New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22
GOV. WISE LECTURING THE HARPER5
FERRYITES

The reporter % TIE Baltimore Sur draws tas fol.
loving sketch Of Gov Wise at Harper's Ferry:
The GovtrIoT express ed his modification a. tae Dis
grace which had been brought upon the State. He
wond rather have lo-t both legs and both arm, fro
biz shoulders ard hips, than such q disgrace hOuld
have been cast upon H. ,hs, fourteen white men ani
FIVE psgToes should have captured the Government
works and al Hsrpers Ferry, and have been able to
retain them for one hour Col. Lee, With <slye
rpes, tetted the mater IN ter minutes. Ths nineteen
should capture one hundred prisorers some
thing Ike the policeman who captured ten uet, and
ss;d Faith, / surrounded them" They sho1ld read
Shakespeare and study Falstaff osths prisoner
remarked that there were ter of them lsughterl pr
soneYs ard like insurgents, but that the latter
each armed WITH three Sharp, rifles and two Colts
volvers. Eve we're" said he " buddled IN ike
dock Of sheep " Yes said the Governor, " you
were in corner, snd you were very muh ike sheep.
They certainly cornered al Harpers Ferry.
The leader Bro I'D sad that If be hsd had five hun-
dred men With bundle OF nerves Ike biz own, lie
would have given them trouble. Browns only hurt Is
a seg s,abs: turn him loose and he would be Ike
B.douin. Like Ssm Pstcb, Brown wanted 10 show
iher that some things could be done as wei AZ o.hers
The Governor said to soDe citizens when they coz
plsjned that they bad 10 arms, tAa Il was Their fa1
beir militia had DOT beer oIganzef. He could not
serd them AIMS urless they we're organized and as
rot oie company in ten had reported TO the State sn
tboItie. il would be throwing them away TO 90 90
H. woud see that the district under hs control should
be ptotected whether the General Government pro.
tecteo its property or not Inc hA' 'oe1e e"ou''
Lever happen agsn'
pIsTRlcT-ATToRsEY OULDs REPORT.
The following is DisrictAttorney Ouids dispatch to
the President
HaRPER's FERRY, oct. Is, 1882
IT, HI, Ero,I,ncy ne Prsdent IF TIE nifef state.
Everything IL quiet. There are onytve prisoners
three wounded. ana t~o unhurt. SIX citizens have
be,u killed and ore marine. All tie citzers were
killed outside the limits of the United Ststes Territory
in Virginia The marine was MORALLY wounded "ltn,h
il. have seen Col Lee, bu, not Gov " lse' Ony
nineteen persons were engaged in TIE mater,
OF whom five were free negroes from the
North. Brown hes been living few miles from
here, in Maryland, sirce June last. Hls premises
were searched to day, and fifteen hundred pike
ard two hundred guns und beside hints, axes,
blnrkets clothing, &c, in abundance. BroSn say :
be has contemplated q ID movement since $50. al oil
bis party are either killed captured except one VINO
LEFT on Monday They were 'rven by the |lfgInisns
into the srmoiy and there Col. Lee and twelve ma
rres did the balance All the slaves engaged, II any,
were forced None Of the persons held by Brown were
hurt although all were in the building stOrDed by tue
msrues The books and papers Of Brown are secured,
which throw considerable light on the movem ut.
Strange il IT, but true, that Brown and his egnteen
ne Il took Possession Of the Government properly ana
town ard neld them during Sunday night and Monday
The Government mOuey j. all safe. Ii 10 not known
which party killed the marine. The man who earned
off Lewis Washington is of the wounded prisoners
/ DO not apprehent any violence to the prisoners.
ROBERT OULD.