Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-27

Of the Commission as by the news Of the mas
sacre. The rufianS' swore vengeance upon
the members and officers of the Commission
declaring that their blood should recompense
for the slaughter at Pottawattonlie creek, and
but for the iutercession of Mr.. Oliver, the pro-
slavery member of the Commission, and others
it was believed that the Commission would
have beeu attacked 1t was at this time that
the notorious H. Clay Pate organized band
of men in the streets Of gWestport,| Mo- with
the avowed purpose of entering the Territory
and capturing Old Brown" He raised about
thirty men, and went into the Territory about
twilight Que evening, and was surprised at sun
rise the next morning by 2 Old Brown who
was in command of nine men, armed as stated
above Pate sent a flag of truce to Brown,
who advaneedasome rods in front Of his COM
pany, aud ordered the fag-bearer to remain
with him, and sent one his own men to -in-
form Pate to- come himself Pate obeyed, when
Brown ordered him to lay down his arms
Pate refused to give the order to his men, when
Brown, drawing areVolver, informed him that
be must give the order or be shot on the spot
Pate immediately surrendered up hIrnself and
men, and they were disarmed and marched in
ora ravine near by. and kept until liberated
and sent back to Missouri by Colonel Sumner
few days subsequently, who also ordered
g Old Brown to disband and 90 home The
[ latter agreed to do so,a if the Colonel would
also agree to protect the settlers in that region
of the Territory This was the celebrated
/" Battle of Black Jack Point" made famous
by the " III G. Pr Kansas correspondent of
the st Louis Republican, who was the heroic
commander of the surrendering party. Captain
| Brown was not much heard from again until
/ the notorious Captain Hamilton made his in-
cursions into Southern Kansas from Missouri
iu 1853, when he raised another company, and
with Captain Montgomery, drove Hamilton
! and his companions back to Missouri, and march
ing his men into that State, took possession of
/ one OF the villages, shot one or two men, and
| liberated several slaves. The course of Brown
was repu1iated by Governor Robinson, and
/ the leaders of the free-State party, in and out
| of Kansas, which caused Brown to publish a
letter explaining his position, in which he as
sumed the entire responsibility of his acts, and
relieved the free State men from any share
therein. This letter was called the Two
! Parallels" on account of the peculiar dstnc-
/ tion made by the writer. = .. .a. -...
H. Captain Brown was a very strong believer
f 4
/ He was fanatical on the snbject of anti-sayery
! and seneed to have the idea that he was speci-
| ally deputed by the Almighty so Iiberate slaves
| and kilfSlayehoders 1t was always cOnced
! ed to him that he was conscientious man very
modest in~hiS demeanor, apparently inoilchsive
until the subiectof slavery was introduced, when
he wouId exhibit feeling of Indignation I'M
paralleled After matters subsidized in Kansas
Brown intimated to some of his anti-Sayery
! friends that he contemplated organizing an
insurectiOn amongst the slaves in Kentucky
and Tennessee. This fact becoming known to
seme of the leading antiSlavery men Of the
country, they refused him means with which to
90, and disco uraged his proposed undertaking
lie spent portion of the laStsummer in visit.
illg different Northern cities, and was rendered
sums of money, with the understanding that
he wished to secure little farm upon which
to settle in his old age 1t is supposed that he
employed the money thus obtained to hire the
farm near Harper's Ferry, which he used as
rendezvous for the insurrectionists.