, 1859-10-27

4wAtOnIe.
Jan'cs ncdpash, Esq, produces The following,
among other "reminiscences Of Old Brown.
which be has written for the Boston -dtlas d Be.
1t il Browns account Of tue Battle Of Os,awnt.
one:
Early in !he morning Of the 30th Of August,
the enemy.s scouts approached to within one
mile aud half OF the western boundary of the
town Of Ossawatomie. At this place nv son
Frederick h. {who was not attached to my ipree}
lad lodged with some four other young men
SOD, from Middle Greek.
Tue scouts, led by pro-sIavery preacher
named White, shot my son dead in the road,
Whilst he-as have since ascertained-
posed them to be friendly. at the same time
they batcliered Nj. Garrison and badly mangled
one OF the young men from Lawrence, Who
came With my son, learing him for dead.
This was not fur from sunrise. Ind stonned
during the night about two aud.a.half miles
from them, and nearly one mile from Ossawat-
tonic. l had no organized force, but only some
twelve or fifteen new recruitR, who we're order
ed to leaTe their preparations for breakfast, and
1oi'o" me into tie town, rs soon Is the news
was brought to ME.
as had no means Of learning correctly the
force Of The enemy, placed twelve Of tie re-
cFuits IN 4 log house, hoping We might be able
to defen1 the town. I then gathered some
hitcen more men together, who we're armed
with guns, and W. started in the direction of
tue enemy. After going few rods we could
see them approaching the town in line of bat
tie, about one.half mile Oft upon llill west Of
Tue village. l then gave up all idea Of doing
more than to annoy, from tue timber near the
town into which we all retreated, and which was
hlled with thick growth Of underbrush, but
had no time to recall the tweIYe men IN the log
house. and so lost their assistance in the fight
a fFkH int 1hnr
Clloe, very active young man, who had with
him some twelve or fifteen mounted men, and
persuaded Lim.t 90 with us into the timber, on
the southern shore Of the Usage or Mer-des-
Cygnes, little to the northwest from the I'll.
lage- Here the men. numbering not more than
thirty in all, were directed to scatter and &C.
crete themselves as well as they could, and
await the approach Of the enemy. This was
done in full REV Of them, (who must have seen
the whule morement) and had to be done in The
utmost hnste. believe Capt. Cline and some
OF his men we're not even dismounted IN the
fight, but cannot assert positively. When The
lett wing Of tue enemy Lad approached to within
rerr soon threw the northern brunch Of tie enc
my's line into disorder. This continued some
fifteen or twenty minutes, which care Us an t,n-
common opportunity to annoy them. Capt.
Cline aud his men soon got out Of ammunition
and retired ACROSS The river.
@Atet tHe ebeH!5 Fatlleu "t KEPT up our lire,
until BY the leaving Of one aud another, we had
but six or seven lett. We then retired acros.
the river.
We had one man killed, Mr.. Powers, from
Capt. Ciine's company, ID tue Fight. One Of ny
men, Mr. Partridge, vas shot in crossing the
rirer- Two or three Of the party who took part
in the gut are get missing and may be lost or
Cpdcgraff and Mr.. Coils.
l cannot speak IN too high terms Of them and
Of many others have not now time to mention
One Of my best men, together with myself,
was struck with partially speut ball from the
eue1ny III the commencement Of the fight, but
we're only bruised. The loss refer to IS one If
my missing men, The loss ofthe enemy. as we
learn by tie different statements Of our avn. a. A.
Seltas their people, was some thirty one or two
killed, aud FROM forly to fifty wounded, After
burning the town to ashes and killing Mr.
Williams, they had aken, whom neither partv
claimed, they took hasty leave, carrying their
dead and wounded with them. They did not
ATTEMPT to cross tic river, nor to search for US,
and hare not since returned to look oyer their
work.
give this 10 great haste in the midst Of con-
slant into rruptiups. Ny second SON Sas with
me in the fight and escaped unharued, This /
mcntion FOR the benefit oil his friends.
Old preacher White, l hear boasts Of haring
killed my son, Of course be is a lion.
Joux DRowx
Lawrence Kansas, Sept. 7. 1853.
The following lauglabls incident is also re.
lated in connection With Browns capture of u
Missouri party who had pursued him aud his
collection Of" cllattels" to tue Nebraska FROM
tier lat March:
IT, sheriff. seeing the old man 5 preparations.
will 'rudentia1 courage. wheeled around his
lor>' nd ga!loped of. Dozens Of his followers
itnta'ed his example. There was ore company,
however that refused to dy. Drown captured
them.
He caused them to dismouut, and nut the ne.
Groes on their horscs. :.
They swore.
Old Brown ordered then, to be silent, as he
would permit no b!asphemy in Ills presence.
They swore again.
:" "kneel!" said the old nan, as be drew bis
pistol with stern carnestne.s, which LETT no room
to doubt bis intention.
They knelt down, and he ordered them to
pray!
lie detained them for five days, and compelled
them to pray night and morning.
They neyer swore again in Old Browns pres
enca!
They returned to AtcLison; one Of them in
discreetly told the story the ridicu|e that over
whelmtf the others, compelled them, we we{c
reccntlA Informed, 10 leare the t,wn.