VOLI TIE J6. NEW SERIES. —————— !\'EW AGRIfFLTIRIL SETTLEMENT, TO ALL WANTING FARMS, A HARK OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH EAST OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CAM DEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD, • NEW JERSEY. An old estate consisting of several thousand of acres of productive soil has been divided into Farms of various sizes to suit the purchaser. A popula tion of some Fifteen Hundred, from various parts of the middle States and New England have settled there the past year, improved their places, and raised excellent erope. The price of the land ig at the low sum of from sls to S2O per acre, the soil of the bet quality for the production ol Wheat. Clover, Corn, Peaches, Grapes and Vegetables IT IS CONSIDERED THE BEST FRUIT SOIL IN THE rws. The piace „ p.rf.cly frosts the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crops ot gram, grass and fruit are now growing and can be seen. By examining the place itself, a correct judgment can be formed of the productiveness of the 1 he rerms a,e made easy to secure the rapid improvement of the land,, which is only sold for actual improvement. The result has been, that within the past year, some three hundred houses have een erected, two mills, one steam, four stores, some forty vinyards and peach orchards, planted, and a large number of other improvements, making it a pesiiable and active place of busine-s ° THE MARKET, a. the reader mayperceivefrom its location, ,s the BEST IN THE UNION, Products bringing double the price than in loca tion* away from the c.ty, and more than double the price,n the West. It i, known that the earliest and best fruits and vegetables in this latitude come trom New Jersey, and are annually exported tothe extent ot millions. In locating here, the settler has many advantages He is,within a few hours ride of the great cities of New England and Middle country tche.re every im provement of comfort and civilization is at hand He can buy every article he wants at the cheapest price,an I sell his produce for the highest, (m the V\et tuis is reversed.) he has schools tor his chil dren, divine sendee., and will enjoy an open winter and delightiul climate, where fevers are utterly un known. The result of trie change upon those from the north, has generally been to restore thern to an excellent state of health, in the way ot building and improving, lumber ran be obtained at the miiis at the rate of $lO to sls per thousand. Bricks from the brick yard opened in the place, every article can be procured 1 " tr ' e P lace i g° O(J carpenters are at hand, and there is no place in the Union where buildings and im p.ovemen's can be made cheaper. a. vantages here presented, and ask himself why th luoperry nas not been taken up before. The reason it was never thrown in the market; and unless p statements were correct, no one would be in vited to examine the land before purchasm". This all are expected to do. They will sell land under cuitiva ion, such the extent of the settlement that, 'ney wi.l no dee' , lr" -t persons' from thefr Awli '■"ignborhoodj they win witness the improvements and can judge the character of the population. If they come with u view to settle, they should come Tbere are two daily iiains to Philadelphia, and to a.i settlers who improve, rue Railroad Comtaxt • .IVES A FRF.R TICSET FOR SIX MONTHS AND A HALF- PrviCh 3 ICKF.T FOR THHF.E VEAT.S. THE TOWN OF HAMMONTON. In connection with the agricultural settlement, a new and thriving town has naturally arisen, which presents inducements for any kind ot business, particularly stores and manulactories. Ihe Shoe business could be carried on in this place and maiket to good advantage, also cotton business, and man ufactories ol agricultural implements or Foundries for casting small articles. The improvement has loeen to rapid as to insure a constant and permanee r.ciease oi business Town lots of a good size, we no not sell small ones, 'as it would aflect the im oprovement of tbeplace can be had at Irom sliiO and upwards. The Hammonton Farmer, a monthly literary and agricultural sheet, containing full inforr- t.on oi IlHmmontoit, can be obtained at 25 cents per annum. Title indisputable—warrantee deeds given, clear i all incumbrance when money is paid. Routt, lo •ne land : leave Vine street wharf, Philadelphia for iluinmonton by Railroad, 7 J, A. M.. or -1 J P. M. Faie 90 cents. When there inquire for Mr. Byrnes. Boarding conveniences on hand. Parties had better stop with Mr. Byrnes, a principal until they have decided as to purchasing, as he will show them over th land in his carriage, free of expense. Letters snd applications can be addressed to Landis A