Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-10-26

of men for service in the mountains
nd Businesses near Harpers Ferry, whittier
,any of the insurgents have fed The troPs
iii leave this afternoon.
Intense excitement pTevallstnroughout the
onntry adjacent to Harper's Ferry. Armed
,atrols are securing the neighoorhooo IN pa
Wand and Virginia.
VARpER's FERRY, Oct. 49, p. M.-lmme-
3iatelv after the storming Of the Armory this
morning Col. Lee and the insurgents were
found within the government enclosures
They were shot duringthe fight yesterday, at
the time they were driven into the ~inclosure
nv the Vireinians, and doubtless crawled
into hiding places, where they died during
the night.
The party originally consisted of twenty
two persons. Of whom fifteen are killed, two
mortally wounded, two unhurt, and three
went off with the gang Of slaves towards Penn
s~ylyania, on Monday morning.
A company of volunteers has gone IN pur-
suit of the f~ugitives, and will doubtless follow
them across the Pennsylvania line.
That plumber was one of their main objects
;e evident in the fact that before the neighbor-
inc militia came down on them they robbed
the Government (Arsenal) chest there Of all
it contained, possibly somewhere between
$40, O00and $4,000 in specie, which they in
mediateiy sent off in two wagons they pressed
1 INTO their service At II SdhhO "S 1hNcS
wagons were accompanied by a guard OF their
party. and have doubtless been overtaken
and their contents retaken ere this.
A returned volunteer informs US that the
battle in the streets lasted nearly an hour
The soldiers fought Indian fashion, pursuing
the rioters singly and in couples, and bring
ing them Town at every pop Some jumped
up Immediately and managed to limp away,
but most of them fell down dead N their
tracks, and scarcely kicked. During the f.
ring the women and children ran shrieking
; in every direction, but when they learned
{ that the soldiers were their protectors they
. took courage, and did good service in the way
: of preparing refreshments and attending to
the wounded.
: The following is a correct list of those kill
: ed and wounded by the insurgents, as far as
ascertained:
Thomas Boerley. killed early on Monday
morning; Hayward Sheppard, colored; VIM
\ Turner. Fontaine Beckhar, Evans Dorsey
6 and William Richardson. The last two nam
= ed were members of Captain Alburtis com
pany from Ma~rtinsburg, which had also five
y men wounded.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 19.-The following intelli-
gence has Just beer received from Harper's
l. Ferry: Last evening detachments Of Marines
r and some of the volunteers made a visit to
Browns house. Their first visit was to the
schoel-house-here they found a large guam
: tity of blankets, boots, shoes, clothes, tents,
IS and 1,5O0 pixies, with large blades affixed
They also discovered a carpet-bag containing
At documents throwing much light On the affair,
together with the printed constitution and
"a bylaws of the organization, showing or indi-
Is eating ramiications in various States of the
I'd Union. Also Letters from various individuals
1r at the North.
80 A letter was also found from Frederick
w Douglas containing $40 from 4 lady also a
e. letter from Gerrit Smith about money mat
tiers, and a check or draft by hin for 500,
endorsed by the cashier of a New York bank,
the name of whieh is not reeollected. All of
;ts these are in possession of Gov. Wise, who has
er- issued = proclamation offering $1,000 reward
mo- for the arrest of Cook. A large number of
: armed men are now securing the mountains
in pursuit of him.
BEDFORD, Pa, Oct. 1S.-Thers are no signs
of any of the fugitives here.
nj OHAMBERsBURG, Pa, 9 O'clock, A. M.-Nc
n signs of any fugitives in this region a gen
~ tlemaa who left Greeneastle at 9 o'clock, say
ar nothing had been heard of any there.
We LATEsT.-The Baltimore papers of Friday
or contain an interesting mass of details IN rela
ton to the Instruction at Harper's Ferry
A large number of printed copies ola Consti
m sutton for the Provisional Government, were
of found at Browns farm. This Constitution
ion shows that seryile instruction was fully con
or templated, and an insane hope entertained
the that the movement would be formidable
ing enough to Withstand opposition and to accom-
ur- plish the extinction of slavery. A Comman
nto der in Chief, Secretary of War, and member
the of Congress, had been appointed under IT
ley provisions.
Seu LETTERS FROM LEADING ABoLTIoSISTs.
= The most valuable article brought in b.
the marines after their search at old Brown
AZ school room Wednesday, was a carpet bay
filled with documents and letters c~onnectc,
! 81 with the expedition. They were taken pos
session of by Governor Wise, and many {
~. them read in public that night.
INC 1t was said that these letters would impl
. a cate a number of prominent abolitionists :
"a, the North and West, as being cegniZant q
ielt and favering the project
, of The wounds of odd Ossawattamie Brow
y are not at all dangerous and be is to-day a
most well again.
ns He made a statement to Governor Wis
this morning, Of which the following is til
!. substance:
ION II will be sixty years old next month.
rented the Kennedy farm six months ago.
1t belongs to DIR. Kennedy, Of Sharpsbur
Md; had paid the rent uptsr March next,
never had over % men at any one time :
sAot '~A1 HHo HNiOh6OL W Hg regular vi
"a ganization, but l had good reason to expec
reinforcements from Maryland, Kentucky
81 North and Soath Carolina and Canada, OK
groes and white men, and had arms enoug
10 on the farm to arm about fifteen hundred me
not quite full. The arms consisted Of 90
reyolvers, 200 Shapes rifles, and 900 spears
/ left these arms at the farm. We bad pier
ty of powder and fixed ammunition. "
y brought all the arm from the East to Chan
GU bersburg, IA, and they were packed in doul
-: he boxes, SO as to deceive the parties wi
hauled them to the farm. They were dire
M ted to i Smith & Sons, Kennedy farm. thu
being the name we had assumed"
The insnrructionists taken prisoners we,
on wednesday conveyed to Charlestown TAI
- the seat Of justice, IN the ioiat GUST
dy OF the Sheriff and Marshal. Capt Brow
re is considered out of danger. His son, Wa
son Brown, died last night.
Capt. Cook is believed TO be still in n
mountains. The scouts have returned withor
fading him, though they traced him to
house where he breakfasted this morning.
Eight O'Clock, evening.-A man has ia
:" ceine running into the town, announcing th:
.ha the insarreetionists are destroying hous,
ALAE