Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-05

70 the pf1eonefs guilt, inc court senteneee nio u
be hung 10 public on Friday. December 3D. st
| Brown received that sentence with composure,
| and the only demonstration made was claPpiDa
| nf hands by one man 10 the crowd. who is not q
rcrident Of Jefferson county. This indccorum was
promptly suppressed and much regret was ex
pressed By citizens at It's Occurrences.
After being out an hour tho jury came IN with
counts In the indic tiBent. Hs counsel Immediate
" gave notice Of motion for arrest Of Judgment,
as in Browns case The court then adjourned
Gorrit Smith and the Harpor's Forty Out
break.
A correspondent Of the New York Herald. writ
ing from Petcrboro, n. Y, the residence Of Gerrt
Smith, October 3lst. gives the subjoned sketch of
an interview had with that individuals
A very little inquiry amongst such citizens
chnDced TO meet convinced me that the excitement
here has been intense. and the interest deep seat
ted in all that relates to the liarper's Ferry ai'
fair. Wherever asked the question found hut
one answer--the men Of Feferboro' mould nerer con
sent that Gerrit Smith should be taken to Virginia
They could resist the officers Of the lar first, 10 the
crtent ofkheir po,ccr But the most absurd ideas
prevailed. BY some | was assured that Gerr1t
Smiths house was watched by volunteers every
night, in the fear that Southern mob might car
nv Him of in the night after tho fashion OF Kansas
border Ruffanirm in tho days of old Ossawatomie
1
the apprehension was not much that Gcrrit
nj ght be arrcsted,as that he ght be shotassassi-
mated by some cmissary of Gov. Wise. Mr.. Smiths
neichbors evidently believe that the Southerners
re- ard him asa ter lille and powerful enemy ,and
have no idea that lie is only locked upon by every
sensible man Il crazy. but honest abolition fana-
tie.
| soon discovered that poor Mr.. Smith il about
n excited and as mistaken IN his friends. Indeed
n,n quite convinced that the agitation consequent
UPON the Virginia outbreak has not only impaired
his health but is likely to seriously affect his ex
ci,able and balanced mind. he is rcry dit-
f1ent man 10 day .jiom ,chat he was treice months
since. His calm, digniiied impressive bearing has
o ven place to hnsty, nervous aSitatons as though
some great fear was constantly before his imag-
nation. His eyes is bloodsho and restless rs that
of n startled horse. lie has lost 1esh and his face
looks rs red and as rough as though lie had just
from one ofold Browns Kansas raids. 1t
rny be that he chafes and frets ut the silence and
mrosed upon him by his fricnds. rather
than breads any responsibility f-r the past; but,
however this may be- he appears an altered man.
mn his true friends must deeply regret an affair
TINT can agiiate n d 80 distress him.
Mr. Smiths views as to the sabbath nrc as pc
culiar ns his political sentiments. lie follows
RI her the Jewish doctrine, and makes Saturday
hi day of rest. He is, therefore, always visible
nnl ready for business on the Sabbath. Having
bnrn appraised of this fact. sought an interview
" IN him On Sunday armed with a letter from
near relative. found this unnecessary, however,
as MIR. Smith at once recognized our former slight
PEI sonal acquaintance His family proper con
lists ut that time only of himself, his wife and a
son about twenty years old. Ills daughter, the
wife of Colonel Miller lives on tho opposite side
of the green however. md is n constant visitor.
with some of her interesting children, ut her ia
TIERS house. There is also just now considerable
conmoiion about the premises, aud constant Hood
Of visitcrs-nwycrs, relatives, advisers. and some
mytcriou. lnIividnals--who come and 50 On bust
moss known orly to themselves. MIR. chas Il.
Nedgwick and Mr. Timothy Jenkins Mr. Smiths
legal advisers in this nifair--togrther w tn Mr.
Fizhugh, of q ,wego, Mrs. Smiths hr 'thcr and
several others. ladies' and gentlemen, were guests
II, tho house Yesterday. The two former gcntlo-
men have been conStant visitors ut Petctborosincc
the date of the outbreak NJ llnrpcrs Ferry.
4 few words sufiicl to convince me that any
attempt to obtain lr,un Mr. Smith any Informal
tiun as tn the actors in the Virginia invasion, or
his connection there with, was useless. | frankly
av wed n desire to bear his sentiments upon that
subject. Sir" said Mr.. Smith, starting like n
FRI htenel deer. Il cant speak word with yon
that matter cant say n word-not II syllable,
even to my most intimate friends, But | ar
gucd, " do not. of course, desire any disclosures
or my word frnm You that could implicate or i'll
lure any one"
TENS qne * ajoW At Ill.," replied Mr.. $,
on qoiuy 10 be ,n3icicd. II any man in the
Ia on IL taken, il wW be me. 1t would not lie
proper 10 say word uhout it, | ought not to say
one word ] am advised not To approach the sub
inct ut all. going to be indicted sir, indict-
ed You must not talk to me about it"
! dropped the subject matter of course, 1t
is evident that the family If Mr. Smith are much
alarmed and in II constant state Of agitation for
when approached the house II stranger to them,
nm apnrehensiou--- n dread painful t. sec-was
evident in tho anxious eountcnnnces of his wife
aud daughter. who were ON the piazza at the mo-
mcut of my call.
| subsequently conversei with q near relative
and close adviser of Mr. Smith, and expressed to
him n desire to obtain some statement that, while
doing injury 10 none, might, on tho other hand,
remove erroneous impressions and lay facts before
the public
such statement himself, and can scarcely he re-
strained from doing ~. But if he shoul, he
would do it in his own manner, and strike the
things square in the face. let who might bc in
iured. lilo is, however strongly advised not to do
50 in the present position of affairs, and has
agreed to abide by the Judgment OF his counsel. -
When he does tell his story, it will be found that
many NOW only partially suspected are more inn
plica,ed than he hmSrtis. But NJ present he will
say word to any person
| made some inquiries about Captain Brown.
aud found that he was here last spring for several
weeks, n guest NJ Gerrit Smiths house. and that
while hero a number OF the most prominent lea J.
lug republicans visited him, and were for days in
consultation with him.
| sum mp my cxrericnc ut Gcrrt Smiths home
thus: He is in evident alarm and agitation. incnn-
sistent with the idea thai his implicitly with the
plot is simply to the extent already made public.
believe that B"owns visit t, his house last
spr ng was intimatc Y connected with tho insur-
rcction and thati is Jat knowcd - that ut any mo-
ment either by ;he discovery # plp,rs the CON
| iession OF accomp'es. his connection with the
affair may becnme cx,n-ed, that keeps Mr.. Smith
| in constant excitement and lear. That mann