Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-21

breast lie was captured and t,kcn into The ,,vc,, III
alter the mSurrection had been quelled. was turned owe,
in a dying condition to the United States authorities-
Another man Was shot Ia the Arsenal ward.
During the afternoon a shsrp Iit,le nd,ir ,ook nl,e.o q,
the shenandoah side of the town. The insurectionis,S
had also seized Halls rifle works, and party of ueir as.
lodged them. In this rencontre Il was said that three q,
the insuriechoniSts were killed. but We found but one
Seau pou!i ,hat OF a negro. ON that side Of the city,
Night by this time had come on and active operations
ceased. Guards were placed around the armory and CIV.
cry prccaution taken to prevent escapes.
ARRIVAL or rns nuIIMoRrN MILITARY. . .
AT 10 O'clock on MONDAY night the train With the Bal.
timore military and United States marines arrived at
SANDY Hook, where they waited for the arrival of Col
Lee dePutised by the War Department to take command.
Inc Importers pressed on, leaving their military allies
behind. They found the bridge in possession of the
military, and entered the beseiged and beleagurcd town
without dnhenl'y, the occasional report of a gun or the
Singing motion OF a Sharp's rifle ball, warning them that
II was advisable to keep out of range Of the Armory-
Their inst visit was TO the bedside OF Aaron Stevens, the
moundeI prisoner They found him a Large, exceeding.
" athletic man, a perfect Sampson in appearance. lie
was IN a small room, filed with excited armed men,
who more than once threatened to shoot him where
ne was grooming with pain, but answering with compo-
sure and apparent Willingness every question. lie said
he was a native Of Connecticut, but had lately lived In
Kansas where he knew Captain Brown. lie had also
served IN the United States Army. The sole object of
the attempt was to give the negroes freedom, and Can
tain Brown had represented that as soon ~ they seized
the Armory the negroes would flock to them BY thous-
andS and they would soon have force enough to accom-.
plish their purposes. lie believed that the freeing of
the negroes was a proper purpose, one for which he
would sacrifice his life, but thought that Captain Brown
had been greatly deceived in relation to the movement
lie said preparations had been making for some months
for the movement, but that the whole force consisted of
seventeen white men aud five negroes. This statement
was repeated without variation hy all the prisoners with
whom We conyeIsed. They all agreed as 10 the number
in the movement, and as to its objects, which some of
them called the work of philanthropy.
~ IaarW l. Il 80 -.-.
before he died that he enlisted with Captain Brown for
the instruction, at a fair held in Lorraine county. Ohio.
and received money from him to pay his expenscs.-
They all came down TO Chambcrsburg, Pa. aud from
'heFe travelled across the country TO Browns farm.
HOW THE NIGHT PASSED.
The night passed without serious alarm, but not with.
out excitement. The marines were marched over imme.
dateiy after the arrival of Col. Lee, aud were stationed
within the Armory grounds. so as to completely surround
the engine house. Occasional shots were fired by the
country volunteers-what for was not understood; but
there was only one return fire from the insurgents. The
broken telegraph was soon repaired through the exer.
tons of SupeTintendents Wcstervelt and Talcot. who
accompanied the expedition, and the announcement that
communication was opened With Baltimore gave the
press representatives" abundant employment.
There was no finding any bed, and daylight was await
ell with anxiety. Its earliest glimpses were availed of to
survey the scene. 4 visit TO the different localities in
which the corpses OF the insurrrctiouists were living stark
and bloody, a peep, close or far oil, according TO the
courage OF the observer, al the &" MsakofI" of the insur-
gents, was the established order OF the sightseeing. Va
rcd with a discussion OF all sorts of terrible rumors.
PORT OF THE INSr RGENrS.
The building in which the insurgents had made their
stand was the i~re-engine house, aud no doubt the most
deiensihle building in the ArmOry. IL has dead brick
walls ON three sides, and On the fourth large doors. with
Window-Sashes above, some eight feet from the ground.
\ dead stiffness surrounded the building, aud except
that now and then a man might he seen peeping from
the nearly closed centre door, or a dogs nose slightly
protruding, there was no sign of lie, much less OF hos
unity, given. Various opinions we're given AS to the
number of persons within, and the amount of resistance
lutN would tA able 10 offer. Cannon could nDt h. uEal
without endangering the safety OF col. Washington, Mr..
