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OEjjrflnirlc £ Sentinel. DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY BY W. 8. JONES, - SATI KDAVI TiOHNIMi. Ol T. ‘22 1N?0. TO DELINQUENTS. In a few weeks we shall commence striking from our list of subscribers, the names of those who have not paid in advance. This is our only means of protection, for the low price of our paper will not justify the very heavy expense of sending out Agents, and too many ot our sub scribers seem to have no idea of punctualitv in the payment ot their indebtedness. Those, therefore, who mav fail to receive their papers, will be at no loss to account for the cause. We shall proceed as rapidly as possible to send Bills to all those in debted, and if they are not promptly paid, the paper will be discontinued. The Ilarper'n Ferry InMiirection- As the most exciting aud interesting topic of the uay, we devote much of our space to the details of the effort of a few fanatics to produce an iusurrec. tion at Harper’s Ferry. Naver before have we heard of a m< re reckleea, fool-Lardy and insane attempt to acomplUb an object, aud the retribution of the actors Las been terrible indeed ; for of the twenty-three active participants, fifteen were killed, three mortally wounded, and the remainder, with a single exception, Cot k. who escaped, made prison, era, and must of course be hung. V. e sincerely hope that the government may have possessed itself of sufficient evidence in Brown s papers, to convict (Urrft Smith, if he is real y guilty, and his worthy compatriot, Fred D >CG! es, aud ihat they may be made to test the capacity of s<'tne western made rope, together with all others who Lave participated in this insane project. Fertilizer** Want of space yesterday prevented our giving a m ire general notice of the various fertilizers now’ offered for sale by Agents in our city, and adver tised in our columns. In calling attention to their advertisements, we have no disposition to recom mend one kind of manure more than another, but e’mply tr urge this branch of agricultural improve meat upon our planting triende, to bring the suljco’ to their attention, and to suggest that they inform themselves in regard to the respective merits o* ercb kind, and then make a (rialof their properties' Those who have already experimented in them have doubtless formed their opinions ai.d established their preferences. Otl.er3 who have not will profit by the experience of toeirneigbbors, or by calling on the agents and examining the certificates in their possesion. We sutjoin a list of such as are now or Lave bsea recently advertised in our columns : Hoy's A m inornated Bone Super-Phosphate of l,ime. — Thos. P. Stovall & Co,, Agents for tie States of Georgia and South Carolina. Messrs. Stovall Sc Co., have also on hand Bone Dust, Land Plaster, Peiuvian Guano and Amer ican Guano. 7V National Fertiliser— Madeof the Marl of New Jersey, Fish and Bone Dust. Carmichael bo Blan, Agents. Rhodes' Super-Phosphate. —J. A. AsSLEY sr. Co, Agents for the maau'acturers. American Guano— J C. Dawson, Warren Block, aud K. F. Uiwuhart, at the Hardware store of Messrs. Bonis So Brown. 'M = rs D'Antignac & Evans are also Agents for tue sale of a Fertilizer, the name mri character of which we do not now remember. The Montgomery Guards and Irish Volunteers, were out yesterday alteruoon, on their first parade for the eeaaon. we believe. They made a good ap pearance, and their movements attracted the usua attention. Railroad Intelligence:.— We learn from the Greenville Democrat, that at a conference of the officers of the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail read, the East Tenneteee and Georgia Railroad, and the Western and Atlantic Railroad, held at Knoxville, a lew days since, it was resolved to dis continue the express passenger train on said loads from and after the fifth day of November nex., provided the contract for a double daily mail is not awarded to them. The travel during the winter season is cot thought sufficient to justify the run ning of two daily passenger trains each way.— Connecting roads have been notified of this action. The Synod of New Jersey (Gld School Presbyte rian) embraces 18U churches, 191 miniateis, and a membership ot 23,000. A New Statue or Washington.— There is now in New York, fresh from the chisel of Hiratn Pow crs,of Fiorenoe, a buautifuhy executed full length statue of the Father of his Country, clothed in Masonic regaiia. It was executed for Fredericks burg Lodge, Virginia, in which Washington was init.at-d, pa*sed and raised, a! an expense of s*i 0 ! 0. Should the present war be’ween England and Ciiina ecistinue for any length of time, it would cause material interruption of the trade between the two countries and produce considerable em barrassments. The direct trade between Grea t Britain and China averages annually about sixiy millions of dollars, besides which the former is indr - nelly icterosted in three other important trades, namely those between India aud China, China and Australia, and China and the United States, showing a very wide range ot commercial transaction. Ir maybe that no serious interruption of the external trade of Ch ua will take place ; but should it prove otherwise, it will be a calamity of greater mag .i lude than the mere figures of British experts and imports would, at fust sight, suggest. Americans in Japan.—A letter from an Arnori cat', published in the New York Kxprees, dated Na gasaki, July, 1559, says : “ There has been such a rush of traders to Japan, j tha- almost everything that can be bought has been carried off Nearly a hundred Bhipe has already . been to Nagasaki. There were twenfy-fiye in j poll wLea we arrived, including the war steam- J i-rs. Such an it flux of Irade as this upon a peoplo entirely unused and unprepared for it, has of course cieauel them our and carried prices up very rapid ly. The Japanese are a very interesting peop'e and have more life, vivacity and expression about them tbau the Chinese. Tne poople are very in quisitive, and all manner of questions. In the shops they ai ways want to know whether we are Americans, English, Haas-ian*or Dutch. They ex amine very carefully every aiticle cf clothing, and say ‘ Eproka’ (good) wbc-nihey find anything which particularly pleases their fancy. As you walk the streets you are saluted on every side by the chil dren with ‘Ohio’ (how are you) aud ‘Boton Basie,’ (give me a button ) They have a great, passion f. jr brass buttons, and the naval officers have almost stripped their coats in making presents. If i had only known it before 1 would have brought a tow gross from Shanghai. It would have made me tLe mos* popular man in Nagasaki. I have cut off all 1 hatcould ne spared, but my supply is exhausted, and I have nothing left to answer the demand of * Boton Basie.’ ” The Progress ok Steam Power. —The London Quarterly Review of May, 1839, twenty years ago, 4taa an article on the above subject in which it ex presses, iu eneigetic terms, the admiration and as tonishment which the progress of steam, oven at that period, had aroused. At that time, the Great Western was exciting almost as much wonder and gieeuiatiou as the Great Eastern is uow, although by u' e o * de of tb ® hotter she would look like a mere yacht H w&e L^ea bought a great pace for rail roads to u'ayel eixteen miles an hour, although it i was predicteu that . the y wouid reach sixty aud a i hundred. The Re v ‘? w re “arke that, “as by the invention of the teif'* iC . 0 f’ e man has extended Lis 1 vision beyond that of tn.* 60 b ? ,ije ioveu- t tion of the locomotive engw-'' has he now surpassed I in speed every quadruped tn g . I For the Chronicle 8f Sentinel. Mr. Editor .—Will jou all* w me a small space in the columns of jcur paper, to pay a dceurvtd tribute to a worthy citizen, the present Mayor cf Augusta, Hon. Fester Blodget, Jr. ? I Warn that May or Blodget is not likely to be a candidate for re election, therefore it cannot be presumed that this aiticle, though by a friendly band, is designed tolfave any political effect. The writer is not a citizen of Auguste, but a native Georgian, feeling a lively interest in every thirg which is calculated to advance the prosperity and weh-beng of the city. 1 have a feeling sense of pereo: al kindness at the hands of the Mayor, as a private citizen, towards a comparative stranger ; but no merely personal feeling could induce me lbu3 to intrude on your columns, were it not that I find almost the univesal voice cf the city, of all parties, uniting to com mend Mr. Blodget aa a most r fficient, indefatigable, zealous, icorking Mayor—having at heart, a deep solicitude for evc-iy interest of Lis native piece. In season and cut of season, at ai! times and under all circumstances, Mayor Blodget seerns to devote his whole energies to the building up of Augusta inte rests, looking not merely to the present, but to the vest and glorious future far ahead, lie is almost übiquitous, aud nothing escapes his personal atten tion. I hope both you and lie will excuse me for this, peihaps, urseemly warmth of Sealing, but I only give expression to my honest sentiments, in which I -hiuk I shall be joined by the great mats of the people of Augusta. _ Strakukr. prom the Baltimore American. InMirreoiSon at Harper’s Ferry—Authentic Beta ilt*. We can perhaps give our readere, in the most intelligible and interesting form, the particulars of this extraordinary servile insurrection, by throwing into a corrected narrative, all that we have gathered on the militaty expedition to Harper’s Felly ill relation to i‘sinception, purpose, attempt ed i oustimmation and defeat. We commence with I IB ORIGINATORS. The principal originator of the insurrection, and the chief leader in its short bu r bloody existence, was undoubtedly Captain John Brown, whose connection with the scenes of violence aud border warfare in Kansas Las made bis name *aini!iarly notorious to the whole country. Captain Brown made ins first appearance iu the vicinity of Har per’s Ferry more than a year ego, accompanied by bis two sons, the whole p riy assuming the name ot Smith. They mquited about land iu the vicinity, made invettigatims as to the probability of find ing ores, and for some time boarded at Sandy Hook, odo mile east of Harper’s Ferry. After an absence of some months they re appeared iu the vicinity, and ttie elder Brown rented or leased a farm on the Maryland side, about tour miles from Harper's Feny. They bought a large number of picks and spades, and thus confirmed the belief that they intended to mine for ores. They were eeeu trequently in and about Helper s Ferry, but no suspicion soeius to have existed that ‘‘Bill Smith" was Captain Brown, or that lie intended embaiking iu a movement bj desperate and extra ordinary. Yet the development of the plot leaves no doubt that his visits to the Feriy and his lease of the farm were all pails cf Lis preparation for an insurrection which he supposed wa> to be .-u cess ful iu exterminating s.avery in Maryland aud West ern Virginia. Capt. Brown's chief aid was John E- Cook, a comparatively young man, who has resitted iu and near Harper’s Ferry for some years. He wa* first employed in tending a look on the canal, lie as -1 terwards taught school on the Maryland side, and 1 after a brief residence in Knucad where it is sup posed that Le became acqiiirnted with Brown, re turned to the Ferry and married there. lie was 1 legarded as a man of some intelligence, known to I be anti-slavery, but not eo violent in the expression of hia opinions as to excite any suspicious. These j two men, with Brown’s two sens, were the only ! white tnen connected with the insurrectionthat had | been seen about tbe Ferry. All were brought by t Capt. Brown from a distance, aud nearly al! had | I been with him in Kansas. I THE COMMENCEMENT I 1 THE INtCRRECTIOX. * The first active movement in the insurrection wes made about half past ten o'clock on Sunday night, j Wm. Williams, watchman on Harper's Ferry • i bridge, whilst walking across towards the Maryland ' ; side was seized by a number ot men, who said he 1 was their prisoner and must come with them. lie I* recognized Brown and Cook among the men, and knowing them, trta'ei the mat'.er as a joke, but enforcing silence they conducted him to the arm >ry which be found already in their possession. He j was retaiued till after dayligh’ aud then discharged. | The watchman who was to relieve Williams at mid I night, found the bridge lights ail out, and immi-Ji .! ately was «e zed. Supposing it an attempt at • robbery, be brok# ftway aud his pursuers stumbling r over the track he escaped. The next appearance of the insurrectionists was at the house of Col. Lewis Washington, a large tanner and slave owner, living about four miles from tue Ferry. A party headed by Cook pro ceeded there, roused Col W , and told him he was a prisoner. They also seized all the slaves near the Louses, took a carriage and horee and a large wagon with two hoises. When Co'- Washington saw Cook he immediately recognized bin* Ms 3 man who had called upon him some months previous, to whom be had exhibited sonuo ysluab e arms in ins pos-ession, including an antique sword presented by Fredtiipk the Great to General Washington, gptj a pair of pistols presented by Lafayette to Washington, both heir-looms in the