The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-02

nedy farm Of Dr. Kennedy, Of Haeerstown Nary
land, for the Of sa6 y'.ar short time after-
wards the party increased by the arrival Of two
women, said 10 be his W 6e and daughter. And about
three weeks ago three nen arrived The house oca
in the midst Of bckiy settled neighborhood five
families living within hail., and the movements Of he
strangers regarded with curiosity. They
ed to have no settled business, but largo number Of
boxes and packages 70 them by railroad, which
they carted home and nearly every DAY moro OF
them paid visit to the village upon pretence
other. They paid tor everything they wanted in hard
cash. and socabe and friendly towards their neigh
bors great deal Of their time appeared passed in
hunting in the mountains, although 1t not known that
they ever brought homo any game On one occasion a
neighbor remarked TO Mr. Smith as Old Brown was call
e that he had observed twgs and branches bent down
in peculiar manner which Smith explained by stating
that the habit Of the Indians n travelling through
strange country mark their path in that 30 as to
find t,eir way back He had Doubt he said that In
dams equenty passed these mountains unknown to
the inhabitants.
On Sunday night the 17th of October, Brown and his
party numbering twenty two men, marched into town
very quietly, and proceeding straight to The gate Of the
Armory, seized and imprisoned the watchman duty,
and placed themselves in possession without creating any
alarm. detachment under command Of man named
then despatched into the country and made seizure Of
two wealthy slave owners-Coonel Washington and Mr..
Alstadt Cook and his returned with the prisoners
and five Of the slaves belonging to EACH Cook then took
some Of the negroes and two white Of the party
Owen Smith and man named Thompson-and went up
TO the Kennedy farm, where the party abored nearly all
day in cartipg boxes of down scho0lhouse only
mile two from Harper's Ferry. They drove out the
school children, and tied the schoolmaser hand and foot
and kept him in the building. Towards night Cook went
down towards Harpers Ferry where Brown and his par
" by this time hemmed in by the military, and
seen in little time by who had lived on the road
returning in state Of great excitement
Old Brown and his men nineteen in number, remained
charge of the armory and village taking possession of
the bridges and all the avenues, and arrestng the c
fast they made their appearance in the streets
The nsurreconsts took up their quarters engine
house Of the Arsenal where they kept all their prisoners
in durance Meantime party Of United States marines
from Washington and several volunteer military
panies together with Governor wise had arrived the
of action and the marines commenced an attack
next day the Arsenal for the purpose OF dsodging
Brown and his The latter offered stubborn resist
ance firing brisky from the port holes the sodiery
Colonel Shut approached wlfa flag Of truce and de-
manded surrender After expostuating time, the
rioters refused to surrender The marines advanced
the charge and endeavored TO break the door down with
sledge hammers, but it resisted all their efforts.
large ladder was then used as battering RAM and
the door gave way The rioters fired brisky and shot
three Marines the marines firing in turn through the
partly broken door.
The marines then forced their way through the break
and in few minutes resistance was at an end.
The rioters brought out amidst the most intense
excitement many Of the militia present trying get
opportunity to shoot them.
Captain Brown and his were both shot-the latter
dead.
With the exception of Brown and three four more,
all the insurgents either killed wounded in at
tempting to. escape while several citizens outside
shot down by the fire Of Browns
During the charge marine, name Luke Quinn, was
killed, and another, Mathew Rupert, wounded. There
surrender on Browns part. Brown himself was
wounded by sabre cuts by Leuenan. Stuart and, per-
haps, by the bayonets Of the marines.
The following the of those who wound
ed in the attack
Evans Dorsey of Baltimore conductor Of the tonnage
tram; dangerously.
George W. Richardson. Of Baltimore, brakeman dam
gerously.
G. N Hammond late Deputy Sheriff Of Berkeley coun-
ty; shot ough the hip, very severely.
George Woett, Superintendent in tho railroad ma
chine shops at Martinsbnrg; shot through the left
Geo H. Morphy, prosecuting attorney for Berkeley
county; sho. in the leg.
III
rentIy with small shot.
Eomond MtCabe, shot through the shoulder, and arm
fractured-a bad wound.
Clinton Bowman, conductor the tonnage train; two
woundsone on the shoulder and the other across the
eyebrow.
Before the insurgents retired into the Armory brisk
fight occurred between them and the Charestowp yolun
teers and other military companies in the streets and
the railroad bridge, in which several were shot on both
sides. Among the citizens shot Messrs. Beckham,
and Richardson, and colored porter named Hayward.
Of the twenty two insurgents fifteen were killed. two
wounded escaped with Cook and two captured
uphurt. The surviving prisoners were ossawatomie
Brown and his son, Coppe, Evan Stevens, and Green
and Copeland both coored Cook subsequently
arrested the 26h October at Montao, Chambers
burg Pa whsre he had taken to the mountains and
delivered up y the Virginia authorities.
AS is known, Old Brown, Cook, Coppie, Green and
Copeland were indicted for treason, murder and psur-
rection, convicted at Charestown, and condemned to
death. Browns trial concluded on the 1st of Novem-
ber and the next day he sentenced be hanged
the I'd Of December Qhs day. The other prisoners
convicted and sentenced to death the 10th of
November and the day of execution fixed for December
49, the negroes Copeland and Green to be hung in the
forenoon and the white men, Cook and Coppe, in the
afternoon.
Inc papers lounQ On bIOWuS person anu IN MS mouse
showed that the conspiracy was extensively ramihed
throughout the country, and those documents together
with the correspondence Of Colonel Forbes and Others
seriously implicated in the transaction several leading
Of the anti slavery party including Senator'S Seward
Hale, Sumner and Wilson, Giddings and Gov Chase of
Ohio, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Gcrrit Smith, Dr. Howe
Of Boston, Horace Greeley, Gov. Fletcher Of Vermont
and others.
SKETCH OF OLD BROWN.
The friends Of Old Brown have abored hard to prove
him insanc and thus lay grounds for obtaining
pardon from Gov Wise. With this object his counsel pro-
cured less than twenty afhdavs iron, his acquaint
in Ohio he substance of which appeared in wedncs
days HERA1D), showing that he Of a family In
which insanity is hereditary. appears that his grand
mother, two aunts, one unclc Eve cousins, sister,
niece and two of his had been afflicted with aber
rations Of mind from time TO me and that Of them
had died insane, and now inmates of uuatic
asynms. Ossawatomie Brown comes Of military fami
ly. In the buryiDg ground the church in Canton
rortra Copn ctanda n,urb1o rnonupcnt unon which