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INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.

Mr.. Hoyt. counsel for John Brown and
Coppoc. arrived last evening from Charles
town. Mr.. Griswold will continue the de-
fence Of the remaining. Mr. Hoyt places the
following letters in our possession for publi-
ton Boston Bee Nor. 5
J.D,. IRON, O,,,L.,. T.,J,n I.L. p.,,..,
L"Fohr' H. L. lO'h month"; ~ %.
AT 'oHN p"oW
lear menu Once my arrest nave oieh
1uo"gn' o. tuee' anu nave "'sneu tha'' IKE
H!lIaOe'h Fry lo"alu ner prison IrlenaS' SO !
Ia'sn' coh'ole 'hee IN my confinement huV
'na' can "eue' De- ana SO can onl! write
tnee lew hnes' winch IL they contain any
comfort may come TO 'hee ike some NIUE
ray Oh comfort
GU can never know now very many aear
Inehus rove tnee WIN an their hearts, lor
my brave enorts IN oehalt OF tne poor oppress-
co. ana tnough we VINO are hon-res's'an's'
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John Brown's Reply.
CHAR1EsTowN. VA. LIST Nov.

CHARLEsTowN, VA, LIST Nov, 1859.
My DEAR FRIEND +. B. OF r. l.:
Your most cheering letter Of 9th Oct. is
received, and may the Lord reward you a
thousand fold for the kind feeling you ex-
press toward me but more especially for
your fidelity to ''the poor that cry, and those
that have no help For this / am prison
er in bonds. II is solely my own fault, in a
military point Of view, that we met with our
disaster-l mean that | mingled with our
prisoners and so far sympathized with them
and their families, that | neglected my duty
m other respects. But Gods will, not mine.
be done.
You know that Christ once armed Peter.
So also in my case. think he put sword
into my hand, and there continued it. so long
as he saw best, and then kindly took it from
me. mean when first went to Kansas. |
wish you could know with what cheerfulness
! am now welding the "Sword Of the Spirit''
on the right hand and on the left. bless God
that it proves mighty to the pulling down
OF strong holds always loved my Quaker
friends, and commend to their kind regard
my poor bereaved, widowed wife, and my
daughters and daughters-in.aw, whose hus-
bands fell at my side. One is a mother, and
the other likely 70 become so soon. They. as
well as my own sorrow-strioken daughter. are
left very poor, and have much greater need Of
sympathy than |, who, through Infinite Grace
and the kindness of strangers, am Joyful in
all my tribuations."
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SENTENCE OF CAPT JOHN BROWN.
Tho people arc aware that "Ossawatomic'
Brown has been convicted Of treason, insur-
rection, and murder in the first degree, by
the Jury of Jefferson Co., Va, and he has
been sentenced by the Court TO be publicly
HANGED on the second day Of December
That the sentence Of the Court will be con-
frmed by the Governor Of Virginia, and car
red into execution, we have much reason to
fear, although we believe that Gov. Wise, in
the Utmost recessos of his heart, believes that
the old man ought not thus to be put out of
the world
We regard the speech Of Capt. Brown in
the Virginia Court House, in reply to the
question put to him by the Judge. "What he
had to say why the sentence Of the law should
not be pronounced against him. under all the
circumstances, as the most remarkable that
ever fell from the lips Of man. II reminds
us of Paurs speech before Aggrippa. It is
infinitely superior to the speech of Robert
Emmett, made under like circumstances, be-
fore the Irish Judge For it has not the flo
rid defamation, and what is popularity but
very wrongly called "eloquence,' which marks
the speech of Emmett but it has much higher
qualities than these. It is simple. earnest,
truthful and generous. What can be more
noble than the testimony which he bears to
the general truthiulness of the evidence OF
the witnesses who gave their testimony IN
the case.
lie evidently wished to put upon record
his testimony, to be quoted in all coming
time, that whatever might be his fate, what
ever future generations might say Of him, or
Of his death upon the gallows' that the men
who gave their testimony in his case did not
lie, but told the truth. Such testimony to
their integrity is worth 60 them and their
posterity untold weal'h-for this is a case
(which is not born to die 1t will live in
history. and will be remembered and spoken
Of when Aaron Burr and his trial shall have
passed away and been forgotten Then again,
what terrible rebuke does he administer to
the papers and politicians of the Buchanan
school. who have tried to make out this llar-
pors Ferry affair to be an insurrectlon-an
attempt TO arm the slaves to cut the Threats
OF white people, and TO connect certain prom
inent Republicans with the entire scheme
Brown, standing mp in the face of tho judge,
the jury and the people, with the sentence of
death hanging over his head--the sands Of
whose life are nearly run outfits man. in
calm, terse language, says II never did in
tend murder, or treason, or the destruction of
property, or to excite or incite slaves to re-
bellion or to make Instruction His sole
purpose in visiting Harper's Ferry was "to
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A NEW VERSION OF An OLD SONG.

