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r JJ3BB, to It- prii before Wyrar expires. JOHN H. ZITTLE, EDITOR A X D PROPRIETOR.Cl famijin iS'etuspapcr—Ocuotcil to General intelligence, Tiocrtisiug, titerciture, Jtlaralitu, Ctgriculture, -avI-, aniimi’r. i)Eci:mbi:r 10, lssoper annnm, to be paid Iefere tie yew expire s. ccs, iliovkcts. Sec., Sec.SILK PILE 11 IJ.STOWX, .1 IvF t’EHSOX COUNTY, VA., SAT 1.11 DAYNO.r::eatio.i cf John Brown.j.■ • m omvif eu of tLe Infillposition nearlegali- o; treason, iiimfi met his doom on rle.Moivn, on Krill. . in pursuance ofIlf ......;iui| roovtci-d. I nr ir.g the ext-c-mon ip ehur.irterized hy dAe !.-i of order and den The .'Ifrival of ll/r (errn tv with The nr.ival of M i f cudemi.ed, ai 1 .i'i-Io k on Thursday alt# a di fided sens L a.'It, and clo: rn;;!ii|i-M considera!non and inur-the scaffold, at 2nd December sentence of the •h he was tried Toceedings attend-have been solemnity and theThe stooJt of Ms ue ne11. ■ittnn. J She t*.V veiled.I—The Lilian!.i. the wife Imrle-ioivn, about loon, created is dressed in d seemed t'» loiiiii do under thereporters were asstgt ,e Cciieial’s slatT. / 'sheep,The prisoner walked up the step* firm- H -Iv and was the firs/man on die gallows, lenis of II Jailor Avis and Sliriff Campbell stood cfte hv hi- side, and af/. r .shaking hands and I bid din .• an affc •ona.te adim. thanked Myers, in tl then lor their k/ndness. lie then pul so died verjV myaien tl e cap over Ids I Ire and the rope around menl on 1 oaV*\tr ,1'’ hi« tuck. Mr. rfvis (hen a-ked him to ry great. stndlLol. siP f... ward on/.he trap. He replied: cavalry in readies, to *• You must leadline, for I cannot see.”— into the truth ol I hc ope now/h.-itig adjusted, and the The body of Captai military oriler given, ilie soldiers marched the Ferry at 5 o chud and eountcr ina/clied. and look tlieir posi- Mrs. Brown and lion as if an enpmv was in sight. Near- direct to Albanyhad velv suddenly, and also some of his ed ppople.... been poisoned. The appearance If the vehicle wi o have the con- body of Brown waslgreelcd by loud stomach examined by a and the crowd mad A chase a'er te»r 1 .... l -r rairi ,ge*. jured in the least att'.e rear «f hands of your goverani, and l!.e warnyts of at least four of n quested to use m-... il,Jime. 1 willihi.I'l »v ..r;...v..is, n-ime. psniculaily qycause 1 d.sire my pared. nx*a- liberty, that in caseol. Da _(i out and inquire nrl about die fire. Brown anived at and taken on by ri.ends by express It is desired 10Ivlen niir.uk^ Ilia, krcupir.lV .lie rorrilt all p»Wi* dl»o«.lr.lion. on tlie -iiiwhile. Mr. Avis i route, and Mrs. Brown is determined that J if |.e| was not tiled. Brown re-1the body shall not seen ^nywlrtre1 tJillii'tiliv in keep- dagger, or bullet, oi w.I# lime coming, to send y could liar-1 bar win re the niurd ck for New York, already be n.dress me, there isiilnl circumstance?. She was accom-to li-trpei s Kerry ov urn trieri-. r.li'iies, a gentlieman and lady, and J from j Harper's FiiiiquipliedIonitegon. Tliere w lleman and Mr. tilhd with c-.lored p|rshborhood, Indal- die wagon, bin theyIv. The excite- ing up with die waglories became ve- driven as rapidly as V'e ,1r'is had the Faquier el. It led atThe Will or John Brown Cliailestuwn. Jeffersun c.. \ i.,1st December. 