The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-19
OTHER ACCOUNTS

vi HLR ACCOUN L =.
We are indebted to an eve witness, who left Har-
per's Ferry yesterday morning about o'clock, for
the following interesting details -.
The Charleston Guards crossed the Potomac river
above Harper's Ferry, about II o'clock Monday
night, and they reached the bridge on the
the Maryland side about half an hour afterwards
There was great deal of firing between the nsur-
gents and the men on the Bridge. One man was
driven into the river but despite the firing on him.
he turned round and discharged his rife and at
tempted to fire his pisto but they both snapped
and he then threw into the water. He was pur-
sued into the river by man who got within ten
feet of him. when the rebel raised himself and sad
Don't shoot me-, but so exasperated was his pur-
suer that he was shot Hmediately. When thev
got him out of the water they ransacked his
pockets and found on him Captains commission
in which they discovered his name to be Captain
b. FL. Leeman. The commission was dated Octo-
Der l5, 1859, and signed by ga. w. Brown Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army of the Provisional
Government of the United States" 1t was
printed blank filled up. Our informant had the
above commission in his hands and read it. He
describes Capt. Leeman to be an extremely fine
looking man, thin features, fair complexion and
remarkably well dressed
The insurgents killed were allowed to remain on
the spot without any burial.
Five of the rebels were shot in the Shenandoah
River-one anegro-another mulatto, and the re-
naming three white. The Charleston Guards
drove them out OF lodgment they were in and
they fed to the river. The negro was drowned
instantly, but the other four reached the middle
and planted themselves on rocks. These four NJ en
stood on the rocks and returned the fire of upwa DIS
OF two hundred. The banks of the river on either
side were crowded by citizens and troops. The
distance from the edge of the river to the rocks
probably about 100 feet whilst the distance to
the same place from the hills was probably about
200 yards. Eventually, two were killed outright,
one wounded and taken to the shore, and
strange to say, the remaining rebel was Sc
cured as prisoner without sustaining
the slightest injury. The wounded man taken hap
pened to be the mulato, and informant, for the
purpose of eliciting some information went to the
man and rested his dying frame on his arm He
repeatedly asked him his name and the origin or
the outbreak, but all he could elicit at first from
him was roll of his large eve and shake of his
head At length, seeing that he had not LONG to
live, he declared, in all sincerity, that the rebels
only numbered at first 49, but that they had got and
were expecting to get, reintorcements. Whilst our
informant was engaged in his interregatories, one
of the nfuriated citizens came up and snatched the
dying man from his arms, and with cash of a
knife cut his throat from to ear The muattO
was good looking fellow and about twenty-five
years of age. To such height had the indigna-
tion risen, that before his throat cut, female
came up and struck him blow in the face
Another rebel by the name of Stevens was de-
scribed by oar informant a "mighty fine looking
fellow" As he lay on his bed last night wounded a
person came to him and had his rife levelled to end
his days, when somebody came and pushed the gun
aside. he about 80 years of age, and told those
around him that if he died, to telegraph to his
father in Connecticut 'that he died in the attempt
to commit high treason against the State of Vir-
gina." lie was suffering from wound in the side.
He told those around him that if he lived till day.
light the people would hang him-and they had
already erected the gallows, and were only waiting
the dawn of day to execute their purposes.
EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
The disturbances at Harper's Ferry produced,
as may be imagined, intense feeling in Washington
and the adjacent cities. The detachment ordered
by the President to proceed to the scene of tumut
consisted of 81 privates II sergeants 10 coporals
and l bugler. They took with them seven guns,
Dahlgreen howitzers, (three from the Navy Yard
and four from the Barracks,) 800 shells, and a
large quantity of ammunition. They had also
ample supplies for several days service. Quite a
number of gentlemen volunteered to go up with the
troops, but they could not be received.
In the anonymous letter received some months
ago by Secretary Floyd, it was mentioned that
"0ssawattomie Brown was to lead the insurgents
in the attack on Harper's Ferry, and hostile de-
monstrations were spoken of as likely to occur
about the same time at Washington and Alexan-
dria.
For this reason Mayor Berret of Washington des-
patched requisition to the Secretary of War, who
upon receipt thereof issued an order for him to
draw on the U. S. Arsenal for two hundr ed stand
of arms and five thousand rounds of ball and buck
shot cartridge. The arms were received at the
office of Capt. Goddard, Chief of Police, where
they were all loaded with cartridge and bayonet
fixed The entire police force was on duty, one hal
on parade and the other fifty under arms at the
City Hall, for action at moment warning. Polic,
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let of the city, at the bridges, etc. to give instant
warning of any hostile demonstration from outside
the city. They were instructed to signal the frs
suspicious movement by a certain alarm that hac
been previously agreed upon at headquarters Capt
Goddard also instructed the active police force tt
arrest all coored persons found on the street anc
search them for concealed weapons, and in case 0
finding any to take the parties to the watch house
and if 40 weapons were found, to send such arrest
ed persons to their homes without delay.
The Star says: AS an evidence of the rigor With
which this order was carried out, some watchmeI
| arrested cOlored man soon aft.r 10 O'Clock, and
proceeded to search him. when he cried out, "Bress
| God, massa no use to search dis niger; Use been
searched free times afore tonight lie was eau
toned to make tracks for home, ana released
Permits to coored people to hold balls and festi
walls, which had been previously issued, were coun
termanded and tn Mayor and all the police force
as well as the clerks in the City Hail. were on tn
alert until daylight this morning.
At the Capitol, at the Arsenal and elsewhere, tn
greatest precautions were used, but nothing occur
red to justify the slightest apprehension.
Governor Wise, of Virginia, in command of sixt
men reached Washington at A. NJ, and after
short consultatio with the Mayor, proceeded
once to the point of insurrecton. In the afternoo
it was reported that Hon. Chas. J. Faulkner, wh
had gone to Harper's Ferry with the Marines, ha
been killed, with several of that corps This erei
ted intense feeling, and Pennsylvania Avenue ws
thronged with people, who besieged the hotels, te
egraph and newspaper offices for the latest INTEL
gence. The authentic information, however,
the suppression of the riot, caused speedy subs
dence of the excitement.
MOVEMENTS IN BALTIMORE.
At an early hour yesterday morning, the Lafayet'
Guards, Capt. Ferrandni, the reserve guard OF Ii
Law Greys, the Baltimore and Turner Rifles, an
the Artillery companies, presented themselves I