Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-24
aailg Jir9iuiau.
Tho Harper's Ferry Outbreak.

' ~ Wv ""i''" uo."'''ooe .""k""o VI iouo
.y'ng directly IN t'e commence oil TWO rsors. AS
t"o """''''' sleeps conSerge PreoiP''ons'y ~ All
noin.s aooVe tne gap, out small space H. ieit Tor
h"'o'ng WIN aeeessipie convenience win the
eNcer'.on a' on'hanuoah street ana Armory street
ON whieh tue uovernmcnt works are bnilt, all tho
sire"ts are n"rrow anu anoait 10 rnVei on ac-
count oi ther stecpness iiSh street Is tho prln-
cirai ROAD usea IN reaohing what Is called tho
ferry proper. FROM ITS intersection with She
n"huoah s'reo. 20 po'nt 4uV yarus iurther up
the rise " over ~" ie", ms point 10 called
'amp iil" anu qnuo village isba'it on u. Inc
Powuer magazine o tho Government IL sitn"ted
on the nortn s'de "i TINS iiill' overlooking the
f"'omae lhe view from th's point Is beautiful
beyond description ana particularly 80 ut this
season OF thc year, when tho forests ON tue noun
tn'n sides present the'r hn's varying from tho
l'Hd green OF the spruce and pine to that OF tho
nut brown oi the oak The waters OF the foto'
mao and tho Shenandonh Tor two miles up, can
be seen leaning over their rocky beds, aud hurry
ing to the inne'nre, where they kiss each other,
m'ngc ana become one After reaching tho top
oi Camp lli the land desccnds slightly. aud alter
passing over short Distance OF unmproved
ground the town oi Bolivar is reached, in which
most OF the men employed IN tue armory I'VE. IL
contained p"puialhn, IN loou, OF l,uo4, OF wh'ch
huhber W. We're negroes "o lreo ana " slaves
liaI cr Ferry IN the snmo year contained l.,
o. o. -o' ",r,eo i'o wer" negroes, io' slaves ana
| -. lree' me P"po'h'ieh hhs not Increased mueh
any, s'nc" the last census was taken. The turn
| l'ke road whlch ea"s from Nharlestowh 10 the
| feffy' W;nN l" 'he south III the west ehd oi Do
| lHar' ann hy Il RAPID deTcrnt "i several hundred
'''t roarAeS the north bank OF the shenandoah'
ana runs along 'he hnnk nhli' ~ enters Shehan
oa"l s'r''' lhe ;" heheHtet anu fo'om"c roaa
Also r"'I a'"',e 'he lhnN '' ''ho nn'hanuoai', anu
i"rn hle nla hh'l ah"ve 'he ferry' the track
Is 'aii ON trr'Nic WORK therefore there are but
'"o roads hN winch tho Ferry can boreached from
illt west, CIthrr bY passing through bolivar,
| "nr iil'i' IN" down 'hr sleeps ol ii'Sh street
INTO Shennnhshh street, or ny the turnpike or
ramona fh>s'h@ nu"% tl' norm hahk III 'he one
"nn"'"h river. Inc baltimore ana ONO ha'l-
r'hd passes a'nns IA" f"oth pank OF the Iotomac'
and thore u al" narro" road, very d'ihcnit to
travel running n'"ng the south bank o' tue 70
t'mac ma c'hsirrn'dy oe'"w tho ,resse work
over wn"n t"' p'i''h"r' anu tn'o hh'to"' pms
Ses' anu "h''n 'nds Ut ''e o",Shir's vi '"o W"'.
we mus h''h% ',' rugged ana steep 10 num'' I"
WnN'a'nS m eAefP, low pun. az, A,''He'"er, '"e
ro'rV Is one "' '"' hi'SV i'nccess'pio u"nS III
I"'S c""'"H' '' S"'''So",@n 20 ny ,"oo' ''''e '"""'
m, "L" ' r',r't .d ~ to ptnae '. ,,"u i""U ,.
VII '"' "'' e'ue VI '"o ,o'"'h"c r'''' tnerc 'u'
'"''', I'"'' ''"'',5 eaS' anu "eS,' Tying pc-
u en- Inc ',Nt' anu ,hH mountain u "aS 'e'S
! 'l over "h''o zoe" WIN 'ie wagons S1"'n'n-
i"S 'hc rE'' ana o'hrt nFt'''eS p"Scu Oh 'iohu'y
h''3nlnG' ana ny II 'H' '"'oPrhae't ",'ys return
! e. WIN 'hc wagons "'ci capturing t"'h III mo
| i'h'"ih"u''.
| Nevrn4' vac ,.~nFE'h' WHO was wonhueu ny
| h'InS AiI "h N'nd"E a''''" ""pn' nhh VINO was
t"t'n nF'S ,''r' N"r' t'n' II" ""o oce'' cu u '"e
| h'hl pN l'r'""' '''' arrangements h"u peeh
| rh te w'th the ne Tr,'7 nF general uprising
! a'' lie stevens ha tNl'titI' III l'sS thah -
Il urS' to have Srrh tue e"'"e lave population IN
ann.
m hNp' A'R'-Y THE ForohA,,
ihe bi1se 81" constantly referred 10 Is some
what III in' HH'H' "' ''e l'ter I: diV'n,nS rs we
nrrr"ach ITS western eni. ''ie leIt manu- nrhhcn
c"nne"tnE with the winchester ana fo,omnc
Il hulrohi passing ny 'ne Hnenahuoan ""u tn9
| rlfht nara rhrrVshS "" man roma ny Ii o"aa @
! curve nP the 't mae. ne bfi'gc ~ ABOUT 2oV
irc' III irn+ii' ana r-mSlS'S ui SIX "rc'rS o' io'
irct' "nh ~ r',h oi 30 '''' span over 'he river
No. an area OF lVo ''rt span over 'hc ehnel'--
These arehe' are all oi timber and ""n, and coy
cred IN, except the western afch connecting WIN
tn winchester i'"hh W"'ch is constructed ehtire-
di IRON, on b't'nah pan. ~ is renarKap'e' NOT
So nch Tor ltN l'n-'h a. l'f ia peculiar 'rn'' 'no
end being rnl'e' ~ opposite direction ana the
structure ui"tch'ed 'oN"'"' '"e western eHtrc"-
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THf NuRhFREp CIT zESs: -
thomas fur''y was respected cii'z'h Oh tue
Ferry. an IiHhm'h ny bfth' but Tor many years
resident o' pat pace "" Mohaay morning
when the II" n"nrS'u'S were III possession oi tue ar
senhi' ne W''A " 'e" ''"erS' was /" '"Ior y, NJ
t"rklng th'm' nat enough o' men co"'n no, pe
raised Ia ensure t!e success n ah assault. ne
however l"''rd olS gun hh' every, opp"tu".!
wh'eh "Eef'd ne al.eht'ra 10 Faoot a""h 'ne II,
suTgrntS. .N'"e '''pe ne was H'ie"' ne hho 'i'
ms hnme lew m'''u''I 'c' 'e WIN "c!Shpoi
Mr. ih"S' h'i'"y--"'," t"r 'u'eh'!on 81 eryihs 7"
sh"nt one oi 'h' r"'"'s' Ne''ey ""n "roo u,
m"'att" VINO was waking G"nrn IN iron, o. 'ne
arsenal anu some Ut 'he ','' WIN "nn 'ne S:.'
WIS 'ie" '"N ,iVe' @ u' '"c "" "", w" nv, ~
lnfe hlh severely, 'u'! "",ken n'"n n'sn
street l" 'h' ''''S'I,''" "''' 'n'','' "'"' ''t'