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VOL. LX.
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- GOVERNMENT.
proodont—JAmas itucnAiuir. - -
Vico Pro3ldonf.—Jorm C. BRECKENRIDG; •
Secretory of St3t<l.-0.1.1. LEwio OASB.
Srerotory of Int.oriol ACOII TROMPBON.
Secretory of TrarOwry—iforrel.t. Coos.
Secretory of War--Joici B. FLOYD.
Secretory of NRY.ye-ISAAO TOUCET.
Post Mairl.nr fieneral. , -Joscro Come.
Atioro_ol rioboorol—Jr.osmito S. IhLAOK.
Chlef.Tositoe of tho United Stolen=-it U. TANKr
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Oovornnt—WlLLlAM F. PACKER.
Secretary of-State—Wiumm M. licuese. ' ,
Surropor Uullentl--.)Oda ROWE. .
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Auditor Genortil—J AMR FRT, JR.
Trossurer--ItemiT S. Mcort.niv. . , ....
Jullgoo of the Supreme court—E. LEWIS, J. M• Aim
sTaoßo. W. B. LOWRIE .U. AV. WonDWARD. JOUR M. READ
COUNTY OFFICERS ..
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President Judge—lion. Jane 11. Graham. • •
Assacisto . Judges—Hon: Michael Cocklin, Satnnet
Wond6urn. - . . •
District Attorney—J. W.P. Offlalen.
Prothonotsry—Plitiiii•Quigley. . . .
Recorder &e.—Daniel S. Croft.
Itegister . ..-S. IS. Etnminger., . '
litgli Sheriff—Robt. McCartney; Deputy, S. Keepers.
Co my Treasurer—Moses Bricker, - ,
Coroner—David Smith. . .
County' Conunlicsioners= , Anirow - fferr, - Sam uol-Mec
_swe , ,_._:S.rithanie) 11.. Eckets.' CleriCio - Commissioners,
James Artnntnnig. -
Directors of th
Abraham 'Boater
.Maury Snyder.
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BOR a U•OFFNERS.
Chief iturgCss—.ln it Noble.
Assistant Burgess dent Sonsemant. •
Town Couneil-sA. B. Shary, John Outsluill, William
Bents, Y. Oardner, T. it Thompson, .1. Worthington,
A.W. Boots; A. Monesmith. Win. Leeds . 0
_ Clerk to Counrif. , —Thos. D. Mahon.
High Constable—John Spahr, "Ward Constables.—
Jacob Bret:, Andrew' Martin, '
Justices of the Peace -4, Sponsier,, David Smith,
Michael Holcomb, Steplie evens. ...
Poor—Win. Ornroy, Jun. Tana,lo,
Sulierintoridont 61 Poor llouni—
CIIURCIIES
. ' Wind Presbyterian Churgi, Northwest iirigis of Con
.. tro Square. ItorkiCtogway P. Wing Pastor,—Serrices
every 8 thtidrii Miiiiiirairat 11 'clock, A. M.; .nd Vo'slork
P. M.
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Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South 1. anover
and Pomfret streets. Rev. Mr. Salle, Pastor. Services
commence et 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M.
St. John's Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast angle of
Centre Square: Rev. Jacob D. Morse, Roctor. Services
—at 11 o'clock A. M., and 3 o'clock,_!'. M.
, English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Main
Louthor streets. ltov. Jacob Fry, Pastor. Service.
at 11 o'clock A. 31., and 634 o'clock P. 31.
German Reformed Church, Louther, between Han
over and Pitt streets. 11ev. A. 11. Kremer, Pastor.—
Service. et 11 o'clock A. M, and 0% o'clock P. Mr
Metboillgt E Church, (first charge) corner ol Main and
Pitt Streets. Rev. Geo. D. Chenowith, Pastor. Services at
11 o'clock A. 31. and 7 o'clock I'. 31
' Methodist E. _Church (second charge.) Rev. Alex. D.
Gibson Pastor. Services In Emory 10. E. Church at 11
o'clock A. 11. and 7 P M.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pomfret near Rant st.
Rer...lames Kelley, Pastor. Services every other
Sabbath at 10 o'clock. Vesper at S.
German Lutheran Church cornm of Pomfret and
Redford streets. 'Rey."C. Furze, Pastor. :3011111.efl at
.1 o'clock, A. M., and o'clock. P. M.
of When changes in the above are necomary the
proper persons are requested to n"tify us.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
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Derr. Charles Collins, D.D., Prosident and Professor of
Moroi Science.
Rev. Merman M. Johnson, DAL, professor of Phnom>.
uhy and English Literature.
James W, Marshall, A. M., Professor of Aneiont • Lan
guages.
Der. Wm. L. Doswell, A. M.;Professor of Mathomaties.
William, C. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural &dunce
and Curator of the Museum.
Alexander School, A. M., Professor of Harm,' and
519dern„ Languages.
Samuel D. Hillman, A. M., Principal of the Grammar
School.
David C., John, Aasistant in the Grammar School
BOARD OE SCHOOL DIRECTORS
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Andrew Blair, President, H. Saxton, I'. Quigley, E.
Pohlman. C. P. 11unierIcli.J. Hamilton, Sec retary,Jason
W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sphar, 3lessonger. 'Meet on
the Ist Monday of each. Month at 8 o'clock A. M. at Ed.
aiattlon Hall.
CORPORATIONS
CARLISLE Devon. BANE.—Prosidapt; It. 51.1Iendcikon
Cashier. W. M. Dream ; Asst. Cashior, J. P. Hasler
Teller, Jas. Soucy,; Directors, Itibianl Parker, Thomas
Paxton; Moses Kricker, Abraham Basler Jacob Lolby,
It. C. Woodward, Alm. B. Muffin, Samuel Wherry and
John Zug.
CUNDERLAND VALLEY RAIL ROAD. CO/IrANI.—PrOSIaIIL,
Frederick Watts: Secretary and Troasurer, Edward M.
Biddle; Superintendent, U. N. Lull: Passenger trains
twice a day . Eivitwant - leaving Carlisle at ,10.15 o'clock
'A. M. and 4.26 o'clock P. M. Two trains every day
Westward, leasing Carlisle at -0.37 o'clock A, 61, end
3.15 P. M.
Calitistellts AND WATER ComPANY.—Preslilant, Fred.
erick Watts; Secretary, Leniucl Todd ;Treasurer, Wm,
M. Beekem; Dlrectore,,P.,Watts,ltlchard Parker. Lenin.
el Todd; Wm. M. Deetem, Henry Saxton, J. “W. Eby,
John D. Uorgas, It. C. Woodward, and E. 51. Biddle*
CUMIIIIIILAND VALLEY BANS.—PLAILIDUI, John 8. Etc,
rettt Cashier, H. A. Sturgeon; Teller;Jos. C.
Directors, John 8. Sterrett, Kor, itlelchoir Itretio.
man, Richard Woods, John C. Dunlap, liobt. C. Sterrett,
IL A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
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• '. SOCIETIES. •
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Cumberlsot Star Lodge No. 191; A. Y. M. !heats At
Marlon hall on the 2u4 and 4th Tuesdays of every
Month. . .
St. Johns Lodie 260 A. Y; M. Meets Ad Thum
...ley of each' ulouth, at Marlon'
Carlisle bodge No 91 I; 0. ot. 0:2: Meets Monday
evening, atTrouts building. •
COMPANIES
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• The Union Fire' Company was organised in 1189.
