Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-10-21

rropn nv the reur made on attack from that end Tbs
force was largely composed o. ran r9aa III, ataI
was generally spoken u showing the greatest aou:
H:hn, pluck exhibited during the day. Dashins o. hrHs
md cheering and calamity led by Captain Aeuf'' 'e1
carried the building in which the ArmoTy men we're IN
r,nucI End released the whole q them. They WERE nov"
.yer su poorly armed SOME with pi=tcs and o.e' VIZ"
n; gun and when they came In range OF the engine hoH-
org hr sl.t, the iuuTseeions were gather ano
we're exposed: er RAPID ieS:sr'r' Use OF sharP' s''
- ,o-,. 10 IA! back, suffering pretty severely
,c,or Evan pOr.cy n baltimore, MAS roEially wound
- and Conductor George Richardson received wound
.'r' Ih il, died daring the day. Several Others were
- MON sham {, ,nn ~ DR.. Murphy o! HHtPcr'
Ferry. i, t,,,-- ,b. ,.s. n, ,b.
, sI,i,r In the Iii linz Of iircc RI the nsu; goats aad
"a, "a! tnrr:ll one OF them crawled gu; through
- y.t ,Illny into the Potomac ana attempted 10 c'o''
+, t, MARYLAND SIDE WHEELER with view OF tstapNS %
~ nyrvir io -u lion h. Cookies party WAS '"s Nho*h
he vas .h whilst crossing the river aa is deaa on ts
rocss. An adventurous iaH 49, ~ -in,ct Of no,.
sharp rEr and the body Va at:tr"arn Tip 80,
,ion - it, co;Ir: ia OF MS pncSt's wa 'pI'u
captains commission !'aTH W y, ,l:a i"r , Iainr
the bearer a Lrh'an hid h'' c'i,hAH U I 80
Genera, ;r-Yt, Ugh. En!Io also shot Jus: "h,SiGe
the Arory safe The ball went ihronS" anu s%"s No. IT,
throat tearing away al the great aF,e:e-, aHn ft mn
almost inst ;ly H. name no! Known, "ul ne Vac ~
~ IA. free negro. who caiay with Captain EFo.n. HIS
ho,!y w.. !e exposed In ,i- ~ 10 h"on yrt'rhay
exposed every !;ni that could be iGaiei u W
;,r r7ct-. ropul,c". II ;I- ;irc ISL powerful '"''
named Aaron Stevens. out from The A'hS'l 'oaI
isr prisoners, il said AMI was shot 'W.e, "e a..
;lr ,iic % ~ lace, aud one" III n" 'rra'.
'uIrI and Tax int" IA" ;Ivcra, aul alter me
h1lb y
the United Siac, '"'h"T'ie- Ano'' E'i -" u ''' W ''
trscEa. yard. .--,,
Shenandoah side II III" IOWA Tie :usurrs'oH'7 h""
also seized ,l Fiac ~o:Gs and party o. q! II assai!a',
r.!i,l iil.iF way in through thr mlracr and h'o'SrG
them, Ia This rrnr0Eirc VA said tina" 'iree Q, N" ii'u
r,-tioni.i, k!' Il, hut found hn dead body
~: Of negro. shat lido Of tie city. Ni.: 10y i'G'
time ind cone aud sc,iyc operations ceased Guards
~. ,,c,L around the ArmOFy AMI every rrcc.u'ioH -
zen 20 prevent t-'Il's.
Arrival OF The baltimore Military.
A. 10 o',lcck on Monday nigh; III" train with the Bait
roT military aI United States marine, arrived ~ SsndS
r. nhrrc ,!.cy waited r.. t:c arrival Of Col Lee irig
lie! b. ime W., Department; :" "a" command HE ft-
- ,,r,,,-, nr i,.,: .L.r military allie, bri,nd-
Ihry ,gi ;h- h:ii.r IN possession g; The military!
aI catered She Jrs!gged aud h"l'aFur"i to"h without
difficulty he occasional report u G"n ar ihc '!aSIhg
,la.ion II Snrr- r!l" ha.. warning them tina: j vac
,Hv.abi. .cep on oi the rns: OF the amor! '"y'E
.r., Wit s,s 10 the b-G's!' o.. Aaron stevens me
IS athletic MAJ Ir!er >a.oHin appearance lie va
mall ocn flied wiki! excited armed men, VII" more man
once Threatened. TO shoot lin where lie "a' grooming slh
pain, bU. nssr!S win cplP"sHrc i.hI apparent Will.
n, every auction relation :lc fora! IA H!ch Nc was
engaged. lie 'ai ss Was native u Connecticut ra "ni
,,,Ir yrl la Kansas where hc LurH Captain Brown. lie
had a.n served 10 lie United state, Army The sole Object
Of ne atteE, gyc she Eross freedom, az! td'
,y al MAT a. ICON L. l.y had seized thu
\gn0ry the rgrnc> would iocS 70 ihcu ~ thousands: anu
they vou!! 'ara force enough 10 icsoini'h 'h.I'
purpose. ,
ii. bell. that tie freeing Of the a'.r"c' Was proper
uurI,r,e Oh. which he NUG!i sacrifice his NE hMt
thought lat Captain E-c.n had been greatly occs;si ~
lie movement lie sa preparations hhl u'tH
making months Tor the movement SH' va" sa'
whole .nTrr consisted 81 seventeen White men ana NV" 'tec
negroes This statement "as repeated Hith"n '"a.irhti
all the ur,uurrs with YhOn '""N"Tsrd Ih"y al agrc'u
a, 10 m. uualer It. r movement and ~ 10 It's objects,
which .n,rc u 'hcuI called t.r work .: phsinhihr"pr
.ary ,I, ,ryr 40, NJ She I'M. ial .iairI before
lac dol Ia, lie enlisted with Captain Brown H.: the 'ur
r.c,ou a, rr h~l! IN Lorraine county, ONO, anu receiver
money from hg 10 pry Ms ,vpy'r.s They an cac COVE
Chainb"rbgrs Pa AMI from .i'Tt 'Ne'vu a''V' '"e
country I" Browns GlrU..
