The native American., 1838-01-06
sCAPE OF BRO w N.
From The Boston GALAXY.


DRAMATIC INcIDENTs-We have not been
more amused for many day than we were yes-
terday in reading the wonderful escape of Mr.. !.
Brown, one OF the prescribed from st. Dennis.
1t occupies nearly two columns in the New York
Express, and beats Sammy Slick the clock ma
makers adventures all holler.' We would re-
commend it to the immediate attention Of ]. s.
JONES' as patriotic incident which, if properly
managed, would produce piece more than equal
to Liberty Boys Mr.. Brown is the writer Of
the adventures, and in truth he has proved con-
vincingly that his imagination is most prolific.
He commenced with preamble about the scausa-
ton why of the movement, and then goes on to
give particulars item by item, of the course he
took, and what he saw and heard. He was ac-
companied by five others, and they all went
through the woods. He says at nightfall they
found themselves in tremendous windfall--the
trees crossed in everv direction, through which
they forced themselves like small fish through
salmon net. He says:
ssThe proximity of some huts prevented our
making fire. TO compensate for the absence
Of sleep during the last forty hours, | had the
consolation Of getting my back against tree
with my knees drawn up to keep my feet out
of the water, which refreshing posture was dis
turbed about two o'clock in the morning by
violent rain, which lasted till morning. AT day
i
was fair and beautiful, but in the forest the
slant dripping Of the trees was like shower
bath from an ice-house. Our course was con-
tinued climbing over fallen logs, or swimming
through thick-set hedge Of brush wood, with the
expedition of fly through saucer of honey"
Almost starved to death he emerged from the
thicket with his companions, and all went to an
Irish hut to satisfy the keen demands Of appe-
tite, but finding nothing there but pates, and them
small and few in a hill, he steered his course to
another hut, which proved to be a true Yankee.
Hear him:
"Upon entering the dwelling, which was com
posed Of one room, without chimney, but with
a tremendous pile Of wood burning upon hearth,
the smoke from whence escaped through hole
in the roof; asked for some milk; the lady
eyeing me suspiciously, guessed she had none
the children had eat it all up had, however,
hardly felt the greatful influence of the blazing
fire, when bowl Of milk with bread accompani-
ments was on the table, and instantaneously the
frying-pan was kissing upon the Goals with pork.
O, woman! whether in the palace or the log hut,
in spite Of your vagaries, how universally does
the spontaneous impulse Of compassion gid your
character whenever or wherever case of distress
is presented to you. The husband soon arrived,
dark and suspicious; but upon learning that was
like a Vermonter, and republican, things went
smoothly. Twas quite ignorant of Canada affairs,
but spoke learnedly of pine trees and swamp lands.
There were nine children in the family. A little
girl pertly remarked, there was plenty of chill
dren, but nothing to put on 'em.' The squatter
was, however, an industrious man, who will one
day have a good farm; for the big boys split long
shingles all the evening, to use for boards in
covering barn, while the father shaved them.
slept among the children, who knotted up like
nest Of eels-but how would you expect children
bred in the woods, to know the points of compass
to bed!
''On Tuesday morning, after eating hearty
breakfast, crossed the branch of the Yamaska in
canoe. Three miles walk through the woods
brought me to the South branch, up which walk
ed until found another canoe in clearing, when
was ferryed over by Canadian woman.
1t appears that in the travel he had sadly
bruised and lacerated his limbs, and one of his
legs had become useless and performed the action
OF pair OF dividers, one leg standing still while
the other walked around it! But on coming to
another house, his way to the States, he halted
for the night. The rebels were near by, and
Brown, according to his own story, passed two
whole nights and one day mader hay mow!
He concludes as follows:
Son Saturday moved to the southwark. The
first Montreal paper saw, contained, sure enough,
a reward for my head, and that of ---. We
CcTIdlIly HAVE pTcCeucHCc Oh Tic llSt, Dut uOnL
like the classification, and consider the valuation
far below my own estimate.
"A laughable thing occurred at Milton. The
stage passengers (among whom was Mr.. Rodier,
member of Parliament; Mr.. Beaudry, Vice
President of the Montreal Young Mems Socie-
ty; and MYSELF sat down to breakfast, when
a Yankee dry-goods seller Of Montreal ordered
a breakfast apart for himself and bank
clerk, that he might not be contaminated by
eating with rebels. This man belongs to a
class of Yankees in Canada, who expect to
grow fat by licking, not independently their
own paws like the bears, but the posteriors
of British Royalists. Several have come out
to prejudice the Vermonters against Canadian
freedom; but so universal is public sympathy in
the North, that unless they beware, Lynch law
will be applied as unsparngly upon those per-
sons as martial law is by bloody Government in
Canada"
Gen. T. S. BRowN, who is in command of the
Canada Revolutionists, is native of Woodstock,
VT, and has been a merchant in Montreal. He
is an active, enterprising man, and is very popu-
lar with the Canadians.
The above paragraph is from the Albany Jour