New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-10
Details Of the Execution of John Brown.

Details Of the Execution of John Brown.
| CHARLEsTows, (yA.) Dec. 2.--Jofln Brown was
Drought out OF Jail at III O'Clock. Before leaving
ne bid adieu to all his felow-pri4oners and was
very affectioBate to all except Cook. He charged
LOOK with having deceived and misied him in reia
sIayes H ~. sapPor. ne va e receive from the
were rife tor insurrectiOn but he had found that
| DIS representations were false Cook denied the
cnarge, and made but little reply to Brown. The
prisoner then told the Sheriff be was ready, when
S rs arms were pnioned, and he walked to the
aoer, apparently calm and cheerful He wore q
biaek spuch nat and the same clothes worn during
iis Iiai. AS ne came out he was taken under
guard Of the military. Six COMPANIES III infantrv
and one troop Of horse, with Cen Taiafero and III
sian, W., We're sa depieyag in front Of the jail
| AT the door OF the Jail an open wagon with a
pine box in which was fine oak conn va !" ~
| ing for him. He looked around and smoke I'd seve.
raj persons whom he recognized. and iyaJtino
down the steps was assisted to enter the wagon,
and took his seat on the box containing his cnfYin
along with Jailor Avis He looked with interest
on the fine military display, but made no remark
| The wagon moved off as as he had taken hia
| seat, fanked with two files of rifenen in Glaze
| order.
| On reaching the field the military had already
full possession, and pickets were stationed at yari-
Gus points. The citizens were kept back at the
point OF the bayonet from taking any position ex-
cept that assigned them-neariy a quarter Of
mile from the scaffold Through the determined
persistence of DR.. Rawlings, of Frank LesIe's
paper, the order excluding the press was partially
rescinded, and the reporters were assigned a posi-
1 ton near the Generals staff
| The prisoner walked up the steps firmly, and
was the first man ON the gaows. JaiIor Avis and
Sheriff Ca npbel stood by his side and after shak-
ing hands and bidding them an affectionate adieu
| thanked them for theif kindness. He then put the
| cap over his face and the rope around his neck.
Mr. AVIS then asked him to step forward on the
trap. He replied G You must lead me, for cannot
| see" The rope now being adjusted, and the milf
| tary order given, the soldiers marched and coun-
termarched, and took their position as if an enemy
| was IN slght Nearly ten minutes was thus Occyl-
| pied, the prisoner standing meanwhile BIZ. Avis
inquired il he was not tired Brown replied. No,
but don't keep me waiting longer than necessary
Al hiteen minutes past ii the drop fell. A slight
graspng Of the hands and twitching of the muscles
was visible, and then all was quiet
Inc Dody was several times examined and his
pulse did not cease beating for thirty-i minutes
1t was then cut down and placed in the coffin. and
conveyed under military escort to the depot and
there put In case to be conveyed to farmers
Ferry by special train at o'clock.
Inc whole arrangements were carried ont with
4 precision and military strctness that was most
annoying.
The general convictionis everywhere entertained
that the runofs OF intended rescue altogether
| an egregous hoax. S
This morning. Capt. Brown executed an instru-
ment empowering Sheriff Campbell to administer
on all property of his in this State with directions
| to pay over the proceeds of the sale of his wea
BRowN's INTERVIEW WITH HIS FELLow.P gIsosERs.
sheriff Campbell bid the prisoner farewell in his
cell, and Brown returned his thanks to him for his
kindness, and spoke Of Capt. Pate as brave man
he was then conducted to the cells of his fellow
prisoners, desiring to take his leave of them En-
terlng the cell of Copeland and Green he told
them to stand up like men and not betray their
friends. He handed each quarter of dollar,
saying that he had no more use for money and hay-
ing said this he bid them a final farewell
Next ne visited Cook and Coppe, who were
chained together. Addressing Cook he remarked,
" You have made false statements Cook asked :
What do you mean2' Brown replied: g Why. in
stating that sent you to Harper's Ferry" Cook
replied: " Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come
to Harpers Ferry and see if Forbes had made dis
closures?" Capt. Brown: I" No, sir! you know /
protested against your coming" To this Cook
only responded: Capt Brown we remember diff
ferenty' As he said this he dropped his head,
ana Brown, as II in contempt, turned away, and
addressing Coppe, said "Coppie, you also made
false statements. but am glad to hear you have
contradlcted them. Stand up like man. Brown
also handed Coppe quarter, and then shaking
| both by the hand, parted with them.
Inc prisoner was next taken to Stevens cell,
and kindly interchanged with him a goodbye.
stevens said: Goodbye. Captain; I know you
are going to a better land" Brown replied: g
not betray his friends. He also gave Stevens
quarter and then took leave of him. He did moi
visit Hazlett as he has always persisted in denying
any knowledge of him.
his way to the scaffold Mr.. Saddler, the under
taker, remarked to Captain Brown: {. You are a
game man, Captain" To which Captain Brown
replied: Z" Yes, was so trained: it was one of the
lessons of my MOTHER but it is hard to part from
friends, though newly made" Then he remarked
" This Is beautiful country never had the plea.
sure of seeing it before" On reaching the field in
which the galows were erected, Brown said :
''Why are none but military allowed in the en-.
closure? am sorry the citizens have been kept
OUT
As he reached the gallows, he observed William
Hunter and Mayor Green standing near, to whom
ne said: F." Gentlemen, goodbye his voice not
falterng in the least.
While on the scattold, Sheriff Campbell asked if
he would take handkerchief in his hand to drop
as a signal when he was ready. He replied, " No,
do not want it; but do not detan me any longer
than is actually necessary.
ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTICALLY after the exc
cution, and whilst the body was being taken to the
depot, O great excitement was occasioned in the
town by the arrival of horseman, announcing
that Wheatland, the late residence of Geo. W,
| Turner, shot at Harper's Ferry, was on fire. that
the dwelling was burnt, and the fire was extending
to the farm buildings of w. f. Turner who was in
| town and had left home at 10 O'clock who said
that several of his horses had died very suddenly
and also some of his sheep, supposed to have been
| poisoned. lie said he intended to have the con-
tents of their stomachs examined by a chemist
The stock of Mr. Castleman and Mr. Myers, in
the same neighborhood, had also died very myste-
| rousy. The excitement on hearing these stories
cavalry in readiness to go ont and enquire iuto the
truth of the report about the fire.
The body of Capt. Brown arrived Mt the Ferry at
o'clock, and will be taken on by Mrs Brown and
her friends by express direct to Albany, N. Y. 1t
is desired to avoid all public demonstrations on the
| route, and Mrs. Brown is determined that the body
shall not be seen anywhere on the route to North
Elba, where will be deposited in the family bury
ing ground.
Mrs. Brown speaks in the highest terms of the
kindness extended to her by the citizens and au-
thorities of the State of Virginia. She, of course,
is in great distress. She has most favorably i'm
pressed all who have met with her as being a
woman of fine feelings and great affection for her
husband. a.#
The runored fire which so excited the citizens of
Charestown, proved to be Il fabrication, and all is
quiet again.
RAIN IN ALABAMA.-The Montgomery Confede-
ration of the 9th says:
Very heavy rains fell on Monday morning and
at intervals throughout the day. The streets were
dad nnlp ,ad into