Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
HARPER,s FERRY OUTBREAK.

HARPER's FERRY OUTBREAK.
Brown is better and has made a fuller
statement. in which he SAYS he rented the
farm. lie never had over twenty-five men
On the farm at one time that belonged to the
crganiz ton. but he had good reasons To ex-
Iect reinlorcementS from Nryllnd. Ken
tuckv. North and luth Carolina and Cana
da. II. had arms sufficient for fifteen hun
drd mn. lie bad 210 rev lvers. 2G0
| ShArpe's rifles. and 1890 spe.rs. He left
them n the farm He had IN ~ undancp
Of powderand OF er ammunition. He brought
all the arms from time tJ time from Con
nccticut and other eastern points. To- Cham
b rs5urg. Pa. They were directed to j.
Smith Il Sons, Kennedy Farm. his assumed
name Tncy wer packed in dpuble box.s
So as u deceive parties wIJ haulled them t.
the farm
TIE names Of all the parties, except three
willie men wh m be- admits he sent away on
an err1nd. a~ iol. AVS. with their proper
titles under the pr,vi,i nal 2 'yernment
| Nhrs-G 70. John brown. commander
| i0-chiri wnunlrd bnt will reclvr; C1t.
/ Oliver Brown. dead Capt. Watson Brown
dead Capt Aaron {. Stephens Of Connect-
| cut. wuundcd badly. has three balls ana
cannot possibly cover Lieut.. Edwin c T.
| pin of wa unhurt Lieut.. Albert Hazlet Of
| Pennsylvania. dead Lieut.. VIM. Lsman Of
/ Maine dead Clpt. JIhn f. Cook of Con
| necticut sc lped prlvateS-Stewdrt Taylor
| OF CanIda. deli Clas. p Tldd. of Maine.
dead " ThunJs IN Of New York. dead
Cap ,hr KIgi Of Ohio. r..-.' in Virgin
/ Ia, dead Lieut. jeremiah And rsln of In
diana, dead Thos. with three whites pre-
viously sent # made the total number of II
| whites
Negroes-Dlns5rf ID, newly of Ohio.
| raised in Virginia, dad Emperor OF
| New York. raised in S,uth CArnlina, not
wound hut ii prisoner, (the latter was
elected a n-mb r IF the provisional govern
mpnt sometime sinc.); L.wi~ L AIRY, Of o 10
raised m Virginia. dead Copeland of OHIO,
raiseI in Virginia, n,t wounded, but prls-
Oner at Charlest .wn.
Tn number of the killed and wounded in the
conflict foots up as follows Killed. six IL
z-ns and fifteen insurgents {; wounded, thr-e
insurgents pris 'ner~, five
| Gen. Brown has nine wounds, but none
| fatal Bushrls Of let eTS have been discover
ed in his possession from all parts OF the
| country. Oue from Gerrit Smith informs
| Brown of money being deposited in bank IN
! New York t. tie crttitof''J Smith L ms.
/ Ii APPEARS to D.. one Of many informing hm
/ from time to time as money was received.
! INCIDENTS OF TIE PREvroUs DAYS
When Lieut.. Stuart az preached the armo-
~ on Tuesday morning. with a q ~ OF truce,
AMI s.-na5 iaG the immediate surrender of
the insurgents. ,au,. Brown refused all terms
] hut ti,us. be had previously pr posed, "that
I they should p. p.rmi ted to march out with
! theirmen and arms taking theirpfispners with
/ thcp: that they should proceed unpuTsued
/ to the second toli-r4tr, when they would
/ rec their prisoners the soldiers would then
/ h. permitted To pursle them, and they would
! fight il they coal. not rsctPe-' These terms
/ being rcius d the attlck WIS m.sde On the
engine htuS.. whore Brown lIrtv with
their prisoners were :or fled. THIS building
was tie strongest ON the arn1rv grounds.
having dead walls on three sides. ami On I'll
/ furth, Lr-r dlrrs. with window >ashe>
/ above, some eight feet from th- ground.
