Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-12-19

spears which ii brought the Hundreds o
miles for o1f destruction. They came 1
1iew, like thieves in the night did their deeds
LOT death and were easily crushed !, bu
they were Prompted by an evil spirit o
1 incendiarisr which demoralizes ! nu.
meEous host of enemies behind them
who now blaAahily sympathize with theil
deeds in open day before the world
These hired them 10 be assassins, rob.
bers. murders and traitors, without them;
selves mourning the risk Of their crimes
and ~ is no wonder that they now sym!
pathiZes with them even to madness. ,anc
that John Brown despised tie bypocritic,
1al cant Of their pretsace that he was in.
j sane. - Il s..se ~ go < I.
The dstsilsof tbs, eonspiraey and.ofjts
deboaenent 81 Harper 3 Ferry are gfy'e1
In the various accompanying reports. =
Much Of the Correspondence and many o
the papers IF Che culprits were found
Ihaye had them collected and copied
by competent amannenses, and they Az
hereto appended Bufice i. TO- ~. IL
reference to my avn oife;al action, thai
the FIRST intelligence DC the eu,bfeal
reached me infihe morning Ct The I7ti
October, and was very vague. Orders
were dispatched Immediately to Col. Glib.
son Of Jefferson 10 call cut tile necessary
force Of Shis own and adjacent regiments
bBut late ID the evening of the same day,
about Z o'clock, the telegraph announced
more serious and precise cause Of danger
/ The news was that 756 niarauders had
seized the sfsenalat Harperss Ferry, with
Sll It's arms; andimuDitiohs, and were arm.
ling the slaves, and that actual murder
twas dohes and several citizens were killed
land wounded: I ediately called ouy
the lstlregiment Of volunteers, and as
fmany lmenio Of l79thF regiment of militia as
could get ready to move BY the first train
/ the folloming morning. And id one hour,
at 8 iPs M. on the A I'll, IL departed ID per.
son. with Company r Capt. Gary. for OH
scene. All Washington Twas joined BY
Capt: Mar5e the alexandria rifles. and
proeeedsd with ninety men and off,
GERS. Atthe Relay House II. Maryland
IEeceiveda intelligence on the 18th thai
no more force was necessary, andsI order
LED back the force aneer tfol. august
And from that place. te1sgfaphed Col
Lee to make no terms with thelns1rgents
BY llo'oloek on the I8tlnI arrived with
the force under nv command. Col Lee
made no,fermss aAd had.sabdued the in
surgents before my arrival. 4 inmedi-
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lateIy examined the leader. Brown, his
| lieutenant, Stevens, q white man named
Coppee, and anegro from Canada. They
made full confessions, Brown repealed
! the IDEA that his design was tosrun negro
Eslases3off from their masters. He def,
lantly avowed. that his purpose was 70 arm
them and make them fight BY hisssidein
defence Of Their freedom. if assaulted 81
| their owners or any one else !: and he said
! histpurpose especially wasswar upon fhe
Shareholders. and to levy upon their own
property to pay The expense Of ernanci-
paiing their slaves HelaYowed that he
expected q be. joined BY the slaves llb and
| by nninerous white persons from many
3ko fEthe slave as well as free States. Theirs
was nothing for me ~ do but TO arrest
those Whohad ese capped, the search for1heil
hidden arms and plumber, to try 70 recap
ture The slaves theyihad taken. 70 set 81
their papers which could beafaAaltad and q
have them proceeded against according
TO law Had ! reached the place before
theytsrrrendered, 4 would have proclaim
| ed martial law, have stormed them in the
quickest time possible. shown them no
quarteF, have tried the survivors, ifarly,
lby court martial, and haye shot the
ee@denned on the spot. But owing. 70
the delay Of the cars At Washington and nd
the Relay House. aud 10 the slow travel I'll
from the latter place 70 the Ferry, l was was
TOO late, When ] arrived they were sdb-
dued: they were prisoners and some 81
them wounded, and WAS bound g pro-
| tect them. i took them under the Jufls7
diction Of Virginia they were guarded
from All violence; food and refreshment
and surgical and and every comfort sat n, y
command were given them they Were
proceeded against regularly by the civil
authority, uader ciyilprocess FROM both
State and Federal governments, and
went in person with them under military
guard 10 Charlestown,. and saw them
safely lodged ii Jail ID custody of the
sheriff. under civil and military guard. ~
! remained a aight TO see that no violence
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