,tettridnothingand kneirr nothing, untl Mrs.
Edwards rap to awaken me and tell aim what
had happened. looked after biro; be was
is his own bed, and buret out ;:t.73 g b when
he ettvr me. 'I got your knife, I got your
knife,' he called out, as if it were a feat to
ho proud of."
The stextqd #oppeci at an exclamation
frum Mr. Ravensworth. Lady Level, like a
true daughter of Ere, instead of going dowp
stairs as Mr. Bavensworth requested, had
:fingered to peep and listen. If er curiosity
wa3 excited by Mr. Ravensworth's determi
nation to enter these close , ' apartments, and
1-y tlte steward's agitated refttsol. She
looked after them; growing bolder, she fol
lowed them, cautiously peeping here and
there, and, guided by the sound of voices,
she had gone down the stairs. She was
standing 110 NT inside the d.;or, her eyes fixed
in affright at the object stooping there over
his top. With a wild cry of alarm, she
prang fur protection to the sif:e Pot
vensworth.
'Oh, Blanche! hog• coEld y;.-.41 come here!
L cs-fiispered
"It is the wire T. saw! 3 know it is the
same I saw:" she utterea in her terror; "hut
he 1110 long hair than."
"He N'7ll;. tiot, harm you," said Mr. Ra
rensworth. "Do nut tremble. Reassure
youp.e:r. ..9ce: he is plasful and imbecile,
but not fierce."
"Who and what can it be"
•'3l,y Indy see now why I conk', not per
mit these rooms to be entered," cried the
steward, with a tone and air that seemed to
soy that he washed his hands 9f the eon Fe.
qaenees, "It is a eonne:don of the Level
tumily, toy laly."
Ile r..1...ipre , .1 his top too luard ;r coed
t spin. Catching it from the floor. he
'talked up CO hefty., ••P,..; dn." Lady
Level FIIVICh.Cd cut TIF he neared her, and
turned to is y from the re:nal, drawing Mr.
tvensworth with her. The uttfurtuuate
heing fyllowed them up; —Do; do; . ' and Lady
subbed contuhdre)y iu her og,uny cf
t.•rror.
his top going for him," hastily et•
c!aiLle..l Mr. Lavenswortli, as he tos,4eLl it to
tF.e qer:Nrd. "1 mus.l ake I,:tily Level I'r:um
here."
Lc cosTENTEf..]
Srnzr.cr.—ln
e:«, vkLiolt :Mall 71:111)...1.-, in oar
one Jim StvigA, n 01:tractor
nutxi fut• his honezty, integrity love of
whimk%
Not many years since a gentleman from
Ne•w England visited that section with a
view to incest a few dollars; lie bore a let
ter of introduction to Jim, also a knowledgn
of the fact, that if he wished to 'propitiate'
that individual and obtain information in
rt,gard to chances to make good 'strikes'
whisky was the article to accomplish the
Purpose.
Armed with a gallon of "cernjuice," they
started for , about five miles from
town, to look r.t. a "frty," which Jim had
recommended as a aced bargain; hardly
had they crossed the river bcf,ri Jim
for the Leverage.
-11.,:re it iP," said Downcast, producing
the jug.
Jun touis . a pol, long pull, then, setting
,h,wn said—" Pretty fair nhibky,
that i!•:•.) . t all you've got is it?"
evAtitnet.ll)olvneast, “for licaTetl's
iake ibn't it gallon cnongll:','
- Encl.1;111" and Jim gave him a loot: eig-
Mfying bath s‘nru and 1,:t; f9r his igno
rance, stranger: what's a gallon
among tw,-0, with five miles to ride, and
I ack azlia ‘‘itil nary gr:ccry store on the
=I
mmition of the team :vas reversed
i; , ,tantl7; down east sullenly remembered
2liet;;i1::: he tad 1,: , ...•1; they
tcr.vl;
nc•;cr sa..c that "forty," and
11;5 I:9W inrcsica in s'inethirlg
les whisky and NVe:Fterrt
Portington, I ant collecting a
little money fur the purpose of founding
eroinary among the Cornices. "Well, I'm I
glad of it. I never could see why found
ling., s.hottltrat be buried in a cemetery as
ne other people." The destitution of
thtn Caribees is very gte tt, Ma'am. "Yes
'ley hat e great constitutions, nll that I ever
Ithew of. There's the humble becs, and the
honey bees; it's hard to kill one of 'cm, un
you litrallgulate than with brimstum"
but they live in darkness, madato! "Do
I'm glad of it. I tvislt nil the, dames
in the world could he kept there: living on
the fruit of other people's ozactions, and
I,l,:zing themselves in the sunshine of as
the /nzy thing4l" The benevolent
;:..ntleniart ail at once recollected that be
1..01 cogtgetnent, nod would have left,
Lot he foiled his hat anything but agreeable
to a fit, It was his own new straw hat, no
doubt of that, Lot it had mysteriously be
e,toe too small fur his head, or his head too
Jorge f",:r the hat. Ike waent there.
bin" ii bat a blessed thing it said
Jones to the wblo•.v J'artington, one
daring the late revival, "that so many
are being called to be saved. - --
-:'ear me, yes," replied the widow, '•I on
12 , wish that my dear Into caneert, Paul
Partingtou, could bare lived to see this Wes
pi," revisal. lie was a most iminent chris-
Ilan in his day and gineration, Mrs. Jones,
although I say it, and have no doubt that he
is rP.w happy in Beeltibul,'s bosom." And
as the old lady closed her eyes to get a bet.
tor• glimpse of the spiritual vision, a loud
sereatn of pain came from Isaac, who had
been catching ales at the window and had
got a hornet between his thumb sad finger.
r It was a good saying of one to a
great Lord, upon his showing his stately
li,Juse and pleasant gardens: "Sir, you had
need make sure of heaven, or else, when
die, you will Le a very heavy loser."
