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VOL. VI II.
SHEPHERDSTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, VA? SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER ?>. 1859.
_ ? i ? m III? HMOBW,! UM 1 ? ?' 11 1
KO. 51.
tore JN'*>vs co iivr.ii.ig Hid Insurrection
ca Fiirry.
a j
Gov. Wi?c.
Coventor \\ is , on his return to Rich
nviit] iiMi'e a Mi on the deek ol Oie
steamer at Aquia Crei-k. A.nor.g oilier
th in i! * l>e s iid
?When we am red at .-Harper's Ferry i
foil n J that there laid been (!? ti'-le more
i!i m nmjili' force. 1 i 1. 1* <?a tant \olanteers
ol Jefferson were le fust <?n the proue.il,
and soon ..tier iheii the noble men of
B.-ikeley were tlx il*. l''arirers with -in
pie -and double barrel *!.o! gins, and with
pi dilation rifles, w eye there. The Peo
ple wiih ar'ii9 and without arm.-, rushed
to the scene. Fol whit? ? what had
happened ? What tuminoned thein to
hhoulder musket andWnateh weapons as
t h e % couiii ? \\ i.iit n<iii d.?iurbed iu> ir
peace ? ? What threatened their safety
and to si) Hy their boiior ? Alas ? to the
di>grace ol the Nation ? not of Virginia,
I repel all imputation upon, her ? but to
the disgraco of- ? somebody ? fourteen
ivhite ri'jfliuns and five negroes have
been permitted to take the Cnited Stat ex
arsenal , with all it a arm v and treasure ,
and to hold it fir 24 hours . at that Ther
mopylae oj\lmerieu, Harpers- Terry, on
the 1 conji les of twoisluvc State.-*, ivith
the avowed object ijf emancipating their
slaves, at t vt ry haz ird and iho very per
petration of the seiz ne and imprisonment
of the inhabitant!), ; nd of robbery and
% murder and treason.
You will indignai; dy ask : IIow could
fitch outrage and di: grace bo brought upon
a country like this, i troiie as it is in every
thi ~ ? I vvill briel v inform you. Con
D '
yiess had by law, d splaetd the regular
army from the su j el>nk ndence of n? own
arms% as it it was unjworthy ot the trus>t ol
its own afF.iirs, and
ura!l v tinned away
attention to th;s ars
tendent was placttf
know the gendemar
worthy of it as any
w as absent on oil* ci
Mass., and 1 have t*|
had he been at the
haVe been captured
And 1 do not mean
or question, wiiethe
is oflicers very nai
n disgust from giving
cjnal. ' A civil superin
in charge, and f
, a VJrgiuun, is as
Jpiviiian can be. He
duty at Springfic.d,
eat confidence that
Arsenal it could not
hud lit Id as it w as.
|o go into ti e dispute
civil or military su
arsenal, which oujilif
and munition of deft
at ail times to flee l<
lion, became a dtpo
assail and a positive
It would be better fo
periutendenee is anolt proper over a man
ufdClury and Arsenal ? -l 1
do say, emphatically
\v hether the supciin
Wsiliiary, there oi/gl
organized and suJjL
there ; and there tfc
of anna Hut tins 1
and indignantly, that
rdenee was civil oi
/ to have been an
ient military guard
ts KGihi^g of the
? .
kind. There icas to watch even worth
naming, and no ??)<//?(/ at all. Thus an
to be a depot of arms
nee, lor ihe citizens
for means of protec
tor desperadoes to
'anger to our people,
Virginia and Mary
land to have the arsenal removed from
their borders, than to/allow it thus to be
come a danger bv bain^ left unguarded.
The Civil Superintendent was not respon
sible for a military ward. J'he question ;
w ho is responsible ! I leave to the prop
er executive auihoiities of tfie United
flutes, liy thegro sest uegligei.ee some
where ? whieli it is lot my duty to loul;
afier or to correct, e tcept to proclaim- it
and complain of it, f< r the sake of the pro
tection d ?? n to our own people ? niueteclf
lawless men hate seized this arsenul, with
its arm* and spoils, and have imprisoned
and robbed and murdired our inhabitants !
