The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-11-23
More about Brown.

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ABOUT BRowN.-Certain Northern ma.
pers convey the impression of very gen.
era belief in John Browns safety from
execution. Browns own ideas on the
subject are characteristic. lie TRANQUILITY
says: IL do not know tha. | ought to
encourage any at,emp! 10 save my life.
Am not sure that it would not be better
for me to die at this time. | am not in.
capable OF error, and mar be wrong
but l think that perhaps my objects
would be nearer fulflment if should die.
| must give it some thought" There is
no lnc'n cerIty about this. you nav be sure.
Brown does not value his life or. at Ieas,
IS wholly unmored at the prospect of los
ing 1t. lie was never more firm than at
this moment. The only compunc,ions he
expresses are in relation to his manape.
ment at Harpers Ferry, by which he lost
not on y himself, but sacrifod his associ,
ates. lie sometimes says that if he had
pursued his original plan OF immediate
escape TO the mountains, he could never
have been taken, for he and his men had
studied the vicinity thoroughly, and knew
1t hundred times better than anv of the
inhabitants. II was, he says, his weak.
ness in yielding to the eutreaties of the
prisoners, and delaying his departure, tha,
ruined him. at was the fist time" are
his words, that | ever lost command Of
myself and now | am punished for it,"
The reason Brown has given for asking
his wife TO remain away is also character.
lstIc. He knows it will cause great SUI
iering, and will, possibly, shatter his com.
posure in manner which he is resolved
against, lest his captors should esteem it
an evidence Of regret for what he has
done.
WHAT BRowN's PLAN REALLY WAS.
i have not heard of anybody who,
whatever crimes he may have attributed
to Brown, has doubted his word. Here
is his own account Of his purpose at fIar-
per's Ferry
lie had calculated upon, and fully en-
pected TO accomplish, rescue of great
number OF slaves. To maintain a warlke
position in Virginia, for any definite ne.
Rod, was not his objec:. TIE idea of his
seeing the Armony for the sake of the
weapons it contained, he will not admit.
lie says he had FAR better weapons of his
own. His occupying it at all was var
ration from his original determination. -
lie had decided to take Colonel Wash
ngton and the other prisoners to lIarper's
Ferry bridge, and there to establish a
commanding position, from which he
would insist upon exchanges Of slaves for
his prisoners. In case he should have
been dlsIodged, he would have restreated
in haste to the mountains, with the intri.
cacies Of which he had made himself SO
much more familiar than the inhabitants
themselves, that he believed he could defy
all attempts to apprehend him. ue had
supposed that, after few days OF success
tuI evasion, he would be joined by hun
dreds Of slaves anxious to escape. Ly
whose aid he could have perfected arraner
men,s for an enormous rescue. This, as
| understand, was his real plan.
The reason Of the change was, he avers
that as the night of the rising was very
severely cold, he suddenly concluded to
have the prisoners taken to the Armory,
where they would not be exposed to the
weather, anticipating no trouble in NOV
ing OFT with them, in case he should not
be able to affect the exchanges with ne
groes before the general alarm should
spread. Disappointed in this hope, he
had only to fight to the eud.
A New PRIsoSER.-IIazett, of Penn
sylvania, was yesterday captured in Car
isle, Pennsylvania, and was at midnight
brought into Charestown. You would
have thought by the uproar, that new
invasion was at hand-gusrds running
hther and thither, hotels assailed with
mercless bat:erings, and altogether hid.
eous state Of things. Hazett has nothing
to say, having been instructed bv counsel
TO answer no questions, and give no init
nation of his antecedents; and the other
prisoners seem oppressed by an absolute
'ncapabIIity 10 recognize him, although
called upon to identify. This prisoner is,
IN appearance, the most resckless and de
termined Of all that have been brought
here. As matters stand, his chances to
escape are not inconsidersble.
BRowS's PRoPERTY.-Mr Sennott. who
has been formerly intrusted with Browns
interests, intends to look up all his proper.
ty that can be collected together, for the
benefit of bis family. OF the Sharp's ri,
iies, twenty only are certain to be recov.
cred, the rest having been carried off by
various persons. These twenty are in the
possessions OF the jaiIor, who is anxious
to have their value made good to Brown.
The tents. axes, pixies. d., will probably
be sold as soon as possible. l am sorry
to say that Mr.. Browns little property
was seriously diminished by Mr.. Griswold
the lawyer from Ohio, who received $3.50
from his client for defending him Under
the circumstances, 1t would be pleasanter
to know that Mr.. Griswold had looked 10
other sources for his reward.