The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-10-20


the latter is dead and the former dying He
lies in the armory enclosure. He talks freely,
anf saws that he is the old Ossawattomie Brown,
whose feats in Kansas have had such wide no.
tice. He says his whole object was to free the
slaves and Justify his actions: says that he had
nossesson of the town and could have murdered
all the people, and had been murdered in return
There are probably a thousand armed men
now congregated here. Reinforcements have
been pouring in all night from all parts of the
surrounding country.
A party of 5 of the insurgents, armed with
Minnie rifles, and posted in the Rife Armory,
were expected by the Charlestown Guards. -
They all ran for the river, and one that was UNI.
able to swim was drowned, the other four swan.
out to the rocks in the middle of the Shenando-
ah, and fired upon the citizens and troops as
sembled upon both banks. This drew upon them
the muskets of between two hundred and three
hundred men, and not less than four hundred
shots were fired at them from Harper's Ferry,
about 200 yards distant. One was shot dead
the second, negro, attempted to jump over the
dam, but fell short, and was not seen afterwards;
the third was badly wounded. and the remaining
one was taken unframed The white insurgent
wounded and captured died in few moments
after, in the arms of our informant. He was
shot through the breast, arm, and stomach He
declared there were only nineteen whites en-
gagged in this Instruction.
Captain Browns wounds consists of sword
cut in the forehead and bay onct wound in the
kidneys
j. G. Anderson, a ringleader, who stopped
Conductor Phelps yesterday, was killed during
the first attack by the Virginians. Anderson
was a fne-looking man, with flowing white
beard
HARPER's FERRY, Oct, 1S-Evening.- Capt
Brown is not dead, as it was anticipated he
would be, and it now appears that his wounds
are not so serious as at first supposed, and he
may live for trial and execution
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.-It is a satisfaction to
be, at last, informed definitely Of the fate of Sir
John Franklin and the men composing his crews.
The steamer Fox. Capt McClintock, sent out
by Lady Franklin, has got back to England with
the full particulars, and many memorials of the
ll-starred expedition. These were found on the
northwest coast of King Williams Island. A
full record of the events that occurred in the
expedition dated April 25th, 1S48, was found,
and this shows that Sir John Franklin died June
18th, l847, up to which time nine officers and
fifteen men had died. The survivors, los in
number were proceeding south to the Great
Fish River The discovery confirms the pre-
vous reports that have been received. DR.. Rae
ascertained from the Esquimaux, in 1854, that
party of about forty white men were on King
Williams Island, in 1850, and few months later
they found their bodies not far from the Great
Fish River. These were doubtless the last rem
nant of Franklin's party, who, after the close
of the record lately discovered. started south
ward and gradually wasted away and persisted.
The story of Franklin's expedition can now
be told, from beginning to end, somewhat as
follows
May Goth, 1S45-The Ercbus and Terror
sailed from Sheerness, officers and men number
ing 1873 persons
July 26th, lS45-The expedition was seen in
Bafin's Bay.
June 18th, IS47-Sir John Franklin died.
April 22d, 1848-The Erebus and Terror
were abandoned in the ice in Victoria Strait.
Up to this time 33 of the officers and men had
persisted.
Spring of lS5O-About forty of the expedi-
tion were seen by Esqumaux on King Williams
Island
Simmer of 1S50-The bodies of the remnant
of the crews were found near Great Fish River
RAcHEL's JEWELS IN A BROADWAY (NEW
York; WINDow-A New York correspondent
of the Boston Post writes as follows In Ball,
Black, & Co.'s window are now displayed the
following tempting morceauG, purchased at the
sale of Rachel's effect in Paris, and consigned
to the above-named firm for disposal, in this
country: First, there is magnificent dressing
case of ebony, richly nlaid and fully furnished
with all the appliances for the female toilet
The various contents, the inventory of which is
SO complete as to include even the ever and
basin, are made of platina, nlaid with silver
and engraved to depict scenes in Moscow
This u.s. the product of Russian skill, and was
manufactured at Toola, the Sheffield of Russia
the only town in the world where this work can
De done. Prince Gortschakoff was the donor
and $4,000 is the estimated cost of the dressing
case. Its price now is ST., 0OO Then there is
goblet, made of oxidized silver and gilt, also
the gift of the Prince. This can be had fol
5000. Princess Mathilde's presents to Rache
must have been worth accepting. Here is q
diamond corsage, one of her gifts which is com
posed of sizeable brilliants pear shaped and
otherwise. and valued at f2,50O. Louis Ma.
poleon seems to have contributed snuff box