The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-10-28
VOL. 3, NO. l3.

gave the Press representatives abundant en-
ployment.
There was no bed TO be had, and daylight
was awaited with anxiety. It's earliest gllmpses
We're ayailed of too survey the scene. A visit
to the different localities, in which the corpses
OF the insurrect!onists were lyng stark and
bloody,-a peep, close or far, according to the
courage of the observer, al the Malakof OF the
insurgents, the established order OF the
sight seeing, varied with the discussion Of all
sorts oil terrible Funors.
A dead stiffness surrounded the buildings,
and except that now and then man might be
seen peeping from the nearly closed centre door,
and dogs nose slightly Protrudlng, no sign of
ifr, much less Of hostility was gwen.
Various opinions were given as to the num-
Der of persons within, and the amount of ress-
tauce they would be able TO offer. Cannon
could not be used without endangering the
safety OF Col. Washington, Mr.. DangerReld,
Mr.. Ball, and other citizens, whom they still
held as prisoners. The doors and walls Of the
Armory bad been pierced for rifles, bot it was
evident that from these holes no range could be
( had, and that without opening the door they
wo uId Be shooting in the dark.
The murder OF the prisoners held was thonght
/ by many TO be determined upon, and then
! Gght to the death, as an ending ofth desper-
ate attempt
Whist the people thus looked and specula-
( ted, the door was thrown open, and one OF the
men came out with flag of truce, and deliver
/ ed what was supposed to be terms OF capitula-
/ ton. The continuance Of the preparation for
assault showed that they were not accepted.
THE FORT OF THE INSURGENTS.
The building in which the insurgents had
made stand, was FIRE engine house, and no
doubt the most defensible building in the Armo-
~. It has dead brick walls ION three sides,
and the fourth has large doors, with window
/ sashes above some feet above the ground.
DEMAND FOR sURRENDER-ATTAcK AND CAPTURE.
Shortly after o'clock, Lieut.. J. E. B.
Stuart, of the Firs! Cavalry, who was acting as
AID for Col. Lee, advanced to Parley with the
besieged Samuel Strider, Esq, an old and
respectable citizen, bearing flag of truce
They were received at the door by Cap. Cook.
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
they should be permitted to march out with
that theg shoutdu upB0q3sd 4aI uaPuEsged ,,s to
their prisoners. The soldiers would then ba
: permitted TO pursue them, and they would 6pbt
: II they could not escape.
y course this was refused, and Lieut.. Stpart
pressed upon Brown his desperate position and
urged a surrender. The expostuation, thouoh
beyond ear shot, was evidently very earnest
ana the coolness of the Lieutenant and the copr.
age OF his aged flag bearer, won warm praise.
at this moment the interest OF the scene w.o
( most intense. The volunteers were arranoad
all around the buildings, cutting of escape in
every direction. The marines, divided in two
squads, were ready for dash at the door
Finally Lieut.. Stuart having exhausted all arun-
ment 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 Lieut.. Green
advanced in two lines on each side of the door
Two powerful fellows sprung between the lines
and with heavy sledge hammers attempted 70
batter down the door. The door swuno and
swayed, but appeared TO be secured with q rona
the spring of which deadeued the effect of tbe
blow. 'N'
Failing to obtain breach, the marines were
ordered 10 fall back, and twenty OF them tooLr
hold oil ladder some forty feet long, and ad-
vancIng at Iun, brought it with tremendous
effect against the door. At the second blow
one leaf falling inward in slanting posit;on
the marines Immediately advanced 10 the
breach, Major Russell and Lieut.. Green leading
marine in the font fell, and the firing from
the interior was rapid and sharp. They fired
with deliberate aim, and for moment the re-
sistance is serious and desperate enough 70 ex-
cite the spectators to something like a pitch
OF frenzy. The next moment the marines
pour IN, the firing ceases, and the work was
done, whilst 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 and others wounded, they were greeted
with execrations, and only the precautions that
had been taken saved them from Immediate
execution. The crowd, nearly every man of
which carried gun, swayed with iumutuous
excitement, and cries of 'Eshoot them shoot
them" rang from every side. The appearance
OF the liberated prisoners, all OF whom, tbrouoh
the steadiness of the Marines, ESCAPED inipry
changed the current of feeling and PROLONGED
cheers took the place OF howls and execrations.
In the assault Private Ruffert, of the Marines.
received ball in the stomach, and was believed
to be fatally wounded. Another received a
slight flesh wound.
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No lRIsBMaN-At Sabbath school lately
the question was put TO little girl-who was
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