[F7om the Batt\i?re Clipper]
Harper s
Octol
ekry, Va.,
:r 2b, 1859.
Vindication of Citi ens of Harper's
J err ij from Slunde a of Governor
If'*
// ist
The smoke and exci einent of the con
flict having passed, ami having been an
f vo n 1 1 f; e ^ => of ami an a tor in the scenes
mr
u I ih ft rccent tragedy al ,f irper's Ferry, 1
am unwilling that the gr 'at injustice done
our eitizens by therema ks ol Gov. U'ue
should go without corrti
'I'he lacis are these
of the 17 h. insl., at an
people were siariled by
mat the Arsenal ami Mujl.et
Fac.?>riea were in the han
bo i V of armed negroes an
that they had ilm priucipa
or running in front ol t
buildings, and were shoot
of our'citizens as they fou
dwellings. Very few of
arms of any sort, and wha
were fowling pieces, and t
them had netiher powder
Jets wer? out oi the que&jicn ? so that our
town, for the time being, vjas at the mercy
of the insurgents. The
ion.
),i tiie morning
ilv hour, our
lie inU iltgence
and Kifle
is of a large
whites, and
treets leading
lie government
?S down such
{id outside the i i
*>ur citizens had
few they had
io$e who had
ior shot ? bul
?M niv, ?
Jinle ammunition the government had at
this place, weic lit (he hanA
At this juncture of atiaird
men, employees of the '
McClelland and Win. (.
stealthily mho the enclosur!
ry, and entered one of t' e .....
procured fmni it two aincne bull bul et
mould?, a;^l i?Il the percussion caps in that
tlcpnitiiienl ; next they proceeded to a
building onMde, but cuniynous to the
eucluaure, caiitd the stock-house, to
! ins, and u hat
s of the enemy.
two resolute
Armory ? John
opeland, crept
of the Armo
huihiings snd
lie 1 ate
our
freshet*
citizens
which arms had been removeJ, to secure
them lu.it damage Iro n t^
winl tints afur ureal de(a
were armed. Next powJer and ball must
he procured ? the bails hyf! to be cast in
two pur of single-ball bultvl moulds; this
a^aui occasioned great defcy ; the casting
was necessarily a ver^
u .!u v\ as e on procuf
?..v? w.. t
Our citizens were asseiwded on (-amp ;
!{,i!t a heigh tli overlookin
Kiver eagerly awaiting tl
They were quickly o:gan
of citizen trnops, under tl
Captain John Avis, of Clilrlesto wu, \ a.
As soon as three rounds lof ammunition
were furnished this body 1)1 citizen troops
thev were divided into foil
and ordered to 'akc posit!
ma important points arou
Capt. Wm. II. Moore w
detachment oi IS men to
mac river, at
low proces
the Potomac 1
ir Equipment,
bed as a body
command ol
detachments
>n at the follow
the enemy,
ordered with a
cross the Poto
the Old Furnace, a mile and
a hall above Harper's lirry west, and
decern! the river on the | Maryland side,
.Hid ti.ke, if possible, tha Baltimore and
Ohio Kailroad bridge, which
r* a
?;ents had in their posse
ision.
the
At
er's mill ('apt. Moore riceived orders
insur
Pitch
to
or west, to pre
(hing the enemy
stop the trains going e*.
vent reinforcements reat
by the cars, or the cecajc of the insurgents
by the same means. Aler executing this
order, Moore's nommaiil was reinforced
by sevt-ral gen'lemen lioli Dulfield's de
pot, making the entire lo
force crossed the river,
in i 'ge, cleared it to the V
?iin? one man and capturitl; another pris
1 oner, thus obtaining an important point on
lhat side of the tovs n, as i
treat of the outlaws by lb
?e 25 men
this
rlarched to the
cr i ii i a side, k i I -
ut ofl'the re
avenue they
ha<i entered the town. CjSpt. Moore leli
one-half of his force with ft jic u t ? i i n n te r
t > hold the bridge, and entlreri, wiih oth
ers, the hotel and other bit
to the Kailroad, tiring upo
ifroio the front windows.
