Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-25

To- - N ze04noD0nt1 n - eomo
armed in the strees in the errly hou,s Of the !
morning, but no adherent or symrathizer turned /,
in .dditiss . N shis, .sssr careful inquiry and
any man Of any color (save one, hereafter to be
noticed, y WIS even suspected Of being In any way
scees:osy @ Eivy = ne plot The e1csP6o.w.s
Ferry. year o. Two since In the clnesctsr OF
school-mastef, married there. and whts afek ne
event,it appeared, was an emisnry q Drov9s,
md had been 11ociated with him hKan1as.
Coax impsSssd de PisSs Of Brown to nssei q yir-
ginia, % far ID known; or, II he did, 10 certain
that none acted On them. He accompanied the
and his negroes and brought them Oh in the night,
but none Of the latter evinced any purpose 70 fol-
low his fortunes. On the contrary, those That he
carried Off the same night into Maryland escaPed
THINK am warranted, on the foregoing Facts.
aid from any. Of any rae, were given 70 brown
Il is shs shs only me S SS 9Ssn
was Of alarm and terror, and their only refuge
refuge sought Il their masters bones. y Ii Z
os Sssa
with Browns effects TO show that be acted from
impressions made upon him by abolition tracts,
~ ss. srcle. Is
:sons were that i required only to put srus within
Immediate reach to bring about lmmed ate insur-
rection in the slaveholding states-s doctrine
openly inculcated, as 10 known, by abolition lead
ers. Thus impressed, he embarked on this des-
perate enterprise with hut nineteen men; but he
had arms and weapons secretsd in the mountains
side Of the river, and within four or ave miles Of
the Virginia line at HarPer's Perry with abundant
| ammunition, to have placed an efFective weapon
In the hands Of each Of at leAst fifteen hundred OF
| two thousand men,, The exact number Of these
l arms can never be ascerhined, a. they were car
iisd on In great numbers when first discovered or
brought In by the citizens and companies Of vol
unteers who came from distance, and before pos
session OF them was taken by the regular military
| authorities. Amongst them were ose hossnsd
Plkes or iances, composed of steel blade sharp
eight inches long, and tapering from an inch or
inch and half to the point strongly and securely
| nxed ON uniform wooden handles five or six feet
la length most effective arm for hands I'M
Il skilled IN military wea pons--leavng doubt for
/ whom they were destined. To-. q -
The whole military equipment possessed by
| brown. and seized after bis capture, could not
have cost less that SIO,OO0, consisting amongst
other things, Of some two hundred Shapes rifles
with number Of six-shooter pistols, confa.ed in
hs mana foetnrsr's boxes, and not yet used, pro-
poftionate supply of fixed ammunition for the
rites, with caps, &C., in the original boxes, hos
pitai stores, pick-axes, and shoyels, unstained
with use, and large box containing ten kegs Of
powder. a - so
gently, and, I trust successfully, prosecuted to
| ascertain whence the funds were derived for this
| military expedition of outlaws against State Of
the Union, and who they were aiding with money
TO furnish arms to such leader for such pur pose
IL remains only to add that, far as can be dis
covered, not one Of the nineteen csc iped I could
not correctly ascertain the number Wholesome
| ten or eleven 1t Ii known were killed--some were
shot In attempting to escape across the river and
their bodies not recovered five only were captured
alive, amongst them their leader, Brown; two Of
| he came from Ohio to join this expedition; the
other, black, says that ne came from Hafrisburg
Pa, with the Ike purpose; both alle9e that they
Were deceived by Brown as to the objects Of the
expedition. =
Not slave escaped or ATTEMPTED to escape during
| the tumult or tie few carried of by Cook across
the river all escaped from him aud came safely
back but one, who, II appears, was drowned
whilst crossing the river hon,eward bound.
Very respectfully, yours, J. M. MASON.
1 SELMA, near Winchester, Va, Oct. 81, 1859.
LETTER FROM ]. r. GIBpINGs TO com, BRowN.
The following letter Zone of the many from the
/ same sourcel from Joshua X. Giddings was found
by Lieut.. kerchner, Of the Baltimore Crews
| among some papers at the house of Old Brown
We learn that Lieut. Kerchner Is in possession of
other important papers which IL Is his intention to
| forward to Gov. Wise, who, by the way has for
| warded written request that parties in Bait.
more having In their possession any documents or
| TO throw light upon the traitorous project NAV
forward the same to him. The following Is the
note: -
| JEFFERSON, o. Nav 26. 1859.
My Dear Sir ~ shall be absent during next
week, but hope to be at home during the summer
Shall be happy to see you at my house.
i Very truly, JR GIpprNss.
| To John Brown, Esq
&C. OLD BRowN "CRUcIFIKD.n
| Some Of the New York sensation preachers, on
Sunday, instead Of preaching Christ, spoke Of sOld
| Brown as crucifed. At the Hope Chapel Rev
George F. Noyes held forth on g The irreprrssibie
| conflict between freedom and slavery" and allu-
sion was made to the same thing in the sermons
OF Rev. DIR. Cheever, Rev. Mr.. FTothingha and
(last but notleast) Rev. Henry Ward Beccher at
/ the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
| IL Captain Cook, Of Harper's Ferry notoriety,
| some six or seven years ago resided In PhiIadel
phla, where, Tor nearly year, he s'held COPY y,
as the printers call II, In the Ledger One.
In-c9gPoN BONDS OF THE WASHING,