The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-20
RICHMOND, VA. THURSDAY, ocToBIsis 8 1850

Ene iarget for probably . hundred shots, and
urs. r nave been thoroughly riddIed with balls
4 Sapt. W. ~ Brown, attached to the Law
/ 10Y =. Was Detailed to guard wounded In
ths s,n, % Ine quarters, and protect him from
pioyed, he asked him ID confess how long the
| pIot nad been going on, who were its authors.
| anu .1u. Wnefe their meetings were held but the
~ usgyahe man refused. Capt. Brown took from
me mans pocket q notebook Of cyphers and
| secret Characters, and has it now in his pos
session The cyphers are interpreted with O
lev. .Engiish words and names of places, among
Is mi !, aia me aoiiowing Springdale, Cedar co.,
lila, rioWa,"tSt Paul. Minn.,'' and the sen.
| tence-1 once more sit dow n to write to you.',
son of the leader, named Brown was taken
onI out STARK and cold. he having been killed the
| stantly by a ball through his head and one
tnrough his body, and Albert Hasliit. killed
/ instantly. The wounds were shocking to be-
noid. The writer had a aconversafion with the
| aying man. Anderson. He said that the elder
Brown had been their leader, and that he had
always looked up to him as great man. "A
4 letter was found in his pocket from his bro
| Iher, ). J. Anderson, of Chilicothe, stating
| tnat the contents of his last letter. upon the
1 snb]ectlof slavery were devoured with eager
ness" Upon the body of Haslitt was found a
lock OF his wife's hair and piece of her dress.
| - -eE INCIDENTS, sc. sA
Upon the person Of the leader, the notorious
1 sOssaWottamie Brown = of Kansas, was found
by one OF the volunteer surgeons of the diyi-
sion, Dr. David Mclaughlin, the sum of $305
| in gold, which was handed by him over to
/ Major Russell, Of the marine corps In con ;
i versatlon with the writer as he lay weltering
Ia his blood, he stated that he had figured in
Kansas, and was known as Ossawottamie
brown," or "Old Brown He had had q son
killed In Kansas (as well as two here.)s He
hated slavery, and he desired to ayenge his
sons death. His eonfederates desired to sur-
Tender when they were summoned by Colonel
/ Lee; but he refused because he did not believe
| mat the general government would slaughter
his companions Tor the sake of killing him.
he mad always treated his prisoners with cour-
| tesy. lie hoped that his interrogators would
not put words in his mouth bnt permit him 10
/ make his own declarations. lie hoped Major
Russell would permit him to die in peace an d
would treat him humanely. Major Russell
sngges ted that he had better not make any de-
| clarations calculated to compromise him in
/ law, and also requested the gentlemen present
4 to withdraw from the room in order that he
might not be disturbed. 1t has been stated
subsequently that his wounds are not mortal,
unfortunately perhaps for himself. assss 8.
The prisoner Edwin Coppee, upon being
asked what he expected would be his fate, said
/ that he only asked his country 10 give him a
fair trial and he would abide the conseq
lie manifested concern or apprehension
with respect to his punishment. The prisoner
| Brown, son of the leader, was too debilitated
from his wounds to realize his situation.
The wounded have been removed to the hos
pital of the arsenal, including the rioter A. ID.
| Stevens. Such was the excitement on Monday
night that Stevens would have been shot in
his bed, had it not been for the restraint exer-
clsed by others upon those who permitted
their passions to become ungovernable. The
| wretched man stated his Willingness to go out
in the morning and be shot upon his coffin,
| but begged them not to shoot him in his bed
He is reported to be mortally wounded; butit
| is thought by some that his four wounds are
not fatal.
About the middle of the stream of the broad
Potomac lies the body of one OF the insurgents,
named VIM. III. Leeman, who was shot on
Monday, while attempting to make his escape
from the town. His black hair may just be
seen floating upon the surface OF the water
and waving with every ripple.
