The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-12-08
THE EXECUTION.
The telegraph furnished the following par
Nculars of the execution.

The telegraph furnished the following bar.
Nculars of the executions
CddrleStoIcR, Dec Cant. Brown was hmm.
semb iioSr'er past IL o'clock. The military as.
/ FLA ,'bM o'clock, and was posted on the
neiu Ehefe the execution took piace and ais,
various points surrounding. As foIIows..
An'ahuy detachment of the corns or CoJs,s
III noue . % s,llows, and hanked bv 2 de,acf
IL 49, 60 =; owtzers. The right VIM Of
a 6rSt ra,;,,,o-,, was occupied by COMPANY
- ''''e"' vi Virginia volunteers. tho Io4
wing by Company T, T., soi"u'eei ,i 'he 'e'
andria Rihemen and ca, ! .tIeH'' Inc Alex
from Rockingham were de- laoo.'s coinPauy
to preserve order in the cr6S3 % ''ai I'lIu
company of cavalry were deta, app, -1sUOl
with the special guard in prevek 70 60 operate
sion OF persons within the area, x 'ie au'I.''
main gate. eP' at The
Hunters guard were stationed at a.
supported by piece Of artillery, undo ie
command of Lieut.. Green, of the L. s. Marin.
to separate the citizen crowd who desired
enter, directing those who were recognised TO
occupy the side of the square on the RICH, Of
the Cadet battalion, and those who were not to
be placed on the side of the square on the left
OF the Cadet battalion. Major Duffys CON.
mand was in charge Of the jail the jefferson
Guards we're in front of the Jail. Capt. Deans
Portsmouth Grays were placed in front Of the
courthouse yard. Capt. Nichols of the Peters
burg Artillery, occupied the square near the
Jail. The Woods Rifles were ordered to scout
the woods In the rear of the field of execution
The other companies Of infantry and rifles on
duty were stationed as outer Diouet guards
with the remaining cavalry co operating Every
thing was conducted according to the stricte,t
military discipline, as if the town was in a
state of siege.
The military in the field formed two hollow
squares. Within the inner one was the seal.
fold, and between the inner and the outer lines
the citizens were admitted, no one being al.
lowed outside of the lines except the mounted
guards.
AT l. o'clock, the prisoner was brought vui
of the jail, accompanied by Sheriff Campbell
and his assistants, and Capt. Avis, the iarr.
small wagon, containing a white pine cJi
fin, was driven up, on which Brown took hs
seat. Six companies Of infantry and riemen,
one company of horsemen, and the general and
staff officers, numbering TWENTY-FIVE headed
the procession, which soon moved towards the
place of execution.
The prisoner was not accompanied by any
minister, desiring to have no religious cerem0
MES, either in the Jail or on the scaffod be
looked calmly around on the masses of the PEG
pie, seemingly fully selfpossessed
On reaching the scaffold, he mounted il With
firm step. His arms were pinioned By he
Sheriff, and he bid farewell to Captain AVIS
and Sheriff Campbell; and at half past eleven
O'Clock, the trap was pulled away, and with
few slight struggles, John Brown yielded up
his life.
His body was placed in the coffin as soon as
life was extinct, and it is now on its way to
Harper's Ferry, to be delivered to his wife, &C.
companied by strong military escort.
SECOND ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
Chdrlesto,cn, Dec. 2, F. M-The dispatch
sent at noon to-day has already put the pubic
in possession of the main features of the execr.
ton of Capt John Brown for his treasonabe
and insurrectionary doings at Harper's terry.
The following embraces all the particulars Of
the memorable event that seem worthy OF re-
cording.
At an early hour the town was in more than
usual stir, even for the stirring times that have
fallen upon this neighborhood. Soon the move.
ments of the military drew all the citizens o.
the place and all others who had been able TO
gain admittance to the town to the vicinity oil
the place assigned for the execution.
The prisoner was brought out of Jail at eleven
o'clock. Before leaving, he bid adieu to all big