The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-21

extraordinary rebellion at Harper's Ferry, whic
We were unable to find room for in our paper {
yesterday.
We also annex the opinions of the press so far a
they have reached u.s.
SEIZURE OF ARMS
Shortly after the storming of the citadel of tn
| insurrectionsts, several respectable looking cit
zens OF Harper's Ferry approached Major Warne
excitedly, and declared that large number of tn
lnsurrectionsts, under the command of J. F. Cook
one of the leaders of the rebellion had entrenche
| themselves within an unoccupied log cabin some
times used as school house, and had fired upol
certain citizens few moments before; and the as
sistance of Major Warner was asked to dislodg
| them. The latter replied that his corps being un
der the command of General Egerton he could no
act without orders from him, but they were eager
ly willing to volunteer for the service. Meantime
Gen. Egerton, having received intelligence t. th
same effect as that communicated to Major Warner
had detailed the Independent Greys, Lieut.. Simp
son, to dislodge and capture the party.
The gallant Greys proceeded at f'double-quic
time, along constantly ascending and rocky roaC
to execute the order. About mile from the Ferry
they arrived within sight of the school house,
cabin situated in gloomy hollow, and, apparently
closely barrcaded. Hating for few moments
the Greys formed into two platoons, under the re-
| spective commands OF Lieuts. Simpson and Kerch
ner, and, at given signal dashing down the de
clivity of the road, with the butt end of their mus
kets, battered in the doors and windows through
which they entered The cabin was entirely empty
of occupants, though on all sides were discovered
evidences of recent occupation and hasty retrea
| of its inmates.
Against the front door were piled sixteen lono
and heavy boxes, one of which-upon being burst
open--was found to contain ten newly-finished
Sharp's breecn-loading rifles, evidently fresh from
the hands of their maker. There was also discov.
cred one large square box, exceedingly heavy.
which was suffered to remain unopened; a large
and heavy black trunk, box filled with bayonets
and sabres, and several boxes of rife cartridges
and ammunition. There were in all 81 boxes sew
eral of which were filled with Mavnards large
sized patent revolvers, with powd; RIA ks accom-
panying.
The room was Uttered with Sharps rifles revol-
vers and pixies: Evidently distributed with view
to their immediate use, either for the purpose OF
defense or an aggressive action. After satisfying
themselves that the traitors had fed, the gallant
Greys proceeded to possess themselves-each man
OF rifle, and pair of revolvers, the remainder
being placed, together with large number of
pixies, &C., upon large new wagon, (purchased
but few days before by Smith or Capt. Brown,
as he is now known,) to which the captors harness.
ed pair of fine horses they caught grazing in the
enclosure, and conveyed their valuable prize into
town, where they were received with loud cheers
by the citizens and military.
The captured boxes were placed for safe keeping
in the Arsenal OF the United States, though the
Greys asserted an exclusive right to their possess
sion as the lawful prize of the captOrs.
The revolvers and rifles were entirely new and
evidently expressly manufactured for the insurrec-
tionists, the initials of whose leaders, name a. F.
c." were stamped upon every weapon.
The boxes in which the weapons were contained
were marked thus-"By railroad ria Pittsburg
and Harrisburg. j. Smith Sons, Chambersburg,
Pa By American Express Company. Keep drv'
One bog was directed to sEW F. McClarnev Ma
rine Bank Building" The name of the town had
been oblterated but several legibie letters indca-
ted that Cincinnati was the place. One small box
containing cartridges was inscribed with the mi
tials ~ B. ;" written on the back of nearly ohlit
.ho T,lIo
ment, "FrOm Burr & Swift, wholesale and retail
dealers and imnorters of groceries - fish frui+
tobacco cigars = GLASS solt rona voodnr.