(.'apt. 11. Khodeiick, wi|h another de
tachment of citizens, was
position at the west end (|l
Mings adjacent
the insurgents
va.d. This order he exeluted promptly,
! tiis command killing one i|
that was seen escaping ae
i iver. i lie position of (
ted the cscape ??f the ener
direction, thus securing
ihe town.
rdered lo take
the Armory
the insurgents,
fuss the Potomac
jipt. H. preven
y in a westerly
ut portion of
( ' a j > I . H. Mudlar, witllanother detach
meal of citizens, was or<f?*red to march
h mi take po-ition on the liridge c rt?s > i n ??
the east side ol
bus cutting cfl*
In that direction,
kv ill) an indepen
the Shenandoah river, 01
the town, w h icli lie did,
the retreat of the enemy
Capt. Medlar also acted
dent citizen force whicfl
; with the insurgents at tie __
! Home half mile above Medlar's position.
The enemy was iliiven/ from the K i lie
factory into the river, a/id all either killed
or captured. Several
with great gallantry in
ing the enemy into thelriver, where
weie either killed or captured.
; Commander A via, w
of our armed citizens,
i upper pa/t of Mr. Butirr's house, in front
of tjie Arsenal, where ft is command killed
,the negro sentinel in ttte street, and by
liis sharp shooters ileared the enemy
. from the Arsenal, whith he immediately
seized and held, thus gaining positions
L that drove the eneiiv into the watch
were engaged
Kifle works,
citizens behaved
(this a Hair, pursu
they
ih the remainder
:>ok position in the
house, and from whi/h they could not es
cape. This was alljaccomplished by the
citizens of 1 1 ar [>er's
tance arrived, and y
; proper
! Could
erry before assis
Gov. Wise sees
to stigmatise us with cowardice,
he, under the circumstances, have
made as good arrant ?ments, and accom
i plished the same res Its ?
Many acts of itidi 'idual gallantry on
the part of our citizciv were performed by
jCapf. Chambers an<l\ Mr. Percival, in
what i? called the CAilt House, where
thev h;jd posted tiivinst lvrs, shooting
down the enemy fiomju wooden building
that was no hairier from the enemy's
balis. Personal gallantry of Edmond
Chambers and Edward McCabe, who was
shot through the shoulder, &c\, might be
mentioned. R.
respcrtable pa
tnidst the relig
hich character
iof Connecticut,
good ? so that
Sketch of Cnpt. Cook. Vv.
The New York Tiu/es contains h letter
from Mr. John N. Ste:?ins, of Williams
burg, in who*e oflii*e fi)ok was once en
gaged as a law clerk. ?Ir. Stearns pays :
lie was bom in Hadtjpn, Conn , about
the rear 1 83:*, of high I
rentage, and was reared
ions and moral influences
ize the rural population
Hi* general education w
he hat! spent one or two inters as a suc
cessful teacher -of pub'ic schools, before
his majority, lie had als > through most
of the States of the Union, in the pursuit j
of a mercantile agency. had a great
passion for mincrology, aiil for the collec
tion of mineral cabinets nurtured no doubt,
by hi? spending his early liastimes amidst (
the stone quarries worke.ion his lather's
estate and in dm vicinity. While with
me he showed specimens of ore, and, as
he supposed, of gold, fotJid by him more
than rive years since in ire neighborhood
of Harper's Ferry, Va. I So that 1 am in
clined to believe that \UJ alledged purpose
ol his jjoin^ to Haiper'J Ferry to dig ore
was truthful not ffe
years since he exl
it?i? there some it
I am strongly of
tgneu. More than five
ressed the purpose ol go
le for that object. And
She impression that this
Harper's Ferry rebellion Xvai an incident
of special temptaf
rather than the re
matured purpose.
In March, 18
on that crossed his path,
ult of a long settled and
4, /ie came to reside
with me, as a suu ent 'and law clerk, and
was employed in nyfcffiee, and continued
an inmate of my f myly for a year. Bui
he had no tas'e on the law. Though
generally faithful I to his duties as a copy
'ist, the law, in ill facts and principles,
, was destined to re main to hirp a blank ob
isurity. The most persevering drill on
my part could nfrt fix in lus mind the most
J simple elementslof legal*' knowledge. I
was disappointed in the result cf my ex
periment with /him. /Possessing, as he
? appeared to, soj^air a^share of general in
telligence, it wis a mystery' to me to find
in linn so much; reluctamTe to intellectual
analysis. His inowj^ge, however, was
; the fruit of a w de extended superficial ob
servation of uien, matters, and things,
rather than of. reflection and reasoning.
