Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-08
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The Last Of Old Brown.
The Charlsstown oorrsspondsnt Of The Baltimore
AmAicaa, givos the suhjoined additional partio.
ulars In relation 10 Old Brown.
iscrDEsrs or rns sxscurIoN.
The whole number Of oitissns ON the ground
could not have exceeded three hundred. though
there we're many % the hoasss and sheds Of
Charlsssowp, within sight Of ths gallows. No, =
female or child could be sosn with the exception
Of q few at the windows Of distant dwellings. A
lev negroes were within sight on the surround.
ing hills. .....
fore encountered Brown In his Kansas work;
Hon. Mr.. Scott. Of California; Hon. James NJ.
Ashley. Republican Member Of Congress from
Ohio; Col. j. NJ Thompson. Of St. Joseph, Mo-;
and Col Pen6eld. the agent for Sharps'a rifles.
Col. Thompson brought rors from Missouri,
manufactured by the negroes Of Mrs. Doylo.
whose husband and two sons she charges Brown
with having murdered. Col. John 8. Cunning
ham, Of Washington waa also present;
large humber Of persons from Ilarper's Ferry
and the surrounding country endeAvored 10 enter
tho town to witness the execution, bus they wsr~
detained by the outer picket guard until all was
over. - ...f .
Doiue hnionK the nrat VINO Iott OnArloetoWn n AZ
ter the execution, rs We paaaed along the road u
Harper's Ferry, men. women and children qusar
TONED NJ from the roadside to know the result
One crowd Of little boys and girls, On learning
that the execution was over. commenced u dance
and sing as expressive Of their joyful feelings
Jsilor Atis asserts that tho meeting betwecn
Captain Brown and his wife evinccd the warmess
feelings Of devoted attachment between them.
There wns an evident effort on the part of tho pri-
soner to restrain his feelings. but no At times could
not restrain his tears. Ills last words to his vile
were -"Checr up Mary. be Of good hcart--wo will
soon meet again, never to part" lIs had much
business to transact and directions to give as to
the management Of bis children, which, with tho
making Of his will consumed most Of the time al.
ottod them.
Whilst at Harpers Ferry, the gentlemen with
Mrs. Brown made An investigation M to tho dispo-
ston Of the bodies OF the insurgents killed at the
in ssion. in an effort 10 find the two sons Of Brown
They found that three Of them had been thrown In
grave and nine in another. helter-skeltsr, and
the top Of the pile only covered by one foot oflooae
earth. The receptacles were opened, but it was
found impossible to identify any Of tho bodies,
and the effort TO recover than was given up. The
bodies will ALL however be taken up and given pro.
per interment. ..l.t
Mrs, Brown very favorahly impressed all who
met with her both at the Ferry and Charlestown.
Her deep aflc,on--loss Of husband, two sons and
mnd and fanatical undertaking, was calculated to
awaken general sympnthy.
After the execution, Cook and Uaxlett were nut
in the same room formerly occupied by Brown,
Coppis and Stevens in nnother cell together, and
the two negroes. Copeland and Green 10 tho same
cell together. 80 f.-t
CAPT. browns KANSAS WORK.
] stated few ,nys since that capt Brown had
acknowledged his participation in the Kansas
massacre in convcrsing with Sheriff Campbell
On the day before the execution he conversed with
Capt. Brown, Of Stafford county, one Of the Cen
erals aids. on tho said subject, during which he
said that thongh he did not commit these mur dars,
he sanctioned them. because the victims were pro
slavery men who stood between him and tho exc
cation Of his plans. lie thought, therefore. hs
was perfectly justified in getting rid If them.
DIsUNIoN sEKTIMENT.
During the past week there has been nm OK tom
sive growth Of disunion sentiment among the reo
Pile ofJefferson county, and the avowa Of opinions
averse to a dissolution Of the Union was almost
regarded rs treason to the commonwealth. A bet
ter feeling, however, nov. prevails, and the OPP
pressivs reserve which Weighed down the entire
community. has given way To freedon, VI senti-
ment that is quito refreshing. and tho street dis
cuSsinns now include even q combating Of tho
dsunion sentimeut A person who undsrtook the
the following version u given by Of the North
ern co.respSbdSnts His opponeata Ii the dis.
cussisn had declared ihemselvs ii favor Of an i'm.
mediate secession. and in favor III then compeIl-
ing the North, by frcc of aslns, 10 return fugitive
slaves They admitted that thore would then be
much danger Of their slaves rnuning away, be-
cause the fugitive slays .acts. would hs no longer
declare war against the brth, Il slaves were no.
returned But thismelsace was met by ,hssug
gestion that while tlelrsemep of ihs, South wodld
be engaged in thsss hostjli ~ N646, being
under restraint wuul< 4yhil themsslS3e sf the
absence Of their masteFs atths ware TO gain their
freedom, This wds III unans werable Argument
There wns no disPuting The reasoning. Besides.
if the refusal u surrender slaves were sufficient
cause ofwsx.w why did not the United States now
declare wdf against England for harboring the
five millioas worth Of slaves that annually make
their wsy 10 Canada? For himself he owned SlO,-
600 in slases, and boastsd Of being as devoted d
Southern Is stood 10 shoe leather, but be
would rather surrender hfs property than that this
glorious Union &hoaid sbs Astnrbsd. ~
BRowN's - 1sciAesoH " ooox.
The fumor that pfe<s1Ie hetss immsdiately a.
ter the execution, that essasged Cock
with dsosiving him IN relation - lptea IL
the slaves to join in an insurrectioh iB10c01 Soh
lie only charged hin with stating falsshdSd n
relation 10 his having ordered him to Harpcrs
Ferry to SEQ whether Forbes had disslossd bis
purposes. Brown contended that he had opposed
instead Of urging his coming. and Cook replied
that shsy remembered differently" Brown ct
time intimatsd any thing in relation to bis ex-
pectations Of cooperation tho part OF the slaves
nor did be disclose what were his hturs plans r.
ter seisi6g the Ferry, He remarked to gentle
man on the day preceding his. sxscution, that he
sxpsctsd extensive aid from the North, not from
the roughs and rowdies OF the cities hut from gsn-
teen Of Intelligence. education and psrsonal che
racter. AastssaS Ss5 .ass ~
~ gN@' THE OTHER PRisoNRRs. -
The sxseution of Brswn has greatly dspresssd
the remaining pfisoases. and all, with the excsp-