Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-12
Abolition Insurrection in virginia.

Thursday morning, bringing Intelligence Of
an Abolition insurreetion at Harpers Ferry.
Va. We take the following dispatch from
the Telegram:
On Tuesday morning, Oct 18th, the st.
Louis papers contained three brief and con
Trajectory dispatches one from Frederick.
Md, and two from Baltimore. containing
vague and contradictory accounts of an in.
surrection at Harper's Ferry, which was COM
menced on Sunday night, the 10th. The
train going east had been stopped by the in
surrecuonists, and the telegraph wires cut.
The first reports were telegraphed from d
station east Of Harper's Ferry and consider
ed as mere runners.
A band of abolitonists and negroes had
seized the u. s. Arsenal and fired into the
railroad train, and killed one of the hands.
A negro boy had stopped the train, had
stopped a wagon loaded with wheat and had
filed it with rifles, and sent it into Mary
land They were said to consist of 250 whites
and gang of negroes.
Another account represented that the first
report was greatly exaggerated; that the ne.
groes had nothing to do with it, and that the
difficulty was confined to the hands at the
armory. tl.ird dispatch was eonfrmatory
of the first report.
Upon the report of this intelligence at Bal.
timore Washington, Richmond, Frederick,
Martinsburg and other places adjacent. an
intense excitement was produced, and imme-
diate steps taken to pour into Harpers Ferry
a military force to quell the insurrection.
while precautionary measures were taken
against a general rising OF the blacks
On Monday the President ordered three
n pf or D1;,
corps of marines in the Washington barracks
to proceed at once to the scene of disturb
ance. The marines, % in number. left on
the 3:15 p. N. train, with two twelve pound
howitzers, and full supply of ammunition.
accompanied by the Hon. j. c. Faulkner. of
Virginia. They were ordered to force the
bridge over the Potomac reported to be in
the hands of the insurrectionists, at all haz-
arcs They were commanded by Col Harris
L. 5. Marines The President also. bv tele.
graph, ordered out the military of Frederick
Md, under command of Colonel Edward
Shriver He also accepted the services of
Capt. Loricks company from the same place
The volunteers proceeded at once to Uarper's
Ferry as did also company of volunteers
from Charleston, and one from Mal tinsburg,
Va. at o'clock P NJ on Monday, n mill
tary train left Baltimore, carrying the Carr
Guards, City Guards, Shields Guards and
other companies. One of the editors of the
American and other Representatives of the
press accompanied the expedition At the
relay house this expedition was Joined by the
u. 5. Marines under Col Harris. At eight
clock p. NJ a dispatch was received from
the Americans reporter, 40 miles from Balti-
more and 3 from Harper's Ferry, stating that
the Baltimore troops, under command Of Mai.
Reynolds, numbered 400, conveyed by rail
cars. They had with them the road master
and force of laborers TO repair the track,
and telegrapher5 to mend the wires. Three
companies from Frederick had gone ahead of
the Baltimore train and the Marines followed
in a special train. They expected to reach
Harper's Ferry at 10 o'clock on the same
night The three companies from Fort Mon
roe, which were ordered out bv the Presi-
dent, arrived at Baltimore on Tuesday morn
ing and were stationed at Fort MclIenry to
await further orders. Upon the receipt of
the news at Richmond detachment Of mill
tary was ordered out by Gov. Wise, who
himself started for the scene of action and
passed the relay house between Washington
and Baltimore Tuesday m ruing. On Tues
day six companies of Virginia military, num-
Der 300 rank and file, arrived at Washington
in the train from Richmond, but, their orders
having been countermanded, they returned
the same night. They were fully equipped
for n campaign A force of about 1000 ARMED
men-volunteer, military and marines-was
collected at the seat of war. The first body
of auxiliaries which appeared to have reach
ed the scene of action was n company Of rail
road tonnage men from Martnsburg, led by
Capt. Alburtis
The COMMENCEMENT OF THE INsURREcTIoN-
The first authentic information was received
by the arrival of train at Baltimore, on
Monday afternoon, and by telegraph via
Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania lines
The first intimation with the citizens of
Harper's Ferry had of the instruction was
its actual consummation, although it is stated
that some weeks ago Secretary Floyd receiv
ed an anonymous letter, stating that about
the 18th of October the Abolitiouists, negros,
and other disatTected persons, would seize the
arsenal, but no notice was taken of the com
m Incation, because it was of indefinite and
improbable character
The leader John Brown, or cold Brown"
as he was familiarly termed in Kansas, had
taken up his abode on the Maryland side
of the river, as well as his second in com
mand John A. Cook, also said to be from
Kansas Brown passed under the name of
Smith and attracted no suspicion of his iden-
tity as did also Cook. Brown had his son
with him Recently this party appears to
have been augmented by additions from those
who had been acting in Kansas, and in the
beginning of the insurrection is said to have
numbered only %, of whome but three ap-
pear to be negroes, one from Iowa, and an
other a prominent actor in slave rescue at
Harrisburg. The first open movement in
the resurrection was made about half past
ten o'clock on Sunday night All previous
operations had been conducted so quietly tn
not the slightest alarm had been given. The
watchmen of the bridge at the hour mention
ed, while walking across towards the Mary
land side, was seized 10y number of men and
told he was their prisoner, but recognized
Brown and Cook whom he knew, and he
treated it as a Joke lie was taken by them
to the ArmorY and confined until morning,
when he was released. Another watchman
seeing the lights on the bridge all out, was
proceeding to relieve the first, when he Was
seized by the same party, but managed to es-
cape. The next movement of the insurgents
was to repair to the farm house of Lewis
Washington, four miles distant. (Mr W. is
large slave owner) This party was headed
by Cook, who aroused and seized Mr. Wash
ington and carried him off prisoner, along
with u valuable collection of arms, his car
riage, a wagon, and twelve of his negroes.
Thence the party proceeded to the farm of
Mr. Allstadt, whom with his son, lad Of
sixteen, they took prisoners, at the same time
forcing all the negroes within reach to join
them, aud thus they returned to the armory
at Harpers Ferry. While this detachment
was or perating in the country, the railroad
train was stopped and the colored boy killed,
as first reported, by another party of insur-