And still, id his elegant penmanship, cor
rect orthography, and ready knowledge
ofarithmatie an 1 grammar, and there was
evidence ihut in li i ? early life he had stu
died to some p irpose and effect. The
truth, u hen d scovered, was ihis. He
I had nurtured th ; fancies of a poetic imag
ination for year i, and his mind wandered
I in a land of drej ms.
The world add life were scarcely ap
preciated as realities. While lie could
| not draw a com plaint or a promissory
1 uole, a score oB fancy verses for a lady 's
album would bp thrown off without effort,
as by intuition! The use of puns and
i pistols was w alk him a kindred passion to
111:; poetry, ask marksman he was a dead
I shot, If throivrt in the midst of strife and
contention, he would naturally become a
'soldier as by j the force of this passion,
: w ithout personal motive or inducement,
! and indeed, is against his own welfare
and happiness. And still he appeared
kind to evcny one; and during the year he
was with Lie, though often abstracted
J from his proper employments by his poet
ical infatuitions, lie was never guilty, to
i my recollection of a disobliging act or un
kind word/toward myself or my family,
i I never knew him to drink a glass of in
, loxicating liquor, or to niter a profane
loailt. lit would djo anything and every
thing re a? rnable to oblige us, except to
learn law
??lie wfcnt to K?n?as during the year
1855, and is said to have had something
to do will the defence of Southern Kan
sas frvm the border ruffians. [low much
or what,
I He was ( nee at the East atierwards for a
short tint ?, but his family and friends
shortly a ter wards lost all trace of him,
and for t vo or three years have supposed
| him deadi
covered i
oli lion isn
! ted to tha|
I leaching
funs in
have no means of knowing.
While with me, I never dis
i him any special interest in Ab
nor any special sympathy for
the colortld race. II he was ever conver
fai th. it muH have through (he
f Buford and other border ruf
aiisas.* I know of none of his
family frilnds w ho are specially infected
with anti-llavery sentiments. Governor
Willard ofindiana, is his brother-in-law,
and he hasldertainly been no 'heretical'
teacher to t|is end.
"1 can wfcli conceive, from my knowl
edge of ihe character of Cook's mind, how
that withoulla purpose of crime, he would
become the [mrasite of the first leader in a
romantic advaituro that might solicit his
aid. If anybody is killed or injured it is
a consequencelnot intended by Cook, but
a necessity arising from the circumstance!
into which he ias been led. Cook was,
in fact, the Bla iner liasset of Brown's en
terprise, witbo it Blannerhasset's estate,
but more ol co rage and skill."
StbtenieiitoHW. W. Throckmorton.
The clerk of the? Wager Hotel, w hich
is situated by the sidk of Hie railroad track
a young man named IV. VV. Throcktnor* I
ton, makes the follow ng statement: ? A-|
buut ten o'clock Sun lay night. as I was
about closing up the t oorsjbelow, 1 notic
ed a one hoise coveref wagon going by, j
were some four
1 wen I
told one of out
and from lis appearande concluded it was
a gypsy wagon. The r
?>r five men following I le wagon
below to shut up, am
colored servants, whom 1 tound up. that
some gypsies were goii |g by. He wanted
to go out and see them and seemed quite
anxious to go, but 1 sai i I was going to
shut up, aod bade h i in go to btd. All
was qui&wtter this, except some Jfcen
walking along i he streets till about twelve
o'clock, when 1 went
a ho were to go in i
Then I heard the repo
bridge and a man runifing
to call some men {
t|te express train, j
l of a gun on
tbej
I went do w n
watchmen of the;
ished in and said,
are sever*! rob
to the door when th^
bridge, an Irishman, i
?'lock your doors, the
hers on the bridge ? several men." I did
iioi think of Die gypsvf wagon ai the time,
but supposed some rowdies from the ca
n.-l locks had fired at |im to frighten him.