1859. $1 give to my Vm. John lhown, Jr.,surveyor’s compass and other surveyors |jarticles, if lound Xalso, mv old granitemonument, now aitNorth Elba, N. Y., receive upon its livo sides a further m- j direct, said i,p■ I.win of petition here i*r that may be pre-id purport.) to obtain n tlu-ir neigliboihoods, rli.ol time now re-gli die column York ••Tribune. Mountain Boy IT. A. \YU.No! TillLTon*. keep ’me walling | n.e route lo Kuril,Elbe, ,v!,e,e it ^ilepuiiied imtic fa/n.ly buryin; groiiml. K ,|,«/ivnks in die highest * ,* . . , , and my wife inav icms extended to her by ,_____ Jge, liv a delaclmeiit of twelve of the aI)(J H|| ivas qUjJ.... than ndcessary.”At fifteen ai mutes past eleven the trap Mrs. Brow fell. A .-light grasping of die hands and j terms of the kuidj twiti-hing of /he muscles was visible, and (die cinzem'I he bod yK . iuuoiid Moiitgoijierv tJuards, daptain M r -, w r.ii whoiui during the trip, she rtn,] i,js pul conversed freely, aid with great compo- ,i.nly-tive n sure. | land placed iCharlestown, the can- (U.r miiiiary I put inOn her anival on in front of the round to allow the ami eight military i in clear an open spi The whole popul.iti.■ jail.■er, in ■'They icing her ii. r veil closely dra Hie i tlicer, who ac carnage Iroin Harp • die step-jail, were wheeledmssage of the carriage i'. rrv liy spi c iinpanies were ordered w|„,|ce in front of lire jail. ()Ut with nn of the place gadi- am| lo sea tier pass into 'ft disappointed, how-features, as ste kept vn, and escorted by romttanied her in the r’s Ferry, she hasten-into die prison.I’ii t to iatioduding Mrs. Brown lo th II ol her husband J her person was search*The genera einert lined rescue were This mor truineiitui this Stale die proceedsI by the wifeSlipriff ( rell ill his cino pois.ui or wei|*in was roin-i i, r to be conveyed to Blown to enable I him in commit si/ic:de. Nothing howev-j er. was found, paring this scene Mrs. li iuvnseeim d palm and collected, but tlumks to liii l ore on I cr feairires tlie evidence of inter- ol Captain 1 n | a-iguish- SI i- was met at the steps «d was then c i'io j id hy ShejfiiV ('ainphell, who took low-priso.n l.irurm ami esdortctl I.qr within tire walls ol tin;Virginia. She She hbeiscnptmn.aitone moiiumeni, m\evrr. to longdierodents.1 give to my son Jasol Browntuldreni’. S. — I have di night do noihing surrv for. I h i ■d do xo m me. t I fidfi 1 tie vow I -(•od. Amen.John Hroynor hands, nr at the and as many ipoison, ra»v b« fnnli. copi« ....... »lt; •«for trial lirfnm ilk' rrpres.nlnli.i*. I le ptcscnlcd rperillljr ■ri'd 1'lioinpson tins l'i tlie l.rtl1’u re : .If you should wish .0 ..I- To th, lt;I,„„„l. h n„',h, ,f I trgtma .„IV ..v, .,ri Tl.r r,k'lon..( Hk unilei.lgued lt;11-T|- il.o IV.ol.lv New zi-ns, re.iiieiits or inoporlv owners of llioilk ■ (freon ol • ri—pviMly rrp.nrrol. :That the mainn nsi • of the insiituituu .f negro slavery, widi the due auhordina* ol -|.ivts u» masters, and generally of . . inf, rjor b »ck to i1 e dominant • kitei i ,i . .i . ... i ex ng in \ irginia,ived sending t! i iImi 1 3 • , -| «|.inilii is all important to the writ hi ing and in-; ; r, id ihc Cmnmoiiweidili. and of ev-At.t.F.V Db«ci-ivernur ol the Siate tin iksh. or th atojnl more, als«I Ii.d useful lt;las* ul «,urhelp pup'was scvJra! times examined, | tress, did m(t cease beating for I all who have tites. Ht was then cut down man of fine fc the colfm and conveyed un-scoit lotbe depot, and there o be conveyed to Harper's al traiit at four o'clock, arrangements were carried ieion an J military strict-most annoying.conviction is everywhere jn a C(1^-hat the rumors of intended ^.uuvlvi[ by logeiher an egregious Imax |,t,y«icians. lug Capl. Brown executed |,|e phenomen empowering Sheriff llamp ! an,| nfost favorably impress with lifr a« being a wo-igt and great affection forhorities of the State of o| course in gren.’dts- walc|, with mv namdetigraved on Hissed 1j-pcr case.1 give to my son Otv id le spring opera glass (if found) presented t easier; Nla.