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I'iJE _LJL* JL I'-ll Hi/I FRIDAY MORNING, OCT, 28,1850. T ,r?est Circulation of any Paper In West w'? era Virginia. ?pOAL MATTERS; 0~Ten Cents a Week?The Intelligencer is furnished to subscribers inany part of the city neigliborhood at ten cents a week. 0~A Uempt to throxo the Cars off the Tracl;. _X day or two ago, a squallid looking wretch jjccd a cross tie across the Baltimore and Ohio Inroad track between Moundsville and Glen fusion. He saw the train coroingfand by the l,,.(lest kind of work, managed to get the ob jjrucli'n upon the track. Fortunately the En rici?r saw l',c fellow at his villianous work and j[0p;.c<l the train in (line to save it. The ras W1 a-as seized and taken up to Cameron, and jfter a hearing before a magistrate was convey jitothe Moundsville jail. (Tiic man is a stranger and made his first ap ,eirancc in the neighborhood barefooted. He ns provided with shoes, but as he was afflicted (jth a loathsome disease, no one cared about using him in. lie tried to get into the Mounds tjiie Poor House, but failing in that, he went to Wetzel and made an effort to get board on the Ba?le. Failing again, he is supposed to have jdoptcd the plan of obstructing the railroad | in order to get to jail. If he had designed to 1 destroy life and property, through malice, he ! would not have done his work in daylight and in sight of the approaching train. He will no doubt, get a longer term of imprisonment than hi even hoped for in his most sanguine mood. g!t~uA New Way to Fay Old Debts."?Sev-> cral days ago a well dressed fellow entered the tut store of ol the Harper Brothers and stated that he had come to pay a note which his bro ther had given the firm something like a year before. Mr. Harper did not remember holding act such paper, but nevertheless, inspired by the stranger's earnestness, examined a file ofj pipers and found nothing of the sort described. The stranger was confident that the note was in possession of the Harpers?said that he would he in town again in a day or two and hoped they would find the paper by that time. As he was le.tviug the store the thought seemed to strike him that he wanted a new hat. He was shown in article that suited him, and he said he would tike it along and when he came to pay the note lie would settle the whole thing. The man has not been seen since, and perhaps never will be. He is entitled to the credit of originating a new way to pay old debts. ?.<?.? 5ICitinbti'j.?A woman with an Irish accent, canvassed the city yesterday, begging ten cent"pieces and telling in a lugubrious man ner, how she had carried her three children all the way from Philadelphia on her back. She entered the Adams Express Office, and making her appeal, received a very charitable haul, and retiring with a grateful "God bless you," pro ceeded up Market street to an alley, whore she met an able bodied man, and giving hiin the money she had collected, was favored in ex change with a swig of whisky from a bottle which he drew from his pocket. We saw tho pirties several times afterwards, tho man re maining within a respectable distance, whilst tiie woman did the soliciting with a success that was a little less than remarkable under the circumstances. Murder.?A rumor was prevalent in Waynesburgh, Pa., on Saturday that John Wright, who was confined in the county jail a few weeks since, was found dead in the woods, in Uitchill township, on Friday afternoon last. He had been shot through the body twice, one hall passing through the heart, and the other through the lungs. It is supposed he was kil led on the preceding Monday, as nothing has been seen of hitu since that time. The murderer is thought to be a negro, named Frank Wash- j ingtun, who was committed to jail and tried on j the charge of bigamy, at the last session of court, brought against him by said Wright? Washington was acquitted, and it is supposed the parlies have had revengeful feelings ever ZWThe Weather.?The weather continued cloudy all day yesterday, with indications of snow, and wo should not be surprised to find the ground covered with that article some fine morning soon. Tt will be remembered that last voir the snow full in very spare quantities and as it is not likely that we will have two severe winters in succession, this is about as good a tira; as any to lay in supplies ol' fuel, and rig up old sleighs, so that the merciless frosty-headed oH chap may bo met with an appropriate resis tii.ee. tS~liailroad Detention.?The express train froji ihe east yesterday was detained some ten hours in consequence of an accident to a freight train and tho teaiing up of tho track at some point on the road. BUSINESS NOTICES. xWF.dl and Winter Fashions.?At Mrs. Shallcross', Wednesday morning, Oct. 20th. Ladies please call. it S3?-Etery one should know what to get for a C'<i<l or uhstinatc cough or soreness of the ciie^t. Head the following letter; Xbw Berfoud, Ja-iuary 12, 1849. Genti.emkn: The invaluable medicine which I received from you, called Mrs. M. N. Gard "ei'.i ISulsam of Liverwort and Hoarhound, has been an immeasurable blessing to me and to my family. I have/filed it in my own case, which despaired of, and am now happily restored to hi-rtUh. In a case of obstinate cough its suoii'ing influence has effected a ladical cure; aiid I beg, if my name or my exertions can aid Jou in disseminating it among those threatened ?ith, or already in Consumption, that you will allow me, what would seem my duty, to say to others what I write to you, that !'is medicine is invaluable. I remain, gentle men, with great respect. Your obedient servant, T. I). WlLl.IAMS. ...