The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-10-27
THE 1NsuRREcrIoN AT HaRpER's FERRY

We give place in another column to l.ttors
fround III possession of the Insurgents, which
| would seem to Indicate that this Drama of IN
tended tloodshed aud murder has more actors
; than til" few scanps under the immediate con-
mand Of the traitor Blows; that BnowN is the
mere en:missnry-a tool Of G rEnlrrS Smith, Pnlrrs,
and other High Priests Of Ahoiouism; that
these abolition saints instisatcd by a f,naticisn
wrcckless of law. anI fatally bent upon muir.
derous mischief, If they huve no. participated
with bone and sincw in this traorous on,erprise.
have at least afforded "aii aud comfort" to Browy
"nd his few iriserabv dcludel followers. The
supcnduors folly of that frenzied train of rca
son which would lead any s,ue man to the
a1nnzinSly lame conclusion that tho blacks of
'he south Will ever conquer liberty. by force Of
AIMS, Is The only thing that attaches any impor-
thncc to the abortvr cif;,rts of those cruel and
rapacious fools Nothing bu, the mos, consum
mate folly eonI ever give birth to such an en-.
trrpr'sc, and nothing beyond Il few murders will
ever b. the result of such undertaking. The
! lo'!""ing Is list OF t!i"s. killed and wounded
III the recent conflicts At lIarper's Ferry:
fHl"d.-Fonntain Brckham railroad agent,
on SUNDAY. by single shot: llaynrd Sheppard.
cn"r"d porter ut tho railroad station, Killed
Sunday ni.ht in w"rkn. ut the tram Thos
b"rr!v. grocer, Of llarp"r's Ferry. killed in Mon.
days assault; Wm Richardson, Of Martins.
burg. killed in saline assault, Georg. W. Turn.
or, OF thnrleStown military, killed on Monday
also; W i!Iiam Brown. son uf Old Brown -
Stewart layh' msurg"ni j. {. Anderson, i'll
tnr@cni; l.. ii. Icemam. inSurycnt Albert Has
ili. in.rg"nt and several col"rcd men.
u """d"I-O -Ossnwnttamic, icol.h Brown Wat
n i'll
tally Alien Evans, mortality Private Quinn,
l.. =. Marines, mortally; another Marime name
unknown. slightly; Alexander Kelly Geo
Murphy. States attorney. OF Marti;:sburc.
I"A'" I'riSo",rs. Edwin C"rpee. of Iowa );
Shields Green, c"orrl. of IInrri sburr: Watson
Blown, Il son Of old Brown.
The fate Of !lcsc outlaws shows how true the
I lines from SHAKESPEARE, that " we do hut teach
bloody instructions, which being taught, return
10 plague tn: inventors"
The negro when lift to himself feels the ab
solute necessity Of the care and direction of his
master, aud unless his mind is poisoned by the
malicious design, Of an hrartless nyitat,r, AN
;'huH"r Of the world. prarliscr al arts iuhi!;
tel and ont OF warri,nt,' the impn;:cuce OF re-
f'rant would never unrest lis peaceful ans! que,
s;urnlcrs
Ike Il snce"s~fu. instruction in America, anil
ari'"hcnd that no Injustice is don. TO truth
"h"n We state that every ATTEMPT 1T sncil
l'in@. when property Investigated, has been
traced 10 the law'"ss spirit and fieu,!ish instira
ton of "nprinci!'!"d white men,
The idea of in,urgrc,ion is the base born
progeny Of abolition fanaics:n |, is wholly
ign to "": hi, relation with the cha, nc, cr
oi tn" American n".cros Suc, IN idea never oc
cars t" him, unless h.. has been dipped INTO i. BY
his '"s'Gning superi"rs. +: has no existence on
Tins continent. except III thusr faucilul dreams oil
;,boi!inniSls
(Which are the children OF an lille Lr hin.
l"r"t u! n"hi"G :'nl vain fantasy
" hich II ms thin OF subsistence ns the mir
And more imconsiant ihan the wind"
y speedy disposition should b. made of thea.
sranli's, who have hrrn actively emp!ovel in
t:I!s shameful ;,!I,r. Their n..ks arc fl, orua
'nrnta "l I'll: hangnans r"rc. and we have no
dorbt but that the people Of the Old Dopip;ou
VIII make them - dance on nothing" to the
, merit o! their crine, aud 10 the music of law
| and Justice. Tho music will be IL "canfu,:ou of
sounds"-a jarrnn Of unl,arnonic .liseor.!s 10
them, but their conduct has put them in t!,.
power of the piper, and their fate will he to
dance to his music. Let them suffer lh. ,x
,rc'nrst penalty Of the law tha, it may prov. n
warning to evil dn"rs