New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-19

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| through bic body. The bal Wa large elongated
Aug, srd made dreadful wound. Mr. Beckbsn
died almost immediately. He WAS without FIRE arm,
and Yves exposed for only marnent while approach
/ ing wateTstaton. His assslalt, ole Of Browns
cons, was shot almost Immediately, bat managed to
| get back to the eugine.houss where bis body VA,
found re1t day.
. TIE murder Of Mr.. Beckhan greatly excited Tia
10 cuacs who immediately rsizei cry to brig out
the pri, rrer, Thompon. III WAS brought out Oh the
bridge and there clio, c9wn He fell into the water,
snd some appearance Of Life stin remaining ne was
ridoled with balls.
At this tine the general ehcrge ass made down the
street from the bridge towgtf the Armory gate by
the Cbnlestown and Shepherd-soBn troops aDd Ferry
people. From behind the ArInory wall fusilale
was kept up. and returned BY the insurieotionsts
from the Armory buildings
While this was going On the Martneburg levies ar
rived at the upper end Of the own, and entering the
Armory grounds By tbs rear maze attack from hs.
side. This force was largely composed Of railroad
employees gathered from tue tunnags trains at Mar
tinsbuTg ana their attack generally spoken Of
showing the greatest amount of fighting pluck eI.
hoited during the day. Dashing on, firing and cheer
ing, and CALAMITY led by Capt Alburtis they carried
TIE UuiuiIp pIlcOIcu,
end released the whole Of them.
They we're, however, but poorly armed come with
pistols, and others with stot guns and when they
came whitman of the engine house, where the 6'He
of the iuturrectiopists were gathered, aud were
posed to the rapid and dexterous use Of Sharps
rhes they were forced to fall back, suffering pretty
severely. Conductor Evans Dorsey Of Baltimore,
was killed instantly and Conductor George Richard
ccpr sceiNej wound xrIip, la dpd dupiny tha
day. Several others wounded among them a
son OF DR. Hammond Of Martinsburg.
A guerilla waIfpe was maintained during the rest
of the cay, resulting in the killing oftFo Of the insar
redtionists and the wounding Of thcd One craxlei
ont through culvert Leading into the Potomac aud a.
tempted to cross to the Marya side whether with
the view Of escaping or conveying Information to
Cook, ia not kno.n
lie was shot while crossing the river and fell dead
on lie rookie An adventurous lad waded on. and se-
cured bis Sbarp's rife. The body was afterward
stripped Of part Of its clothing In of his peck
cts was found a captains commission, drawn up in
full form, and declaring that the bearer Cspt Leh-
man. beid that commission under Maj, Gen. Brown.
A light nulstto was shot just outside the Armory
gate The ball went through the throat, tearing away
the principal arteries sni killing him instantly. His
name is not known but he is Of the free negroes
who came with BrowD. His body was left in the
street until yesterday exposed to every ndigny
that could be heaped upon it by the excited popuacs.
At this time tall, powerful man, named Evans Ste
phens, came out from the armory, conducting some
prisoners, il was said. He was twice shot-once in
the side, o1ce in the breast. He was then captured
and taken to tavern ard after the insurection wa
oueled was turned over to the United States authori
ties in a dying condition. During the afternoon
sbarp little affair took place on the Shenandoah side
Of the town. The ipsurectonsts had also seized the
halls of the rifle woke and patty Of their asssants
found their way in through a mlrsce, and dislodged
them.
In this rsncontre it was sad three iusurrectionsts
we're killed but We found but one dead body, that CT
negro on that side Of the town. Night by this time
had set in, and operations ceased. Guards were
placed around the Annoy, and every preoaution
taken to prevent escapes.
At II o'clock, tie Monday night train, with Bali.
more military and marines, arrived at Sandy Hook,
where they waited for the arrival Of COL Lee, depu-
TIED by the War Department to take the commani 4.
The reporters pressed on leaving their military
allies behird they found the bridge in the possession
Of the military and entered the besieged town without
difficulty, the occasional report of gun or singing
motion of Sharp's rifle ball warning them that il
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the Annoy. The first visit was made to the bedside
of Asron Stevens the wounded prisoner they found
him to be large, exceedingly athletic man, perfect
Sampson in appearance. lie was in smol room,
filed with excited armed men, who more than once
threatened TO shoot him. where be groaning with
pain. but answering with composure and apparent
Willingness every question in relation 10 the ray IN
which he was engaged.
L. atiU nf COpnpptipuf.
lately lived in Kans. where he knew Capt Brown.
He had slso served in the United States Army The
cole object of HE attempts was to give the negroes
freedom, and Brown had represented that as soon as
they seizsd the arm0ry the negroes would flock to
them By thous snds and they weuld soon have force
enough for their purpose-ope for which he would
sacrifice bic life; bat be said he thought Brown had
been greatly deceived. He said that preparations hai
been skiing for some months for a movement, but
that the whole force consisted Of seventeen white msn
ard five free negroes.
This statement was repeated without variation BY
all the prisoners with whom We oonversed. All
agreed as TO the rumber in the movement and as to
| il, objects, which some called the work OF philan
ihoPy.
Lewis LeAry, pegro shot a. the rifle mill, sisted
before he died tat he enlisted with Capt. Brown for
| the Instruction at a fair held in Lorraine County,
Ohio, and rece we'd the money to pay his expenses
They all came down to Chambersburg, Pa and fro n
there they travelled scross the country TO Brown
farm.
The night passed without suy serious alarms, but
no. without excitement The marines were marched
over Immediately after their arrival, when COL Lee
stationed them within the Armory grounds, so as to
completely surround tie engine-house. Occasion
ally shots were fired by country volunteers bu. what