Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-05


The mournful event of last Friday was COM
memorated in various places, from which we
have full accounts-fuler than we can publish
MILFORD.
The dark and memorable day-December
2, 1S59-the day of John Browns execution in
Virginia-was appropriately noticed in Mil
| ford. AT one o'clock a deeply interesting and
sympathetic prayer meeting was held at the
Calvinist Church, at which Rev. James T..
Woodbury., the pastor, presided. Good words
were spoken, and earnest prayers were made
| for the sufferer and his bereaved family. The
parish and town bell was tolled at about the
the time of Browns departure for the scat
fold. AT seven O'Clock p. M. the spacious
Town Hall was filed to overfiowing-every
passage and corner was filled with anxious lis
teners. The ladies had draped the hall in
mourning. Rev George W. Stacy called the
meeting to order, and, in behalf of the COM
mittee of arrangements, submitted the follow
ing list of officers III. H. Bowers, Esq, Pres
| ident; A. B. Want, Nelson Parkhurst, and
| Charles johnson, Vice Presidents; A. T. Will
kinson, Secretary. The President made a
few excellent and happily received remarks.
Rev. Mr.. Jones of the Methodist Church fol
lowed in an appropriate and feeling prayer.
The large congregation were then invited to
join and sing, in the air Of "Auld Lang Syne,"
the hymn =
"Ho! We who breathe the bracing air
Ger Massachusetts hills, &C.
Rev. Gorge w. Stacy then gave an adj
dress, which occupied about thirty minutes
and was attentivey listened to till its close
After depicting the murderous deed of Virgin
Ia, and sketchlng the marked character of
Brown, he impressed upon the audience the
lesson of the hour, and called upon all present
to receive new baptism in the sacred cause of
liberty. The committee reported a series of
resolutions through the chairman, Ira Stewart,
which were received with loud applause, with
only two dissenting voices.
Charles L. Remond of Salem made one of
his characteristic and eloquent speeches. 1t
would be useless to attempt synopsis of his
remarks. He left them in deep conviction of
his just criticisms of the character of John
Brown, in comparison with the heroes of the
Revolution.
Remarks were made by Mr.. Stewart and
Mr.. Butts of Hopedale, and Winsow Battles of
Milford. Till the hour of 10 O'Clock the large
concourse of people fingered in the hall with
the most apparent satisfaction. The meeting
was great success, and will serve to rivet in
the breast eternal hatred to the foul system of
American slavery. Milford sends to the at
ficted family of Brown 500. Much of this
success is due to some noble women connected
with the Calvinist Society, who canvassed the
houses and shops of the village to pick up the
contributions, which in the aggregate will help
to swell the Brown fund. G.w.s.
Warren.
On the evening of the I'd inst, large meet
ing convened in the Town Hall at Warren to
sympathize with the friends of John Brown,
and to take such action in the case as might
be demanded. The meeting was called to or
der by Capt. James S. Davis, and William
Ward, Esq, took the chair for the evening.
After making some remarks, Rev. Mr.. Sher-
man, DR.. Cutter; Dr. Carpenter, and Deacon
Henshaw, severaly spoke in reference to the
mournful event OF the day. DIR. Cutter, who
was with Capt. Brown in the Kanzas war,
related several incidents of that date llustra-
tive Of the character Of the old hero of Ossa.
watomie. A committee of five ladies was
appointed to collect funds for the families of
the sufferers at Harper's Ferry, which are to
be transmitted direct with an accompanying
letter expressive of the sympathies OF the
people of the town. The committee are Mrs.
DR.. Gutter, Mrs S. Blair, Mrs S. S. Smitto,
Mrs. Nathan Richardson, Mrs. Joseph Rams
dell The following resolutions were present
ed by Mr. Shepard Blair, and adopted:
Resolced, That in the painful occurrence of
the day, the execution of Capt. Brown, in
which the severest penalty of the law has been
inflicted GU a noble man, simply for following
his convictions Of duty and what he regarded
as the teachings of the Holy Scriptures, we
recognize the essential conflict existing between
the system OF American slavery, the vilest
that ever saw the sun, and the principles of
human liberty, and also that in this netarious
transaction We discern one of the mile stones
along the path of Reform that indicates our
approach to the end Of the ''sum of all vii.
lanles."
ReSot0ed, That we recognize in the conduct
OF Capt. Brown not only sound mind, but
character combining that stern integrity heroic
courage and Christian devotion which entitle
him to an eminent place in the catalogue of
the martyrs of liberty.
Resot0ed, That his vigorous efforts to secure
freedom in Kansas, and his recent endeavors
te emanclpate slaves in Virginia. which result
ed In his conviction and execution, we recog-
MISE the cause OF a genuine and earnest friend
OF freedom who has contributed to the progress
of the course, both by his personal bearing and
by directing our attention to those means by
which the system can be effectually under
mined
Resolved, That we extend our sympathes to
viz aSoOCldteo VI DIONu, WHO are now lmprlS-
oned and awaiting trial and execution.
ReSoIced, That we assure the families of
those individuals, who are called so deeply to
suffer for the furtherance OF freedom, of our
sympathy and of our disposition to contribute
such material aid as we may be able as tes-
timony to the virtues of those who laid down
their lives for she bondman.
Near the close of the meeting vote was
passed requesting the several ciergymen of the
place to preach on the event of the day at their
earliest convenience
Sturbridge.
In Sturbridge the bell was tolled from 10
A. M, to II M, and other demonstrations were
made expressive of the popular feeling.
Extraordinarily afternoon, LIST inst.
while the workmen were filling the inner tank
in the gasometer lately constructed by the
Clinton Gas Company, the pressing of the wa