How Harper's Ferry Was Taken

The passage of the pecessiou ordinance by the traitor couvention of Virginia was at first a secret; and before its promulgation at Richmond, tho delegation i froui Harper's Ferry rcturncd to their i homes. The instant of their arrival ' there tliey summoncd togethec the rafliI tia offioers of their neighborhood, told ! them that " auotbcr Juhn Brown raid" had been made at Harper's Ferry ; and they had beun sent by Gov. Letcher, in obediente to a requisilion made by President Lincoln to cali out the militia to ijuell the j invasión. ïhis appeal was pronpily res] potidcd to, aud Harper'a Ferry was tal.ei posseasion of' by a body of men who believed they won; acting under the authority of the United States Government, and ! who pever understood their true positiou until, after a few days, they found strangers, secessiou leaders from the ! Sou h, superseding their offieers, and strange soldiere from different parts look1 ing with Bsspioion upon them.selves, - The foregoing statement has been made to us by an intelligent and truthful wit■ Desa, aüd sufferer of the wrongs en.icted i in Clarke auti Jeft'ursoa couuties. - Wash. liep. 20A