0:1-Some very pious young women in
Syracuse have established an associatien
which tbey style "The Young Women's
Anti-Young Man Waiting-at-the-Church-
Doors with Ulterior Ohjects Society." Noth
ing like baring a good, title.
'Of tatumbiif
F. k.
SATURD4r, OCT. 22, 1859.
ineetiniwill be held in the Lecture
Room of the Lutheran Church. this evening,
at half past eight - o'4lmb. for the purpose of
forming a Columbia Bible Society. All are
invited to bo present.
Iccw Goofs.—Bee Bruner's advertisement
Fall and Winter OUUthl. They have just
received a new stock of every class of goods
in which they deal, which will compare fa
vorably with that of any other store in town.
The Messrs. Bruner select with care and
taste, and sell at the very lowest prices.—
They are deservedly favorites with the pub
lic, always keeping gond gonds, selling
cheap, and giling with every bargain cour
tesy and attention to the buyer.
Comer. Gasms,—We tender our ac
knowledgements to Mr. S. H. Purple for a
fine lunch of most splendid "White Mus
cat" Grapes from the hot house of his Hill
side Nursery and Garden. They were the
larg-,sst and most luscious we have ever
seen—we think they are, as Mr. Purple
claims, the finest ever grown in this neigh
borhood. We would incidentally call at
tention to the complete assortment if trees,
shrubs and flowering plants now for sale at
Mr. Purple's
. establishrueut. Give him a
call.
SH EEL NEeri notccing the
success or Colmnbin exhibitors at the re
cent Lancaster and York Comity Fairs, we
spoke of the success of Shreiner's New dm
prored Stove, but did not at that time know
fiat he had received, in addition to the or-
Ahnary prizes and complimentary mention,
the special premium of a Silver Tea Set,
awarded to the most useful and original in
vention by a citizen of Lancaster county,
exhibited at the Lsmeaster County Agricul
tural nod Mechanical Fair. This prize
could nut have been better bestowed. The
Stove succeeds perfectly, and is sought after
by parties from all quarters of the country.
We congratulate Mr. Shreiner on his de
t.erved good fortune.
CoxcnaT Foe TUE BENEnT 6F TIM Peon.
--Mesnuert will be given on next Wednes
day evening, by Prof. Priem and the Cecilia
Musical Society, the proceeds of which will
Lo. for the benefit of the poor of the borough.
The first-rate in t:lie:li abilities of Professor
Priem, the excellent attainments of the So
ciety and the known talent of many of the
individual performers—among whom will
Us recognized some of our most lovely and
fa , einati ig eitizonesses—will insure in this
entertainment a veritable musical treat.
Tin programme indicates a careful and
oh ,ice selection of musical gems, and we
can assure the public that the music will be
worthily rendered. We hope there will be
a general turn out, not only on account of
those who are to benefit by the performance,
but that proper encouragement may be ex
tended to the musical talent and enterprise
of our town.
lI.E.tDING AND COLI:31111.1 RAILIZOSD.--An
election fur twelve directors and a Presi
dent of the Reading and Columbia Rail
road is advertised to take place on Wednes
day, Nov. 2nd prof., at the public house of
John W. Gross, at Ephrata, in this county.
That Columbia may be properly represen
ted at this election it will be necessary that
some cAirsc of action on the part of our
citizens shall be agreed upon, and to that
end we have been authorized to give notice
through the columns of the Spy that a
meeting will be held this evening, at tho
Town lull, at S o'ch.ck. We have already
conscientiously discharged our duty to our
owtt particular public in urging action in
the matter of a proper subscription to this
it
road, but will again ask the peor le to give
' the project the support it roost certainly de.'
serves. All around us the citizens of va
rious localities, all more or less antagonistic
I to Columbia, are moving energetically, and
it is left only fur us to distinguish ourselves
by a supineness that may in the end drive
from us an improvement from which we
cannot anticipate too great benefits.
I are weary with recapitulating the good ef
fect of the building of this rood with a ter
minus in our borough, and we do not think
the people require information or. that sub
ject; but they need stirring to action, and
as we have said as much to encourage it as
is right and proper, we leave it to personal
influence on the part of some of our most
energetic citizens to effect this. We entreat
however, a general attendance at the meet
ing this evening, a sinking of all personal
I differences and antipathies and a general
pull together fur the good of the old town.
Remember, at S o'clock, -rvheu the bell will
bt. rung
Isolioe Items
PEFOII.TF.D nr OCR srEciAL "noriarAnn."
OSE OF s PILIV/LECED Ctsss.—On Sat
urday, 15th inst., David Johns was escorted
to the Blue Front by Richard, who charged
him with unmitigated inebriation and gen
eral vagrancy, and asked that the machin
ery of justice might be:set in motion, to the
chastening of said violator of the morals and
disturber of the peace of our good borough.
