The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-19

ernment employees they could find were - :.
... su.ea ny ,hem, and pressed into their service
4 peahR forced under threats To take mn arms i
| ~ another speech the Iuarauder chief ,s..
nearu TO exciaim: III you knew nv hear = AM
4 history, You would not blame me.n
rsa hey were instantly placed In the arsenal
| lie insurgents exhibited intomitabIe hold
tive. oO taAeh cap
Our informant states that the consteruation
was Intense. IL was difficult to divine the
| e0use oi TINS outbreak or attack Some ara nj
opinion il was bold, concerted scheme =, ~, ~
he government Playhouse of funds believed
| 70 nave been deposited there on Friday ~
ha.nfaay previous. Others imagined it nigh,
naNe peen demonstration OF abolition is ts
connected with some negro affair =
ABOUT or half-past5 o'clock this rnoruinr
| .ne ae eaepatauon OF farmed insurgen Is pproached
,ar, ehe conductor, and gave him five minutes to
| sat- nis Train and cross the bridge He ac-
cepted the offer and started crossing the br;dy
IN safety, though with great fears. through =
uehse throng of armed marauders, who had
taken possession of il.
When our informant left tho whole tour,
government works and everything else were
IN the hands OF the insurgents, who seemed to
De gradually receiving reinforcements, com.
posed OF negroes and white men from the sur
| rounding country.
One man was instantly killed; another was
found having been shot through the body, and
beiieved to be diving A good deal of firing
was heard at different surrounding points.
| Ihe negroes were armed or given arms in
SANITY upon being pressed into the service Of
the outlaw band The ringleaders were des-
perate and determined
NO passenger belonging to the railroad train
| was injured, or did there appear to be any dis
position on the part of the outlaws to modest
them beyond OBTAINING the cars. There were
but few ladies on board.
! ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Baltimore Patriot, of yesterday after
noon, gives the following account of the first
| stoppage of the trains by the insurgents:
The train due at five O'Clock passed the Mo-
| nocacy at eight, and arrived here little before
| twelve O'Clock. We are indebted to G. W.
| Armstrong. Esq, of New York, and w. c..
Warren, Esq, of Jefferson Medical College,
| Philadelphia, passengers on the train lust in
who have kindly furnished us with the fol-
| lowing Information:
| The leader of the party calls himself s. G.
| Anderson, and who had about 2U0 men. all
armed with Minnie rifles, spears, and pistols
| who said he expected reinforcement of 800
| men by O'Clock this morning. Every avenue
OF the Ferry was strongly guarded by this
banditti ana the Conductor of the Eastern
Express, capt. Phelps, was informed by An
| oerson that no more trains should pass. Capt
P's train left at 6, having been detained five
hours at the Ferry.
| 1t is true that the negro HAYWOOD a porter
was shot. but was not killed, stated by tele-
graph. Capt Phelps pursued the Insurgents ts
ana ftred upon them twice when first assailad
| they returning the fire. and threa tened that if
| he did not yield they would shoot every pas
senger In the train and then fire the town.
One ofthe passengers, Mr.. Logan, of this city,
was arrested on the bridge and was searched
| for arms
MIR. Lotan attributes his escape from saying
that he was from Ohio. After telling him that
they were fighting for freedom, and he gave
them to understand he was in favor of their
movements, and they then manifested some
more leniehcy towards him and let him off,
Mr.. Logan was very thankful he got off SO
easy, as he had $4,000 on his person, which
was untouched
The passengers, especially the ladies. were
greatly alarmed, and feared the party was
gang of robbers who intended to rob the Gov
ernment Treasury, which contained Si5 900,
and might also rob them. The information is
that the rifles Were brought down from the
works on the Shenandoah and the parties at
the Ferry were armed with them, and the
wagon which brought them down afterwards
drove ohwith outriders and it was supposed,
when the train left, that they had taken off
the treasure in the wagon. The band appear
| ed to be well drilled, and Capt. Anderson had
entire control, as his men We're very O5edient
| to his orders.
| Just before the train left, Capt. Anderson
mounted one of the cars and told them to go
Off quietly and quickly, and none of them
should be hurt but there was no telling what
would be the consequence if they delayed their
stay. They were very glad to hear this and
started at once.