family. Before leaving Cook in vited Col Washington to a trial of skill at shooting, and exhibited eooeiderat le certainty as a marksman When he made his visit on Sunday night he alluded to his previous visit and the courtesy with which be bad been treated, regretting the uc..esriiy which made it bis duty to arreet Col. W. He, however, took ftfivaidage of tLe knowledge he obtained by the former visit to carry off all the Colonel's valua ble collection of a.me, wbjph he did not re-obtain until after the final defeat ot the insurrection. From Col. Washington s they proceed with him a piisouei iu his can iage, aud twelve of hia negroes in the wagon, to the bouse of Mr. Alistadt, another ’ large farmer on the same road. Mr. Alistadt, and ! hia son, a lad of sixteen, were taken prisoners, all - i their negroes within reach forced to join the move ! meut, ai d they returned to the Armory at the 1 i Ferry. A! these movements seem to have been j made without exciung tbe slightest alana iu the j town, nor did the Geumuon of Capt. Ptelp’s train ’ 1 at the upptr end of the town at’ract attention. I* j was not uul'l tbs town thorough y waked up aud J found tbe bridge guarded by armed men, and a 1 guard stationed at. all the avenues, that the people J ’ouutl they were prisoners. A panic appears to Lave immediately ensued, and tue number of tLe insurrectionists magnified from fifty, which was pi obably their greatest f*>rce, including the slaves forced to jsin, to from livs to six hundred, iu the iiieautime, a number of the worka?eu knowing no thing of what Lnd occurred, entered toe Aunory, and were instantly taken prisoners, until, a’ one time, they had not icss tLqn sixty men confined. Ainorg times lime entrapped w-ere Anni-tcad Ball, Chief Draughtsman of the Armory; Ben) min Kills, Master ot the Armory ; and J. E. 1* Danger!]eld, Paymaster's Cleik. lines gentlemen were imprisoned in the engine house, which afterwards became tho chief fortress of the insurgents, and were not relea-ed until after the final assault. Tbe workmen were imprisoned In u building larther dow u Ihe yard, hug Were rescued try tha brilliant Zouave dash mado by ibe rai.road company 's men who came dowu from Martnisburg I'uiß was The condition of things at daylight, about which time Capt. Cook with two whitg men, aud accompanied by thirty slaves, and taking with them Col Washington’s large wagon, went over the bridge uml struck up the mountain road towa r ds Pennsylvania. It was then believed that tbe largo wagon was used to convey away the Payu a-ti-i’.-i safe containing .fli’.ffiO in Government funds, and nlto that r was tilled with Minie riiteo taken out to gupp y ofher bands in tho inouutisips who were to come down upon Harper’s Ferry in overwliplgaiag force. These suppositions both proved untrue, ns neither money nor arms were disturbed, j IHE BEGtNMG OF THE FIGHT —SHOOTING A PRIS ONER. j As 11 edc-y advanced, *td the new? spread around, i and people came into tee Ferry, (ie first demonstra tions of leeietance were made to A guerilla warfare commenced, chit-fly led on by >j man named Chambers whose house comaaauoed the Armory yard. The colored man named Hay ward, railroad porter, was shot early in the morning lerrefngiug tojoin the moveoie t. Nextinin shot was Joseph Burley, a citizen of Harperis Feny. He was shot whilst standing in his own door. About this time also Sami. P. iiout v. E< q , was shot dead, lie was coining into the town ou horseback, carry ing a gun. when he was shot from the Armory, receiving a wound of which lie died during tLe day. lie was a graduate of Point, and greatly re spected iu the neighborhood for his high character and noble qualities. The insurrectionists at this time finding a disposi tion to resist them, had witbdrawu;neariy all within the Armory grounds, leaving only a guard on the ondgo. About noon the Chailestown troops, under command of Col. Robert W. Baylor, arrived, Gross ing the Potomac river some distance up and march ing down the Mai yland side to the mouth of the bridge. Firing a volley they made a gallant dash acrose tbe bridge, clearing it of tLe insurrectionists who retreated rapidly down toward the Armory In this movement one of the insurrectionists, nam ed Wm. Thompson, was taken prismor.’ The Shepberdstowu troops next arrived, marching down the Shenanhoah side and joining the Charlestown forces at the bridge. A desultory^exchange of shots followed, one of which struck Mr. Fontaine Beckham, Mayor of the town and agent of tho Railroad Company, in the breast, passing entirely through iris body, the bail was a large elongated slug, making a dreadful wound. He died almost immediately. Mr. Beckham was without arms aud wag exposed only for a moment vhiiet approaching the water station. H s a-sailant, one ot Brown’s son’s was shot almost immediately, but managed to get back to tbe engine house, where his dead < body was found the next day i The rrurd* rof Mr. Beckham excited the people arid the cry w: 8 iinmefiatsiy irade to bring out the prisoner 1 lion peon lie was brought out on the bridge and shot down , from the bridge he fell into the water, end acme appearance of iii'e still remain ing he was again riddled with bal'e. SHARI* FIGHTING COMMENCING. At this time a genera! charge was made down the street from the bridge towards the Armory gate by the Charlestown aud Shepherdetown troops and the Feiry people. From behind (be Armory wall a fuailade was kept up and returned by the insurrec tionists from the Armory buildings. Whilst this was going on, the Martit sburg levies arrived at the upper end of the town, and entering the Amory grounds by the rear, made an attack from that end. This force was largely composed cf the railroad employees, gathered from ihe tonnage trains at Marlineburg, aud their attack was generally sdo ken of as showing the greatest amount of fighting pluck exhibited during the day. Dashing on, firing and cheering, and gallantly led by Capt. Alburtis, they carried the building in which the Armory men were imprisoned and released the whole of them.