Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-28

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which Convention will take into consideration
the extension u the Orange and Alexandra haii-
road from this city to come pint on the Norm
Carolina line" full meeting is earnestly de-
sired a. the enterprise is in which the people
Of Lvnchburg have . most vital interest
LETTER FROM HARPER's PERRY.
The subioined extracts from private letter, re-
ceived by the last mail, and written by one OF the
most intelligent. respectable, and responsible c'''
gems Of Harper's Ferry, constitute truthful mar
rative, Is far a. they go. of the extraordinary
events to which they refer.
After abiding in no very complimentary terms
to the disparaging remarks of Governor Wise, in
his speech at Richmond. respecting the conduct
of the ctiseus Of Harper's Terry; tho writer
states:
HARMS FEsRY. October %, 1902.
Twas among the first At the
,ccne of the instruction say o'clock on Mon
day morning hut not until bra day ii 2ht could
we realize the objec. Of those de!uded and iniatn-
,ted dupes: for am now entirely convinced that
thsy were merely actors- agents an the hands oi
the Abolitionists. At FIRST VIC supposed It was
merely railroad row, aud accordingly advised
Conductor Phelps to look into tie caose before
prcrs-which, with two three OF his nlen. he
proceeded 10 do but before he crossed the first
span Of the bridge. they were stopped b., hall
dozen or more men, with Their guns: "sh"rfs
RHes;" pointed az them, Nhe1cav4n Pbe.ps
and his men beat hssty retreat, Us was quite
natural, and ordered bis train r. i,y to, lor more
light II was lust al THE tise tia p'3r Haywood
VA. sbo, IN the Winchester bran, h al the bridfr,
whittier be had gone IT, look for Niiiiains, thr
missing waite aian ard WIN IA ught then. had
been murdered Haywood vailed J. Ia the fstis. u
Office where he deI early ia tn d"y Ah#ei "
O'Clock we discoricd certain Il ein H. aleat
the armory gate. shertnpJn i'f Starry aid my
self wen, over 10 enquire The cause, hht when
within about tea PAGES from tie ,ar-, were eTJcg-
ed 10 halt, which we did. after thu most approved
military prpmp;ness. sccia., a. Sc Iii - r
three OF Sharpe limited Jtgss -. ". bo"-
ever. e..ayei - ak question r'r' ba' ding
no tery satisfactory answers. We ciu-in4e hat
our con; any NOT Agreeable. nn4 re'rt'ei.
Shortly after ia. ,iieed a s,is!e p,E,sz= sross
from the bridge - the arm'f,. "'rin | i9s'iei
10 parley he declined M .ffs.lll0n
Al this iancturc bsea1 10 cha. sGr
view. - IN the purposes of tn - ieiiuu-. "sh We
suptssed was pfCn jer and rrilr.i, TIA!
pAssengers and Mi, crnelud II t.l" >''3 all
nc, take q. lis ou n pr pert. j; 'H- III, our
business Ia de- - ior him. ~ directed NJ at
tension for the mex half hour or =. 20 tn at.a
grams pierced ms inmos' heart. And
Grist. abou, 3 'clnck dropped n So. n, Il eui
informed Us that he had Teen tikcn rrie ncg ~
the Shepanda bridge. with three others ia ,'c
early part ii tie nigt,,, as Il. sas returning i,"m
meeting in Louioun--aEd ,nkeb into he afn,t,
and placed under guard where hc iDuhi illlmS
the watchmau of Potomac Bridge, aud other,
who had been taken in likrmnhner. Grsi inform.
ed US that he captain OF the gang hal requested
him TO tell the conductor that die tram might .'
on and that he M Oh, then ~ home to h.s tdni,y
We Of course questioned him : h what Ac saw
aud heard. Tut he knew nothi :. except fiat lie
heard them say that their mottu was liberty
and that they intended to free the hdri.
This VIZ rga, jed mere ru>c. 10 cover then. I'd
purposes--plunder. ought Il havc stnte3 l:r
vious to this, however, that We Jaw "Lr hsssg
wagon being driven into the Annoy Na,i. Unirh
seemed 10 US Fl led with human being. ( nd. II
Phelps thought there were nj least 30 in the w.
gon; this, il seems, was Col. Washin.'on- wagon,
with his and Mr.. Allstadt's negroes. just n lay
began to dawn this same wagon was taken - -,
tn F. Potomac bridge. and we confidently booked Cor
q general stampede, but not So and when the ,.ur-
tain of hight wa, fairly withdrawn, We suw from
the Railrspd some dozen or more ucg,ors. with
spears, standing in trout 81 The Armury gate,
commanded br eight or tea White inen, ARMED To-
the teeth. AT this luncture, TIA Captain, Brown,
and aid, came forward and pr sci - nal dii
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my house on the Island. where iemainr,I l.ntin.
the day, Monday. preparing to dei1o! IA, family
and property, unit. after the ToIit the !. lir
Works, in which our boys tick hand, when
again visited the Ferry and found that he tehris
had been c5rnerc1 ia the engue.1ousc. whrrc thcy
were held during Monday night. On Tuesday
morning the Marines firm Wa hang tou battered
down the doors aud captured tie Williams.
The most thrilling event e To day Sexpesicut,
took place n; Halls Rife Works ~. he ietlci. at
tempted some five or six, Z" MAJ tarir c.capc
across the Shenandoah river 10 The M'ua:aihs
They were pressed at all points aud ,h9t down
like dogs. Amongst this number e q, Se,.
Rotary Of War. Another, Lewis LcarT. h,t be.
ing killed outright. was carried into ar /. nv
houses. where he died in some six or eight hours
This event occurred about cIock, p m. 81 VI ~
day. questioned Leary as 10 The ,ljects II ,lc
expedition he seemed, however. 70 kn9w but =
tie about the details; has been residing lat,o., IN
Cbamtersburg. Penn. where he va. enpa.e4i az
a man Of the maine Of Merriam: he .tl,el dat ,h.
object was the freeing Of the blacks.
have given You u somewhat ,ictaticl nIe.-,rt
Of this affair, 50 tnat yea may form an 90 at. a.,
TO the business Of the Governor cha - i ~.
Ardice.
You must ieir j.; mind that w taI ~ mean
of ascertainiay "a nnmcrical force Il tic in-ur.
gents, excep, ir'sn their bldnesS which lei Us t.
infer that their name was Legion: and what sac
man would have dreamed that there lived l,,i-
man being 30 utterly mad as to a'tcn,t >uci. m
enterprise with only handful al men.
Tho general impression wn-. that he Shops
were SLED with these outlaws, ard the ii-, >,,ow
Of attack the part Of the citizen. wani be tho
signal for general massacre.
! am perfectly satisfied that our own citzens
would have crashed them long before We received
foreign aid, had we known the extent o. their
forces. This would. however. have resulted in
much blocdshed, as they fought Ike Gends rather
than hcman beings. With the exception of old
very ignarant set, and rsmarka,Io Car '',hin p
except courage They do uot scam d, ;,,,I;ea,a