Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-12-21

geG The i3rstsp and Union Of Dec I'd. gives
full uaeount OF tho execution Of Capt John Brown,
"Comnandor-n- Chief q the Provisional Govern
ucrt." lie ,nct hs fate serency, and was game"
TO the last Everything was conducted in accordance
with the most approved military discipline, if the
town had been in state Of seige Mounted scouts
aud picket guards stationed at prominent posi-
tons The uiilitary formed two hollow squares
Within the inner one, the scnaoid, and between
the inner and outer lines the citizens we're admitted,
no one being allowed outside Of the lines, except the
mounted guards. Every precaution taken against
surprise, and orders given to shoot the cuprit
il an attempt made to rescue him. After mount
ing the PLATFORM ten minutes were occupied in nd
ustng the cap his face ind the rope around bis
neck lie became impatient and requested That
they would not keep him waiting too long" AT fir
teen minutes past eleyen the trap fell, end slight
grasping of the hands snd few Involuntary contrac-
tons of the muscles we're the only indications that he
was suffering the pangs Of death Ills pulse did not
cease beating for thirty-fye migutes Then Lis body
was cut down and conveyed BY the military to
the depot, aud cent by special train to Harper's
Ferry to be delivered to his wife, who was waiting to
take them to New York.
His wife is represented os very lndy-Iite person
and treated with marked respect By the outhori-
ties when she visited her husband in his cell. Their
lsst meeting Of stern stoicism on his part
and of dgnifed grief on hers She made no COM
plants against the severity Of tho sentence but de-
meaned herself with comporure, aud the dignity Of
despair.
There is no record Of l-timed levity at Che execu-
tion or any show Of revenge or rnaeyoence on the
part OF the ctizeus The majeaty Of the laws had
been violated the penalty was death, and it seemed
sufficient TO the people to know that it would be
outed. Old Brown has never evnced any repentance
for his yillainies land the mind naturally turns
with horror to the contemplation Of this miserable,
hardened old sinner, clarifying himself in his wick
edness, and offering himself as an example Of what
his infatuated followers would style martyrdom. He
reproached Cook in his cell as the Of his mis-
fortunes that he had mised him in regard to the
negroes feiAg ripe for revolt. The blood thirsty
murderer, the degraded conspirator and traitor
Thought only of himself at that moment aud would
probably have passed to the gallows without his
hardened heart ever recurring to the widows and or
phans he had made in Kansas But letter was
handed TO hin, that must have aroused that fearful
tormenter, remorse, in his bosom, and xrung his
heart with very anguish as he rad il. TWAS cool
reminder from the bereaved widow that some of his
outstanding liabilities were being duly settledust
one would acknowledge the settlement of a ,us,
claim. We rspublish the letter and leave to our
readers to Judge OF his feelings as be read it:
CHATTANOOGA, TsSS.. Noy. 90 1853.
| SIR:-Mthough yengeapce is not mine, I con-
Tess that do fee grateful to bear that you we're
stopped in your fend1sh career at Harper's Fer
~. With the loss of your two sons, you can
/ gov appreciate my distress in Kansas when you,
then and there, entered my horse at midnight
and arrested my husband and two boys, and took
them out 81 the yard and in cold blood shot them
dead in my hearing, You can't say you did it to
| fHse our slaves We had none, and never expect
ed to,pEn one. 1t has only made mo poor dis
ooasolste widow, with helpless children. While
feel for your folly, do hope and trust that you
| VIII beet y6g<. just reward. oh bow it panied
my heart 70 hesf<he dying groans of my husband
and Children if this scrawl gives you any con-
soistion. yyu arc EeIeonaa-to il.
- AAHAnF D0YLE
y NY sDa, John Doyle, whose life l begged
u (yoos is10T grown up, aud very DESTROYS 10
be in Lhsslesiowr On the day Of your execution,
- -.,,1d certusn1v 10 fhora - he r,oa-s rrn ri