— They were however but poorly armed, some with pistols and others with shotguns, and when they came within range of the engine house, where the elite of the insurrectionists were gathered, aud were exposed to their rapid and dexterous use of Sharp’s rifles, they were forced to fail back, suffering pretty severely. Conductor Evan Dorsey, of Bal timore, was mortally wounded, and Conductor Gsorgo Richardson received a wound from which ho died during the day. Several others were woundtd, among tbem a son of Dr. Murphy, of Harper’s Ferry. A guerilla warfare wart maintained during the rest of the day resulting in the killing of three of the insurgents anti the wounding oi a fourth. One of them crawled cut through a culvert leading into the Potomac, and attempted to cross to the Mary land side, whether with a view of escaping or of conveying information to Cook’s party, was not known. He was shot while crossing the river, aud tell dead on the reeks. Au adventurous lad waded out and secured his Sharp's rifle, and the body was afterwards stripped of a portion of its c lothing. In one of hia pockets was found a captain’s commis sion, drawm up in full form, and declaring the bearer, Capt. Lehman, held that command under Major General Brown! A light mulatto was also shot just outside the Armory gate. The bail went through and through his throat, tearing away all the great arteries, and killing him almost instantly,— His name was not known, but he was one of the free negroes who came with Capt. Brown. His body was left exposed in the street up to noon yesterday; exposed to every indignity that could | be heaped upon it by the excited populace. At this time a tall, powerful man, named Aaron Stevens, came out from the Armory conducting some prisoners, it was said, and was shot twice, ouce in the side of the face, and once in the breast. He was captured and taken into the tavern, and after the insurrection had been quelled, was turned over in a dying condition to the United States authorities. Another man was shot in the Arsenal yard. During the afternoon a sharp little affair took place dn the Shenandoah side of the town. The insurrectionists had also seized Hail’s riffs works, and a party of their assailants found their way iu through the miil race and dislodged them. Jn this rencontre k was said that three of the insurrec tionists were killed, but we found but one dead body, that of a negro, on that, side of the city.— Right by this time Lad nemo on and active opera | turns hsd ceased. Guards were placed around the : Armory and every precaution taken to prevent ea j capes. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIMORE MILITARY. At I'' o’clock rn Monday night the train with the i Baltimore military and United S’a'es marines ar ! rived at Bandy Hook, where they waited for the arrival ot Col. Lee, deputised by the War Depurt ‘ meiit to take command. The reporters pressed on, I leaving their military a’iie-i behind. They found the | bridge in possession of the mi itary and entered the ! besieged and beleagured town without dillionlty, the occasional report of a gun or theeinging motion ■ ot a Sharpe's rifle bail, warning them that it was ! advisable to keep out of range of the Armory.— ! Their first visit was to the bed-tide of Aaron Ste vens, the wounded prisoner. Th. y found him a large, exceedingly athletic mat), a perfect Sampson in appearance, lie was in a small room, tilled with excited armed men, who more than once threatened to shoot him where he was, groaning with pain, but answering with composure and apparent willing ness every question in relation to the foray in which ho was engaged. He said he was a native of Con \ uecticut.but had lately lived in Kansas, where be S knew Captain Brown. lie had a!-o served in the ! United States Army. The sola obj mt of the at tempt was to give the negroes freedom, and Uapt. Brown h d represented that as soon as they seized the Armory the negroes would dock to them by thousands, and they would soon have force enough to accomplish their purposes. Ha believed that the j freeing of the negroes was a proper purpose, one for which he would sacrifice his life, but thought that Captain Brown had been greatly deceived in relation to the movement. Ho said preparations ha i been tusking for some months fur the move menl, but that tue whole force consisted of seven teen white men apd live free negroes. This state ment was repeated without variation by all the prisoners with whom we conversed. They all agreed as to the number in the movement, and as to its object*, which »(me of them called the work of philanthropy. Lewis Leary, the negro shot at tLo rifle mill, stated betore he died that he enlisUd wiih Captain Brown for the insurrection at a fair held in Lorraine county, Ohio, and received money from him to pay his expenses. They all came down to Chambors burg, Fa., and from there traveled across the country to Brown’s lartn. HOW THE MIGHT TASSED. The night passed without serious alarms, but. net tfithout excrement. The marines were marched over immediately after the arrival ot Col. Loo, and were stationed within the armory grounds, so as to completely surround the engine house. Occasional shots were tired by the country voluntee * —what for was not understood ; but there was only one return lire from the insurgents. The broken tele graph was soon repaired through the exertions of Superintendents VVeateryelt and Talcott, who accompanied the expedition, and the announce ment tba* communication was opened with Balti more gave the “press representatives’’ abundant employ input. T!.efe was no finding any bed, and daylight was awaited with anxiety. Its earliest glimpses were availed of to survey the scene. A visit to the different localities in which the corpses of the in surrectionists were lying stark and bloody, a peep, close or far off, according to the courage ot the observer, at tie “ Wa'akoff” of the insurgents, was the established order of sightseeing, varied with a discussion of all sotts of terrible rumors. FORT OK THE INSURQENTS. The building in which the insurgents had made their stand was the tire engine house, and no doubt the moat defensible building in the Armory! It has dead brick w«Us on three sides, and on tue fourth, large doors, with wipdow sashes above, some eight feet from the ground. 4 dead stillness surrounded the building, and except that now and then a man might be seen peeping fit m the nearly closed os .tie door, ora dog’s uose slightly protruding, there was j;o sign of lit e, much lees of hostility, given. Vari ous opinions we a given as to the number of persons within, and the amount ot resistai.ee they would be able to offer. Cannon could not be used without endangering the saiety of Col. Washington, Mr. Datigerhctil, Mr. Bail, and other citizens whom they held as prisoners. The doers and walls of the building had been pierced tor rifles, but it was evi dent that irons theee holes no range could be had ana that without opening the door they would be shooting in the dark- Toe murder of the prisoners held was thought by many to be determined upon, and then a fight to ilie death aa an ending to their desperate attempt. Whilst people thus lo ked and speculated, the door was thrown open, ami one of tue prison* rs was seut out with a ll *g of truce, and delivered wtat was supposed to be terms of c-tpito- Jation. Trie continuance of the preparations for as sault showed they were not accepted. THK DEMAND FOR SURRENDER—THF. ATTACK AND CAPTURE. Shortly after seven o’clock Lk ut. J. F. B. Stuart, of the Ist Cav fry, who was acting as aid for Col.’ Jtbe, advanced to parley with the besieged, Samuel M: rider, Esq., an old and respectable citizen, bear ing a flag of truce. They were received ut the door by Capt. Cook. Lieut. Stuart demanded an unconditional- uireader, only promisin/ them pro tection f'foiy immediate violence and trial by law. Cap!. Brown refused ati terms out thoie previously demanded, which were gubtantially: “That ha should be permitted to march out with his men and arm*, taking prisoners with them ; that they should proceed unpursued to the second toll-vat a when they would free their prisoners. The Wuiera were then at liberty to pursue and they would tight V tjjey could not escape.” Os course this was re fused and Lieut. Si;;art pressed upon Brown hia desperate position, and urged a Sutrende,. The expostulation though beyond ear shot was evidently very earnest, and the cooin ss ot the Lieutenant aod the coiirauo of his aged fHg bearer won warm praise A! this moment the interest of the scene was in tense. The voluliters wore arranged ail around the nuiio’.nj, cutting oil escape in every direction. The marines divided :« two squads, were ready for a dash at the doer. Finally, Lieut. Stuart, having exhausted all argument will, the determined Captain Brown, walked slowly from the door. Immediately the signal for attack was given, and the marines heeded by Coi Harris and Lieutenant Breen ad vanced in two lines on each side the door. Two powerful fellows sprang between the liues, and Witu heavy sledge hammers attempted to batter €iv>vrn tiie door. Tue doo? ewun# &ud swayed but appeared to be secured with a rope, the fewintr f ,r winch deadened the effect of the blows. Fainm* thus to obtain a breach, the marines were ordered back, and twenty of them took hold of a ladder some torty feet tc-ng -ind advancing at a run brought it with tremendous power acainst‘rh« At the second blow it gave way cue leaf f-m. d ' »;“• i“ a position. &T«rin e , S"* ately advanced to the breach Major itnwi . Lieutenant Green leading. X S fell; the tiring from the iuterior is rapid arid f r ° nt they tiro with deliberate aim, and for the moment the resistance is serious and desperate enoiurh to excite the spectators to something like a Ditch f frenzy. The next moment the Marines pour in ' the firing ceases, and the work was done, whilst the cheers rang from every side, the general feeling being that the Marir.es had done their part admira bly. When the insurgenlo were brought out—s-me dead, others wounded—they were greeted with execrations, and oniy the precautions that had been taken saved them from immediate execution. The crowd, nearly every man of which had a gun, swayed with tumultuous excitement, and cries cf ‘’shoct them,” “shoot them,” rar.g from every side. The appearance of the liberated prisoners, all of whom, through the steadiness of the marines, escaped injury, changed the current of feeling, and prolonged cheers took the place of hosvlsand exe crations. In the assault private Rupper, of the marines, received a bail iu the st jmach and was believed to be fatally wounded; another received a slight flesh wound in the face. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED. The lawn in front of the engine house after the assault, presented a dreadful sight. Lying on it were two bodies of men killed the previous day and found inside the house; three wounded men, one at the last gasp of life, two others groaning in pain. One of the dead was Capt Brown’s son, Ottowa, the wounded man his £.lO Watson, whilst the father himself laid upon the grass a gory specta cle, his face aud hair clotted with blood and a severe bayonet wound in his side. CAPT. BROWN’S STATEMENT. A short time after he was brought out he revived and talked earnestly to those about him, defending his course, and avowing that he had done only what was rigid. He replied to questions substau tialiy as fellows: Q Are you Captain Brown, of Kansas 1 A. 1 am sometimes called so. if Are you Osawattamie Brown ? A. I tried to do my duty there. Q What was your present object '! A. To free the slaves from bondage. Q. Were any other persons but those with you now, connected with the movement ? A. No. Q. Did yon expect aid from the North? A. No ; there was done connected with the move ment but those who came with me. <V. Did you expect, to kill people in order to carry your point. A. I did not wish to do it, but you forced me to do it. Various questions of this kind were put to Cap tain 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 if and mttrd remits inhabitants, but did not, lie had treated the prisoners he had tak< n with courtesy, arid complained that he was hunted down like a beast. He spoke of the killing of his son, which lie alleged was done whilst he was bearing a flag of truce, and seemed very anxious for the safety of the wounded sou. Altogether hie conversation bore the impress of a conviction that whatever he had done to free slaves was right, and that in the war iu which he was engaged he was entitled to be-treated with all the respect of a pris oner of war. He seemed fully convinced that he had been badly treated atd had a right to com plain. When first brought out he was suppose! to be mortal y wounded and be himself said he was dy ing. An examination of his wounds proved them to be not necessarily tatal, aud he afferwards ex pressed a desire to live aud to be tried by his Gaun try. Iu his pockets a considerable number of pa pers were found, among which were the articles of agreement under which the insurrectionists acted, and what purported to boa schedule for the estab lishment oi “provisional government.” In bis pockets were lound nearly tour hundred dollars in gold, which was committed to the care of Dr. Mur ; phy, the Armory Paymaster. Trie most important i papers found in Lis possession were taken in charge | of by Col. Lee, on behalf of the government. The I following note, characteristic of the pursuits of the ! man, fell into our possession ; “C attain f) rote a — J “Hear Sir:—l have been disappointed iu not | seeing you here ere this, to take charge of your freight. They have been here now two weeks, and as 1 had to superintend the providing for them, it has. imposed upon me no small task. Beside'', they ] are getting discontented, and if not soon taken on some of them will go back to Missouri. I wish to know definitely v, hat you propose doing. ‘ They cannot