uarn eto Commission and forro dircr' 'r,orobor+,
- between Front and Second Davennort
Iowa Anntbar nnonanpd hov snnnosoJ tn CO. -
tain rifles was addressed To s.T Il Eldridoe Nj
Pleasant -" The succeedinp nortion of tba
address the name of the State nsrhans had bean
carefnljr ohliterated
nrscovrRy oE THE PAPERS oP THE rvsrpprcrr,yrSrs
Tho excitement attandino This cIovor .,,lnit b 4
scarcely snbsidad when another alarm vas o,iynn
that the notorious iusurpent leader Cook had few,
minutes before been seen upon the mountains m
thp Marvland shore
4 scoHtinc marty CONSISTING of savaraI ,na,nbars
of the Crews. (tbe only FOREIGN corns in the town
onita or neary ali of those nTesant in tba fnrenoon
HAVING left for their homes soma scnrs or moe ~
volunteers and about twenty II. s Marines Iinder
command of Cant. j. F. b. Stewart. was Instantly
formed and proceeded rapidv in nursuit
Following the same path which the Crews had
nnrsnad in ms kinr their discoveries. nd
known "a the MConntv road ), ieodinr ;nto tho
heart of Washington county. Md. the marty contin-
ued their course for distance of 4h miles from the
Ferrv until they reached the farm and honse
BOUGHT and occupied bv Brown, under the name Of
john smith. The dwelling. loo house, contain
inc two unpayed basement rooms used annarnntlv =
for storage and in which were several emntv gn9
boxes: two rooms and a pantry upon the second
floor and one large attic room in which were about
six husk mattresses-was discovered to he unoccu.
pied save a hupe savage looking mastif tied with
rope to the railing of small piazza outside the
house, but there abundant evidences of its re-
cent hurried vacation. The floors of all the rooms
were Uttered with books, papers, documents and
wearing apparel of several persons hastily snatsh-
ed from eight or ten trunks and an equal number of
valices and coarse carpet bags, strewn around the
fastenings of all of which had been forcibly bro
ken, as if their violaters were too much hurried
for time to adopt the tardier method of entrance,
by looking up KEYS In the pantry, which appear
ed to have been used for kitchen purposes, beside
an almost new cooking stove and an abundance of
tin utensils were two barrels of -four large guam
tity of sausage meat and cured hams, together
with several pounds of butter, lard, &C. The fire
was vet smouldering in the stove, and the water in
the boiler was quite hot at the time of the en-
trance.
But the most valuable discovery was trunk be-
longing to Capt. Brown, containing a great num-
ber of highly important papers, documents, plans,
and letters from private individuals throughout
the Union-all revealing the existence of extern
slVe ana thoroughly organized conspiracy, whose
leaders were Captain Brown and j. +. Cook, and
the well defined, determinedly expressed object of
which, was the fastening OF "irrepressible conflict
predicted by Senator Seward, and recently by
Gerrit Smith, which was to result in the "disen-
thralment of the slaves of the South" and the
tinction of the 'Save Power"
The most undoubted evidences have thus been OBJ
taned not only OF the plans and hopes OF this for
mldable lnsurrectlonary organization, but OF the
ndisputable fact OF its extension throughout the
Northern and Western States, from the influential
citizens OF whom the reasonable movement has re-
ceived its sustaining support and encouragement.
STARTLING REvELATIoN-THE POINTS OF ATTACK.
In trunk, supposed to have belonged to Capt.
Brown, was found seven small though elaborate
maps OF as many different States, bearing peculiar
marks, which would seem to indicate that the
points of attack and the course of the nsurrectOn-
ary movement through the South, had already been
CAREFUL determined upon by this well organized
and confident league of traitors. Certain counties
in the seven States ofwhich only these maps were
obtained, bear cross-marks, formed by pen, and
in several instances as if to command greater par
ticularity of attention, to suggest perhaps more
available points of attack circular lines drawn
around the crosses.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The following districts in South Carolina (the
farthest Atlantic State North of which any map
has been found) are thus specially designated
Marlborough, marked with a cross; Darlington,
the same; Sumter cross within circle; George
town. with a cross and a single dash pointing
southwark; Charleston, near Monks Corner, cross
and semi-circle; Colleton, between Scull creek
and the Edisto cross within circle; Saint Luke
near GrahamyilIe a cross within a double circle:
Orangeburg on the Middlepen Branch near Or.
anUeburg cross within a circle: BarnweU be-
treen RSSct and Turkey Creole IN the line If tbo
South Carolina Railroad cross; Edgefield, near
Horn,s creek in the neighborhood of Williston a
cross. AhbnviIIe noar Long Cane creek a cross