|"or sa'c by Beep & Kit.i ft, Agents for Centre "healing, where everything in tho drug line fcuibp hq,d of the best quality. 2w f* m ;GQMM^KGIA:.Li:f: ? wHOte'sAtE suite Brooms? Common $ 8^' Butter?In kegs 9@10. Buckets?Marietta $2@2,25. Cukbsb?Western K?servc 9a?9)jjc : Oanolks?Tallow mould 14; dip iiJ; star 23;.sperm 40. Tallow?lo@12. Copfkk?Java 18c; Rio I2jtf@18. Flour?Extra Family $5,50(fi&}75; Extra $5,25: Superfine $500. WnHAT?1,1001,25. ' Cork?5S. Oats?35. Fkathkus?40@45c. scarce. Fish?Shad $14; Herrings $6; Mackerel No. S!$ll# to 19. Furs?Raccoon 80@87Jtfc. GjVsaKQ ?S5@40. II at?Clover p ton $9,00; Timothy $10,00 Hops?T@S, dull. Limk?Louisville 1,50 Molassks?New Orleans 4?; Sugar House 48c. Goldek 8trup?55ri?57. NavalStorks?Turpentine 70; tar $4K@5. Nails?8J^for lOd. Racs???3^, dull. Kick?5@5j*. Srkds?Flaxseed 125; Clover Soap?Castile per lb 15@1G; common 5@6. Sugars?New Orleans S hhil. Sjtfin bbl. Snuff?Scotch 26; Rappee 22^26. Tea?Gunpowder 4t>?70; Imperial 40@65; Hyson 85@70c; Pouching 25@80c; Oolong 85@75c. Tobacco?6 twists 12; live roll 24??8. Wool?Unwashed from 18 to 22; Common washed 25 to 80; Full blood extra 40 to 45. J*Y TWi'ia&HAPH. Philadelphia,{Oct. 27.?Sales of flour continue moderate at $5,12^@5,25 for superfine up to $6 50 for coramot and extra, and $t>,75@7,00 for fancy lots. Wheat advanced 2? 8c.; sales 4,0(H) bus. red at $1,25^1,80, and white at $1,37& 1,4J. Rye unchanged; sales Southern at 86, and Penna. at 90. Corn In active request; sales 6,000 bus. yellow at 96 afloat, and 1,000 bus. new at 80. Oats dull at 42 for Bela ware and 44 for Penna. Whisky dull at 2S3129. Cincinnati, Oct. 27.?Flour in less demand, but unchanged in price. Wheat steady at $1,10 for red, and $1,15*31,20 for white. Corn dull at 40. Oats in good demand at 2fi.? Barley 60365. Rye dull at 60. Whisky advanced to 22c. per gallon, with a more active market. Provisions dull and declining; sales of mess pork at $13,75, and of bacon sides at 9}?. Exchange more firm at Flour?$5@5,10 for for low grades of extra. Lard firm at l(*(?P2.tf. Groceries ?Sugar 7<&7&; Molasses 4U@41, and Coffee 113??123?. Baltimgrr, Oct. 27.?Flour active; sales 1200 bbls at $5,25. Wheat active ut $l,24@l,ft0 foi white and $1,20@1,25 for red. Corn steady; white 9539G, yellow 96@9Sc. Provis ions dull. Hoo S Another Arrival at Flour Depot. 1 HA BARRELS Limestone, JLULflOO do Extra Family, 55 do XXtra do At oct!4 LIST, MORRISON & CO.'s. BAGS Prime Rio Coffee, receiving and iu store by octl4 LIST, M0RRI30N A CO. UNDRIES.?10 barrels Mackerel, > 20 " Herring, 20 bxs. do 40 " W. R Cheese, 50 bales Batiiug, 5 casks Itlce, just received at ect!4 LIST, MORRISON A CO.'s. 17MNE CllEWlNtr TOBACCO.? ? 3 cases "NatlonV* Pride, g ?%Pine Apple," 5 " "Hunters'" 2 " "Don Quixote,*' 25 bxs. "Greyhound." 5 44 "N W. Walton's," And other favorite brands, received by oct!4 LIST, MURRTSON A CO. 100, "Rail Read IVZ.ilIn" Kxtra White Wheat finally Flour , BBLS "R. It. Mllla"*Extra W. W. Family Flour, 25 do Star Mills do do 10 do "Whiteside" St. Louis Mills, Double Extra. Received per steamer Glenwood, by P. C. HILDRETH A BRO., octl8-dAw 58 Main Street. 7(M JA ' HS* Coal Bank Irou (holes punched l V/V l\J and countersunk) on hand and for Bale by octlS 1'. C. HILDRETH A BRO. P III 3 TIN GPAPK R, ' Wrapplsig Paper, Tea Paper, Manilla Paper, just received by octlS I\ C. HlLDRKTl! x BRO. ?TA!VE MINUTH. CHURNS."?"itnsus Stmfcr's" Patent JL Churns will make butter In live minutes. For sale by oct'!^ P. O^HILDRKTH .t BRO. Wall Papersl Wall Papers! 'po MAKE ROO.M for SPRING PURCHASES we will JL sell Wall Papers lownr than they were fold ever in the city. Papers as low as 5 ccnta per roll! nothing superior **l3i;wheie at & cunts! All other papers in proportion. Give us a ca 1, and we will couviuce you that the Old Cor ner Bookstore is the place for bargains. We *111 sell at present, if toe only get cost. o?:t!4 , WILDE A BRO. New Boolrs! Neiv Books! ^ I^VOUGLAS' Popular Sovereignty,"?(Harper.) J. J "Snakspearc's Legal Acquirements," by Lord Camp bell. 449.vlvla*s World," by Mrs. King, of Charleston; "Ten Years of a Preachcr'a Life," by Mllburn; "Life and Martyrdom of Joan of Arc," by Miehelet; 11 Life of Burns," by Carlyle and others; "Life and Teachings of Socrates, by Grote; 4'Llfe of Columbus," by Latnurtine; "Life of Frederick the Great," by Macaulay; "Life of Pitt," by 44 "Life of Mahomet," by Gibson; 44L?fe of Luther," by Chevalier Ounsen; "Life of Oliver Cromwell," by L*mer\lne; 44Life of Tasio," by Wiffen; 44Life of Peter the Creat," 44Life of Milton," by Prof. Masson; "Llie of Thos. A. Becket," by Miiman; Life of Hannibal," by Dr. Arnold; Ac., Ac., just received and for saio low at the Corner Bookstore. oct!4 WILDB A BRO. IK W IN &. BONHAM7 Successors to Cady, Bonliam A Co. MANUFACTURERS OF MARBLEHED STONE, MANTELS, TABLE TOPS, &c. cx.EV^Eai.A.isrxD, o. i Orders left with J. A. FARIS, Wheeling, will meet with prompt attention, where samples also may be seen. teiitlO^ _ . ' Cm* HE ISKEL L & SW EARING^^ WILL open on Thursday, the 13th, and Friday, the 14tli of October, an extensive and select stock of Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods! Consisting of Rich New Silks, by the yard, Elegaut Silk Robes, Poplins, Mourning Goods, Velvet ditto, Merinoes, Laces and Embroideries, Ottomans, Plaids, Cloaks and Shawls. We would call special attention to our large and complete stock of Fiounccd Silks, at prices from twenty-five to thirty five, fifty, seventy-five and a hundred dollars. The most beautiful assortment ever brought to the city. oct!8 I> ECEIVED?10 hhds N. O. Sugar, 25 bx3. Oermatt Soap, 25 