Pros'milt.. E. Common; Pico President. Witham- .M.
Porter; Secretary, Thoo.Cornman; Treasurer, I'. Mon
„--.-yer. Company meets the first Saturday In March, June,
.......” September, and
. Deccmher. • . .. ; •e. •, • ~ ,
The'Ciareberlitud Fire COMpsny unn Insiltnted 'Fibril
cry 18, 1899. ~Pretall9 r tt• )lo_ber l , McCartney; Secretary',
pplup o,,Ogley;'. or, At. 18:: Iti tter. , :The company
t y.MMr
meets on the thi Saturday of January, April, July,
and October. ,' .- - - -.. -.. -
The &too& Wit ose company was Ina Muted inslarch,
• -1855. President, II: A. Slurgcow Vim( President, °mime
Weise, Jr.; Secretaq,..Williamjn. Melberg ; , Treasurer,
' yMmph W. Osliby. The...colli any Mode the ascend
Thuraday of January, April. July, and October.
The Minifire' Hook end Ladder Conisiany.imilehilit.
ed 10 . 1859. Proildent; )ym: M. Porter' . :Vide President,'
' I.'enry pinkie; Treadurer; Jahn V 4npliali'; , Secretary,
JOlin A . :Mititr. ',ThOiefinipany umetn no the fir . st 'Siam
ay itilatitiary,'April.„Jul7y And October. ' .- .'
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• 4 RA.TgS' OF VOSTAGE.' • •
Postegenn all. letterset °nation' ounce weightne nn,
der, Paid, , except' • te
, Celiternia or,?rege n. ;
'fitted.. is DJ the o,;nrdy, ;
trestegeen a, Herald- n
Within the to 13 .tents.peryear::.,ToaopV of th e
United States gents : li'rerafte b l ; 4 , 211 ' trr o i r l 1: 0 11g ro t.
under , 3 entitle rirri
unpaild.. - Advert isollietters ' se a t
11, char g ed wllli the cost.
of advertising. .
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: • 'I , : IPEINPINOF ICE
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grTE..',Otiri”-or „
swore', ~,plaprtit..
pottiral.
Could yon troop the tints of Pining „
On the wooden inlet of brightness'; •
I{eep the helPvelled.bouglian•nering
To Koine tlghtneet; •
Through the birelpleaves' rippling green
hold.the nutple-kePafrom drooping;
On.tlie sword witieSey elovrors , cleen,
Chant the violets into stooplogp ,
Could you make the lrinibud'n Ilps
Vow , to be a bud foraTrer; .
From the wavering tips •
Lot the pendant din' drops flavor;
CMflil you bid the sunrise hour •
For a llfe•time otorbrood you;
Could you change the year's full dower
For Its faint promise—would you? •
. Though vs bubblldg cup we quaff •
" From the crystal fount of morning,
When the world - le all a-laugh '
And a welcome without warning,' -
• At life's Cena-feast the guest
Lingering on, with thirst unsated,.•
. Muds a tutor draught the best AL
Miracle—Ahen thou haet waited.
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Thought m vt! shade and sun the soul
With Its glorious. mutatioes
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Byers
. lifenong Is alehttif,
SwCeteri'for ft.s carbine..
Wherefore nnfth your bliss at strife!
'Twits an tngel that withstood you. '
' • Could you cilia your perfect life
For a dream - allying—would you?
JOY IN THE 'HOUSE OF WARM
11133
DEAR Suss:, I take my pen in hand to in
form yu that IMe in a state of blis and trust
these lines will lind yu enjoin the same bles-_
Bin/. Itne reguvenatid. he found tho im
morkal waters of.yooth, so to speek, & am as
limber and as frisky as a 2 yer old rteer; & in
the futur them boys - which sez "go up, old
bawid lied" tome, will do so at the Terrill of
their buzzard' iSdiyidooalli. .line -polirerfut
happy. !leaps of joy has desendid upon me
to onat & L feel like a bran new man: Sum
times I nrsk myself, "as it not a dream?"
.&
suthin within myself sez "it air;"- but when
I look at (hest sweet little critters I kpow' it
is a realierty-2 reallemy's I stay sa—& I feel
- There's - considernbul human satur
naamaft
. 1 returned front the Summer'Centime with
thy unparaleled show of wp.x•works and livin
Wild Meats of Pray in thb early part, of this
munch. The people of lialdwineville'met me
eordully, and 1-inunejitly canunens restin my
self with tay famerly. - The . „.nAhOr !lite while I
was down to the tavurn- tostin.iny shirts agin,
the bar room fire & amuzin the krowd with
suin of - my adventure, who.slaood cunt in barn
heded. & terrible nuked but 11111 Si okos, who
Oda, eel ho, "Old Ward, there's grate doins up .
to your house." , •.
Sea 1, William, how so?,
• Sez he, •'Bust my &mid, but it's grate do
ins," end then he hated as• if heed kill hisself:
Sea 1, risin and puttiti . !on an abetter leek s
" William, I wouldn't twit tool if I bad awn
,
mom cents."
But he kep on lerfin till ho war black tiNthe
face, until ho Tell over on to the bunk *bare
the hostler Bleeps, and ha rt still, small voice'
sed, " Twins !' I assure yu, gents, that the
grass didn't grow under my .feet on my way
home, & I was follored by an enthoesiastic
throng of my feller sitterzitut, who hurrard
for Old Ward at the top of their unless.
I found the house 'chock full of people,—
There was Mis Square Baxter and her three
grown up darters, lawyer Perkunses wife,
Taborthy Ripley, yung Eben Paraurisnitaken
Shamans fokes, the Skooltnaster, Doctor Jor
din, etsettory, Mimicry. 'Alia Ward was in the
west room, , which jines the kitchin. Ails
Square Baxter 'was mixin sundial' in a dipper
before the kitchin fire, antra sm .11 army of
female wimin were rushin wildly round the
house, with bottles of campfire, peascs of flan
nil, &o. I never seed sick a hubbub in my
born dose. I coed stay in the west room only'
minit, so strung up' was my feelin's, so I
milt out and *mused my dabble barrild gun..
• "What uyou airth ails theman.r says re
berthy' Ripley. "Sakes alive, what air yu
doin Y" and she gritbd me by the cote tales,—
"What's the matter with yu?" she continured.
"Twins, alarm," sex I, "twins!"
.1 know it," sez she, coverin her face with
her spun.
"Wall." • sez I, "thuds what's the matter
with me."
"Wall, put down that air gun, yu pesky old
fool," sed she:
"No. marm," sez I, "this is a Nashunal
day. The glory of this hero day isn't coufiii•
oil to Baldwinsville by a darn site. On you.
der wood•shed," eez drawo.inyeelf up to
my full bite, and spekin in a show actin yule°,
".will I firs n Nashunal saloot 1"• sayin which
I tared myself
.from her grasp and meta'so
the top of the shed, where I.blazed away until.
Square Baxter's hired,. man, and my son, Ar-
Amens Juneyer , cum and. took me down by
mane forme. .
- On raturnin to the kithhin, I found quite a
lot of people seated be 4 the fire, a talkin the
event over. They made room for me & I sot
"Quite a•eppisode,".eed Dootor Jpr
din,'lltin his pipe with a red hot cole. -
."Yea," bed 1, "2 eppiaodea, waing about 18
pounna jintly."
