Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-31

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s1bese sbears were obviousiy made for the
IL nas II nreroes Is Do The butcfery OF seryile
..sa r,ee,t,on n Res,,lss these arms he had
farg1 onantlIT III yciotfingi wearing APPAREL
& MI bed clathinr. store ar surgical instsu-
gments 1int. mka.cihes and the minlitest prep
aratinn and pfoyision ofall kinds. Ait no time
had he more than % me n I; and on the night
ar Sabbath last 1.-THE 10Th inst. J he invaded lie
county Of jefferson and Harper's Ferry, wit
Z 9 n,en-f4twhite men and negIces--one oil
The latter ffom Capada. one born In North
Carolina y and last from Ohio. These men
came, few as they were, fron1 Gar distant points
from Essex county. New York.; III m Nor
wich, Connecticut from Hanisonburg. Penn
sylvaufa; from Iowa |; from Ashtabui q, Ohio.
and from Canada and other places. Z They
.tTallsaorteaa their arms through Pittsburg,lt.
thambelsburg-a rlsn named Henrie brirse
their Z, I,ltf 4 t--and at the laiternace cai,
celirated. AMI thence moved to the, Kenneda
EARN II, MaIyland. There they'had been for
some six or eight weeks, DUR III tGstime these
prenaratioR. were on foot, theykspL a man
named johns 6 cooke:at Harperss Ferry. oi
near b., proresseGty teaching schooliin Mary
land, across the Potomac, opp ,site the Arst
snst. re had married at Harper Ferry, and
s mother aha 9t9.aes seq ane,s aPo
~ een sp OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with the slaves 81
tie surrounding country, TOOK d census pt
them. and was thoroughly i, iatsKpsd Of every
Ihing soos. !, ,,ie he a9 SPera
t Tom Was easily r formed f and eseentsa.
on the nsght,orthe f6h, armedTWitb rines,
and revolyerssl he nineteen men p about one
O'Clock entered ne town, Pat on we ils g
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should appear IL the morning. oneby one and
two bF two. ,rnfu pioiallsfoif- danger and IN
afne,and y .mpi,soa fhtrn u I'VE ssto,l
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four miles in.e ne county Of Jessrs u. ! II
took Col. Washington and MI. Aistadt from
their beds plactd them nd Their male slaves avs,
= 8 Wsson ~ p.p c. H. h,asse'I
tie men Of this expeditioa, drove the. wagon
and slaves across the Potomac into MARYLAND
to bring in the spears and other arms they bag
isit z the,, oeppe % oS
, n,ahs ~ cona Il astact tbsrr et
SI They aid n1ot need The arms. for thew
Mad eantured the arsenal hut their Oh.
;eet was to preyenttheno from fajilnGp; =. int
Tie hands Of tbe uinarmed country ,pe =
Thus. when MONDAY morning sdawnsd.
,bavIhad fully onaned ia desnera, Z c 1.,,,
nali9n They sbot 4. moor netlro, an ttthe
shriIoe they had s,onned The cars, ooino
Fac, ward and deta;nesf ii lar Nh, rs .5,tbaS
haa #,ssi,,t Ithe teIeeranh wiremsx had t.a,;.
t,,rp,I WASHINGTON aud Alstadt ana tbs;y
slaves, four miles of in the country had
sent Cooke and the slaves is bring in
their arms, and began to imptiison. the
operatives ofthe Arsenal and inhabitants
Of The town, and 10 shoot down the most
respectable men, Beckhatn ands Turner,
who resisted their violence. \ The, news
of this fiew to liz country around The
Volunteers If J4fFarson. with CoTs. Bav.
lor and Gibson. rushed Ia the scene. and
soon came the men OF Berkeley. unoroan-
ICED IN working day dress and witbop,
arms o,l muni{ion. sunn6sinp they could
ret arms and fixed ammunition 4 ri 3tba
arsenal. but when thew DOT ,fere thew
found ali the arms and neunifIiion in tie
hands Of the marauders. But. with what
arms thew had. thew attacked them and
soma seysn56f them were wounded. but
fhap Lialed and wounded seyyeral of tbe
enemy They eesld have s1ormed and
nIthem IN a. hour. lint tller were
anxiaus far The lives and safety of tbeir
n4iuhbors and friends Who were un,4er
I h4 9nnzzles AMI knives If he r,,ftians
AMI NAV wsra restrained byItbeir annfe.
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