I then went up and
snd tried to Sorrow a
?f the but con
then walked out and dent up to the rail
oke the passenger?,
evolver from some
d not find one. I
road uffi.-e to see Sheppard, the roloird
man, and borrow hi* revolver, as he il
ways kept one, but his revolver was not
loaded. As I came out of the office I saw
two inen on the bridge with guns in their
hand*. I went back
quiet till the train car
10 the hotel anil kept
e alone. 1 then in
formed Captain Phells, the conductor of
what 1 hud seen and
four or five men and
Hey ward Sheppard
went in with litem a
in, they called out
man turned and rap,
bridge shot him as hjj
then ran back to the
heard, and he took
[went to the bridge.
the colored man,
[e?H, and as he got
Surrender." 1 he
land the men on the
ran, all the men
?oteI; we carried the
UK II Irfll Hiciinnv-, ~ v....
wounded man into tie ticket ofiice, and 1
started for a doctor;
which I had borro
on the train; just as
met two men corain
passengeis were
children screaming
sed these men wer<|
ihem presented his
I "you son of ,
too, and fired, but
chance to run, but
the armory, and asl
hail a revolver then
\fedTroma passenger
crossed the street, 1
| down the road; the
this time running
around in excitement and women anu
n the cars. I suppo
passengers till one of
gun, and said to me
will give you some
fiissed me." I Ind no
hey both ran towards
they were running 1
The men stopped
fired all the shots ih my revolver at them.
bout half way to the
armory pales. :
Then I gut anot ter revolver, and Cap
tain Phelps and so ne of the passengers
went with me tow;rds the armory. As
we came out the ir ?n had got inside the
gate, and fired at u two or three shot*,
but the distance or he darkness prevented
their taking good ai in, and nobody u as
hurt. I then returt ed and got the passen
gers into the hotel. Soon after I walked
out upon the pialfotru with another gen
tleman, and then wj saw two men with
guns coming from the armory. They
walked past us towfcrdf the office where
the negro Shepard
the railroad bridge
we could not under
Then *e put the lights out in
and watched from
after, an old man
ay. As they reached
|hey called to us, but
tand what they said.
the hotel,
the window*. Soon
amed Cirice, whom
they had taken on tlie Shenandoah bridge,
came up from the almory, and wanted to
come in, but I sent Him to theolfice where
('apt. Phelps was. lAfterwards I learned
that he had been let put on condition ol
his going straight howe, because of
age. He sam he wal directed by the men
who had released hint to tell hotel keeper
and railroad agent thai nobody here should
be harmed if they ket>t t?he peace and
made no resistance. \
About three o'clock
four horse wagon anil
(Colonel Washington'
: taken into the armory
ded then that a gang ol
dering the armory, whe
was a large sum of mo
he^r them at work loadir
we saw a large
two horse buggy
driven past and
rd. We conclu
bbers were \ lun
l knew there
We could
unloading
iey
in the armory, and an holr later the wag
on was driven out with four men in it, and
two or three following will guns. I re
a man named
nd here and
n. He was
w him talking
le one who
psy wagon.
forCharles
cognized one of the men a
Cooke, who had lived an
married his wife in this to
here on Friday last, and ( 6
a long time with our boy
was so anxious to see the
At daylight Dr. Starry etarie
town to get help, and after thlt from time
to time we couIU^see citizens icnrjjing up
to the armory gales, one at a |me, and ta
ken in as prisoners. I saw a
leave the yard anJ come to
bringing a note. He came td
and gave me a not$, which w
10 the hotel keeper, or clerk of
house, and read thus : ?
negro boy
the hotel,
the door
directed
the Wag^r
P
October 17.
You will furnish forty-five n en wiih a
good breakfast. CAFT. SMITH.
I determined then to go to if e yard. I
went to the gate and t?o mulittoes con
ducted me to "Capl. Smith," v ho spoke
very politely. He *aid, "
Smith; I want prepared a brea
iy-five men." He took nie it
t tie shops and showed me a
citizens whom he had captured
|ain Capi.
last for for
ty one of j
iumher of ,
and ask- ;
ed ine it 1 knew them. 1 said ljdiJ. ' i hen
he fcaid he warned breakfast !or(
men, including ihese, my frien
as possible. I (old h.m
best I could, but it would hav
| iher rough, as we had net eifl>ecied any
thing like this and uere nof prepared.