Prisoner—a wooden-legged veteran, appa
rently somewhat worn by the friction of a
hard world— was asked if he had any rea
son to assign why the extreme double back
action crank motion of the law should not
be applied. Prisoner had reasons—plenty
of them. He was an old soldier, and bad
served his country faithfully. Had been
engaged for two years in bloody conflict
with Billy Bowlegs and the mosquitoes of
the Florida Everglades. Had served through
the Mexican war. Was at the storming of
Monterey, fought at Cerro Gordo, was in the
forlorn hope at Chapultepec and was the
first man to enter the City of Mexico, near
the gates of which he tried to atop a 24
pounder with his foot, and singularly failed
in his undertaking. His leg was amputated,
and on his recovery he was presented by a
grateful country with an honorable dis
charge, a title to one hundred and sixty
gores of lantl,.a.nd. the priyilttge of retiring
[ to the Soldiers' Home near 'Washington
City. Had tried that"delightfal retreat, but
found the life too monotonous fora man of
his stirring disposition . There was no to
bacco and no whisky, with Out which what
is life? A butiden, sir! &Miserable burden!
Manufactdred:,fOr himself # new wooden
leg. and a;isr4t4 qrt'a pedestrian OR - F.Passed
through . the city of lialtimore and the towns
of Gettysburg, - York, Carlisle, Harrisburg,
Middletown and' Marietta-, in all of which
places he was permitted to get' drunk ad
libitum, and he must take the liberty of re
marking, saving the presence of the magis
trate and Richard, that to be,debarred from
one of the most sacred privileges of a sol
dier in a d—d, contemptible, one-horse
town like Columbia, was cutting it just the
least taste of life too fat. "Now, Colonel,
bring on year file of men and orderme to
execution!" The prisoner drew bimself up
with dignity, and giving the justice_ the
military salute, awaited his doom with
the heroic fOrtiticle of the drunken Amer-
ican warrior. The "Colonel" fetched the
'Squire. Springing to his feet and
striking a majestic hermaphrodite attitude,
half military nod half judicial, he exclaimed:
"Perish the man who'd restrain the defend
er of his country from getting drunk! [A
little selfish in the 'Squire! En.] The Sen
tence of this court is that you be honorably
dismissed from your present state of tempo
rary restraint, receive
.an apology from
Richard for his mistake in profaning your
sacred person by the hand of the law, and
that you be and are hereby invested with
the privilege of getting drunk when you
please, and as drunk as you please, any
where. within the jurisdiction of said court.
Comm.''n In furtherance of which the
'Squire bled to- the tune of fifty cents, and
the man of war proceeded to curry the sen
tence into immediate execution.
A Ft.r.BY->\rcur.--On Tuesday last com
plaint was made before Justice Walsh that
during the preceding night the proprietor
and premier artiste of the clean and easy
tonsorial department of the Blue Front,
William Jackson, to wit, had departed
mysteriously, carrying with him the valu
able fittings and belongings of that justly
celebrated saloon. By invitation of Hol
lingsworth William appeared at the office
the saute day and (remanded a hearing, de
nying with indignation the charge of
larceny. He claimed that the chattels were
his own lawful property, and that he had
a freeman's right to remove them at will,
and at such hour as to him seemed• meet.
He would not have his ownership questioned,
nor his rights infringed. He removed at
night to amid site wind and dust, and he'd
liketrsea the nigger who would gainsay
his authority so to do. He gave this es . -
planation voluntarily; not that it was any
body's business when or where he moved;
but when a man has a good and sufficient
reason for his actions, it's as well to satisfy
neighborly cariosity by assigning it. Several
witnesses were called to prove the owner
ship of the personal. Charles Williams,
deputy shepherd of the establishment, was
put on the stand, and after a -protracted
struggle was brought, by a threat of thirty
days, to waive his conscientious scruples in
favor of affirmation, and be sworn. On his
solemn engagement to tell the truth, the
whole troth and nothing but the the truth,
Charles informed the Worshipful Court, in
answer to a loading question as to the
ownership of the goods, that "Gruby knows;
az him." This was the amount of Charles'
valuable testimony, and on a hint from the
'Squire that he had bettor prepare to go
down long enough to become thoroughly
sober—say thirty days at the lowest chlcu
lation—slipped out of the door and "broke
fu' de Hill." The testimony not satisfac
torily establishing William's claim to the
movables, he was ordered to find security
in the sum of $lOO for his appearance attho
November term, to answer the charge of
larceny.
LADIES' AMERICAN MAGAZINE.—We have
received the November number of this
favorite Ladies' Magazine. It is of the
usual entertaining stamp, and contains be
sides matter for general reading, ,much in
formation, particularly adapted to ladies,
in the way of fancy work, &c. Since its
removal to New Yurk, the Maeazinc has
been a success.
ARTHUR'S IIONIC MAGAZIHE.—This popu
lar Ladies' Magazine for November has
been received. A very good number.
Official Vote of Lancaster County,
October 11, 1859.
An ditor General.
MAMAS E. COCURAN 7602 4169
Richardson L. Wright, 3433
Surveyor General.
WILLIAM 11. KEIM, 7598 4155
John Rowe, 3443
Assembly.
NAIIIANIEL jr., 7475 3845
SAateet, KErmacr, 7528 3898
JACOB K. CASSEL, 7263 3633
AMOS S. GREEN, 7507 387
David Reese, 3630
Benjamin Herr, 3577
Robert S. Aleßrain, 3548
Hays, jr., 3511
Augustus Stoner. 47
District Attorney.