-s. is gl new. I give, also, to the dolliirs in cash, to be pan proceeds of my father’s e ick. the body of Brown. Juration of Ins terrible stiff/ireall is quiet ag'Jlcrnaias of John Brown.exeeiuion had been placet!, and Ins crippled conditionn Brown my and my rtdime at W or-be-sighlcd and same son filtv bun from the tnte, in consid-ring in Kansas, j fiom his child-rcconveyed to the j nl. ten. Tidiaferro, and several t presented some remarks.. The eves were fully '.T 1 closed, and pr isessed almost all their nal-hood.n»n BrownIiliv» my eon Kol ollars in cash, To be paiJHiim from my the first twoIntel 1'slii‘K I-i t*«'Vll.l i pci ■»The St. l.ouis K-tlie fidlowiiig lettet as ed at that office Irom Harper's Ferry, a 1 ulv been wide v published a lliiil'ing incident in l tragedy :Harper’s Ferry, Mr. Editor.—I anuc when yo atlarlleil hall vaiHiss Fun I.e.Fm ke.ILi refo; I hat ell lo udmiiiiiier on a I property lt;d hisju|J)| |,,st,f, ret lining even aoineihiugwith directions to pay ithe peculiar glf the sale of his weap-ms, tl c|,ar;tt.u.rlz. ,jris widow and childf Jailor Avi. lo^s.tdtat [nnrvi,w i/vV/t hit Fellow- the rigidity ofFrimouers. the excepituupbrll bid the prisoner fare j werC fver» II, and Brown returned Ids j for his kindness, and spoke ate as a brave man. Hi-dcted to the cells of his f«-l-s, desiring to take Ids leave {filtering die cell i f lt;' pi 1 mdI flexible, with ath about thetold them hi stamJ no -n and ini betray tlieir friends. Taliah'rro ii quircd of Brown | handed ear/, a quarter of a dollar,:ake her last( in ter v in w with her hus-Jand Uieen, band. . .Imw long he wlrnld like the interview t-11-'. Brown answered : Three or fo hours.”Men. T., inf nmsl be short.••I don’t ask sr Virginia. Ym As Mrs. Brc and extended bp;11 him, and t1more use for money, and tins, he bid them a final Lue-Next In a cre cha:cks. I lie Inn y siiltation of all ('hailesTowu Dr. Mason ai that the body eumstances lientirely extinct,1 io, for the purpi! 1 cr the doomed [flickering^!' e:J was applied lo Ii | late they ex I ..fun- J lather’s estate, as an olTsellio t nal-.cases above named, g of I give to my daughter, putNov. *27. lSfd).your surprise the signature heel; (but lltat surprise ii you liearn the why and i takenftl c lihcriy i f w n-• learned fromI , , , gre t and moat opera lira can* of tin- ,•-iriij-n n of the habits andmorals o' slaves, ai d of ildllMug ilttO llicitlumJ, liii. I. Ik »»J ilw n.k.ilioi-■liixitioa. siul c.ms.quenllv ol piwliu-mf .......... „i,,l ui.lmi'i I,. ,-i 'ilkk»,a»c;! soi mjurv to tlieir masters, and to t„. i m i I m twin listing *»J v» ide-spreml cv.-.v.z: 1-t.—The el -'ps or other places I„r n„. tiidicrnsr d s.Ting of inioxma-li, u. Ii,,miiis IO tin- slaws, or carrying on w all them other d'cgal traffic, includingling of stolen goods ;ling VU a few linesthe Daily Missouri Itejmbhcaii, that you were under the impression■ ~ - o- 4 uiu me oi i iiexpression which had ypn. my large old bible, doniaining the , ^ ^ taken c.the Me of'Thompson, Itio insurgent, w henlife. The limbs family toihing of nd1 give lo e of mv otherthe nose and feel, which i Henry Thompson, and to idi two pair of woolen daughters-in-law, as good awas quite warm. A con-1 bible