Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-18

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So, p, Iye,t.rdav. the President Wa IN
-s-..,,.,,,o. scm< t,osss With ne Scere6ry Of
WA and Breset Cot Robt r. Lee, Lsss4 Col. Of
Cd cavalry. U. s.-A., who, Il va determined,
should command the United states TROOPS 10 be
concentrated a. Haspes's Ferry. The President,
while with these gentlemen, received dispatches
from the Baltimore and Ohio Railrosd Company,
profering every possible facility 10 The Govern
ment thsis road would anord The consultation
not ending until p. N Col Lee, acoospanied
by his aid, Lieut. Stusrk, u O. A., inuediately
Afterwards, on special tssia, set oat 70 overtake
the detachment AZ U. 3. marines, (whoss departure
from wsshinxtoa Is noticed elssshsee;) sending
over the wires dispatch directing ne marines
and Baltimore volunteers with thcln 70 halt a. Q
point near Hsrpes's Ferry convsnieat 70 be joised
by him. 1s.:ssy - ~
In the mean while the country Surrounding HsF-
pers Ferry bad rapidly rallied to the rescue Of the
town. company from shephecdstown, CON-
posed principally Of employees Of the Bulfimore
and Ohio Railroad Company; a battalion Of md
litia from Frederick county. Va, and another nom
Jefferson county, Va; and also a battalion nom
Frederick, Nd, hse clesed tn On Hafpers Ferry
before nightfsn. Thesc virginis troops were
under the command o. Col. 6ihssa. The Shop
mountain, By ne Bolivar road The Frederick
(va) company by The ehenandoah-viver way /;
and the Jenefsoa county company came down The
Potomac-riveE route; while the Frederick md. }
company spprssehsd TIE town from aeros IL
railroad bridge. ros &s,l ~
We do not know the precise hour 1t which
these troops commenced simuli.nssus s1taek o.
the insursectioniss, but according TO The stase.
ment Of special message 70 the Sssv that lei
Harpes's Ferry at daybreak this morning. bv
nighffAli, s1tef mach Axhfinr I'm - sfreet. in
which some nine q the citizens were killed and
WOUNDS On al, ffcm 1he comnuoneonent az IL
outbreak on the night befoss,) and linen insur
rectionists were killed and wounded, the iatiel
had bssn gradually driven 10 take refuge (wisz
the psisor ess shey hsld sun in their cus1cy, 4
one Of the government buildinxys Our scscis
message ays this wss the maehine shoe. An esrl,
dispafch from Col iseetstbe Wss Depsrtmeatchsr
actessss il = The eneine houss II she lstaer. thu
building, small one-story brick, would mot hold
more than any men, - = 'sso - z si1s. :
Ats o'clock this morning ooa. Lee, via IL
marines ana H.ltimors vslunt..es. - .~t.fnl,
m nd !. -. - Az. - - -. NJ !. 49,,
with TIE insurreestonists, who were barricuded n
the building, a explained above; Offering II the,
would surrender Il discretion, 70 protect theiI
lives against the infpf ted inhabitants, by whom
the building wss surrvunded, until the Prsnideut1
decision In sheir CO cesld Be harmed. Thi,
AT m. today the war pepartment rscsIve<
dfspszch nom Col. Lee sanosaeiug dat shorl,
after m. the marines usder L. Green, u. 8
NJ c., had carried toe barricaded building bv =,
saul< in which ooe marfne 49, movsullv and m
other slfghfly wosnded; kil1ine two im9recsion
lists and mortality wounding another, As 500,
a. the mafises entered thrsagh the batteres
doosuay- AL resist,nce ceased. But Ave ne
gree wees found snsng the prisonsn, who In.
threatened 70 murder unless psrmistsd bv Canal,
Lee 70 &C scot nee on surrenderinx. Az befor
remarked, IL the building in which they hsd bar
number q fnsurrsctioaish taken In Il could no
have been more than fortv. an told. tpeludI s,
those forced Win nusket. 4 their heads Ia ioi.
thu Aboattwe had beea hilled, wound
ed and takss psisonsrs up to the time they TOOL
refuge In he buildIsx. The psisoss.s IN u,
hands Of the insurrectionists were refskcn unin
jured- s 1o-s,.s,--,,.s--.-,,
Il seerns nat the fnsursecfionish on the nigh
bessrs -, went ground sfasr midaight to Ii,
dwellings Il fhe town, In armed bands, erdeYin1
The inhsbissnss . lsavs fos ths country instantly
on paia a. their lives. In that way they drov
nsssly sll@of shen forth In nsir night clothes
which accounts for their complete and easy mo
menAry succes- -. =. .'''-.-e.
The message . The .0nay Referred 70 above, a.
sures N that every white cuaaQed in the insurrec
tisa vss . comparative Stranger there, and othe1
ia H.