Danserheld, Mr.. Ball, and other citizens, Who they still
held prisoners. The doors and walls OF the building had
been pierced for rifles, but it vas evident that from these
holes no range could Ice had, aud that without opening
the door they would be shooting in the dark. The muir
der Of the prisoners held was thought bv many 10 Il.
determined upon, and then a fight to the death as an
ending o. their desperate attempt. Whilst people thus
looked and specuatcd, the door was thrown open and
one OF the prisoners was sent out with a flag Of truce,
and delivered what was supposed 10 be terms of capim-
ltIion. The continuance ct the preparations for ASSAULT
showed they were not accepted.
rnF DEMAND EoR suREENDER-rW ATTACK AND cArrrRr.
shortly after : o'clock Lieut.. j. T.. b. Stuart, of the
Isi cavalry, Who was acting Is aid for Col. Lee, advanc-
ed 10 parey with the beseiged, samuel S,ridrr. Esq. an
old and respectable citizen, bearing a flag of truce
Ihey were received n the door by Capt. Brown. Liaut.
Stuart demanded an unconditional surrender. only pro-
missing them protection from immediate violence and trial
by law. Capt Brown refused all terms but those previ.
ousy demanded, which were substantially That he
should be permitted to march out with his men and arms,
taking their prisoners with them that they should pro.
coed nnpursued to the second t~ol-satc, when they would
Tree their prisoners. The soldiers were then At liberty IN
pursue and they would fight If they could NOT rs..i,. -
ui course this was refused and Lieut.. Stuart pressed upon
Brown his desperate position, aud urged I SURRENDER
The eNpostulaton though beyond car-shot was evidently
very earnest, and the GOODNESS OF the Lieutenant and the
courage OF his aged fag-bearer won warm praise.
AT this moment the interest Of the scene was intense.
The volunteers were arranged all around the building.
cutting off escape in every direction. The marines. diyi.
ded IN two squads, were ready for u dash at the door.
finally, Lieut.. stuart, having exhausted all argument
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 the door. Two now.
erfnl fellows spraug between the lines and with heavy
sledge hammers attempted to batter down the door.
The door swung and sWayed, but appeared TO be secured
with a rope, the spring of which deadened the effect of
the blows. Failing thus 10 obtain a breach, the marines
were ordered TO ial back, aud twenty Of them took hold
Of a ladder, some forty feet long and advancing at a run
brought u with tremendous power against the door. At
the second blow it gave way, one leaf falling inward in a
slAnung position. The marines Immediately advanced
TO the breach, Major Russell and Lieut.. Green leading.
4 marine in the front fell; the firing from the interior Is
rapid and sharp, they fire with deliberate aim, and for
the moment the resistance is srrious and desperate
enough to excite the spectators to something like a ui,cb
OF frenzy. The next moment the marines pour in. the
firing ceases, and the work is done, whilst the cheer.
ring from every side, tbe general feeling being that the
marines had done their part admirably.
When the insurgents were brought out-some dead
Others woundsd-they were greeted with execr,tion.
and only the precautions that had been taken saved them
from immediate execution. The croEd, nearly every
man OF which had a gun, s~aycd with tumultuous excite
ment, and cries Of '.hOot them, shoot them" rang
from every side. The appearance Of the liberated pris-
Oner-, all OF whom, through the stcidiuess of the ma
rne-, escaped injury, changed the currentbf feeling and
prolonged cheers took the place of howls aGd exccr,-
tons. In the assault private Rupert, one Of the marines.
received q ball in the stomach and was believed TO be
fatally wounded, another received a slight flesh wound
IN the face.
THE pEAD AND WOUNDED.
The lawn in front Of the engine house after the assault
presented a dreadful sight Lying on it we're two bodies
OF men killed the previous day and found inside the
house three wounded men, one just At the last gasp Of
bic, two oihers groauing in pain. One Of the dead was
capt Brown son Ottowa, the wounded man hi. son
Watson, whilst the father himself ly upon the grass a
CORY spectacle, his face and hair clOtted with blood and
O severe hayOnet wound in his side.
carr. nrowNs srArTuryr.
a short time after he was brought out he revived
and talked earnestly 70 those about him, defending hs
course, and ayowing that he had done only what was
right. lie replied 70 questions substantially as follows:
Y. Are you Captain Brown, Of Kansas
a. ] am sometimes called 80.
y Arc you Osawattamie Brown
A. ] tried TO do my duty there.
Y. What was your present obiecty
\. To free the slaves from bondage.
Y. Were any other persons but thOre with You nov
connected with the movement
A. No.
y. Did you expect all from the Norh