Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-19

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.DETAILEDs ACCOUNT By AN Eye
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I. HaRRra's FEs,sy, Oct. 1880 r. M.A-Ths'
SecretaryIof War has .telegraphed TO Col. Lee, :.
that Nj. Ould, the District Attorney orsSthiSs.
District, will proceed forthwith to Harper's !
Ferry to take charge Of the legal proceedings
against the prisoners and bring them to trial.-
The train is now getting ready to convey horsi
seS and men from here to- pursue the rioters n-
to any State or locality where they. may have
He'd. This is by, order of the President at the
request Of Gov. Wise. i'o'--.s.'A >'sA.7.z' . s4
BALTIMORE, Oct. 1s-Af- eye witness,S who z
has just returned from Harper's Ferry describes
the scene there as follows :s.tt lu -i..s~ ,zr.
4 The first attack was made by detachment of
the Charlestown Guards, who crossed the Polo!
mac river above Harper,,s Ferry, ndreached
by. the gcanalE On the Maryland side smart
firing occurred, and the. rioters we're driven
from the bridge. One man, was killed here and
another arrested. The latter ran OUT and tried
to escape by swimming the riuer. a dozen {
shots were fired after him, andhe partially fell,
but rose again, and threw his gun away, drex
his pistols, both of which snapped, drew his,
bowie knife and'cu all7heavy' acoutrenents off,
and plunged into the river. s-.z...s5. a. 49,
=, One of the soldiers was aboutten feet behind.
The man turned round, threw up his hands and
cried don't shoot, the soldier fired and the man
fell into the water, with his face blown away
His coat skirt was cut, from his person and in
the pocket was found = Captains commission to
Capt F. H Lehman, from the Provisional Gov
eminent oE3the U. S. The commission was da-
ted Oct. TO- 1859, and signed by a. w. Brown
Commander inGhiel. ofs,the Army of the Pro-
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A party of five of the insurgents armed with
Minnie rifles and posted in the rifle armOry were
expelled by the Charleston Guards. They all
ran TOR theytrjVer and one who was unable to
swim was drowned. The, other four swan out
TO rocks in the middle Of the Shenandoah and
I.tired upon the citizens and troops assembled on
both banks. This drew upon them the muskets
of between 200, and 500 lnen aud not less than
400 shots were fired at them from Harper's
Ferry, about 200 yards distant One was shot
dead. The second, a negro, attempted to jump
overthe dam but fell short and was mot seen
| afterwards. The third was badly wounded
and the one remaining was taken unharned.
The white insurgent wounded and captured died
IN few moments III the arms of our Informant
He was shot through the breast arm and Stom-i
ach. Declared there were only nineteen whites
engaged in the instruction. AM ~
L For nearly an hour q running and random
| firing was kept up by the troops against the
Erioters.E Several were shot down, while many
managed to limp away wounded. During the
firing the women and children ran Shrieking in
every direction, but when they learned that the
soldiers were their protectors they took good
courage, and did good service in the way of
preparing refreshments and attending TO the
wounded. ..5a. ..r.l.4s.J .sst
Our Informant, who was on the hill when the
firing was going on, says that all the Terrible
scenes of battle passed in reality beneath, his
eyes. Soldiers could be seen pursuing singly
aud couples, and the crack of the musket or
rifle was generally followed by one or more in
SuruanfS hifiNy Tho uSk 1Nl,a Ia t1a
street where they fell, and the wounded were.
cared for .@gD tg' y, u t'4 o. 2E..' .sot i
Il. Capt. Browns wounds consists Of a, sword
cut in the forehead and a bayonet wound in the
kidpcys,.,z Another of the rioters killed was
named Stewart Taylor. j. c. Anderson, ring
leader, who stopped Conductor Phelps yester-
day, was killed during the first attack by the
E,Yirginians. 80 p7s IT. 5a. - t+z'z "a
~ Anderson was a fine looking man with flow
ing white beard. 80. - - RS, ssgi.' ts.1.t.l =
Some of the Maryland volunteers are in pur-
suit of Capt. Cooks party. 7.ga = tast
ia body OF forty men, mounted, left this af-
ternoon for Harper's Ferry to pursue the rioters.
and are secreted in the mountains. 49, 80
A negro named Green, who was conspicuous
in the slave riot at Harrisburg, some years ago,
was among the insurgents. ..at o. -asrl
The following fragment of letter was found
in Capt. Browns pocket. It occupies page of
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pencil, evidently by person of education
ltiSwithout date. The freight alluded to was
doubtless the sort usually carried the under,
ground railroad: ~
Carr BRowN ~ Dear Sir-I have been disap.
pointed Mt not seeing you hero ere this to take
charge Of your freight They have been here
now for two weeks, and ash have had to SUPER
! intend the providing for thsGIit has imposed On
me no small task, and hesideS if not soon taken
on some Of them will go back to Missouri: I
wish to know definitely what you propose do.
ling They cannot be kept here much longer
without risk TO themselves; and If any Of them
concludeoto gobacLnt to the State it WILDE bad
Termination to our enterprise. No signature
Yrhe following interesting narrative Of there.
cent events at HarpsF's Ferry, is Cleaned from
tho reportiof the editor of the aAnperican, who
accompanied the troops from this city and re.
turned this evening, The principal originator
of the short, but bloody existence of this in~
lsnrrection, was undoubtedly Capt John Brown
whose connection with scenes of violence in the
border. warfare Of Kansas, made his name ia
miliar TO tile whole country. Brown made his
first appearance in the3vicinttY of Harper's
Ferry moro than year, ago. accompanied. by.
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