The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-20

around the building, cutting on escar,e IN ~.
ery ufrection The marines, divided In two
SQUADS; Were ready for dash At the door III.
gument with the determined Captain Brown
walked slowly from the door, lmmedinteiv
me signal for attack was given, and the mn |.
slnes, headed by Colonel Harris and Lieu ten
Ant Green advanced In two lines on each aide
the door. Two powerful fellows spranr he.
tween the lines, and with heavy sletire fnm.
mers attempted to batter down The door The
door SWING and swayed, but appeared to be-
srcdlse srsH e with rope sne spring Of which dead
obtain q. breach, the marines were ordered 10
all back, and twenty OF them took hnld nf \
ladder. some forty feet long, and advancing al
: run. nronght 1t with tremendous power
against the door. At the second blow il rave
way, one leaf falling inward in a slantiue no.
sltion. The marines Immediately advanced IN
the breach, Major Russell and Lieutenat
dreen leading. marine in the trout fell: the
firing from theinterfor is rapid and sharp thew
IRE with deliberate aim, and for the moment
he resistance is serious and desperate en- or oh
10 excite the spectators to something like n
pitch of frenzy. The next moment the ma
rlnes pour a. the firing ceases, and the work
was done, whilst the cheers rang from every
side, the general feeling being that the marines
DAD done their part admirably.
When the insurgents were brought ont
some dead, others wouaded--they were greeted
WITH exeerations, and only the precautions
that had been taken saved them from imme-
5diate execution. The crowd. nearly every
man of which had a gun, swayed with tumui-
.uous excitement, and cries Of sshoor them" |"
se0oot fhern,' rang from every side. The ap-
pearance of the liberated prisoners. all of
whom, through the steadiness of the marines
escaped without injury, changed the current
of ieeling, and prolonged cheers took the place
Oh nowis and execrations. In the assault pri-
vate Rupert, of the marines, received a ball
IN the stomach and was believed TO be fatally
woandeu; another received slight flesh
wound in the face
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
ne lawn in front OF the engine house. after
the assault. presented n dreadful sight. Lying
on 1t We're two bodies of men killed the pre-
vlous day and found inside the house: three
wounded men, one just ut the gasp of life; two
olhers groanlng in pain. One Of the dead was
Capt Browns SON Ottowa. the wounded man
ms SON Watson, whilst the father himself laid
upon tne grass, cory spectacle his face and
hair ciotted with blood and severe bayonet
wound in his side
CAPTAIN BROWNS srATEMEST.Y
"A snort Time after he was brought out he
revived aud talked earnestly Ito those about
MN; aeieading his course and avowing that
ne mao done; only what was right He re-
piled to questions substantially as follows:
q. Are you Captain Brown of Kansas
a. am sometimes called So
Are You Oswattamie Brown?
A. tried to do my duty there.
~. What was your present obiectl
A. 10 free the slaves from bondage
u. We're any other persons but those with
you now, connected with the movement
A. No.
Il. Did You expect aid from the North,
IA. NO. there was none connected with the
movement but those who came with me-
Y. Did you expect to kill people in order to
carry your point.
A. did not wish to do If. Int Won forcaf1 ,oe
to do it,
Various questions of this kind were put to
Captain Brown, which he answered clearly
and freely and seemed anxious to vindicate
discourse. He urged that he had the town al
his mercy, that he could have burned it and
murdered its inhabitants, but did not He had
treated the prisoners he had taken with cour.
tesy, 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 bearinga a flag of truce, and seemed very
anxious for the safety of the wounded son
Altogether his conversation bore the impres.
of conviction that whatever he had done te
free slaves was right, and that in the war il
which he was engaged ne was entitled to b.
treated with all the respect of 4 prisoner 0
war. He seemed fully convinced that he ha,
been badly treated and had right to com
plain.
When first brought out he was supposed t.
be mortally wounded, aud he himself said h
was dying. An examination of his wound
proved them to be not necessarily fatal. ant
he afterwards expressed a desire to live and +
be trled by his country. In his pockets a con
siderable number of papers were found anon
which were the articles of agreement under
Which the insurrectionists acted. and wha
purported to be schedule for the establish
ment of provisional governments In hi
pockets were found nearly four hundred dol
lars in gold, which was committed to the car
o. Dr.. Murphy, the Armory Paymaster. Til
most important papers found in his posses
sion were taken in charge of by Col. Lee o
behalf of the government. The folloWin,
note, characteristic ofthe pursuits of the mar
| fell into our possession:
"Cdp:atn Broun:
"DEAR SIR,-I have been disau
| pointed in not seeing you here ere this t
| take charge of your freight. They have bee
| here now TWO weeks. and as / have had TO su
| perintend the providing for them, it has i'm
| posed upon me no small task. Besides, the
are getting discontented. and if not soon take
on, some of them will go back to Missouri
| l wish to know definitely what you propos
doing
'sThey cannot be kept here much longe
without risk to themselves, and if any
them conclude to 60 back TO the State. it wi
| be a bad termination to your enterprise
No Sigpature.l
COMMANDER OF THE INsURRECTIONIsTs.
Captain John Brown, the commander an
| instigator of this most singular project, ha
been known by the name of .Osawattami
| Brown in which character he obtained quit
| a notoriety throughout the country, as one
| the leaders of the Free State party in Kansas
He was the hero of fifty guerilla fights in th
| VICINITY Oh OSdWulIdtnie, IN one OF WHICH III
son Frederick Brown was killed.
THE PRISONERS.
Beside Captain Brown, the prisoners take
| are his son, who is seriously wounded in til
abdomen and not likely to live; Edwin Coy
puck, who belongs to Iowa, and negro name
| Shields Green, who came from Piftsburg /
| join Brown. The stories of all these men al
precisely the same; they agree as to the objet
| they proposed 10 accomplish and the numbe
| of parties in the movement. Young Brown i
/ answer a said "a ihara vyaro
/ ties In the North connected with the move
ment-thus differing with his father on thi
point. Coppuck, the other white prisoner,
| quite young, and seems less shrewd than tn
| others. He said he did not wish to join tn
| expedition. and when asked, gave repl
| which showed the influence Brown had owe
him. He said :-"Ah! you gentlemen don
know Capt. Brown; when he calls for us, W
| never think OF refusing To Gomez
| Several slaves We're found in the room wit
| the insurrectionists but it Is not believed this
| they were there willingly. Indeed Brown
/ expectations as to the slaves running to hiI
| was entirely disappointed. None seem TO hay
| come to him willingly, and in most cases the
were forced to desert their masters. But on
| instance in which n slave made public ar
| pearance with arms in his hands is related. :.
| town people, when he found he had pike i
| his hand, used his ''bricf authority'' to arres
/ the citizen and have him taken to the Armor,
| TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS
| The citizens imprisoned by the insurrec
| tionists all testify to their lenient treatmen
| They were neither tied nor insuited and, b<
| yond the outrage of restricting their libert,
| were not iil-nsed. Captain Brown was alway
| courteous. to them, and at all times assure
them they should not be injured. He explain
| ed his purposes to them, and whilst he had th
| workmen in confinement made an abolitio
| speech to them. Colonel Washington speak
| of him as a man of extraordinary nerve. II
/ never blenched during the assault, though b
| admitted during the night that escape was i'm
| possible and he would have TO die When th
door was broken down, one of his men erie
ont 81 surrender.n The Captain immediatel
cried out, sThere's one surrenders-giye hir
| quarters aud, at the same moment, fired hi
own rifle at the door. During the preyiOu
night he spoke freely with Colonel Washing