The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-26

Inc mails continue TO bring interes ting in
FORMATION relative to the late invasion at Har-
pefs Ferry A correspondent of the Balti-
more san, writing from Charlestown on
Monday. says
the prisoners will he examined together.
LIN i, - supposed that the examination trial
WI @ concluded by two O'Clock o.mnrrow
20 when time the grand Jury have heen adj
Joufheo ny the court. The grand iury will
snen s take up the case Immediately, aud The in
,,,,,hnn,r "laien are already prepared, will
day morning when the trial of the prisoners
VIII commence before the court and inry.-
should they be found guilty, and sentence OF
death oe pronounced upon them, the ludg ge
under the laws Of this State, fixes the day OF
execution independent Of the Governor The
usual delay of thirty days after ssehsenceis
excepted in cases of insorrec tion aud rebellion
and the prisoners, if convicted of the same
may bs hung Immediately, either within or
! without the lal yard.
! man named James Lynch alias William ].
! StaboUgh, supposed TO be OF the insur-
| gents, was brought in prisoner to-day, and
| lodged in jail He was captured some days
! ago by Mr.. II, +. Price the L. 5. mail agent
! on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cars, at
! place called Sir Johns run, and kept in Rom
ney lall Till to-day. He is quite undersized, of
! simple and foolish appearance and had been
! for several weeks lettering about this and the
| adjoining counties, begging and borrowing
| before the outbreak as Jas. Lynch, Clncln-
natl, Ohio, but at the time of his arrest, gave
the name Of VIM. J. Stabough, of Louisay
| Lawrence county, Ky. On Friday night, thy
! i4th, he called Mr.. Barbour. the Superiuten-
| dent of the Armory Al uarper's Ferry, ouf OF
his house, insisting on a private interview on
the lawn, which was refused. Then he asked
| the loan of dollar and then left Since his
| arrest he has said if Barbour had granted him
! an interview, he would have revealed the
| whole plot. Both at Harper's Ferry and here
an excited crowd followed the prisoner as he
| passed man1cied through Thei streets III Inc
| charge of officers. His cummtIn mt on suspi-
Cion of aiding and abetting John Brown i Co,
| was issued by Justice Eichelberger.
The prisoner, Stevens, is considered cut OF
| immediate danger from his wounds, and the
| others are lii good condition.
The excitement in town is increasing AS the
time for trial approaches. The town is
| guarded by Il very large body of military, un-
der the command of Col. Davis which was
! reinforced to-day by men from Shepherds
| town. Col. Davis arrived in town from Rich
| mond, and took command to-day of all the
| troops. He is 4 staff officer Of Governor Wise.
| Senator Mason, Mr.. Faulkner, and other
prominent Eirginians, are here
1t is understood ;hat il ordered to do so by
| the Court Robert Y. Conrad, Esq, will de-
| iend the prisoners but no one has yet been
appointed. Col Martin, L. $. Marshal of the
llwestern district Of Virginia, is also here
il THE account given below by w. W. ThroclI-
! morton, clerk o.. ;he Wager Hotel, is by Tar the
most lucid that has yet been published OF the
capture of the town. 1t gives a better idea OF
the panic which enabled twenty-five men to
overawe hundreds. The wagon containing
some Insurgents, and followed by others,
drove into town quietly, and 10 the gate of the
| Armory, where the watchman was seized and
the men quietly marched in. This taking OF
the Arsenal carried to the minds of the citi-
zeps an exaggerated impression of the strength
of the invaders. The clerks statement says:
About 3 O'Clock A M we saw q large four
| horse wagon and a two-horse buggy (Col.
| NashIngtoD's) driven past and taken into the
| Armorg yard. We concluded then tfsaesa gar z
of robbers We're plundering the Armory,
| where J. knew there WAS a large sum of money.
