Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-30
The Contemplated field Of yshn Brown
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Among the papers Of the late John Brown.
found upon the Kennedy farm after his capture,
were maps Of eight Of the United States, viz: Of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
These maps were such az are 10 be found In
Morse's large bound atlas. They were entered
according to act Of Congress In the year 1912, by
sidney E.Mosse and Samuel Breese, In the clerks
once Of the Southern District Of New York.
Each Of the maps had table Of the population
Of every county Of the State, taken from the cen.
sus Of 1850, pasted on It's side. Andrew Hunter,
Esq, OF charestown, setting attorney for the Com
rnonwealth, has given permission to the Norfolk
Argus to inspect these maps, and, from the article
In that paper, giving the results Of that examina.
ton, we CLEAN some interesting particulars It'll
noticeable fact that in all the counties marked
upon Browns maps are those in which the slave
population largely predominste over the whites.
In Alabama eleven counties are thus marked. >
The footprints Of Browns men can be traced
from Columbus, Georgia, across Alabama to Quit
man, Mississippi st.a1g s s.st
The population Of Florida, taken from the
census Of 1850, was pasted on the side Of the map
but there was not the slightest trace Of mark
upon II.
twenty-five counties in Georgia are MARRIED.
The populations Of Kentucky and Tennessee,
taken from the census Of 1850, were pasted ON the
sides Of the MAPS and although II 10 known from
letters found on Brown and his followers that
localities I'm Kentucky and Tennessee were visited
for the purpose Of carrying out their refarious de
signs, yet not the slightest trace Of mark 10 to be
found on these maps.
The population Of Louisiana, taken from the
census Of 1850, pasted on the side Of the map.
but there was no locality marked. The presence
In this State short time since Of Richard Realf,
Browns Secretary Of State, and a member of the
Canadian Convention which framed the Provi-
sional Government, may have been foe the puf-
pose Of sscertaining the disposition Of the slaves
in the different parishes We are inclined to
believe that Brown had his emiksaries In every
alavc-holding State In the Union Reaif has
recently turned up In Texas, In the garb Of
Methodist preacher. go
We find marked localities I'm nine counties in
Mississippi "A brother Of @. r. Tidd, who was
one Of the insurgents At Harpef's Ferry, travelled
through MisaisaPpi, and kept Brown and Cor ;
pany posted in regard to the disposition Of the
slaves. ~ -
There are marked localities in eleven districts
In South Carolina. The Argus says: 49,.
"Fron letters to Brown seen by u.s. we came to
the conclusion that the localities marked we've
those that had been visited by Abolition emissa-
ries, and were found TO contain slaves ready for
insnrrection. II would be well for the magIs-
trates residing In these localities in Alabama
Georgia, mississippi, and south Carolina to keep
strict look out upon all suspicious strangers and
cause the, immediate departure Of all characters
who cannot give good account Of themselyes.''
UA man named WIN. Cresap. was run over