Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-21


aud abundance Of ammunition, It would be.
easy to arm all the slaves who might rise.
To prepare for a rising, Brown and his associ-
ates organized secret conspiracy among the
negroes, and about two thousand were expect
ed to join,
Everything must hare been carefully ar
ranged, for. on Sunday gight q band Of insnr-
gents was collected itogesher, and before day
break had moved SO silently aud expeditiously
that the whole town was in their possession,
and especially they had seized the government
armorF, arsenal aud pay Office, in which it e
fstated there was q large sum of money depos-
lifted. Upon rising from sleep-in the mornlng
the people Of Harper's Ferry found themselves
4 surrounded by an organized mob OF whites and
blacks, and sentinels posted at all the hading
4 points. Affrighted at the upusnal aspect Of
things, the Inhabitants mostly fed, carrying
alarm and dismay all through the adjoining
country. These who remained or resisted
were captured and imprisoned in the arplory,
among them being several leading citizens OF
i Virginia AA
To prevent the spread Of the news the IN
surgents cut down all stbe telegraph wires
4 The bridge over the Potomac river was seized,
".nieo iee, sCaOono M, AZ o", o.
- lug u ~ $500 tbs
P'eso' 'u0 p''ss e'.o 'o Pao's 80
9o.ns useu " u.las nos.1s ~, 49, a"o 81
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Fort Manroa nd onn oaa,,anv ~ n,ar;noa
from yvnsh;notoa ldd No.
military IA eorS Ernn, Roltin,ora sevoraI
1as 81 Uol,,ntoars cont
Wis., Of y;a,.in;a ';ssaod ,,roota,,otfian,s -
dorin,. 80 ,,,, - b
an aynrasa Lonsor,an - rda ~ ras,b II oa
trv naorost II or1or,s 49, IA s,,n,a,o ~ =
nao,lo - orms conrs,,v was Govt lfrot,
Fradarickshnrn .irbo ranst a,rerates,. No.
t tiv"9 p.eaaiea 1l9lig sue o.ollia1 feseos,s
sions of dan,rar ,,oa o.itarts?osa a. JHoshins
ton Alexandra and other places. ii a-s,ss
4 After accomplishing their purposes of sseiZ.
ing the town ana aFmpry thei insurgents avail
Hhg fefHtofeethelslA-5 So e5''sexl1eetea sahoat
4 LOW heeroes 70 Joihstnenl' apate none came.
lefcelVlhg tha0 the scheme WassJa ialiareb a
ppi'aoh Oh Inc negroes started nofth"ara' ac-
conPalaed oy some Vplle men, WINE Ene ~ resi-
remained ,nehlnd 10 preVenS pursuit. Ihey
ehtrehchea ana FORMED themselves IN the ar
uofy' ana the place was 100 strong 70 De Ia
ken Witnoqs aItlilery, when couiq not De used
against y Tor lear q Kililng the citizens OF the
Town neid as prisoners there. Az last force
OF railroad men ana others gathered from the
vicinity attacked the armory, took 1t, and al
oer desperate oattie IN which SIX cItlzens ana
1.Ieeh Insurgents were Killed, ana taree Wouh
ocu' anu h'e were takeh prisoners. Doules
VI lleH mefe ',ieh Seot III pursuit'ol Tue idS,-
HFes. Browns son was among the Killed,
anu a'lu nlnisel p@uly wouAaeu; Ana thhs enaeu
'ns eAIfaofo 1,l ana'r .tne wofk OF an IN
sane nl a Inc prisoners nave neeh colnlhie,
eepSo OaarleSIoh, where they VIII De indicted
ana urea IN a lew days. ti H. @
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"e eiip ene loappsf'9 ~ reial'oh 70 Tue
above, from the EDITORIAL columns OF the New
York Times. very moderate and reliable
sheet. a4. ....
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stort1od tho I;o 49,
ntsioiontI 49, 49, S"ou
have heao hnt sbnrt IivoJ "a e. p'J = ~
vow snoodiiv cr,sbod wv +ho fonna;doh W. re;I;
tary fdrces bronrbt - fnon, nm.
ton Raltinore and V;re.;nio 49, ~ $50 ,,;,-,
M ' n,ifbo,,t sor;nns losr &c l;fo NJ appy,
act;velv enaaaod IN I aon ~ ~ = pas s,oo
nnmbaSed o1er aftv ., sivtr tbanf.h Ha,
that nnnber were hefore H. IT, ~ ~ ','nI e
fair indnced or coerssd i,t On
mort If tho novnn.srt e. Co. ~
| + vos nn+ tbo ras,,lt sf 49, - sppsa.s
among the Slaves themselves hit was merely
the esnlosion Of eT,nsv Mot coaaontel ~
s;,o.lp No., - r., Pae ~ seaoo.ou -
ietv with tbo oi,3' ~ H. ~
two other accof,sess -, '''''. o = =
RpowN Il viii h go ra,,or,l,o.od III Ii
yerelv n The las nfs $780, a. ad ~
deatb If his the a.. y ~ - ~
e ,as oid man 40 aeal,es lans'eal