American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-11-24


town Jail.
Mr.. Tiltou furnishes to the Indepsn-
dent g sketch Of Mrs. Brown, and Of
visit Of = lady to John Brown in Charles
town prison. We make few extracts:
MRS. BROWN.
Ten minutes Acquaintance is enough to
shot that she is a woman worthy to be
the wife Of such 9 man. She is tai, large
and muscular. gitiog The impression at
first sight Of frame capable OF great
strength and long endurance. Her face
is grave and thoughtfdl, wearing. even in
this Lour other trial, an expression Of
sotettess rather than sadness, as il. Ike
her husband. she bad lOBg since learned
how to snlfsT aud be calm. Her manner
is singulsrly quiet and retiring although
her natural simplicity atd modesty can
not hide Ihe evident force Of character. and
strength oI will and judgement. which
have fitted her so long 10 be a counsellor
in her husbands enterprises. aud sup
porter in his trials.
She is a native Of Whitehall. rear
Lake Cbsnplain. and has bas been the
mother Of thirteen children; but no.with-
standing the cares OF her numerous iami-
w. and her many privations and stuggles
independent OF household burdens. she
still appears ss fresh and hale as il she
were only now in the prime end Vigot OF
life. - ef
The conversation Of course was OF The
scenes Of Hsrper's Ferry-both those
which have already been enacted, and
those which are shortly to follow. She
alluded, with subdned though evident
emotion. To the wounds OF her husband,
and to the loss Of her two sons, Watson
and Oliver, who fell 10 the struggle. But
she made no such remark as that recently
attributed to her 10 New Eoglsnd news
paper, "that four OF her sons had already
been slain. aud she would be willing that
all the rest Of her family should be made a
sacrifice, il necessary, to the Gauss OF free
DOM"
These words. she said to me, could new
er possibly haze fallen from her lips; foI
she had already felt too many .griefs to
court any fresh sacrifices; and she Gould
not think without pain OF any new death
stroke to her family. She would mol
shrink from any necessary tFiai or strTg'
gle when the hour came for it.. but SHE
eou not look forward with composure to
any further lsssening OF her family already
too sadly broken. She regretted thar any
tuch words should have been put in heI
mouth. "for," as she remarked, "they
| vsra uomolp erlu words -
She said she had been so long accus
toned to. sorrows that she had been train
ed 10 bear them. While living In Ohio
four Of her children died. from dysentery
within eleven days. three Of whom wer
carried TO the grave together on the sam
day! She mentioned. in this connection
: lbat-her husband had always been watch
, ful nurse. and the chief care tsker of th
, children, and herself. during periods O
, sickness.
: CAPTAIN DRowN's RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
! adverted. in alludiug to Capt. Brown
religious opinions. to the common rcpor
that he was an Old School Presbyterian
She replied that be had been a churcl
member ever since he was boy; that b.
nnited at sixteen years Of age, with
Congregational Church 10 Hudson, Ohio
and that on removing TO Pennsylvania
thirty years ago. lie transferred his mem
a bership 10 the Presbyterian church. witt
y which he had since remained connected
. She said that the religious elem. mt Of hi
character had always been theruliog mo
tive OF bis life. sUa
He had always observed religious ex
: ercises 10 his household with exemplar,
> regularity. 1t had been for many year
, the custom Of the family 10 read the Bibl
, every morning, in regular course ofchap
ters, each member reading in turn verse
She said that her husbands lamiliarit
with texts Of Scripture was so great lha
he could detect almost the slightest mis-
I quotation Of any passage, and that il
portion Of verse IN almost any part G
tho Bible were read or repeated TO hin
he oould Immediately repeat the remainder
; Ills conversation frequently abounde
: with Scriptural quotations. and his latter
were always filed with them.
= Ills LONG MRDTrATED DESIGN.
/ referred. incidentally, to the desig
u upon Harper'e Ferry as having been pre-