Weekly Gazette And Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 1859, Janesville, Wisconsin I- Medley j a tf tiii c- h -j tvr a In 571.13 of Tm b rs wij via a i it or a I 3 mi FREE VOLUME 15 JANESVILLE WISCONSIN DECEMBER 9 1859 The arid Jj Friday In Block IT T H R M S i 1.1 50 60 by Carrier bo 1s p car over duo ft the timo Prom tht New Voik IUJ Who Way to The Virginians are consternated Rt i audacity ot John Brown's scheme for oil negroes to the free slates they in- be has upon the Old Dominion and that the upshot of his scheme if earned into effect would be and London a TOM ROCKET THK ENGLISH Tom Rocket was a highwayman So one ever christened him Tom and 113 father's not he was tried for his life nt assizes he was as Jackson and they about then Jf voi in- 1 I 3 1 1 S i 3 m t ti Hi 1 V i 00 3 fjr i for si 1 nr I T W of i- will bi Or Tr in rt le ml: viri tbl 13 In 11 1 Ij per ou itiC r IT b of quart Xo less titan Collectable S P M D Tint of ia Vj J s TT J 3 o c: tvor E 15 J F fvr a of ic 1 u oC m v 01 ii 1 TS a in M1 a IVis v c M COM M B 021 over ui ik comer uf nt V i n 2 J J r u n ELY block o bid on 11 A i of ihr o i f I hu U t C v i-J i i JISC c i U in il i- ap 11 be and c u nnu war do not believe that I hen Jf you in- Brown had nny such objects in view I a his true n ime was nn ardent sympathiser with the slaves he i got desired their emancipation but the n that they could sot such iu which he proposed to it about was at tbe lawyers by a general the i tlie British was being uot bloody insurrection Pi aud branch But that's But let us suppose tbe wont nor there I cannot tell you how which the Virginians themselves to ii ns Tom nuu it I it would not have to do with my story he was the most thief in the Midland which tbe Virginians themselves to the enthusiast lot us he ly contemplated un armed of the vile he intended against the sovereignty ol the slate and to counties and six years no oce knew involve the in tho honors of kc lie was a lazy domestic was he in that view any T out except good prize to he picked up and he bad his scouts and his spies nil the the present Governor of Virgin in Mr Wise who in proposed to in respect to the federal ment what Brown is alleged to have undertaken against the stale to give him information about booty find Kiln n and warn him of danger But lo judge jy what people said he on road a i J Oar venders will recall the vehement places at once every gues which Mr Wise then made against I for inv one -U I election of tbe of dis- of bls or it con- lenient so to account for it why he laid it s s- which ho in case oi find of which he Xor were these plans to the ciazy noddle of they were a part of d general scheme no less than inei thcr upon Tom as a sort excuse for I giving it up easily yon no one I thought of residing So it was that all soils of of his person got abroad One ha an awfully tall and had a voice the seizure of there the u iuv tor tho I dress was all lie colors of rainbow this tbe but h's of a very Lave now additional evidence ol it in that was eier heard of aud the some of the conspirators i have yet o be out he wore a black i u wi s ill of lo whom we refer published n narrative of his in- with various democrats in the rest with a distinguished editor new tbe ardent supporter o Governor Wibe who spote of that nad Let us repeat here tbe detailed of Jfr Corry was mailer on lie told us south would have dissolved if Lad been of the dined thri Governor tlie lenders were ready to Ihc on depose of- t ill bunds lecture the to re- to it lie sun's wo ihl have been wero men ready sen of ic That the public to i domestic resistance and that could whip the in tlie Lie to J be perfectly cool and in these do i find doubt implicitly be j what he j hat au was this I Because I the people of nation acting in a j prefer a candidate for presidency did not happen to anil the v lams of these j hole was to bo in i but or other it was enough to slip off so as to ol his a full view of his iace only no two of them could ever agree as to it was like My father was a Gloucestershire lie three in his stockings and i measured inches the chest lie could double up n half between his nad was id a lion So a lime and oft any of tin of toad he set shake bis head ano he to sco iha j couki i on the a said he did see Tom K My n and was at a tithe bat to ce spring So i tuns lie to go fo look he o ns cross conch and being as I have He and not to her alone longer again abo it past tbi as Llis nap to a5 as n fit to cany wo slit over or past am He had a ol pistols n his holsters and he along lui any tho s verc to lo the i m IV v march upon Ol n U the to war the of tl he a I af i V a had c I'm Tom replied the robber securing the upon his person and I mean I say and I say I stick Now get up and he ad- ded as my father sprang to his feet my don't iniss hrc I shall ive lo you my father adjusting his dross i help you to catch your Tom asked politely I'll never rest till I you in inid my father savagely Give my compliments to your said Tom mounting his horse Confound your bowled mv father Good said Tom with a wove of his hand and turning sharp he ed his horse ever the fence and was out ol in a moment It noi fair of mv i he to set i1 trap for Torn Rocket baited with In: mired eas at the bridge lie posted up to don saw u famous