as can be purchased a I he physir iaiis present in store in New York or BhMi as immediately held—both live dollars each in cash ; n (leu. Taliaferro, declaring ,,f the proceeds of my latheotild not under the e Charlestown until it was and various tests resortedI give to each of my I that may he living when ui\ j tale is setih-il, as good a cojtc of de ter in in ing wheth- ble as can be purchased (asyet retained hence. Liquid ammonia eyes, anti s!r:.tce lo re-:ost of dlree dollars each.All the biblcs to he purcln nn) the same nine, lurimmediate indications, terms.J . . ,, |i(f com'esTnm; a Ifehtcd candle was then 1 desire to have (50) fiftyi« visited ook ant oppie. w io i na|. t|je nflsFfor t|,e purpose of as- paid out of the final pron e,i have made false’ state-k asked, “IVhat do wti replied, Wiiy in . ton to Harper's Fer -•Did you not telluponmembrane Iff that organ, but no evidence of iile eowhl be discovered. A 're applied willjinher of oilier id [like effect, and heHauler's Ferry a,el J ‘{',ile »“'1 l,v f '*disclosures ?'dance. Neverthelei know I !‘be corpse was agr ‘ to its departure onfinally pronounced *|,e Ne ; physicians in alien- j lor ilie v hen ai six o’clock, i Ahsons, to w it : to A He of Rockville, Tolland noun y in (Icorge Kellogg, l.v-q., IlipsEngland t eand benefit fi n* tlii'lars lo Silasmated that die interview Oh,” said Brown, coolly, y favours of tlit State ol must ^xecnte your duty.” tvn entered. Brown arose; his. hands, but she flew jiing lhat ingdier arms around bis (,,-ck.'r'xelaimei. My husbaiul! Brown 1’iitsburt lo come was perfectly cibn add collected, but Mrs see if llirbes J.adappeared tojbe deeply, hut quietly af- (.'aptairf Browp, No, sir . Y ^i ,i Tti*- -Heriill was die onlv other protested against your coming.” Tt) tin- , • , » , ., , . .,freed. »- ■• • . ily responded : Captain Brown, •he.eye# and coun^nance presented tl.e|arg a man of S,inbci differently. As fie saiddropped Ids head, and Brown, as -nteii.p', turned away, and addres , .fIH .b'11 Oppie. said : Coppie you also Ise statements, but 1 am glad to have contrail ir led them. Stand man. Brown also handed |and to each ill-l:inlo it e public parlor df tin lime before I knew bill lie and Sicft ad been capmrcu. k i ol. When 1 first saw 'Jliompson he «aW 0 seated ...an arm chair It,I. his hands liedmm« book- Mi.m| fjjs |ia|,k hy s„me of iliegem-rrtlly t . _and *2ml. The intercourse with Haven uni also w ith free negroes) of persons vi hello r vagrants or temporaiy sojourners. vvlm, in many cases, air either »dun-mrv agents or lnreil emissarirs of North* n nssni-iaiions, or indi viduals, laboring destroy slavery in the Southern Slates, by instigating deserum. or ranapiracy.in-l.otel some |'t-rrectton ; and whirb persons, genrfralljr as itinerants, and mostly, also, as linmp-i it ir vagrants, and all o! them coining fromthat I saved 1broughtlt;ii, Norlht rn States, are spread throughhe paid out i estate, anti-children father's es-of lire Hi-above) at apul losod at oi,e jn the bestexamined, just prior | irierly of Lewishurg. Sujo tram for Baliimore, jOldo. if lie carlollars each of my falh-named peris q..citizens. JSeveinl questions itiin in retard to Ids unlives and • xprri inms, when he cninUfi under the IV visional (iOWtiniefi'..lj His answers wei invariably the same w-’I iiat he had bev laugfit to bclievt! the ^irgroes were rrm-l! ireated aim would gIf«V' avail Iheinselvi [of die first opporliiifity lo obtain the freedom, and that al^lHcr had to do u ;Harper’s.Fdrry, lake posses- . . . . .