The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-07
DEMONSTRATIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH
JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN.
The Cleveland, Ohio Herald of Friday evening
comes to us partially in mourning, for the execu
ton of Old Brown. 1t publishes article, of
which the following is portion:
HUNG BE THE HEAVENS WITH Back This is
dark day; not SUMS ray has pierced the cloud
that rests like pail upon the physical world; fit
emblem of the sadness that weighs down the hearts
of all who feel for others woes. This is fit day
for the execution of a man, who, driven to madness
by the butchery of his family at the hands of those
who would carry slavery into Free Territory,
sought to give liberty to the enslaved.
The gloom upon all hearts is too deep for words.
Slavery drives John Brown to madness, and then
hangs him for that insanity. What a spectacle in
a Christian community! What solemn day for
this Christian nation!
At Akron, Ohio, the court adjourned as a mark
of respect and sympathy for John Brown. Remarks
were made by Gen. Bierce, by Attorney General
Wolcott, and by Judge Carpenter.
The Herald has also these paragraphs.
The National Flag-furled and entwined with
black crape-hying half-mast from tail liberty
pole in front of the residence Of Prof Kirkland, at
East Rockport
On the pole is the following inscription:
'When our citizens are hanged for attempting to
carry out the principles of the Declaration of hide
pendence, and the freedom of speech at the Capitol
of the Republic is suppressed it is meet that the
people should mourn"
This morning a line was stretched,across from
the Bennett House to the opposite side OF Supe-
rior street, and strip Of white cloth, deeply
bIrdered with black, extends across it, bear
ing the following inscription, taken from one OF
John Browns conversations: 81 do not think
can better serve the cause love so much, than to
die for it'
men and women are employed in hanging mourn
ing embems. The pillars, chandeliers walls
scenery, tables, ceilingin fact every part OF the
Hall, is thickly swathed in black with occasional
whit and fncEo ,F 4.
every available space.
At the back of the stage are suspended notices
follows
Remember those that are in bonds-ss bound
''If l had interlered in behalf Of the great
the wealthy and the wise, no one would have
blamed me-" John Brown, to the Court Of Vir-
GINA
''John Brown the Hero of 1852
ellis noble spirit makes Despots quail, and Free
dom triumphs''
The Boston Courier mentions the following Incl
dent:
At very early hour on Friday morning, two
men-one colored, one white-went to the cup0la
OF the State House, in Hartford, Connecticut and
robed in black cambria the statue of Justice. While
on their way out Of the building one of them drop
ed his hat being unable to find it, BY reason of the
darkness he lighted match The blaze attracted
the attention of watchmen, who arrested the men,
and confined them till morning. They said that
they were hired to do the job by deputy sheriff of
the place This he, however, denies Another col
Ored man saws that three men, unknown to him Of
tered him ton of coal and barrel of -four If he
would do the work, and that they gave him twenty
five cents TO get liquor with
FREEDOM OF THE PREss-Ihe proprietors of the
New Orleans Crescent i'll July, 1851 refused to pay
a tax of S15 on property invested in their news
paper establishment on the ground that it was ex-
empt from taxation under article LOG of the State
Constitution, the first clause of which reads ''the
Press shall be free" In lower Court, the ground
taken by the proprietOrs of the Crescent was sus-
tanned, but on an appeal, the Supreme Court re-
versed this ruling, and decreed that the defendants
should pay one per cent. a month interest as DANA
ges to the aggrieyed CITY, from the time of refusal
to pay the tax.
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.--A gentleman whom the
New Orleans Bee describes of high standing in
that city, recently had young man introduced to
him by friend, in whom he became so much in
tercsted that he engaged him a book keeper
The clerk became exceedingly interested in his
employers wife, and the intimacy finally ripened
into an eopement, which the guilty pair achieved
on the 26th inst. The astOnished merchant had
been unable at the last accounts to obtain any trace
of the fugitives.
WASHINGTON IRvING.-Many wears since Mr.. IT.
wing came to a fixed determination to stand or sit
for more licensees, either in painting or sculp-
ture, and declined repeated and urgent s0cita-
tions on the subject. The last one declined was
from Mr.. William B. Astor, who wished il for the
Astor Library. Mr.. Irving offered him. however,
the use of a model of a bust executed some wears
since by Mr.. Ball Hughes, and which at the time
was considered by his friends an excellent like
ness. OF this Mr.. Astor had copy made by Mr.
Brown of Brooklyn, which is in the Aston
Library.
Last Monday evening, the propeller Milwaukee
and schooner j. H. Tiffany collided in the straits
of Mackinaw Both vessels sunk almost imme-
diately, and FIVE men were lost The crews of
both vessels were brought to Detroit by the steam
er Free State
NINE-MHs RAcE.---A Spanish gentleman of
Angeles to run race of nine miles for Sl0,006--
The race will be run around aag-post four and a
half miles from the starting point and back
On Monday, in conformity with CUSTOM the
Judges OF the Supreme Court the Vice President,
and many members of Congress with their families,
paid their respects to the President of the United
States. ... I-0T