The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-19
,coNr,yr,rp FROM THIRD rAGE.l

:, ~, ,o,,er tho building small one STORY orieK wou'd
N, hold more than hffy men,
. 40 mis- morning Colonel lee, with the marines and
~ W ,oIup,eers was certainly up and in the fray.
-, NJ he sent his adede-camp to parley with
-. insurrectionists, who were barricaded in the
ansnr as explained above, offering If they would sur
nder al discretion, protect their lives against the
so,ria,ed inhabitants, by whom the building was sur
unded until the Presidents decision in their case could
10 learned. This they percmptorsy refused.
40, 4 NJ today the war department received des-
-, ,xom M, lee announcing that shortly after A.
u the marines urder Lieut. Green, United states Marine
1910 carried the berrraded building by assault, in
which one marine was MORALLY and another shgh'iy
xned killing two ipsurrectonsts ana mor'aiy wound
ap auo<cr As the marines eh'ereu through the
,a,ar, doorway all resistance ceased But Ave negroes
e sound among the prisoners, who had some eight or
,n prisoners also those they had threatened 70 shoot
!, oes mat the insurreotonss, the night before
Not vent around after mi might TO the dwellings Of the
soxn IN armed bands, ordering the inhabitants to leave
s,r the country instantly pain of their lives In that
av they drove nearly all of them forth in their night
,o,hes yb,ch accounts for their complete and easy mo-
mentary success
MS stated that every white person engaged in the in
surrecon was a comparative stranger there and other
information received to-day susains this statement
II seems that Brown and his gang have been
lowering about Harpcr's Ferry for two
months preparing their plans Our information leads US
70 the belief that not single negro other than such as
aey forced with them at the moment, by placing
headed muskets at their heads involved in the affair
nor were any white engaged in the insurrecton
actual parties to it, except the Kansas gang of Brown and
= band of kindred desperadoes he has been able to re-
srut in various -slnveholdng States That plumber
vas one Of their objects is evident in the cttha
ere the neighboring militia came down on them
yesterday they robbed the government arsenal chest there
Of all contained possibly somewhere between sixteen
thousand and twenty thousand dollars in Specie which
they Immediately sent OF in two wagons they pressed
into their service At the time these wagons we're
accompanied by guard of their party and have doubt
less oyeraken and their contents retaken this
II is certain that ossawat,ame Brown expected instant
aid and reinforcemens The aid he counted doubt
less from negro instruction, which he hoped to impro-
vise promising he did unconditional freedom every
negroe he caught on forcing arms into his hands.
The promp.ness with which President Buchanan con
sentrated the Militia of Virginia and Maryland, and the
Marines the F,ryfof the telegraph at this point
busy all day yesterday that workllustra;es capally
The force and method Of his executive energy.
Dispatches received by the President this morn
ing from Wise, asking authority pursue the insur
reconsts who have managed to get into the mountains
Maryland near by Some Of them thus escape temporarily
Orders providing for their speedy capture have doubtless
been Col Lee. Governor Wise was evidently very
much excited arriving Harpers Ferry declaring his
determination to have every nsurrecionist hung by
nightfal.
We have no reliable account of the number Of the in
surecoists engaged. Some accounts say there
many hundred, others Eve hundred, others
again three hundred while impression is that
time did the willing force OF Brown reach hundred
E,en, all told.
The President, Secretary of State and the Secretary Of
War nearly all this morning al the State Depart
ment engaged N receiving dispatches, consultation &c
connected with the affair.
appears from intelligence received here to-day from
various portions of Virginia and Maryland general
stampede among the slaves has taken place There
have been an understanding Of among them
In reference TO this affair for in instances
am informed by the Shareholders, they have found !;
almost impossible to control them. The slaves were in
many instances insolent their masters and even re
fused TO work 1t ia believed by the Shareholders since
this nsurrecton, that the slaves aware OF it. bu
were afraid TO cooperate This view Of the case is CO
reiterated by Brown and other leaders
The following despatch received by the Presden
From Col Lee, commanding the United States
HARpEa's FERRY, Oct is, 1859
To TIE Hon. SBCRETART or wey-
have the honor to report that at A. N. sum
xoned tho rioters that had taken refuge in the Armory
m the pleasure of the President Of the United States
known. The summons presented by Lieut.. Stewart
FIRST cavalry and declined strong party, under com
msnd Of Lieut. Geen, Of the marines, had been previously
posted the building and at concerted signal broke
down the door and captured the party.
Two of the marines wounded. mortally fear
the other slightly. Two of the rioters killed and
two wounded, ossawaame Brown the leader Of the par
ty moraiy. One prisoner, and five negroes said to be
slaves and freed from their home Mr.. Lewis Washing
ton; Mr. Dangerhed, Paymasters Clerk; Mr. Ball Mas
Ter Maehnist Mr.. Mills, Master Armorer Dr. Murphy,
Donohue, railroad clerk captured by the rioters and
held as prisoners were released unhurt 1t was the
safety of those gentlemen that made endcavor 70 gel
The rioters 10 surrender. await your instructions
wy r LEE, Colonel oommadan,.
The Attorney General being absen, from the city tbs
President despatched District Attorney orld TO Harper:
Ferry He left this evening, and letter from the
President to Colonel Lee, nstructng him nand the pr
soDers over TO the civil authorities
Mr. Guild instructed NJ the same time 10 institue pro
secuons against the prisoners and try them at once The
government does nat hold, informed that the nsur-
gents committed high treason The government nor no
else have been able ASCERTAIN what their object
If it was to overturn tie government thea Is
treason
The following is the anonymous letter received DIV
Governor Floyd. of which mention has been made
CINCINNATI August 90 1859
SR-l have lately received information Of Il movement
Of so great Importance that feel to be my duty to i'm
part it to you without delay Ihave discovered the ex
istence of select association having for object the
liberation Of the slaves at the South by a general
msnrreenon. The leader Of the movement is Old
John Brown, late Of Kansas. He has been in
canada during the winter, drilling the negroes
ere anu they are only waiting his word 10 start FOR
the south 70 assist the slaves They have one of their
eadng men, white mar, in an armory in Maryland;
where II is situated have not been able TO learn As
Boon as everything .eady these Of their number who
are in the Northern States and Canada are to come in
email companies 70 their rendezvous which is in the
PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland, and enter Virginia at Hay
pers Ferry Brown left the North about three or fonr
weeks ago, and viii the negroes and strike tha h
IN few weeks so that whatever done must be done =,
once. They have large quantity OF arms al their ron,
devious, and probably distributing them already
not fully in their confidence, this is all the information
give you. / dare not sign my name Ia Ills In,
Eust that you viii not disregard the warning on that
account
WASHINGTON, Oct. 49, 1859
Dr. Kidwel has just arrived here having left Har
ociocl