Bow street runner and that iie and his met should come down and help to catch bir just the last moment was detained upon some important government trial aud 50 another runner a no less took his place Tt settled that the runners should iy roals ami meet nt a inn about five miles the at eight o'clock P M on the day my was to ha returned An hour afterwards they were to join him on the road three miles further on Their object see in taking this roundabout course wai to baCle Tom's spies and complices and to get securely hid about he spot long before tbe ed time My father was a little late nt the place of meeting bnt when he arrived hero he see no one about a loutish looking countryman in 1 smock frock was swinging on a gate by Good said the yokel Good night to my lather Cm ye tell me who this for the producing a folded paper My saw in a moment that it was his own letter to Where did yon gpt he All tbe yokel replacing it in bis that ml be Be ex- a that to father Oh said Ha fathei what man Will a F suit asked word That's th name replied tbe yoke his and IIK tone nrd in n ivi you're Mr has robbed ol a 2nd to i om 113 has got onr UPSS But arc- men my faiher linked when baj the rer 0 1 fur eaid the they will us not tu So my iod wav in- and Lv the came in of the they bv lis ir London in and d as a one- a n a servant a li lue up 1 the ia five chain hand aad foot trussed up like so many Christmas turkeys five in their mouths and their fivo pair of eyes at him sat tlie rail Mr Fraser and his four street Tom had managed the business at tho bridge lu managed lo gjt scent of the plot and the officers nil just iu the nick of toy father never could find ad no OUP to this day Upon examining pocket book tiy father found nil his documents and a po on was written these words By destroying these writings I could have ruined you In so I should have injured whom I For sake 1 keep my though you played me THM Mr and smoked for time ID s lenca And of Tom one of the replied Ur Josh after been tried three times and getting oft upon some law on each occasion had robbed tho worth of thousands of pounds and executed at tingham for Mealing an old bridle Now York Post A Stale the existence of in any has a lo it is a AN CHICAGO 19 A ix week a man of complexion black hair black whiskers and mustache the characteristic Irish was and to on tbe charge of a fugitive alavo Hii cap- took him to the jail for tbe purpose of securing him but Fred Johns lid not fool sate in putting in the without better authority than his were able to produce and they were lo the inconvenience of keeping personal watch over hiai which created some curiosity amor our citizens to know thing of the fellow concerning Ins history In conversation with bira he informed its lint he was a native of Ireland arid bad been twelve ir aud the had been iu He paie bis name ns Thomas LeniT Hon was present il his opinion that he wa i en We endeavored to his to him when in a manner gave us to i when they was offered for would do so Seeing to 1111 off a was drawn up praying Hon A ICnchcli for a writ ot corpus served but up to the had no e no to interfere with of where it ex but when it cornea to Hint men are 10 bunted in the stale of in tlic majesty of luoir snv ncf be done and for one we are sorry that our w itl in her one man so it moral as to to ar- test a be to bp r little ami was not wUh an dinary degree of intelligence to carry him i i fli 25 i a u of oi who 1 on Biblical sabry is i by tho of the of Irs follow when i is not 1 and of his crn market jrc who fn iu the of of Irons of preached Old n ir hoM has a lo it is a which amply proved by all the late iu V in Brown's case for a moment at the history of them Seventeen armed insurgents making their appearance ut Harper's Ferry tbe whole paroxysm ot terror In of containing and a men t armory I old it for two whole days against the militia in immense foice easily We that on the second day the native forces still he'd hay achieved ing though only three or foui of the aie still b and that us ft hist a avc brought up lor bc The in ol this force an oiler to the native which teal novci cline without dishonor to allow the'ii to the in of the fact the quarrel their own and was ou their own This of- fer was instantly the two Virginia militia calmly bv while the hroke the gale open entered breach As soon us the was at end this same militia rushed nl tlic foui ing 5 heaped abusive on them and nude lo mur He One of he print pal inhabitants of the place who controlled his feelings while the waa going on was earned away by fury when it collected a large ty to aid nim and having found oue of ihr prisoners dragged him from a man's him outside and then constantly boasted in public of tho deid generally applauded for it It vas the tlic four nitu lo prison to tbe fury of the and one of the officers to the lobcl leader a to pull oi t ona of his when he died but in Ihc win with a piece of his hair which was taken by force So for the portion of ibis It two of which all historians hesitation co ward ce and Let i's change the to the oil of j tl c n strong find free have scon to be we the v Hues in v p scrupulous ence o a for fail a P o and of the matter 1 Ij in lie Held uc 1 their by the ito of sou in the forum and is oft u s good A of gth we fear that bft 10 be on score