, 1859-12-05

INV AAAHAtAAG4S HAV u ~ Ill LUG HaA0u Will
him, on observing milita-y in the field: " They
nave excluded all citizdns." ''Yes," was The
reply Capt. Brown said-"Gentlemeu, you arc
calta and collected. much more so than an and
yet Your condition Is much more critical. m
COO" said be, - hare suffered much more
from modesty in MY lifetime than hare
from fear: For thirty years hare been educa-
led to look on fear as myth, aud now do not
know what it is" After riding some distance
further, and being bryopd the limits Of the
town, ne said, addressing the same gentleman:
y, hat beautiful coantry ou hare; l Ind no
idea Of its beauties aud the excellence or it's
sou. This is the first time I hare bad The
deathf
Just previous to starting for the execution,
nrown wrote the following and handed it to Mr.
Hiram o'Bannon:
~ am now convinced that the great iniquity
which hangs over this country cannot be purg-
ed without immense bloodshed. When / first
calue to this State thought differently, but aul
now Convinced that Was mistaken."~
After the body Of Brown had hung for thirty
eight mlnHtes, it was cot down and placed in tie
coffin. The rupe with which he wus hung was
taken IN charge By in officer, anil slterRards
cut up into pieces and distributed to those who
we're anxious to have it. Parties cut the tim
befa OF the gailows, and carried nwny the
pieces, while others secured lock Of his hair.
When the body IVES placed in the coffin it
WAS conreyed to town and placed in the jail.
Many persons desired to visit the Jail for the
purpose Of seeing it, but their curiosity was not
grntlticd.. \ special II ain Of cars wns ordered
from tie Ferry, and nt halcpast sir O'Clock, un-
dee strong military escort, The coffin was re-
moved from jail aud taken to the cars. where
it was placed in special oae, and an escort get
ting IN, the train proceeded to the Ferry, where
It arrived at hall'past scTen O'Clock.
Not more than two hundred citizens witness
sed the execution. Mauy more would have
ing sentioels on tbs avenues leading TO the
town, had selected men from the military corps
fFotn distance, and they not being able to rec
ognize citizens OF thu county, thcY were exclud-
Ell from town lest they might Lc rescuers. Auct.
indignation was felt mud expressed On account
Of tLis arrangement, und the clAmor became 80
great tLat the commanding officer was comnel-
led to ,emoye those who we're on sentinel duty,
and place members Of the county military com
panley on cnard.
Cor. Wise wrote similar letter TO the Sher-
i'll OF Jefferson county to the one lie wrctc to
Gen. Taliafefro, ns to:he disposition Of Browns
body. The gentlemen who accompanied Mrs.
brown have kindly furnished INC with the iol-
lowing statement:
They accompanied Mrs. brown to ussst ii dis
1nscrrlnE aud identifying tue remaias Of her
sons, and tU aid in bringing ont the body Of
John urown. They found two graves, one con-
tanning three and tue other sinally ten bodies.
Il WIS ascertaiucd tllat the corpse If Watson
brown had been carried off By the surgeons
for dissection. They fourd two bodies aud sun.
posed that one Of them was TINT Il Oliver
Browu, but it was far gone In decomposition,
and Mrs Brown thought herself unequal to the
task Of recognition, SO the bodies will be REIN
tered here.
brown himself has furnished touching in
Err fcr1 LII -. -
BEEN allowed TO transpire.
JOHN Baows's WILL.
C1ARIEsrowS, Jefferson County, VA, De-
ce,nber 18th, 1857. II give mr. SOU John
Brown, Jr., my surveyors compass, and other
surveyors articles, if lound also, my old grau-
nc monument. now nt North Elbn, ~ r., tu re-
scrrc upon its two sides further inscription,
as will hereafter direct; said stone monument,
however, to remain at North EIba 50 long as any
Of my children or my wilc may remain there as
residents. giFc to my son Jason nrown, my
silver watch with my nnnle engraved on the in
ner case l glre to my son Owen brown, my
double spy, or opera glass, aud my rife gun, if
found, presented to n,c ut Worcester, 3ass. 1t is
globe sighted, and new. ! give, also, to the
same son, lily dollars in cash, to be paid him
troM the proceeds Of my fathers estate, in con-
sideraiion Of bis terrible suflerings in Kansas,
and his crippled condition fro,n bis child
hood. | give tony son Salmon Brown, fifty
dollars in cash, to be paid him from my
fathers cs!ute, as an offset to the first OF tic
two cases above nanlcd- give to my daugh-
ter Ruth Thompson my large old Jsitle. con-
timing family records. I Elve to cacl Ut my
sous and to each Of my other daughters, my
son.ia-law Henry Thompson. md 10 each Of my
ughter.iu.laws, rs good copy Of the Bible as
can be purchased at aome book store in New
York or Boston. ut aoost Of tirc dollars each
cash tn In nulI mt ff f3t prarppd1 n INV
.a'her's estate. l gise to each Of MY grand.
children TINT may be Irving when my fathcr's
est.te il settled, Us good copy Of the tie1e a.
can be purchased as abose, ~ u cost Of three
dollars each. Al! The Bible to be purchased at
one and The came time. for cash, aud on tho best
terms. desire to lure tjfty dollars each paid
out Of the final proceeds Of my fathers estate,
Alien Hammond, Esq, Of Rockville. Toliaud
comfy, Conn, Or to George Kellogg, Esq, for
lner agent of the New England Company ut
that piHce, for the use c,Id rnc:lt of that Com
pany; also, City dollars TO Siias Ha@cus. forn-
crly of 1rrilsshurg, Summit connty, Ohio, it
le eau be found: Also, fifty dollars to a man
formerly Of Stark county, Ohio, who sued my
father, in his lifetime, through Judge Hum
phtcys, and Mr.. Upsou, Of Akron. to be paid
By j. Il. brown to the tnan inpersou, il he can
be found. His naine cannot remember. My
tathcr made y compromise with the man by
t:.rnipg out the house aud lot at Monroe
vile. ! desire that any remaining balance that
mar tecone dne from iny fathers estate, may
he paid in equal amounts to ,uy wife and to
the widows Of Watson and Oliver 1}rown, By my
brutAer.
Brown n,nde also second will, in which lie
authorizes the Shcs iii Of Jefferson County to sell
his pixies aud guns, aud s,Ee the proceeds 10
bis wife, if they can he found. This Was made
this morning.