44 Olelne do 40 ?? Prime W. R. Cheese, 50 " Chewing Tob'o, favorite brands, 10 hhds Hams and Sides, for sale by peptSI LIST, MORRISON A CO. CIDER MILLS.?Hlckok's Portable Cider Mill, the best In use, for sale by [*ept23] SMITH A GQRRELL. M ERIC AN CAST STEEL.?Two cases American Cas Steel, warranted superior to Vie BnglUht received.by aept7-dAw P. O. HILDRETH A BRO. ISTJSW GOODS! AT BETHANY, VA. "T*TE WOULD call the attention of our friends and pat Vy rons In and arouud Bethany, West Liberty and other places in Brooke and Ohio counties, to the fact that we are now opening out our FALL STOCK OF GOODS. Ourpur chses in the East have been larger than we ever made be fore, and we think wc can say that no store within our knowing, affords greater inducement to cash or prompt paying buyers than our own. We have a complete assort ment of everything usually offered, and our stock of Ready Made Clothing, in particular, is the most desirable that we have ever yet brought on. Give us a call. J. E. CURTIS A CO., septS0-tw*w Bethany, Va. B ADGER Hair Blender Brushes, ? Sable and Camel Hair Brushes, Pallett Hoards, Pallett Cups, Silver Tinsel Roman Canvas and a great variety of such articled as are generally used by Artists, for sale by oct!7 ?? S. FUNDENBKRQ. ANDERSOK'S SOLACE TOBACCO, fine cut, for sale by ootlT a. FUN 1>ENBERG. .AT MEAL?fresh?just received and for sale at ' oct!7 S. FIJNDENBERG'S. O 1800 . LBS. Madder, Prime Ombre, 2060 lbs. Alum, In kegs and barrels, 20:*0 do Extract Logwood, 500 do Indigo, Prime Madras. At octl LAUGHLIXS A BOSHFIELP'S. I BBL. TUden's Coach Varnish, V do 44 No.l Furniture Varnish, 2 do 44 No. 2 do do 2 do 44 Lacker?superior Article. At octl LAUGHLIXS A BUS 1 IF 1 ELD'S. IjuKSCRtPTIONS carefully cuiiipouhdul at all hours of 1 the day or night, at GRAHAM'S DRUG STORE, octO Sign of the Iilg Mortar. HIT ft Uasnle Soup, " OuTnTbui Soap, 3Iottled do do Honey do Pahn do Bazin's Barbtr do ltrown Windsor do Hand's do do , Transparent Jo Poncine do Almond do ?. Toilet do Nymph do Yankee do ocW ?or ?ol? at OK All AM'fl DRUG STORB, THE UNION LINE. r? THE DAIl.Y IWTEm.OEHi.KR OFFICE.OORNBR WATBB AND MONROE STSEET6 . THE HARPEH-S FEltRY J3USI NESS! Ghauletows, Va., Oct. 27.?The storm of Inst evening, prevented the transmission of the latter part of the proceedings of the Court The court finally refused to postpone the trial, and the whole afternoon was occupied in obs taining a jury. Brown occupisd a cot. on which bo was carried into the court room. I ho trial will be resumed this morning, when counsel for Brown is expected from Ohio. Ciiahi.estown, Ya., Oct. 27.?Brown was brought into court this morning, being able to walk, but immediately laid himself down on his cot at full length, within the bar. He looks considerably better, the swelling having left his eyes. Senator Mason is among the spectators. Messrs. Harding and Hunter, represent the Commonwealth, and Botts und Green, the pris oners. Mr. Botts read the following despatch received this morning: ~ T _ ? Akbon. O., Oct. 20, 1850. C. J. J'aulkner and Lawson Botts, Charles town, Va.:?John Brown, the leader of the in surrection at Harper's Perry, and several of his family have resided in this county for main years. Insanity is hereditary in that family.? Ilis mother s sister died with it and a daughter ol that sister has been for two years in the ins sane asylum; a son and daughter of his moth er s brother, have also been confined in the lu uatic asylum; and another'son of that brother's is now insane, and is under close restraint.? ?these facts can be conclusively proven by wits nesses residing here, who . will doubtless attend the trial, if desired. Signed, A. II. Lkwis. w i'v telegraph operator at the Akron ollice, ? Allen, adds to the above despatch, that A. u. Lewis is a resident of that place, and his statements are entitled to explicit confidence. Mr. Botts said that on receiving the above despatch, he went to the jail with his associate, Jlr. Green, and read it to Brown, and he was desired by the latter to say that in his father's family there has never been an3' insanity at all; on his mothers side, there have been repeated instances of it. He adds that his first wife showed symptoms of it, which was also evident in his lirst and second sons by that wile. Some portions of the statements in the despatch he knows to be correct, of other portions, ho is ignorant. lie does not know whether his moth ers sister died in the lunatic asylum, but he dots believe that a daughter of that sister has been 2 years in an asylum, and thinks that a son and daughter of his mother's brother have been confined in the asylum, but he was not aware of the fact that another son of that bro ther is now insane and in clusc confinement. Brown also desires his counsel to say that he does not put in any plea of insanity and if he has ever been at all insane he is totally uncon S-I.nis of it; yet he adds that those who are most insane generally suppose that they have more reason and sanity than those around them, ror himself he disdains to put in that pica and seeks no immunity of that kind. This move ment is made totally without his approbation or concurrence and was unknown to him until, the receipt of the above dispatch. Brown hero raised himself up in his bed and said, I will add if the court will allow me that I look upon it as a miserable artifice and pre text ol those who ought to take a different course in regard to mo if they took nny at all, and I view it with contempt more than otherwise. As I remarked to Mr. Green, insane persons, so far as my experience goes, have but very little ability to judge of their