■ ar-itntil, nlni-l, I’ I'ri-pen.y. ni.l injuring ul.ub,,,-d then the dnuitiuil, imrnondiiy nml prime, slaves. _ n l piobablv have opersled in,-vi-i \ eounty thereof, in some one or other cd llo- v.o nius ch irncicrs i f avowed in* dividual beggars, or solicitors lor stdiHcrip* lions lu .Noitherit pufiltewtious, or of con-tiibulions io some profea*ed public or pious vvnU, or pcdl-rs. generully willi-iiut legal hcenve lo sell.) sntl even, in some c i-es, as le.icbcrs, leligious agents, and preachers of the (Jo-pel :That whenever, through riilier of the## two dillcrtnl means lor corrupting slaves,Conai that place, company,-mu of the armory and j would he an easy msjiter,I colored people would, erne in a ma«v. I backed by the mm-slfcvo holders of tht Valleys of Virginia, koine one remarked, I imagine yon refret that you do nnl succeed in runniitj off the darkies.*1He replied ilist heHain it connty,(retted having engaged in the attempt, jmd if it were lo doMrs. I?.. Cook tperson present ait H*interview 14 about 50 years of age. S'-e returned! ill isAt anthan usualup Ilk i C'oppisigned for the exeuuiion.l’he prisoner wa 11 o'clock. Befor to all his fellow pr s affectionate clu-rged Cook with mi-Ii-d him in relai was to receive from he was led by him were rife for insurrec that his represeniali* us denied the charge ply to Brown. The the sheriff he waiJwere pimonei appvrtnt y calm and a black slouch hat worn during his tri:Mu u, cell, a lS. good t yCaptai al te. Ian I■StevetI*. Si.. Harper’s Ferry t‘ie escort of (.’ant. Moure, to await the arrival of the body of her husband.THE EXECUTION, ETC.lily hour the town was in more hear yhave fallen lAwrn this neighborhood S .on the ntovemetiis ofihe nijluary drew all the citizens of nbe place and all oilier? who bad been ab lt;i lo gain adSuittance the town, io the vicinity of ilie place as-uiion. brought out of jail at leaving l|e bid adieu r soners. slid w as veiy except’ Cook. Hmg dtceived and | him. ilnr support he the slavis He sai o belie vie that tlie - ion, bu{ lie had found;r«j false. Cook |jl(i y..id made but little re- ..yollprisoner then u»I*l. whivli i *ady, when bis arms trai : walked to ihc door cheerful, lie wore d the same chillies worn uurmg ui» oi As i:e came out he —| ,,c was laken under guard ol the military. fore.” Six companies i f Infantry and one troop ^.p of horse, with Utfn. Tali-lerio and h;» ••Whyentire staff, were (deploying in fior.l ut die cnclthe jail. _ have bei—I know you are going to aquarter, and then took He did nut vi»it Hazlett. as Iiedge o Cap/.persisted in deny ing any kuowl ' him.my mfriends, , remarkAt the door of with a pine box, i coffin, was waitin around and spoke he recognized, a sleps. was assistei took his seal on l coffin, along with cd with interest oite j iil. an-open wagon w hicli was a fine oak \V for him. He lookedn several persons whom hve,” Iiid walking down die to enter die wagon, and te box, containing his ailor Avis. He look-the fine military die* b|1|,], _ Pl,y, but made n \ remark. The wagon aclUa||v' • v - -.....■ — *•“ had taken hisWhileasked if hand t» dy. II.same life-like appea'although the body It . _ ,|lt;Msed tlieir inability m , nomena, though sevi 1 recorded in medical \Y |iie at Harper’:he found : a o, fifty do!-k corny v, Ohio, al . lila-before observed, ] Canton, who sued my lath I then become quite I time, through Judge ! 