Byrnes, Hammonton P. 0., Atlantic Co., New Jersey, or b. B. Coughlut, 202 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Maps and information cheerfully furnished. Aug. 19,1859-Gm. Allegheny Male and Female Seminary, Pa. FACULTY. L. J. OSBORNE, A. 8., Principal, Prof, of Lan guages and Philosophy. Wm. S. Smith. Prof, of Mathematics. Jss- 11. Miller, Adjunct Prof, of Mathematics. Kev. B. F. Stevens, Lecturer on Moral Philoso phy Sic. Wm. A. Stephens, Prof, of English Grammar Ac. Dr. J. Hughes, Lecturer on Anatomy Ac. Mr*. E. V. Osborne, Preceptress, Teacher of Draw ing Frtnch, Botany Ac. B. F. Drott, Prof, of Instrumental Music. Price of Tuition for term of 11 weeks. Common English Branches $3 25 Higher Blanches, including common, each 80 Latin and Greek, each 2 00 German and French, each 2 50 Book-keeping and Commercial calculations 1 50 ORNAMENTAL. Drawing 2 3 00 Colored crayon, and water colors, [each 5 00 Oil painting 5 00 Hair and wax flowers, each 3 00 Pell is work 3 50 Embroidery 1 00 Piano mtis'c, with use ofyinstrnment 10 00 Board S 1 75 per week including room rent, fuel, furniture Ac. This is one of the best, and cheapest institutions in the country. The whole expense per term need not be more than twenty-five dollars.— Second Quarter of summer session commences August 4, 1859. Teachers will be instructed free of charge in the Normal Department. For particulars, address the Principal. E.J. OSBORNE, A. B- Rainsburg, Redtord co., April 22, 1859. ' PHE HAM MO.VI ON FARMER—A new 1 paper devoted to Literature and ture. also setting foi t.. lull accounts of the new set tlement of Hammonton, in New Jersey, can be subs scribed for at only 25 cents per annum. Inclose postage stamps for the amount. Address 'o the Editor of the Farmer. Hammonton, P. O. At lantic Co., New Jersey. Those Wishing cheap land of the best quality, in one of the healthiest and most delightful climates in the Union, and where crops are never cut down by frosts, the terrible scourge *f the north, see advertisement oi Hammonton Lands. * -HE BEDFORD GAZETTE " PL ' BLIS EC EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BIT B. I\ TIEIERS At t h e Wlng fermsi lit v 9r ( r m ™' c T' !r d r ce s2.so <C ,c 1 W|th, n 'he year. idSTSkK? ° ntii ■4™ stoppage of a newspaper without fh ' l '' that th< rearnges, i 'AL/ A the of ar criminal offence 7 eV,den o1 ,railJ ■* courts have HerideH '►, countable for the p 8t P" so '" are-ac it tbei take thern from Vrf ° P '£ e ° f "s P apers subscribe for the m f or nit? *** Whether the > INS UR R£CT lON AX UAiil'ilßX FEB BY. thepiblic offices seized bv the MOB. Civil, WAR. Citizens arrested and Imprisoned. Murder and Bloodshed. GREAT EXCITEMENT. o BALTIMORE, Oct. 17 AM TK E despatch has just been 'received fro.n Frederick 8 f em f ve '- v "nprobabie and should be recei' ved w.th caution till confirmed "r REDERICK, Aid.. Oct 17 1. • lull possession ot tiia United Stale- \, Harper's Ferry.*" Arsenal, at "The expres*train running East was fired in wr. VaT Tn? the U "' ryaJ a ne-Tj was kiiifd while trvma ~ . J the town. i gto grt lhs tf3 " l w,;: 1 I^? b rr d two mea in . d lodti wheat ; took the wa-nn I -i i! wnh i ili,s and ,| jnfo Marvfaud Thn "'W "JP '<• Knndfed •nth a gang of ' ' [SECOND the ß A7r^rt-7!i;;'?r h,?nded " ,at than the people here are Wl .,j S°wiTv" - ill. Weeraph ivirv. have been cut f rom Har . " °° be ;>oT"yerirrT i-rw. * Many wild rumors are afloat, but no intelli gence of an authentic character has yet been received. BALTIMORE, Oct. 17.— 3 o'clock, P. M.— The Western train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has just arrived. Theoiiicers confirm the statement at first received. Tliev say the the ii; ige-keeper discovered that the light had been ex inguished, and went to ascertain the cause. He was pursued and fired upon by a gang of blacks arid whites. A colored assistant of the baggage master was shot and mortally wounded. Conductor Phelps was threatened, and told that the train should not proceed. Un certain as to the condition of the bridge, he waited till after daylight, and was thus detained six hours. He says the insurrectionists num ber 200 whites arid biacks, and have full pos session of the aimory. They are commanded, or led by a man named Anderson, who lately arrived at Harper's Ferry. BALTIMORE, Oct. 17—4 o'clock, P. M.