Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-10-27
The HaIper's Ferry Outbreak.

~ "i''o ahce at ddrper's Ferry, caused
profound sensation throughout the country. At
rst 1t was reported that some five or six hundred
persons were engaged, and that a rising among
'he slaves was anticipated. This looked alarm
ing, and prompt measures wrre take- by the To-
cal authorits, as well as the General Govern.
ment, and troops were forthwith disnatched to
'ne scene OF The riot. short resistance was
naoe-arms were used-and several persons were
Killed. Inc mail has yet brought no connected
account, and those brought by telegraph are con-
fused and exaggerated. The following, from 4
baltimore paper, will give the reader the pest idea
OF The whole affair that we have seen. To five
add other items:
From the Baltimore Observation-Disclosures 1e.
Inc reporter whom we dispatched 10 Harper,s
teiry by the special train which left this citv
MONDAY afternoon, returned Yesterday with the
"ooPs, ana mas furnished our readers with the
graphic account Of what he saw and heard. which
We publish IN inns days paper. In view of the
tull and satisfactory information he has obtained
as 10 The origin and character of the emeute. If
seems preposterous any longer to call il ssSer
vie Instruction." 1t is misnomer rising
OF the slaves themselves il clearly was not. hui
Simply an insane attempt on III, part OF a few
northern fanatics 10 run off portion of the slave
population Of Virginia and MARYLAND. The in
stIgator and rngleader Of the whole affair aDpears
10 have been the celebrated Captain Brown, of
Kansas memory-Cssawatomie Brown, as the
tribune loves to call him-a man long engaged IN
mat sort OF business. An arch-agitator in Kan
Sas and conspicuous actor IN the troubles which
defoFmed the early history of that Territory.
when affairs became measurably quiet there
Brown turned his attention 10 enticine away the
slaves of his Missouri ncighbors, and conducting
them, ria the underground railroad TO Canada.
! The success which attended his first efforts in
ms new sphere OF action, sometimes extending
/ 70 ihe liberation of ten dozen sl.vcs in a SIN
gle rad across lie Missouri borders. apnears
/ to have inspired him with the fatal ambition
/ OF attempting similar exploit in another field,
and on grander scale. With this view anna
rently, Brown settled himself, some seven months
! ago, IN the neighb orhood of Harper's Ferry
lhere, IN silence and secreSv, he devoted himself
to maturing the plans which have since borne the
/ bloody fruit OF murder and treason. He bean 10
collect arms, and by degrees other men like-min-
dea WIN himself commenced 10 assemble in the
nelghoorhood. His sons, trained like their father
in the school Of Kansas warfare. Joined him after
an interval of few months. Under pretence OF
engaging IN mining operations, an unusual sro-
ply OF shOyels and picks was prepared which
were subsequently founG-in the hands of The reh-
els, and IN the event Of their beng able 10 make
attained
their destined use in co2st Cciins rtlrworks and
/ intTcEchmen,s.
J The rfes which were found in the same hnnds
had already done service in Kausas-thc same.
perhaps. that BeecheT blessed-=Td. according 10
the confession Of one OF the party, made 10 our
reporter, were furnished to Brown for the express
purpose of being used in his recent enterprise by
the Massachusetts, Emigrant Aid Society. They
were Sharp's areech-loading rifles: no u, States
| ms haI-ao in fha mil
surgerts. The few that were taken from the Ar
sena! were subsequently, captured and brought
back IN the wagons in which they were remoYed.
As il still further 10 demonstrate the external Or
IGN Of the conspiracy, and TO relieve If OF every
suspicion of having originated with the negroes,
The very weapons with which the latter were in
tended 10 be armed had they respondents was ex-
pectcd, TO the cell of their liberators, were steel
spears Of New England nanufactu~e-and of
which The number captured is estimated by our
reporter at nearly seven hundred.
/ But the GROWING proof OF all IN favor Of thls
exp anaton OF affair." is the gratifying fact that on
ly SIX Slaves were seen with arms IN their hands
while the entire free negro population Of the vi
cin:ty furnished but single recruits The whole
force Of the insurgents, exclusive Of these, amour
/ ted 10 only twenty-five men-I0wa, Ohio and
/ Connecticut furnishing the entire num5er-Brown
himself being native Of Liichleld county, in the
last named State. So far, therefore, as the main
object of the Instruction was Commemorative run
Ming of OF slaves-thc scheme was a failure; as
respects the insurgents themselves, il was some
thing worse. The account which we publish else
where, of the final suppression and crushing out
OF every vestge OF rebellion, details The killing OF
! thlrteen-ihe Tounding of three-and the e;cape
CT three, mounted men are in hot pursuit.
Retribution has in this Instance, therefore, fol-
lowed close upon tran>gression. and the sword LEFT
but little for the halter 10 do. We trust the les
Will nj he
on those whose sympath:es lead them 10 favor
schemes Ike those of Brown. From the brief and
bloody story OF his treason and its punishment
they may learn the folly Of attempting 10 entice
any considerable OF slaves from their homes and
their masters, and the madness OF expecting TO es-
cape the chastisement which such an ATTEMPT is
sure 20 provoke.
I Nor is the affair without moral for Us in Ma
r,land, as well as for Northern fanatics. We do
moi refer TO il as teaching the necessity for addi
tional canton or more rigid system of police for
the government of our slave population.
Against such attempts as that of Brown we do
not believe that any amount of vigilance OH the
part of the authorities could adequately provide.
Its failure is the best safeguard against lis repet
ton. John Browns one of the heroes, and If he
receives his deserts, will soon be ons of the mar
tyrs Of the Republican party.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
been obtained from the officers of the train. viz:
Mr.. ANDREW ]. Phelps, conductor, Mr. Jacob
Cromwell, baggage master, and Mr.. VIM Wooiey.
engineer. They state that their train (the regular
passenger train from the West) reached a point
near the bridge at Harper's Ferry at twenty
minutes of one O'Clock this morning, when it was
stopped.
Conductor Phelps received the following state
ment from Mr.. Phillips, one of the waIchmen
at the Bridge:
started TO take my post on the bridge as
Waterman about u o'clock; had not heard from
the man (named williamson who was watching
the bridge up TO that time. We usually hear from
him every half hour. When ! arrived on the |
other side Of the bridge l was suddenly challenged,
and commanded 70 stand die. Four or Ave |
white men raised their rifles and pointed them at |
me. One of them tried 10 get my lantern. | |
turned and ran, and they fired upon me. l cs-
capped without injury.
The other watchman shortly made his appear
ance, and stated TO Conductor Phelps that he had |
been seized about 81 O'Clock, and locked up in the
guard-house at the other end of the bridge, and |
that he had Just made hlk escape.
Conductor Phelps, and the baggage master,
Cromwell, then entered the bridge, and had hard
10 oof HALFWAY FIN ouoh when thew were rom