own insaiiitr, and if I am insane of course I should think J know more than all the rest of tile world, but I do not think so. T am perfectly unconscious of insanity, and I reject, so far as I am capable, any attempt to interfere on my behalf on that score. Mr. Bolts stated that he was further instruct ed by Brown that, rejecting this plea entirely, and seeking no delay for that rea-en, he does icpcat lo the court his request made yesterday, that time be given for tho arrival of foreign counsel, which he had reason to expect yester day afternoon. A dispatch was received from Cleveland, Ohio, signed Daniel Tilden, and {dated tho 26th inst., asking of Brown whether it would be of any uso for counsel to leave last night, 'lo this dispatch an answer was return ed that the jury would be sworn this morning and Brown desired the counsel to tAine at onco.' The telegraph operator stated thut this dispatsh would be sent off at once, in advance of the dis patches sent by the reporters, and he learned this morning that it was sent before tho storm that last night interrupted tho communication, so that the counsel ought to reach here by 12 or 1 o clock to-night. The course taken by Brown this inoining makes it evident that ho sought no postponement for the purpose or delay,?as he rejects the plea of insanity. Still, in his opinion, he can have a fairer trial if the dcfer.co were conducted by his own counsel, than if he were defended by the counsel at present here. Mr. Hunter observed that the prisoner's counsel having reviewed the motion of yester day for a delay for a specific period, indicated and based upon information received received in the form of a telegraph dispatch, the question now was whether there was sufficient grounds in this additional information to change tho decis ion. pronounced by the court yesterday on the same motion. If the court did not at once deem this circumstance wholly insufficient be fore the decision was made, the counsel for the Coininonwealth deemed it their duty to call at tention to two or three matters connected with the affair. Though desirous to avoid forestalling the trial of this case in regard to the present prisoner at the bar, they were prepared to prove that he had made open, repeated and constant acknowledgement of everything charged against him. lie hud gloried in it, and we have but an exhibition of the same spirit and the same pur pose, in what ho announced that he would per mit no defence of insanity to be put in. The point ims fully discussed by tho counsel on both sides. Tho court slated that lie must I see in this case, as in any other, that proper cause lor delay uas made out, before gi anting! such an application. -In the present case he could not see that the telegram gavo any assu rance that additional counsel intended to come. The prisoner is now defended hv counsel who will lake care that no improper evidence is ad duced against him, and that all proper in his bohall shall be presented, lie could not see that proper cause for delay was made out. The expected counsel might arrive before tho case was closed and could then see all the evidence taken; thus the prisoner might have the benefit ol theii advice, although the ease now proceeds As to the matter of insanity, it was not prescn ted in reliable form. Instead of mere state ments, we should have affidavits of something f of that character. lie thought, therefore that the jury should be sworn and the tiinl proceed j The jury having been sworn to fairly and im partially try the prisoner; the court decided that >the prisoner illicit forego the form of standing ohjle being arraigned, if he desired- Botts put the inqairy^d"tho-prisorier| and ho continued to lie prostratexin-Jiis cqt._whilc the;long indicttneii t filling seven,pages was read. ,1st. Insurrection; 2d.' Trenson; 8d.' Murder. '???'?? *" ' ; Harding addressed the jary, and presonted the facts of the case, detailing the scenes of the armory; the killing of the bridge keeper, and; the subsequent killing of citizens named in the! indictment. ; Mr., Green, on the part of the prisoner, gave i tho. law applicable to the case, and reminded the jury that they are judges of law and fact and that if they have any doubts as to. the law 01 fact of the guilt of this prisoner, they are t< . give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. Ii the first chargo of treason, it must be provei that he attempted to establish a scperate anc distinct government, and iE-miist also be pro ven what was the proposed treasonable acts be fore you can convict him on these charges. It it is intended to relv on his confession to prov< treason, the law distinctly says no conviction? can be raadeon confessions, unless made in"open court There must be sufficient evidence to prove the charges independent of any confes sion out of court, and it requires two distinct witnesses to prove each and any act of treason. 