—AN other account brought by the train which has just arijved, siys the bridge across the Potomac was filled with insurgents, all of whom were armed. Every light in the town had been extinguish ed—l he hotels were closed—all the streets were in possession of tfje mob—and every lane lead ing thereto is barricaded and guarded. Men were seen in every quarter with mus muskels and bayonets, who arrested citizens and pressed them into service. They also treated many of the negroes in a similar manner. The following dispatch has just been received front Monocacy, this side ot Harper's Fer ry : "The mail agent on the Western-bound train has-returned to Monocacy, and reports that his train was unable to get through. ' The town is in possession of (he negroes, who arrest and imprison every one they can catch. "The train due here at 3, P. M., could not get through. The agent came down on an emp ty engine. All of the eastward bound trains, going West of the Ferry, have been seized. The mail train bound West has returned to this station. There are from 500 to 800 whites and blacks engaged in the insurrec tion. BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.—Two o'clock, A. M News of a serious chaiacter is now being transmitted over the wires, the line to Harper's Ferry having been repaired. An engagement had taken place at the bridge resulting in loss of life. BALTIMORE, Oct. 18—2J o'clock, A. M.— The Government despatches are taking prece dence of the press despatches, which causes a delay in the reception of the latter. We understand that Coi. Lee has telegraphed that it is not necessary to bring on troops from Fort Monroe, but asks tiiat they be detained at Fort McHenry. All the rioters, now living, are barricaded in the engine house and the armory enclo sure. A number of citizens are imprisoned with them, whom thev reluseto release. Several companies of the Virginia troops are on thegiound and have placed a guard on the village. The marines have charge of the Ar mory. have been kiiied > as veu several of the rioters. -• BALTIMORE, Oct. 19, 3 o'clock, A. M -Tt following 1$ the regular report : HARPER'S FERRV.— The town has been U Ii nvn and Bheppardstown, Va, and Frederick rv and hoM°^ rS , a ,; eentrenched in ,he Armo Md as prisoners? 3sllln S tol > and Mr. Lafen B Jwn commanded by Cantab -n, (0# Kansas numserecj Q 1 7T e " lvh " e """ and fi,e verai ot whom were shot. Two men 0/ the Martinsburg companv j re S Jot dead whilst charging on the armo j s ° pposed ,o "" movi "' K itV' en ans ' one °'' he insurrectionists, is shoMh" 3 V'k* cont!:, ' on here, having been th the breast. He is from Connecti c'°;' has bs ™ ♦He says the Mi scheme „„ s ffo/ tt/ , 6 urAo ; e ({fl rrr rt ' se b,j Slat es ° >/gln ' U W ° Ul<i be 7aade f ret ! Col- Shriver, of Frederick, has just had an nterv.ew wth Brown in the armorv. He ask _ to be allowed to march out with his men. I thXt H-' ment,on °'' (l^nd "* himsell to tne last; His men are very strongly posted n the Engine House, and cannon cannot be used s; n f,u!;;: 1 d forfraro,, " jwi ° ,he killed* sixteen P erSonsar ' k*own to have been Fountainßreckman, a railroad wa< Shot dead from the armory. 0 ' ' Three rioters are lying dead under the brid~ having been shot by the Sbephardsiown troom • n their charge on the bridge. 1 ' Cap?. Brown had been about here, and ren- I 'd alarm four miles off which was the reo dezvous of the rioters. Captain Cook was a | sc AN I ', aml K 3l OOP tia,e ,aU - ht a : school All the other white men are unknown. The* are supposed, however, to be men who ha v. been connected with Drawn in Kansas HARPER'S FERRY, Oct. 18-3 o'clock, A 1~l Uuu n °" Wa * 'OUirh mainly by the Railroad] Tonnage men, Irom Mar iiiisbu-g, led by Captain Alburti. Evan Dor s<;.v, a conductor of the Railroad Company, wa killed, and conductors Bowman and Hoiiet Were wounded. 6 o'clock, A M.— Preparations are now making for the attack on the Armory. Th< soldiers are posted all around the grounds, atu for the last hour every tiling lias been quiet. The rioters have still the following persons in their custody as prisoners : Armistead Ball Chief Draughtsman at the Armory ; Benjamin Mills, Master ot the Armory ; John P. Danger field, Paymas'er, and Clark Lewis Washington, a farmer and prominent citizen; John ALtadt. a tarmer, and son, 16 years old. The three las! were seized on their farms several miles from the ferry. George Turner, a graduate of West Point, and on u of the most distinguished citizens in this vicinity, was shot yesterday, whilst coining into town. He died during the night. He has a brother living in Baltimore, married into the . Patterson family. Three of the riofers are lying dead in the streets ; there are also ttiree in the river, and ; several are said to be lying within the Armory * i enclosure. The following is the list of killed among the . j citizens and soldieis : —Fountain Beckham; . Haywood, a negre porter at the railroad station ; Jos. Burney, of Harper's Ferry ; Evan Dursey and Geo. Richardson, of Waterbury. . j Another rioter, a negro named Lewis Leary, | who