Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-22
The Harper's Ferry Insurrcctfon.

The telcgrapbic dispatches to the Louis
Vile papers furnish full details of the Harper's
Ferry invasion. Desigaed to effect an Insur-
rec.ion OF the slaves in that section OF the
country. with q view to free them, it has
proved signal failure. The slaves did not
respond to the overtures of the madmen who
concOcted The scheme, ana nearly all OF
those who participated in it did 80 under
compulsion. The thing has been crusht d
without any great trouble. and but little
loss of life. The killed are put down at 5
citizens, Is insurgents; wounded 3 insur-
gents; prisoners, 5 insurgents. The leader,
Brown, though badly wounded, survives. A
despatch Of the 18th says:
Capt Brown IL better to-day and has made
q fuller statement OF his operations. He
SAYS that he rented the farm of DIR. Kennedy
six months ago, and the rent is paid I'LL next
March. He never had over twenty-five men
at the farm at one time that belonged TO the
organization, but that he had good reason to
expect reinfo. dement's from Maryland, Ken
lucky, North and South Carolina, and
Canada. He bad provided arms sufficient
for 500 men. including 200 revolvers, 200
Sharpr's rifles. aud 1000 spears, all of which
were left at the farm. lie also had An album
dance of powder and fixed ammunition. All
the arms wtre from time 10 time brought
from Connecticut and other Eastern States
TO Chambersburg. Pn. aud were directed 10
j. Smith 4 Sons Kennedy Farm. his assumed
name. They were packed i'll double boxes,
so to deceive the parties who handled
thu NJ on the v y To the farm. lie says that
he made one mistake in either not OBTAINING
the train on Sunday night, or else not per-
mi un nnnulpf
take, he seemed to infer, exposed his doings
too soon. aud prevented MS reintorcements
from coming. The names of all his party Al
the Ferry on Sunday night, except three
white men who be admits he cent away on
an errand, are as follows with their proper
titl.s under The provisional government.
viz: Gen. John Brown, commander-in-chlef.
wounded, but will recover; Capt. Oliver
Brown. dead Capt. Watson Brown, dead;
Capt. John Kaye. Of Ohio, raised il Virginia.
dead; Capt. Aaron q. Stephens, OF Connecii-
cut, wound, d badly; he has TN &c balls in his
body and cannot possibly recover: Lieut..
Edwin Coppil, of Iowa, unhnri; Lieut.. Al
bert Hastl, tt, of Pennsylvania dead. Lieut..
VIM. Leman, OF Maine, dead Capt. John
Cook. of Connecticut, escaped priyates:
Steward Taylor. of Canada, dead VIM.
Thompson, OF New York, dead Dolph
Thompson. of New York, dead. The above,
in all IL whites. Negroes Dangerlield.
newly OF Ohio. and rails in Virginia, dead;
Emperor, OF New York, r: istd IN South Caro-
lima, not.wounded, prisoner. The latter
was elected u mrmber OF Congress OF the
provisional government some time since.
Lewis Leary, OF Ohio, raised in Virginia,
dead; Copeland. OF Ohio, raised in Virginia,
not wounded, prisoner at Charlcstown.
Gen. Brown has nine wounds, but none at
fhassn g. u .i...l Of l..gf.
discovered from all paris OF the country, one
from Gent Smith informs Brown of money
being deposited in bank In NV iosk la
the credit of j. Smith 4 Sons, and appears
TO be one Of many Informing him irom time
90 time. a. the money was raised.
A large quantity of arms, ammunition, &c,
Amongt his papers Was plan of govern
ment, irom which. IL would seem that be ex-
pected 10 get possession Of the general gov
ernment, aud TO establish military rule ia
its place. The following are the preamble
and first five articles OF his constitution:
Preamble whereas, Slavery throughout
its entire existence in the United States, IL
none other than the mort barharous. unpro-
voked and upjustlisl,le war Of one portion Of
tne ci'tzens upon anothcf pofttot, Tue only
conditions OF which are perpetual impriron
ment and hopeless s-ryiiude. or absolute ex-
termination, in utter disregard OF the efernal
and self-eyident truths set forth in our De-
claratiou Of Independence. Therefore, we,
citizens OF the United States and the opprcss-
ed people who. by the recent decision Of the
Supreme Court. have no rights which the
white man Is bound 10 respect, together with
ell other people degraded by the laws Their, OF,
do, for the time being. ordain and establish
for ourselves the following Constitution and
Ordinances, the better 10 protect our people.
their property. lives and theories, and TO
govern our. actions.
ART. i. Qualifications for M1nkosh,p.-Ail
perrons OF mature age. wheihrr prescribed,
oppressed AID ensiaved citizens, or Of the OPP
prssssd and prescribed OF the United States,
who shall agree TO sustain and enforce the
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances a
this organzstion, together with all The minor
children OF such persons, sbail b, held 90 be
fully eatilled 70 pro.selion under the same.