The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-10-21
INsURRECTION AT HAKPER's
FERRY.

cciycd is given in tho following, from the
Lehdcr of Tuesday morning;
Frcdrick City and Baltimore dispatches
OF the 18th give conflicting accounts OF an
insuircction at llarpcrs Ferry. Ono Is
that an armed band OF aboIitionists have tul'
possession Of the u. $ Arsenal that an eX. .
press train had been fired into that negro
was killed in getting tho train through ;
| that wagon load Of rifles had been sent
! into MARYLAND: aud that u mob led by
! $50 whites with gang Ct negroes were
I fighting. Tho Baltimore dispatch saws the
affair IS greatly exaggerated. Tno difficulty
occurred ut the armory,aEd the negroes have
nothing to do with it,. Tho train duo ut
/ Baltimore carly in the morning was detained,
and many wild runors were ufIat, among
others. that thorn bad been u stampede Of
negroes from Maryland
Tho following dispatches from the Lrddcr
of Monday tel! the rest OF tho story:
UAnrER's FERRY Oct 1873 p. M.-Tho
town has JeUn taken possession Of 10y com
pauips from Charleston and ShCpardstown,
Va, and lrcdrick City, Nd. Tao rioters
arc eutronch0d in the armory. md hold Mr..
Washington aud Mr.. Laiuuield rs prisoners.
The InsurrCCtiouisi6 arc commanded by
Captain Brown, OF Kansas uotoriutv, and
numhercd oric;nplly soycntopr white mon
and s uryvocs. Several of the Martinsburp
county were shot dad. whilst charging on
Tho urnorv A norton of the INSURGENTS
loft hero under command of leader named
Cook. who with a large party Of slaves is
supposed to bo moving towards Pennsyl-
Yunia. Allen Evans, ono Of the lnsurrcc.
tionsts. is lying in dying condition hero.
having been shot through. tho breast. lie
il froT, Coprncticnt hut has Lrnn tn Kprsrs
IIn saws the Whole scheme was 90, mn Ly
Rrown who ,onroson,ed that thr uoprons
wouII riso hv ,housanGs and N,rvluud and
yiroinio yon,I hn mad, grro S,a,os Col
NhTi,or oF rr,d,ricl hos inst had mn in.
,eryioyy ys,h G~n,yn in th1 Armnrv II,
a.L,,d ., Lo',li,,.oj,o 20 ,nnr,L on ,,,b Lie
,r",, mi nvn,r,5 his in,rrti,,n of I,,f,pliny
Li,nsoIf ~ tho hs, IIs man orn vrrv
stronoIv nos,rd in th, Engino IIou,e nri
rnnnnn c,,u,ot ho ps,d apnjust tbrt,, for f,nr
of iniuriug tho nrisonors Fountain Back
man n railroad apout. was shot dead from
ths nrmnry. TLrce rioters arc lyfnr under
Tho bridge bayinr been shot by SIcpnrd.
sons tro0ns in their charpo upon the bri,lgp
Can't. Cook is second in command Of tho in
suryents. Ho is snid to bo posted in the
school boNss four miles distant wiCh II Iprpn
BODY Of runaway slaves. Tho arnory was
taken possession of about nino u'c,ock on
Sunday night. So quietly was it done that
tho citizens knew noihinp Of il till tho train
WAS stoppcd. Col. lee. who has arrived
here. thinks thCro are abundant troops on
.laud 10 cupturo tho rioters md seems rcr.
frctIy certain that tho original parties CON
sisted of not more than 20 white mon and s
FREQ negroes.
Can't. Brown had been about here and
routed farm four milos oil which WAS the
rende yvons et the rioters. Capt Cook has
also lived about here. and At one timo tnugh,
IL school. All the other white mon are uu
known. They arc, however, supposed Il
@ 10 men who have been connected will
Brown in Kansas. Ii is reported, but no
= confirmed, that tho rioters have carried Of
4 " considerable amount ol Government funds
No attempt was made to pIlngo tho town
" or insult females. Capt Brown claims Gus
ls torms on account of his moderation.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The conflict on tho bridge was Tough
= mainly by the Railroad Tonnage men fror
l. Martinsburg, led by Capt. Ajborts, Eva
u Dorsey, n Conductor Of tho Railroad Com
80 pauy, and Conductors Bowman and llIll,
W wero wounded. No damage was dOuo I'll
- Railroad or bridge, by tho rioters II
on supposed that the rioters will DO tried mud,
martial law as soon ms captured and hur
Oh tho spot.
Six CLOCK, Tho following il tt
special report from The Editor OF tho b.
to tmore American 'Preraraliors are no
ty, making for tho attack on tho Armory. III
al soldiers aru posted all aronnd tho ground
and tor tho Inst hour everything has bee
OF quiet. Tho riots hare still tho fuIlowiI
nrrsnps in their custody MS prisoners A
ri,n,I mn oi;,f J.,u,h,s,,,n A., 81
W .'''on" inn'', "' -
ms hr""Iy p""J ',n'h '',e' ''"a't' VI "a lm"r
he John i. DIngcrhcid, thyulaSicr. anh Ciar
- Lewis Washington. u farmer and prominu
III, altman. John Alstadt n C,ruer opI h
w. Wv "a ,ar0 ali ,rbr ,L,o, ioo, ,,o
nc 'o"' ~ tI'o V'N' wv :""' "c
'ry SoHeu on 'ne'r IarWst se'o'" Whos iTo
ID tho Ferry. George Turner, gTadua
ms of West Point and ono o: tho most dlstil
-, ,nishnd c;ii2cns wn. shot yrstrrInv Will
~ o,'iN 49,, ,,,,, IT,, L,s - Lro,Lor Ii,.;,
as c"",,"S NV" '"""' ;'"' ~ '',,', ''''
ne ~ DNt'u,n'e' "'n''''" 't!'" '"o 4 a''o's
no family. Three OF tho vlslors are lying doi
in IN the streets There arc also three in Il
&C. river md soyeral n.o said to bo lyinp in n
~ ,,,'r,, onoIoo,,o TLo roIIo,,irrS ;s ;,
ol n'uo' 0"''"0'' 80" '''"is 20
or, list OF Rlilei among tno cilIZHns ana Soluici
IDS Fountain Buckham, Haywood, negro pO
ter at tho Railroad station, Jos. Iiawloy
Hnrpor's Ferry Evan Dorsey and G. Ejc
VI I r M.,;,.,,, An,Lo. t.,
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