Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-31

from rides securely eutrenched behind
brick walls densly Hoped Ia receive
them, Mhilesthey we're Without any artil.
fiery or means Of batleripg doors Or walls.
|. The prisoners were the walls Of the ma
randsrs. stronger with the volunteers
titan, brick and mortar. Thay loved
| Washington. and Alstad 4 and Mills and
other prisoners, and would not risk their
lives. This was wrong bat natural and
not cowardly. i chided them for their
mistake and told them that had 4 arrived
There iii time, / would have storrned the.
stronghold insthe shortest possible time,
and that il Gen. George Washington had
been one Of the prisoners and even bis
life had been imperilled by the attack. II
Should not have beensdelayeh fiyeiminules
Theflves outside. in this case. were az
precious as the lives inside Of the prison.
and to prove that it was sHoe4 inhumaHity
| 10 risk the lives Oft prisoners / would
have risked nv own life to rescue them
LAT every hazard Of their lives and my
own; such was my sense Of depreciation
Iatallowing these nlarauders5to hnld that
| Arsenal with IT'S prisoners FIVE nafnilles,
!, would not have parleped with them a
moment, would have ordered the attack.
aad led il.
/ would proudly have risked my life
10 have gotten; my guard there iu}ilme.
] and 10 have taken the place Withtour own
/ Virginia boys. l was ready 10 weep
1 when.I found the whole force overcome,
/ was only come I2s or S men, land the
Virginia volunteers had not captured
them before Col. Lee arrived /!
But, my fellow 7eilizans. you must not
] imagine thatI!this INVASION was 20 insigt
nifcani, or that Commander Brown was
mad, because this force was SO small -
His force. small As il was, was large
enough 10 diyides to penetrate a Sleeping
/ country around. II and toI take d United
/ States Arsenal with I'll itsarms..r Taking
these. his, expectation was to 4be joined
Immediately by hundreds and thousands
] Of whites and blacks and his purpose
was to turn the arms ofthe United States
which he had captured on the Slayehold-
ers Of Maryland and Virginia. Tn this
/ consisted7his disappointment and failure.
4L,No negroes rose up to seizei tle arms
he bad captured The negroesAhe4 had
captured as soon as they crossed the
river with Cooke and got outxof his wag-
on. ran, back II tiepidation other mas
i ters. All OF Alstad1s returned, and al
.Eof Mr. Washington but one4--h,;;s ear
! rage driver, the negro who drove the
wagon into town when his master was
made prisoner; he was drowned iulhe Pc
!! tofnac,; his body was found on Wednes.
yday morning. And this il the oalyieon,
j ISOLATION which / have 10 offeryoutin this
/ disgrace; that the faithful slsvesIref fused
1 to take up arms against theit masters,
! and those which weretaken by force' from
Their happy homassdeserted their iibera.
i tors dis sdon as they could dare ia make
! the attempt Sbt 4 slave around was
found failbless, and not one haslost his
life, except tile one ne Of excellent character
1 who was shot hg Browns party on the
bridge. and except this servant 5of Col.
\ Washington whose BODY was found in
/ the/river. and whom Cooke may have
shot in attempting to. escape from him.
EBrowtf was not mad, but he was miisin-
4 formed. as 10 The temper and disposition
] Of rour sIayes. He ought 10 l,ayefknown
4 4 that all fhe8slaves on our Northern bor-
der are held as ii We're BY suffeianee--
their Own 'suferanees; that they dan run
to iiberatotsiin Pennsylvania. easier than
libefators can come to heir ansfpation,
/ He was ignorant, il seems Of the palri,
arehaI relations in which our slaves eve.
| rywhere are held BY their masters, and
Fwhat bonds Of affection and common in.
Etetests existb between thenfand their mas
ters. AndSthus it was that The IL. Old
Brown" the fanaticof Ossawattomie and
and Lawrence and Fort Scott memory,
who denouHced the Missourians asI. Boz.
der Ruflians, ! BECAME himself The Bor-
der Ruffian Of Virginia, and is now 4
prisoner Of Treason to her authoFFftsy. -
The slaves, he would incitee to Insured
ton and massacre, would rot take up
arms against their masters Hisispears
/ were untouched by them. And they are
| themselves mistaken who take BIN 10 be
mailman. Hejis bundle Of tile hes.
nernes ! ever saw, cut and thrust and
bleeding in bonds. He Is 1 man Of clear
head 9f.eonrage, fortitute and simple in
4 II II