"A perfeck coup de tat," sod the skulenMs
ter.
E Pluribus Unum,in proprietor persony,'
sod I„thinkin 11le . let him know 1 understud
forrin langwidges as well as he did, If I woo
eit a akulemasler.
"Its a motnentuous event," sed young Ebon
Parsuns, who hae been 2 quarters to the Ak
sdoniy. . . ,
.• I never Iteird 2tv ius called by that name
afore, iied but, I spoeo its all rite."
"We shall soon have Wards enuff," sed'the
editor of the "Baldwinsville' Bugle ,of Liberty,
who was loolin " over a bundieot:-.Xoliange pa
pure in the corner, "to apply to•thUlegislatur
fur a City Chartur."':
"dond fort.m, old man! and I; glv that air
a consplakins plane in tlap tacit
"Ilow,redieklus!"ssed pretty Sheen Fletch, '
er, eoverin liei'face' with her nit6in work & •
..lak•fin like all possest:' '
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bit my part," sod Jane Marla Pens."
leyoilto is the prostiiit old made in the'weitld;'
yu akt like a pOok of Oleg:" ' '
Peasley, air yu aparuntl'" •
See she; "No, ante." '
Peasley, you never will be." '
. Vie sot & torah' until "'the'
switehin'hour of nits, Wheri"grav,e . yerds j: nWn •
andJOste" trope 4th, " as aid Bill 411404 A,,:
piss " apthee ()limit:lies; I ,hiii!ditithy of John'
ShoPpard; etici,; OF the
. hlorul
wheu rie broke up , iikUt . •'
Nlythti'r, tt'ahildratt doin' ;'
leesbluithhits 'ie tilt,' order of 'the 'daY;,' . l feel
ebleegedinsere.the .
; ylistwaktit's," iipidsotles. line' happened tti.),:ie •
the uhdeiediie.'4's Is. Vw)tia;' , si.“•• •
beieOe„
the 't`tiail fkorawttaht4i''44:4'ticith'.l . .lOys, thaief
naborti wlin - did the ;
thing qity ,
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lietolt,p4, • that I . 4o . ..moaijitiitli dint
from the off'
site that therolvas a konflogriudiiiit golti'Vii,"
gum „gttly)retly to Ibp'eput, but kindly re
rttlitiad Vn)o egtilithcr • ''''o - (.'•• ,••••• ' •
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_ PaPME WOE M23,a4G6,%114-te-
Iffl
WOULD 'lesUP
Dimmr" iIkIICOM
Resolved, that'frun the Bottum of, my:ole
'do- I thank the' Baldintiville brass band fur
given up the idee of Sarahnedin mo, both on
that grate nito &eense.• -
Resolved, my thanks is dod several members
utr the Baldinaville meetin house; vrhefur 2
hole'tittise }taint kalled me'a iiinful-altoffer or'
intreeted me to mend my wicked waise, and
jieie sade meetiti house to onct.
Rieoirea, , that my buizim tome witb..meny
kind emombuns tords tjte follerin individeouls,
to .whit, nameleit—klis Square. Dexter, Who
Jenerously refoozed Cu take a sent fur, a bottle
of campfire; lawyer Perknnses wife who rit
sum versus - . on the ,eppisodes ; the etlitur of
the Baldinsville Bygle-of Liberty', who- nobly
assisted me in wallupin my Kangerroo which
sagashus little cuss seriusly dieturbid the Ep
pisodes by his outraguiskreechins & kikkins
up; Mis Bimini Doolittle pho kindly furritaht
sum cold vittils at a tryitt time when it wasn't
konvement to kook vittils at tny house; & the
Peasleys, Parsunce & Wateutmes 'fur there
limy az uv kindnetis. Trimly ykures, —
AIITZUUS WARP
•
From the Lemeneter E rem.
TIIE ADULTERATION OF LIQ, ORB.
The Villainous Compounds that Men drink—
Interesting Letter prom Dr. (!oxi—lnspec•
tionAf Liquors—Startling Facts.
We take pleasure in,laying before our rea
this . week,-an exceedingly able and in-,
teresting letter'on the adulteration of liquors,
written by Pr. Ilineot Cox, of Cincinnati, In
spector' of Liquoi4, and addressed to JAMES
BLACk, lisq., of this city.. Wo commend the
facts given by Dr. Cox to du:Attentive perusal
•nd serious cotaderation of our' readers, and
especially to any of-them who may be in the
habit of •drinking intoxicating liquors. The
aspect of liquor drinking: as presented by thti
official investigations of Dr. Cox, is not to be .
view - 0d merely in the light of ati a:street ques
tion of Temperance, but as an issue of health
or disease—life or death. Those who persist
'in drinking . the liquors_ sold in this or any
other market, may make up their 'minds to be
poisobed, wimps slowly in some cases, but
surely in all. If, with the light now before
them, men will insist upon committing a lin
gering and--horrible suicide, their blood be
uptmAlteirAwALbrads_luid_ the_heakof_tbeir_
access - Cries, who .persist in furnishing such
deadly poisons, :disguised as beverages--we
wash ourliande of if l ' •
Mr. Black, descries and will. receive.- the
thanks of this 'community, for the interest be
manifests in thc moral and physical welfare of
his fellow-citizens=te — whirt: the traffic in
poisdned . liquorti is so hostileand in their
name ive'lliank him for furnishing Dr. Cots
letter for publication, which shall now speak
for itself: '
T.NTTNICFNONI DR. HIRADI 00X ON TII ADNLTINi.,
Aim :or. LlllllOll
CINOINN4.TI, (0.) Oct. 8, 1859.
JANES BLA,k, Esq.— Dear Sir: Yours of
the 29th of September, dated Lancaster, Pa.,
is noiwbefore toe. Although not personally.
acquainted, I take great. pleasbre in contrib
uting`"-my, mite, in .any and every possible
mode, where the object is the bettering of the
condition of the human family. • I have had
similitr letters with' Similar requests from
every point of the compass—front the extreme
North, South, East and West—to all of which
I have cheerfully responded ; believing, al
though the labor has beercconsiderable, that
it would toll in after years in thb longevity
and health of thousands who would otherwise
Mt a preen Lure grave, and would. contribute
to the happiness and comfort of thousands of
mothers and children, who are and have been,
unfortunately, connected - with the unfortunate
slaves of intemperance. I rejoice, to know
that my exposures of the villainous liquors
.with which the markets, East and West, are
glutteid, have had a Salutary moral influence
in almost every region of our happy Union. I
have letters in my Possession from ministers
of the Gospel from New Orleans,Nastiville,
Florida, New York, Boston, Itichnioa; Alex
andria, Norfolk, Wiishington City, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, front. Toronto and from Ibunil
ton, Canada, and from all of our Eastern
States—congratulating and encouraging me Co
continue my exposures—that they wore coon
ing.inen to think and stand aghast, more titan
anything that they could do or say on the
subject of temperance. The same effect has
beenproduced in this community. One ,gen
demon' taPped me on the shoulder some little
time past, and remarked at the same time,— .
Doctor, I rejoice to .see you take the stand
that you do oh the subject of poisonousliqu•.
ors. I can lay my hands on more than thirty
of our best ontixens, gentlemen who Were tip•
piing and tippling from a dozen to twenty
times a day, and who were bidding fair to fill
a drunkard's grave l who have stopped short,
and do ,not, and pledge. themselves' that they
neVer.Willi drink any more, tbr . ftar they may
get hold of sonic of the misarablo udultera
lions that. Dr. Cox is holding up to publio
view." Thank God!
