The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-10-26
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AsfiLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1853.
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The tree has brought forth its fruit. A Scr
vile insurrection, such as GIDDINes has often
invoked ON the floor of Congress, has been at
tempted in the South. A band Of wild fana-
= Aies, urged=en by pusilanimous Republican
leaders in the North, who had too much discre-
tton to share the perils of their dupes, have
been quartered in Virginia during the last sew
~eral months, plotting treason and slave-insur-
rectioR-haying been taught to believe that
they had only to raise the standard of revolt,
and millions of armed negroes would as once
rally around their standard, and give their mas
ter,s roofs 1to the flames, and their flesh to the
bcagles." No men were ever SO lamentably
mistaken asare the Abolition Republicans touch
irg the dispositions of the slaves of the South.
- It's precious little "aid o. comfort" these
traitors viii receive from the well-fed, content
ed and loyal slaves of the South. We give
such details Of this last card of GIDDINas,
Z SMITH & Co, as our space will permit:
The order of events ran thus: on Sunday
night at Il O'Clock, the twenty-two-fve being
free negroes-seizei the Waterman at the rail
road bridge and confined him. Sixteen then
took possession of the arsenal and armory; six
passed through town, and went FIVE miles and
took Mr.. Washington and his slaves prisoners
and brought them to the Ferry. At daylight
the couD try was aroused and horsemen dispatch
ed everywhere. A number of citizens were
=, seized by the insurgents and imprisoned in the
arnory; the train was stopped; an insurgent
guard was at the arsenal; now and then a man
was shot by the guard or from the arsenal; the
people shut and barricaded their houses seven
Insurgents attempted to take possession of the
rife works on the Shenandoah side but some
three hundred armed men had gathered armed
with rifles and SIX out of the seven insurgents
were killed from the heights. Along in the
day of Monday the insurgents moved from the
armory to the Fire Engine House. Military
vas constantly arriving from the country around,
and the insurgent guard at the bridge were
driven to the armory grounds. This engine
house is in the armory grounds, near tHe ar
senal.
One of the rebels, named Tagg, was taken
prisoner ond confined in the hotel. At 5
o'clock, Monday, f. Beckham, Esq, Mayor of
the town, and Ticket Agent Of the Ohio & Bal
timore railroad, stepped ont on the platform
Of the railroad and was shot. He fell and
died instantly. He laid On the platform for
over an hour, no porson;daring to go near him,
rs tie position was commanded from the en-
CINE house. As soon as Mr.. Beckham was
shot a proposition was made to kill Tagg, which
prevailed, aud he was brought out on the
bridge and shot and then thrown into the river,
and a yolley of bullets sent into his body as it
lay on the rocks where 1t lodged.
A chargc was then made by the railroad rnen
on 1.-the fire engine house, led by Mr.. Albertus,
Editor Of the Martinsburg Republican and Mr..
Murphy, Prosecuting Attorney Of that county.
a Trza. Of tho ott1eliuu marty tzaro EiiiaJ and
ere wounded, bat although some Of the prison
crs were rescued, the attack was not successful,
the brave fellows who led it aot being properly
sustained. Monday closed IN that manner
During the evening and night several of the
citizens and Colonel Shriver visited the engine
house under flags of truce, and conferred with
Brown, for the purpose of inducing him to cap
%itulatc, but he would listen to no terms except
that he and his men should be allowed a free
and protected pass to the mountains. This
the citizens refused to grant, and Brown as
sured them that he would die fighting at
II o'clock Col Shriver visited Brown and of
fcred him protection from the wrath of the peo-
pie and safe conduct to jail but he scornfully
refused it, saying he knew his fate, and he
preferred to meet it with his rife in his hands,
to dying for the amusement of a crowd.
The u. S. Marines arrived from Washing
ytoa before day break Tuesday morning, took
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Eiaryland troops took possession of the streets
Of the town; at seven a. NJ. the Streets were
cleared Of all except the military. After the
futile atse-pt to get Brown to surrender, the
Marines, under Maj. Russell, attacked and
took the Engine House, (not the Armory as
previous accounts have had IT'D
The engine house contained two fire engines
and a hose carriage, which -incommoded the
marines greatly on entering. The citizens who
wero prisoners separated from the insurgents
and were recognized by the Marines. and none
wers injured. After the Marines entered they
were compelled to fire at the rebels. A son of
Browns was killed. ball passing through
his body near the left nipple. j. p. Anderson
was shot in the abdomen and mortallv wound
ed. Old Brown was cut to the floor by the
sabre of Lieut.. Green of the Marines, who act
ed in a fearless manner. An insurgent, nam
ed Edward Copie, one of Browns sons, who
had been seriously wounded during Monday,
and a negro, named Gains, were taken prison
ers. Two dead bodies were lying in the en-
CINE house, one of which was that of James
Hazlitt, of Ohio, and the other that of j. G.
johnson, of Connecticut. The bodies of the
dead and dying men were brought out and laid
on the grr IS, and il was impossible to keep the
crowd back. Capt. Brown told the crowd not
to maltrsat him, that he was dying, and that
eoou he would be beyond all injury. Major
Russell had him conveyed mo a room of one
of the Departments, and kindly ordered all
attention to be paid him. Brown looked up,
and recognizing Major Russell, said, "You
entered first. I could have Killed you, but 1
spared you In reply to which the Major
bowed and said, 81 thank you"
Delegates TO tho Charleston Convention
The Democratic State. Central Committee
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