The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-10-27

tInsurrectip and Dloodshed at Ia rper
M Ferrys
2Strangeuews comes % us from Harper''
Fsrry. Vifginis. 1t sppears that Capt
John Brokp of Kansas notoriety, has had
the foo. hardness 70 make an attempt to
\ stfrsesshsMs sgsesssa. Hasper'ss Ferry and
vicinity, and had engaged in bis service
some 10 whites ahdaabout 80 blacks, both
free and slaye... Theytook possession .ol
the United States .Armory,, stopped the
cars from rapuinga eat A,e felsgtaplfwirss
and forced into their service some 800 or
.40oswhitss2snd anegross, and stationed
armed men at the eads Of The principal
sss,seIslto opreYent an ATTACK IRON any any
persons ths. might come from Ihe I sur
Bounding counlry,uod 10 yl1aapn sslAa
THE resnh has been thai, troops
were sent down from Baltimore, ~ Wash
Eington, Martinsburgh, apd other points, 10
the number of 900 who, made an, at
tack ona the ArmgrY, forcing the doors
open With sled &c bhammers, and taking
the insurgents that were alive. prisoners
Brown and his son were both wounded,
ihs latter Of whom has since died, and
Ethe forlhefis now exptctedt 70 recover
Several others Of the insurgents" we're
killed as were also a number Of the per.
sons employe in quelling theinsurrectior
The survivors Of the instruction will be
lidedby 'Court Martial for treason and
hung Ohp The spot. 'a' '''. : s'1'' ~ '"@
n 'ASCapt. Cook sncceeded in leaving the
town with 40 siaa sswilh the Intention OF
running them off TO Canada, but they
fwill undoubtedly be foverhhuled,s and
meet thc'fate 'ot their comrades. 40 .1N
ao The above issthe substance of.the tele-
graph report ot the matters ,,j eose
Old Capt. Brown is q noted character.
He was iormefly an active business man
in Summit county. and his sons early
elnigraled TO Ksnlas and founded the
town, o, Ossawaiomie,a o An enterprising,
Free Slale a mar, he, soon became tn.
special object Of persecnt ton by the
Border sRdtfians. One son y Was " wan van
loniy murdered BY them athis own door
and another taken. p,isoner, with hands
bound, WAS driven on foot by the rul1ians
Ian ihol seback, under burning sun for
some. thirty miles, without being JperlniS.,
ted to, have a drop oi,water 70 moisten
his parched tongue. The cruel oulrages
perpelratcd on young Brown caused
Insanity Capt. Bfown's lie was hunted
by his bloody prosecutors, and it is
scarceiy,'a marvel thai lie, turned upon
his putsuers and The mnrdeiHefs Of his
family, and BY deeds Or daring and
reprisais made the name ofs'0id 0ssaw-
.onie''fa terror to- evil ydoops in Kansas
and on the Missouri b6tder His last
EAnt i,l- t.;~ ...va- ;-.= Ais
sour aud libcrate some, seventeen SLAVES
from one, plantation, and ,eo1duct them
safely, through Kansas, lows, &c, to
Canada, A price was set on his head,
and SO far as slavery and Slave holding
was concerned, he was desperate man,
tie had becomesa monomHniac, and be-
lisvedithat his duty and his mission was
totree'the enslsved BY any means in his
powerel The scenes at Harper's Ferry
are but ;he bitter fruits of the seed spwn
BY the South in Kansas. While there
is no sufficient apology Tor the ,ipsur>
recnopafy course of Capt. Browaiin Vir-
gihis, Something must still be pardohel|
toehe ,spifitsoffreedom witch in his case
has been baptised in blcoip ard ia as by
fre!in'the Kapsass struggles ualilireason
andg Judgment have been dethfoned, and
a aconsuming hatred of oppression Gilman
BY man has hurried an old, brave but
misguided citizen, into acts thel whole
country will deplore. fls, ,ssf.fI 4
from the latest telegraph,r' ports we in
fer1that Capt. Brown stin survived his
severe wounds, and that speedy trial
awaits him and the other prisoners for
treason. 1t is also apparent that the
real danger from thes mob has been
greatly exaggerated, aud that the terrible
Psnic inc cWrgihia,s Marylanil and Wash.
lngtohgis in fact hut s'greatl aoryb and
ll'aI'lee wooi' .sbava1 .,uayi sglos0
Democratic tate apd Congressional Dis
tfict Convention.
The State Central Committee met in
Columbus last Tuesday and agreed upon
THURSDAY, ,thet6rstdayoof December 6exe,
70 b. recommended 10 the Democrats Of the
several Congressional districts in Ohio
W ithe day on which to appoint their dis
ttet psiegatestoths Charleston copseqqi qi
tiion. They also agreed to designate lhe