The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-11-17
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Latest. ffem " Insurreclion:sis.

"a Latest HON 80 1MS4TIeCliGniSiSs
s. Chklhstp ~, W, Nov. s.
The exciteasl ssgar1 lsoathe trial
tho HarperA ! 3 stalg stpu- still
asd an fgyssS Rifsmad
bystha:Conrt is.f s t l e cases.
Thiescdse " tHe fres negro, Copeland,
was brought to a close on Saturday Z.
NJ. TIE jury found a verdict Of not
guilty Of treason, as charged. in,the first
count Of tho Indictment, he hot being
recognized as a citizen, and guilty Of the
conspiracy ai,h the slaves to rebel, and
of murdey as. charged in the secopd andj
third counts. The case was ably argued
By Andrew Hunter on be6a]f OF the
State. The prisoner was ieSct aed by
Geo. Sennett, Of Boston, who laborsd
with much zeal for his client. III y,
A bill Of exceptions and = motion for
the arrest Of Judgment was entered by
the prisoners counsel, which will. be dis
posed Of to morrow morning. .
It has been determined that Stevens,
the most severely wounded Of Browns
men, shall be handed over to the FEEDER.
al Court, which meets 1t Stanton, in a
few weeks. The object Of this is said
to be to form a pretext for summoning
before the Federal bar ga mum Der of
the prominent a boliticn fanatics Of the
North"
Capt. Cook is. now on trial. He wrote
out full statement or confession, which
vas read in Court before his trial was
commenced. j, Mcdonald, Attorney
General! Of Indiana, aud Mr.. voorhees,,
District Attorney, Of Indianapolis, to
gcther with Messrs. Lawson Eot;s and
NJ. 9. Green, Of Virginia, are couns0
for Cook. Gov. Willard, Of Indiana,
and Mr.. Crowley, Of New York, Cooks
brothers-in law, are present at the trial.
Those thus far tried and convicted are
old Brown, young Ccppic, Shields Green,
(eolored,) andsCopeland,. (colared all
Of whom will no doubt be hanged. 5 As
to the result of Cooks trial. hopes are
entertained by him and others, that he
may be acquitted. Nobody pretends
tina; he is less guilty than the rest, but
he is so fortunate as to have influential
and wealthy political friends, Who arc
doing their utmost to save him. s
Researches into the obscure portions
Of Virginia law, which relates TO the
crime Of treason, have brought to light
the fact that the hardening power in tn,
case Of jean Brown and # Coppic re-
sides not in thu Governor, bur in the
Legislature. rs the Legislature only
meets in the carly part Of January, as
Browns sentenceist be executed on the
I'd Of Dee, and as there is no likelihood
of an extra session bcisg summoned,
the fate Of the Lending insurreetionist
may be regarded as sealed. A CORES
pondcnt Of the Boston 7racehr, who
was in Charlestown, last week assurcsus
that Brownfis entirely rcconciied roth il
fearful result. ai is-s ssaast.a.
The Boston -4tlcs and Bee publishes d
letter written by Brown to Quakcress
in Rhode Island, from whom he Ind re.
ceiyed sympathizing letter. Brown
attributes his defeat to a want Of militia.
~ skill and foresight, but insists that he
took up arms in righteous cause, and
expresses bis firm conviction that his
motives were just. e's u asfs 50.
A letter from Frederick Douglass is
also published, in which he bids fare
we'll to America, states that re is about
to depart to England, denies, in the
most positive terms, that he ever con-
tcnplated q rebellion against the Gov
eminent, and states that he had contem-
plated departing for Great Britain be-
fore the Harper's Ferry outbreak, though
admitting that he is apprehcnsive Of an
attempt to arrest him as an accessory to
that affair.
Nj #3
Harrison, or Haz'ett, the prisoner cap.
tured at Carlisle, has been surrendered
upon the requisition.of Gov. Wise. =
A man named W. r. Palmer, an al
larnd Harner's Perry insnrUant has