Chemists frain;Virtiolik dollekeithave - writ ten
to me, stating that they hod analyzed various
samples of the various alcoholki liquors in our
markets, and find the same pernicious devel
opments which I had, at various times; indi
cated in articles which I had written from
time to time, one of which you will find at
page 128 of Gm !!...Crhsrulor,' which accom•
ponies this ldidij - ' l „Appther evidence that the
exposures which I knee been milking have had
a salutary moral effect; is, that there has not
- been one-fourth as conch liquor sold yearly
since as was previously; and another, is, that
amuinber of large liquor establishifients have
cloaked, their proprietors ruining' any of their
fellow-citizens who had become tit& sureties,
-A number of distilleries kayo closed iu this
vicinity, , . They have,. is it is familiarly call
ed, -•tburnt their boilers." Oneyear proviOus
to these break ups, one of our largest distil
lers.and liquor merchants iu the eity;qtays to.
me, "Dr. Cox, your, articles on the adultera
tions' of 'liquors have taken more trade from
,Cideindati and More money-'-mt 1004100,00
. per Month-4indil . they ' have - been put in,cir--
culation.' i'or'God's 'sake, stop; them , sir
- yen 'Will break me up: -I.ltaVe - binti Noir
YOrk;" hoMiyi; .• to Boikon; to - Rochester, to
Canada West, and have just - returned ;' and
wherever I stopped there wasmotliint talked
of but tile' poisoned liquors of Cincinnati, cud '
Dr. Coxes exposures; , - for God's sake, I say
again; 'atop it!'
Although that liquims are villainous in the
-extrowtherii are , Wei. • lafga cities' equally
ger , OXatunie ;.: 'A. sandman ,or
our.bity,a,druggist„that he might have pure:
liquor, as: ttinediolitar article, - and kind'
p o tir,itY,- &C.; that he 'could recommend' it)
hie tuatara; , went, th -New York and. pima
aimil two half pipes -of 'splendid •4. Seiguctto,
Brandy," 'ono"iiiute ' the :other
Rail' one day, "lie .called tue„in : to, see' his,
bgayttlgl, lure iiiiitudy,"4int from g. Y'cut l
altniticd, lookOd'at
liappeMing tocluiVe Seine'blue.
lit co tislip4per in, po ket, introduced.
smell .pleea—A.ottoto .ouLred ha,,searleitl, : ', I .
' then called for a polished spatula; intot
-a jultiblei containing. perhaps, half a
"suited' on jt ?fifteeh' t 4-4 a t the' ildtpliatiOn
- or ivi.hlOll 7 the liqttOr' Wide him* The!
'spatula doreotlet4 , and, 'whisitArained, 10 , al
Wok' bf *hid', When Wiped off
ME
,
CARL BLE. ; iVFIDN SDAY: i DECE?LBER 7, 1859.
left ii copper coat almoti ,Ino . k as t had
I boon .plittoil. ', I , charged- • lin on tboOtinit..utt;
dor the penalty of thelait, pot ,to seirtr-tkon
of it; toolCsamples..of it totay,otrice, and the
following is ilie reisidef ilie ittuil,ysis, Vie :
Ist sample, (darM 5.6-404. cea,,t. alcoholic
spiritii.by.iclumn; nnd-41+en cent:-by, weight,
specifie - grittily 0 945., .4'he -tests indicate
Sulphuric" Acid, Ritric”Aeic4 Nitric Ethei;'Prys-.
ale' Acid; GUillea 'Peliper :Wit!: iircriburidancn of
Fueil Ott. Base—comnitlit. whiskey, not one
drop of . ntine....,. -, -... , A ~ : ... ..-..,.- - i :
ci. sample, , (pale,) 54 , on cent. .nlachelle
spirits by 'volume 40 p '''dent.,by ;weight;
specific gravity' 0'055.- Via article has the
same nilulterationtl 11E( thot i ret, but in ireater
abundance,
-- ,with OM addil. 4,..pf Cate . hqe... Re
mark7Most iilliiiiniuene eciitconi.' . ' •
As a 'natter-...0f 'Course, 'theite'irticles of •Ii•
quor could,not bmsold Without a violation of
the, liquor law, consequently p, condemned
thorn. They worniturohased oat four months'
time. The purchaier itnitieullatelynotified the'
Now York merchant of thenintracter and .qua
lity of his goods,.and @oozed him to,send for
them;_ but, instead of sending for them,
- ho
waited tillthemoten becathe' dim, and breught l
'suit in-our Court of Common 'Pleas: I nual-
lyzed Alm liquors in the prOttence of court and'
Jury,
.itiniwed them satispOtorily that - the
were the pernicious, poisenouis and villainous
liquors which I had . represented them to be '
the defendant gatned,ltis case triumph
antly: and Mr. New merchant vanished
I before I could.get. a:Stain's warrant, or lie
would now' be learning: l m Wettest' mode of
Making a living, at ono to our State Institu
tions, at Columbus. " . •
l.was appointed to the office of-Chemical
Inspector, on the 19titiff March, 1855. .Since
then I have made upwards of 600. inspections
of steres,'and lots of liquor& of every variety,
and positively assert thak.llo „per cent. -of all
that I have analyzed, were adulterated with.
the most pornioious and poisonous ingredients.
The business of inspecting, against the will of
men who are only governed:by motives of Cu
pidity, 1 have found 'an 4410 business.. I
have had more lowing, mere squabbling.and
quarreling with - unprincipled„ th iugs,'bearing
I the shape and form of. men,.n.tatle after Ood.'s.
!image, since 1 luiwe boon engageddn the cape,
jcity of Inspector, titan 'l' had during half it
I century Wefore.. 'You may think that -I have,
I heard it thunder some; eel, har lam
65 years old,Wut in all my recollect' I have
I not hoard thunder that lute had the seine effect
on my nervous system°, nor anything Mae to
affect-my sympathetic •mirves so much as"the
sad effects of imbibing thet miserable concoc
tions sold in our markets unite - I.llle character
I of
' ,WW/Y healthy beverages, with' which Cocktails,
lTr — SenTrranes, .ifieVAieps, I te., 4.c.; aro
!concocted, and which , sent nineteen young
men, all under thirty year's old,. and all sons
of some of our most vospeetablonitizoos, to a
premature grave, during the winter previous
to my appointfiteM, seine 'of 'whoni had not
-been drinking three months I- •Not only young
men, but many - old mon of our city, who were
not considered Alrunkarilo f died, during the
same winder, the horrid 'death of'the drunkard
with the Delirium Tremens!' -These facts in
(laded me' to accept the unthankful appoint
ment I have, as physician to - -411e, Probate
Court, examined upwards 0:11/Dinsann ea ses,
two-thirds of which nu*Oribisontne insane
froin drinkik the pidaozioule)(4,i;Orieold at the
doggerries Mitt thiernsi•at' our city 'iand'ecninty.
Many of them were boys of, from nineteen, to
twenty years orage, some of whom were la ,
boring under a hereditary taint—and perhaps
in loony of them the mental derangement ne
ver would have been developed, had they not
drank of these poisoned decoctions,
~One boy;
seventeen years of ago, the principal support
of a widowed another
.and a little sister, was
induced, on the 4th day of July, 1865, CO drink
some Leer, and from beer to the,hoirible rot
gut whiskey, kept in the low doggeries of our
city. They all got drunk, and the boy refer
red to became hopeleesly'andincurably in
sane, and is yet in the insane asylum at Day
ton.
