Show of of COL rons 1 ament f 1 cul col LEVIS IV IVAS TO X i who io i la great to U georga eor q 1 wahington give s the followings fol follain liin ai ae count collat ut ot his hia and impson d boehi 1 between one and two t 0 on i randay night I 1 N mci as ia in my iny bedat bed ann ili j bouse ouse five file or six miles from illar pers feiry I 1 was nab awakened by bearin bearing gr called in in thy the hall J it aej ailred 11 avith tie die house bouse had id m through 9 h the 1 birlien eliou pl iou t making any noise I got vp tip wad and b opened ened the the 1 hall and before me stood four men three bith sharps sharp a rifles leveled edana and lucked cocked and the fourth thi man stevens with itha a revolver in in his right hand and in in ha left a li lighted eted i flambeau made of pine As I 1 opened the door one of the men mid 1 I Is your name washington WashIng tom said I 1 that is is my name per haps cook ho was as one of the crowd alto me Es as he be told me afterwards he was tas taken there for that purpose I 1 was i as then told that I 1 ivas avas a and one of them said dont be frightened I 1 replied D do you see any thing that looks like brights frights about me no he be beldi aid 1 I only want to aay hat if you surrender and corne come with us freely yot ou are safe I 1 told them I 1 under I 1 stood od ill that at su sufficiently nicil aad rid was no io necessity for birther explanation jt lout I 1 v ft as struck with the number of iii against trie and aled what bat peed there W wai ft as of so many chank as there as no danger of an inadi ananin in IMS licht hi shirt re soling i biag an all armed force I 1 was nas told to put ou on my iny clothes of course coursie complied perhaps said ji phile M I 1 iain dressing g you will be so 60 good als as to io fell me whit what all thi this I 1 inquired what the weather was outside and one of them advised me to put pill onan al 61 oyet erl coat as it vas ivas rather chill chilly another said f k aliey wanted anie diny my 11 acids rit smi aid I 1 L op opened S ne d k the iha gun chest fur for them to help cheth beins they then explained their r TOn sion which they represented to ta tf v purely ukel philanthropic hil to wit it the llie Ier emancipation nanci aaion of all the sl slaves ives iq id the 4 0 dairy a T after after fter I 1 addressed stevens said ril got aty 1 I wish hihanda hI I 1 had hada a great a it ardful air 4 1 ar he I 1 told him if I 1 hid any monedi knew how to take care of it and he could hot get it said R he e have a wat watch chill my reply e y wa you cannat hake it you have hare set iet yourselves up as great mora morilia lists ts and liberator sr af of pf slaves now it appears that yuu are robbers as well I 1 do bo careful sir sir said he agaba ibold I 1 lold them thein I 1 as arid and cady to logo go they bade me wait a short shor time and my iny carriage would be at the door alicy 1 I hey had ordered my car earni I 1 agear mo mer arid and pried open the stable I 1 door d wr to get ge t i it t ou out t they 1 hey had har nested nes eabe the horse ou oa the jion i ong side of i each other arid and I 1 triba to induce hidde then them to correct conert the which h they dil did aher drivie dm ing 0 a slaw shoil t distance but still being harnessed harn essid wrong wrong and lather spirited animals the therould they would not worl well ell aay sonant whom iv hom thy they had haa forced along alonga was as driVing draun I 1 suspect eJ they is H ere only ro robbers libers and I 1 was nis all along that they 1 would turn affat on alsrow aLs roe point but they drove droe directly to the adinor armory y I 1 bron canie came out and it ad dpn ate me in i ing there abere v as 6 a cointo ratable fire anh and f shortly sih orlly att erard 1 awa with mr almstadt Ail AlI stadt whom they had bad arrested on oil the say oy and brought along in m my while hile coming along the horses beina being restive 1 got out and tt walked biked up upa a hill with ich one of the men inen who ho tool took occasion sion to ask in my flens on the subject 1 of slavery n tl the abstract I 1 declined an argument Argit ment on the subject but ha still pressed it upon me and alid I 1 wai was obliged to refuse the second time brown bronn told us u to make ourie hees and added by and by I 1 shall require each of you gentlemen to write to some of your friends losenda to send a stout fibian ii ina your places this as aa by vicy ay of ran lie ile told us he must se see e tile the letter before it a sent and he tho aglAi after gifter ill tins is lap js effected they could child niale n rt ai bent by aich which we e could rethal liblanc I 1 determined in in my own on braind