Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-22
THE INsURRncTIoN.
Highly Important DetaiIs.
EVIDENCE OF A DEEPLY LAID IESURREc-
TI0NARY SCHEME.
DOCUMENTS FOUND.
Gov. wise's Interview With Old Brown


| |; appears that for mouths past Capt Brown re
! side about eight miles frnm Harpcr's Ferry, on
j The Maryuud side Of the Potomac, and was gene
rally esteemed rs IN intelligent man. His visits to
/ lIarl ers Ferry, we're frequent and he was ia the
habit Of calling at the Office Of the United States
arnr,rv where he spent many hours IN social con
,ersation. nor sas suspected OF entertaining
! amy design against the people or property OF the
nes ibofhood.
Possessed of canning nccessaryfor the prosccu-
fion Il such scheme as he would have carried
out had il been possible, DO was careful to let but
lew e the arms " beh lie received he landed at
liarpers Ferry, lest suspicion might be excited
against him. lie ordered them u be dropped at
ilagcrstown aud Sandy Hook whence they werc
iruoved to his house in wagons. The people OF
The ueighborhood in which Captain Brown resid-
80. visited his house, aud when the largo boxes
containing the arms seen, he remarked to
ilctn that they were tools for mining. consisting
Of pickaxes, shovels, and spades. Though they
,.ccumu lated for period OF eight months he was
not suspected, and tn complete the delnsion Of his
neighbors. he frequently took home with him par
rels Of earth which he pretended To analyze, in
-earch of minerals. Often his neghbors would
sit him when he making his chemical expe
ri,nents. aud 80 well did be act his part that he
was l,oked upon uao If profound learning,
and calculated h be IL most useful man to the
hcighhlrhopd. There WAS but little cnnInunica-
ton hciveen him and Captain Cook, 80 lar ~ the
,eopr knew, though it became plain that they
held frequent interviews.
cArrrgEor TIE INSURGENTS ARMS.
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tho base oG the mountain. and The most intense
anxiety wasmaniesled the SUCCESS of tho ex-
petition When they reached the school-house.
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MANY of the trophies Of the expeaition were
brought to IIarper's Ferry. not the least among
which were among the papers found at Browns
house, were the following:
LETTER FROM GERRiT SMITH CAPTAIN JOHN
BROWN.
PErfRsnoRo june I. lSj9.-Cap,ain John
Btown-My dear friend: ! wrote you week ago,
directing my letter to care Of Mr.. kcarncy. lie
replied, informing me that he had forwarded the
letter to Washington. But rs Mr.. Morton recciy
ing last evening II letter from Mr. Sanborn say
ing your address would DO your sons home, VIZ
Vest Anlover, therefore write you without de-
iay, and drect my letter t. your son. have done
what c"ull thus far for Kansas, and what !
eould To- keep YOU ut your Kansas work. Losses
ny end 'r"ooent and otherwise have brought me
under heavy ADVERTISEMENTS the last two years,
hut must nevertheless, continue to do Ia order
10 keep You tat Your Kansas work. | send YOU
herewith my DAFT Tor 5000. Let me hear from
You on i'r receipt "t tins letter. You live III our
llear'S "h' "a PRAYER l" nod Is that y"n may
Nv VII, i,Inl me- in u0,,ti,nnt, r.,,r1 :, ynur
oar j Jim whom we + th hold ia very uirh %
,,em
| suNup,r }uG pat the Whitman note into Mr..
Neaih"| 'Aeds. IL w'il lie II treat shame II
~ h'tn'h '"e. no, pay IT, what II noble man Is
1t N'RthPt Low i'oeraily ne has contributed
u Keep 70" ~ Aonf Kansas WORK
Your rierd, GERRlT SMITH.
smith answered. Juno Eth, aud enclosed f. b.
Whitman note and IL Tubmuu recel,t'
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