Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-22
fs XIV DAY. OCTOBER e. 1854


Iue town 81 Aerpor'e Ferry, Wn1eh oDb41neQ
ss Sss IN = ns 49, Ssys sss s.s.sy Ssss
Is built upon the narrow declivitons tongue e
land lying. directly in the oonfasncs q t1o
rivers 4 Al til ra6untain stssps c0uverRS pre-
eipitously at Su points above ths s{B, hat
small spsgs islsk lbrs bailding Nth Sccsssihls
ssnysnisnos. WA ths sxesPdonpf ehsnaa-
Gosernment works als bsilt, III tks stsssss srs
marrow md dfmcelt 20 trsvsl on secount Of
their steephsss. High street fs the principal
road used In reashing sNhat 10 called the Ferry.
proper. From Its intsrsection with Shsnasi-s
doah street e. a peipt 100 yards further mp the
rise is over 400 feat. Thispoint Is called Camp
Hill, and quite village is built on it, The
powder magasine Of the Goyernment il situ-s
ated on the north side or this hin. overlooking
the Potomac. The view from tbs point 8
beautiful beyond description, and particularly
70 at this season Of the year, when the forests
on the mountain sides present, their huss, W.
ryisg from the tn llvid green Yf The spruce and
waters Of the Potomee and the SAsnandoah,
for two miles up, can be seen leaping over their
rocky beds, and hurrying 10 the juncture,
where they kiss each other, mingle and be-
come one After sreachins the top Of Camp.
Hin the land descends slightly, and sfterp pass
the town Of Bolivar is reached, in which most
Of the men employed IN the ssrmory live.s Il
contained . population in 1850 Of 1,054, OF
which number 106 were negroes--60 free and
46 slaves. Harpers Ferry In the same year
contained l747, Of which 1876 were negroes :,
100 slaves and 81 free. The population has
not increased much, If any, since the last GEN.
from eharlestown 10 the Ferry, turns to the
south at the west cad Of Bolivar, and bya
rapid descent Of several hundred feet reaches
the north banks Of the Shenandoah, and runs,
slons the bank until. I. enters, Shenandoah
a The winohesssrr spd potom,..e ro. s,,o ,u..
along the bank Of the Shenandoah end for q
mile and . half above the Ferry the track is
laid on tressle work. Therefore there are but
two roads by which the Ferry can be reached
from the West-either by passing through BoI!
war, over Camp Hill, and down the steeps Of
High street into Shensndoah street, or By the
mfnPike or railroad along the north bank Of
the Shenandoah river. The Baltimere and
Ohio railroad passss along the south bank Of
the Potomac, and there Is also narrow road,
very dificuit 20 travel, running along the south
bank OF the Potomac, and c0usid era bly below
the tressis work over which the Baltimore and
pho railroad passes, and which ends at the
outskirts Of the town, the hills being too rugged
and steep to-admit Of anything except Z FOOT
path. altogether. the Ferry i one Of the most
inaccessible towns in this country, and easri-
Esoned hy two or three thousand men, would be
most dif6cult to take. = is-iLs.tq 90 - - -
On the south side Of the Potoma. river there
Is 4 narrow road, running east snd west, lying
betNeen the river and The mountain. Ii wss
this road f0yoG which Cook, with the wagons
containing the rides and other articles, passed
on Mosday nerniBgs aAd by it the 1Sdepssd.'
ent Greys returned with the wagons. after can
turing tAsn ~ The school house. q aa ,aoNh {
= Stevens, the insurgent who was wounded by
being shot on Monday afternoon, and Who xss
taken prisoner, stated that he had been led To-
ths sbelisf by Browns THAI arranesmsnts had
Fbeen made with the negroes for agenesal up-
rising, and he (Stevens) had expectsd, In iess
than twsnty-four hours, 70 hsvu seen the entire
slave population In arms. i,eal - y "a s :
BRIDGE ACROSS TIE PoroxAc.f :. e d, !.
|. The bridge 50 constantly referred to ID sonsz
what n the shape Of ths. letter Y, dividing IS
We approach Its western end, the left hand
branch connecting With the Winchester and
Potomac railroad passing up the Shenandoah, !,
and tbeyriSht hand carrying, the main road,
! by/a bold curve up the Potomac. The bridge
Is about 900 feet IN length, Ard consists of six
arches Of 80 feet, and one arch Of rs feet sban
oyor the riyer,l and m aroh of 100 feet sspan.
over the canal These suches are all of timber
and iron, and covered in, except the western
arch ecenRectiaG NTH the Winchester road,
mans plan II Is remarksble, not 20 much for
its length as for its peculiar form, the end be-
ing esrvsd In epposite directions, and the
structure bifurcated towards the western ex-
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