The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-30

surprise. But nothing would deter from 0ur hAzAdpus
emprke once We had secured meaps OF convsyanc
And thR was the great diiCuly At last The andbrd o.
the hotel procured horse and buggy and valiant
Jack s0p, little negro barber, volunteered v plOt us
On oar way When we started the night vas iutonsey
dark and threatening rain, but hoped To reacn Har
pers Ferry any direct manifestations OF what might
be expsctsd would break FORTH Hoping this and hopug
Also that Of the patrols would fire al US hrst and
Afterwards call the halt and with
strained 70 catch any challenges, started. About
quarter q mile from the town we were suddenly chal-
enged, upon which Rt promptly pulled up. In
the dark could not the sentinel OF tho road, but
after our hang a iands, aud the counersgn being do
Jehu shouted out, "Rcdmans team" upon which wa
were ordered 70 advance personal inspcctos snd
inquiry then followed and the announcement Reporters
Of the HKAID" obtained our permit " proceed, and
Good night" We had not proceeded mile from ths
when the storm burst forth, fierce gale Of wind With
ram and sheet, and heavy thunder ana Lgntnng II was
with great difficulty kept Ia the incense
darkness upcn whieh only very feeble ray thrown
from lantern aternaoy held aloft by each Of rs When
We reached place called Halstown, haied by
person who inquired the news and quessoned as "
The truth OF the that aoat Of raid Of nbo
bense and auempt AZ o the prisoners az Charles
town. One qucrst appeared very much excited he was
anxious that arms should be distributed, aud averred
,ss' ,s he could raiss thirty stout fellows for for
promised 10 Mr. Faulkner about the morning. Ou
We went again, despite the Storm until reached tho f.
again challenged by sentuelthe Intermediate seniies
any there had been, having "guesscdn II their do
ty to keep out Of The ian and again magic
was completely scnthcled at every point by nhtamen,
and several o tue Fredericksburg company who had been
egraphec for bad also arrived aud the remainder
expected o. follow in the morning.
detachment Of marines bave been ordered down ffonn
Washington, and believe that OF the Pennsy ivan
militia have been specially posted along the Pennsylvania
line. Here there s the greatest excitement and twice we
were challenged way 70 the telegraph Office The
storm, told, had interfered with the communca
tion and our dispatches would pot be sent, so
we had 10 make arrangements with the mail agent
Mr. H. johnson, United States Marshal Of Ohio had
interview 10 day with the prisoners, aud s understood
that Copland--who rs from Oho-madc confession i'm
picatng persons not heretofore mentioned in connection
with the matter. Letters have also been discovered,
through hs MEANS which open up the startling de-
velopements and show the great extent Of this
Gov Wse refuses 70 permit copies Of these letters 70 be
taken for publication.
Tie coming executions already discussed The pri
soners it is said, will be hung high gaows within
the jail yard, that they be by multi
tude.
The mode Of empannclling jury in Virginia differs from
that o New York The venire consists Of twenty f0ur
selected By the Court impartial jurors, having
bias prejudice against the accused. The list then
handed 70 the counsel for the defence who have the pr
vege of orasng eight Of the The jury to try the
then selected by from the remaining sixteen
At the selection Of the venre by the Court the
defence have the privilege Of examining the jurors
to their bias prejudice but there other privilege
Of challenge than the erasure Of eight Of the names