KM LEN FRANKLIN,
Aldus J. Neff;
County Treasurer.
MICR Alt. S. SMIRK,
I John W. Clark,
County Commissioner.
lasi S. RUST,
Abraham Peters,
Prison Inspectors.
Iluan S. GARA,
JOSCFII SAMSOM,
Daniel Hartman,
Samuel Long,
Directors of the Poor.
DAVID SITERS, 7560
Slum; GROH 7572
Cum artt.,(2 yrs.,) 7553
Albert G. Killian, 3525
George L. Eckert, 3538
Jacob Zecher, (2 years,) 3539
County Surveyor.
Jam; C. Layne,
Daniel Fulton,
Auditor.
Joust IdecaartEr,
William W. Woods,
Insurrection at a ria er- s Perry.
We give below the.. condensed Ivarticula.rs
of2an outbreak at LiUrper'a;Feiry, :Virg s ina,
having for its ( I .Phject the liberation of the
slaves of the South, and, apparently, a gen
eral 17nited.Statas-Govern
meet, acci:#l.renlodeling on a new - and im
proved Wore it -: .40t for the ac
companYing-1404had, the iliaghter of sev:.
ern! inoffending citizens, and the reflection
cast upon the people of 'the north, wbereihe
"revolutionists" and' "revolution" saw the
light, the whole affair would excite only rid
icule and contempt. Of course the entire
north will have to bear the burden of oblo
quy excited by this insole - muf wicked at
tempt at insurrection, but we cannot bring
ourself to loc,k upon the affair as inculpating
more than a handful of fanatics, driven to
madness by persecution in Kansas, and an
equally contemptible number of dupes, ex
cited by the ravings of the leaders into what
they deemed a crusade of freedom. We
will give such particulars as we can make
room fur. Wo copy from the Baltimore
Anteriqap:
The principal originstor of the insurrec
tion,
and the chief 'leader on its short but
bloody existence, was undoubtedly Captain
John Brown, whose connection with the
scenes of violence and border warfare in
Kansas then made his name fruniiiarly no
torious to the whole country. Captain
Brown made his first appearance in the vi
cinity of Harper's Ferry more than a year
ago, accompanied by his two sons, the whole
party assuming. the name of Smith. They
inquired about land in the vicinity, made
investigations as to the probability of find
ing ores, and for some time hoarded at San
dy Hook, one mile east of Harper's Ferry.
After an absence of some months they reap
peared in the vicinity, and The elder Brown
rented or leased a farm on the Maryland
side, about four miles from Harper's Ferry.
They bought a large number of picks and
spades, and thus confirmed the belief thnt
they intended to mine ores. They were
seen frequently in and about fret-pees Fer
ry, but no suspicion scorns to have existed
that "Bill Smith" was Captain Brown, or
that he intended embarking in a movement
so desperate and extraordinary. Ye, the
development of the plot leaves nodeubt that
his visits to the Ferry and his lease of the
farm were all parts of his preparation for en
insurrection which he supposed was to be
successful in exterminating slavery in' Ma
ryland and Western Virginia.
Capt. Brown's chief aid was Juhre E.
Cook, a comparatively young man, who has
resided in and near Harper's Ferry for some I
years. Ile was first employed in tending a
luck on the canal. He afterwards taught
school on the Maryland side, and after a
brief residence in Kansas where it is sup
posed that he became acquainted with
Brown, returned to the Ferry, and married
there. Ile was regarded as a man of some
intelligence, known to be anti-slavery,- but
not so violent in the expression of his opin
ions es to excite any suspicions. These two
men with Brown's two sons, were the only
white men connected with the insurrection
that had been seen about the Ferry. All
were brought by Capt. Brown from a dis
tance and nearly all bad been with him in
Kansas.
oThe first active movement in the insur
rection was made about half-past ten o'clock
on Sunday night. Wm. Williams, watch
man on Harper's Ferry Bridge, whilst
walking across towards the Maryland side
was seized by n number of men, who said
he was their prisoner and must come with
them. He recognized Brown and Cook
among the men, and knowing them treated
the matter ne.B joke;'but enforcing silence
they condueted him to the armory which he
found already in their possession. lie was
retained till after daylight and them dis
charged. The watchman who was to re
lieve Williams at midnight, found the bridge
lights all out, and immediately was seized.
Supposing it an attempt at robbery, he
broke away and his pursuers stumbling
over the track he escaped.
The next appearance of the insnrrection
ists watt at the house of Col. Lewis Wash
ington, a large farmer and slave owner, liv
ing about four miles from the Ferry. A
party heasled by Cook proceeded there,
roused Col. W and told him he was a pri
soner. They also seized all the slaves near
the houses, took a carriage and horse and a
large wagon with two horses.
From Col. Washington's they proceeded
with him a prisoner in his carriage, end
twelve of his negroes in the wagon, to the
house of Mr. Allstadt, another large farmer
on the same road. Mr. Allstadt, and his
son, a lad of sixteen. were taken prisoners,
all their negroes within reach forced to join
the movement, and they returned to the ar
mory at the Ferry. All these movements
seem to have been made without exciting
the slightest alarm in the town, nor did the
detention of Capt. Phelps' train at the up
per end of the town attract attention. It
was not until the town thoroughly waked
up and found the bridge guarded by armed
men, and a guard stationed at all the ave
nues, that the people found they were pri
soners. A panic appears to have immedi
ately ensued, and the number of the insur
rectionists at once magnified frem fifty which
was probably their greatest force, including
the slaves forced to join, to fretn five to six
hundred. In the meantime, a number of
.the workmen knowing nothing of what had
occurred, entered the Armory, and were in
stantly taken prisoners, ontil at one time I
they had not lees than sixty men confined.
