Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-19
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shsFs itisis9pp8ssd 6eib eeang Ssq 6atRtea with,
lBroEn, Z returned to the Ferryhand married
theress He WAS regarded as man of some in<so
stelligence, aud Was known to be anti.slsYeFy,
0ut was not so vl0lent'in the preston of his.
as to excite any suspicion there % rs
/ Two men, with Brownas two sons; were the
only white inen Connected vi tIf the insnrrection
That had been seen previously about the Ferry.
Alli'were brought by Brow from distances,
and nearly all bad been with him in Kansas. NJ
The, first active movement in the instruction
was made. about half past ten o'clock Sunday
might: Wm@ WillianS, the watchman on Har-s
|pers Ferry bridge, whilst walking across to-
wards the Maryland side, was seized by a nuns
Der of men. who said that he was their prisoner,
and must come with them He recognized
Brown and Cook among the men, and knowing :
them he treated the matter as Joke, but sns
forcing silence they conducted him to the Ar
l1nory, which he found already in their possess
sion. He wasalelnined tillsfter day light :'and-
then discharged. The lwatchman,l who was to
relieve Williams. at midnight found the bridge
lights alEout and was Immediately seized. Sup.
p9<ing It an attempt at robbery he broke away .
md his pursuers stumbling, he escaped. r. y t..I5
y The next appearance of the insurrectiouiSts
was at the house of Col. Lewis Washington, +
large farmer and slave owner, living about -four
U from the Ferry. A party headed by
Cook, proceeded there, reused Col w! and told
hun he was their. prisoner. They also seized
all the slaves near the house, and took q car
kriage and horse, and a. large wagon. with two )
horses When5 COL. W. saw Cook he immedi,
atelyi recognized him as a,man who had called.
upon him some months previous, to whom he
had exhibited some valuable arms in his posses,
sion, including an antique sword presented By
Frederick the Great to Gee. Washington, and
Ipair of pistols presented by Gen. lafayette to
w ashington, both being heir looms in the farni-r
y. Before leaving, Cook. wanted Col.Iw to
take trial OF. skill at shootingS and exhibited
considerable certainty as 4 marksman. When
he made his visit on Sunday night he alluded to
his previous visit and the courtesy with which
he had been treated and regretted the necessity
which made it his duty to arrest Col W.
I lie, however, took advantage of the knowl.
| edge he; had obtained by his former visits, tn
carry OFT all the valuable collection of arms,
which Col.tW. did not 4re-obtains till after the
/ final defeat of insurgents From Col Wash
[lngtonSi the party proceeded with him., as a
prisoner, in his own carriage, andgtwelve of his
negroes in the wagon, to the house of Mr.. al!
tstadt, another large farmer, the same road
Mr.. .Alstadt and his son a lad i years of age
wsre taken prisoners, and all the negroes with
| in reach being forced to join the movement
Ito the Armory at the Ferry. All these move
uients seem to have been made without ex citing
\ the slightest alarm in tue town. nor did the deS
tention OF Capt. Phelps train at,the upper end
lot town attract attention. 1t va mt until the
town vas Thoroughly wakened up aud found. the
/ bridge guarded by armed men and guard sta
toned at all the avenues that the people found
they were prisoners. A panic appears to have
! Immediately ensued' and the number of the in
tsurrectionists az once Increased from SO, which
4 was probably their greatest force including the
Eslaves who were forced to join, to from to 6OO
l In the meantime a number of workmen know
\ ing nothing of what had occurred, entered the
arutory and were SUCCESSFULLY taken prisoners;
until they had at one time not less than sixty
men confined in the Armory. Among those
thus entrapped were Arnistead Ball, Chief
Draughtsmqn2of7 the Armorv, Benz Mills, Mas
ter of the Arl1ory, and l.. H. Daugertield, Pays
masters Clerk These three gentlemen we're
Imprisoned in the engine house, which after!
wards became the chief fortress of the insnr-
gents and were not released until after the
final assault The workmen were imprisoned
in large building farther down the yard and
were rescued by;a brilliant zouage dash made
by the railroad cothpapy's men, who came down
from Mortinsburg. This was the condition of
affairs at daylight, shout which time Capt Cook,
with two white, mon and accompanied bv so
Slaves, ard taxing with them Col. Washington's
large wagon, went over the bridge and struck
| up the mountain on the road towards Pennsyl>
yania
f. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-Six companies of the
! Yirgina.military, numbering 800 rank and file,
arrived here this evening en- route for HArper's
Ferry, but their orders have been countertnand-
| ed and they return home tonight They made
a fine appearance and We're provided with all
appliances for a campaign.
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