gone Republican
by overwhelming majorilles. and have
thus crushed out The least possible hore of
these leaders. and we do not now believe
they will dare TO rnnsummale the plot.
Single Senators may be stricken down
At the Lands Of Iulfians and assassins, AZ
Sumner, aud Brudetirk. and others have
beer. but let them undertake the murder
nf Seward. and Wilson. and Chase. and
Hale, III compliance with deliberately
conspiracy, and they will prob.
ably find that it is possible to exhaust Tie
pa ipnce and f,rbearance Of the people, /
We think they had better pause.
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