1 niiip physicians confes-1 Upson, of Akron, to be pai 1 ' Brown to the man in pc found. His name 1 c My father made a cornpromiccouni Inr the pit ral similar cases a rkquarter, „,d then shaking IkkIi hy••hy and other t-i'izaFerry, Mrs. Brown, man by taking our house anilie.parted w idi them. - -, , ,,„„uu, r «» c.krn lo S.e.rn.' rreJsjlk:ud|y inierclianged with bun :Stevens raid :—Good byeBarbour, Dr. Mur-'is of that place, pro- that here her two sous er's were buried. It wa howeTcr. ascertainrev and Mr.by J. K. if lie can be i reineiubrr. e with the lot at Marine-in ing balance falh*I desire that any becomee may he paid in eq^l amounts lo wile, and to each of my children, andthus operated upon by white persons, nn matter to what extent, or how frequently, there can rarely be obtained any legal evidence of the facts, bi caiiso negroes only are privy lo sucli offences, and the nidence of negroe*. under our present law, is not admissible against a while person may be universally reputed, to lie a receiver of stolen goods, or a Nor-liiern Abolition emissary and conspirator, slaves to desertion, or to revolt assarre. Therefor# both of tbesa dangerous and infamous rlaasvs of offenders aie a!triosi entirely safe from prose-•uiion and conviction, and rn»y aecurely put sue llo ir iniquitous courses.Therefore, we pray of jour honorable hotly that aurli ne* measures of preveu-lion slid punishment may be enacted na ill make operative the existing legal-r again lie would tw'clim Very soon after. Mi. Beckham, one o our must esteemed Citizens, was elm down unarmed as he [was. I went ititaf^fj1 ilie parlor and heard lt;^ne of the guard a.«k |T. if lie were a martial man ; Ins an*wet i' was thai he had been married six mouths I' only.I walked I’P to where '.hr prisoner sal., and saiJ to Inin ; Mr. Thompson, you had much better have plaid al home and j taken care of your w ilh and pursued some 1honest calling. iriHi ad of coming here m • .,1 | iirnhihiuoiis of i r offences of tagrsncy,murder our citizens »nd steal our proper ioiiliren-erl dealing with sf tves, anil pru-»d also by *cd dial the body off Watson Brown had io the widows of W atson and Owenv lo killIrebetJ been carried off bw surgeons for dissec-1 Brown, by tuy brother.Brown Replied :—--1 know I urged Sti-Vcns to bear up, anfricAds. He also gave *John Brown.lion. Thev fouudjtwo bodies, one sup-,„ be, hat ntjoiivcr Brnwn, b»t (a, fmt - Tjgone in deconipositun, and Mrs. Brown j J„|- thought herself uniqual to the task of re-! (jov Wise con!intiI,j,,, | cognition. So ihAmdics wt l be interred., receipt cl incendnBrown’s Body in Philadelphia.In,™ on Kivay to Exmaim. I 1''i Julln. Bra* a a» tin Mlpassed through rlnladelplua or: Saturday tended n* a In is way io the {scaffold. Mr. Sadler. fu,n|00lli ol, ,|lt. r W!,.- ..... (•!.,,c.« n,. r...fa., to Essex copnty vill be interred.be in the daily let ter a from thetv ; that tlieir first a,.. r.lt; -••• - •••• , , , , . ..roan. r« not j ....... by .«'.»»« «-ikeu, in *1,II. •»„! I'.......... ‘J P*-, ..........,nro. „• all llror, t,riitner»nt strangers, hnvtiig neither euffi-I'hompson, |c'rnl vouchers ol good chancier and ob-oj charge of the w it accompanied byakcr, re-na|ked to Capl Brown, a game tm»n certain.’’ To pt. Brown replied : “Yes,I was ' — it was oiie of lire lessons r; but it is hard to part from ooglt newly made.” Tired he —••This's a beautiful country had tl,e plca-urc of Seeing if boil reaching the field in which ows was erected. Brown said : re none but military allowed in ,«ure ! 