Captain Phelps then came iiilo ihd yard
and was brought to Captain ASmith. lie
appealed to htm in the strongest terms to
allow him to pass with the /rain, saying
he had women and ihildre/i who were
Irightened nearly to dea'h, -Aid il he would
let them pass they would Zlo nothing t??
trouble him. Brown theiy said he could
pass if he would hold hi- reare anJ say
nothing along the route loat anything was
going on here, and he would go to the
bridge himself and see tfiat the train went
through safely. Brouu then came to t!.e
bridge and the passengers got on as fast afi
possible, and the train Itf'. 1 went to
some of the passengers and begged them
to make an alarm, and have a military
company sent here as soon as posiille.
Before leaving if e armory. Brown told
ine they came here to free the shves. and
said although he had so small a force he
could have thousands as soon as he said
the word. Said fir. 1 am a military man,
and I came here frt-e the slaves of your
surruwnding couniry,and 1 lake possession
ol th If government properly and arms to
a?>isiVe in doinl can have five
thousand mt-n het# in than twenty
four hAirs at my Hd-gave me leave
to pj^^lback warij^j^^&rwftrd if 1 would
keep qf iet, and |^^^B||Wipuld take pos
session! of the horftSp^eFV one *uppos
eJ of course he ha^CanKTorce at hand.
After the train Urt, jPfWri^ge was still
guarded, and Hro^n^^W^T were march
i'ig backward atuf forward. I tol l Brown
I could gel him .breakfast hut only water
to drink. He s^ui he must have cotl'ee
becaust he felt ratigued, and I must bring
it immediately to the Armory yaid. 1
accordingly prepared breakfast and took it
over in a basket. They al! ate but Hrown
himself] who took good care not to touch
it. I liiid intendrd to prepare a spacial
breakfast for him as he treated me ?o gen
tlemanly, but j forgot it. 1 laughed and
joked with him, deeming u best not to
seem to fear tyuu. After breakUst (\>l
Washington asked me to take rare of his
horses, fcnd said I might put them in the
stable atlthe hotel, lie then said : 'There
is another I orse, pointing to In* own,
which wis standing in the yaid ? 1 will
put ihe !i|>r*o in your; keep htm till 1 call
lor him.'l 1 don't think lie will rail ?oon. I
1 asked him about pay tor the hieaklaM,
and he ?ati he should dinner (or 2(H) men,
and ho wiLld pay lor the whole then.
One of ouisei vants, the one 1 spoke ot a>
wanting nAsee the gypsies, appeared to
know htm Very well, and had converse
lion with llm in the engin* house. lie
had gone with me to carry the breaklasi
;very wilfinay, though the oiher servants
hung back, ^nd when I ordered him to
take the brdakfasl things and go back to
the hotel, helsafd he would when he got
ready, and 1 joist understand he was a*
much boss a \ I ! was. ?This amused Old
Brown, who laughed at me, and 1 told
j him there wal no nigger blood in me, at
| all events. 'Ibis boy was a blave, belong
ing to some hlirs, but has been doing lor
'himself and clamed free lor some time.
The fellow lefl on Wednesday and has
not been s?eii|ince. He went awey be
cause he knew! I suppose, that there were
plenty around m ho would take a crack at
liirn if they gotlk chance. Ill* name i*
Charles Williams. About twelve o'clock
I learned that tie Oharlestown company
had arrived, ami then I felt we were sale.