2d. Conspiracy with the slaves to rebel and make insurrection. The jury must be satisfied that such conspiracy was done within the State of Virginia and within the jurisdiction of this' court. If done in Maryland, this court could I not punish the act, neither if it was done in i the limits of the armory at Harper's Ferry, it could not. Attorney General Gushing, had de cided this point with regard to the armory grounds at Harper's Ferry, which opinion was read to the jury, showing that persons residing within the limits of the armory, cannot even be taxed by Virginia, and that crimes committed within snid limits are punishable by the Federal courts. Although the jury may havo a doubt about the law on this subject, they must give the prisoner tho benefit ol' that doubt. Upon the last count, .that of uiurder, the crime was committed within the limits of the armory, this court has no jurisdiction, and as in the case of Beckham it was committed on the railroad bridge. It was committed within the State of Maryland, which State claims jurisdiction up to the armory grounds. Although ho may be guilty of murder, it must be proven that it was wilful, deliberate and premeditated murder to make it a capital offence; if otherwise, the kil ling was murder in the second degree, punisha ble by imprisonment. If there is any doubt on those points, you must give that doubt to the prisoner. He was satisfied that the jury will not allow any outside excitement to effect them and that they will do their duty faithfully and impartially. Botts, in reviewing the law bearing on the case, evinccd a determination to avail himself of every advantage that the law allows, and to do liis duty to the prisoner earnestly and faithful ly. It was due to the prisoner to state that he believed himself to be actuated by the noblest feelings that ever courscd through a human breast. His instructions wore to destroy neither property nor life. They would prove by thoso gentlemen who were prisoners, that they were treated with respect, and that they were kept in positions of safety, and that no violence was ottered to them. These tacts must be taken into consideration and have, their due weight with the jury. Uuring the session of court on Wednesday afternoon, the prisoner laid with his eyes closed, t iougli evidently not much injured, lie is de termined tJ resist the pushing of his t-rial by all means in his power. The jury were then called and sworn. The court excluded those who were present at Harper's Ferry, and also those who had formed or ex'presed any opinion that would prevent them deciding the case im partially. Twenty-four, mostly farmers from a dintanco, some owning a lew slaves, were se lected as competent jurors. Out of these the counsel for the prisoner struck off eight of them. Twelve were selected by ballot from the remain ing sixteen as follows: Richard Tiuiberlake, Joseph Myers, Thos. Watson, Jr., Isaac Oast, John C. McLure, Win. Itightstpne, Jacob S. Miller, Thos. Osborne, Geo. W. Boyer, John (J. YYelshire, Geo. W. Tnpp and W. A. Martin. The jury, we re not sworn on the case, hut the Judge charged them not to converse upon the case, nor to poriuit others to converse with them. Mr. Hunter followod stating his purpose to avoid anything by way of argument or expla nation not immediately connected with the par ticular issue to be tried, and to march straight forward to the attainment, so far as may be in our power, ol the cuds of justice by either con victing or acquitting the prisoners at the bar. He proceeded to the question of jurisdiction over the Armory Grounds, and examined the authority cited on the other side by an Attorney General Gushing. The latter was able man but come from a region of country where the opinions are veijy different from ours in relation to the powers of the Federal Government as etfecting tho State rights. Our courts have decided adversely to Mr. Cushing's views. For all time past the jurisdiction of this court of Jefferson County in regard to criminal ofl'enccs ceininitted at Harper's Ferry, lias been unin terrupted and unchallenged, whether they were committed on the government property or not. Ho cited an instance which occurred 20 yeurs ago, where an atrocious murder was committed between the very shops in front of which those men fought their battles, and the criminal was tried here, convicted and executed under our laws. There was a broad distinction between the cessation of jurisdiction by Vir ginia to the Federal Government, and the mere assent of States that the Federal Government should become a laud spoiler within its limits. The law of Virginia by virtue of which the grounds at Harper's Ferry, were purchased by the Federal Government, ceded no jurisdiction. Brown was also guilty on his own notorious confession, of advising tho conspiracy. In re gard to tho charge of murder, the proof will be that this man was not only actually engaged in murdering our citizens, but that he was tho chief director of the whole movement; no mat ter whether he was present on the spot or a mile off, he was equally guilty. In conclusion, Mr. Hunter, snid he hoped the case would be considered with fairnessandimpartiality,without fear, favor, or affection, and lie only asked that tho penalty might bo visited on tho prisoners which our safety requires ar.d which the laws of God and man approved. The court then took a recess. Chaulestown, Oct. 27th.?John Copland, the mulatto prisoner from Oberlin, Ohio, has made full confession to the U. S, Marshals, Mr. Martin of Va. and Mr. Johnson of the northern district of Ohio. He has given tho names of the parties nt Oberlin who induced him to go to Harper's Ferry, who furnished the money for his expenses, &c. lie also stales that a movement of a simi lar character was contemplated in Kentucky about the same time. Many persons in North ern Ohio whoso names have heretofore been mentioned are directly implicated. Ilis con fession is withheld from the public until the trial is over, by order of Governor Wise. Mr. Johnson was shown to day a largo number of letters implicating Gerrit Smith and a number of prominent men of Oberlin, Cleveland and other points of Ohio. Among the letters is one signed Horace Greeley & Co., that had enclosed forty-one dollars for seven letters from Kansas and two from Ohio. It was directed to J. II. Kugie, one of the killed/ but as ho had been a correspondent of tho Tribune this letter had' evidently ouclosed his pay. Anpther.lctter from -BroVp^tS-brfb ions, dated,.April1 16th, .lfeSO,, .details a visit to Gerrit. Smith at Betorsboro, wlitcli the writer regarded as highly encouraging; that Smi h.gave hitn one thousnn l dollars, and that ho also received at his house a note that ho considered good lor two hundred , dollars more. . Also, thut.Smith had written to his friends at the East that two hundred dollars 'must be raised for Brown, of which, he would agree to furnish one-fifth himself., There is also a notice of a draft from the Cashier of t;c New York State Bank sent hiiu by direction of Ger rit Smith, dated Albany ."