be kept here much louger without risk to themselves, and if any of them conclude to go back to the Hta'e it will be a bad termination to your enterprise.” [No Signature ] commander of the insurrectionists. Captain John Brown, the commander and insti gator of this most singular project, lias been known by the came of “Gsawatiamie Brown,'’ in which character he obtained quite a notoriety (hrougboufc the country, a* one of the leaders of the Free State Party in Ksusas. He was the her >of titty guerilla lights in the vicinity of Osawattamie, in one ot which his son Frederick Brown was killed. His skill and bravery in this species of warfare was undisputed. THE PRISONERS. Beside Captain Brown, the prisoners taken are hi» son, who is serioudy wounded in the abdomen and not likely to live; Kiwiu Coppuck, who be longs to lowa, and a negro named Shields Green, who came from Pittsburg to join Brown. The stories of all these men are precisely the same; ; they agree as to the object they propose to accom plish and the number of panics in the movement, j Young Brown, in answer to a question, said there were parties in the North connected with the move- I meat —thus differing with hia father on this point. Coppuek, the other white prisoner, is quite young, gad seems less shrewd than the others. He said ha did not wish to join the expedition, and when asked, gave a reply which showed the influence Brown had over him. lie said;—“Ah! you gentlemen don’t know Captain Brown, when he calls for us we never think of refusing to come.” Several slaves wars found ip the room with the insurrectionseto, but it is not believed that they were there willingly. Indeed Brown's expectations as to the slaves running to him was entirely disap pointed. None seem to have come to him willing ly, and in moat cases they were forced to desert their masters. JUff one Instance in which a slave made a public appearance with arms in his bauds is related. A negro who had been sharply used by one of the town people, when he found he had a pike in bis hand, used his “brief authority’’ to ar rest the citizen qnd have him taken to the Armory. TREATMENT OK THE PRISONERS. The citizens imprisoned by the insurrectionists all testify to their lenient treatment. They were neither tied nor insulted, and beyond the outrage of restrict ing their liberty, were pot ill used. Capt. Brown was j aiways courteous to them, and at all times assured them they should not be injured. He explained his purposes to them, and whilst he had the workmen iu confinement made an abolition speech to them Col. Washington speaks of h m as a man of extra ordinary nerve. He never blenched during the as sault, though he admitted during the night that es cape was impossible, and he would have to die. When the door was broken down, one of his men cried out, “ I surrender.” The Captain immediate ly cried out. “ There’s one surrenders—give him quarter,” and at the same moment fired his rifle at the door. During the previous right he spoke free : iy with Col. Washington and referred to his eons, j He said he bad lost one in Kansas and two k^re —he j had not pressed them to join him in this expedition, but he did not regret their loss —they had “ died in a glorious cause.” The position of the prisoners in the engine house during the firing on Monday, and at the moment of the final attack, was a very trying one. Without any ot the incentives of com bat they had to risk the bails of tbe : r friends, but happily they all escaped. At the moment when the doors were broken iu,the prisoners, at the suggestion of Col. Washington, threw up their hands, so that it might be seen they were not combatants. J EXCITING SCENES. During the looming armed men con!inued to pour into Harper’s Ferry, in all soria of costume and with every variety of arms. Over two hundred men came in on hoiseback, and probably there were from one thousand to twelve hundred men assem bled tt-ere. The desire t«_* KiJJiot nummary ven geance w f ,i exhibited in the strongest manner, and the vindictive feeling existing found one mode cf expressure not at ait oammendable. The body of one of Brown’s party shot in the river the previous day, was dislodged from the rock op which it fell and came floating tit,wn. A3 it passed down toward the bridge it was made tue target for probably a hundred shots, and must have been thoroughiv rid died with balls. * * EXPEDITION AFTER COOK —SEIZURE OF ARSIS. During Tuesday morning one of Col. Washing ton’s negroes came in and reported that Cook was in the mountains only three mb s off About the same time some shots ware said to have been fired from the Maryland hills, and a rapid fusilade was returned from Harper’s Ferry. The Independent Greys, of Baltimore, immediately Btarted on a scout, ing expedition, and in two hours returnod with two wagons loaded yuh arms and ammunition found at Capt Brown’s house. The arms consisted of boxes filled with Sharpe’s rifles, pistols, &c., all bearing the marks of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Company, at Chicopee, Mass. There were also found a quantity of United States ammunition, a large number of spears (sharp iron bowia knives fixed on a pole, a terrible looking weapon,) intended for the use of the negroes, with spades, pick axes, Hove's, and everything that might be needed. Thus prpving that the expedition was well provided for, that a large party of men were expect ed to be armed, and that abundant means had been provi ded to meet all expenses. How all these supplies were got up to his farm without attracting atten tioe, is not known. They are supposed to have been brought through Pennsylvania. Tnb Greys pursued Co >k ao c'oseiy that they secured part of his arms, but with his more perfect knowledge of the localities he was enabled to evade capture. On their arrival at the Ferry with the enemy’s spoil, they were greeted with hearty cheers, The wagons were driven iniq the Armory yard and giver, into the custody of the Government. As everybody else, however, who could lay his hand on a Sharpe’s rifle considered it legitimate spoil, why should not the Greys have a claim on their valuable capture ? The insurrectionists did not attempt to rob the Paymaster’s department at the armory. A large amount of money was there but it was untouched. Perfect order having been restored, the military, with the exception of the United States marines’ who remained in charge of the prisoners, left in the various trains for home. An immense tram biought the Baltimore treops, accompanied by the Frederick tr. ops to the junction, home, with that freedom *rotn accident or detention that is a great charactsns .ic of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 18.