1t appears very strange but our informant
tells rs, that these banded ruffians act with
great GOODNESS in all their MISUNDERSTANDING
| countersigns, and otherwise are well disci-
plined. No one of them We're known about
the Ferry, all being strangers, and where they
came from, none could tell. Capt. Anderson
was about sixty years of age, with a heavy
white beard-cool-collecte but with de-
termlned and desperate demeanor. The whole
thing is ShrOuded in mys terry, which we trust
soon will be cleared up-the desperadoes cap
tured and dealt with as their outlawery and
mGrderous conduct justly deserves.
UNITED STATES TROOPS ORDERED FROM OLD
POINT.
The President of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad telegraphed to the President of the
United States that cars would be placed upon
the road to convey the government troops, the
the disturbance. The following reply was re-
ceiyed:
WASHINGTON, Oct. II, 1852
Your dispatch has been received, and shall
be promptly attended to. Orders have already
been issued for three companies of Artillery
from Old Point Comfort and have already
accepted the services of Capt. Ritchies COM
pany at Frederick. You will hear further
from the Secretary of War, or myself.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
| MOVEMENTS AND PREPARATIONS IN BALTI-
MoRE-DISPATCH OF TROOPS. ETC
Gen. @. @. Egerton, at half past eleven
o'clock, visited Maj. Gen. Steuart at his resi-
dence, and in formed him of the condition of
things at Harper's Ferry, when the latter di-
rected him to call out portion of the military
of the city to so TO the protection of the prop
erty of the State of Maryland. Accord
ingly orders were issued TO the comman-
dants of the Independent Grays, Law
Grays, Shields Guards, and Wells and
McComas Rifles to hold themselves in read
mess. The battalion of City Guards VOL
unteered their services. For several hours
there was great excitement among the mill
tary, and the companies rapidly filled UP, and
there was many who desired to volunteer their
aid to suppress the lnsurrection. 1t was then
announced that the train to convey the troops
would leave for Harper's Ferry at half-past
three O'Clock, and in a short time all the COM
panies named were in uniform and ready
DEPARTURE OF THE MILITARY
The fact that the military of this city had
been ordered TO Harper's Ferry having become
generally known, thousands of people wended
their way to the Camden Station to witness
the departure Atquarter past three the COM
panies began to arrive, and in a short time all
were in the ears ready for the start. The fol-
lowing are the military from Baltimore:-C.
G. Egerton, general commanding, with the
following stafi-Maiors Carr, Kellinger, How
ard aud Radcliffe, with DIR. j. w. r. Dunbar
as staff surgeon. Law Grays, Lit. J. G. Brown,
commanding, with 81 rank and file; Shields
Guards Capt. Chaisty, with 80 rank and file
These are of the 5th regiment, with the follow
ing regimental officers Col. A. p. Shut and
Adl't George w. Talbot. Independent
Grays, Lieut.. Simpson, commanding, with 81
rank and file. This company is of the SD reg
iment, with the following regimental officers:
Lieut. Col S. S. Mills, Major Hayward and
Adit b. r. Keeae. Wells and McComas Ri
files. Capt. George w Bowers, with 81 rank
and file. This company is of the first rife
regiment, and is accompanied by the following
recimental officers Major L. Swinney and
Adj't w. II. H. Evans. The Battalion Of City
Guards Major Joseph p. Warner with three
companies commanded respectively by Capts.
Lloyd b. Parks, John q. Johannes and
Woodburn, and numbering So rank and file
The whole number, including officers, from
this city, was about BIS men.
Before the starting of the train Major Gen.
eraI Steuart held conference with General