The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-10-22
OSSAW Atomic BROWN COMMANDER
IN CHIEF!
Fred. uglass, Gerritt Smith, and the Ohio
AbOiisiOHists in the Plot:
Failure Of tie Ent1pr;-c TIE K1Ued WIou,,
ded Prisoners, DC, dc, dc

ADOiElOElS,S IN the tiOt.
Failure Of tie Enterprise Tile HtNed Hou,-
dei, Prisoners, DC, dc, dc
With the suddenncss and unexpected
ness OF clap of thunder from an I'M
clounded sky, came the news upon us 10y
telegraph on Wednesday of a revolution
airy outbreak at Harpers Ferry, in Nirgi-
mia. This place, as our readers are aware,
armories 1t is a town OF few thousand
/ inhabitants, situated at the confluence of
| the Shenandoah with the Potomac, 65
miles \. w. of Washington City, surroun-
! ded by the most magnificent scenery III
! the country The object OF the insurrec-
! t.onary movement appears to have been to
/ overthrow the government Of the United
States for the purpose OF freeing the slaves
| of the south. The plan was to seize upon
, the t. s armory at Iarpers Ferry, take
possession of the L. 5. property and the
town, and thence to spread east, west, and
south, until all the negroes should have
been aroused in rebellion against their
masters: upon which, with the aid Of the
abolitionists of the north, new govern
ment Of the T. was to be organized
upon pure anti-slavery basis.
The rngleader of the instruction was
Can. John brown or .O.sayo,tomie
Brown Us he is called of Kansas notorie-
ty; and Immediately connected with him
wara Can't Jobn f Cook of Conn. Can't
John Kairie, of Ohio: Can't. John G Ste
nhens. of Conn (tbcse titles are given 10
the men under the provisional government
they had projected together with l;eute-
nants. scrreant~. &c. in all some II white
men. and yario,,,Iy rcported from 800 to
so negroes.
The scheme had been brewing for the
last six months. good share of the plan
ming having been done in Ohio during the
State fair Arms aad money 10 further
the project had been collected in Connect
icut, Massachusetts. New York, &c, for
the last three months. Among letters in
Browns possession j. one from Gerlitt
Smith, OF New York, placing 81 900 at his
disposal; letters were also found from
Fred Douglass, and other abolition lead
e~S. showing their completely in the
scheme Brown. for the. better further
o,,c,. Of ,L.. ,,roiac, had rented farm, ,..r
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ii"' "'-N VI
stirring up ana organizing the negroes was
chiefly managed Arms had been for
w,r,ied hin, from th, north sufficient to
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the expected 70 OBTAIN 'E sei%h@ me az
morv.
The plans having been all maturcd last
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81 ''' '.''' "a 80 ~ ''' "''''' nv" anu
negroes took possession oil the armory,
made prisoners Of the occur9nt-. barrica-
coded tho .,rc.,. IF rho tow, d..,,oy.d
the 'ei"sr''A 'li'e7' ana ''S''d s''''" al
the railroad bridge " hen the evening
train on the baltimore and Ohio railroad
,,,,o oIor, no .,.,.,.od IL. train .lo.
e''''' "a l'''' - az" '''''.
ly, alter some SIX hours detention e"h"f'"
IL To proceed. II was by this tram that
the first authentic now. cot abroad of the
~
As May WEI! DC IIha1'ht"' l"e news Al
once created the most intense excitement
wherever il was announced. Troops were
started at once from Frederick and Balti-
more; the President ordered out corps
Of marines near the scene Of conflict, as