has just died, confessed to the particulars olthe plot, which he says was concocted by- Brown, at a fair held in Ohio, two months ago. I , The rioters have just sent out a flag of truce, . | saying that if they are not protected by the sol j diers here at present, they will hang all they j capture. * THE ARMORY STORMED. HARPER'S FERRY, October 18— S o'clock. —The armory has just been stormed and taken, j after a determined resistance, j Col. Shutt approached with a flog of truce j and demanded the surrender ot the armorv. ! After expostulating for some time, the rioters ! refused. The Marines then advanced and made a charge, endeavoring to break open the door with sledge hammers ; but it resisted all their j efforts. A large ladder was then used as a battering ram, and the door gave way. The rioter 3 fired briskly and shot three oi the Marines, who ex- I changed shots through the partly broken door. The Marines then lorced their way through the break, and in a few minutes all resistance was at an end. The rioters were brought out amidst the most intense excitement, many of the armed militia present trying to get an opportunity to shout them. Captain Brown and his son were both shot ; the latter is dead and the lormer dying. He lies in the armory enclosure. He talks treely, and says that lie is the old Ossawattomie Brown whose (eats 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 possession ot the town and could have murder ed all the people. J. G. Anderson wa3 also shot down in the assault. H" was from Connecticut. The dead | body of a man shot yesterday was lound within the armory. Freedom ofit and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA, FRIDRING, OCTOBER 28,1859. ESTING DETAILS —CAPT. BROWN AND III" ENT MOVEMENT—TIIE OTHER LEADERS MENCEMENT OF THE INSURRECTION DE TL'RE OF COOK FOR PENNSYLVANIA. TIMORB, Oct. 18.—The following inter uarartive of the recent events at Harper s , is gleaned from the report of the editor J,lmencan , who accompanied the troops lis city and returned this evening, principal originator of the short but existence of this insurrection, was, un dly, Capt. John Brown, whose connec vith the scenes of violence in the border sof Kansas, then made his name famil it-\o."ious to the whole country. Brown 113 first appearance in the vicinity of Har- Ferry more than a year ago, accompanied two sons, the whole party assuming the ot Smith. He enquired about land in the V, and made investigations about the (ililvof finding ores, and for some time Id at Sandy Point, a mile east of the Ferry, in absence of some months he reappeared ivicinity, and the eider Brown rented or l< a farm on the .Maryland side, about four nfrom the Ferry. They bought a large mr of picks and spades, and this confirmed ttiel ttiat they intended to mine tor ores. Twere seen frequently in and about Har pferry, but no suspicion seems to have ex isftt! "Bill Smith" was Capt. Brown, or thf intended embarking in any movement soperate or extiaordinary. Yet the devel op! of the plot leaves no doubt that his vis its,he Ferry, and his lease ol the farm, were alfis of bis preparation for the insurrection, wfi supposed would be successful in ex ferjating slavery in Maryland and Western Viria. hvn's chief aid was John E. Cook, a com paryely young man, who lias resided in and neahe Ferry for some years. He was tsist emjyei in tending a lock on the ( anal, after war) taught school on the Maryland side of (he rer, and after a brief residence in Kansas, whe it is supposed he became acquainted with Brow, returned to the Ferry and married tnere. He \>s regarded as a man of some intelligence, knout to be auti-slavery, but not so violent in tlie cpression of his opinions as t n excite an\ suspiions. These two men, with Brown s two sons,were the on!v white men connected with the insurrection that had b"eri seen previously abou the Ferry. All were brought by Brown frorna distance, and nearly all had been with •bim m Kansas. The first active movement in the insurrection ..w— t\'l-nast 10 o'clock Qh.Sunday <?)ss tovards the Marylant ? side, was seized by a number of men who said that he was their prisooer and must come with therr.. He rec j ognized Brown and Cook among the men, and i knowing them, he treated the matter as a joke, 1 but enjoying silence, they conducted him to the armory, which he found already in their possession. He was retained till after daylight and then discharged. The watchman who was to relieve Williamson at midnight, found the bridge lights all out and was immediately seized. Supposing it an attempt at robbery lie broke a way arid his pursuers stumbling over, he esca caped. The next appearance of the insurrectionists was at the house ol Col. Lewis