The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25
HAnrxn's FERRY, Oct. %, Va, 1859.

woman these things, but said they were all lies She was
lea OF easy.
HARPER's FERRY, Oct. %, Va, 1859.
The people Of this village were thrown into considerable
excitement this pleasant Sabbath morning by the arrival
Of two horsemen from Marylan who were escorted
the bridge by Capt Isaac Boeler planter resid
ing the Maryland sde about eight nine miles from
here They proved to lie Capt. Charles Campbell and
Lieut. NJ W. Hansen of Chambersburg Pa, who arrived
with intelligence Of the capture of man. supposed to be
Capt Cook at Carlisle, Pa. They had pursued the
from the house occupied by Cooks wife, at Chambers
burg where he left blanket and revolving pistol being
hard pressed. The blanket was marked IA. H." and
the man said his name A. H..zlitt. Campbell and
Hansen followed the fugitive from Chambersburg all the
way up the Cumberland valley, and finally overlook him
in Carlisle. Some railroad first went up to arrest
him, but be threatened them with revolver,
and they left; when Mr.. Hansen came up
behind, clapped him on the back, and said,
{" Is your name Cook" "No," was the reply. You
are nay prisoner" said Hansen. The man instantly
thrust his hand into his pocket, as if to
draw pistol but at this instant Captain Campbell came
up and seized him by the arms The man answers to the
description Captain Cook very closely but the wife Of
Cook says she does not know him. The Chambersburg
represent the feeling in Chanbersburg and all that
region being Of onre aud almost unanimous repro
baton of the conduct Of these insurgents Men out
in all directions searching for Cook. They say that
number OF people, both white and black, in and around
Chambersbufg clearly implicated in the movement,
and urgen, to have the general government order
their Some Of the abotoniss who had not
let into the secret OF this outrage are now among the loud
est heard in denunciation.
The ChambeIsburg men, in company with Mr.. Price,
the mail agent Immediately proceeded to Charlestown
private conveyance, and had interview with the pr
saners there confined Old Brown refused to hold any
communication with them but asked Mr. Price to call
the paymaser Of the armory on his reslru and ask him
IN send ha i'm hand In m
stating that he wanted to send money to his wife, and TO
procure comforts, &C., for himself and men In prison
Stephens, who not expected 10 live yesterday,
much easier bat not able TO The others
somewhat more communicative. They said HaZlitt was
certainly killed in the fight here and thrown of the Poo-
bridge, has been reported and that HaZlitt
four inches taller than Cook Coppee says he had
brother in the fight, older man than himself, but what
became of him he did not know. The readily recog
nzed the two negroes who had frequently been at
Chambesburg, but Coppee a stranger to them
communication will be sent from here by the 20 A.
M. train to morrow morning, TO Governor Wise, for
QUESTION the Governor of Pennsy vana to bring the
prisoner TO Carlcstown He now confined in Carlisle
JAIL
An urgent request from the Maryland side this af
ternoon asking for for patrol about to be raised
there Companies have been organized to-day at this
place, Bolivar, and Camp Hill. Special dispatches have
been sent to Washington as we'll az to Governor Wise.
There are abundance OF armed en here and reason
fear to the result any demonstration from the
friends of the miscreants, should be attempted
is reported that there has been large gathering of
abolhonss in and around Chambersburg and that Fred.
Bongiass the black abolitonst has been among them.
Among the papers in Stephens poremonnaie given by
him the landlord OF the Wager House. the follow
ingswhch it IL supposed was intended serve sort
Of voucher ior his soundness the sgoose question: in
OF his arrest in slave State
copy of the resolution adopted by the citizens of Tabor
Feb. Z, ls59:-
Resolved That lille sympathlse with the oppressed and
will do I'll that conscientousy help them In their
efforts feedo.n. nevertheless have sympathy with
oes who go slave cntce away slaves and take pro-
perry life when necessary to attain that end.
j S. SMITH, Secretary of said meeting
TABOO, Feb. 8, 1859.
When Stephens brought into the hotel wounded,
he protested to be sorry for the mischief he had DONE
and when reproached by the landlords sister he asked
her forgive him. This ady--sEss Christine Fouke-
deserves great credit for the GOODNESS and courage
displayed throughout the affair She brought in the body
Of Mr. BeckhaIn, which had been left lying for some
hours the PLATFORM exposed to the gueras guns, and
she exerted herself to the utmost to protect the prisoners
in the hotel who threatened by the Infatuated citi
zens after the murder Of Beckham