.In examining thp case, for the purpose
of getting all the antecedents with it, I learned
that the grandfather of the tan) , died insane.
.1 think the probabilitiii . 'altogether in. favor
of the idea that insanity never would have
been developed in this, case had
.not these
poisoned admixtures anted us a powerful et
client canoe. '1 called al. as grocery store one
' day, where liquor Itiso is kept. A cotkple of
'lrishmen carne in while 1 was there, and call
ed for sonic whiskey, and the first drank, and
the moment be drank the tears flowed freely,
while he at the same time caught his breath
like one suffocated or strangling. When he
could speak, he sayS to his companion—.3lBs,
Michael, but this is warming to the stomach!"
Michael drank and - went through like minter:
Roos, with the remark, "Wouldn't it be thine
in a nowld frhosty mornin'?"..
After they drank, I asked' the landlord to
pour me, out a little in a tumbler, in which I
dipped a bit of litmus paper, which Was no
sooner wet than it put on a scarlet hue:
went to any office; gm- my instruments, and
examined it. found it • had but seventeen
per cent. alcoholic spirits by weight, when it
should have had forty per cent. to, be proof,
and the difference in per centage•Made up by,
Sulphuric Acid, Red l'wer. Pelitory, , Caustfc
Potassa, and Brucine, ono of the salts of NUM.!,
Vomicts, commonly called Nttx. - Vomica. One ,
pint :of . such liquor would -kill the strongest
man, 1 had the manufacturer indicted, but
by such villainy he has heconte-.wealthy, and
I never have, owing to some defect in the law,
been able to bring that ease to a final issue.
Yours, respectfully ,
•' HI RAM COX, 111. D.
TIIE INSURRECTION AT HARPER'S
, IPERRT. .
COOK'S LOAPESSION.
Cook's, confession, •which was read at his
late trial at CharlostoWn, Va., is. one of the
most extraordinary articles over written It
commences 'by stating : that he first became no;
quainted with Brown in Hansen, after the bat
tle of Bleak Jack „Ile next time lte4aw hint
was qt the Topeka Convention, on the' 9th' of
Ju1y,4.856. About' he+ lot of November; 1857,
Cook again saw Brown ; and • agreed to-join
him in am ergspization. of a company to put a
stop, to the aggressions of -the • Pre:l3htvprr
party. Cook' also got diehard Realf, L. T.
Parsons, and It. J. Bent s en to joie them.
: From
Topeka . they Went Leavenworth dad here;
says Cook. be learned..for the. first nano that
Brown% oltimate : destination was Virgiftia.—
At Tabor they., procured' teats to „transport.
twsi hundred Skaipe's ritics,'where they. lied
been lying+fer a ' :••+ • +.•
There .wore,salsoi ,other stores,- consisting
of blankets; clothing,
: boots. ammoniasoh : sod
about 4 . Sro itoodred evolvere of the Massa
chuseits'Areni Patent, tile ofithlch Were trans:
Roiled 'titans' the Slate cif lomat, Spiingdale,
and.ltorn_thereio Liberty; at which place they
were shipped to-Ashtabula county,Ohio, where
they ,rentained Cloonbereberg k
Pa.,. and n Oe" . t, r oti 4 there transported
hoUselit'Weshingtonoounty,ltld.,, witieh'eno,
itroWn h'ad Vented:Jet:id*: toonths; 'ana Which
was.altoetednboinjive+ trifles : fromlllarphrls
Fe5g: , .... • • .;,1 •.+ +
- At.Pedee, I,owa, they stopped: over white •
*hero
: they •-p,utouod a course of
,tnilitary,:stuo
&vol.' :COL , ii: • Forbes and Capt. - Brown had
Boole vioidth'eild' ICOL . P.Idid not coolie 'on:
con seqacntly P.l.StePloind+ was the. •drill.
~•,+• ++++ 1•••.+1- 4 ;•+•.••
' Cook, In. hia : confessiett, says:, ,
The' people CP' BIC - deiglinokni4 not
kistitv , tit itiporPerse 7 "'We ai Peden
till abont,the'+:middhiint.April,•when.wolleft
for . ,;Chethant a ,glaasola, elo.r.Chiettgatal 11 • e-'
trait. .We Staid about two .weekS in - Chathani
—some of the 'party.`staietila'ol• anveht
We left Chathsht for OlSSultitidVaddiithialitatl
=2EI
' there. until; ate in. June. Iri ths'meantime,
Capt. Brown went East , on business: but pro- •
vious to his departnrc 'he had_lOarned thot•
1-.o.2l.,Ecirbes had ; betrayed his plans to.-some
extebt„'This, together with' the scantiness of
his funds:induced him to delay the commence
ment of his wound was the'tneand, for the'
!imb . being, of disbanding thci:party. lie hnd
also received • someinformation_whiCh called
for his' immediate: attention iti: — Kansaa., I "
wished to go .with him, but he said tliall:was.
too. ell known there, and- requested me
some others. rto go to liarper's,Ferry, Va., IS
see how- things wore there, , and to-gain infor4
mnation While we were in Chatham he called
a Convention, the. purpsn,of irhioh • was- to
make a complete and thorough organization.
'lie issued a written cireular, which he'sentto
various persohsfiSthe United Staten find Can- .
ads. The cirauhir, as near as I can recollect,
read as follows: „ ' .„4-1 , • •-
"Mr.—:- • Dana Star—Wet have issued a .
call for- a very quiet Convention at this Once,
to which we. shall be happy, to see any true
'friends of Ireedoin,.and to which you aro most •
earnestly invited lo give your attendance. • .
• " Yours, respectfully,- ;
Jo lIN - BROWS. " .
As the names were left blank, Iclo not know .
to whom they wero sent, though eriihttlizik
oral of theht. I learned., liowifier, that . one'
was—meat to,Fraderick,Dohglas, and ' I think
Gerrit Smith - also received one. ~ Who the
Centers were sent_to I do not know. 'Neither
"Doughte nor Smith attended the Convention, :
.
I suppohe some twenty five or thirty of.these
eirculars.were sent, but as they wero directed •
by Capt. Brown, or,J. 11. Kagi, I do not, know,
the names of the parties to whom they- were
addressed. do know, however, that they
were sent to none save those whom Brown
knew to be radical Abolitionists. 1 think it .
was about ten days from theiline
lars were sent that the 'Convention met. the
place 'of 'nteeellks was in one of the negro
churches in effatham:' The Convention; I
think, was called .to order by J. K. Kagi. Its
object was then stated 'i - vtiieh'ivae to complete
a thorough organization and the formation of
CohetitutiOn. The first business was to elect
a President and Secretary. Elder Monroe, a •
colored minister, - was elected President, and
secretary. The next,busiviess was
to form a Constitution; Capt. Brown hind al
ready drawn upone, by the
Secretary. On motion, it was ordered - that
each article of the Constitution be taken up
and separately amended and' paned, which
was ilonn. On motion, the Constitution was
then adopted as u whole. .-The next business
was tp noininate oCom
rotary, of Warond Secretary effitate:- Capt.
John Damn. was -unanimously' elected-Com
mander In-Chief; J. H. Keg!, Secretary of
War, and Richard Mali,. Secretary of State.