Washington, a large farmer and Have-owner, living about four miles lrom the Ferry. A party, headed by Cook, proceeded there, aroused Col. W. and told him he was their prisoner. They al so seized all the slaves the house, and took the carriage and horse, and a large wagon with two horses. When Col. Washington saw Cook lie immediately recognized him as a man whc had called upon him some months ptevious, to whom he had exhibited some valuable arms in his possession, including an antique sword pre sented by Frederick the Great to Gen. George Washington, and a pair of pistols presented by Ger.. Lafayette to Washington, both being heirlooms in the family. Before leaving, Cook challenged Col. Washington to a trial ot skill at shooting, and exhibited considerable certain ty as a marksman. When he made his visit on Sunday night he alluded to his previous visits, and the courtesy with which he had been trea ted, and regretted the necessity which made it bis duty to arrest Co!. W. He, however, took advantage of the knowledge heobtaimd bv his former visit, to carry of! all the valuable collec tion of arms, which Col. W. did not re-obtain till alter the final defeat of the insurrection. From Col. Washington's the party proceeded with him as a prisoner, in his own carriage, and twelve of his negroes in the wagon, to the house of Mr. Alstaut, another large farmer, on the same road. Air. Alstadt and his son, a lad ot If jjears of age, were taken prisoners, and all the negroes within reach being forced to join themovement, they returned to the armory at the Ferry. All these movements seem to have be<n made without exciting the slightest alarm ir the town, nor die! the detention of Capt. Piefps' train at the upper end of the town atiact attention. It was not until the town thoroughly waked up and found the bridge guardedby armed men, and a guard stationed at all th avenues, that the people found they were prisoners. A panic appears to have im mediatey ensued, and the number of the insur rectioniis at once increased from fifty (which was prolibly their greatest force, including the slaves wo were forced to join them,) to from 500 to 00. it wa then believed that the large waomn was use. to convey aw ay the Paymaster's safe containig $17,00(0 Government funds, and also, tha it was filled with "Alinie rifles, taken out to snply other bands in the mountains, who wee to come down upon Harper's Ferrv in over helming force. These suppositions both prCed untrue, as neither money nor anus were Ui urbed. The news spread around, and the peole came into the Ferry, the first detn onstritiosof resistance were made to the in- I surrectionists. A general war/are commenced, chiefly led by a man named Chambers, whose house commanded the armory yard. A colored man, Hayward, a railroad por ter, was shot early in the morning, lor reiusing to join the movement. The next man shot was Joseph Bui ley. a citizen of the Ferry. He was shot standing in his own door. About thistune Samuel P. Young, Esq., was killed while com ing into town o hoiseback. The insurrection ists by this time, rinding a general disposition to resist them, ha i nearly all withdrawn within the armory grounds, leaving only a guard on the bridge. About noon the Charleston troops under command of Col. Robert W. Baylor, having crossed the river some distance up, an marched down on the Maryland side to the mouth of the bridge, firing a volley, they made a gallant dash across the bridge, clearing it ° the insurrectionist, who retreated rapidly down towards the armory. In this movement one o the insurrectionists, Wm. lhompson, was taken prisoner. The Sheppardstown troops next arrived, mar ching down the Shenandoah side and joining the Charlestown forces at the bridge. A des ultory exchange of shots followed, one ol which struck Air. Fountain Beckham, Mayor ol the town and agent of the Railroad Company, in the brea=t, parsing entirely through body. The ball was a large elongated slug, making a dreadiul wound. He died almost immediately. Beckham was without arms and was exposeu onlv for a moment whilst approaching the water station. His assailant, one ol Brown s sons, was shot almost immediately, but managed to get back into the engine house, where his dead body was found to day. The murder of Mr. Beckham excited the populace, and a cry was immediately made to bring out the pnsone., Thompson. He was brougut out on the bridge and shot down from the bridge. He fell into the water, and some appearance ct lite still re maining, he was again riddled with bills. Sharp fighting ensued, and at this time a ge neral etiarge was made down the street from the bridge towards the Armory gate, by the Charlestown and Sheppardstown troops