/ Tue stort OF the hundreds ot slaves en-
gagged i'm the inSurrycJiou have dwndled
/ t. the five free negroes.
/ The citizens hra as prisoners by Brown
all testify To their god treatment. They
were neither tied nor insllted, and beyond
/ h outrage OF reetricrinz their liberty were
not Ill-u>ed. Capt. Brown WAS always cour-
/ tenuS to them, and az aii times assured them
| chat Trey should not b, Injured. COL Wa-h-
! in-tOn, one OF the Irjs s,nerS. speaks Of ain
as a man of extraordinary nerve. lie never
/ hlIn:hcd duri1g the H>slu.,, though be AL
mitted IN the night teaj rsc pc WAS lmpos~i-
ble, aud that be would haze O. die. When
! the door was broken q WI, one of his men
| Exclaimed Il surrender The cIptUn i'm
m.diltaiv cried put. Tlera's ore surrend-rS;
/ give him quarter, ' and at the same moment
/ fired his own rifle at the door. During the
previous night he spoke freely win Col
/ Washington. and rtterrei t. his S,ns. lie
sud he lad Lost one 90 X tnsIs md twl here.
/ lie had not press Il tn IN to j'i9 him in the
| expedition, but did not regret their loss;
| they had died in glorious cause.
! The insurgents did not r'h the piym lster's
| Office, where there WAS Sl7 GOO of United
| States money; and the story Of their sending
off "A load Of Govrrnment arms wds fiction.
When Mr. Pcckham, the Railroad agent
was killed, the p 'pulIce were verv much ex-
asp rated and demdn led the sacrifice ot one
of the captured insurgents named Thompson.
| He was brought out upon the bridge and de-
| iberately shot down. The body fell into the
water, and showing signs Of life, they rid
died it with balls, displaying the malice ol
! fends. The body of negro. shot down In
the streets. WIS also subjected to the most
barbarous lndgnitIeS for q whole day.
| One of Browns men. taken prison r, is an
athletic. fine looking man named Aaron Ste
| phens. who was badly wounded. lie said he
was nltive of Connecticut, but had lately
| lived in Kansas, where he knew Capt. Brown :;
| he had also served IN tie United Stat army.
| The sole obi ct of his attempts WAS To give
the negroes Their eium; and Brown had
represented that rs soon as they seized the
armOry the negroes would Il 'ck 70 theh y
| thousands. and would soon have force ehIuE
to accomplish their purpoSe-one Ioi ~ G1 -,
| he would sacrifice his life-'u, "o s'.d
thought Brown had been Sf5"iI
He said that preparrtions had oren making
c. 80. .5rIl t,r movement, but that
ia II, f,res consisted of seventeen white
'ron and five free negroes. This statement
,r,s repeated without variation by all the
/ prisoners.
! Gov. Wise seems to have been put out Of
! his wits by excitement. He demanded of
the Presld,nt full powers in respect to affairs
mt Harper's Ferry, but that WAS refused. He
declared for martial law at the seat Of in
surrection, and was for iusiaiing the insur-
gents though the lives Of Washington and
Dangerfeld (then prisoners) were lost He
said that these persons could not die in
| better cLnse.
The Governor expressed his modification
at the disgrace which had heen brought up
on the State lie would rather have LOST both
| legs and both arms from his shoulders and
| hips than such Il disgrace shoulI have been
brought upon it,-that fourteen white men
and fv5 negroes should have captured the
government works and all Harpers Ferry,
and fonnd it p,ssible to retain them for one
hour, while Col. Lee, with twelve marines,
settled the matter in ten minutes.
A prisoner remarked that there were ten
OF observation-disclosures and nine
insurgents. but that the latter were each
armed with three Sharp's riffs and two
Colts revolvers. We were huddIed in like
a a ,ck of sheep. Yes" said the Governor.