Des Arc citizen., 1859-11-02
FRY WEDNESDAY, ATDES ARC PRAIRIE COUNTY ARKANSAS BY
DIES ARC. ARKANSAS. NOVFMB
THE REBELLION AT HAMPERS
 FERRY.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

An old mulatto has been arrested on { charge of having had an interview witt Cook on Tuesday, promising him to come into Harper's Ferry as spy and repor to him in the mountains. A basket O supper was found in her hut, ready to be carried into the mountains. Her daugh. ter informed agains, her.
 The news from Charlestown is tha Stevens wounds are doing well, and iha $ old Brown" is oul of all danger on the score of his wounds.
 Governor Wise arrived here today ir the train from Charlestown, and issued the following order:
 "HARPEs's FERRY. Oct. %. 1S59--Henry Hunter, Esq.--Sir: The Governor of Virginia directs that you organize an armed patrol of | twenty-five men, to be under your command and to remain on duty until further orders.-- You are invested with such discretionary powers as may be necessary to carry out the instructions to-day given you by the governor You will patrol the districts assigned you for duty, protect and defend persons and property and execute the full office assigned you. You will communicate information or report foI further orders in writing to the governor, al Richmond, or to the undersigned. By order oi Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia ana Commandern-c
 "JOHN BLAIR HODGE,
 "Aidecamp to Governor"
 Upon receiving the above, Captain Craig issued the instruction to the super intendent of the armory 10 furnish the arms.
 Thirty rounds of ammunition were also directed to be given to Henry Hunter, al the expense of the State The governor says the State had arms for one hundred thousand men. He also said the Sharp's rifles were a dangerous weapon for those not familiar with arms. He preferred the smooth bore musket for military; Sharp's rifles were toys in the hands of the peo. pie.
 The United States district court for western Virginia commences it's session at Wythevile, Wythe county, (Judge Broc- kenbaugh,1 on Monday next.
 The prisoners are committed to jail for the murder of five persons, as follows: First, at the instance of the United States for the murder of Luke Quinn, private of the marine corps, and F. Beckman, railroad agent, killed upon the govern ment property second, at the instance of the State authorities, for the murder of Geo. Turner, Thos Boerley, and H. the colored porter
 It is remarkable fact, that not a single slave joined the party of insurgents Those who were taken prisoners made their escape from their captors at the first opportunity and returned to their masters One of the negroes from the West cap- tured at the rifle factory, was taken to Charlestown jail. The propositions to lynch him were overruled by the good sense of the citizens.
 Mir. Beckham's body laid in the street several hours after he was shot, until woman, the sister of MT. Foulke, remov- ed il upon wheelbarrow.
 THE ANTEcEDENTs OF "oLp" BROWN.
 A writer in the New York Commer. cial says:
 " He is the son of wealthy farmer of Hudson, Sumit county Ohio. by the name of Owen or Squire Brown as he was generally called. Capt Jno Brown was born in Connecticut but resided for more than thirty years in Hudson township, Ohio, on dairy farm, but subsequently embarked in wool growing, in which bus mess he was quite successful, until he &C., very large venture of the finest qualities of that article to England This speculation resulted in a runous loss and from that time to this he has been more or less absorbed Tn the furlher- ance of Abolition views, op which sub ect he was complete fanaiic." THE DESIGNS OF THE EINsURREcrIoNIsTs-
 THEIR INTENTION TO HAVE SEIZED AND
 IMPRISONED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 UNITED STATES.
 The reporter of the Baltimore Sun with gentleman of veracity, direct from Harper's Ferry He stated tha. "Od Brown" and his confederates were overheard in the. rawlings on Tues. day night previous, giving vent to their overcharged brains. Their ejaculations were overheard from the quarters where Brown and Stevens were confined.- Brown was heard to say that, in the event of their success, the insurgents conem. plated the capture of Washington, the seizure of the Federal Government, and the imprisonment of the President and his Cabinet. The schemes of the revolu- ton was in the confidence of five of the revolutionary spirits of the Southern and eight of the Northern States.
 It IS fact worthy of notice that all the spears captured by the United States are one foot longer than the musket and bay onet of the army, and their use, it is evil dent, was to be mainly employed in keep ing the United States soldiers at bay. THE wHEREABoUTso OF CAPTAIN COOK AND
 HIS WIFE.
 A gentleman from Harrisburg says that Cooks wife came into that town on Tues day, and stopped at the same place where old Browns sons wife was boarding.
 MORE INsURREcTIoNARY ARMS.