William Preston Smith to E. F. Fuller, Victor Smith & Richard Smith, November 29, 1859

Newburg, Nov. 29, 1859.

E. F. Fuller, Victor Smith, Richard Smith,} Cincinnati.

Reports of general stoppage of trains and invasion of cars by armed men or others, are entirely false. This is neither undertaken nor permitted. Three passengers, who are said to have used incendiary language, were peaceably arrested upon the telegraphic notice sent by a detective from the West to State authorities. This is the only instance of the kind.

W. P. SMITH.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 63