-Aug. 2Bth, 1850. Marshal Johns-on also has a list of officers of the provisional government and a list of con-, mbutors to the project. New York, Oct. 27.?The N. Y. Herald pub lishes a series of letters from Colonel Forbes, the author of the instruction books for Guerilla Warfare; found at Brown's house to various Republicans, principally to F. B. Sanborn, Sec'y of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, and Dr. S. G. Howe, of Boston. Ono btter ad dressed to the latter, dated May, 1858, is pre faced by the following memorandum : Please show this to Messrs. Sanborn, Lawrence & Co. Copies will be sent to Governor Chase who found money and Gov. Fletcher who contributed arms to others interested, as quickly as possible. The letter gives the plans of Forbes and Brown for an insurrection. Forbes' plan is to organize with carefully selected colored and white per sons along the Northern frontiers' of Virginia and Maryland especially, for a series of-stam-. pedes of slave.?, each one of which operations would carry off in one night and from the same place souio twenty to fifty slaves; this to be effected once or tuice a month, and eventually once or twice a week; along noncontiguous parts of the line, if possible without conflict, only resorting to force if attacked; slave women ac customed to field labor would be licarly as useful as men; everything being in readiness to pass the fugitives on they could bo sent with such speed to Canada that pursuit would be hopeless. In Canada preparations were to be made for their instruction and employment. Any disas ter which might befall a stampede would, at the utmost, compromise those only who might bo engaged in that single one. Therefore, we were* not bound in good faith to the Abolitionists, as wo did not jeopardize that interest to consult more than those engaged in the very project Against the chanco ol loss by occasional acci dents, should be weighed the advantage of a series of successful runs. Slave property would thus become untenable near the frontier, and would be pushed more and more southward, and it might reasonably be expected that the' excitement and irritation would impel the pro slavoryites to commit some suicidal blunders. The Missouri frontier being so far from tho habitable port of Canada, and the political par ties nnti and pro-slavery, being in that Stato (Missouri) so nearly balanced, suggested a pe culiar action in that quarter which would de fend, in a great measure, our affairs in Kansas. Brown had ntdiit'crcnt scheme. He proposed^ with some 25 to 50 colored and white mixed; well armed, and bringing a quantity of spare arms, to beat op a slave quarter in Virginia. To this I objected that 110 preparatory notice having been given to the slaves, 110 notice could with prudence be given them. The invitation to rise might, unless they were already in a state of agitation, incet with 110 response, or a feeble one. To this he replied that lie was sure of a response, lie calculated that he could get on the first night from 200 to 500. Half, or there abouts, of this first lot he proposed to keep with him, mounting 100 or so of them, and. make a dash at Harper's Ferry manufactory, destroying what he could not carry oil. The other men not'of this party, were to be subdi vided into three, four or five distinct parties, each under two or three of the organic band, and would beat up other slave quarters, whence more'men would be sent to join him. The burden of Forbes' letters are grievous complaints for not having tho aid promised for his services, which were to be sent to Paris for the support of Forbes' family. In one letter lie says: on the 1st of May, 1858, I had an inter view with Senator Win. II. Seward, of N. Y. I went fully into the whole matter in all its bearings. He expressed regret that lie had been told, and said that lie in his position ought not to have been informed of the circumstances. I11 part 1 agree with htm and in part 1 differ. I regnt that the misconduct of New Bnglanders should have forced me to addiess myself to him, but being now informed on the subject he cannot well let this business continue in its present crooked condition. A cottonjspcculation was devised by Brown but objected to by Forbes. -?Brown told him that Amos Laurence af Boston had promised' hitn seen thousand dollars. All these letters were written- in 1858. New Yokk, Oct. 27.?The steamer New World met with a serious accident last evening, when off Fort Washington, on her way to Al bany, by the breaking ot' the connecting rod, a portion of her machinery was driven through the oottom of the boat, causing her to sink bo foro the freight or baggage could be removed.? The passengers, however, took refuge on the steam tug Ohio and on a schooner, which hap pened to be in the vicinity, and were put ashore. Touonto, C. W., Oct. 27.?The International Bank of Toronto suspended j'esterday. The Colonial Bank, an institution of a similar