Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-29

Inc WorRlnen were imprisoned III Dull-
ding farther downthe yard, and were res
cued by tire brilliant Nouavc dash made by
the railroad con,pmIy's men who came dowu
from Martinsburg.
TIIE DEAD AND WouNDED,-Thc lawn
in front of the engine house after the as
sault presented dreadful sight. Lying
on it were two bodies of men killed the
previous day and found inside the house;
three wounded men, one just Mt the last
gasp of life, two others grooming in pain.
One of the dead WAS Capt Browns son OF
towa, the wounded man his son Watson,
Whilst the father himself laid upon tho
grass, a cory spectacle, his face aud hair
cottcd with blood and severe bayonct
wound in his side.
CAPT. BRowN's STATEMENT.-A short
time after he was brought out, he revived,
and talked earnestly to those about him,
defending his course and ?vOwing that he
had done only what was right. He re-
piled to questions substantially as follows i:
q. Are you Captain Brown, of Kansas?
A. | am sometimes called so,
q. Arc you Osawattamie Brown?
4 tried to do my duty there.
q. What was your present object?
A. To free the slaves from bondage.
q. Were any other persons but those
with YOU now connected with the move
mcnt?
a. No.
G. Did you expect aid from the North
\. No; there was none connected with
the movement but those who came with me.
o. Did you expect to kill people in or
der to car'y your point?
\. did not wish to do it, but you for
ccd me to do it.
Various questions of this kind were put
to Capt. Brown, which he answered clear
ly and freely, and seemed anxious to vim
dicatc his course. lie urged that he had
the town at his mercy, that he could have
burned it and murdered its inhabitants,
but did not, He had treated the prisoners
he had taken with courtesy, and complain
cd that he wrs hunted down like least.
! He spoke of the killing of his son, which
he alleged was done whilst llc was bearing
ii flag of truce, and seemed very anxious
for the safety OF the wounded son. Alto
gcther, his conversation bore the impress
Of conviction that whatever he had done
to free slaves was right, and that in the war
in Which he WAS engaged he was entitled
to be treated with all the respect of pris-
omcr of war. lie seemed fully convinced
that he had been badly treated, and had IL
right to complain.
STATEMENT OF ONE OF THE RINGLEAn-
EnS.--At 10 o'clock on Monday night the
train with the Baltimore military and the
Cuitcd states Marines, arrived ut Sandy
Hook, where they waited fur the arrival of
Col Lee, d"pmtiscdb by the War Department.
to take command. The reporters for tho
press passed on, leaving the military behind.
They found the bridge in possession of the
military, and entered the besieged and be-
lcaeucd town without difficulty, the orca-
sional report of gun warming them that
it was advisable to keep out of the range of
the armoly.
Their first visit WAS to the bed .scdc of
Naron Stevens, the wounded prisoner
They found linn n large, cxcct dinghy 9TH
lctlc man. u perfect Sampson in appearance.
He WAS in small room, filled with excited
armed men, who more than once threatened
to shoot him where lie WAS, groaning with
pam, but answering with composurc and
apparent willingness every question: in re-
| to the fUrny in which he WAS engaged.
He said he lived in Kansas, where he knew
Captain Brown. He had also served in
the United States army. The sole object
OF the attempt was to give the negroes free
dom, and Capt. Brown .md represented
that as soon ms they. seized the armory tho
negroes would flock to them by tho sands,
and they would soon have force enough to
accomplish heir purposes lie believed
thu the freeing of the negroes WAS prop
ci purpose, one for which he would sacrifice
hi' Life, but thought that Capt. Brown had
been greatly deceived in relation to the
movement lie said preparations hnd been
making for some months for the movement,
! Dut the whole force consisted of seventeen
white men and five free negroes. This
statement WAS repeated without variation
/ byall the prisoners with whom we convGrscd.
They all agreed as to the number in tho
movement, and as to its objects, which
some of thcm called the work of philam-
thropy.
lewis hcnl, the negro shot at tIic r;;aao
mill, stated before he died that he enlisted
with Capt. Brown for the insurrection ut
fair held in Lorraine County, Ohio, aud
received money from him topay his eXne,..
scs They all came down to Chamberas
burgh, Pennsylvania, and from there tray,,
eed across the country to Browns farm,
The insurgents had a ryinsea constitution
fora Provisional Government of tho U.i.
ted ! tatos-~-Brawn wns tho provisional Ex4
eentivc Tho following is DroWu's con.