The National tribune., 1898-03-31

senal and other property at Harper's
Ferry, with barely 45 Regulars, learning
that a force of $500 Virginia Militia
was advancing to seize that post, had
evacuated it during the night, after en-
deavoring, in the face of suddenly
gathered force of Virginians, to destroy
by fire the National property, including
$4,000 Springfield muskets there de-
posted.
These were somewhat injured but
the Confederates are understood to have
ultimately repaired and used most of
them. Lieut.. Jones fled across the thin
western strip of Maryland to Chambers
burg, Pa, losing three of his men. He
left the Ferry at 10 o'clock p. M, and
reached Hagerstown, Nd, 80 miles dis
tant, next morning; having blown up and
destroyed the public property so far as
possible, but saving none of it to the
Government.
ATTACK on THE 9Th MASS.
At the hight of the frenzied excite
ment created by these tidings, the 9th
Mass, with 10 companies of the Phila-
delphia Washington Brigade, under Gen.
Small, having left Philadelphia at 3 a.
III. of the 10Th, reached Baltimore, in a
train OF II passenger cars, containing
over 1000 persons, mainly soldiers.
The train stopped at the Camden
station, ON the east side of the city,
little before noon. The five foremost
cars, containing portion of the Massa-
chusetts men, were here detached, and
drawn singly through the city by
four horses each. There being no horses
for the remainder, the residue of the
regiment, of whom but a small portion
were armed, left the cars and formed in
the street, waiting the arrival of horses.
None came for the Secession mob
who filled the streets had covered the
track, Immediately behind the FIVE cars
aforesaid, with heavy anchors, timber,
stones, and other obstructions-piled, In
one instance, to hight of 10 feet-and,
by the help of these, were prepared to
| prevent the passage of any more cars.
Meantime, the residue OF the regi-
ment, as they formed, were assailed by
showers of stones and other missiles,
hurled from the streets and the house
tops, whereby several of them were
knocked down and otherwise badly in
iured. In the confusion thus created
among the raw, unarmed soldiers,
rioter came behind the last platoon,
seized the musket of one of the volun-
teers, and shot him dead.
Hereupon, the soldiers were ordered
to fire, and those who had guns and
ammunition did so with some effect.
This caused the mob to recoil and the
soldiers, learning that the track had been
INSTRUCTED, closed their ranks, and COM
menced their march Of two miles and
half through the streets of the city to
the Washington depot, surrounded and
followed by the bowling, pelting mob.
Mayor Brown and strong detach-
ment of police marched at the he'd of
the troops, opening way before them
through the vast and angry crowd.
Missiles still poured upon them from
every quarter; and, in some cases, heavy
pieces of iron We're cast out of second
and third-story windows upon their
heads. One man was crushed down by
one of these iron billets. The front of
the column received little injury; but
the rioters closed in upon and attempted
to cut off portion of the rear, which.
being hardly pressed, was at length
ordered to fire; and the order was
| obeyed. Several volleys were fired by
small portion of the regiment, whereby
II of the mob were killed, and four
severely wounded.
OF the soldiers three were slain, and
eight seriously injured. Most of the
remaining volunteers reached the Wash
ington depot and crowded into the cars,
which were dispatched, so soon as posi-
BILE, for Washington. Fifteen of the
soldiers who went on with their comrades
We're so injured by the missiles that, on
reaching the Capital, they were sent to
the hospital.
The train was repeatedly fired at from
the hills and woods along the route, but
at too great distance to do harm. AT
the jackson bridge it was stopped by
the removal of several rails, which we're
promptly. relaid, under the protection of
the troops.
Ito be continued.)
EDITORIAL NOTE.-The next inst1llment
will be devoted to narrative of the cir