Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-10-27


the party proceeded with him a prisoner
IN his own carriage, and twelve of his ne
groes in the wagon, TO the house of Mr.. A.
another large farmre on the same road
Mr.. A. and his son, lad Is years OF age,
were taken prisoners, and all the negroes
within reach being forced to join the move
ment, they returned 10 the Armory. At
the ferry all their movements seem to have
been made without exciting the slightest
alarm in the town, nor did the detention
of Captain Phillips train at the upper end
of town attention.
1t was not till the town was tbroughly
walked up. and found the bridge guarded
by armed men, and guard situated at all
the avenues, that the people found they
were prisoners. A panic appears to have
Immediately ensued. and the number of
the insurgents az once Increased from fifty,
which was probably their greatest force,
including the slaves who were forced to
Join, to from five hundred to six hundred.
In the meantime. number of men, know
ing nothing of what had occurred, entered
the armory, and were successfully taken
prisoners. until they had at one time not
less than six hundred men confined in the
armory. among these thus entrapped were
Amisied Ball, Chief Waterman of the
Armory; Benz. Mills, Master of the Arm
ory, and J. L. p. Dougherfeld, Pay
masters Clerk.
Thus these gentlemen were imprisoned
at the Engine house. which aftel ward be-
came the chief fortress of the insui gents.
and were not released until after the final
assault
The workmen were imprisoned in large
building father down the yard, and were
rescued by brilliant Zouave charge by r.
r. Company's men, who came down from
Martinsburgh. This was the condition OF
affairs at daylight, about which time Cap
tain Cook, with two white men, and accom-
panied by thirty slaves, taking with them
Col Washington's large wagon, went over
the brid re, and stuck up the mountains on
the road toward Pennsylvania.
An eye witness, who has returned from
Harper's Ferry, describes the scene there
,.
crossed the Potomac rives. above Harper 8
Ferry, and reached the building where the
insurgents were posted by the canal, on
the MARYLAND side. Smart firing occurred,
and the rioters were driven from the brid re.
One man was killed here and another ar
rested; the latter ran out and tried to es-
cape BY swimming the river. n dozen
shots were fired alter him. and he partially
fell; but run again and threw his gun away,
drew his pistols. both Of which snapped
then drew his knife and cut all the heavy
accoutrements off, and plunged into the
river. One of the soldiers was about ten
feet behind--lhe man turned round, threw
up his hands, and cried Don't shoot. =
The soldier fired, and the man fell into tho
water His coat skirts were cut from his
serson, and in the pocket was found a cap
;a;D's con: n is.ss;ian tC Capt. +. II. Leemau
from the provisional v'ernmsnt of The Z
S. The commission was dated Oct. l5lh,
1859. and signed by A. w. brown. Com
missioner in Chief Of; he Army Of The Fro
visional Government of the U. S.
A party Of five Of the insurgents, armeu
with mime rifles and pistols, in the army
when expelled by the Charleston Guards.
all ran for the river, and one who was un-
able to swim was drowned. The other
four swan out to the rocks in the mild lie
! Of the Shenandoah, and fired upon the eli
zens. and troops assembled upon both
banks.
This drew upon them the muskets oil
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than 400 shots were fired at them from
Harpers Ferry-about 1000 yards dis
tant Que was shot dead; the second, a
negro. attempted to jump over the dam: but
fell and was not seen afterward; the third
was badly wounded, and the remaining
two were taken unframed.
The white insugent wounded and cap
tured died in few moments in the arms
of our informedant. He was shot through
the breast, arms and stomach. He declar-
ed there were only nineteen whites engaged
in this instruction.
Several men were shot down, while
many managed to limp away wounded,
during the firing. The women and child
rem ran shrieking in every direction, but
when thew recognized the soldiers as their
protectors, they took courage and did SER
vice in the way of preparing refreshments
and attending the wounded. Your inform :
ant, who was on the hill when the firing
was going On. SAYS the terrible views of
battle passed in reality beneath his eyes.
Soldiers could be seen pursuing. sing y
and in couples. and the crack OF the musket
and rifle was generally followed by one or
more of the Insurgents biting the DUST
The dead lay in the streets where they fell.
The wounded were cared for.
Capt. Crowns wounds consist OF a sword
cut in the forehead. and bayonet wound
in the kidneys. !,
Another Of the ioters killed was named
Stewart Taylor. =
J.C. Anderson. a ring leader, who stab
bed conductor Phelps yesterday, was Killed
during the first attack by the V'ryiniaus.
Anderson was a fine looking maa, with a
flowing white beard.
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