The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-21

Weft AndoverI therefore write you without delay and
far for Kansas what could keep you your Kansas
work Losses by endorsement and otherwise have brought
heavy embarrassme the last two years Bu,
must nevertheless continue do in order ~ keep you at
your Kansas work send you herewit my draft for
hundred dollars Let me hear from you the receipt Of
this letter You live in hearts and prayer God
u that You may have strength 70 contnne in your Kansls
work My wife joins In afectionate regard 70 you,
dear John, whom we both hold In very high esteem sup
pose you put the Whitman note into Mr. Kearpcy's hands
Il win be great shame II Mr.. Whitman does not pay t.
What noble man is Mr. Kearney; how uberaIy no has
friend, GERRIr SMITH.
THE LATEST DISPATCHES
HARrxRs FERRY, Oct 90, 1859.
The excitement here has not abated in the least and
rumors are multiplying every moment. We haxe some
authenticated statements from Chamsbersburg showing
that more supplies Of and accouremsnts have been
tracked to that neghborhood The people win pcrss. In
believing that they surrounded by spies and accom-
plices Of Captain Brown
The withdrawal Of Colonel lee and the Washington Ma
rnes last night has increased the gessra conformation
and the citizens today under Colonel Barbour Of
Armory endesvorng organize companies for general
defence. The Virginia militia, however, are not very
racable material for the formation Of efficient compa
nies, as all hands want 10 be captains
Scots out in the mountain to-day searching for
Cook but there doubt that he has this passed
the Pennsylvania line, and Is far his way towards
Canada.
Every stranger that here is looked upon with
suspicion and several have been arrested the charge
Of being spies Mr.. Vim. Lee, gentleman from Char
osesvle brought In to-day under arrest, causing
great excitement He was soon recognized and dis
charged.
Mr. Ould also left for Washington last evening, thus
virtually leaving the prisoners in the hands Of the yr
ginia authorities.
IA said that Governor Wise was not very compliment
tary 10 the people Of Harpers Ferry, mpung TO them
cowardce in allowing such handful Of men to hold
population Of nearly thousand inhabitants prison.
ers for twenty-four hours. He ALSO spoke Of the
fact Of eight ten keeping forty ty citizens
in confinement One nerepied-" Well, Governor but you
must remember that they were packed together like
sheep" His reply was, yes, know that. but must
say think you acted IKE sheep also"
m barring Of the case before the examining court Of
justice win probably take place omorrow, when the pr
win probably be removed to Wytherie for trial.
Capt Brown Is not considered In any danger from his
wounds though Stevens will s thought, not survive he,
however, has powerful constitution and may recover.
GEN. WOOL GOES TO HARPERs FERRY.
The veteran Gen. Wool et this city for ths scene Of the
nsurrection OF Harpers Ferry yesterday where he viii
arrive this morning Hts presence, as commanding officer
Of the Eastern DIVISION and In the absence Of Gen. Scott
the senior General In command Of the United States Army
together with his prudence, promptness and sagacy win
help TO calm the excitement nf 'he S"---sA'~ ''~'00
VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF OUR ABOLITION
AND BLACK REPUBLICAN ORGANS
from the New York Independent, abolition organ, Of
which the Rev Henry Ward Beecher and the Rev Geo.
B. Cheever are the principal editors.
THE UPRISING AT HARPERs FERRY.
In another column win be found full particulars Of the
late exciting affair in Virginia. 1t seems TO resolve itself
into infatuated scheme Of few abet the escape
Of slaves by violent outbreak producing public confu-
sion and alarm The instigator eomewhat famous
man, famiarly known in Kansas brois "Od Brown -
Ossawattcie Brown Exasperated by the ourages Of
the prupagandss OF slavery in Kansas-havng four
Of hts Sons butchered by the Missouri ruans, his own
life having threatened and hunted for reward&he
old transformed from honest, sturdy farmer
into iawess brigand, and having vowed vengeance
upon the authors Of confusion in Kansas he had chosen
to initiate their murderous forays, by carrying the
into the heart of slave State. AS Brown
was accustomed to- in Kansas to get up fighting e.pe.
Of any party in the Territory, he has gone into this
fearful venture Of death solely his responsibility
insurection, nom fruaraid by a prematsrs outbreak, &
sas in every point Of re~, e height Of madness and,
related to such scheme 'oosd saen TO haze been
That the slaves Of the South whenever they shall have
the intelligence 70 plan and the skin and strength and
tsa would ~ justined IN this virgnian deny who
respects the memory Of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry, the broad seal OF his own State. Deprived
of those "inalienabe rights' to 'sliie liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness with which ''all men
endowed by the Creator subjected every cruelty
Of oppression, would be strange If bold earnest
spirit among them should catch the lingering echo Of
Patrick Henrys voice crying Gve me liberty, or give
death and should teach Virginia the meaning Of her
motto, Sic eper 7vdnnisf The slaves Of the South
have the right to assert their freedom against their
masters their strength and shall give
them reasonable hope Of success which the Greeks had
to assert their liberties against Turkey, the Italians
now against Austria The American who would deny
had AVct rcfY
that day shah come sciu schseuer the
Union disolped 70 the cherished institutions and the
boasted poscer Of the South.
But feeble, sporadic attempts insurrecon when not
only the whole force Of STATE but that Of the United
States, backed by the public sentiment Of the country
can be summoned to crush them, attempts which can
issue only in the destruction Of their authors and the ag
ravated oppression of the coored race the height
on 'nS suv o
crime against them as well as against the Thovo
will be found to have no sympathy with such movement
as this Virginia insurrection.
But what system s that which provokes such horrors
and gives such occasion for bloody nsurrecon Where
the Arcadan pictures Of Southern panationsS
Where the attractions Of this patriarchal state Blood
will yet work fearful retrbuton upon their
heads they the true friends Of the South who
are seekng the peaccabc abolition Of slavery At the
fFrom the New York Tribune]
The attempt 70 connect the republican party with old
Browns mad outbreak s necessity Of the sham demo-
cracy As they not able to beat the Republicans
single free State this side Of the Rocky Mountains they
must make the most Of their victory old Browns a
teen white and FIVE negroes. They have made 90
much ado about that they ashamed TO have the
small number OF their adversarics and victims known
II wouldn't do 10 that the Federal Executive and
those Of Virginia and Maryland have been frightened half
Of their wits by madmRn and his platoon Of followers
Already the bulletins of this exceed In length and
ponderousness those Of the Of the Greeks with
xerxes and still the telegraphc wires groan with further
details This is keen hunt for party capital and will
ultimately recoi on the hunters.
(From the New York nmes-0n the fence between Sew
ard ana Douglas
- The Evening Poa urges that the precedent Of
incendiarsm has been by the border ruans Of Kan
and the hbusters Of Nicaragua and that nobody
be greatly surprised or find much fault Il II should be
followed In Virginia And the Tribune declines TO censure
will be found to do but mainly because they up
right conscientious horoc mon, who did nat consider the
ralities" and who believed they were doing God
vice in tho work they undertook In other WORDS far
as any principle is involved, the Tribune appauds the