The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-10-21
Rrcnsorp. ". Oaf. II.

RIcnnonD, w, OCT. II.
II 10 reported and believes - No Gov
eminent has ordered ont the voluA1oot troops
10 proceed to Harpsr's Ferry. 40 soAnd Or
m0skete md ammunition have Allso been
ptacsd 4 Che City Hall for smHgssoy. II has
been suGRested By w4li Uniformed persons that
The csassof the insurreosion ID tho Imported
Fact thAt not long since the contractor for
the construction OF the Government dam ct
Harper's Ferry absconded, largely indebted
70 several hundred employees, who havs IA
ken lhis step 10 Indemnity themselves BY ths
suppoaed TO have been transported thither on
Saturday. A espslsnan, Who has inst i.
rived from Herper's Ferry, thinks the blacks
are only participants in the outbreak By oom-
pulsion.
RALTlxoRE, Oct. 16.-6 .. n.
Harper's Ferry has been taken possession
ardstown, Va, and Frederick, Md. Tho RI
oters are entrenchsd ID the armory and hold
Mr.. Washington and Mr.. Lafen6eld prison
ere. The insurrectionists are commanded BY
Capt. Brown, OF Kansas notoriety, and nan
bored originally IL white men and negroes,
several Of whom were shot. Two mon Or tho
Martinsburg company we're shot dead whilst
charging Oh tho afmory. A portion OF the
insurgents then left here uudsr the command
of leader named Cook. who, with large
party Of alavas, 10 supposed TO be moving TO-
wards Pennsylvania. Allen Evans, one OF
the insnrrectiUnists, 10 lying In Z dying CON.
dition here, having been shot through the
breast. He 10 from Connecticut, but has
been living IN Kansas. He says tho whole
scheme Was got up BY Brown, who represent.
cd that negroes would rise BY thousands, and
Maryland and Virginia would Be made free
States.
COL Shriner, OF Frederick, has just had an
interview with Brown in the armory. He
asked to be allowed to march out with HE
men, and avowed his intention Of defending
himself to the last. Hisnen are very strong
~ posted in the engine house and cannon
cannot be used against them for fear Of in.
juring the prisoners they still hold. Some
sixteen persons are known TO have been killed.
Fountain Buckman, Railroad Agent, was shot
from the armory. Three rioters are lying
dead under the bridge, having bssn shot By
tho Shepardstown troops In their charge on
tho bridge. Captain Cook 10 second ID com.
mand of the insurgents. He 10 said to b
posted in the school house, four miles distant.
with large body Of runaway slaves. Ths
armory was taken possession Of about nine
o'clock on Sunday night, and % quietly wss
it done that the citizens knew noshine OF IL
till the train was stopped. Col. Lee, who
has arrived here, thinks there are abundant
troops on hand to capture the rioters, and
seems perfectly certain thst the original par.
ty consisted Of not more than 20 white inen
and S free negroes. Captain Brown had been
about here and rented farm four miles OF.
which wss ths rendezvous Of the rioters
Captain Cook has also lived about here, and
AZ one time taught school. All the other
white men ars unknown. They ere supposed,
however, to be men who have been connected
with Brown ia Kansas. Il 10 reported, bat
not confirmed, that tho rioters have carried
of = considerable amount Of the government
funds. No attempt was made to pillags the
town or insult females. Captain Brown
clsins easy terms on account OF his modsfa-
ton.
Harms FsRkY, Oct. 1S.
The conflict on the bridge Was fought
mainly BY the railroad tonnage men from
Martinsburg, led BY Capt. Alberts. Evaa
Dorsey, conductor Of tho railroad company
was killed, and conductors Bowman and
to the railroad or bridge by tho rioters. Il
martial law - soon a captured, and hung
on tho spot.
ga. x.-Ths following il : special report
received from the editor OF the Baltimore
American:
Preparations are now making for the a.
tack on the armory. The soldiers are posted
all round the grounds, and for tho last hour
everything has been quiet. The rioters have
still the following persons in their custody -
prisoners Armistsd Ball, chief draughtsmaa
Ct the srmory; Bsnjamin Mills, master Of
srmory; John r. Dangerfeld, paymaster
clerk; Lewis Washington, afArmer and prom
insnt citisen; John Olstadt, farmer, and
his SON, Ii years old. The three last we're
seized on their farms, several miles from the
ferry.
George Turner, . graduate OF West Point,
and one Ut the most distinguished citissns,
was shot Yesterday while coming into town.
He died during tho night. He hes brother
living 10 Baltimore. Thres Of tho rioters are
lying dead in the streets. There are also
three in the river, and several are sAid to Do
lying within the armory enclosure.
The following 10 the list Of killed and
wounded among the citizens and soldiers:
Foudtain Brsokhsm Haywood, ) negro
porter Ut the railway station; Joseph Bar
clay, OF Harper's Ferry; Evan Dorsey and
George Richardson, Of Martinsburg another
rioter, negre named Lewis Lesry, who has
just died, confessed TO the particulars Of the
plot, which he says Wa coneoeted by Brown
1t fair held Id Ohio two nontks ago.
The rioters have just ssat ole 1Ae OF truce,
saying that il they Ass not prolsotsd BY the
soldiers hero q present, they will hang oil
they capture.
81. s.-Ths aznory has just bssa stsrned
and taken after = dsterminsd resistance. -
Col. Shut approached with dag Of truse
and dem anded the surrender Of tbs aruory.
After expostulsting for some time, the fiot-
ers refused. The marines then advanced and
made charge, endesvoring 70 brssk open
the door wish slsd9s hammers, but il resisted
al their efforts. A ladder was thsn used .