not to 0 male mak e ithe ti 1 1 requisition lut but he made 31 application 1 i for it it inning cavino uther rs before the theddy day ex expired p re d atti acting his t attention my aly sword si v ord neich had b ad beon presented jire b by y Firc frederic dori ri the grat great io to 1 general 1 my in house boue w 1 h I gilr arms arms this chist his man luan cook had bad kici lif ea at mv iny house ou e some I 1 befort td S seen ahe a philil pi i 1 beat him at atrz hoot bog ara id lie told mei iiii bt L shot he ever met onali on the e wa way t to 0 harpers feri fen j y lie ha u asked 1 d me if I 1 had ad shot hot any since that time little aud and said lie I 1 ne an all apology for being with this y after being sa so xcell ell treated by inc ilia I 1 told him film that it was of no consequence about the apology but I 1 would ask one n favor of him which as to use his influence to hare bare returned to mo me the old sword and an old pistol which in the present improved state of arms were only valuable in consideration of their bi history S to ry ile he promised to atten dlo it a ad after reaching theardo tho armory I 1 fou found td this sword ainold browns hands said brown 1 I will talce take es alcare ot of it il and I 1 shall endeavor to cretu return rn it to you after you tare are released he carried the sword in ill liis his hands all d day monday until after the arrival of the military upon the first announcement of lh tbt arrival of the militia Ini litia brown bro carne came into the room and picked out ten jen of us whom be ie supposed to lo lie be the most prominent men he told tag as vve ire might be assured of good treatment because in case he e got got the worst of it in this fight the pos possession session of us would be of service ili in procuring ill good terms we could exercise great reat influence luenie with our fellow citizens iti zens and as for me he knew if I 1 was out I 1 should do my duty and in in my y position abaid to tha th governor I 1 should be a most dangerous foe were taken into the on en gine house and closely confined awo bf cur number rqn backwards and forward for w 41 ape repeatedly to confer with citizens during the Iv urious fiegoli actions and finally remained ped out altogether leaving the eight who were here inside when tho the building buil cring was finally assaulted and captured by the marines during monday various terms of capitulation were proposed and r refused fui edAna anat friends to brinn v g tight as asp if tho the should ba stormed inah edrei fiTe fiend iid anat toes would h liaa fd shan alike drak in ili th ellb e in orning col ColSh nver of Frederic kAnn oil lie i ed plates ta tes larthes lari hes during ill night t he lad had brought i n dr tyler tae r AP A of frederick P to look atah it the wounds tf of old browns oitT lie spurgean sur gean at t the man a arid tratten pitied d him in the h morning impracticable if but about the it time t gaii he was s expected Hostilities haa col lee who con the i united states forces sent up stuart auar to announce e to 0 brown that the only terms heinis he would offer offe ifor for surrender sur rendor were that thai he and hs his men should be taken toa to a pla e of safety and kept unmolested until the tee will of the pr prudent ident could be ascertain e ej wa Bron ng 3 reply aas fo that ho he auld expect no led leniency eni ion ency t and he would olied sell his 10 fife iad abar as dearly as possible isible A few minutes lat liter r 1 the place was nas assaulted and taken injustice in bostice to drown liro vui I 1 will ivi I 1 say that h he e ad ri 0 o vie the P prisoners ir to beep wel e I 1 under shelter during luring the firing h i t and at no tune time jid did he threaten L to Q nas masl sacre us or place us arf in front in iri case of assault assaul I 1 it was as evident he be did not expect the attali so soon there ther e was as no cry cr of surrender in ili his party except from one youn oung inadi and then brown said only one ders 1 till chiq fellow after ho besaw saw the he marines said he would to take his hia chance of a trial at washington ing ton ile he had IA taken en his position and fired one or or two to shuts nhen mien he cried surrender there were ivere four of browns brown s party able to fight when the marines attacked besides a negro maba making ae I 1 all this negro was vias very ery bold a at t first but when the assault ass aull was vas made lie he took off his I 1 and aid I 1 tried to mingle ich with the prisoners prisoner ioner s and pass pais himself daffas of thern them I 1 halid halad ed him over lo 10 the mafi marines aes at once saying 3 lie he was vas a at all even events ta |