Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-10
From tha Cincinnati Gsre,te.
EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN!
HIS LAST HOURS.
Affecting Interview with his Wife !
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE OCCASION.


lative to the execution of Ossawatomie
Brown, full particulars Of which send you
At Baltimore crowds endeavored to pur.
chase tickets for Harper's Ferry, among
whom were number of Northern editors,
but the Company positively refused to sell
any tickets except TO through passengers or
to those whose business and character were
known to the offers of the road. As a
consequence, many were disappointed in the
effort to crafty their curiosity, and the
number Of passengers upon the road was I'M
usually small At the Washington Junction
seven miles west Of Baltimore, two gentle
men got into the train, and were immediate
y approached by an officer Of the Company
who told them he must know who they were
and what was their their destination. To
this query one of them demurred, wien the
following colloquy ensued:
0FFIcER-It is absolutely necessary that
you should answer me.
PASSENGER Why; am ] in Austria?
OFFICER. There is no time for argument
the State that grants MS charter has
right to proclaim martial law, and we must
comply with her requirements.
~. L ASSENGEh h-l dlu a Su'JCNG W AACl
Britannia Majesty-I have o through
ticket.
lsT. PAssENGER-I have a ticket to
Wheeling-showing his ticket-Ond am 60
ing to Minnesota My name and business
choose to keep 10 myself
OFFIcER.-All right, gentlemen, you can
pass along.
Our train reached the Ferry at a quarter
before 2 O'clock, and we found the platform
carefully guarded by soldiers, who closely
scanned every passenger aud kept the space
in front clear. Everywhere about the town
soldiers were stationed and the Govern
ment buildings had been turued into bar
racks, in which were quartered the U. S.
troops.
learned that Mrs. Brown, with lady
and two gentlemen friends, from Philadel-
phia, were staying at the Wager, having
arrived on Wednesday night. ! immediate.
ly sought one of the gentlemen named
McKim, who was loud in his complaints of
the manner in which they had been treated
by the military authorities, and gave me
the following narrative: He says that last
week Brown wrote 10 his wife, saying if she
thought she could bear the meeting with
calmneSs, he would be glad to take leave of
her; whereupon she determined to see him
once more before he died, Mrs. McKim,
knowing the value of woman's sympathy
and companionship, under such trying cir
cumstances, volunteered to accompany her,
and so did Mr.. McKim and another gentle
man. The latter supplied themselves with
the best testimonials as TO respectability and
character, and also with letters ofintroduc-
ton TO Col. Lewis A Washington and
Others, and reached Harper's Ferry on
Wednesday night.
On the next morning, they communicated
with the officer in command of the Virginia
military here, that Mrs Brown had arrived
and that they wished to accompany her to
Charlestown A great number of messages
were then exchanged with Gov. Wise an
finally it was ordered that Mrs Brown
should be sent alone to see her husband, un-
der an escort of military, and the Others of
the party should be detained and watched.
Mrs. Brown was greatly distressed at being
compelled to go without her friends, but
finally consented, and was taken to Charles
town and allowed an intervied of two hours
with her husband When Gen. Talliferro
had arranged for the visit of Mrs. Brown,
he called on the prisoner and informed him
that his wife would come to see him, and
he wished to know how long an interview
he desired.
Brown said-"Three or four hours" to
which the General responded that was too
long; an hour he thought was long enough.
Brown replied, Very well, sir, obey yonr
orders and do your duty. have no favors
to ask of the State of Virginia"
This indomitable spirit was manifested to
the very last.
When parting from his wife, he asked the
jailor, as though it was the most casual and
Indifferent question; "at what hour am to
be executed?" And on being told | o'clock,
he turned to his wife and said, VERY well,
if / think of anything else to say, will write
it down aud leave it for you"
LAST INTERVIEW OF Mr. AND MRS BROWN.
The following is a succinct and truthful
account of the concluding interview between
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown. An escort of cayal-
ry accompanied Mrs Brown from Harpers
Ferry under command of Captain Moore, of
the Richmond Montgomery Guards. The
carriage which conveyed her was stopped
at the outskirts of the town. All the mil
itary we're ordered out, and the street was
thronged with aids and plumed officials, who
appeared anxious to convey to the distress
ed woman an idea Of their consequence -
The carriage was driven slowly through
town while the women aud children gaped
from the windows, and mushroom soldery
strulted on the streets.
On arriving at the jail, which was close
ly guarded, the carriage stopped, and Capt.
Moore, who rode with Mrs. Brown, jumped
from the vehicle and rendering her bis arm,
escorted her into the Jail.
Capt. Brown was Informed OF his wife's
arrival, and requested that she might he al.
lowed to enter his room as soon as possible
In few minutes the jailor conducted her
into his presence. The meeting was affect.
ing, and at FIRST neither party spoke.
Brown embraced her, pressed her to hi.
hoscm aud exclaimed, my wife" No tear,
were shed, but deep drawn sigh told toe
well of the intensity of the feeling which
each was undergoing.
Alter few moments thus spent, tn,
Captain drew a chair and Mrs Brown aa