Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-11-03
THE HAMPERS FERRM Ar1AIR.

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agN |. e<vassrally aeopc edel l)jaf Cook =
I'M is thgI mould Trims % LIZ Virgins u
MARYLAND Wide We The Fot0tpgr. The
neighborhood i - closely guarded ihse
he Can hardly escape. The descrlpflo9
% Cook II ~ follow 1y's ISSt 1E65S6if Ia
six inches high i ysisY A32 lpy III .H|,
with his breaSs Pf6je ctffg @fofwdfu 11u7
his head leaning toward the right side.
Has light. hair with. n small gf(ytH
around the upper Lip. n Of. {, sss6AlloMr
complication and has . sharp. marrow
face.J i III SS3stsiF III afiIi
III conversation held with old Brown
yesterday, in the presence oil Senator
Mason, Msssrs. Faulkner, Va1landing-
ham and others, he made several 81
swers which clearly demonstrate the
completely Of numsrous persons il the
Northern, Western and Eastern States.
He refused to answer the question MI
whether he had conference with Mr..
Giddings about his Virginia expedition.
but admitted that he had correspondence
with parties at the North On the subject,
and that he had numerous sympatAhssrs
in all the free States. Is.
Dispatches have been feceiyed to-
night from Hagerstown which declare
that Cooks wife certainly went TO Har-
.risburg on Tuesday and took boarding
at the same house with old Brown's
daughter-in-law. The Sheriff and Dep
uty Sheriff Of Hagerstown- followed !
Cook as far as Greencas,le to-day and
the impression there is that Cook had
left for Chambersburg. The impression
at Hagerstown is that Cook passed
through there last night, The Sheriff
was credibly informed at Greencasils
that load of boxes passed through there
on Tuesday for Washington city, loaded
with rifles, pistols and pixies The
Sheriff is going for them in the morning.
T The stage driver of the Chambers
burg line also confirms the statement in
regard to Cooks wife. s.s5 f,a gag
HARPER's FERR1, Oct. %.
The excitement here has not 1.abated-
in the least, and rumors are Multiplying.
every moment. We have some authen-
ticated statements from Chambersburc
showing that more supplies Of arms and
have been traced to that
neighborhood. The people will persist
in believing that they are surrounded by
spies and accomplices Of Capt Brown.
The withdrawal Of Col. Lee and tho
Washington Marines last night has in
creased the general CONSERVATION, and
the citizens are to-day under Col. Bar
bour, of the Armory, endeavoring to
form comnanies for general defence
The Virginia Militia, however, are not
very tractable material for the formation
OF efficient companies, as all hands want
to be Captains. Il Scouts are out in the
mountains to-day searching for Cook,
but there is no doubt but that he has
ere this passed the Pennsylvania line.
and is far on his way toward Canada.
Every stranger that comes here il
looked upon with suspicion, and several
have been arrested on the charges OF
being spies. Mr. VIM Lee, gentle
man from Charlottesville, was broughtiu
to-day under arrest, causing great ex- i
citement. He was soon recognized and
Mr.. Guild also left for
Washington last evening, thus virtually
leaving the prisoners in the hands of the
Virginia authorities lies5 E.3 .4stft5
II is said that Gov. Wise is not com.
plimentary to the people Of Harper's
Ferry, iDputing TO them cowardice iH
allowing handful Of men tothoId d
population oof nearly two thousand in
habitants as prisoners for twenly-four
hours. He also spoke ofthe fact of ii
eight'or ten men keeping forty GRITTY
citizens in confinement. One trepli- ii
ed--''Well, Governor, but you must
remember that they were packed togefh-
er like sheep. " His reply was--.sYes,
/ know that, but must say that you
acted like sheep also" 8.i} GaHa
The hearing Of the case before the i
examining Court Of Justice ill'probably 4
take place to morrow, when the prison.
ers will probably be removcdto Wythe- !
vile for trial. sd Il & tsia 4 i #
Capt. Brown is not considered many
danger from his wounds, though Ste 4
vens will, it isthought, not survive. He i
however has a powerful constitution and
may recover. atIA sfH elts ro bas
HARPERs FEERr, Oct. 90.
Col. Lee, with his troops, has retlxn-s
ed from the Valley All is quietsihere.
He found the CART family safe. Sc .a. !.
w AsHINGToN,s Oct 30.
District Attornry Ould and Col. Lee.
have returned from Harper's Ferry
The former, soon after his arriyal, had
conference with the President, andtha-
latter long interview with the iSecse-s
tary Of State. s. d II slE
II United States Marshal Johnson,rof
Ohio. now here. says ono Of. the parties
engaged with Brown was prominent ia