The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-10-26
FREDERIC CRY, Maryland


ri FREDERIc CRY, Marylandl
October Is, 1859.
lFnIENp ALIEN Ere this you have no doubt
heard of the insane efforts Of some aboltionists
Of the Giddings school, as manifested by the
aifiay at Harper's Ferry. | propose furnishing
You with few particulars and facts.
Yesterday morning our city was thrown in
to intense excitement by report OF a negro
insurrection at Harper's Ferry, twenty miles
distant All the bells pcaled forth call to the
militia to assemble. Capt. Richie telegraphed
to the Presidenths willingness to proceed with
his company. Before dinner dispatch was
received from him, accepting and ordering their
immediate departure.
In the meantime another citizen went as near
to the Ferry as possible, to ascertain the real
state of affairs. Sent two messengers over the
bridge, but neither returning, he fastened back
to the city. He, however, brought letter
from merchant Of the Ferry, conveyed by two
boys who went out through the country back
Of the place, and thence over the mountain,
swimming the river The letter | read. 1t
stated that the city was in possession OF rob
bers; several citizens had been Shot, many inns
prisoned by the rioters, and implored help.
4 ter the Presidents orders had been rccei-
we'd, some one hundred and fifty gallant fellow.
started to the rescue One man told Inc that
he had mother and sister there. Another,
his wife and children. With a determination
to see them that night, they started.
Prior to this, some passengers, who had been
detained some five hours by the Williams had
reached US. They reported terrible state OF
affairs Saw one man shot down; were shot at
They saw one of the leaders, whose name is
Brown--an old man, upwards of seventy years
Of age. All the satisfaction they received as to
the cause, was "If you knew me and under
stood my motives as we'll as and others under
stand them, you would not blame me m uch."
Not light was seen in the town. Every
street, avenue, lane and road was barricaded.-
The bridge was lined with the desperadoes-
disguised in various ways; old coats, blankets;
some painted ghostly white. others blacked.-
Finally they were given five mintes to leave
The conductor was fearful ofdsastcr-suspect-
ing some injury done to the bridge, but one Of
the scoundrels jumped on the locomotive, and
declared all was safe, and he would go with
them to satisfy. The conductor moved off and
reached Baltimore in safety.
In the evening the TIVE messengers alluded
to returned. They had been arrested, but beg.
ged off. The" reported great number Of
whites and blacks engaged in the outbr, ak.
Thus matters were last evening. Madam
Runner had her thousand tongues running fast
in the middle, wagging at both ends. Some an
ticipated general insurrection throughout the
country, and later developments show the fear
was not entirely unfounded. The mayor or
dered out one hundred and fifty citizens to pa
troll the city. Strict guard was everywhere
kept ua
But the cause Of the outbreak was yet mys.
terry 1t was reported that one hundred hands
had been dismissed from the armory with sew
eral months pay in arrears, and they were eau
sing the fracas. Again, Sunville, the contrac
tor of the dam buildirg, near by, had abscond
cd, leaving his hands unpaid, asd they were
incensed to so great degree as to take ven
geance on Uncle Sam, by siezirg the armory
&c. Yet if one-half of our authentic reports
were true, these united would not suffice tt
cause such disturbance. Yet we hoped tha
nothing else was at work, that the rumor o
the abolitionists was false But different dis
patches at intervals throughout the forenoon
and the return of our brave troops this after
noon, revealed the sad cause, and the blood,
results.
1tappears that Brown had suffered much in
Kansas and resolved to be reyenged. lnccn
nection with several others he had planned this
movement as signal for further action. The
arms of the aimory were siezed to distribute
among the negroes. A wagon load was sent
back into the country. He and his two sons
had been at the Ferry few. months. They
bad for some time been laying their plans. a
man by the name of Cook who was teaching a
school at the Ferry was one OF the instigators.
For some time their men from different places
some from New York, Others from Ohio, had
been rendezvousng near by. a.r
Troops from 1iartinsburghs and Charleston,
Vac Frederic and Baltimore, Md, and the Ma
rines from Washington City, soon after their ar
rival, drove the insurgents into close quarters.
They killed several many fled, lead by Cook;
Brown and few others, stook refuge in the ar
senaL where they had imprisoned several Of
thc-citizens. These they threatened to muir
dar, unless they were permitted, 10 leave the
State, But mo quarter was the heawatchword.
After some time tho Marines broke in the door
and after loosing one brave fellow aud having
one wounded, succeeded in killing or capturing
aIl the cut-throats and rescuing the prisoners
uninjured- having fallen PROSTATE, and
oonCeaied BY somc engines. Brown was woun-
ded but not fatally. lie is under arrest. His
two sons were killed. Cine undertook to cross
tho river, but was shot dead when ball the dis
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