New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-15

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The people Of Kansas who Had an .tt,,n.t~
knowledge Of old John Brown. and IL mrr;,e,cus
doings In that Territory have little sdmirssicu for
his humanity OF generosity. We take tbs fc5Jyy
ing from the leading Repssliean organ 81 Ean..s
and add, in reference to u, that i i snpy,rh 4,
destroy every spark Of inte7est In John Bvovnss
fate, which his nnqueshonc6 bravery al,d deAms
bearing in misfortune had in some auarteys era
atctFs ss
FreTF Lawrence Kansas, Herald of Freedom, Oct
Liie ffst thing the people of Kaslsas heard " ofd
Jonn bsoFn Was IN the summer o. 1855. meet
ng OF tatra aboiitionists was heiA at CazeBoyia
r. y. Y.s.h we reeolIect rightly. While in session.
ENoTn, who y q native Of Essex coHnty, N Y.,ap-s
peared'in that convention, and made yerv ferY
spsesh during which he said he had four sons Il,
kaasas, and he had three Others Who we're desfr0Ils
q gsing there to aid in fighting the battles of frces
90 arne a. con1d @ not consent to go unless be could
~. ~ aIned; an ne would like I'd arm all his sons
nut ~. AZ = not able to DO So Funds were contributed
W Ths Isfs sios Ys'n, PRINCIPALLY BY GerTit Smith.
Creek. is iayps spss naa located on Pottawatamie
were joined By the father and other br,thers
Nhsn the neskarusz Warwas pending the oy,i man
ana ,oaf sens arrived in Lawrence the balance he
reported sek As they drove IN n frant ~ ti
Free State Hotel they were iii stan Y.
lumber wagon. To each Of their ,,srsass ,as
strapped siort, heavy broadswofd EacR Wass
navy reyolVers aD9ply Solsa q and
around the wagon-box with fixed bsyoYiets naf,,t
ing upwards. They looked really sss
were received with great etzt AsmaIl rsilItsFs
company was organized at once, and tie cdoIrer;l.
was given to old Brown From that monlent -
commenced fomenting difficulties in canirss ,iIs5s
garding the commands OF superior officers ana
trying to induee the men to 60 down to FrnnfIIn
and make an attack upon the pro-siayery fofceS
encamped there. The Committee Of Public sateSy
were called upon several times, to head a. II.
wild adventure, as the people Of Laurence had
planted themselves on the law claiming that thew
had not been guilty Of it's infraction and That IisS
armed body of men should enter the town for any
purpose whatever, and that they would not 20 out
OF town TO attack any such body. Peace was
established, and Old Brown retired in disQust 81
| When the news of the threatened siege 81 Law
renee reached John Brown Dr., who was member
Of the Topeka Legislature, he organized company
OF about sixty men and marched towards awFersce,
Arriving at Palmyra he learned of the saeking of
the town and the position Of the people,. He
feconnoitred for time in the vicinity, but finally
,narched back towards sOsawatomie. The night
before reaching the place, when only d few nilea
away, they camped for the night, Old John Brown.
who we believe was with the party singled OUT WITH
himself, seven men. These he marched to q poiilt
eight miles above the mouth Of Pottaw atomi creeE
4 and called from their beds at their several resi-
dences, at the hour Of milnight on the 24E II Nav
lso6, Allen Wilkinson, William Sherman, William
I. Doyle and Drury Doyle. All were found the
next morning by the roadside, Or in the hiehy a.
some with cash in their heads and Sides and
their throats cat ;others with their skulls split
open in two places, with holes in their breasts and
aiia wv oii otiets lda loies IN tneH breasts,
with their fingers cut off. No man in Kansas has,
pretended to deny that old John Brown led that
murderous foray which massacred, those men IN
to that period not hair Of old John Brown head,
or that OF any of his sons, had been injured by tc
pro-slayery party. szs
1t was not until the 30th Of Augusf, three mouths
after The Pottawatonie massacre, that the attack
was made on Ossawatomie by the pro slavery
forces, and Frederick Brown, son OF old. John
| was killed. .7 Z a
The truth Of history requires this statement Il
. Brown is o Inonomaniac, it dates back anterior to
his visit to Kansas.