Elder Monroe was to act as Presideut until
another was chosen., A.ll. Chapman, I think; ::„
was to ant as Vice President. Dr. K. De
laney watimite of the Corresponding Secretaries
of the organization. There were some others
from the United Stakes, whose-names I do not
.1101‘ remember. Most of the delegates to the
Convention wero from •Canada. After the.
COnatittuion was adopted, the members took
their oath to support it. It was then-signed
bysll vireseet: ; During the Interesi betaieen •
the call toi tho Cotivention'atid its assembling, -
regular meetings wore held at Barbour's Ho
tel, where we were stopping, by those who
were known to be true to the cause, at which
Meetings plans were laid and discussed. There
Were do •white men at the Convention, save
the membersoghour company. Men and mo-'
ney'lled both been promised from Chatham
and other parts of Canada. When the Con- ......
vention broke up, news was received that Col.
11, Forbes; who had joiliedin the - movement,
had given information to the Government:—
I This, of eouree;-ifelayed the time of attack. A
day or two afterward most of our party took
the boat for Cleveland, Capt. Brown remain
ing. He; howevor, , started in a day or two
for the East. Kagi, I think, 'went to some
other town in Canada, to set up the type and
get the Constitution printed, which. he com
pleted before he weturned to Cleveland. Wet
remained in , Cleveland for some •weeks, at
whieh-place, for tint time being, 'the company •
disbanded. Capt. Brown had had the plait of
the insurrection in contemplation for mayoral
years; in fact, ho told me that it had been the
chief aim of his, life to carry out and accom
plish the abolition of slavery. „ '
In his trip - East, he did not realize the
amount of money that he expected. The mo
ney-hail Leen promised boturfide,i but owing to
tile tightness of the money market they,,,failed
to comply with his demands. The funds were
necessary for the accomplishment of his plans
I afterwards leached that there was a lack of
confidence in the success .of his scheme. It
was, therefore, necessary - that a movement
ghoul(' be maile in 'another direction, to de
monstrate the praeticability of his plan. This
he made about a year ago by the invasion of
Missouri, and the taking of about a dozen
slaves, together ,with- horses, cattle. &0., into
Kansas; in defiance of the United States Mar—
shal and his posse. From Kitnsa's he took them
to - .Caniula, via lowa City and. Cleveland. At
the hitter,place lie remained some days, and,
I think, disposed of his horses 'there. It seems
that the United States' Mlrshal was afraid to
arrest him, and this Was all that was Wanting
to 'give confidence to - the wavering in the
practicability of hie plan and ultimate suo•
cess. lie canto to' Harper's Ferry about the
last of June, though I did not see-him till
IMe'iit'July. Or the early part of Augast,'wherl -
we met on Shenandoairstred, Harperis Ferry,
opposite Tearney'e siZre. I do . not.know who' •
were his alders or abettors , but' have heard
himmention Gerrit Smith, of - New York. Dr. •
HoWe, of Boston, and Sanborn and Thaddeus
Hyatt,.of New York City. What connection,
and how far connected with his plan, I do not'
know, but I know lie wrote a letter a few '-
weeks previous to his attack to some gentle
men in . Boston, which, read, as - near its I Can
re,nollect, as follows: . , .
GENTO:3II:ti : •/ ' lume,got . nearlly all my
otaehines.on, and'shall he ready, to start them
in.a,few days, unless prevented b 7 a - special
Providence Everything is working well.—
I snail want aU the'fatids' you 'pronified me in
a few days. j • Yours, tru1y,....• • ••,,
In the meantime, the then 'who had engaged'
to go with hirit,•had ; most, of.them, arrived at ,
Chambarehurg, Pa., and been sent to tht; place
which he Lad rented in, Washington county,
hid., a . boutive miles fi•Oin liarper's Ferry.—
~The'grenter part of the meet kepi out of Sigltt '
during the day i . for , fen'' of. attracting atten
tion:. The nruhs„ munitions, Sco t , were, carried ,
from Chambersburg tq his rendezvous.. , The,
'Spear-heads and, guards came in strong' boies,
And the shafts passed fol. fork handles. They
oveVe'Put''tegethSi'brciur."olvii tit&
house where thost , of them iiere 'found.
t i ers. otkoportatoo rittme.to We • ChtunberOurg,'
zost-olTme,,andivrerc sent by. sonto.of our own . •
party' to head 7 mtartere,. The letteis of minor
importation'eatue to' the 'FirrY, to4.llmith &
,Sons. 'All allusions to out bimiries wire , tnade
blind wayfliot.thoy would:tot have g,
been understood by . any outside 'parties, even
should they bevel:teen 016i:tarried. The attach
was made sooner than it erati
to stitenifriendis Vostiin Writibg a letter find=
; big -fault!. with •tbe: nitdiagement i ef cape,
,ottd osems4 leis twiniptisbnry,Aliti.,;;l
11 9, 1 Ankl. FU1P.441 , . ..,not,k!ryv o ."lip thong .
,
ersiPta Were, ta'r . tl43% were eiigniaatiti'•
of liltr:loapt Roe)
,th at , Dr.. I ovreigeOre,, Capts , Brown, 4;
Parbilio anPo of..Mlf4 ll ,oPaltiPg
Pistols, all Of , Goveenment i na nufneture: They
woriCieft
'',.02M8.X0,:_.1:1:
( 4
"CHATHAM, May 1858
11=1
& Bru.ti.!!
or 'at the' school-house. where most, of the
81 : ;118 were conveyed: .At what time and for
let purpese they 'Were given to Capt.'Broyin,
Ido not know. It was supposed !let Colonel
Hugh Forlleti will dead. I was told Weald'.
Brown that: When on .East; he hadtieen"-told
by Thaddeutt 'Hyatt,''of Now York, that: some
of the'negroes at that place had informed him
(Hyatt)' that Forbes had 'gone up'--a fibraso,
which .Capt. Brown and the rest of our com
pany under Stood to mean ,that . LS had been
I do not think that Forbes had any
Cogniience of our plans - Ultra 'airtime of our
leading year ago last April, Pre'-
vioue to.his --- quarrel with, Capt. Brown 'we
considered that he - woulddhold a place next to
BroWn in command , I do-not know tho pre
sent whereabouts of Luke F. Parsons or Chas
Moffet. The last - I heard of Partitins_ Was'
through. Capt. Brownovho informed me that
P (sons had r titarted for Pike's Peak, and that
h (Brown) thought he would be Katy tote
r bly peaked before he gqt there. A short,
me 'before the ottaelconliarrier's Ferry,
t. BroW requested me to find out in some
way, ut suspicion, the number of male
slaves on or near, the roads leading' from the
Ferry, fox a distance of eightor ten miles, and
Co make Such memoranda.that it would 'be un
intelligible-to-others, but - in' such a - manner'
that I could make it plain to him and - the:est
of the company, He gave me' two.dollers to
viy my expenses with. took' the read from
lirtrper's Ferry to Charlestown under the plea
of gaining statistics fora
.Work to be . puldished
'by John Ilenri; and decide EL wager between
him and Itlr.mith.' I did not go any other
ATfew - t days , I:rim . ..this; Capt. Brown
sent. his ,wagon over by his son •OliTer 'and
Jeremiah Anderson,- to bring my wife and
Myself to-his house. : They gave me a note
from him, which, tie near as I can recollect,
read es follows:
. .
