New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-17

From Char'estown letter to the St. Louis
publican we extract the following:

| From Charlestown letter to the St. Louis Re.
| publican we extract the following:
In my description in former letter OF the inter-
view between Brown and his wife, am afraid /
came the pathetic" rather strongly on the Mad.
arne's sensbites, and gave the old heather credit
for more feeling than She really possesses That
she ald weep at meeting and at parting is not to be
dehed. But that is not strange. She bebeb him
for the first time in three years, and parted With
BIN never TO meet again. Hers moreover are
not the only tears that fell in this place for Brown
lbere were eyes rained water that day that he
Would nave Closed in death, and lust AZ was f,ia
fate, it did not reach him without sending pang
to many symp&tbiZing heart. While strong men
who witnessed the scene shook with emn,ien HID
wI1e' AZ Harpers very only eight miles distant
was apparently as unconcerned as though nfthing
was TRANSPORTING in which she bad any interest
Hers would seem to be- not the heroic iir1nness oY
the Roman matron, but the stolid indifference Of the
Indian souaw. Her conduct on receiving the dead
body of her husband, for downright Nova LernbIan
GOODNESS, and stocal imperturability surpasses any
thing, within my knowledge. The gentleman who
had the body in charge described the scene to me.
He delivered to her first some papers kevs etc
which Brown had requested should be gvefi to her.
These she examined with great deIiberation, and
then asked if there were others The gentle
man assured her that he had furnished her with all
that he had received.
There is one paper missng,'' she said. rising
from her seat, q" and mean to have it." The cen.
tleman then told her if any paper was missing it
should be restored to her, and that if ahe desired
it, he would be the bearer of a note from her to
| the jailor, Mr.. Avis, in relation to the matter.
s. on will y she enquired sharply.
1 VIII, Madame the gentleman replied
Then Iii write at once" she said.
| This little business matter being arranged with
a degree OF emotion he could not wholly conceal,
| the gentleman then proceeded to inform her that
he had the body of her husband in his charge. and
make of it TOR her.
Well" said she, still standing, g / suppose I
| want it put on the cars;
| The gentleman then inquired if she had anv
| friend present, to whom he might deliver it,
Some OF EN- here she said, looking around as
she spoke, will take care of it, / guess: Col.
SHUTS, won't you see it put on the carsy'
Thus appealed to, Col Shuts who is master of
transportation at the Ferry, undertook the Office
and the body was accordingly removedto be placed
on the cars for transportation She never once ex.
pressed the least desire to behold it, and through.
out the whole scene, exhibited no more emotion
| thah II she mad been put in possession of box of
merchandise or a barrel of picked pork This NAV
/ be firmness, but weakness on such an occasion
| would have been more admirable manifestation
The telegraph reports represent that great SYM
pathy is felt in this place for Mrs. Brown have
| not been able to discover any indications of it
She is seldom spoken of in any more complimenta
+ terms than as an sold Rip and so far as car
learn, is generally regarded as being, if possible, a
more heartless creature than her husband Wha
sympathy there is for either, is expressed rattle,
| for Old Brown than for her.
| As to the whole population of the place floekine
in crowds to see her, that like very many otheI
| reports that have been sent from here is a sheer
fabrication. Probably not ten persons went out o
their way to look at her. and those ten failed to see
her, for she came and went in a close carriage
and was not visible to any one
After old Browns remains had been some little
while at the Ferry, his atfectonate spouse fearing
that the 'pesky Virginians' might palm off some
other body on her for that of her tendery beloved
husband, desired two gentlemen from Ohio. who
/ nf tnl -iun ,o 1,n
to open the coffin and see that cheat had been
| practiced These gentlemen--who are gentlemen
and acutey felt the unpeasantness OF tile situation
in which they We're placed-with many apologies
| made known to the commander of the escort the
nature of the business that had been assigned
| them. They expressed themselves as perfect,
satisfied that no necessity existed for such an ex
animation, and they made the application only or
Mrs. Browns urgent requirement. The coffin was
then opened, and the gentlemen, both of whom
knew Brown personally, declared it to be Brown.
proper body. and no ones else. The mark abou
his neck left no doubt as to the manner of hi,
death. As we read that among the Disciples there
was one who refused to believe that his Lord wa:
risen until he could put his fingers in the holes the
nails had made, we may afford to pardon the scep
tcism of granny Brown as to the identity of he,
husbands body until she had received convincing
proof that the body in question had come to it.
death by strangulation. So also, when Mr.. RALPH
Waldo Emersons new religion shall have beer
fairly naugurated, and the Cross be superseded b,
about the neck held more glorious than the crow
of thorns, and worship done to gibbeted scoun
drels as the only types OF true divinity.
But another discovery was made on OPENING
Browns coffin, which was as unpleasant as it wa
unexpected. It was found that, though less thai
six hours dead his body had already become ex
ceedingly offensive, Such rapid decomposition
after death. can only be accounted for by the rot
tenness of his heart during life. AT any rate, i
the Abolitionsts wish TO deity their sainted martyr
they had better hasten their preparations, lest til,
worms cheat them of their orgies by claiming the
repast. Faugh? Abolitionists, Brown, worms, cor
ruption STENCIL they are all of a family.
Brown did not leave any final statement OF ad
dress to the public. Mrs. Brown, says the indie
pendent, says that her husband made no allusiol
to such document as having been written, or tt
any purpose of writing such document. Sh,
thinks his final letter to his family justifying his en-
terprise and motives all the record he cared Il
leave. To the end he criticised his vancouver a
Harper's Ferry as a blunder, but insisted on the
righteousness and propriety Of any well-conceived
and well-eNecuted scheme to rescue the slave:
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