The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-20

ward from that place; and from these various
sources the authorities must have at their com
mand force greatly stronger than the rioters
i i LATER.
The following dispatches, which have come
to this city just as the Era goes to press, indi
cate that the affair at Harper's Ferry was really
connected with a mad and bloody scheme Of
negro insurrection, which will excite univer
sal abAorrence. But we still discredit the
affair IN this aspect, and cannot believe the
story that Ossawatomie Brown" was the
ringleader in the Riot 1t is only few weeks
ago that this Brown was reported to be making
a raid into Missouri III
Hayper's Ferry, Oct. l8--3 A M.-The bat
| tie was fought mainly by the railroad tonnage
men from Martinsburg, led by Alberts. Evan
Dorsey, conductor, was killed, and Conduct
ors Bowman and Hallet were wounded. Nc
damage was done to the railroad or bridge.
| 1t is thought that the rioters will be hung as
soon as captured, if not prevented by the troops
| The following is from the Americans special
reporter.
Hape,'s Ferry, 6 a. AUTHORIZATIONS are
making for an attack on the Armory, where
the insurgents are in full force. The soldiers
have surrounded the entire grounds, and for
the last hour everything has been quiet.
! The rioters still have the following persons
| prisoners :: Armistead Ball, chief draughtsman
of the ArnSory Benjamin ]. Mills, master ar
morer; John P. Dainger6eld, paymaster; Clark
Lewis Washington, farmer, and a prominent
citizen John Allstadt, farmer, and son, the
latter sixteen years DID, The three last named
were seized on farms several miles from this
| place. II
George ". Turner, graduate Of West Point,
and one of the most distinguished citizens in
this vicinity, was shot yesterday while coming
into town, and died during the night
Three rioters are lying dead ia the streets
three are lying dead in the river, and several
more are said to be lying within the Armory
| enclosure. 81 vi
The killed among the citizens, as far as as.
certained, are Fountain Beckham, Mr.. Hay.
| wood, negro porter at the railroad station,
Joseph Burnley, Of Harper's Ferry, Evan Dor.
sey, and George Richardson, of Martinsburg.
Another rioter, NEGRO named Lewis Leary
has just died. He confessed to the particulars
| OF the plot, which he says was concocted by
Brown at a fair held in Ohio some two months
| ago. III
Ldter.-The rioters have Just sent out a flag
of truce; but If not protected by the soldiers,
the bearers will be captured and hung.
Later.-The armory has been stormed and
taken, after desperate resistance. Colonel Shut
approached with . flag of truce, and demanded
an immediate and unconditional surrender
After some expostulation, the insurgents re-
fused the demand llt
The marines advanced to the charge, and
| endeavored to break down the door with sledge.
hammers, but it resisted all efforts. A large
lad ar han rad hiatt
the door gave way. r
The rioters fred briskly through the door
and shot three marines. The marines returned
the fire through the partly broken door, and
then forced through the break at the point Of
| the bayonet. rf|t
After few moments conflict inside, the re.
sistance was at an end. The insurgents were
brought out one after another amidst the most
intense excitement, and many of the armed
militia endeavored to shoot them as they pass
| ed, but the marines covered them with their
| persons.
| Capt. /" Ossawatomie " Brown and his son
| were both shot, The latter is dead, and the
former is dying. He lies in the Armory en-
| closure, talking freely. He acknowledges he
| is old Ossascatoaie Brown whose deeds in
Kansas have stamped his memory with infamy
| He says his whole object was to free the slaves
also says that he had entire possession of the
| town, and could have murdered the whole OF
the people, and that now he has been murdered
| in return for his forbearance
| j.. Z. Anderson was also shot down In the
assault. He was from Connecticut
The body of man who was murdered yes
terday was found within the armory.
Brown says that there were none engaged
with him in the plot but those who accompanied
him.
| The prisoners are retained within the Armory
enclosure. =
Noon.-Soon after the storming of the Ar.
mory, the bodies Of four insurgents, who were
shot last evening, we're found within the en-.
closure. s
Captain Brown and his son are only danger.
| ously wounded, instead of MORALLY, as first an
nounced.
The only two of the insurrectionists who
| were nnwounded are Edwin Coppsh, white, J
| from Iowa, and Shields Green, (colored,) also
from Iowa. U.s.
The party originally consisted of % persons,
of whom Is were killed, 2 MORALLY wounded, 2
unhurt, and 3 went off with slaves on Monday
morning.
Soon after the assault on the Armory, some
firing took place from the hills on the Maryland
shore, supposed to be Cook and his party, who
left on Monday.
THE ONS-REPUBLICAN TRI-
UMPHSi
Without being able to give the exact results,
we have the satisfaction TO state that the Re.
publicans have carried Ohio by some seven
teen thousand majority on the State ticket, with
both branches of the Legislature, thereby Sc
curing the election of Mr.. Chase, as United
States Senator, in place of Mr.. Pugh. The
Republicans have also carried Iowa and Min
nesota, gaining in the latter United States
Senator and both members of the House of
Representatives. In the former, the Republi-
can Legislature will insure the return of Mr..
Harlan to the Senate. The vote in Indiana
was for local offices but the result shows
great Republican gains, if not complete VIC
tory.
Last, not least, we have to chronicle hu-
initiating defeat of the Administration in the
great State of Pennsylvania, by the Peoples
party, composed, in the main, Of Republicans.
The majority win exceed twenty thousand.
The Legislature will be largely Republican.
AS an Offset to these victories, the only COM
fort Of the Administration is found in Califor-
MIA, where the failure of the Republicans and
the AntiLecompton Democrats to unite in
time gives another lease of life to the Slave
Democracy in that State. But the day is not