The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-10-26

: hammers, hut il resisted all their efforts.
y large ladder was then placed and used as
battering ram, and the door finally gave way
The rioters fred brisky. and sho. three o.
b the marines who exchanged shots through
: The partly broken broken door. The marines
then forced their way through the break.
and in few minutes the resistance was nj
an end. The rioters were brought out amidsi
the most intense excitement, many ~ The
armed militia present trying 70 shoot them.
G api. Bro wn and his son were both shot,
the latter is dend aud The former diving. He
lies in the armory enclosure; be talks freely
and says that be i the old OssswattaEaie
Brown, whose feats in Kansas had such
was 10 free The slaves. and justfes his ac-
tions and says that he had possession Of the
The lown, aud could have murd erred all The
people, and have been murdered in return.
J $. Anderson was also shot down 10 The
assault. lie was from CJnncclicut The
dead body of man shot yesterday wa.
'ounj within be armory. Bros declarcst that
there were none engaged in the plot but
II ose who accompanied hm. The prison.
ers are retained within the az mory enclo-
sure.
An eye witness, who has returned from
IIarpcr's Ferry. describes lhe scenes there q
follows:
The first attack wns mnde hy deinch-
rent of ,he Charisslcwn Guards, who cross
ed the Potomac river above llnrpsr's Ferry
aud reached The bu dng ~h.re he insnr
gents were posted by the canal, on the
Maryland side. Sime smart iring occurred,
and the rioters we're driven from The bridge.
and one mn was killed here. and another
ar rresed. The latter ran, and tried 70 es-
cape bv swimming The river. A dozen shots
we're fred At him. and he partially fell, but
rose again and threw lis gun away, and
drew his pistols. 10th OF which snapped. lie
then drew his bouie-kriie, and cut oil his
heavy accou'remenis of. and plunged into
the river. One Of the soldiers as about ten
seef behind, when the man turned round.
threw up his hands, and cried. 'don't rhoot!'
The soldier fred. snd the man fell into the
waller, with his face blown away. iscuat
skirts we're cut from his person. and in the
pockets was found caplain's commission
TO Captain +. n. IL cnan. from the Provi-
siona. Government Of The United States.
THE commission was dated October 10Th,
lS59, snd was signed BY A. w. Brown.
Commander .in-chief OF the Army Of
ihc Provisional Government Of the UniIedl
States.
Soon after the storming and capture Of,
the armory, four dead bodies Of the insur
gents. who were shot Yesterday, were found
within the enclosure. Captain Brown and
his son were dangerously wounded. Only
two Of the nsurrectionisis were unwoundet,' \
VIZ: Edwin Coppick, from Iowa (whte), and
Childs Green (colored). also from Iowa.
The party originally consisted o. twenty-tWc
pcrsons. 81 whom fifteen were killed, two
mor,ay wounded, two unhurt, and three
escaped with slaves.
On Monday morning. soon after the as
sauIt on the srmory, some firing took place
from the hills on the Maryland shore. which
was supposed 10 be a parting salute from
Cook, wko left on Monday morning. His
ere was returned with general vol'cy, bu,
both parties were too distant 20 DO any dam
age. A company Of volunteers have gone
10 pursuit OF the fugitives. There are pro-
baby cne thousand armed men now con-
grcgated here, and reniorcements have
been passing il al night from all quarters {
" The surrounding country.
UARrKR's FERRY. Oct. Is. 1880 p. NJ
rhc Secretary Of War has tessgraphed 10
Col. Lee thst Mr.. Ould, the District Aitor-
ney 81 the u. :. for this district, will pro-
ceed forthwith 20 Harpers Ferry 70 take
charge of the legal proceedings against the
prisoners and bring them TO trial. The
train IL now getting ready 70 convey horses
and men from here to pursue the rioters into
any State Or locality where they have fled.
This il by an order Of the President,
al tie request Of Gov. Wise.
For nearly an hour running FIRE was
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