, 1859-10-22
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TuEHAgpER'S FERRI TRAGEDY I


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n.1r1xoRx, October ao.-In a conversation
held with Capt. brown Yesterday, IN the pres
vallaudip CHAM aud othert, he made Sererfl
n|;c;tr of numerous persons in the Northern.
We.taru and Eastern Stalcs He refuses T.,
answer the question whether ho had had confer
.ree with Giddincs Of Ohio.
About his Virginia expedition he admitted he
had correspondence with partles At the Nortl,
On the subject, and had numerous . sympathi1ers
IL al the Free Suites.
p~,-, ,,xo nu.de n sts,rnpnt intended far H.,
reporters, as aoiso"s:
"1fyou do not want to converse any, I viii
remark to these reporting gentlemen that
claiu, to be here IN carrying out measures be:
lieye to be pctftctly iuatidAble and not to act II
pxrt at III iacendiaiy OF rutiianly but, on the
contrary, 10 aid those suffering under u great
wrong wish 10 Y. furthermore, that now all
YOU people Of The South had better prepare
YOURSELVES for settlc;peut Of this question.
Il must rnYoe I'm FIR settlencnt sooner tLan you
arc nrrnared for It. and The sooner you COM
mcncs that nrenarn,ion. tue better for you
Ton NAV d;enosc Of nc ycrr casy-l am nearly
disno..3 nr anw--but this question, mean tue
anil of It ;x not vet. These wounds were in
aicfed unon mc-both the sabre cuts on my
hssd md Lody. and The bayonct stnbs in dif,eii-
ont narts Of nv lody-sone minutes nftcr
hsd rrn.<d arhtipc, and had consented to sur.
rsnd.r for tie benefit OF others. and not form nv
nwn benetit.
several persons present denied this state
mrnt-
Relieve the Nsior here. pointing to Stewart.
would not hare been uiire but for me. might
hsrs Killed him lust as cusy as | could kiil u
,mnsnu;,o. Wien he camc IN but I sunposed h.:
r.mr on1y To receive our surrender. There had
hecn lon. aud loud calls Of surrender from us---
oe innd ~ men eonld veil but. in tie confusio
md excitement suppose we were not heard. |
do mt hc.;evo ,he Mafor or aoy one else wantet.
~ hrtrher ma after ~ had surrendered.
A. nf}icer present here stated TINT pacific or.
derz had been glscn to the Marines not To shoe:
snv hodv. hut when they were fred uron by
Browns men, and one Of them had been kilfeta
M,me xarmth that tue Marines fired first
' Al oficer-Why did YOU moi surrender be-.
forr lie attackY
RI did not think il was ms duty or interest
tn fn "a. We assured our prisoners that NC did
mi wish to harm them, md TINT they shouldbe
IA Mt liberty. exercised nv best Judgment,
mi believing the people would wnntonly sncri-
f;cc Their oBn fellow. citizens When We offered
tn 1et them 70 upou condition Of being allowed
To ch.npo our position about quarter Of mile,
the prisoners uereed ty vote among them.
selves TO pass across tue bridge With US. W.
wanted them only as a sort OF guarantee for our
own safety, that we should not pc fred into.
Kern them from doing any harm. We did Kill
sonic when defending ourselves, but l sEw n,'
one fire. except tdirect!y in self-dtteuse. Orders
were stric, not to harm any one not in arms
against us.
Brown, suppose you had any negroes in thc
Free States what woud you do with them:
Brown, in q loud tone und with emphasis-Set
them free, sir;
Your intention was to carry them oa and fFes
Drown-No. at all.
Dystaodes-To set them free would sacrifice
the life Of esery man 10 thts community
Drown-1 do not think 30. .--
bystAnoe1-A Ano" 'u"'+ 'l'"> 'ou 49,
Rrnxn-and I think you ara fanatical.
=. w1,nna he cnds would DESTROY. they first
rn.te mad"
Mas Tour onlg object to free the negroes:
Browp-Absp!utcfy, our ouly object.
9ret,nderNnnt ran went and took CoEonc,
wash;npton's silver and watch,
Rrown-Oh. YES: VIC intended freely to hayc
annronriuted The property Of shareholders to
FRY mi our object, Il was for that. and only
~. We had 10 design to enrich ourselves
,s;s, orr ,iunder whatever.
Rrstsrder-Did rou know Sherod III Kansas:
nGdsratana rou Killed him.
nsnraNi lila m man. e1cept in fair fieht
+ fn,,nh+ =, Rncl jaek and Mt OssawattoH,ie
',uS Il T *i,!ed anvbody. it was Mt one Of thosc
.,'asss = ~>1 4"'
P n;sna,cbcs ,cere rceeiyed 1ere from Hacers
4o..n ,rh;c1, Sectrrn that Cook's wife certainjy
som ~ IisrrsSnrr Is m Tnesday md tooE board
4S - 10 sans honse with i}rown's dauclter
;nsar ;@s ~ ~07 e''@''" 'No
~" S,,s-;e and h;s dcnutv- If Harerstown.
foilowed % Cnot M far ss Grseucas,lc te.day. and
the iu,pression there was that Cook had let for
chambersbnrr. % Pa, The impression at Hascrs.
The sheriff was credbty Informed Mt Green
- .a-t a Ind of boxes nasscd through
,ne5e on DIT, t :aas ,,fs,,,, ~ a;r:aan, COUNTY,
tosoea ~tn ~ itMss. ~ nso cnn9;r,
~ ' s..esn,snt @ IN Tcssrd to Gonkss vile.
Inc s1aten'ets III 1ee01u ~ ooo~ ""s'
THE LATEST DISPATCH.
uAesEg's Fennr, Oct. ao.-Scouts are ont III
thr n,ountains seurel.jog for Cook. but there is
no doubt that be ias ere this passed the / tenn.
sylyauia line, and is for on his way toward Can.
ada.
Eycry stranger that comes here il looked
unon With SUSPICION. and several have been ar
rested an lie Charge Of being spies. Mr. Lee, s
rentlenau from Charlottesville, was brought il,
today under urres., causing great excitement.
n wns noon recognized and discharged.
Mr. Ou,d ulso lest for Washington last eve
ming. thus virtually Tearing the prisoners in 1hr
bands Of the Virginia authorities.
Il il said TINT Cor. Wise is not yerY comp1i-
mentarv 70 the nepple Of uarper's Ferry, imput-
ing to them cowardicc in allowing such hand.
fuf Of men TO bold population OF 1000 inhabi-
tants prisoncra for tweuty-four hours. lie also
snote Of tt,e fact Of tipbI or ten men keepiu..
forty ar Gfty citizens in confinement, One re.
nl;ed "Well. Governor, but ' ou must reaem.
fsr va werc nacked tnrether like sbeen.1 Thc
Goxsrnor r.n1;rd: "Yes. know shat. hut
@ny.4 th;at ran .cicd i;le si,ren alan !"
Tha hanr;sr ~ ,ie cases hefnre thc Exam;n.
80 T.n.t ~ 9r.,;ca ts;ii nrohnh1r t,to n1sr,.
+ann,-cw rhcn 4 i. nrnbnhle ihe rr;snner~
IaPt' bto"n ~ nod eone'oI: rs5 eu ~ a"5 uaus:'