Wendell in his other at in tune i is that Virginia not 1 si Ue aud that had actions Of w n cii il TIN at i1 ie a hat bn that he Vim NUMBER 15 MONDAY MORNING John Drown This U tlie day fixed by 1110 of court lor the of and hji companions at Harper's Ferry this hiiS ing in its huio o it has the noted man in the do no to have ever u more sudden in relation lo nny poison than then has been iii to him from all chides ol the civ liim lu the of hnv Such tin people and ll however soon that mid ot upon tlie people of H that he the line Jolin Drawn of in Ihc cf it- by u of that in hid fell by 11 bullet and not by one of I be son he with all the attachment of stubbed a his face Soon Mas by the and with n fiendish in cruelly which slave country they tossed his still the cabin where his young wife snt Destruction or properly followed this until the were from their homes and in of these les a became n ae came upon thic devoted family favor of sas a free time the people heard that iho captain at Ilai Feiry the same man who had the hands of the slave all said that this is the work of Brown's fortunes him he is into hards The began to lo have been enough lo any man the outrages As he Jetf.ils of pel's through the er over he public mind To surprise of till Virginia it ed that the old abohtio'.KbL was a brave mini Wise himself acknowledged it ho tit use t his of at the cowardly cor of u people npca thai of he HP is a man of clear head jf and simple lie we with in as a nn of I ith lie a and He to he a in nth and his p of And Die A We hove had faint hopes that at last the good sense of the Governor of Virginia would have prevailed that he would have yielded to the evidence of Brown's mania and ordered a trial to test bia insanity and fiat in to tie other prisoners he would have their ov have referred their case lo he legislature of the state It would have been a deed of clemency worthy of a aud enlightened commonwealth Hut no compassion hai been shown to poor old i Brown whose misfortunes led tlic deed at Harper's Perry and should have j feelings of most obdur.ile is mil il of the I V The come t they may for mercy Jind il Let Ihon the fate of John j n ami whv are the sped the fatal over the hind there were thousands who took a solemn that they would see of shivery ind that they wo ihl devote their lives to iw and utter in this Republic i Ma ik prediction that it wilt ho the most fatal day for that over dawned upon Cook publish this the material parts of tbe confession of Cook are several points attention 1st The time when bis plan for the insurrection st Ferry 2d Tho few persons of his company who to his Chatham convention I Tho that most of I to Irs were from and that those in attendance except his ny were black men Tlint the were informed of operations anJ de- signs of Brown That Brown did not receive he which he expected from the eastern These conclusively demonstrate that lie had little or no countenance or aid in the United Suites and that the charges made in connection witb this the republican party prominent bers of republican parly are wholly unfounded They also the thought that thp anathemas which been hurled Senator Seward who on the ty of Forbes is reported as bavins two or tin ee years revelation of Brown's end did expose them should be the government which a and lion and vet or refused to take nny or even make known lo others the it had re- Thp 1 bs confession which reveals nil that Cook find thp wholo of and BY Execution of r Ilia Dec 2 The Oov of South Carolina in bit sage while the advantages of Union says if as I firmly ve fz can no longer live in peace and harmony in tlie Union we can fonn n confederacy with tbe to protect itself nny and command the respect and admiration of the world He recommends such ures as will obtain the of southern states in a connected ia defence of their institutions whenever may put in jeopardy by all the ments of the government the hands of The of president will settle tbo question of their safety in the Union Dec I Tho American's correspondent at town there is no falling the bcr of wild stories of law has not ct been There is a rigid military op that subjects one even to great inconvenience zees cannot pass through suburbs ont nod On arrival of the curs two persons who were unable 10 give a account of themselves were sent by an cort tW Vine Four characters have been arrested sines one of to be Coppie All been detained for the present The Ohio merchants who arrested at Ferry were a short detcnt'on thero being no ground for it is his in ibo but offers various excuses iu The feeling ced hero bira by ilrs Doyle's letter very great Tho work of erecting the scaffold yesterday It is understood that members of the will not be admitted insido of line cannot be of speech if he should make one To-day several persons who were editors of papen ia the north sere ejected from tho for Harper's Ferry They had purchased ets and were very to last were refused on account of tn arrangement entered into Gov Vise tad president of the road They ieft in the traia de- claring they weie to be in town to see the and reach here by the Orange and Alexandria R U- president of toad informed by of the t 2d An overflowing meeting was held at tional to pray lerera from not hitherto wore read by Mr Tunch EC addressee were made
