The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-10-21

THE ARSENAL IN THE HANDS OF THE
INSURGENTS.
THE rSLEoRAPH wrRRs cur AHD aAiLRoAD TRAINS
STOPPED.

THE TRLE0RAPH WIRES CUT AND 1AiLRoAD TRAINS
SrorPRD.
Troops sent from Warrington ana
baltimore.
The Arssnal Stormsd and Brown Captured
and Shot.
BALTIMORE, OCT. IT.
The following dispatch has Just been re-
csived from Frederick, Md. Ii seems very
improbable and should be received with oau.
ton Till confirmed:
"FREDKRIcK, Nd, Got. 17.-An insured.
ton 10 reported TO have taken place At Har-
per's Ferry. An srmed band Of abolition-
istsOhave full possession of tho q. s. Arsenal
at Harpar's Ferry. The express train run
ming east was fred into twice, and one OF Ne
railroad hands, negro, was killed in trying
TO get the train through the town. The mob
arrested two mon who same 10 with load
OF wheat, and took wagon. loaded il with
rifles, and sent it into Maryland. They are
led by about zoo whites, with gang Of me-
gros 6ghting."
SECOND DIsPArCH.
BALTInoR1, Oct. IA later dispatch 70.
ceived ct the B. B. oiico says the affair 10
greatly exaggerated. II has foundation in
difficulty at the armory. The negroes have
nothing to do with it.
Third DISPATCH.
BALrINokE, Got. lit is apprehended
that the affair st Harper's Ferry Is moro Sc
rious than the people here are willing to be-
lieve. The telegraph wires have been out
from Harper's Ferry, and there 10 no commu.
nication beyond Monooaoy. II 10 reported
that there has been = stampede OF negroes
from Maryland. The train due here early
this .. M, has not yet arrived. Many wild
rumors are a6oat, but no intelligence of an
authentic character has yet been received.
BALTIMORE, Oct. Is.
LArER.-The western train has just ar
rived. The officers confirm the statement
first received. They say that the bridge
keeper discovered that the lights on the bridge
had been distinguished, and when he went TO
ascertain tho cause, was pursued and fred
upon BY gang OF blacks and whites. The
colored assistant baggage master. ON the train
was shot and mortally wounded. Conduc-
tor Phelps was threatened that tho train
should mot pass. He waited sill after day
light, and VAS thus detained six hours by
the mob. He says that the insurrsctionists
number 200 whites and blacks. They have
full possession Of the armory, and are cem-
manded BY . man named Anderson, who
lately arrived ct Harpsr's Ferry. The riot.
ers have seiSed wagon Of wheat and loaded
it with = quantity Of musksts and sent il M
into Virginia. The military Of Frederick
City bad been ordered out, and President
Buchanan has ordered out the u. S. troops.
A special train 10 nov getting ready to carry
the troops from this city. The President has
also accepted Sewik's Co., of Frederick, and
has ordered companies from Old Point Com
fort. This il authentic. II seems, however,
to be considered that Something dangerous 10
going on. Another account By the train says
that the bridge across the Potomac il filed
with insurgents, all armed. Every light ia
town ID, extinguished, and the hotels are
closed. All the streets are in possession Of
the mob and every road and lane leading
thereto barrioaded and guarded. Men were
seen 10 every quarter armed with muskets
and bsyonsts. They had arrested the citi-
Eens and pressed them into service, including
many negroes. When this was done the q.
s. Arsenal and Government Pay House, in
which there ID said 10 be large amount OF
money, and all other public works were seized
BY the mob. Some were Of tho opinion that
the object Was entirely one Of plumber to rob
the Government Of the funds deposited on
at tho pay house. During the night
the mob made demands on the Wager Hotel
for provisions, and enforced their claim BY .
body OF armed men. The citixsns were in .
terrible stass Of alarm, the insurgents hav-
ing threatened to burn the town.
STILL LArER.-The following has Just been
received BY telegraph from Monocacy: This
side Of Harper's Ferry. The mail agent on
the Western bound train has returned to Mo-
nocacy, and reports the train Was unable to
get through. The town 10 in possession Of
the negroes, who arrest every one they can
catch and imprison them. Tho train due
here at p. m. could not get through. The
agent came down on "a empty engine. The
msil train going cast got % fur y Sandy
Hook. Tho baggage master and other party
started ON foot for tho bridge. After pass
ing the bridge they were taken and inpris-
oned. They were afterwards taken before
the Captain Of the insurrecsionisss who re-
fused to lot anything pass through the town.
All tho eastward bound trains lying west Of
Harpet'e Ferry have besn ssissd. The mail
train bound west has returned TO this station.
There are from i've TO seven hundred blacks
under arms.
WAsHrsoroN, OCT. l7.--3 p. N.
On the receipt OF the intelligence from
Harper's Ferry, orders were issued for three
companies OF artillery st Old Point and )
corps OF marines in the Washington Barracks
TO proceed to the scsne of difficulty without
delay. The marines, % in number, left on
the 3:l6 train with two u pound Howitssrs,
and full supply Of ammunitiop. 1t is re-
ported that they are under orders TO force .
passage over the bridge tonight ct oil has-
cards. Col. Faulkner accompanies them. Ii
10 reported on good authority that Some
weeks ago Secretary Floyd received an an
nonymous epistls stating that about the 25th
Of October the abolitionists, negroes and 9TH
or Unaffected persons would make % attempt
70 seize tho arsenal and hold tho place, but
the statement was % indefinite and improb-
able - TO cause no fears Of such an ost-
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