There was taken from the person of Stevens
| printed pamphlet of twenty-five pages con
tanning the constitution, &c, OF Mr.. Brown:
provisional government. The work is in the
| possession of Col. Lee, and would be treasona
| BILE were it not too ridiculous.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
! The following are among the killed ant
| wounded in the recent conflicts at Harper
| Ferry:
Kiised.-Fountain Beckham, railroad agent
on Sunday, by single shot; Hayard Shep
} pard, colored porter at the railroad station
, killed Sunday night in working at the train
Thos. Boerly, grocer. of Harper's Ferry, kill
ed in Mondays assault; Vim. Richardson, o
Marsnsburg, killed in same assault; Georg
: w. Turner, of Charlestown military, kille'
on Monday also; William, SON Of "Ol
Brown;'' Stewart Taylor, insurgent; j. {
t Anderson, insurgent Z. III. Leeman, insnr
|
| colored men.
Wound.d.-Ossawottam (old) Brown; Wat
son Brown, a second son; Evans Dorsey, NOR
. tally; Allen Evans, mortally; Private q uinI
| u. S. Marines, mortaliy; another Marine
l name unknown. slightly; Alexander Kelly
Geo. Murphy. States attorney, OF Martins
/, burg.
Taksn Prisonsrs.-,Edwin Goppes, Of ISwa STu
Shields Green, colcred, of Harrisburg wa
son Brown, d son of old Brown.
D CAPT. BILL COOKE.
4 This man is represented to he a most motor
Gus and blood-thirsty individual. Possessin
: large amount of brute courage, he is rockies
= of his conduct, and hesitates not to shoot a
4 | adversary. Sometime ago he got into a diff
: | Guilty in the neighborhood of Harper's FerI
e with one of the railroad employees. The ma
was very close to Cooke, and when the latt,
r drew his revolver, seized it and turned Il
f muZZle from his aim. Cooke discharged
/ however, and the charge passed through IL
clothing OF the right side of him whom
sought to kill. Before he had time to fire IL
weapon again, he was felled to the ground /
i | a well-directed blow with slung-shot, frol
5 the effects OF which ne laid Insensible for mo
! than two hours. That, however, did not d
q | ter him from further acts Of outrage. His nj
+ tivity is not known. He is said to be a ma
of fair education, but is regarded by all wi
: know him, as a designing and dangerous ma
: Cooke married several years ago IN the neigl
hood of Harper's Ferry, but it is said that
| left on Monday afternoon with his family, b,
!, | what direction he took could not be asce
q | tained.
: THE CoNSPIRACY-THE LETTER TO THE sEt
: RETARY OF WAR. ME
The ANONYMOUS letter heretofore spoken
as having been received by Gov Floyd. u
= Secretary of War, reached him while at o.
= Point, lately 1t stated that insurrectiol
: | would occur simultaneously at Wheelin
! Harper's Ferry and Washington, for the pu1
! pose Of freeing slaves; ~ Is UNDERSTOOD IN IN
= ginia and Maryland nnder the agency OF tn
. emissaries. The people of the adjacent couI
) | try in Maryland and Virginia will be on I'll
2 | lookout for these runaways before reachin
= Pennsylvania. Gov. Wise, of Virginia, wh
!, | in going up to the scene of riot, yesterda
q | morning, had set on foot the measure lwhlc
it subsequently became unnecessary 70 carr
h oute for sending cavalry from this clfy to pul
!. | sue and hunt the fleeing insurgepfs throug
= any portion of Virginia, had ylso, by tell
: | graph, requested the PresidentSf the Unite
= States to authorize the cavalry TO follow thel
: into any State or locality, they having stole
Z | the property and treasureof the government
: and placed its stolen arms in the hands OF ne
|. | groes and others. II they should get In,
. Pennsylsania, It is to ne pres nmed ina. = =
!. | would promptly afford all due assistance an
= | authority in capturing such bloody ana higf
: handed Offenders against the laws, the Eea<
| and dignity of sister States.
!. | GOV. WISE AT THE SEAT OF THE DISTURBANCE
: Governor Wise, of Virginia, after consui
ing with the President, came down 10 the ~
!, lay House in the early Washington train, ~
: | At the Relay Honse he was joined by Siel
. George SteuarI and beth proceeded tcgethe
I Gov. Wise will remain at Harper's Ferr
: several days, and will meanwhile, inssaInte
: | most rigid investigation of the origin and q
! | the facts connected with the insurrection.
! ORDERS FOR MOUNTED TRo0Ps-sUBsEQuKS
el CoUNrERMANDIHG.
4 At O'Clock A. n, General Steuart, throQe
Coy. Wise, acting under the Instructions fro
/ | the President OF the United States, commnn
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