Mi. GOILE—Denr Air,; fou will please
'get 'everything ready to O'otne with yoUr wife
to my house this Morning. 14 wagon will
wait .for you. •I shall take your' wife to
illyinibersburg, and shall start early, tomor
row, morning. Be as expeditious as possible.
Be careful not to say or do anything that.
will awaken'\'any Suspicion. •
. You can say your wife is goingto make a
visit to some friends of hoc's in the country.
Be very careful 'you do not let ..any of, our
plans out; Yours, &0.,
. My wife and thyself accordingly left. liar-
per's Ferry that night, accompanied by Oli
ver Brown rind Jeremiah Anderson, for Capt.
Brown's house in Washington . County, 'Md.
The next, day, after dinner, Capt. B. and
ilik_sen_3Yatgon,..tegather_ivith_my_wife_amL
child, started - for. Cliambersburg., N,heii '
Capt. B. returned, he told me'that he hild,got
her n good, boar:Bug-Once id Cliambershurg,
at Mrs, Bitner's; and that she liked hertMuld
ing place very well, -
There were Some six or seven in our party_
who did not know anything of Our Constitu.
lion, and, as I haie since understood, were
also ignorant'of the plan of operations until
the Sunday morning previons to the attack.
Among thin number were Edwin Coppie, Bar
clay Coppie, Francis J. Merriam, Shields,
green, John Copeland and Leary: The' Con
uitution was read to them by A. D. Stephens,
the oath afterwardipvbeing administer3sl by,
Capt: -- Brown. - 'Bdil'ddyeveniog preiioute, to,
our departure; Capt. BrowninadO'his final ar
rangements for the capture of•Harger'S Ferry;
and gave to his men their orders. In closing
lie said :
" And now, gentlemen, let me presi this
one thing on your minds—you 01 know how
dear life is to you, and how dear your lives
are to y - our friends; and iu remetiibering that,
consider that the lives of others are as dear
to them as yours are to you: Do not, there
fore, take, the life of any one, if you one
possibly avoid it ; but if it is necessary to
take life in order to have your own, thou make
sure work of it." •
After taking the town, I was placed under
( Capt.' Stollens, who received orders to.- pro
, ceed -Mlle house of Cal,Ldwis Washington
and to take him prisoner, and to bring his
slaves, hories and arms,'and as we came back
to take Mr. Aiwa& nail his slaves. and, to
bring them all to Capt. Brown at the Armory.
When we returned I stayed a short time at
the toghe-hoilse Co get warm, as I was
chilled through. -. After I got warm, Captain
Brown ordered me to go will{ C. e. Tidd, who
was to take Wm. li. Leeman, and I think four
slaves with him, in CM. Washington's large,
wagon, across the river, and to take Terrence
.Burnic and his -brother, and their slaves,
prisoners. My orders were' to hold - Burns
and brother as prisonersht their own house,
while Tidd and the slaves who 'accompanied
him were to go to Capt. Brown's house, and to
load' in the arms and to bring them down to
the sohool-kouse, stopping for the Burnses
and their guard. William 11. Leeman re
mained with me to guard the prisoners. On
return of the wagon, in compliance with or
ders, we all started for the' school-house,
Wken we got there, I was to remain, by Capt.
Browit's orders, with one of the slaves, to
guard the arms, - whiler d with the other ne•
groes,•waslo go book f r the rest of-the arms,
and Burns was . to be pent with 'Leeman, to
Capt. Brown ut the rOlvry. It was at this
time that Williatn;Thompson. came. up from
the Forrrand reported that everything was
all right, and then )hurried on to - overtake
Leeman. A short time after the departure of
Tidd, I heard a good deal of firing, and be
came anxious to know the cause, but my or
ders were strict to remain at the school-house
and ginird the arm's, and I obeyed - the orders
to the letter. About 4 o'clock in the evening
Tidd came with the second load. I then took
one of the negroea with me and started to the
Ferry. I met a negro woniau a 'short die
, tance below the:sohool-house who informed
me that they wore fighting hard ut the Ferry.,
I hurried on tilt I came;to the Look .kept by
George Hardy; about a luilo above the bridge,.
where I Saw his wife and Mrs.: Elizabeth
Reed, who told me that our men were hemmed
M. and that several . of them kad been 'shot.-
1 expressed my intention to try to get to them,
when Mrs. Hardy asked me.tc , try to get'hiir
husbano relealtedt frent.the engine-house. 1
Add her I Would., Mrs. Reed . bogged of .am
not .to go, down , to, the. Ferry. , She. said 1
wouht be shot.", I told her I must make
anat.
telept Le sale ,ley,,eom6dee, and I passed on
dowu;the road, A abort distance'
.below the,
Lack ,I,Met, tvra boys whom I k uew; and they
told me that our men were hemmed in by the
troops from. , Charlestown,,, Martinsburg,, lli
gertstotru and' Sheplierdstoin, The negro
- who was-with me, had been very.moich Trish
toned at the' first report we received, and as
the boys told me the .troops ,were.,.coming hi;
tlleroad atter us mien, I soul him (t.)ee'negre)
.back to infcirm iyidil, while 4 Tiasteued dowh,
I th e
,rono, , 1 ,4p,0r goitig,,,lowil-:opposite, the
Ferry;',l, atioptidrtitti mountain : nu,eicier .. to
get' bettor view - of position . .' our eppo.. :
I saw' tliat'our party were tiontpleteCt( plir7,.
rounded,- and act 1, ear n, body Of, tit 9, pnjligh
street tiring tlihmqpoli,;them.,,the,y,..wero ii,,
bkui kiln& a mile distant framlie—l theoglit,.
I would. drairilteio,firm upon .ulyeeK; 1 Oen):
i'oxe raiiloct 0.5 , ,,ri11e,:0ptC,P0k.:1Pe,1 1, 9 8 ; i14 ,1 , , t
004,0 Area,. A jlayi t.hiyitifitre4 ll afff,tir
thfl i , ,f 3 TY‘illPl 4 9tr thil,..PPitY . : ( "N llo 44; ''Bev-;
e111!.. 8 40.4 ir , Cr... 3 A1X0P934,.. MR WA Pue they
fired at 'mo'hut a small limb r hadhold'atjast
below ot . ,y, 1At494,,A:114 ; g4!,e,,11,..e,p,fa1t:0f
. fklmet
fifteen feet, by . ..Wlitek,,l Atm; 4 9 ,01 '4-.,§Pllsed•
I"44filYlgoll'kfi9*.er,Y4 l a.allrnWatAllosocnittiT
from the mountain, Atittphspind4ow,n3lnt roati.
t.i.ol 4 4.V.r.hlioillil 14049.21' of Otioia,flals:Oftl'i
tift/aVari,.. B 4l"B AP: 'Y', ,B 4!..9.1 . °•ci:',1,,Th„ w c.KiTi
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t.trtosl l Np.qPitOß.h.dtin*..4l9,titlkuP r " QM"PLI! 4 . ' "."I'
1
tug my rifle,beck,ned ,to, stintehr theula , ,
CPPf/ 3 149fi1tc1iA 150 4 1 4.49 1 449 0 .1i5-09,q,L49,m)
11,,f, 1 „„.., yi, „, i ..,,, .•.i.,,,.;.,:,,,...,:. .ic:..i...-,10,,,
. I $1.50 Per alcapin iniulltBusce
-00 If . not paid in advance
approached and,then another, .both,of whom -
knew nie: laslied them if there 'were any,
armed" Men in the' - dorm — They "pledged' nie -- .•
their wortiand• lion ot'that there: Weratione. •
then passedtiown to thelock-neuse, and . went •
down,the steps to thabiek, where - ! sawn W11;7 •
Bain MeGreg, and questioned him• in regard.;
to the troops wale
: other side. He told me ;
that the bridge was filled by, our opponent!,
and that all of our party were tlead bid. seven
' —that two' of them Were •shot• while trYittitto ,,, "
escape across' the, river. He begged me 1a..., •••
leave immediately.." After questioning him In _..