I went and lookld out of the window, and
saw just then | a shot fired at one ol
Hrown's men, whose name is Stephens,
and sow him ?a!| The shot was fired
from the C* nit Utilise bv Geo. W. Cham
berg. They cal
s^pare guns, and
I went over, and
phens' rifle, whic
aUo to get his pi
the bullets came
town company h
me to them, but
Brown's men, an
?d to me that ihey had
iked me to coine over,
is I passed seized fSte
lay by his side. I tried
[nl, they fired at me, and
to thick. The Charles
the bridge, and called
thought they were
ran into the hotel with
the gun. After tl|9, one of Brown's men
got into the hotel,
manded the gun,b
town men drove t
the mail got out at
the gun. Stephen
was then brought it
named Thompson
oner, and pNred in
and foot. All thn?
y some means and de
jtrst then the Charles
ough tha hotel, and
lie back way w ithout
the wounded man,
and another fellow
as brought in a pris
te parlor tied hand
time a sharp firing
was kept up.
About three o'cllrk, Hay ward Shep
? 1 * r* .1 i ? * ; _ * i _
pard, the colored^ m
morning, died. Mr
was greatly excited
old man had had hin
n they shot in the
Beckham, the agent,
at his death, at the
ten dr twelve years.
and liked him very rr|ich. He went to the
railroad platform bey
lion, once, and was
nent a^ain, his ham
and got some distanc
station, when they s
heart. He fell, and
jnd the railroad ?u
p|lled back, but he
in his pockets,
Jbeyond the water
At him through the
i^ver moved again.
The man who shot hifn from the door ol
the engine house, wg* himself *hot a mo
ment alterwerda by A ti >rpei's Ferry man.
John (I. Cook.
We announce thii morning with much
pleasure, the fart of the arrest of Capt. J.
E. Cook, one of lie leaders io the Har
per's Ferry invaiion.' The arre?t was
made in Franklin (lounty, Pa., near the
M ount Alto Iron Wprks, about eight ruilrii
from Chambersburgi by Messrs. Ciagget
Fitzhugh, of Hagefstown, a nrphew of,
the lion. Gerret bfhuh, and Joho Logan,
hroiher of the ex^shcr 1 fT of Washington
County, Md. Hb had gone to the Iron
Works for the purpose of getting pro*i?
ion-, having bet* iu the mouniaius for
d*ya. He made considerable resia- '
lame, but n?j overpowered by the supe
rior strength of i he two men. On bit per
son w g foundla commission as Captain
in the Provision! Army, a daguerreotype
of hi? wife, and keteral articles taken from
: I. e house of Cdl. W ashingion. A tels
j/iam was sent tciGor. Wise, who imme
diately .?<*nt an cuficer to brinf him to
Chail'Siovrn. andy*? v?? accordingly lod
ged in the- j ul of Ihe county about half
pasi ?me o'clock Water day morning.
Go*. A. P. Wiilard, ol Indiana, who is
a biother-in-law or Cook, accowpanird by
Attorney General .McDonald, of the eaxne
State, arrived in ' Mr train yi^ierdsv, and
will probably rem; in until if e conclutiun
of the trial. ? Sj)ir t. *2 0:h nil.
THE HAH P K U* \ FF R R Y I N S V R
KEC TION ? JIlAL OF CAIMWIN
II HO W N.
Charlettown. Oft. *28.? -Capt. Cook
was brought here at I } o'clock thi? morn
ing from Fenim lv^ni;i. He fay* that if
Brow n hat] taken feis julviee in relation to
the affair one thousand men couldn't have
taken them. Thert is great rejoicing here
ai hi? arre?t.
Cook wUo *ay*that Fr*d Doughs acted
the cow aid, hattftg promised lo be therein
person. I
(Jeorge II. loyt, of Boston, arrived
here tin* morni ug s>s counsel tor Caplaiil
Brown, lie is quite a youth 111 appear*
ance
The Court met at 1 1 o'clock, when
Brown was leaver from the jail walking
but very fet^hle. lie l.<id down on iho
cot as on ) ejerdav.
Senator Mp-on entered ilie court * nil
Mr. Hoy i, ol Boston, counsel for Hrown,
Before theitrial commenced Hiowh re
marked ill a t lit e testimony of Mr. Wash
ington anil Conductor l'hclps yesterday
u as strictly truthlul.
The jury were ?ullc?! and answered.
Mi. Hotialannounced the arrival of Mr.
Iloyt, who iiad come lure to assibt a*
'counsel Ion the prisoner. At pr?ft?i)t,
however, h? did not fe? 1 disposed to tAo
part in \Ue I ca#e ;i whenever he should
IV el disposed he wjuuld do ?o.