char acter, i* undergoing a great run to-day. The doors are besieged by thousands of excited de positors. Boston, Oct. 27th.?The schooner Pacific, of Southport, Me., lying at anchor at Magrce Isl and, in the bay of St. Lawrence, got adrift in a gale and run foul of an unknown schooner; both vessels were sunk and all 011 board perished. Thirteen dead bodies have floated ashore. OtJAJinEliSBUiiG, Pa., Oct. 27.?Crpt. Cook was taken to Virginia to day on the requisition of Gov. Wise, by oflicers from Virginia, accom panied by the parties that arrested him. Three Sharpe's rifles and a small lot of ammunition were found in the woods near this place this morning by some boys who were bunting rab bits. One of the lilies has C. P. Tidd's name on the mounting; the others are both marked C. 15. They ucro no doubt placcd under the bushes last night by the men left by Cook in the mountains. The Washington pistol has not been recovered and nothing has been seen of the men. Pitt.-sbuhg, Oci. 27.?River 28" inches at Glass House ripple, and stationary. Weather cloudy. ^yt'AMi'KDK Ml VrUUK-Tllei-eatest article tier brought O out, for the cure of lHllio'us Fevers, Ac., for sale at octO GRAHAM'S DBPtf SrOKK. BUUNKTTV5 "KALUiToN," for the complexion, Keceived and for sale by T. 11. liQUAN A CO. aeptSP and LO(rAN',1<lcT A CO. UTAH OANbLEb.?5o boxes Miiliito's Star Candles"?? O snle by [septf] JOS. A. MKTOaLK. eiKMKNT.?50 barrel* Kentucky Cement, for sale to close ) consignment, by_ [septa] J. A, MKTOALP. BKAUTIPULL YKSTINGS?No end to the n&aoitment, at keptt SAW'IKLLtt * SHANNON'to. - ?? = lVCAL?:?50 boxes Werk'a German Cincinnati Soap, 1C) 50 boxes'Geo. 31. Bill & Co " 4: octS Keceived and for sale by M. IlEIbLY. FEED.?A large lot ol Shorts, Shlpstuff and fa'ec iVJL ondu, in store and for sale by ? oetll MArifKNV McfNA BB, Wheeling, Va. A Pl'LES.?25 ^bls Picked Apples just received, arid foro . *?L's*r? by ^ lscpt??l - SMITHt&GORKfcMi. Something New, True, Intelligi-; ble and Important FOR THE CURE OF THE SICK'J DOCTOR JONES WOULD say to the dlieascd of body an?l mind, who< wish to he cured of their maladies, thai his stay here " I*limited to the first of December; hence the necessity of; i mflklng wnmedlate application at hU office, lie solicits i patients who have been given up evcrywhire ?Us as lu 1 Curable. The reader rnl^ht here ask, doest he really cure \ such cases or arc his statements false? ltas he cured such ! oases lu Wheeling? In reply he would say, he ha? cured, nud Is curlng.every day just such ca^es. He has cured and Is curing a class of diseases that , have baffled the skill of the medical profession in all ages of the world. Tl\e reader might here Inquire by what means such cures are performed? Not by Irritating the delicatc membranes of vital organs by drugiug the stomach, but hy direct application of the positive and negative polarities of Electricity. Again, It might be asked, has not Klectricity been employed as a re medial agent for years both in Europe and America, with Indifferent results? And, are not numbers now using it in our mi -at with ju> better results? This Is alt very true, and wnen we consider the manner in which it has been applltd the results have been more favorable than could have been expected. It ha-# beea considered beneficial in a few cases onlj- and uncertain even In .those. There has been no flxed principles for applying the agent, and therefore no ui.lfor m results cuull be anticipated, but owing to the friendly rela tion existing between Electricity atul health. retnarkab?e cures have sometimes been performed. The current is gen erally app.ied through the hauds or feet in such powsr asto convulse-the whole nervous and muscular sj stem and fre quently produce irreparable injury. : Sometimes It Is ap plied by metallo conauctors to different parts oX,the body, which is equal to a process of cauterization. Dr. Joufs has seen the effect of such treatment for years and the -result has generally proved injurious to the patient, conclusively proving that no one should assume the responsibility of administering so powerful a remedy without understanding 1ls effect upan the human orgauiz&tlou. l)r. J.'s mode or applying Electricity is new, and is no cusss-work, no uncertainty or doubt as to results that will follow. The diseased are invited to call ana witness the wonderful cures he is d iUy p^iformii.u. Olllce att.ie Heyiner House N. 15.?Dr. J. now proposes to give a series of conversations explaining the electric laws of life, health and d sense; also, a full exposition of the important discovery in the application of Electricity for the cure cf dUeases. Those desiring to joiu the o'ass shauhl make Immediate application. oct*24-lm FOR SALE OR RENT. X OFFER for sale or rent, the Mill property knowu ae the "Woodland Mill," containing three run of Burrs, with all the modern improvements. There Is also'an excellent sett of Carding Machines, with room for additional machi nery, if required, connected with the mill, Possefcsloa glv eu immediately, if required. Also for sale, two farmu, each containing ever one hun dred and sixty acres, on one of which there are about one hundred acres cleared, in excellent order and in a good state of cultivation, with an Orchard and Frame Dwelling Houses thereon. On the other, there are about fifty acres cleared, with good Orchard and Buildings. Also, one lot of ground containing about seven acre?. In a high state of cultivation, with two frame Dwelling Houses thereon, a large Store House, with cellar underneath, black smith shop, and stabling for eight horses, together with other buildings that arc necessary. All the above propwrtr is situated within one and one-hulf miles of the Ohio river, on Fish Creek, Marshall county, on the Fish Creek Turn pike leading to Bellton, on the B. & 0. Railroad. T^is is one o' the best loenttons in N. W.Virginla for the purchase of wheat and other grain. Tho ibc-c property is offered on the following terms: One-four.h oft-.e purchase money to be paid in hand, aud the balance in equal instal ments of one, two and three years, with interest from date, giving -segolit ble note with approved security. Any persoc purchasing, ean have the opportunity of seed ing this fall, if required; can also be supplied with all kinds of stock and farming utensils, on accommodating terros.