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THE HARPER's FERRY INsUnREcr1oN

Aue PEeAS upon our Columns during tho
present week will prevent our publishing in
this issue. tho details of tho insurreetion move
ment ct HarPer's Ferry. the news of which has
caused general excitement in tho country,
but which has been promptly and finally sup.
pressed by the energy Of the President and the
State authority of Virginia and Maryland.
The general facts Of this strange occurrence are
these-that on tho night of Sunday the leth
inst. tha United States Armory at Harpers
Ferry was taken stealthy and without resist.
ance, By party of nineteen abolitionists, 1--we
OF whom were free negroea) headed by Joas
baows, OF Kansas notoriety: that tho trains
were stopped, the telegraphic wires cut, the
bridge across the Potomac defended by cannon
and the Federal and State authorities set at do.
fence. Upon the reception Of the news at Bs,-
tsmore. Richmond and Washington troops were
despatched toi the scene. and by Tuesday
merning. the stronghold Of insurgents was "a.
ken' after killing slIezcept Eve taken prisoners.
Six citizens were killed aud ono marine. The
President has directed the District attorney
Ould to deliver over the prisoners to the Vir-
gioian authorities, as it was under the laws of
that State, that the murder had been com.
mittsd.
Tho President has received the papers and
doeamentA which were found on the person and
in the valise of Brown. They have not vet
been thoroughly examined, but enough il
known OF their character to show that the
consPiracy had an sxtensius orxanizat ion in
tho various StateA and that leading men Of
the North, East and West were engaged in it.
They aad regular constitution snd laws, by
which they were governed Tho chief of tho
eonspirAtors had power to appoint officers of
various grades, and it is clear he exercised
that authority. The papers disclosed that
Brown kept daily Journal. in which he set
forth tho details of his transactions, the pur.
chase of arms in large quantities. and stores
and ammunition of oil kinds. 1t il not deemed
advisable at present to publish tho name, of
persons engaged in this conspiracy, or the con.
tents of papers found. sit might hwar. and
defeat the Investigation whieh is about 10 be
instituted a,r.s ..r....+
There h said - be nothing in the pspsrs. !.
found showing that the negroes. or ether,
belonging At Harpers Ferry. or it vicinity,
were parsie.ps oriainis before fact In Brsva's
eonspirssy. Amsag ether tLisgs snhesosd in
this batch Of Psesr. arc said t. bs Is names
Of various psrsops upon vhoa he might rely
for aid in case Of necessity. It is.:also said 70
6s1pparsnt ksn then that hs vas .pronissd
instSu& sxtensivs aid from abroad vhish. %
the rssult proves. failed him Thsrs esn aev
be 40 doub. thst bis grand aim vas ts srsste
. general ssrvils insurrsetion. = = d t"''.
: Thus has been enacted the first seems n The
'aaaprsnibIs sonAict.r whish BEwAap aadz his ]
pestisans are deiag % much to further, Thoss \
n'sshsrs, journals who shargs .thp sstbreak
npen ths ip'situtio9 efSlsyery. psryert'all the
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tnsnt origipating 1t de North aud iuSsiestsd
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