As the day advanced, and the news spread
around, and people came into the Ferry, the
first demonstrations of resistance were made
to the insurrectionists. A guerilla warfare
emumenced, chiefly led on by a man named
Chambers whose house commanded the Ar
mory yard. A colored man named Hay
ward, railroad porter was shot early in the
morning for refusine" to join the movement.
Next man shot was Joseph Burley, a citi
zen of Harper's Ferry. lie was shot whilst
standing in his own door. About this time
also Sarni. P. Young, Esq., was shot dead.
He was coming into the town on horseback,
carrying a gun, when be was shot from the
Armory, receiving a wound of which he died
during the day. He was a graduate of
I West Point, and greatly respected in the
I neighborhood fur his high character and no
ble qualities.
7542 4 029
3533
The insurrectionists at this time ending
a disposition to resist them had withdrawn
nearly all within the Armory grounds, leav
ing only a guard on the bridge. About
noon the Charlestown troops, under the
command of Col. Robert W. Baylor, arrived,
crossing the Potomac river some distance up
and marching down the Maryland side to
the mouth of the bridge. Firing a volley
they made a gallant dash across the bridge,
clearing it of the insurrectionists who re
treated rapidly down toward the Armory.—
In this movement one of the insurrectionists,
named William Thompson, was taken pri
oner. The Shepherdstown troops next ar
rived, marching down the Shenandoah side
and joining the Charlestown forces at the
bridge. A desultory exchange of shots fol
lowed, one of which struck. Mr. Fontaine
Beckham, Mayor of the town and agent of
the Railroad Company, in the breast, pass
ing entirely through his body: the ball was
a large elongated slug, making a dreadful
wound.. He died almost immediately. Mr.
Beckham was without arms and was ex
posed only for a moment whilst approaching
the water station. Me assailant, one of
7280 3469
3811
7459
3605
3854
3982
3983
7520
7530
3547
3502
4022
4034
4014
7516
2585
EIM
7533
3564
3969
Brownie sons, was shot almost immediately,
but aninagety to get back to. the engine
, house:where his dead body war fogad the
.
next day.
The . : murder o° Mr. Beckham excited' the
peopliand the .cry was, immediately made
to bring out the prisoner Thompson. Ho
was brought out on the bridge and shot
down„;:from the bridge be fell into the water,
and some appearance of life still remaining
li'e was : again riddled ; with balls.
— At this time a general charge was made
down the street from the bridge tewardwthe
Armory gate by the Charlestown and Shep
hordstown troops and the Ferry people.—
From behind the Armory wall a fusilade
was kept up, and returned by the insurrec
tionists from the Armory buildings, Whilst
this - was going OD, the Martinsburg levies
arrived at the upper end of the town, and
entering the Armory grounds by the rear,
.made an attack from that end. This force
NM largely composed of the railroad em
ployees gathered from the tonnage trains at
Martinsburg,. and their attack was gener
ally spoken of showing the greatest amount
of fighting pluck exhibited during the day.
Dashing on, firing and' cheering, and gal
lantly led by Captain Alburtis, they carried
the building in which the Armory men were
imprisoned and released the whole of them.
They were however but poorly armed, some
with pistols and others with shot guns, and
when they came within range of the engine
house, where the elite of the insurrectionists
were gathered, and were exposed to their
rapid and dexterous use of Sharp's rifles,
they were forced to fall back, suffering
pretty severely. Conductor Evan Dorsey.
of Baltimore. was mortally wounded, and
conductor George Richardson received a
wound from which he died during the day.
Several others were wounded, among them
a son of Dr. Murphy. of Harper's Ferry.
At ten o'clock on Monday night the train
with the Baltimore military and United
States Marines arrived ut Sandy Hook,
where they waited for the arrival of Col.
Lee, deputised by the War Department to
take command.
The night passed without serious alarms,
but not without excitement. The marines
were marched over immediately after the
arrival of Cal'. Lee, and were stationed with
in the armory grounds, so as to completely
surrottnci the engine house. Oecasional
shots were fired by country volunteers—
what fOr was not understood; but there was
only one return fire from the insurgents.
The building in which the insurgents had
made their stand was the fire engine house,
and no duubt the most de ensible building
itt the Armory. It has dead brick walls on
three sides.,end on the fourth, large doors,
with window sashes above, some eight feet
from the ground. Various opinions were
given as to the number of personswithin,
and the amount of resistence they would be
able to offer, Cannon could nut be used
without endangering the safety of Col.
Washington, Mr. Dangerfield, Mr. Ball, and
other citizens, who they still held• prison
ers.
Shortly after seven o'clock, Lieut. J. E.