-r For further information, apply te the subscriber on the premises. J. HOUNBROOK, augll diwSm Wsodland, Marshall Co., Va. TO HOUSEKEEPERS. OMETHINO NHYV.?B. T. BABBITT S' kU BK3T MEDICINAL SALERAT03. { la manufactured from common salt, and Is; i ^ Q prepared eutirtly different from other Salera-'i* 'JO tus. All the deleterious matter extracted In- vl such a manner asto produce Bread, Biscuit,' AND; and all kinds of Cake, without containing a par-.'AND Iticie of Saleratus when the Bread or Cake is ^YV baked;' thereby producing wholesome results. I V/ Every particle of Salrratus is turned to gas and- / v/ passes through the Bread or Biscuit while Bak-f ting; consequently nothing remains but common] iS:iit; Water and Flour. You will readily per j J Q ceive by the taste of this Saleratus that it is en- ?? O tlrely differentfrom other Saleratus. U O It Is packed In one pound pApera, each wrap-! AND per brand, d, "B. T. Babbitt's Best Medtainal AND Saleratus;" aleo, picture, twisted loaf of bread; with a glass of effervescing water on Uie top. *"7Tl When you purchase one paper you should pre?j ? " serve the wrapper and be particular to get thai next exactly like the first?brand as above. { Full directions for making Bread with this' 'Saleratus and Sour 51ilk or Cream Tartar, will O accompany each package; also, directions for VIO . {making all kinds of Pastry; also, for making So-! AND da Water and Seldllta Powders. I AND ft 70 70 6 8 AND 70 MAKE YOTJR OWN SOAP , i70 B. T. BABBITT'S PURE I COIVCEIVTKATED POTAAIl, Warranted double the strenRth of ordinary Pot-'^ 0 ash; put up lu cans?1 lb., 2 lbs.,8 lbs., 6 lbs., f) N* and 1*2 lbs , with full directions for making Hard and Soft Soap. Consumers will find this th* cheapest I'otttsh in market. Manufactured and for sale hy B. T. BABBITT, Xos. $S and TO Washington-St., Nfw-York, aud No. 3S Indla-st., Boston. For sale by HEKD & KRAffT. auglC-d.wAtw 0m# AND 70 Fire Proof Salamander Safes J. N. VANCE, NO. 37 MONROE STJ4EET AGENT FOR THE SALE Of liUUKF. <C BAR If Kb CEl.EBUAI'KU FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. MMIESE Safes are known to be superior to any offered fo* JL sale in the Western Country. They are warrai.tVa t? be entirely free from damp, have never failed to preserve their contents, and are secured hy the best Patent Powder and Thief Proof Locks. A FULL ASSORTMENT AI.WAVS ON IIANI) AT MANU FACTURED PRICKS. To part'es wishing to purch:*>e a first rate article of Safe, I would beg leave to refer to the following firms, who have them in use, and can testify to their reliability. Messrs. Bailey, Woodward & Co. 44 Norton, Acheson & Co. 44 List, Morrison & Co. 44 3leCiaU?ns & Knox. 44 S. Ott A Son. 44 Hci&kell & Swearfngen. 44 Laughlins A Bushfield. &pl-1^?&w DOCTOR BAAKKG TREAS? ALL DISKAMEIH, Dlt. BAAKEF.wil give special atten lion to the follow ing Diseases:? Coccus, Coj.hs , [?OOSBOUPTIOS, [- Croup, Ikplcbkza, Asthma, Beuscui Tia,and all dlscas. r,_^ ... .c... ; ei >f the^N.aa c-V Mouth, Throat and Lungs. Attention will be given to all Skin Diseases: Lfubago, Luubak, AbscaS8E6, Scrofula, RnauMATisM, Nruralgia, Paraltsis, Epilepsy, Dtspspsia, Pilrs, and all other diseases of the Stomach, Liver and B?w el*, and all Chronic diseases pertaining to women and chil dren. Dr. Baakec can produce one thousand certificates ? his perfect success in curing CAN8ERS, OLD SORES O ULCERS, FISTULA, SCaLD HEAD, WENS, SWELLING! and TUMORS of every description, aud without the use o the knife, ihuse last named diseases cannot be treated by ? correspondence, therefore the patients must place them selves under his personal supervision. Doctor Baakce has made a new discovery of a4t Flcid" that will produce perma - nant absorption of the **0atara?tt," and restore psrmanant vision to the lire without the use of the knlto, and cures all diseases of the Eye* and Ears without the use of the knife or needle, and ho has constantly on hand an excellent a. sortment of beautiful artificial tfyes apd Tj-tnpauums, (or lior Druiiiy,) suitable for eather sex; and all a^es, inserted in five nziuutes. DOCTOB BAAKRE Is one of the most skilful and cele brated Physicians and Surgeons now living. His lau.e is known personally In every principal ciry In the World. All letters containing ten cents, directi d to Doctor Daak ee asking any questions pertaining to any dl^are, shall be promptly answered, and all Chronic Dierst-es treated bv correspondence except tiioso mentioned requiring hit r?r sonal supervision. Off(ck Houas jtrox 0a.m. xa 4 r. a DOCTOR BAA21 *E, ?4 Lexington St., between Charles and I-ibeity'hts., JfrrUim WM. WALLACE, ATTORNE Y ATLAW AJSTD NOTARY PUBLIC. iSInrlinsvilU, HcIimoiii,County, 4th lo. .Particular attention will be givnt to the collccMcs .f clllW- HuaS-lyn . SHEEP PELTS. ' WANTED.'?10,iH u Sheep Pelts, bv .'wt'i i.M.pu.MpnRErrtsoy. 'AJ OKl-H OAROUNA TAlt.??barreln, laf>teitee,Id atarv l>-.ntfr>r sale by [o^tll] M. RBU.&Y, '