The Demand for Surrcndrr--Thc Attack
aud Capture.
SHORTLY . seven. O'Clock. Lieut. !. h. L. STUART. OF tie
First Cavalry Who actin: - !d Tor Col ~" airahcei
70 rarlry with The hrirsrl. samuel srer, ESD Al OIL
anI Respectable ciiit-H bearing Ia; -; truce iheJ
wrr. received the door by Capt; Cook Ler, siuar,
demanded al unconditional surrender, only promising
them protection from immediate violence ard trial hy 1"
Captain Brown refused all terms hu im'-r re',n'! Ie
,utY,.I whig' were .uG.tlniialy THAT lie should b"
rr:nit.r,l 20 rarc, W: will hi aud arms liking
ihcr prisoners with them. Tia; they LIQUID proceed ahn
,ari 20 III" second toi.g't" when they W"H'N 'trr %
pr,,oL... I'll. soldier, then! liberty Ia pursue an!
hey would i:' they could not ,.rap: u! course ms
va. refused and Lieut. pressed Upon Brown hi' '
pc.a:c position .ai uE:s surrender. Tie .xp"':u"'!i
ihou.h beyond "ar,ho was cvi.n'y very 'aInts' ahI
the cooEcS OF the I.ut and the c"uE"S-"' L aiv
tn: bearer warm praise.
a: this the ine.e-; Of tue sceEe Nas .',n'-
RI. volunteers arranged all abound the bG!i!hs c":
ting OF escape IN direction The Marines 4N'I,H
in two squads, were ready for dash ~ N. door, Finally
L'.u,en.; stuart, LayGs exhausted all argument "!i he
determined Captain brown, walked slowly i:om the hoo
Immediately the signal Cor attack gwen ami tie MA
rn,. headed by Col Harris and Lieut. Grr"n, advarcsdlr
two lines side !he oo r"o powerful fellows Span,
between the Zines, nn with heavy N"=" Hammers a''-fl
tel - batter down IL" door III door s~nnS ana
,yayed hut appeared o. hcsgcGrcd 18Th rope, e spTnS
(which gsrr the sirrc hp~.. fa!ns ;hns 20 OBJ
tain sch the marines ordered :" fa back ani
twenty uru TOO. hold Ola LADDER, some forty long anh
advancing run hrou with tremendous power against
''. door ~ the SECOND blow gave way, one lea!a'n: ~
ward IN "a s,anius position The Marines Immediately a'
varcc to The breach l,ior lu.sel! and Lieutenant Green
leading. Marin ia ,hr font fell; Tie G'ins hom The M
terror is rapid aul harp they .rr with Gc'ihcri" am,
ami FOR t!ie the resistance !, 'riiou, hn igsrc-
RATE enough excite the spectators TO something IKE
,,h -! lr-nzy Tie next momcn: the Marines pour IN.
he Grng CEASE and :c work don" whilst Tie cheers
rang ror, every SIDE the general fe"l!u. being that TIE
marine. h... done their part admirably
When the insurgents were h-DGlh. on'-so;e dead, 1he!>
wo:rdr-ihry were greeted with rK.cra;iors, and only
the preca uy, Mat hIi been taken ..red them iron ina
,nr;ia,. execution. The crowd, nearly every man 81
,SlicI had . gun sEay.I With iumu;TIus excitement and
cries o. shoot ihrr -hoOt them, from every s'r
The appearance 81 TIE liberated prisoners, AL % ah"m,
changed the feeling, and prolonged cheers took
the place Of hows and cScc:uEi Ia tir assault private
IuppOr: nf The marines, received ball ii th" stomach an!
va. believed be fatally woandrd another r'cciF"NA
Sigh, Ic.h wuGu! In the face.
Tbc Dead and Wounded.
Tn. law, in or, o: the c:sins hose after -: ,.ar!t
presented dreadful sist !yins Oh ii "cr" ~" bodies q
killed the previous day and omnd nsf' ~" mouse
others groanin- In pain one q" The dead vas captain
Brur.'. ION Uilov. the wounded man, hs son Watson.
Whilst the father Eir-I! aiG upon the foEY sGeca-
clc lis :,c. AMI hair ci0i;i ai;i blood AM LH '-Fse
tas r.'i 1D"nd Ia ~ side.
LATER rRoa EARPEas FERRY.
Iaiycrtrnf FO"rE''.fs I-GG% 'n BrG'sn. Hos'--L"''
,.y. from fr.i Ioegi.. and G"rr St"i@. fs.
E,IfIgcEg o. !9Thr fao"iu: mporian; !n,elI'ssrc,
hi, jus; been received from Harper, Ferry
La: evening" detachment o! Marines, With some r"!uI'
crr raa'e y.i: Browns house" rlry hrst visited the
house, they found large Ir"ni:' NJ bIan'