Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-14


interesting ana touching account Of the passage
Of the body of the martyr BRowN TO North
Elba, its burial, and the incidents connected
herewith We can find room for extracts
only;
ARRIVAL HOME oT THE BODY.
Stopping a short time for rofreshment, the
party again started on their way. Slowly they
climbed the mountain pass, and as slowly de-
scepded on the other side The sun set by the
time they reached North Elba, and It was after
night when they approached the house to which
they were destined As they drew nigh they
saw moving lights, which, on their nearer ap
proaoh, proved TO be lanterns in the hands Of
men who had come Out TO meet them. BY
these they were conducted In silence to the
house. Not a word was spoken, These friends
had been waiting all the afternoon in anxious eK-
peCtation, and, unable to bear the suspense any
longer, had come out TO ascertain, II possible,
the cause OF the delay. The carriage which
bore Mrs Brown stopped at the door. She
alighted with difficulty, being much agitated =
instantly there was q sharp, low cry Of "Aloth-
er!" and in answer, another in tho same tone
of mingled agony and tenderness, 80! Annie!"
and the mother and daughter were locked in a
long, convused embrace. Then followed the
same scene with the next daughter, Sarah; and
then Ellen, the little girl of FIVE, was brought,
and another burst Of anguish and love ensued.
Then came the daughter in>law, divers
widow, and Watson's. and there went up
a wall. before which flint itself would have sof-
tened 1t was a scene entirely beyond deserip-
tion.
REcfrALs OF MEssRs NC KIM AND PHILLIPS.
In few moments Mrs. Brown came to Mr.
MoKim, saying that the family were all gath
cred in another rooln waiting anxiously to hear
a recital of what had happened, and we were
all invited to Join them. There was Salmon
Brown, the only son at home, an intelligent
looking and handsome man Of 20, tall, stout
with rich auburn hair and full and becoming
beard, then there was Ruth Thompson, the ell
dest daughter, a child Of John Brown, by his
first wife; then the daughters and daughters in
law already alluded to, beside some others
whose names do not recollect.
Mr. McKim, at Mrs. Browns request began
and related, as well as he could in short a space
as was allowed, all that had happened of par
ticular interest to them from the time Of thei
mothers arrival in Philadelphia, on the l2tl
of November up to that moment.
He was careful in his relation to say nothing
| that would needlessy intiame their bleeding
| wounds When he came to tell of the disiDter
ment Of the bodies of Oliver and Watson, o
rather the attempt at disnterment, he had dlih
cult part to perform Isabel, the widow Of Wat
son was unayoidably absent at the time. but th
big, tender, anxious eyes of Martha, the inter
esting widow of Oliver were intent upon him
and Tor a moment he seemed embarrassed but
with a few words on the comparative unimpor
tapce of what becomes of ones body alter tn,
spirit which is its life, has taken it's flight, anC
upon the natural changes in the human tissues
which in the lapse Of time must necessarily taxi
place. be added that Col Barber had given his
| assurance that all the bodies should be disin
tered and rebuIied with becoming decency
and then passed on to other topics. lie tolC
them as much as he could recall Of what ha'
been related to him of their fathers last hours
and fingered, evidently to their great gratifica
ton, over anecdotes which he had heard illus
tratiye of his bravery and other noble qualities
When Mr. McKim had finished, MIR. Phillip
took up the theme, and in the tenderest an
most beautiful manner, pursued IL, till all tear
we're wiped away. A holy, pensivejoy SCENE
gradually to dispel grief, and a becoming fila
and coriugal pride seemed to reconcile thes
stricken ones to their destiny.
JOHN Browns RssTISG PLACE.
The next morning | had an opportunity, ic
the first time, of seeing the place as it appeare
, in daylight, and of behodng the surroundin
country. On opening the front door, gle
rious sight saluted me. Directly in front, az
. parently- perhaps from the thinness of the a
musphere--within two or three miles, but real
=; much further off. looms up rugged chain
the Adirondacks; broken, jagged, massive an
wonderfully picturesque. OF the left stand
in solitary grandeur, the towering pyramid ca
! led "While Face"-deriVing it's name from u
i color of the rock, on its summit The Sarana
/. and Ausable flow at each side Ofit; and just
its base, they tell us, is Lake Placid, sheet
. water famed through all this country of fiji
IT lakes for its exquisite beauty, On the right
It to be seen, in the distance, the peak of McCrear
and on the right of that again, and still fu
:. ther on, Mcintyre, the loitiest pinnacle OF Il
II Adirondack range, raises his towering crest -
If Just the country, my first thought wa
!. for the heroic soul Of John Brown, and prop
z place too, to be the receptacle of his ashes.
Mr. Brown had expressed a desire that
body should be laid IN the shadow OF gre
rock, not far from his house. This rock, ait
:. the more striking features of the scene iu
o. named, was the first object to arrest my atte
:, ton. 1t stands about filty feet from the houi
u is about eight feet in hight, and from fifteen
ID twenty feet square. Itis very striking a
4. picturesque object, and the recollection Of
would not unnaturaIly suggest TO the mind
Mr.. Brown place for the interment of
u body.
f CAPT BRowN's FARM
q, The Brown Farm at Moth Elhl is on I
,s highest arabic spot of land in the State, if,
4 deed, soil, 30 hard and sterile can be call
- arabic The question was asked in my heariT
N why Mr.. Brown should have chosen spot
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