The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-03

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. TABOR. one year before. 4 which place they
Md heen leff arAitinr Inc order of Captain
Brown. There vers. also. other sterss, consist
ine u hiAnkete. clathine. heots ammunitjOu.
and ahont 400 reyolvefs 81 the Mseeechu ests
Arma ~ 800 III of which ~ transp0fted acres
the STATE of lows Is Sprjped dale. and from there
. Liberty. & which place they were shipped
a. Ashtahula County. Ohio. where they ~
mainad iii hrourht ID ChambsfsburR. Peuna.,
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Weahin1ton County. Nd \. which Cant. Brown
Mad renee, for III month";. ana which was situ-
I'd about ave milea from Hayue,'s Ferry. u
was The intention Of Capt. brown 70 sell biz
teams il Spflngdale, and With the pr0cee9s 70
70 on With The rent Of the company 70 some
place in iAshtabula County, Ohio, where We were
70 have good military instructor during the
winter; but be vas disappointed ia the sale. Al
| be could mot ret cash for the teams, II was de>
cided We should remain in the neighborbood 0i
Springdale, and that our instructor, Col. H.
Forbes, should DO sent on. We stopped In Pc
dee, lows, over winter, 1t Mr. Maxon's, where
| We pursued course of military studies. Col
H. Forbes and Capt. Blown bad some words
| and ne TOOL. r did not come on; consequently
A. D. Stephens was our drill master. Tho PEG
| pie Of the neighborhood did not know Of ous
! purpose. We remained At Pedee till about the
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| Canada, via C.icago and Detroit We staid
about two week il ChathaM--sOme Of the party
| staid six or seven weeks. We left Chatham for
Cleveland, and remained there until late in
June. III the meantime Capt Brown went east
| ON business, but previous 10 his departure be
learned that Col Forbes b d be,ray ca his plans
| to come extent. This, together with the scant,
ness d bis funds, induced him 70 delay the com
mencement Of bis work, and was the means for
the time being, Of disbanding the party. lie
had also resolved come Information which called
for his immediate attention ia Kansas. wished
to 20 with him, but he said that was too well
known there, and requested me and some Others
70 60 TO Harper's Ferry, Va, 10 see how things
we're there and gain information. While We
we're 10 Chatham be called 1 Convention, the
purpose Of which vas to make Z complete aud
thorough organization. He issued written
circular, which be sent to various persons 10 the
United Staaes and Canada. The circular, "a
near Is can recollect, read as follows:
CHATHAM, May 80, 1859.
"Mr. ---;-DEAR Sra: We have issued :
call Tor very qnies Convention at this place,
to which We shall he happy 10 zee my tyat
friends Of freedom, and 10 which you are most
earnestly invited to give your attendance. Is
sYours respectfully, John Baowx."
Al the names we're left blank. do not know
Ia vhnnn fhev we're aent though wrote several
&c them I harmed. however. that one was sent
81 Ereaer;ck Tlourlsaa Ana mink 0errit Smith
sIsn ,eoe, ved one who the oehers were sent
- do nat know. Neither Douglas nor Smith
sttended The Convention. I suppose some rs
or 40 or these circulars were sent, but as they
we're directed by Cant. Brown or j. b. Kaci. I
do nat know the namee Of the parties TO whom
,hey we're addressed. 1 do know. however. that
thsy vere s.ns 10 none save those whom. Cant.
Brown knew to de- radical Abolition!sts. /
think il was about ten DAYS from the time the
circulars we're sent that the Convention met
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