Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-10-26

front of the engine house after the assault
presented dreadful sight. Lying on it were
two bodies of men killed the previous day
and found inside the house; three wounded,
one just at the last gasp of life, two others
groaning in pain. One Of the dead was Capt.
Browns son Oltowa, the wounded man his
son Watson. whilst the father himself laid
upon the grass, CORY spectacle, his face and
hair clotted with blood and q severe bayonet
wonnd in his side.
Cart. BEowS's STArEMENr.-A short time
after ho was brought ont, he revived, aud
talked earnestly to those about him, defending
his course and avowing he had done only
what was right. lie replied to questions sub.
stantially as follows:
@. Are you Captain Brown, of Kansas?
A. am sometimes called so.
@. Are you Osawattamis Brown?
a. tried to do my duty there.
@. What was your present object
a. To free the slaves from bondage.
G. We're any other persons but those with
you now connected with the movement?
A. No.
Q. Did you expect aid from the North?
A. No; there was none connected with the
movement but those who came with me.
Q. Did you expect to kill people in order
to carry your point?
A. Ibid not wish to do it, but you forced
me to do it.
Various questions Of this kind were put to
Capt. Brown, which he answered clearly and
freely, and seemed anxious to vindicate his
course. He urged that he had the town at
his mercy, that he could have burned it and
murdered It's inhabitants, but did not. He
had treated The prisoners he had taken with
courtesy, and complained that he was hunted
down like beast. He spoke of the killing
Of his son, which he alleged WAS done whilst
he was bearing hsg of truce and seemed
very anxious for the safety of the wounded
son. Altogether, his conversation bore the
impress of conviction that whatever he had
done to free slaves was right, and that in the
war i'll which he was engaged, he was entitled
to be treated with all the respect of a prisoner
of war. He seemed fully convinced that he
had been badly treated, and had right TO
complain.
The PRlsoNERs.-Besidcs Capt Brown, the
prisoners taken are his Son, wh) is seriously
wounded in the abdomen, and no! likely to
live, Edwin Coppuck, who belongs to Iowa,
and Il negro named Shields Green, who came
from Pittsburg 10 juin Brown. The stories
OF all these men are precisely the same i; they
agree as to the object they proposed to &c.
complish, and the number Of part cs in the
movement. Yuuns Brown, in answer to q
question, said that there were parties in the
North connected with the moYemeat-tlus
differing with his father on this point. Cop
puck. tie other white prisoner. is quite young,
and srems less sl.rewd than the others. lie
said he did MT wish to join the expedition,
and when asked, gave Il reply which showed
tse influence Brown had over him. lie said
All! you gentleman don't know Captain
Brown; whcn he calls for us We never think
Of refusing to COME
Several slaves were found in the room with
the insurrcrtions:s, but it is not believed that
they were there willingly. Indeed, Browns
expectations as to the slaves running to him
were entirely disappointed. None seem to
have cJlle TO him willingly, and in most cases
they were forced TO desert their masters. But
o;'e Instance in which slave made public
appearance with arms in his hands is re!atctl
y negro who hal been sharply used by one
OF the town people, when he found he had Il
li,.e i'll hi, hand, used his "briet authority"
10 arrest the citizen aud have him taken to
the armUry.
How THE INSURGENTS TREATED THEIR
PklSoSEEs.-Th citizens imprisoned by the
iusurrec,iuiists all testify to their enient
treatment. They were neither tied nor insulted,
and, hcyoAd the outrage of restricting their
liberty, We're hot i'll used. Captain Brown
was always courteous to them, and nt all
times assured Them they should not he injured.
He explained! his purposes to them, and whilst
he had the wurkmen III confinement, made an
Abuitioa speech to them. Col. Washington
speaks Vi kim ASA man Ot extraordinary nerve.
lie never blcnccd during the assault, though
he admitted during the night that escape was
Impossible and he would have to die. When
the door was broken down, one of his men
cried out, II surrender" The captain i'm
mrdatry cried out, There's one surrenders
give him quarter and, ut the same mo.
mcnl, fired his own r!il. at the door. During
the previous night he spoke freely with Col.
Washington, and referred to his sous. He
sai.l lie Lad lost one in Kansas and two here
-hc hid not pressed them TO join him in
this expedition. bat he did not regret their
loss III they had Z" died in a glorious cause"
The position Of the prisoners in the engine
house during the firing OH Monday, and ut the
moment OF the tinal attack, WAS a very trying
unu. Without any OF the incentives Of Com.
b., they ha to risk the balls Of their friends,
bat happily they all escaped. Atthe moment
whc,! the doors were broken i'll, the prisoners,
ut the suggestion Of Col. Washington, held
up their hands, so that it might be seen that
they were not cJmbatantS.
HAnrrR's FERRY, October 10, 10 p. Mali
the prisoners have been committed to the
Charcstown JAIL TO await the action of the
Grand Jury. They will be indicted and tried
in Il few days. The arrangements about ju.
ristripn have been settled in this way:-thc
local authorities are 10 try the prisoners for
murder, and meanwhile the L. S, authorities
vii! proceed against them on the Charge Of
treason. Governor Wise stated to u. S. Dis.
trict Attorney Ould That he had no objection
10 the General Government proceeding against
that portion of prisoners left after the authori.
ties of Virginia were done with thcm.
Brown is better and las made fuller state
mcnts. lie says lie rented the farm from DR..
Kennedy, six months since, and that the rent
iS pail until next March. He never had
over twenty-five men at tho farm at any one
period, belonging to the organization, but
had good reason to expect reinlorcements
from Maryland, Kentucky, North and South
Carolina and Canada. He had arms suiii-
cient for fifteen hundred men; also, two hun
dred revolyers, two hundred Sharp's rifles