Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29


Of the Commission, and others, 1t
vas believed that lid Commission would .
have been attacked. | 1t was at this time
that the notorious ia Clay fale organize"
band of men in thelstreets OF NesiPor''
with the avowed PURPOSE of entering the
Territory and capturing old brown. lie
raised about 50 men, hnG went INTO the
Territory about twili9 ht one evening" anu
was surprised at sunr5e The next morning
BY "Old Brown" WHIP "as in command
of nine men. armed as stated above. Pate
sent flag of truce 10 irown, who adVah-
ccd some rods in front Of his company
and ordered The dag bed rer to remain with
him, and sent one OF hIs own men To IN
form Pate TO come himk kelf. Pate obeyed,
when Brown ordered i'm TO lay down
his arms. PATE refused to give the order
10 his men, when Brow II. drawing revOl-
yer, informed him lhaqhe must give the
order or be shot on. the spot Pate I'M
medis,eIv surrendered himself and men,
and they were disarmed and marched into
ravine near by, and kept until IIbera'e"
and sent back to Missouri, by Col. Sum
Iner, few days subsequently, who also
ordered odd Brown to disband and go
home. The latter a creed TO do so II the
/ Colonel would also bgree 10 protect the
settlers in that regioh Of the Territory.
/ This was the celebrh hted battle OF Black
lack Point" made famous by the "H. G..
r." CORRESPONDENT DR. the ST, Louis Re-
| IpublIcan, who was TIE heroic COMMANDER
of the surrenderng barty. Capt. Brown
was not much heard from again until me
notorious Captain amiIton made his IN
cursions into Southern Kansas from MIS-
souri, in 1856. whe b he raised another
company, and, With Capt. Montgomery
drove Hamilton and his companions back
to Missouri, and, marching nlo that State,
look possession Of one of the villages,
shot one or two men, and liberated several
slaves. This course !oi Brown was repn-
dated BY Gov. Robinson and the leaders
of the free State party in and out Of Kan
sas, which caused Brown to publish let
tel explaining his position. in which he
assumed the entire responsibilities Of his
acls. and relieved the free Stale men from
any share lhereip. This letter was called
the "Two Parallels" on account Of the
peculiar distinction made by the wFlter'
Capt. Brownf was very strong bellev-
er in the doctrires Of the Presby teran
Church. He vas fanaticaI on the subject
Of anti.slaveryJ and seemed to have the
idea that he was specially depured by the
AImivh,y 10 llbera,e slaves and kill slave.
holders. 1t " as always conceded TO him
that he was a conscientious man, very
modest in his ldemeapor, apparently inof'
fensive until lhe subject Of slavery was IN
,roduced, when he would exhibi; feel
ling of indiguaiion unparalleled. After
matters subsidized in Kansas, Capt. Brown
in!mated TO some OF his anll-slavery
friends that lie contemplated organizing an
Iinsurrection among the slaves in the
States Of Keh htucky and Tennessee. This
fact becomin known 10 some Of the lead
ing anti-slay cry men of the country. they
refused him means with which 10 60 on,
and discour4 ged his proposed undertaking.
He spent borlion of the last summer in
visiting different Northern cities, and was
rendered gu ms OF money with the under.
standing thAt he wished 10 secure little
farm upon which to settle in his old age.
|, is suppoA ed that lie employed this mon
ey thus obtained to hire the farm near
Ilarper's Ferry, which he used as a rem
devious for the insurrectionlsts, and near
which he so nearly paid the last debt Of
nature.
Correspondence Of the Insurgents.
A number of the private letters and pa
peIS Of several Of tBe insurgents, says the
Baltimore Clipper captured al the house
OF Old Brown, have been put at our COM
mand. Some of ibese throw such a flood
Iof light upon the personal character Of
hose to whom ihSy are addressed, and
upon their purposfs, that we purpose ma
ing volumnous dxrscis from them.
Touching Litter from Sister.
William Leemdn, who was killed on
Monday, while attempting 10 ford the Po-
,omac and reach &le Maryland shore, was
a native Of Halloy yell, Maine, where his
mother and sister vet reside. Several
letters addressed 10 him by his mother and
sister. have comd into our possession, re.
ve,lino ,be fact hat he VISITED the South
and West for thd purpose of betlering his
f,r,ure and thatthis absence from home
snnrce Of deep and aifeclionaie snX-
ety 10 his family
We copy below touching ie'ier rom
his sister, written while he was in Kan