B. Stuart, of theist Cavalry, who was act
ing as. aid' for Col. Lee, advanced to parley
with the besieged, Samuel Strider, Esq., an
old and respectable citizen, bearing a flag
of truce. They were recived at the door
by Capt. Brown. Lieut. Stuart demanded
an unconditional surrender, only promising
them protection from immediate violence,
and trial by law. Capt. Brown refused all
terms but those previously demanded, which
were substantially, "That he should be
permitted to march out with his men and
arms, taking their prisoners with them:
that they should proceed unpursued to- the
second toll-gate, when the would free their
prisoners. The soldiers were then at liberty
to pursue and they would fight if they could
not escape." Of course this was- refused
and Lieut. Stuart pressed upon Brown his
desperate position, and urged a surrender.
The expostultition though beyond ear-shot
was evidently very earnest, and the coolness
of the Lieutenant and the courage of his
aged flag-bearer won warm praise.
At this moment the interest of the scene
was intense. The volunteers were arranged
all around the building, cutting off escape
in every direction.. The marines divided in
two squads were ready fur a dash at the
dour. Finally Lieut. Stuart, having ex
bausted all argument with the determined
Captain Brown, walked slowly from the
door. Immediately the signal for attack
was given., and the marines, headed-by Col.
Harris and Lieutenant Green ads-mice& in
two lines on each side the door. Two pow
erful fellows sprang between the lines and
with heavy sledge hammers - attempted to
batter down the door. The door swung and
swayed, but appeared to be secured with a
rope, the spring of which deadened the ef
fect of the blows. Fitiling thus to obtain
a breach, the marines were ordered to fall
back, and twenty of them took hold of a
ladder, some forty feet--long and advancing
at a run brought it with tremendous power
' against the door. At 'he second blow it
gave way, one leaf falling inward in a slant
ing position. The marines immediately ad
vanced to the breach, Major Russel and
Lieutenant Green leading. A marine in
the front fell; the firing from the interior is
rapid and sharp, they fire with deliberate
aim, and for the moment the resistance is
serious and desperate enough to excite the
spectators to somethig like a pitch of
frenzy. The next moment the Marines pour
in, the firing ceases, and the work was done
whilst the cheers rang from every side, the
general feeling being that the marines had
done their part admirably.
When the insurgents were brought out—
some dead, others wounded—they were
greeted with execrations, and only the pre
cautions that had been taken aved them
from immediate execution. The crowd,
nearly every man of which had a gan,
swayed with tumultuous excitement, and
cries of "shoot them," "shoot than," rang
from every side. The appearance of the
liberated prisoners, all or whom, through
the steadiness of the marines, escaped in
jury, changed the current of feeling, and
prolonged cheers took the place of howls
and execrations. In the assault private
6 Ruppert, or the marines, received a ball in
the stomach and was believed to be fatally
wounded, another received a slight flesh
wound in the face:
Captain John Brown, the commander
and instigator of this most singular project,
has been known by the name of "Osawat
tamie Brown," in which character he ob
tained quite a notoriety throughout the
country, as one of the leaders of the Free
State party in Kansas. lie was the hero
of fifty guerilla fights in the vicinity of
Osawattamie, in one of which his stn
Frederick Brown was killed. Ms skill and
bravery in this species of warfare was un
disputed. On one occasion, when attacked
by one hundred and fifty Missourians, with
a party of forty, be retreated to the woods,
kept them at bay, and after a fight of five
hours, had lost two men killed and one
wounded, whilst his opponents left thirty
one dead on the field, and took away with
them about thirty wounded.
On one occasion he had a conflict with the
famous pro-slavery leader, Captain Pate,
each party numbering about thirty. He
killed four and took twenty-six prisoners,
including the Captain. who afterwards
highly complimented Ceptaitt Brown for
his bravery. saying that be "rode about
them, sword in hand, sad commanded a
surrender, and they were obliged to male
it."
The two sans who were engaged with
him in the Harper's Ferry invasion, were
also with him in his Kansas fights, Ottowa
Jones, especially, figured extensively with
his rather in Kansas, and his residence be
tween Lawrence andPsawattamie" lima ;de
stroyed' by Sre'by thoi) pro-slavery men, mt .
the same day that his brother was killed;
Beside Captain- Brawn, - the prisoners
taken are his son, witois,seriOusly wounded
in the abdomen and not likely to live; Ed
win Coppuck, who belongs to lowa, and a
negro named Shields Preen, who came froth
Pittsburg to join Brown. The stories• of
all these men are prec sely the same; they
agree as to the object they agreed to Imam
plish and the . number of parties in the
movement. Young Brown in answer to
a question said that there were parties in
the North connected with the movement—
thus difrering with his father on this point.
Coppuck, the other white prisoner, is quite
young, and seems less shrewd than the
others. He said he did not wish to join
the expedition, and when asked gave a re
ply which showed the influence Brown had
over him. He said: "Ahl you gentlemen
don't know Captain Brown, when he calls
for us we never think of refusing to come."
Several slaves were found in the room
with the insurrectionists, but it is not be
lieved that they were there" willingly. In
deed Brown's expeotations as to the slaves
running to him was entirely disappointed.
None seem to-have come to him• willingly,
and in most cases they were forced to de
sert ;their masters. But one instance in
which a slave made a public appearance
with arms in his hands is related. A negro
who had been sharply used by one of the
town people, when be found he had a pike
in his hand, used his "brief authority" to
arrest the citizen and have him taken to the
Armory.