— the ringleaders of the insurgents have met a fearful retribution. _ Out of the 23 of whom their party originally consisted, fifteen are now dead and three mortally wounded. Two unhurt, but made prisoners, and three have gone off with a large body of slaves towards the Pennsylvania line. They were this morning early seen on the Mary laud shore, and the military are in pursuit. Another rioter named Lewis Leary, has died. Before breathing his last he confessed the particu lars of the plot. He said it was concocted by Brown at the fair held in Ohio two months ago. Harper's Feery, Oot. 19th.—12, Midnight.— Great consternation prevailed here Iwo hours to night. All the men, women and children from Sandy Hook and that vicinity, to the number of 100, camo flockiDg into thi3 town, reporting- that Cook was murdering the whites there. Every body armed and sailed out, but the alarm proved false. The prisoners have all been taken to the jail in Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va. Captain Brown (the old man) is considered out of danger. His son died last night. A marine is aleo dead. Gov. Wiso has gone with some armed men to search a cave where it is said, fugitive slaves are eoaeeald. Scott is still in the mountains. Scouts report having tracked him from a house where he eat his breakfasi. Fata 1. Accident.— On Tuesday last, aa the freight train going east, on the Virginia and Ten nessee, Railroad, was passing through the deem cut east of Seven Mile Ford, Smythe county, Va.,a dead limb fell from standing timber t on the side of the road, and etiuck John Dorsey, the engineer, upon the head, crushing the skull, aud killing him instantly. We are just informed that Mr. O. D. Jones’ ferry boat sunk yesterdi yat his ferry, in this county; with Mr. J. A Rumsey’a loaded wagon on board. Two fine mules were drowned. The ireight, we learn, will be saved in a damaged condition. No personal injury to any one happened. —Albertan State of (he. South, 19 th. Matrimoniai. Stock in Rhode Island.-— I The divorce docket of the Supreme Court, now in ses sion iu Providence, R. 1., contains 83 petitions for release from matrimony. The court, appeals de termined to keep up with the business, and in a single hour removed the yoke from the necks of 12 discontented couples. Stage Line.— Through the unwearied exertions of Mr. Frank Griffin, our mail facilities have been very much improved. We see that Mr. Griffin has put a new coach on the line between this place and Lexington, ot superior accommodation. We also learn that it is his intention to run a daily through the winter on thia line. Mr. Griffin deserves, and should receive, the patronage of the people ot El bert.—Elberlon Star of the South. The Expense of Gas in Cities.— The North American concludes an article on the “Cost of Gas,” with the iollowing remarks : “It will strike everyone that the coat of gas in this country is disproportionately large as compared with English cities. It is proven in the calculations submitted to the Glasgow meeting, that it no in terest is paid on capital wasted iu the crudities of first construction of works, gas may be furnished at less than fifty cents the thousand feet. All the great works constructed there as well as here, are thus encumbered with unprofitaltiy epent capital, which must be earned by the current use of gas, unless old woiks are wholly abandoned, ana a strong point against the purchase by the city of the company works at Glasgow, is made on the ground that the public are entitled to the earliest possib e release from burdens unwisely incurred, and that such burdens ehould not be made a perpetual charge for the future. “We here pay nearly double the highest price paid for gas, as the following comparison will show : Pniladeiphia, per 1,000 cubic feet |2 25 New York, “ 2 50 London, “ ' 97 Paris, “ 1 29 Manchester, “ l 09 Glasgow, “ 1 21 Liverpool, “ 91 “It is obvious that we might improve the condi tion of our gas supply, and reduce the very heavy | bills our large cities pay for it. without devising any new gas to burn ; but if any means whatever can be employed to light us at half the rates we now pay for this iudispenzibie necessity, let ua have light upon, it, and have light cheap.” Wax for Fruit Cans. — Don’t by seal iug-wax for your bottles of fruit, or fruit juice called wine, or any thing else you want to seal up for future use. Make it yourself. llow ? We will tell you. These are the ingredients : Beeswax j cz. ; English vermilion ljoz ; gum shellac 2 oz.; rosiu 8 oz. Take some cheap iron vessel that yea can al ways keep for the purpose, put in the rosin and stir in the vermilion. Then add the shellac, slowly, aud stir that in, and afterward the beeswax. When wanted for use at any time, set it on a slow fire and melt it so you can dip bottle nozzles iu. Kecoliect that the vermilion is only put in for the lock? of the thing, and if you want to use it for any pur pose where color is no object, as, for instance, in sealing over wounds upon frees, you may leave the color out. The ingredients for the above, bought in this city, cost only 25 cents, for whioh, and a little trouble, you can have three quarters of a pound of good sealing wax for any common use. For any purpose, such as an application to trees, whore you want it tougher than the above propor tions will make it, add a little more beeswax, and leave out the vermilion.— N. Y. Tribune. Boston, Oct, 18th —-J. F Shepherd, of the Peo ple’s Five Cent Savings Back, of this city, was brought before the Police Court yesterday, on a charge of defalcation, and on waiving an examina tion, was bound over in the sum of $12,000 to stand his trial at the Superior Court,. Martinsburg, Oct. 18, ;i P, M —The rumor that the line repairer of the telegraph line was shot is untrue. He was shot at while engaged in his duties lepairing the liue where the insurgents had destroy- SPECIAL NOTICES. BOOK BINDING. Persons who wish Periodicals, Books or Music Bound, or Blank Books made, at SHORT NO TICE, can be accommodated by applying at the Office of the Chronicle & Sentinf.l. PRIVATE BOARDING. 