Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-10-27

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Z, 1867 at which time his own hons,
was destroyed. and horrible attrocitic,
were perpetrated on his neighbors. Or
the occasion of the second battle of Css
awotomie. August 29), Brown was there
with some forty men. The Missourisns
under Reid numbered 500 to 40O.-
Browns company had only two rounds o.
ammunition, but these were used to SC
good purpose that the Rufians carried
back two wagon-loads of dead bodies
though they acknowledged the loss of only
five men. One of Browns sons (Freder-
tlck by name). was taken prisoner, and
murdered IL cold blood by the Rev. Mar
TIN White, who accompanied Reid in tho
capacity of chaplain There is a tradition
: IN Kansas that about this time Brown cap.
tured hive predatory Missourians. and in
the darkness of night tried them by mar.
tial law, convicted and executed them.-
AT the second invasion of Lawrence. fby
i he'd }. Brown commanded a small party
OF his own men and routed an advance
guard of the enemy few miles from Law
renee. killing half dozen of them in q
rnnning fight. This is also part of the
history o: the times which the newspapers
on the Ruffian side did not choose to admit
and which the other party did not care to
make public. Brown then left the Ter
rItory, proceeding through Nebraska and
Iowa, and riding two days with company
OF U. 5. dragons who were in pursuit of
i"Old DrownH'
Passing through this city he went to his
old home in New York. and visited several
Eastern cities, endeavoling to raise funds
Tor eqnipping one hundred men for future
operations. In this he was mainly unsuc-
cesslul, but he nevertheless made contracts
Tor arms. wagons. saddles, etc, in various
places, with which he reappcared in Kan
sas IN the summer or fall of 1857. Set.
ting again in Bourbon County, he oc-
cupied claim for some months under nm
assumed name, intending. ms his friends
supposed, to prc-empt it for his son. The
Fort Scott troubles, including the Narais
des Cygnes massacre, and the night attack
on Captain Montgomery were the next
events which called Brown into action =
A short time previously, however, it be-
came noised abroad in Missouri, that
"Old Brown" had returned. and reports
were dispatched to the country that he had
three or four hundred men under his COM
mand' all armed with Sharpe's rifles, a
park OF artillery and no end ofammunition.
Nobody on the border believed these
stories. as is shown in the fact that Mis-
soiri Sheriff with a Missouri posse of twcn-
" or thirty men, set out to capture him
and Montgomery. Brown was duly noti-
ned OF the proposed capture, and though
SICK with the sSue, mustered seven of his
friends and neighbors, and took position
In log house, where he awaited the cap
turing party. The posse came up and
ordered the inmates to surrender. The
latter replied no decidedly. The Sheriff
then called a council Of war, and after de.
batting several plans of attack executed
retrograde movement with an appearance
of disorder and precipitation-a rumor
having been started that Brown had got
tired waiting and was about doing some
thIng on his own account. There is no
doubt that Browns presence in Bourbon
county at that time had a reference to
his divine mission" though it does not
appear that he took the initiative in the
Fort Scott troubles.
Shortly after the Marais d.s Cvoens
massacre, brown conceived the idea Of car
rying the war into Africa. and teaching
he fighters on the other side of the bor-
ier that continuance of the war would
mpeTll the safety Of all the slaves in Yves.
ern Missouri. While rc1ectinp ON this
plan negro came across the line in The
light imploring assistance for his family
md fellows who were about to be sonar.
tied and sold to the cotton and rice plan
crs at the South. The first persons he
net were Brown and half dozen of his
'eighhors who were discussing the enter
rise thus singularly thrown in their wav
,ummonlng a dozen or more assistants
hey moved Immediately to the border.
nj dividing into two parties they made
lght OF it, with the deliberate purpose of
aking all the slaves they could find who
ad an inclination to be free, and making /
rlsoners of all who should interfere with Il
heir design. The result of the excursion |
'as the liberation of thirteen negroes, {
ne capture of several white men, and {
ne Killing OF one person who was ma a
ing vigorous resistance. The homicide a
'as not committed by the division. of the d
arty to which Brown belonged but the a
Of it attaches to him in a lie It
rec as the moving actor of the wholeipro- c
seding. Both parties then returned to i
he border with the proceeds OF their for ID
,ing. The captured Missourians were $
len set at liberty. and told to go home b
nd raise q rcscuing force--Rrown d. Co. s.
onld give them. ample time and await n
elr return, when they would settle h
&c questions at issue by open battle. Ii.
very loud noise was male in half a m
'zen counties in Missouri, bat no void c
lteers were found for the proposed ac II
On. After waiting three weeks Brown Il
all but handful of his company. h
I'd took his line of march through, Kan a,
S, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan c
Canada. While pursuing his Journey al
rough the northern part of Kansas, he ca
Is menaced with an attack from a party "
Misscurians. of about three times his ar
IN number. After retreating from them ii,
lay or two. he came to a halt, took four @
them prisoners, and put the rest to of
,ht. The prisoners were lectured sound in
on the evil of their ways, and then dis b
secd minuc thar orr,. .,.J -. ~