Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-10-27

he swayed with tumultuous excitement >,
J. cries OF 'Shoot themlu "Sboot tbo,u
'e rang from every side The appearance
n the liberated prisoners, all of whom,tbr
z the stcadincss ofthe marines. esca ned in;
2 ~ chansca the current of feclinc, ami NJ
: iongcd cheers took the place Of bowls a.
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ne lawn in front OF the engine hon.
after the assault presented a dreadful s;gb
laying on It were two bodiesof men. kille
on the previous day. aud found ipsiIe n
mousse; three wounded men, one of tber
Just at the last gasp of life, and two 9th
ers grooming in pain. One Of the de-,
was Browns son. Oteway, the wounde,
man, and his son Watson. were LAYING .,
the grass, the father presenting q COR,
spectacle. He had bayonet wound =, =;
s'de' and his face and hair were clotte,
with blood. ~ ~ =
"A short time after Capt. Brown wa.
Drought out, he revived and talked earnest.
~ to those about him. defending his course
and avowinS he had only done what was
right. Tie replied to the questions mt 70
hun. substantially as follows: ARE ro,,
Capt. Brown, Of Kansas?" / am so,no
times called so? "Are you Ossawatom;e
brown!' Il tried to do my duty there ,,
-" nat was yoar present object? "To
Tree the slaves from bondage "Were
any other persons bat those now connoc,.
Ell with you in the movement?" ..No -
Did you expect aid from the North q"
mo. There was no one connected ,;,h
the movement but those who came with
me. ibid you expect to kill people IN
order to carry your point?" al did NOT
wish to do so, but you forced ms to do !, -
Various questions of this kind were mt
to Capt Brown, which he answered clear.
y and freely, with seeming anxiety to vim.
dictate himself sh q - 9I1,' -
He urged that he had the town ~ he
mercy; that he could have burnt II anil
murdered the inhabitants, but did not. no
had treated the prisoners with cour,esv
and complained that he was hunted dow
ike beast. He spoke of the kilIing If
ms son. which he alle,lged was done while
bearing flag of truce, and seemed very
anxious for the safety Of his wounded SON
MS conversation bore the Impression of
he convietios, that whatever he had dons
o fsee sisestaves was right, and that in the
Warfare IN which he was engaged he was 4
nj tied to be treated with all the resnneec,
# prisoner of war.
lie seemed fully convinrel ,b., /.
ably treated anil had a right to comn,.;n
at hrst considered dying. an OK.
mination of his wounds proved that thew
'ere not necessarily fatal. lie expressed /,
desire to live and to be tried bv his conn.
y In his pocket nearly $500 wore
'und IN gold. Several important paners
,und IN his possession, were taken rbargs "
by Col. Lee, on behalf Of the Govern. ID
ent.
Several slaves were found in the room :
TN the insurrectionists. but it is bel;cveJ .
a' they were there unwilingly. Indeed G.
rowh's expectations as to slaves rusl,inc lp
hi'n was entirely disappointed. None fe
EN- to have come to him wiIljsclv and IN 7
ost cases were forced to- desert rT,eir mas -
rs. But one instance in which L.. m
ale public appearance with arms in I
cir hands Is related. A negro who hal ii
en- sharply used by one of the town neo. 81
= when ne found he hal pike in his :,
eu' uSed ms brief authority to arrest the
izen and have him taken to the Armorv "a
re citizens imprisoned by the insnrrec. m
nists all testify to their lenient ,roat. 81;
mt They were in no way insnItei. and n,
Eond the outrage of restricting their
eFty' were not ill-usci. Capt. Brown S'
S always courteous to them. and at all an
,es assured them that they should not fol
injured. He explained his purnoss - IF
m. and while he had them 1.-THE work.
D IN confinement. male no Abolition =
cch to them. Col. Washington speaks De
him as man Of extraordinary nerve PR
never blanchel during the ass.ul, Wis
ugh he admitted in the night that e. nm
c was Impossible, and that he woulJ ~
e to die. o"" II
y hen the door was broken down. ono wo
MS men exclaimed. Il surrender wa
Captain Immediately cried ont inc
'ere,s one surrenders give him quarter ;" m 2
at the the same moment fired his own ,
at the door. put
'nrlnS the previous night he smoke put
y with Col. Washington. and referred tior
lis sons. lie said he had lost one in fe
sas, and two here. He had not press
ncm to join him in the expedition, bnt 'ei
not regret their loss; they had died in
JrIOuS causo -