Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-28
HARPER'S FERRr DISCLOSURES.
Two Years Secret History Of Abslitteu,.,

A batch Of some i've columns Of letters. written
curing e IeSe, 6y one Col Hugh Forbes, appears In
the New York Herald Of yesterday, purporting TO
disclose the fact that for the last year and hail. at
least, the project Of the Harpef's Ferry outbrea
was known to Senators Seward, Summer, Hale,
Gov Chase OF Ohio, and others, and that they suf
fered the project to ripen and to bear the disar.
trous fruit that II has borne without effort 20 the
contrary The whole, however, rests on the asser
lions OF tne Aforesaid Col: Forbes. The Herald
gives the Leading statements from the correspond
ence, a. follows
Col. Forbes, an old comrade of Garibaldi,, In
iots, and since then refugee in this country, was
cooperate with Ossawatomie Brown. and To I'm.
part TO his raw levies little instruction in the art
OF war. Forbes and Brown pulled together we'll
enough Tor some months, until there came to be a
appealed from Brown 70 the general .hciition
commissariat at the East but found that be ,vas
doomed to go unpaid all round. Horace Greeley.
Wnen appealed To- fell back on the strict letter Of
the law, and plead that he was not bound by
Forbes contract with Brown Sanborn. who WA
the Secretary Of the Massac husetts Emjrratien
Ard Society, and Howe, well-known abolition
the words Of one Of his own letter.. his family.
credit was stopped at the French or Italian restsu
rant where they used to get their meals, In Paris
FORBES became indignant against Brown and the
Them all In pretty round terms. But still the
troubles Of his family did not wean him sltogeths
er from the work to which he had lent his hand.
q In he RIrtx-
mitted to his abolitionist friends North IN ne,.
form ehectually the s'Kansas work, that CERT
smith speaks Of in bis letters.
Forbes plan was simply an organized system Of
thus gradually driving the institution further
south Browns project WINS dsclared--so long
ago AZ May 1855, to be identicaily that which has
!, nae such miserable failure at Harper's Ferry.
Forbes was too experienced q stager not to see q
Inevitable result Of such ridiculous project, and
much o. his correspondence 10 taken up with de-
nunciations Of Browns crazy idea, and OF appeals
% the leading Republicans 70 stop Brown Or to
II appears by this correspondence that among
the persons to whom he denounced the Hsrners
t Very project year and half ago, was Senator
that Senator In Washington city, in Nav. IsSs.
and, a. aPPean by one Of his letters, he went
fnliy Into the whole matter. Again, he had inter-
Forbes letters indicate another thing and th.t
10 that speculation In the rise Of cotton had some
thing % DO with the HaPer's Ferry outbreak The
corrss Ponaence says Old Brown told Forbes that
celebrated for the Pei, 900 fteewoOl movement IN
Congleas few year: ago,) had promished him
g. eGo 4 he :accssded n bis Harpers Ferry dash
The Hrss letter IL addressed 70 1F. n. s.nho,n
Concord, Mass. "--the .,F. B. So from wbo,.,
Brown acknowledged several remittances Of mon
ey, ana who y, Or vas, the :ecsetwy Of the Mas
head note Is prefxed to the letter:
"On the nth December wrote to Senator Cbas
sumnes, a Boston, requesting him 70 zee what
laken. Mr.. sumner transmitted the Letter thrmgh
DR.. Howe to Dir. Sanborn, who replied fIst Ian
alleging ignorance onmy engagement with Capt.
Brownn
The next letter ID to the same person. and IL prs.
faced BY The following head note:
On the 18th Of January Mr.. Sanborn replicd 70 |
mine Of the 9Th He explained that be had done
much to aid the cause; that he had caused @ QUO
In money. and arms to be given to Capt. B.. slso
Is, 900 70 be voted 70 him BY the Chicago commit
lee, Of which he bad received e6OO ulsS hsd done
many other things a. similar nature--as 00O0.
recently, for "secFet service'-addtng that II he
bad known q the engagement between Captain
md children, rather thai, allow wh.s hss mp |
paned 70 take place. = y Z
Il appears that Brown and Forbes were broupht |
~ rapport by one Of the reverend editor az fhs
New York Jn1ependent that d Rev. Josh,,s
Leaviu. IL b due - Senator seward 20 add tb,f
Forbes, IN reference - his having gone into TIE
whole matter 10 that Senstos nys IL (the Senstrs
.zpsessed regret that he bad bsen told, and Nd
hst be In his poeitiea ought not 70 have been -
Eesmed Of TIE ctfcumstances. To Seus1or H.le |
= hts interview at Washiagton Forbrs ssrs - /
id not enter into The deenih az John BFown,s n,c
ectz bit I'D g he ethee nstoeu Forbes q = 4.
ent leleeu - 6ey. chasc, Whe Sound me.e~s -
~. Fletcher, VIII eeuls3buosd apuns. - -