The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-12-13
EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN.
HIS LAST HOURS.
Affecting Interview with His Wife.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS or THE OCCASION.
Repotcd and T'legraphcd Expressly for the Cincinnati
Gazette
HARPER's FERRY, Dec. Q.

[Repoitcd and rolegraphcd Expressly for the Cincinnati
Gazettcl
HARPERs FERRY, Dec. 2.
| left Baltimore this morning hounI for
this place, v here | met your rrporlor, who
visited Charleston to gather the facts r ia.
tiv" TO the cxrcullou ut Ossawa oinir Blown,
fuil particulars of winch send YOU. At
BLl'inore, crow ruiravortd to purchase
ticket, for Harpc,'s Ferry, among whom
were n number of Norhsrn editors, but
the Company positively refused to sell any
tickets except to through passengers or to
these whose business and character were
known Ia tie officers of the road. As q
Consequence many were disappointed in
IN" effort to CRAFTY their curiosity, and the
number # Passengers upon the road WAS
unusually small. At the Washington June
ton, seven miles west Of Baltimore, two
Ccnrlru"n got info The train, and were i'm
med atclv approached by an officer of the
Company, WHO told 'hcm he must know
who there and what was Their destination.
To his query one Of them demuircd, when
the following coleqny er,sucd:
OFFICER is absolutely nee sSary that
you answer me.
PASSENGER. Why, am l in Austria?
OFFICER There is no time for argu
m"nt--'h- Stale that grants us a charter
has righ TO reclaim Martial Law, and
W must comply with her requirements.
% PAssENGER-l am .ulirct of her
Bntanic Majc-ty--l have through ticket
lsT PAssENGER-I have a ticket to
Wheeling, (sDowing his tlckct,) and am
going to Minnesota. Ny name and 5usi
ness | choose to keep to myself.
7 FFIcER-All right, gentlemen, You can
pass along.
The passengers seemed n good deal sur
prised and irrtated, but were Modified,
when an explanation was given 10y an otlici
al connected with the road. Some militia.
rv gentlemen belonging to the staff Of Gen.
VIM. b. Talafrrro in command Of CHARLES.
town, also got in the Relay House. They
lived in rem tc part Of Virginia, and bad
been unable to Join their Commander. -
At the various station along the route be.
tween Baltimore and the Ferry, groups of
people were gathered evidently awaiting
tho arrival of the down tram, carrying news
of Browns execution. Our train reached
the Ferry at quarter before - o'clock,
and we fornl the platform carefully guard
ed by soldiers, who closely sc"nned every
passenger and kept the space clear. Every |
where abou, the town soldiers were station
ed, and the Government buildings had been
turned into barracks, in which We're quar-
tered tie U. s. troops from OId Point
Comfort. But few strangers were III the ,
village. the visitors cousisiou chiefly of pro. .
pie of the adj cont country who hal come ,
to hcor Of Browns execution. \ militia |
~ company, which had just been orgrniz'd |
here, was being marched through ii" streets |
with drum and fire, and beth Sights and |
sounds ccnspred to remind one Of the romp .
and Circumstance of glorious war.
| learned that Mrs Brown, with a laAy .
and two gcnt'cmr friends from Phi'ij"i ,
phia, were slaying at the wager, having ar
rived on wednesday night, imm"ditlcly .
sought one Of the n'lcmcn named Mckim
who was loud in his complaints of tu' min
ncr in which they had boon treated by
uiitmv av horiticS, and gay" m" following
narrative: He says that last wrck Brown
wrote 10 his wife, saving il Sic 'u"rg''
she could bear the moorIrg with caImnr,s
he would bn glad to take leave of her;
whercupon shr Determined To- SOC him once
moro befom he died. Mrs. M'Km know
ing the value Of woHau~ sympathy and /
companiouslup. uolcr such irving clcum-
stances, volu ,ocrcd to accompany her. ~
ais, did Mr. McKim AMI 'a1othrr uDl".
man. Tie la'cr sappicd ,hcm.clvos wl.h
~, h.s, te-tnpuial~ rs ,o r.prrahDttv
aui character. aaI a!,o will lcttcrS Of IN
troducrion :" Coi Lewis \. w shiog'ou
and other, aud coached IIarvo,', F.uy
ur Nedr,~..ry .i4lt
.' t.r yr'a.,r.ng th"v ear munral
' .. .., ii, M ru,uuini oi the VIZ
III ar re, tun, Mr.. B.owu hri
r,N,d, aud that th wished T." accompany
h.r t. ChaI,stuwu The off or courtc
curly rsponiro, that ne pre,uncl there
would bc to- difficulty IN grrniIng their re
guest, and inn cdatoly tt graph"l to Gen.
1aliafrro, at CharIesDowu, who, iu return,
leIcgraphod to Gov WISE for Instructions
y ~, a. number of me, SageS were then cX-
changed, aud finally it ives ordered that
Mrs. Brown should br sent alone To see hcr
husband lnder an ccpri of II lltary, and
the Others ut the parry should he d lainrd
AMI watched. MIS-. Brown was greatly Ills
tessrd at being compelled to q, without
her fiji nds, but finally consented, and WAS
taken 10 Chatl">to"u and allowed an in
tcr,irw of two hours with her husband. but
was not permitted to remain during the
night. An aneclolc is related of Brown