Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-10-27


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Harper4 FAIRY, Virginia. pp ths sys
niag of tks 16,h Instant. and the fDllqxs;
inr incidsnts ia relation ~ 4 M lltal
fro1 ths New York HhaJk \ sdans ,
bsdy of armed men consisting ~ whliie'
and negroes, had entered ttbe town i
ssorssly q % get full possession Of Il be
fofs Il Was known 10 The inhabitants In
any thing unusnal VA taking place J:
They destroyed the tslegraphic lines
stopped Railroad trains, imprisoned
some Of the officers, killing and wound
ing others who attempted 70 resial
them, and asyincsd the utmost seck.
lessness and dissemination; but whsl
their object vas seemed shrouded ia
mystery. The leader called himself S.
O. Anderson. and II said 70 havs had
two hundred men. al armed with Minnie
rides, pistols and spears, and said he ex-
fected reinforcement of one thousand
Ave- hundred men by seven o'clock the
next morning. &C. Sc
The utmost excitement and alarm
prevailed until. throdgh the prompt DC
ton Of President Buchanan, as well as
the State authorities Of Virginia and
Maryland, troops arrived on the ground
oqusn the insurrection: This they soon
succeeded in doing. but not until sew
eral lives had been lost on both sides.
The Bridge, where they had posted
themselves 70 prevent the approach Of
the Virgins Volunteers was taken. -
Immediately after the first discharge Of
the cannon Of these troops. lmusket
ball pierced the heart ofthe marine who
fired it. Nine Of ten lives were lost in
taking the bridge, but after that the tax
ing Of the town was quick work. The
survivors then barricadcd themselves in
the engine-heuse, within the armory en-
closure, taking . number Of citizens with
them whom they refused to give up. r
was supposed, for y long time, that rob,
berry was the object ofthe outbreak, but
it was at last ascertained I'd be an insur-
rection Of the blacks, led on by few
Abelitionists. This seems almost in
credible, but such seems to be the fact
Us gathered from the Herald. The at
tempt 10 assist the negro Ia lhis way,
with 50 little force at their command,
was insane in the highest degree and
It does really seem to. US that there Is
yet to be sequel to this whole affair. -
The leading spirit Of the party, Ills said !.
proved TO be the man who is known ~
repute rs Old Brown Of ssawattomie, =
and that the real object was 10 form q
rendezvous for discontented slaves, and
alter arming them, turn them loose upon
the community, but That through SOME
inadyertance, the plot exploded prema-
turely. nv ssAs
From further perusal Of the accounts,
il appears that the insurgents made i
most determined resistance where they
had fortified themselves ID the Engine
house and showed i determination not
70 surrender-~but The doors were finally
broken III. and the party secured after
several had been killed Brown's son
being alnong the nunbsr, and Brown
himself resolving i mortal wound, He
w still able 10 converse and declared
his intensionstp hays been 10 free the
Blacks. md, iusti6ed hisaction. but said
that more wsre concerned in.the affair
than those who accompanied him One,of
the nsgroes taken declares that The plan
was concocted 1t ! fair held ID Ohio two
months ago. asls
i appears that Brown's wound might
40 prove mortal The 4sssttion thai
he had received 90 assistance from The
North ~ con- ~, addicted b, his 500 ..'
Brown seems - hive been i man Of
oonsidsrable intsllsg snce, bat ! blind
s1thusiass and ~ liz false notions Of
dety, hijcasssr NJ bsen, 81 soon will
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