auu the Ferry people from behind the Armory wail, .w fusil ad e was kept up and returned by the insur rectionists from the Arniory buddings. \vhilst this was going on, the Martinsburg levies arri ved at the upper end of town, and entering the Armory grounds by the rear, made an attack from that side. Tnis force was largely compo sed of railroad employees, gathered from the ton nave trains at Alartinsourg, and their was generally spoken o! as showing the great est amount of fighting pluck exhibited during h 11 . n Mjwrmg, •■"-> S*o*iTt. ly ieu by Capt. Aijurtis, tney carried the buil ding in which the armory men were imprison ed and released the whole of them. They were however, but jioorly armed, some with pistols and others with shot guns, and when they came within range of the engine house, wnere the elite of the insurrectionists were gathered, and became exposed to their rapid and dexterous use of Sharpe's rifles, they were loiced to fall back suffering pretty severely. Conductor Evan Darsey, of Baltimore, was killed instantly, and Conductor Ceorge Richardson received a wound from which he died during the day. Several others were wounded, amuug them a son ol Dr. Hammond, of Martinsburg. A guerilla warfare was maintained during the rest ol the day, resulting in killing two in surrectionists, and the wounding of a third One crawled out through the culvert leading into the Potomac, and attempted to cross to iht Maryland side, whether to escape or to convey inloimation to Cook is not known. He was shot while crossing 'the river, and fell dead on the rocks. An adventurous lad waded out and secured his Sharpe's rilie, and his body was af terwards stripped of a poition of its clotiiinv. In one of his pockets was found a Captain's commission drawn up in full fbim, and decla ring that the bearer, Capt. Lehman, held that command under Major Cen. Brown. A light mulatto was shot just outside the ar mory gate, file ball went ttnough his throat, tearing away all the great arteries, and killing him instantly. Ins name is not known, but he was one of the free negroes who cane with brown. His body was left exposed in the street, up to noon yesterday, to every indigni ty that could be heaped upon it by the excited populace. At this time a tail, powerful man, named Evan Stephens, came out trom the ar mory, conducting some prisoners, it was said, and was shot twice in fheside and breast. He was captured and taken to a tavern, and after the insurrection was quelled, was turned over to toe United Statts authorities, m a dying condi tion. During the afternoon, a sharp little affair took place on the Shenandoah side ot the town. The insurrectionists had also seized Hall's Rifle works, and a party ol their assailants lound their way in through the inrilrace jand dislodged them. In this encounter, it was said, ;three ot the insurrectionists were killed, but we found but one dead body—that of a negro—on that side of the town. Night, by this time, had set in, and the ope rations ceased. Guards were placed around the Armory, and every precaution takea to prevent escapes. HOW THE NIGHT PASSED. The night passed without serious alarms, but not without excitement. Ttie Marines marched over immediately after the arrival of Col. Le, and were stationed within the Armory grounds, so as to completely surround the engine house. Occasionally shots were tired by the country volunteers—for what purpose was not under stood, but there was only one return dire from insurgents. The broken telegraph was sooo repaired, through the exertions of Superintendents Westervelt and lalcott, who accompanied the expedition, and the announcement that communication was opened with Baltimore WHOLE NUMBER, 2873. gave the Pres3 repiesentatives abundant em ployment. There was no bed to be had, and daylight was awaited with anxiety. Its earliest glimpses were availed of too survey the scene. A vistt to the different localities, in which the corpses of the insurrectionists were lying stark and bloody,—a peep, close or far, according to the courage of thp observer, at the Malakoff of the insurgents,—was the established order ol the sight seeing, varied with the discussion of all sorts ot terrible rumors. A dead stillness surrounded the buildings, and except that now and then a man might be seen peeping from the nearly closed centre door, and a dog's nosp slightly pr druding, no sign of life, much less of hostility was given. Various opinions were given as to the num ber of persons within, and the amount of resis tance thev would be able to offer. Cannon could not be used without endangering the safety of Col. Washington, Mr. Dangeifield, Mr. Ball, and other citizens, whom they still held as prisoners. The