1 am eorry the citizensn keptAs l,lt;|rneb«l !' • he ohstr.ei]!tiler and Mayor Green standing |_ , Itorn lie eai'l. ••Gentleman.good-not faltering in the lea-M.northern hive of abolition (lentous. 'I fanatical feeling w lijidt could tndtte sucl wing, whethery is character-Ir-on Chariest.iw n istic of the feeling 11 the extreme N N. Y., where thev R*XDoi.rii. Vn.. No. 21st, 1859.‘J lie remains were in Gov. H. A. Wfse—Sir:—I improvedeceived.Whilst I was ta!kr»^ several of the friends pi .Me. Beckham. |JCC**' who were justly enraged at ins cold-blond-•d murder, came inw (th the avowed de-lierimr, ifor Vldble means f«r support by ItoweslI |ahi-r. Ain»iig only to present, in general term*, the existingA, ,!„ ya|,,.l-a,eJ I...I.J ..... ••' l,w»«,«_ ‘•'jP.*’ .*?'„„„l belure r. =„d |.rot'f.-ied biro, lu, l»«“« ; f,1 * j*dom and discretionlo tliu l^-gi«lsiure the :i*i-iiig and adopuin of such ernrlwtnt*v ul Brown ,-vhn was the present •three powerful reasons : First, mytt-r-in law was lying in Ute adjoining room der the effect* °f a U'-rvouswill «fford snffiifent remedies for theand Miller McKt had gone South large crowd ass. t ons to the arrival f lic Bulletin say in order lo avo remained in the bi ter past 1 o’clock,, the depot having bMessrs. Hector Tindall your danger, and #ie emi-equence# alien-n, of TJitDdelphia, who j ding the execution of J.,l:u Brown, now Mrs. Brown. A under sentence of jueaih within the liII ! Jusgs fromscaffold, or is intany way injured or Pir. i i the crowd, the body while in your......i u-iv ill Iinoer i e vueris ' * n, ,..,,.- -warn you ol ci.,;!. from sheer fright, Ul if they liai| gr-»i-ml fromi.f (ml* »ntl dinger underbled at tlie depot previ-' of your State, .y. ok it Baltimore train, 'cure as John Bfrwnder anyggage car until a quar- rumstancts sufi’j-tent lo v arrant the belief when it wta taken out dial lie Ita? met wjth foi i. flav previously clcarpd fiands, or at ihefliatids of the slavend persons cnrrr.e company. Tit was covered. ,, . . . ,- w » i (orieu « inon tiro scaffuld Slier,IT (. aaiplt.n r|0[h_ A fur rob.led a li-andkeichief in his' rop as a signal when lie was rea-tplted, No—1 do n t want it:top. A double lint policemen and the officers to aexct p; policemen, repciters ions of the Sou h, then just ~ n a motueut, ill Le launclit This is no idle threat, wear, by Almighty (led with tl.a railroad help jik L-'U— dy was in abox.whiclt think no:, you blanket or cuarsc eternal wotld. as lashed upon the for I aoletnnlyarried out tlieir design,t it would have proved fatal to her. without a doubt, in the second place. I ronsitlered it a great outrage to kill the man in'the house, however much be dc creed to d e. Thirdly,I am emphatically a law kitd order wo man-, and wanted the self rymtb mued to I ve. that lie might bethe law.I simply shielded the terribly Lighten 2!,,ng I sure so .fil nun. without touching him, until j ||rMwn ' hen j ou Mf.or (I think it was) atrne iniile ral The AbollLO, JirJ,•sed of InV,.: HU lo treason, de. all over tl e country, 04 i,11,g tlit-ir tiijw-hirn haloes John Binwn. w lien the I happen to be boys. IT ere is a sat in; fail you may as well kill a dog a# gl*e Si n a bad name, andry.hainto tlieanddog :is gt»e !llie damoatle uffnir at Ilirper’v Fer-can any fallter curse hi# child hj* i n it* iH Hijou* name of John ” We believe there is not sper-ltving in tins country hearing die name of Benedict Arnold—why shouldi formed by the,that I will not es'., day cr runtilbcx was carr ed by , have taken you tld wagon, covered , of your associnassured me, on his honor, that lie should! _ ___ ^ ^ _: ot b»- ' in the house. iViat was -,11 I J jrt.n be compelled to bear the evguo*licsiri-il. The result everybody knows. oien of the latter day traitor? other err- r Iish \lo correct.t detain me any longer than is- wj,j, canTW drajhrn by an old bay At the came one I asei-: • f-n to tie t |moved off a* soon •a1., flanked with t*o files of riflemen intecessarv.dose r. I , , , SM(Jn rc. I.in ilie *IJ. th* military had,,lie bud; »',„•lt;,,!