New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-19
TIE VIRGINIA RESURRECTION
QUIET RESTORED.
STORMING OF THE ARM ORf.
THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE.
OLD BROWN AND SON SHOT.
Fifteen Of Twenty, 1.-Two Insurgents Killed.
SOME of THE ASSAILANTS SHOT
MARINES AND MILITIA IN THE FIGHT.
Graphic History of the Outbreak.
IMPORTANT QUESTION OF JURISDICTION
SOME ofTHE AsSAILANTS SHOT
MARINES AND MILITIA IN THE FIGHT.
Graphic History of the Outbreak
IMPORTANT QUESTION OF JURISDICTION

di.pstchss.
We understand that Gel. Lee telegrsphei thst it
would rot be necessary 10 b'ug on troops from Fort
Monroe srd asks that they be detained al Fort Nc
Henry
All rioters now living are bsricsded in the
engine house in the Armory enclosure A number Of
citizens ere imprisoned with them, wh,m they refuse
to releae.
Several compsnies Of Virginia troops are on the
ground They have placed guard in tue village.
Tie Marines have charge of the Armory
Several cit zers Lave been killed and several rioters
are killed slso.
The town has been taken possession of by eompa'
mics of Chsrlestowp, Shephardston, Va, and Feed
e,ick. The rioters are ntrenched in tue Armory.
They held Mr. Washington and Mr. Lsugenfeli as
prisoners The insurreotionists are commsnded by
Can't. Brown Of Kansas notoriety. They numbered
originally seventeen white men and five negroes.
Several Of them were shot; two men of tie Martins
burg company were shot dead while charging on the
Annoy.
A portion of the insurgents have left under the
command of C,ok, with large party of slaves, aud
are supposed to be moving toward Peunsy lvsnia
Allen Evans, one Of the insuuectOnists, is nov
dying here, shot through the breast. lie is from
Connecticut. but hiss been in Kansas. lie says the
whole scheme was got up by Brown, who represented
that the negroes would rise by thousands, and Mary
land and Virginia be made Free States.
Colonel Shiver, of Frederick, just bad an inter-
view with Brown in the Armory. He asked to be
allowed to march out with his mer, aud svowsd his
intention of defending himself to the last They are
very strongly posted in the engine house aud cannon
cannot be used against them for fear Of muring the
prisoners, which they still hold.
Some sixteen persons are known to have been
killed.
Fountain Breckham, railroad agent was shot dead
from the Armory.
Three rioters are lying dead under the bridge, shot
by the SbephsrdsoSn troops ia their charge on the
bridge.
Capt. Cook who is second in the command of the
insurgents is said to be posted in the schoolhouse,
four miles distant, with large body Of runaway
slaves.
The Armory was taken possession Of about o'clock
on Sunday night. 1t had been so quietly done that
the citizens knew nothing of it till the train was
stopped.
Col. Lee has arrived ard thinks there are abundant
troops here TO capture the rioters. IL seems perfectly
certain that the original party consisted of not more
than twenty white men and five free negroes. Capt.
Brown had been about here aud rented farm four
miles OF, which was the rendezvous of the rioters.
Cspt Cook has ALEC lived about here, and one time
taught school. All the other white men are unknowo
they are supposed, however, to be men who have
beer corrected with Brown in Kansas.
Ii is reported, but not certain, that the rioters have
csrried off considerable amount of Government
furds No attempt made to pllage the town or
insult females. Capt. Brown claims easy terms on
account Of his moderation.
HARPERs FERRY, Tuesday Oct. lS3 a. m.
The battle was fought mainly by the railroad tun-
nagemen from Msrtinsburg, led by Capt. Absrts.
Evan Dorsey, CONDUCTOR was killed, and conductors
Bowman ard Halett wounded. No damage was lone
to the railroad or bridge. 1t is thought that the
rioters will be hung as they captured in
the morning.
HARPEEs FERRY, Tuesday, Oct 1876 a. m.
Preparations are making for an attack on the Ar.
mory. The scdiers are all around the grounds, and
for the last hour everything hes been quiet. The
rioters have still the following persons in their pos
session: Armiste ad Ball, Chief Draughtsm 80 at the
Annoy; Berj. Mills, Master Of the Armory John p.
Dapgeiield, PayuGster; Clark Lewis Washington,
farmer ard prominent citizen John Alls.sdH
farm er, ard Dis son, Ii years Old The three last
named were seized on their farms several miles fron
the Ferry.
George Turner graduate Of West Podt, and one
Of the most dstiDguishe citizens in this vicinity
shot yesterday while coming into the town. lie
died during the night.
Three Of the rioters lying dead 10 the streets
three lying dead in the nvsr, and several are said
to be lying within the Armory inclosure.
The following is st of killed among the citizens
and soldiers far as ssceItainsd Fountain Brekhsn,
Haywood, a negro porter at the railroad station
Joseph Burnley Of Hsrpsr's Ferry Evan Dorsey and
Geor ge Richardson Of Msrtiusburg.
Another rioter, negro named Lewis Lesry, hes
r:t died. lie confessed to the particulars Of the plot,
which lie Gays concOc.sd by B.owr a. fair held
in Ohio two months ago.
The rioters have just sent out asg Of truce, and
sy that il rot protected by the soldiers a. present
here, they will hLrg all they capture.
HARPERs FERRY, Tuesdsy Oct. 1873 a. IN.
The Armory he's been storrned and taken after o
determined resistance. Col. Shut approached with
fsg OF truce. and dtmsnded surrender. After ex-
post1a,irg some me the rioters refused to surrender.
The marres advanced 20 the charge, and
desvored 70 break the door with slsgs hammers bat
It resisted their etfor.e.
large ladder was then need as a bstteriug ram,
and the door gave way. Tne rioters fired brsky, and
shot three msIires the marines fring in turn through
the partly broken door.
The Marines then forced their way through the
break, and 10 few minutes resistance was at an end.
The rioters were brought out amid the most iat,nse
excitement, mary Of the rlts present trying to get
en- opportunity TO shoot them.
Capt. Brown ard his were both shot. The latter
g deaf and the former in dying state lie lice in the
Armory inclosure, talking freely. He ssys he is old
0saws'smie Brown, whose fes.s in Kansas have had