The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-01

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Inc Objection IN regard to the Indictment has already
been stated ane PRISONER has boon tried for ouoe
not appearing on the record Of the Grand Juryhc yer-
verdict on the whole indictment. ~ WaHs
Ion report here breaks onl assx5s "a
NEWS, RUMORs AND GOSSIP FROM HAIR
PERS FERRY.
FKOk OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.
One Of special reporters who has been at Hrpers
Ferry and hat neighborhood since tho fret Of the
outbreak returned TO This city yesterday, and gives
some additional items Of news and Incidents connected
with the affair.
oosTyrm E1cRnrr AfARa 81
The whole Of Jefferson county and the adjoining
ties Virginia and Maryland continue in state OF great
and increasing excitement, which will hardly be aayed
30 long AZ "0ld ossawatomis Brown' continues 10 i've
Rumors ana reports Of movements by tbs a. 0i aists to
rescue Brown and his mcn, trial at cnArestown,
or 10 aYenge their DEATH should they be executed in
continual circulation, and the authorities were constantly
sending and receiving eegraphc dispatches on tho sub
ec The purport Of these communications was not suf
fered TO transpe but enough had leaked 30 keep mp
the fever From the Of the Tor the pro-
secuton 10 opposng delay In the trial Of old Brown,
well ~ from the few words dropped by the Court Judge
Prksr) in that connection inferred TIA. an attack
feome sort was mcmcntarly apprehendcd. aga
PREPARATIONS DEFENCE
Arms had been freely Issued from the unitoi States
Armory at Harper's Ferry and had been placed in the
hands Of every citizen in whom confidence could BIO
posed. military conpany-thc United Guard, Capt.
Sim from Frederick saryand-had been for days
9. Harpers Ferry; company Of forty fifty men bad
been enrolled in the service Of the State a. CaresowD,
receiving 81 90 per day esch u guard tho court house
and ail; and besides many Of the inhabitants had orga-
nzed themselves Tor patrol service, and occurring
the country N various directions Tho reporters at
Charles,own were informed, Friday morning last That
thirty forty marines hal arrived Harpers Ferry but
marines had reached there Saturday morning, and
J. 2oasDe Rat the story only told order that the
aboh0iss, who supposed 10 read the ps,crs, might
be deferred from making another attack at tina. point
TEE ssoS0Es STILL uspER SUSPICION. n
The inhabitants are not by any easy u their
unds MS to the temper of the slaves and free negroes
among them. Colonel Wasbingtoa who was ono Of old
Browns hostages does spend bis nights At hoe and
assured that many other wealthy slave owners
whose residences c at distance from those Of their
neighhoTs also regard prudento lodge elsewhere for
the presents and yet The personal courage gentle
men cannot be questioned II has been ascersasd re-
ports 10 the contrary misunderstanding that many negroes
in the noighborhcod, who bad been iampcrea with by
Cook and otcre Of Browns gang had at least enhance
Q! the plans OF the msrauders they did not sympahiso
with them. On the night that Colonel Washington
a,ion, spending the night there, and although he
nigh; in hall an hour raised alarm at Charlsstown,
So and the nrs. nc ~ Of The affair brought to that VII
LACE by citizens OF IIaners Ferry the next day. There b
70 doab. that wsshing:on,s negro goodman, Jim, who
joined the rebels With good will pistol was found on
him. ana hs had his pockets nl,ed with BAH cartridges
when be was nshsd 90; Of the river
On Sunday evening before the attack gentleman on
sf fs way q 3 s ssa Hs 9ae
rife, and tvo negroes, armed with axes who told him
~ a o. a s ssa a.
ing there he Of sight Who these parties
were, wyatt their connection with Browns party is stn
mystery
J. y certain that Browns party was conssasransy
cd, was at fret supposed There nsus have been at
eastty Besides the two sons Of Brown who were
lilled, another (Ogen Brown) was engaged With Cook
mos, Of The day on Monday IN carrying from he
Kennedy farm 70 the schoohouse in the neishborhood OF
and coppee each acsncwiedge also thar they had brother
in the fight, and they hare been heard from since.
House the day Brown had possession tho Arnory
also left very suddenly at night and are suspected Of
previously been at the hotel and registered different
name. Circumstances have also TRANSFERRED leading To
Inc pa od' wounded men nave en concealed - me
tentons Of ply scan At the Relay House. few nights
since, man rolled himself from the train from Harpers
Ferry while u WIS still in rapid motion and when picked
up he found TO have stab gun shot wound
in his side. Lie arrested suspicion, and is still m
custody
STRANGERS srsFEc7TD
Every stranger .r who sisps from n.n;1 The cars an.
Of once put under surveillance, especially
az the hotel he registers his az coming from
Northern or Eastern State any Increment beyond the
hotel s sure to be followed by arrest and nquon
his business Sometimes ludicrous mistakes made,
for instance IN the arrest Of two Southern gcntcmen
Of them clergym on their way TO Presbyterian
synod. AT Charlcstown still greater vigilance 10 main
tanned, and travelling agent or pedlar remain in
the place. three four Of that class having already been
sent away. On Friday afternoon, while Brown
trial In the court house for treason and murder, well
with rather nasal accent was on trial before commit
Of citizens in The yard Of the court house suspicion
Of being an abolition spy The man appeared highly III
nees but finally gave satisfactory account OF himself and
was suffered 70 so his way.
The yirgin;zns will mot Cor moment tolerate the idea
that Blown IS ronomaniac the subject Of slavery be-
neving that the plea only started by hts friends at tho
North for the purpoe Of gaining time 70 out an eypedi
ton for his Tho apparent madness and folly OF
sspec:ed po ony az Uprising q the Slaves sas large re-
Inducements from the North Tho fact that ne left al bis
property and his important papers exposed At the
kennedy farm the only symptom or insanity aud
can only be accounted for on the ground THAI he
pected them TO be taken charge Of by other bands Of abO
rRxp. DOUGLASS HEACHERY.
TIE reporters informed, aser the arrival OF Cook
=. Charlsstonn jail, that he had been moro conmu
NEGATIVE than old Brown, but reporter allowed 70
him. His cnptors (who have occasionally made few
S haS n say
mountaue once with BIS prisoners and what arms they
could gather they would have been aoc to succeed, and
that the enterprise only failed through the
ardice the negro aboIionst Fred Douglass That
dyidnal have arrived at tho schooahouee with
large band early Monday, but Cook says, conveyed
the there for him and waited TIL nearly night, but
the coward didn't come" a8
COOK JAIL. 1913
slave owner named Brown visited Cook in jail on FRI
Day and recognized him identical with hall crazy
fellow who visited his place. fifteen twenty miles dig
tt in the carly Part OF last summer and pretended TO
be ensagcd in wrikAg history OF Virginia He went all
over The plantation, convcrsed with TIE me-
groes, and finally staid oyer night. After no
had gore, letter was found the paror table
urging Mr. Brown 10 take stock In Southern rairoaa
enterprise Cook recognized his vser, bns had very n
tie 10 say. Mr. Brown observed that whenever 20 0
speak his p trebed and he seemed greatly agtated IN
view Of his approaching DOOM After Cook was arrested no
was kicked and beaten by gang Of men a. wrk vi
bridge near BY who nsd observed MS desperate srugSd
with his captors His face and head Sun bear ie mars
| Of tbs violence .a
OLD nROwx's sTTpIMS-lsIE yiH9LSVs -
DcIing his residence ut tho Kennedy Farm v0 Ssvns
or SMITH ns No was then known, purchased al the sup