regard to the' position and number of •
troops, Mid-froth what soueces'he•ractived
information, I bade:him go"dd night, antratart-• •'••
ad up the road at a rapid walk. -1 - stoppedtit • •
the house,of an Irish family. at the foot ofthe. ,
•hull, and got a cup of coffee. and some eata
bles. 1 was informed by them that. Captain
Brown was dead; that he bad been shot about
tbur o'clock in the afternoon., At.the,tinie I
•believed thia'report.to be true. I wanton, up, •,
to the school-house,--and found' the shutters • ,
and door closed; -called to -Tiddandthabifyie,•'•- - ''
but received no answer; cocked my zifleiand , :q
then opened tho door. It was
,derkat tho l
time. • Some of the goods- had been placadln
the middle of the floor, and, in4he dark, kaki 7'l
ed like men'oroeching.
and. drew my revolver, and then struck a. • •
match Leaw that there was no one in the scheol i
house; went into the bushes back of the wird •
house and called for the boys. Receiving no
answer I went across' the road into some pines, •
and oalled, but could find - no 'one. ::.I;theix.,
started up the road toward • Capt. Brown's ~
bouse ; I saw a party of men coming down f
the road; when 'within about fifty yards, I'
ordered them to halt; they recognized' my
voice, and called me: : - found them to, be
Tidd, Owen Brown, Barclay Coppie..l% J.
Merriam, and a negro who• belonged to Wash 7 '
legion or- Alstadt. They asked 'm's thu - aews,2'''
and I gave the inforniation that 1.- - ieceived at • •
the, canal look, •and on the road...-:.ft seemed • ••;-
that they thought`it, would be shear - Madnesit,
in them Co attempt-a rescue of our comrades,
and it was finally determined to 'return Lathe
!rouse of Capt. Brown. I found that Tidd, - be•••- .
fore leaving the school-house to go'for Broirn,
CoUpie, and Merriam, had stationed the ne,
.;;roes in a good position in the - timber back of
the schoolhouse : On his- return, however, • ,
they could not be found. We •thereforo Jen• '
for Capt. Brown's house. hero we got a few. : .
articles' that would he necessary, and then
went over into the timber,on the side of - theci..
mountain,' - a few yards beyohd the - house, • •:
where tlio spears wore kept. Here wo laid • •
down and wont to sleep. Alput ... 3 o'clock in
themorning,Lone-of-our-party-anakinied and
'follrid , that the negro had left us. •He imme- ' •
diately around the.reitt of the party, and We •
concluded to go to the top of the mountain
before light. Here.we ,remained for a, few
hours, and then passed over to the' other side. •
of the mountain', where we waited till 'dark, - _ •
and'then Croseed the valley to the other range
beyond:.
I have, forgotten to state previously that be
ferMl left Capt. Brown, in Cleveland, Ohio; ''
he gave me orders to trust no one with, our•—•-,
secret, and to hold no couiOraation with the' ••••,
slaves, which order I obeyed with buta single ,
exception, which I here mention. The' ex
ception to which' I-allude thiat..T
met a party of four nogroes, two free and two' •,•':
slave, near Bolivar mutely, Virginia. I asked • ,
them If they had over thought of their free
dom. They replied, ..they thinight they ought • ••••
to he free," but expressed doubts that they -
'aver 'would be. I told them that time might' •
come -before many years, but for the present •
to keep dark, and look for the good time Com
ing, and left, them.
see from' seine of the 'newspapers, that I • '
have been represented as Capt. Brown's older • • •
aid. This is incorrect. Kagi was second .in - •
command, Stephens third, and !UAW fourth.
J. SDIITII
Further than this, I do not know that Capt.
Brown had made known any preference as to
superiority of rank. Edward Coppie and Dol
phin Thomas were the only lieutenants be
commissioned. Owen Brown, Barclay, Cop
pie, and F. J. Merriam, were not at. the Ferry
when the attack was .nude, but remained by
order of Capt. Brown to take charge, of the
premises, and to guard the arms left atß.'s
Douse in ease of an attack. Ido not know Alf
any person in the Ferry or its neighborhood
who knew of our plan, save our own, party,
and they were pledged to keep it secret.
Richard Realf, one of our original party
'and our Secretary of State, came from Chat
ham to Cleveland, a few days before,Capt.
arrived front the - East. Soon, after his arri
val, he (Capt. B.) sent • Itealf to Now York
city, at which place ho embarked for England
for the purpose 'of carrying out the pities of
Capt. Brown. Realf was born and raised, in
England. lie is a peasant's son, but his na-
Live talents brought 'him into the notice. of •
some of the nobility, who took chargti attire;
and made arrangements to give him a finished.
education. lie was taken into the family •,
of Lady Noel Byron,' where he made his home
while pursuing his studies. Falling iu love'
with younglady•of. noble birth, who was a
relative of Lady Byron's, he was censured by ;
Lady B. for his presumption. He became of,
'fended at her for her interference, ritid finally
left Lady B. to work his own way 'in the
world.— About this time' . the Chartist move
ment was niade,,which Rata, joined,-and, the.
result
,
resnit was, he was obliged' to seek :safety by t .
emigrating to the United States. Ho was Aetna
years in Nei( York city, A part of Hie time '
be was there he was engaged us -assistant
porintowOont of the Five points' 11 )1681ep. $a
ie well known no an anther &inn,
gave up his situation as assistant superinten= •
dent; and went to Kansas in the Summer
fall of '1866. I first met him iti.
Kansas,' tio word was received
. from him ..to_;;, : ,
my knowledge, after he loft for England; to .
which (Mace he' went in'his own capacity and
that tif our Secretary of State, to solicit funds '
for-the support of ourorganization. ..1143
posed to 'deliver a course of lectures .in va- .-
rious parts of England, and the net proceeds
of which were to bo given to' carry out Capt.
Brown's plan. Ho is te mita of rare talents;!.•. , ' ,
and a powerful and fluent speaker, Ho. is
about twenty-eight yeals of age. Mr. Kagi,
I believe, got a letter from 'some - one in Eng
land, a Tarr months ago, stating that ha had
quite.a.eum of money with him, but farther
titan that, we have been unable'to find any
'trace of him. Capt. Brown and the 'rest ior
our company who knew him,' think "he• ie '
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TKR.-4i. .I';‘Wilile-t.hn aleverjoutlttaliet, , ha,;"l - _''
dente so largely in 'porsonal,goas!p-'-aveist that!:":1
Louis. Napoleon was, in Iftbk - desirOu's Or . ninr•:'•? ."
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a the , iThOi-ty 7 llovtiii,Lardiettc:: 014 he Old .;; ..;
hi ogo nhoati•-whether right or - *rottglr ; -
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find. dikt, make a Minister PI niiiinitiat ''ti r - '',
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