The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-10-26

~ done. Two hundred stands Of muskei
and ammunition have also been placed il
tho City Hall for en emergency.
IL has been suggested BY well Informed
persons that the cause or the insurreclior
s the reported fact that not long since con.
tractor fur the construction Of the govern.
rnent dam al Harper's Ferry absconded,
largely indebted 70 several hundred en-
ployes who have taken this step 70 indemnify
themselves by inc seizure Of the government
funds. which, i WINS supposed. had beer
transported hiiher on Saturday.
a gentleman who had just arrived from
Harpers ferry thinks the blacks are
only participants in the contest by compu-
sion.
BALTIMORE, Oct. IS, A. III.
Harpef.s Ferry has been taken possession
N by comp anies Of Char.es,own md Shep-
herds,own, Va, and Frederick, M. The
rioters are inirenched in the ermory. and
hold Messrs. Washington and Lafenield o.
prisoners. The insIrec:ionis,s are COM
nanded BY Cap'. Brown. 81 Kansas notoriety,
and numbered originally seventeen whites
aud five negroes. several Of whom were
shot. Two men OF the Mariinshurg com
pany were shct whilst charging on The ar
mory. a portion Of the insurgents Tint
we-e here have left under the command of
~ slaves, are supposed 10 DC moving towards
Pennsylysnia. A man named Allen Evans
one of thr insurrec'ionisis. i sing 10 dy-
ing condition here, having been shot through
he breast. iie is ffum Connecticut. ,ut
h.s been IN Kansas. He says The whole
scheme was 70, mp by Brown, VITO repre-
-enied that the negroes would rise by thou
sands. and that Mary land and Virginia would
he msde free States
C9i. Shriver, q Frederick. has just had nn
interview with Brown. in the armory. He
asked 10 be SLOWED 20 march out with his
men. ana avuwed his intention Of defending
himself 10 The last His men are very
STRONGLY posted ia The engine house. and
cannon csnnos De used sssiost them FOR
fear cf injnring the prisoners that they siill
hold. Some sixteen persons are kno~n 70
have been killed
Cant. C.,ck il the second in command OF
The insurgents. lie j. said 20 be posted
in sch0ol-h ouss. four miles distant
rom here, with q large body Of runawa,
slaves.
The armory was taken possession Of
sboui 2 o'clock on Sunday night, and ~
qrieily vas il done that the citizens knew
nothinr ~ it,ll the train was stepped. col
I.ee. who has arrived here. thinks TINT there
are already abundant troops On hand 70 cap
iure hc rioters, sud seems perfectly certain
ihat ne original party consisted o. not more
lhan twenty white men and Eve free ne-
rrces. Captain Brown has been about
here. and hal rented farm about four
mi.es tisfani. which was The rendezvous Of
the rio,er-.
Captain Cook has also lived about here,
and al one time Taught school All the
Other white men are unknown. bu, are sup.
posed. however. 10 be men who have been
connected with Brown in Kansas.
No s,ie mp, was made to pillsrc the town
or 10 insult females. Captain Brown
claims easy terms on account Of his moder.
alton.
a conflict On the bridge wrs fought
mainly the railroad tonnage men from Mar
,nsburg, ed On BY Captain Alberis. Evan
Dorsey, conductor on the railroad, was
Killed. and conductors Bowman snd Hallei
wounded No damage has been done ,cl
the railroad or the bridge BY The rioters.
II, supposed iha, the rioters will BE- tried
under martial law as soon as captured, and
will be hung on the spot.
A rioier, negro. named Leaug, Who
Just died, confessed the particulars OF the
plot, which. Ne says, were concocted BY
Brown, At fair held ia Ohio some two
months ago.
The rioters have Just sent out nag Of
truce, saying that IL they are not protected
BY the soldiers here At present they will
hang all they capture.
Eight o'clock, "A. M.-T'he armcry has