doors and walls of the Armory had been pierced I>r rifl-s, but it was evident that from these holes no range could be had, and that without opening the door they would be shooting in the dark. The murder ot the prisoners held was t'nonght by many to be determined upon, and then a fight to the death, as an ending of their desper ate attempt. Whilst the people thus looked and specula ted, the door was thrown open, and one of the men came out with a flag of truce, and deliver ed what was supposed to be terms ot capitula tion. The continuance cl the preparation for assauit showed that they were not accepted. THE FORT OF THE INSURGENTS. The building in which the insurgents had made a stand, was a fire engine bouse, and no doubt the most defensible building in the Armo ry. It has dead brick walls {on three si'des, and the fourth has large doors, with window sashes above, some S feet above the ground. DEMAND FOR SURRENDER-ATTACK AND CAPTURE. Shortly alter 7 o'clock, Lieut. J. E. B. Stuart, of the First Cavalry, who was acting as Aid for Col. Lee, advanced to parley with the besieged ; Samuel Strider, Esq., an old and respectable citizen, bearing a flag of truce.— Thev were received at the door by Cap. Cook. Lieut. Stuart demanded an unconditional surrender, only promising them protection from immediate violence and trial by law. Capt. Brown refused all terms but those previously demanded, which were, substantially, that they should be permitted to march out with their men and arms, taking their prisoners with t^s,4h^-Dps? ed ur, ]? msued to & n '"</ wwuni iree their prisoners. The soldiers would then be permitted to pursue them, aod they would if they could not escape. 3 Ocourse this was refused, and Lieut. Stuart pressed upon Brown his desperate position and urged a surrender. The expostulation, though beyond ear shot, was evidently very earnest and the coolness of the Lieutenant and the cour age ot his aged flag-bearer, won warm praise. At this moment the interest ol the scene was most intense. The volunteers were arranged all around the buildings, cutting off escaped every direction. The marines, divided in two squads, were ready for a dash at the door. I inally Lieut. Stuart having exhausted all argu ment with the determined Captain Brown walked slowly from the door. Immediately the signal lor attack was given and the marines headed by Col. Harris and Lieut. Green' advanced in two lines on each side of the door! Two powerful fellows sprung between the lines and with heavy sledge hammers attempted to batter down the door. The. door SWUQO' and swayed, but appeared to be secured with a rope the spring of which deadened the effect of the' blow. Failing to obtain a breach, the marines were ordered to tall back, and twenty of them look hold of a ladder some forty leet long, and ad vancing at a lun, brought it with "tremendous ebect {against the door. At the second blow one leaf tailing inward in slanting position! the marines immediately advanced to the breach, Major Russell and Lieut. Green leading. A marine in the fiont fell, and the firing from the interior was rapid and sharp. They" fired with deliberate aim, and for a moment the re sistance is serious and desperate enough to ex cite the spectators to something like" a pitch of frenzy. The next moment the n aiines pour in, the firing ceases, and the work was done, whilst cheers rang from every side the general feeling being that the mariner had'done their part admirably. When the insurgents were brought out, some dead and others wounded, they were o- rp^te j with execrations, and only the precautions that had been taken saved them from immediate execution. The crowd, nearly every man of which carried a gun. swayed "with tumultuous excitement, and cries of "shoot tbern shoot them !" rang from every side. The appearance of the liberated prisoners, all ol whom, through the steadiness of the Marines, escaped injury changed the current of feeling and prolonged' cheers took the place ol howls and execrations. In the assault Private Ruffert, of the Marines," received a ball in the stomach, and was believed fob fatally wounded. Another received a slight flesh wound. [SEE INSIDE.] NO IRISHMAN.—At a Sabbath school latelv, the question was put to a little girl—who was the first man ? She said she did not know when immediately a littie Irish girl said, with great composure : "Adam, >ir." Our little American said : "La, you needn't be so grand about it h* wasn't an Irishman !" [EP""Do you understand me now ?" thunder ed a country pedagogue, to an urchin, at whose head he threw an inkstand. "I've got an inkling of what you mean," replied the boy. VOL. 3, NO. 13.
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