Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-07

IT, PuBLlCANb tMfLlEATHu--A'okt 0hBES
CoRREspoNDENoE PupLtsHED.
The conspiracy correspondence pub
llished the other day Was suggestive Of The.
extensise fami6catipns Of The plot; and
lcoarfusiye az ia tie completely therein
Iof such abolitionists and Black Republi-
cans as1J Giddings. of Ohio Ger
ritL Smith. Of Petersboro F. B. San
born. Of Concord. Mass. and Dir. Howe.
lof Boston but the New York l4erald sof
Tuesday. publishes five columns OF let.
tiers. written during 1853, by one Col,
\ Hugh Forbes. purportihg to disclose the
factlhat for thsslasl year and I half. q
least. the project Of the Harper Ferry
Eoulbreak was known to Senator's Seward.
Sumner, Hale. Gov, Chase. Of Ohio. aud
Others. and that they suffered the pr, jetr
to ripen aud bear thsSdisastfous fruit that
has been horne, Mithoutsefort 10 the c0il-
i trary. These letters involve much high
FER games
The first lister IS addressed 70 F. II.
1 Sanford. Concnrd ss.s'--the .'SE p
49,. from whom Blown cknowisdge sew
eral remittances 81 money ndl8ho Is, of
was. Secretary ofethe Massachusetts Emil
4 grant Aid Sciesy.. The following bead
mote is prefxed 10 the letter
"On the 9th Deeembef, wrote to
Senator Charles Summer, at Boston. ret
Eqaeaing him 10 see what could be done
in the case. Tile copy was not taken.---
Mr.. Sumner transmitted the letter through
! Dr2Howe and Mr., ,Sanbarn. who replied
lst January. alleging ignorance Of my
engagement with Capt Brown. !"
:. The Il 1t letteris 10 the same person.
and is prefaced by the following head
i nofe :f
On the 18th January. MI, Sanbornre 4
/ Piled TO mine OF the Oh. He explained
1 that lie lad done much to aid the cause !;
that lie lad caused S3.00pin money and
arms TO be given to Capt. b ;ialso 5000
10 be voted to him BY The Chicago com
mHtee,. Of which he had. received $500 !;
also. had done many other things of 4
similar nature--as $500, recently. for
" secret service = adding thai ifi he had
known Of the engagement between Capt.
/ B. and myself, he would have supported
i my wife and children, rather than allow
what has happened to take place."
/ Il appears that Brown,and Forbes were
brought en- rapport BY one Of tie reyer-
lend editors Of The New York Independent
that is. Rev. Joshua .Leavilt:
The letter which connects Seward'with
1.-The affair, is dated Washington. May 6.
1 1858. and is addressed Is DR.. s. q.
/ Howe. Of Boston. 49,
On Saturday. { LIST May / had an III
serview wi.h Senator Wm ILL., Seward, Of
New York, having been Introduced to
him through a letter from 4 leading Ab!
olitionist, DR.. Bailey. OF tie & Era. !
Ewent fully into the whole matter, in all
its bearings. He expressed reora tint he
had been toia, !: and said thot he in his POI
Sstton ought not II. hare been Informed Of
the circumstances. III part / agree wish
him, ands1in part differ. | regret that
l'the miscondurt,of the New EngTrndarsi
shon1d have forced me to address myself
10 him; but being now enlightened on.
the subject. hecstnot we'll let this bus
mess continue in its present crook ed con
Editien, instead Of ,csusing it 10 be put
Straight" ;IE{sa
. To Senator Hale. in hisEinterview at
| Washington. Forbes saws lie did not en-
ter into The details Of John Browns prof.
! eets, but did of the other matters.-
Forbes says he sent letters q Gov Chase,
who found money. and Gov. Fletcher.
who contributed arms.
The Herald. in commenting on these
documents, says: ,4 j.
There is aeurions history connected
with. this c6rrespandehce. and suggestive
of the truth DC The cid maxim. about the
feffrct Of thieves falling out. A certain
Hugh Forbes -familiarl, known as Colo
mel Forbas--an old comradei Of Garibal
dis l848. aud since then y refugee in this
country. secmsto have been hired. on
the Dugah Dalgetiy principle. 10 go to
Kansas 4 couple Of years since. 10 coop
crate with 0ssasaatfomie Brown. and 10
impart to his raw levies litde instr,le-
lti0n in the art of war Forbes and
Brown pulled together we'll enough for
some, months, mill there came TO be fa
Misunderstanding in regard 10 the pay
aud proyender,7 Forbes appealed from
Brown 10 the general Abolition commits
sariatsintthis region. but found that lie /
was doomed 70 be cheated all round ~
Greeley fell back onthe strict letter ofshe.
law, and pleaded that he was not bound
Fly Forbes contract with Brown. Sam
borne. who was the Secretary ofithe Mas
Isadhusetts Aid Society, aud HoweN a |
well, known Abelitionist of Boston. kept
psltering with Forbes until. iii words Of
one Of Els own letters, bis family's credit
was stopped at The FReneh3a and Italian
restaurant. where they used 10 gettheir
meals.
Forbes became indignant against Brown
and the humanitarians. as he STYLES them.
and denounced them al in pretty round
terms But still the troubles of his fam
ily did notsweaf him altogether from The |
work to which he had lent his hand -
On the contrary, he devises plan which
he submitted q his abolisiorists friends.
North. % perform effectually Tie |. Kan
sas work that GeEritt Smith speaks Of
in his letters.
Forbes plan was simply an organized
system Of stampeding slaves along the
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