Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-10

distributed to those who were anxious C
have it. Parties cut the timbers Of the gal
lows, and carried away the pieces, while
others secured lock Of his hair Wher
the body was placed in the coffin in which
was conveyed TO town and placed in tht
Jail. Many persons desired to visit the jail
for the purpose Of seeing it, but their curl
oSity was not grati6ed A special train o
cars was ordered from the Ferry, aud a.
halfpast six o'clock under a strong military
escort, the coffin was removed from the jai
and taken TO the cars, where IL was placed
in special one, and an escort getting in
the train proceeded to the Ferry, where il
arrived at halfpast seven o'clock.
Not more than two hundred citizens wit
messed the execution. Many more would
have been present, but the officer Of the day
placing sentinels on the avenues leading tc
the town, had selected men from the militia
ry corps from a distance, and they, not be
ing able to recognize citizens Of the county
they we're excluded from town lest they
might be rescuers. Much indignation was
felt and expressed on account Of this ar
rangement, and clamor became so great that
the commanding officer was compelled to re.
move those who were on sentinel duty, and
place members of the county military com
panies on guard. Immediately after the
execution heavy smoke was observed tC
the southeast of the town, and report was
in circulation that it was occasioned by the
burning of the barn of the late Ge,. Turner
who was killed at Harper's Ferry. A
squad of cavalry were Immediately dispatch
ed to examine into the cause, who returned
and stated that it was owing to the burn.
ing Of brush on a clearing. On Thursday,
however four Of the horses belonging to Mr.
Turner died of poison, while several Others
are suffering from the effects of the same
Charlestown is very quiet; the people are
not excited, and have never been The
only' excitement which has existed has
been occasioned by the military. The
troops will remain Some few will be grant
ed furloughs, but they will be all present on
the 10th inst.
The gentlemen who accompanied Mrs.
Brown have kindly furnished me with the
following statement:
They accompanied Mrs. Brown to assist
in disinterring and identifying the remains
VI utt SOUS, anu W ulu bIluSllR bub lHt
body of John Brown In the former task
they have been kindly aided by Colonel Bar
hour and other citizens Of Harper's Ferry.
They found two graves, one containing
three, and the other Originally ten bodies
1t was assertained that the corpse of Wat.
son Brown had been carried off by the sur.
geons for dissection. They found two bodies
and supposed that one of them was that Of
Oliver Brown, but it was far gone in de
composition, and Mrs Brown thought her.
self unequal to the task of recognition, SC
the bodies will be reintered here
The account telcgraphed to the New
York papers, says:
There was an impression that the prisoner
might possibly be furnished with weapon
or with strichnine, by his wife, and before
the interview her person was searched by
the wife of the jailor, and a strict watch
kept over them during the time they were
together.
She resented the idea that Capt. Brown
had done anything to deserve death or stain
his name with dishonor, and declared that
the ignominious character of the punishment
that was about to be inflicted upon him was
as cruel as it was unjust. She regarded
him as a martyr, in righteous cause, and
was proud to be the wife of such man.
The galowS, she said, had no terrors for
her or for him. She stated that she had
not seen him since last june and that they
had been separated, with the exception o
few days, for nearly two years. They
had, however, corresponded, and she haC
always felt deep interest in the cause il
which he was engaged.
With regard to bis execution. Brown sale
that he desired no religious ceremonies eth
er in the Jail or on the scaffod from minister
who consent or approve of the enslavement
of their fellow creatures; that he would pre-
fer rather to be accompanied to the scaffolC
bv dozen slave children and a good OLE
slave mother, with their appeal to God 70
blessings on his soul than all the eloquenc
of the whole clergy of the Commonwealth
combined
From the Cincinnati Commercials accoun
we get the following:
BROWN ON CREMATION.
The most remarkable portion Of the in
terview between Mr.. and Mrs. Brown wa
in relation to the disposal Of Browns re
mains. They were in controversy on tina
subject for near half an hour. Brown sal
that he wished the bodies of his two son
who were killed at Harper's Ferry, and {
Thompson, who is said to have been his sor
in-law, collected together and placed upo
a pile of clean wood and burned, and tn
bones of the four placed in box togethe
and buried Mrs Brown protested yer
warmly against this notion, and used ever
argument and persuasion at her comman
to induce him to change his determinatio
in that respect He, however insisted "
on it; aud his will is therefore is that hi
remains be burned AS for the remains {
the others they will never be found. The
skeletons are already in the hands of tn
medical students at II college at Winchestel
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