13P” Ten or Twelve Single Gentlemen can b accomrrodated with BOARD, by Mrs. M. IT. BEALE, on Telfair Street, opposite tLe Chatholic Church. Her house is only three blocks from Broad street, and a short walk li-ouithe Georgia Railroad depot. Terms reason a*,,a - octlS-lm removal. or Wtn. Gibson has removed bin LAW OFFICE to the buiiding known as Lafaj ette Hall. F.u trance first door below W B. Griffin’s Auction Store. oetls 1m S3P Georg in Uni I road Ac flanking Company. —AUGUSTA, Oct. 12,1859 DIVIDEND NO. 56 —The Board of Directors have declared a Seini Annual Divi dead of FOUR DOLLARS per share, payable on and after the 19th inst. J. MILLIGAN, Cashier, oetlfi iOt NOTICE. i3P* AH persons Indebted to the late firm of DIOKKY & PHIBBS, are requested to make immedi ate payment to *|\ PHIBBS o<:tl ' a 272 Broad-street, Augusta. neymen TAILORS, none but tho best of workmen need apply. octS-lm VAN WINKLE & SHACKELFORD ESP I>r. M. J. Ilolnn, office above lost Office corner, up-stairs, over A. Bleak ley's store, No. 210 Broad street, opposite Augusta Bank, where be may be found during the day w ton not absent on Professional duties From 11 A. M. to 2P. M.. will be specially devoted to “Office Consultations.” Night calls to be made, as here tofore, at residence No. 123 Broad street. Dr. B is engaged iu the practice of the different bran ches of hi t Profession. octs-l m Lodgings to Rent. Two Desirable LODGING ROOMS In the Chronicle & Sentinel Building over Bieakley’s Store Apply at this office. sep3o-tf STOVE! STOVE !! cy \ very Superior STOVE and PlPE—all complete—adapted to the consumption of coal or wood may be had cheap, on application at. this office. oetls-tf notice. EIP i bnve Ibis day associated Mr. GEO. W. SHACKELFORD with me in the MERCHANT I’AI LORING aud CLOTHING BUSINESS, under the name and style of VAN WINKLE & SHACKELFORD. Ail persons indebted to me will please make pay ment, and those having claims will please present them. J. A. VAN WINKLE. Augusta, July Ist, 1859, j y x \ TELLLK/ Pa Arrival of the .Star of the Bcutb. Sava-nnah, Oct. Cl.—The steamship Slat cf the South from New York, arrived hers to-day. New York Tea Market. New York, Oct. Cl.-The stock of Teas t! at were offering to-dsy, ttough not very detsirab'e, brought fair prices. Hyson at 28i®35} cents - Young Hyson at 25®.hi J cents ; Imperial at 29 a f.e cents ; and Gunpowder at 32| ®4B cents. Additional by the .Europe. New York Oot. 21—The mails by the s'earoer Furopa left for the South this evening. The fob lowing are the authorised Brokers’ quotations : Fair Orleans.. 7jd. j Mid. Orleans..7d. Fair Mobiles 7Ji. | Mid. Mobiles..Gl3-16d Fair Uplands 7|l j Mid. Uplands..G|i. Clare’s circular reports, as the only new feature an increased demand. Stolterfoht reports an improved feeling and in creased demand, at an advance of 1-16® id. Infe rior grades unsaleable. Hewitt &. Co. report a good demand, confined to the better descriptions. The imports of the week were 30,000 bales, known to bo at sea 36,000 bales, against 7,000 bales same time last year, and 125,000 bales from the East indies, against 70,000 bales last year. Wakefield C. Nash quote Middling Orleans 7d , with a steady demand. American grades above Middling readily saleable at the full rates of last week. Inferior and sandy grades unsaleable, ex cept at a reduction. Markets. Savannah, Oct. 21—Sales of Cotton to-day I, bales. Better grades have advanced j cent. Strict Middling at 10| cents; Good Middling to Midd ing Fair 11®11] omts. Kxchauge on New York, sight par ® premium. Charleston, Oct. 21 .—Sales of Cotton today 2,000 bale 3. The market was gs nerally unchanged New York, Oct. 21.—The cotton market was firm to-day with sales of 1,400 bales. Flour firm gales of 22,000 barrels. Wheat advanced 3®4 cents per bushel; sales of 30,000 bushels , White at $1.50. Corn buoyant, sales of 3,500 bushels; Jersey Yellow at $1.03J; Mixed held at $lO5 Spirits of Turpentine dull, at 47 cents. Rosin dull 1 Rice steady. New Orleans, Oct. 21.—Sales of Cotton to dey 11, bales. Market firm. Middling lOjalOjc. Sales of the week 61,000 bales. Receipts ot tl e week 68,000 bales, against 53,000 bales same time last year. Exports of the week 20,000 bales. Tota exports 120,000 bales. Receipts ahead of ia>t year 80,500 bales , all ports ahead 74,000 bales- Stock 225,500 bales against 174,000 bales earns time year. Sterling Exchange 9|®9|d. Exchange on New York, 6J days l£®lj; Sight par®i pre mium. Freights on Cotton to Liverpool 9 16. L Mobile, Oct. 21.—Sales of Cotton to-day 3,000 bales. Middlings 10J®.lCfc. Sales of the week 20,500 bales. Receipts of the week 25,710 bales, against 15,082 bales same time last year; receipts ahead of last year 41.195 bales. Stock 99,160 bales. Freights on Cotton to Havre l |o. Ex change on New York par ® premium. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. tigusta & Savannah Railroad.—Al oi s TA, August 22, 1859.—Freight for stations on this Road, intended for Way Freight Trains of Monday an 1 Thun day, must be sent to the Depot before 3.30 p. M on WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. au23 ANDREW TONGE, Sup’t EP The Misse* Sedgwick will re-open their School, MONDAY, October 3rd. School Roouh on Ellis-strect, rear of M&3oaic Hall. Term 3 $lO, sl2, #ls per term of eleven weeks, pay* ble in advance. sept? 6vv RICHMOND ACADEMY, Bp’The Exercise* of this Insiitutiea will e resumed on MONDAY, the 2d of October next. In ddition to the Classics, the higher branches of English and Mathematics, the subject of Agriculture will be in trodueed. Lessons in French, Practical Surveying, and Civil Engineering, will be given, for which extra charge-* will be made. No deduction for absence, except in ease* of protracted sickness. Boarders reeeiv,d by either of the Teachers. JAMES L ROSSIONOL, se I’- 7 JOSEPH M SHELLMAN. ES* 0 Dr. Chase has returned to the city, and may be found at his office, on Bread street, oppo site the United States Hotel. He is prepared to furnish the Dental Professi m w Ith GOLD FOIL, manufactured by himself; also. Gold, Silver and Platina PLATE in any quantity. oct9 AUBUKGILS ZOOLOGICAL AND EQUESTRIAN COMPANY, WILL EXHIBIT AT AUGUSTA, Monday tuitl Tuesday, OCTOBER 31st and NOVEMBER Ist. VAN AMBUIIGH»B TRAINED ANIMAL*. A Full Circus Company of First Class Performers. i lio Performing Elephant, Tipjwo Saih. TRAINED DOGS! RIDING MONKIES ! 1 EDUCATED PONIES" DR. THAYER’S QUADRUPEDAL WONDERS THE ACTING MULES, And the best Stud of RING HORSES in America. Doors open at 1 and 7 o’clock, P. M Admission 50 cents ; Children aul Servants 25 caat? C. L. WHEELER, Agt. oet9o-6t Selling Off! WML ELCRANE IS OFFERING HIS ENTIRE STOCK OF DRY (100DN AT AND BEI.QW COST I He intends to sell the Goods, and all he asks is a Call. octlS d‘2w4.w3t KOR S-A-TjJ-0. COAL FOR URATES OR BLACKSM ITU'S PURPOSES. 4 AfkTons Coni from ETNA MINING COM dUU PANV, Tenn. „ Terms $3 00 per Ton, of 2,000 lbs., Ca?b. A Pl'!> *° AM. BRODjE, oct’H-dtf At Georgia Rail Road Depot. HORSES FOR SALE. A PAIR of fine Northern Carriage HORSES, per fectly gentle and sound. Also, a fine Bay MARL, with foal. Enquire at this office. oci2l-do milliner wanted. A GOOD ftIII,LINER wanted to work in this eity. Address Key Box 7t» ocsil u^