Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-03
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Reported for the Daily Intelligencer.
The Execution of John Brown.
BEFoRE rnE ExBCrTIoN.l

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INC. EAeGutlOn Oh s)Onn Brown.
| - BEFORE THE ExRCrTiOS.1 80
BELT1WoRy Dee 1st-Tbc 1u.,;,,,,,.
correspondent at CharIestown eoys ,i"M
is no falling off in the number Of lii
stories of inVodnrs oitLonrb ,nn-tfal ~
has not vet heen nrocioimSd Thoro =; -"
rigid military survciIlance kent nm a., - .
subjects evnry ono n,o c;ti.,o,is ~ .. Itl's.
Inconvenience EvSn I-,o,rr, ;rhS ~ st'S
cannot pass tbrongb tho smbrrbl 1,t;,I',.s
arrest and examination I'm the 80 ~
the cars two persons who wore nmnbIa ~
give satisfactory account of tbnMSa aE ~
were sent by an armed escort across the
S slarylInd line. -Four suspicious characters
nave pecn arrested since Wednesday; one
ot them was supposed to be Copies bro
ther' All nave been detained for the pres
emf. me Ohio merchants who were ar
resteu ~ harpers Ferry were discharged
Ni'er Il snort detention, there being no rea-
sonaole ground for suspicion;
brown, 1t Is said, admits his participa-
~. eue n"i;s"s massacre nnt oners
produced hero ogo;nst lin Nv AZ. n isc.is
letter is very Great - :
The work Of erecting tLe .sccn,,d ,-os
commenced Yesterday
= tloN hDAt"As' - a
Today several persons who are editors
OF ADoLltlon newspapers published in the
North; were GJectcd from the cars at Har-.
PerS ferry. Ihey had purchased tickets
ana were very anxious to proceed but wero
refused on account OF an arrangement en-
tere9 INTO between Governor Wise and the
T II OF the ROAD. Ihey left in the
Washington train, declaring they were
oounu ~ "c III 1n"LtSStoMh 10 witness the
Orongr b Ain~,mSr;o PoiIrnnd -. ny sne
the P1esidcnt of Tint roSI %urreup on
TELEGRAPH of tho f,ct 'HVu ~
"H f'hsS kAoL'pED'
Inc reporter OF the Associated Press
telegraPhed yesterday to Gov. Wise for
PERMISSION 10 attend the execution. The
reply was tnat the Governor decided to
Icccue 10 inc request No facilities will
DC extended TO reporters.
estcrday was passed quietly, with tho
exception OF a great military hustle on the
reception Oh MIS-. brown
JOHN BRowH's WIFE.
Mrs. Brown was csrnrted ovor FROM, 1ror
per,s Forty nj tbroc o,cIooL =, ttnea
noon. and tho rnt;ro Y,SiI;t,r,.
BROUGHT ont to maI!r don o,,st,,.; "n'
She VAS received, Will, fuII niIitor, i,,1,n
but her comnnnions were nnt oiIoIroI ~
accomDanv her from TIHrror,s Encr,.
ter remaining four hours with hSr ,Ms-
band, Mrs. Brown was escorted L.cL 70
Harper's Ferry at nine O'clock last N;o,bt
where she will await the rcccnti2n Of 5nr
husbands body.
No ono will 6c ncor erouob % +I,o ,,,,oo
of execution to hear nnv rrmorts tLot nav
be made bv Brown. ''''''
nun, ,,,,,,a,,
y N''oN tIoN'
: ohAILEsTowS, Nqon.-Brown was taken
rom the jail about eleven O'Clock, in "
furniture wagon. lie conyersed freely
WIN the soldiers around him. The execu-
non TOOK place ut " quarter past eleven
o clock lie died apparently very easily,
ana ms body was taken down, after being
suspended thlrty-tivc minutes. His body
VIII he sent to Harper's Ferry Mt four
o gloSN TINS afternoon, and from thence
VIII III, DC conveyed AQFth this evening.
me m IS assembled assembled by
I nlIle CLOCK, ana were posted on the Held
l '' 10 me execution, anu also at vari-
Jus p"ln's' as l:'lu down IN the general or
t,Si .Iery thing was conducted under
tte S'rlcle:t miiitary josephine, as If the
Town was IN Il state OF serge. Mounted
SCOUTS SEQ were stationed IN the woods, to the
, 49, VI eme selno1a, ana picket guards sta
noned out towards the Shenandoah noun