A KRON,
To C. J. Faulkne
John 15 rc? n, tl
reclion at Harper'
: al of his family t I
* ty many vears
! thai family. Hisi
fc)hio, Oct. 20, 18o9.
and L. Notts, Kiqi:
leader of the insur
Kcrry. Va., and se ver
ve resided in ih is rouu*
iicaniiy is hereditary in
^ mother and *ister died
with it, ;i nd a daughter of lhat sister lus
been two years iiiilie lunatic asylum.
A mhj and daughter of his mother's mo*
ther have also lu Ju coulintd in the lunatic
asylum and anntlirson ??f i h n l brother if
now insane and/ under clo*e restraint.
I'liebe facis can lie conclusively proven by
witnesses residing liere w lio will doubt
less attend the tji.d if desired.
Signed J A. II. LEWIS.
Wm. C'. A 1 left . the telegraphic ? pura*
tor at the A k r<Mi oliee, adds to the above
de!?pateh that J\f. !fl. Lewi* is a resident of
that place, and' fctaicmcuis aiu entitled
to implicit credit. '
Law?on M. Hons, the counsel for
Brown and Ins confederate', i* a son of
ihe ]a le General Thomas II. Holts, of
Virginia, and nephew of John M. Holts,
and the I'rinress Catharine I). .Murat, of
Florida. His mother is a ^rsnd-niec? uf
(jen. Washington. Mr. Holts is said to
he a young law\er who relies on his pro
fession for subsistence, and a man of good
ability and spotless character.
Circuit Court.
The Circuit Court for JtlTersori Courf
ty commenced on Thursday the 20ih ult. ?
Judge Kichard Parker presiding. Amo<jg
other cases were the following :
Commonwealth vs. John VV. Dillow,
for an assault on W. Niacwarner, w ith in
tent to kill by shooting.
The Jury rendered a tcrdici of impris
onment in Jail for t>U days, and one cent
damages. *
VViu. Lucna, Jr., assisted by E d. I?e?
counsel for the prisoners. C. It. Hard
ing, Prosecuting Attorney.
Appeal*.? Common wealth v*. Jame*
Gea*land, for an a*#aull on Nairy
Holme*. J nii^dient of ill* ( <Mtui) ()<;iirl
reveiied. W in. I.ucac, Ji., Cuumtl far
appellant.
Cointnon?#alih ??. Ja*. r*ea?lali*l. for
an a^iault on Mary Ellen (iideon. Jurl^
rneni of County Court re?er?eH, W in.
Luca*, Jr., C'oun?el (or appellant. ? Free
Frtss.
A C'noii in < liurrli
Great Flutter among the C\
A raccoon uiiii h coniiiio?tioi^
in on ^ HZe, enterril ll.e liapliM
Suiitia) evening la*l doling *e
4 'i> iii e<J la lei) ben <>k li?M??eif t?? ?ifc*?l?oii*l
attitudes among the iadte* dre**c#. 1 I ere- ^
upon, sundry drawing up ol iv?>ry at.Lhs,
veiling up or. t'ie ?e*l?t and out of doors,
accompanied with the announcement i?f
??Coon in t!:e Clmrcli#M presented a *cftiu ^
for merriment t?? i! e bo) ?. grbie humor
among Uip men, and ? magnificent flutter
among the l<die'. Finally bit country
ship was raptured by a daring gentleman,
ami was carried from c urcli "by (he nape
of the nrck." Poor rooney ! hta <ievo
tion couldn't be appreciated. ?f'rinalonj
[Jit.) Jirpublican.
KoXantic Folks ? Hiding on the cow
catcher is a eenaation recently mecb rm
eted by certain .romantic folk*. The
Wheeling Intelligencer ?aya that a ft w
days ago a gentleman and hia wife rode
twenty miles in thai manner, g"ing at the
rale of filly twe mlea an hoar. Twn
milts beyond where ihey got off the cal h?
er struck a cow and flung it off. Had
they been there, of ftourae they would
have been killed. It jb in contemplation
to change the name or the pilot from**eow
catcher1' to "tool catcher" if this ll.og
goes on. . .s
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