HARPER'S FERRY, Oct. ro.—The wounds
of - Old Osawattamie" , Brown are not at all
dangerous, and he is to-day almost well
again. Dr. Dunbar has attended him, pro
fessionally, as skillfully and kindly as if he
had not deserved his fate. He is calm and
cool, and exhibits that resoluteness, in view
of his certain fate, which is a part of his
nature. Its fanaticism is of that char
acter
which shuts out all doubt from his
own mind about the propriety of the des
perately wild foray in which be was en
gaged. He takes it for granted that he was
right, cares for nobody else's opinion, and
views the murders he and his men commit
ted as merely the necessay result of the war
in which he had engaged against slavery.
He professes to be prepared fur trial, though
having no doubt of his conviction, and avers
his readiness to die on the. scaffold, though
he would not like to be slaughtered by the
mob.
lle made a statement to Gov. Wise this
morning, of which the following is the sub
stance;
"I will be sixty years old next month. I
rented the Kennedy farm six months ago.
It belongs to Dr. Kennedy, of Sharpsburg,
Md.; had paid the rent up to' March next.
I never had over twenty-two men at any
one-time at that farm; who belonged to my
regular organization, but f had good reason
to expect reinforcements from Maryland,
Kentucky, North and South Carolina and
Canada (negroes and whites), and had arms
enough on the farm to arm about fifteen
hundred men—not quite full. The arms
consisted of 200 revolvers, 200 Sharp's
rifles, and 1000 spears. I left these arms
at the farm. We had plenty of powder and
fixed amunition. We brought all the arms
from time to time from• the East to Cham
bersbarg, Pa., and' they were there packed
in double boxes, so as to deceive the parties
who hauled them to the farm. They were
directed to J. Smith & Sons, Kennedy farm,
that being the name we had assumed."
The following is the list of the insurrec•
tionists given by Captain Brown, with the
rank they held in his service, and their
place of birth. We have arranged the list
so as tu•shetv who are dead and wounded:
MEM
Captain John Brown, coran:anner•in-chief
—wounded, will recover.
Capt. Oliver Brown—dead, 1 , sons of
Capt. 'Watson Brown—dead, I Capt. Brown.
Captain Aaron C. Stevens, Connecticut—
badly wounded; three balls; cannot possibly
recover.
Lieutenant Edwin Coppuck, lowa—un
wounded.
Lieutenant Edward Hazlitt, Pennsylvania—
lead.
Viainm Leman, Maine—dead
Captain J ohn E. Couk, Cenneetic ot—escaped
Stewart Taylor, Canada--dead.
Mules P. Ticid, Maine—den I.
William Thompson. New York—dead.
Dolph Thompson, New York—dead.
Captain John Kagy, Ohio, but raised in
Virginia—dead.
Lieut. Jeremiah Anderson, Indiana—dead.
C17=122
Dangerfield Newby, Ohio; 'milted , in Vir-
o'. P. Anderson, Pennsylvania—dead.
*Shields Green alias Emperor, New York,
raised in South Carolina—p isoner at Ferry.
Lewis Leary, Ohio, raised in Virginia—dead.
Copeland, Ohio, raised in Virginia
—prisoner nt Charleston.
*Captain Brown stated that this
man was a Member of Congresfr under the
"Provisional Government" he intended es-
tablishing.
We have room only for the main incidents
given above. In addition, the daily papers
give many interesting particulars of the af
fair, with sketches of the previous career of
some of the chief actors, the Constitution of
the 'Provisional Government," which "Gen
eral" Brown collected to establish, &c.
COMPLIMENTARY SUPPER.—The members
of the Friendship Fire Company have made
arrangements to give the West Philadelphia
Engine Company a. complimentary supper,
at the "Brady House," on Monday evening
the 31st of October. The occasion will be
an interesting one, and creditable to the lib.
erality of the "Bloody Reds," who will spare
no expense in getting up the entertainment.
--.Elarr6burg Telegraph.
PATENT MEDICINES.-“l'm shbre he's
very kind," said Mrs. Partington, as she
took out of its wrapper a box of "Hallelu
jah Pills," accompanied with the request
that she should take them for the sake of
old friendship—the agent being an early
acquaintance of hers. "Ife's vory kind,
but taking them is another thing, though
they are good for all ails that are imperti
nent to the flesh, double X Inclinable. 0,
what malefactors these medicine man are to
the human family, to be sure! I remember
a pictorial expectant once that brought up
a whole family of chiblren, and entirely
cured a gentleman who And been troubled
for a great while with a periodical depot.—
Depend upon it, sir," continued she, ad
dressing old Roger, "there's so much virtue
iq 'ens . that everybody will be made virtu
ous, and everybody be made over again new
and there'll be no excuse for dying at all."
The old lady put the boi of pills up on the
top shelf, out of Ike's way, lest be should
take them by mistake, as be often did the
preserved damsons. "They're doubtless
purgatory," said she, getting down out of
the chair in which she had stood. "Worse
than that, I dare say," said Roger, button
ing up his coat, "for I smelt sulphur in
theM." He went out, and she wondered
what be meant.
Thanksgiving Proclamation'. •
PlAsei i vprertLe ss:
7;11' ae.29cinie mu? by ; flu 4traority of the
ConiMonideaftk o esn'a,
WILLIAMP. ,PACEF44,
,GOTERNOR OF THE SAME COMMONWEALTH.
• ^ A PROCLAMATION.