(■ full pu.se.siln, and pick*w »e,e «,« u a, v»,i„„e win,-. Tlie ruiiens ,*»„ b •v«e kepi hack a, ih^puinl of Ibc bayo-, nouiicu, net, (, *fyothrc Excitement. ter die execution, t « being lajfen to the depot.horse, which was inlwaitmg ut the yard lighting of the i uicl.esplatthclarrival of a horseman, an-tii4 •• WheldHnd,” the lateThese arcirgeoiMitl were not made with ces, (which I aonbound by oath not :• much serrecv as w|s intended, for the reveal.) to the grAund. and also to set fireLivoiite andNorth, jof liit-depot, on thd south side of the , at the fuse., in c irrytug out Aier die exkcuilon, ud .bilellbuiljiog. Inlo ,hie lagon .c.eral p,nice- .ell ro.ro,,J |iw Un- k, , e * 1 a men got, and the wabon was driven out which ts tins : (I hat ol Turning if irpe|etu was (occasioned io ibe, of Ihc g«e epoo B.,,^1Respectfully yours,]C. C. Focks.(From tExaatiatr J The Harper's Ferry Memorial.Ferry, Chailestriwn, and a few otlter pLfi is respectfully requested that the fed-I “*' l”,er‘l“iind ih.’bioirfOO S w,„. _______ . . r ol *** ewer newspaper of V irginia, ol which n|11T m_n TmfrV-Hffial Ibilsel'hi or peeped in through ii tnierstices repor- Mason an-J IhxonV dne as soon as prac- fer,.,-, ..rs approve the general objects ft|ulio|) lh#l „ slavery... ..... to!|ed progress to the persW who were up- ticahle after the execution. so g' :. and who ear e- lv desire the AlMrican M1| •,' ,J **-------- —You are, thu» aw ate low maunite Frank Lcslii-'i the press w asi .......-, , lex. I wr t . . k,.v4 who bad clam bared upon the fence, to every village, town androlling 11 v |„H(in» except ulcce .11 (,ei. U. Tunier. .bo, ,, lla,- bo). »„, nau eia,^ I u„ .. .. , ,ilwa quarter of a mile per’* Fdrry.was on ftre; that the dwelling 'Flrotigh the deter- was burhi. a||d the Jire was extending to -f in. Rawlings, of the farmj buiLlings,6f \V. F. Turner, whom.ler fxoiuding » as in t„,l Kail lef, l„„ne a, 10 o’..driven »U1 rl.ere »a. in immen.etl1, l;r,n,CT,e,.— Ilee,I,!.', will, il,e liresuHoer l'i.,1 ,, |t. F„uke, ofBeiic*,lie\ 111.. „ n,y i A Minimtulv. 1 un happy to ;¥*iire you (;e„rge W. f utcti, of Ottawa. 111., in • , n bin!,right in tlie [‘Old Do letter to the ( for ago Times, says :Dark a* country, if lederatc# are ia, as they wt drv over theirt the outside, andstand. Proceed aman tenanre and permanency of the exist-present day is for our plain Brown and his con* uug by tlie Sta'eof Virgin-be, the sods will not bo new-made graves ere a reaction will tal i place in Ihr jmpular heart, and the blood 1 those noble but unfortunate men will constitute the seed of a rev- , fiom th®American soil.’’I*,tor i ftp order r\i- llUllig hoc ,,i iu*.,, * ,,, ,,.(, ,,,, ,, ,„c „, ,, u . , ,uSj t»”lnL, and (he cluck, .to ,tol Urol.«.»! »f Lie to,»., .Inch »» co»p««d gnK,p.Uy *f «J«- • «« ho, j o» .,g„ Juu, ,ciioose. hut have ing iiiMiiuttoo of negramlavrry. Ail plt;-1 Gerrit Fmith hs» almost rttoieted flCBftjincite and pullic-spirited ciuzeus are also 1,,« spill of inaantiy.
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