| We could hear them ut work loading or un-
loading III the Armory, and an hour later the
wagon was driven out with four men in it,
and two or three following with guns. L re-
cogni2ed one of the men as man named Cook,
who had lived around here and married his
wife in this town. He was here on Friday last
and saw him talking u long time with our
boy, the one who was SO anxious 10 see the
gypsy wagon. At daylight DR.. Stany started
for Charlestown 10 get help, and after that,
| from time to time, We could see citizens COM
lug up To the Armory gates, one at a tinle and
taken in as prisoners. | saw negro boy leave
the yard and come to the hotel, brin ging n
note. He came TO the door and gave me 4 note
which was directs to the hotel keeper, or
clerk of the Wager house, and read thus;
,
, witha good breakfast. CAPT. SMITH
/ determined then to go TO the yard. l went
to the gate, and two muidttoeS cOnduc ted NE
to captain Smith, who spoke very politely
, He said, II am Captain Smith; want pre-
pared a breakfast for forty-1iye men," He
took me into one of the shops and showed
me number Of citizens whom he had
captured, and asked me if | knew them.
said did. Then he said he wanted breakfast
, for forty-tiye men, including these, my friends
as soon as possible. told him would do
the best L could, but it would have to be
, rather rough. as we had not expec ted anything
, like this, and We're not prepared. Captain
Phelps then came into the yard, and was
brought TO Captain Smith. He appealed tc
him in the strongest terms TO allow him tc
pass with the train, saying he had women anG
. children who were frightened nearly tC
death, and if he would let them pass they
would do nothing 10 trouble him. Brown theI
said he could pass if he would hold his peace
and say nothing along the route that any
thing was going on here, and he would goI Il
the bridge himself and that he wen
through safely. Brown then came up to the
bridge, and the passengers got on as fast Il:
! possible, and the train left. went TO some o.
the passengers and begged them to make al
alarm, aud have military company sent here
as soon as possible.
Before leaving the Armory, Brown told MT
they came here 10 free the slaves, and said al
! though he had so small a force he could have
thousands rs soon rs he sald the WORD. sac
| he. am military man, ana L came mere Il
| free the slaves OF your surrounding country
and / take possession of this government
| property and arms to assist me in doing so.
can have five thousand men here IN less thar
| twenty-iour hours at my call. He gave mt
leave to pass backwards and forwards n
would keep quiet, and il not, he would tSkt
possession of the hotel. Every one suppossS
| OF course he hada large force at hand
| After the train left the bridge was still
guarded and Browns men were marching
backward and forward. l told Brown coult
get him breakfast, but only water to drink
y, haaa "a
tigued and / must bring it Immediately TO tht
Armory yard / accordingly prepared break
fast and took it over in a basket. They all at'
| but Brown himself, who took good care not tt
touch it, l had intended To prepare specia
breakfast for him rs he treated me so gentle
, manly, but l forgot it, ! laughed and Jokef
with him, dee;ning it best not 10 seem to feal
, him. After breakfast Col. Washington asked
me TO take care OF his horses, and said nigh
pat them in the stable at the hotel. He ther
said: There is another horse pointing Il
his own, which was standing in th'
t yard - Will put that horse in YOU
charge; keep him till / call for him.
l don't think he will call very soon.-
/ asked him about pay for the breakfast, ant
, he said he should want dinner at three o'clocl
l for perhaps 200 rnen, and he would pay for tn
whole then One of our servants, the one
spoke of as wanting TO SEQ the gipsies, ap
peared to know him very we'll, and had con
| yersalion with him in the engine house. IL
had gone with me to carry the breakfast Yer,
| willingly though the other servants hun
hack aud when ordered him TO take the break
! fast things and go back to the hotel, he SAID n
would when he got ready, ana Inhst under
stand he was as much Doss as was. III
amused Old Brown who laughed at me, and
told him there was no Niger blood IN me- a
all events This hoy was slave, belonging
, some heirs, but has been doing for himself am
counted free for some time. The fellow ieit o.
Wednesday and has not been seen since. II
: went away because he knew, suppose, ina
, there were plenty around who would take