FELLOW CITIZENS:--The blessings vouch,
eared by a kind Providence through the past
year, demand our gritafal . peognition, and
again call for the sanrifiee of tbankegirirg
and praise. Under the proteciflin of. ft.
government that secures•to all eiy*li_gYls,
we have pursued, unmolested, the various
avocations of life, with more than usual.
prosperity: The earth, under the labors of
the husbaudmon, has yielded her increase,
and our barns and store halide's sare'seini'ded.
with the fruitrol the harvest. We have not
only been preserved: from. the ravages of th
pestilence, but the past has heaci a year dis
tinguished for health in our large cities and
throughout all our rural districts? Our
country has been preserved in peace. Our
homes have been the abodes of tranquility..
and blessings innumerable have clustered'
around our domestic hearths. Our 'various.
schools and seminaries of learning are dif
fusing_ throughout our community a highetk
intelligence, and imparting to our youth
noble aspirations. The institutions• of our
holy religion are well sustained; and under
its pure and genial influence the spirit of
unity and love, the earnest of yet better
days, is most happily developed. TO GOD
THE GREAT AND THE GOOD, we are
indebted for all and to him let praise be.
rendered.
With these sentiments, and in accordance
with the known wishes of ninny of my fel
low citizens, I', WILLIAIII F. PACKER.
Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, de hereby appoint TEURSDAY TUE
TWENTY-POEM% DAY uF NOVEMBER. NEXT, as
a day of General Tnanksgivitig and praise
to Almighty God, and recommend to all
our people to lay aside on that day, their
customary worldly basine,o•—annewhle in
their respective places of w,.rNilip, and unite
in praising aud fur his excellent grea (Hess
and loving kindness toward us—beseeching
His gracious forgiveness, and the continu
ance of his goodness.
Given under my liana and the Great Seal
of the State, at Harrisburg, this.
fourteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-nine, and of the
Commonwealth, the eighty-fourth.
WM. F. PACKER.
BY THE GOVEROR:
W.ll. M. lIErsTER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
LIVER COIVPLAINT
This dangerous and often fatal disease bad long baf-
fled the skill of the most eminent physicians, when the
discovery of Dr. McLane's Liver Pills solved the difii.
culty, and presented to the world the Great Specific
which has attained such wide-spread celebrity for its.
certainty of cure: This suceeisfol remedy was Me'
result of many years' study, in which• the symptoms
were narrowly observed, and ure thus described by the
Doctor himself:—
"Symptoms. of a Diseased Liven—Pain in the right
sit:e, and sometimes in the left, under the edge of the
ribs—the patient being rarely able to lie on the left;
pain sometimes under the shoulder blade, frequently
extending to the top of the shoulder—often mistaken fo r
rheumatism in the arm; sickness of stomach end loos
of appetite; bowels mostly costive, but sometimes al
ternate with lax; dull, heavy senttationth the book part
of the head; loss of memory, with uneasiness of having
neglected something; sometimes dry cough; weal Mesa
and debility; nervous irritability;. feel cold or burning,
and prickly sensation of skin. low spirits, lassitude,
with dietnelinathm to exercise, although satisfied i
would be beneficial. In fact, patient distrusts every
remedy."
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3j=r
Purchasers will be careful to ask for DR ' .
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celebrated Vertnifuge, eon now be had at ail re
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nature of
Oct.dd, iK9. t 2 91 -MENU NO BROS.
,MEDICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES
For along time a certain class of diseases
have baffled the skill and practice of the most
eminent members of the regular medical fac
ulty. Foremost among these we might in
stance epilepsy or tailing fits. Happily now by
the skill and inventive genius of an eminent
chemist of Baltimore, Md., this disease has
been brought within the means of a cure. We•
allude to the preparation called the Vegetable
Extract Epileptic Pills, invented and prepared'
by Dr. Seth S. Hance, of 108 Baltimore street,
Baltimore, Md. Since their discovery many
persona who had given up all hope of ever being
cured, have been restored to the full enjoy
ment of health. Prominent among these we
might ennmerate Mr. Harrison Lightfoot, of
Huntsville, Alabama. Mr. L. has suffered as
much from Epilepsy, as any other person in the
world: never knowing what it was to pass a
week without having an attack, and often fall
ing. in the streets of Huntsville. He is now
fully restored and has net had an attack tea•
more than a year, Dr. Hanee's Pills have
been the sure cause of this cure. These pills
also cure all modifications of Fits, Spasms,
Cramps, &c., and are very serviceable for per
sons of weak nerves. Dr. Hance sends them
to any part of ti e country on the receipt of a
remittance. Price, one box, $3; two, $5;
twelve, $24. Address Seth S. Hance, 108
Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.
Oct. 8,1859.1 m
The heavens were itlutninated on the everting , of
Augnal lath. IFS% by the most rplebded AUT(ltai
Homan. ever .erg in the Country. R 11), 01".•parti
roloted light flitSliCllllo . o.. the sky. and the changer
were beautiful m tar extreme- •At one lime, a rapt
ntimrver remarked. that he Inseiett he enuid ore the
varkting lig.tt• form ilterneelvea Into the following
rnrou: Buy all your garment. at the Brown . Stone
Clothing Hull of Hoek hiti & tVdron. Nov. 603 and 005
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• Sept em r
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In tali ciistat.ea kfiarrltllllooll more or lean predomi
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Cores, Bunions, Brui aes, Sprains, Rhea, Poison, Chit•
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and every one applying a perfect antidote to its oppo
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In its create is magical, because the time is so abort
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ti is scarcely necestary to a try that so home, work
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out it.
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