, 1859-12-10

:; !; .,:p:; -: :PER'S FERRY 49, =
"a. -(Ftor, tte; St Louis Repualleaa.l =.
We received by mail yesterday the following
letter from Miss Foutc, Or uarper's Ferry, D.
lady'whose milne has been widely published in
connection will thrilling Incident in the .Har-
pera Ferry tragedy: :: : -: =:
H. =: zaixor: anticipate YOUR SURPRISE w. 9h.n
your eye shall rest on lie signature attached to
this sheet; hut 1lat surprise shall vanish when
yoa learn tue. why and. wherefore hare taken
the liberty Of writing you f:W lines. hare
learned from the Daily 3flkaoutf RPuJlican Tint
yen were under the impression that sared the
life ofIholnpson. tue insutgent, when ho' was
taken captve, He was brqught into the public.
parlor Of the hotel some lime before knew
that he and Stephens had been captured. When
FIRST saw Thompson, be was seaied in an a1ul-
chair, With his bands tied behind his back,
guarded by some OF the citizens. Several gues-
tions were put 10 him IN regard to his motives
mud expectations, when he enrolled under the
."Psovisienas Government" His answers were
Invariably the same: That he had been taught
to believe the negroes were cruelty treated, and
would gladly avail themselves Of the 6rs, OPP
portunitr to obtain their freedom, aud TINT Ill
tlley had;to 10 was to come to 1larpers Ferry,
take possession Of the. Aruory and Arsenal,
which would be an easy matter, and then the
.culorcd people would come in a mass, backed
: W tdE E-4Qll-3iufEAuA1ES VI kHS' Atttt u IT.
.g'nla.. Some one remarked, " | imagine tllat
you regret that you did not succeed iu running
of the darkies." lie replied that he regretted
having engaged in the attempt, mud II it were to
do oTer asain. lie would decline.
Very soon after, Nj. Heckbatu, one Of our
most esteemed citizens, was shot down unaru,-
ed Us he was. l veut into the parlor aud heard
ore Of the guard ask r. If be were married
man; his answer was that be Ind been married
stI months only.
1wa!ked up TO where the prisoner sat, and
said to him: :" Mr.. Thompson, you had much
better hare staid at home and taken careof your
wife and pursued sordc honest calling, instead
ofconling here to murder our citizens and steal
our property; that their first net was 10 kill 4
free coiored nan, because be would not join
them in their wicked scheme" lie. said
spoke truly; but they had been basely de-
ceivcd.
While was talking to Thompson several Of
the friends Of Mr, Eeckhau,, who were justly
enrased at his cold-blooded murder, came in
with the aTowed determination 10 kill Thon1'-
son-on the spot. Ashley appeared with ieveled
rites stood before T. aud protected him, for
ttree powerful reasons: first, my slster-in.law
was lying iu the adjoining room, yery i'll under
the influence Of q nervous chill, from sheer
fright, and ii they bad carried out their design
it would hare proved fata! to her, no doubt. In
the second rlace considered it agreat outrage
to kill the man in the house, however much be
deserved to die. Thirdly, fan, eu,paa:ically u
law and order woman, aud wanted the selfcon-
dcnucd man to live. ihatb might 70 disposed
Of By the law. simpi. shielded tte terribly
frightened man, willo9t touching him, until
Col. Moore Il think isw3s,) c1ne ii and assured
1ne. On lis honor, that {1e should no: be shot in
the house., That was NJ I desired. Tie result
everybody knows
One other error wish to correct. Philip =.
Foakc, Of Deileville. I'll is my cousin only. l
an, happy to assure ron that have birth.right
in the *.Old Dominion.'
Respectfully yours. c. c. ForSr.;