THE oRowrH or DEMOCRATIC sESTi-
MENT AS TO OLD JOHN drown.
Air, "JobH Br0up had a Lutte bijin."
Old John Brown he had a little Niger
Old John Brown, he had little Niger,
Old John Brown, De had a little Niger
ono little Niger boy.
(Chorus by several voioes.)
District dt0rHcy Oula-One little. two little
Secretary Fiogd-rhrcc little niger.
Messys. Mason and Standardization little, Ave
little.
M BUciapqH--Six little Niger.
Gorcn0r lISc-Scycn little eight little.
H0shiB0fOa CopsfifufiOn-Nin little niger
Nei0 York Hcrtid-Tel little niggcr boys
DcWocrGfic Press Throughout he country Qn rccita-
u'cl-Icn thousand little nigger boys nh armed with
pchiorks eighteen feet long and commanded by tceHfy
thousand nboliuouists.
Interval n which the election is supposed to have
passed.
Herald and CUwitstioH-rcn little, nine little,
eight little Niger.
AWdout'cs n Iirgtaia-Soycn little, sx little,
five litue uggcr
authorities at WlsiHgton-Four iittlc three little,
two little niger.
Pe2pe Of NE country n accents ofsurprse at the up
shot Of the whuel-pHe hUh niggo b0yttl
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MAINLAND ELECTION

BALTIMORE Nov. 4.-The following mem
hers of Congress are elected Harris, Davis
and Webster Americans and Stewart, Kun
KEEL and Hughes, Democrats. This is the same
as at the last Congressional election.
The state Legislature stands as follows
House-25 Americans, 40 Democrats Sem
ate-S Americans, l3 Democrats one dis
trict to hear from.
WAsHINGToN, Nov. Ak Gov. Lowe is
at the National Hotel here He and other
distinguished Marylonders express confidence
To- orao, sia '' Iii "'' P.o.p'-
s,,r -. ,,a..aaLi, aIa",a ~. nelva'''' en-
''1 'N'''''' ''-'''oi' =" 'a''''''0'o
CHARLEsroN, Va, Nov. 4.-Shields Green,
one Of the negro prisoners, was found guilty
this morning The first count, for treason,
was abandoned upon objection taken by Mr..
oennott' that 1t was not proven that the pris
oner was iree person and therefore did not
come under the statute, which reads ANY
ree person, &C sentence was deferred
Copeland the mAlatto, Is now upon trial,
Mr. oennoit defending
MI Gnswold, who came specially in
brown case lett mere TINS evening. Tran
qulnty Is oe'ng restored
FOURTH RFG1nfFNr.-The election of 6aId.
officers of the Fourth Regiment was holden
at the fremont House. St. Adams. on Satpr-
dav. October Goth with the folIo,y;n,, ros,I,.
q. j. SrANNARD, st. Adams, Col,
geo ~ HALL, Swanton' Lt.-Col-,
Dr, D.. Lt"Is' Burlington Major.
CO.. Stannard has appointed in his Staff
Lieut. !. Is. Ma'in, OF the Green Mountain
GUARDS AdJu'ant Geo. H. Farrar, Of the
Hanson Guards, Quarter-Master; q. G. Hunt,
Ransom Guards, Drum Major; DR., II. p.
Han surgeon
EsrERN NiRGlNIA.-Ihe Sentinel,
paper puohshed at Moundviile, Marshall
county Va has been suspected of Free-Soil
Tenderness and IN order to relieve itself from
suspicion, ITS editor says
I'VE do not like negroes, free or bond,
eynortod 70 aG;oa I9 ~, tL'9'? ono o9ing
soInoybere bv ,harsolyos TLa ea,u 80 It!
cornpg en- .r,ived nm tha+ oe,i - &c,
safc onv more in oarr,n, ,harn So, 10
yyiG Viii move 70 bayo ILL 49, - LIS, '''9
veins Noaroos aro 90 f,iI,. L'., :; =" ~.
,snhero hy Nor,horo n'Li,33 noP' ~ NC,
rnlo norsor. can at,,ars s,,d '''l', 90
NV trad;,ior and - l. oa ' SDt ocouu
marry dork-conorlec,od ,rnrInr 49, ia.o ~
dancer If ,anoIaJaroator sn
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Dear Sister, write them at North Elba, Es-
sex Co., n. Y, to comfort their sad hearts.
Direct to Mary A. Brown. vile Of John Brown.
There is also another "a widow--wife of
Thompson, who fell with my poor boys in the
affair at Harper's Ferry, at the same place.
do not feel conscious Of guilt in taking up
arms and had it been in behalf of the rich
and powerful intelligent. the great--as men
count greatnoss-if those who form enact
ments to suit themselves and corrupt others,
or some of their friends, that interiered, suf-
fered, sacrificed and fell, il would have been
doing very we'll. But enough of this.
These light Affections, which endure for a
moment. shall work out for me a far more err
ceediug and eternal ueigh Of glory ! would
be very grateful for another letter from you.
My wounds are healing. Farewell God will
surely attend to his own cause in the bes,
possible way and time, and he will not forget
the work of his own hands.
Your friend, JONI BRowN.
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THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

SAoKvILLE, n. b., Nov. 4-Tbe Cunard
steamship America from Liverpool 8 p. NJ.
OF Saturday, 22d ult., arrived at Halifax at
o clock Yesterday evening.
The TREATY or PEAcR.-A Zurich tele-
gram OF the 18th says The principal points
OF the treaty of peace between France and
austria have been signed by the plenipotenti-
ares but have not yet been ratified by the
two governments. They are as follows
Austria gives up Lombardy Except Mantua,
Pesohiera, and as far as the frontier line fixed
by special commission to France. who
transfers 1t to Piedmont; the pensions acquir-
ed IN Lombardy are to be paid by the new
government Piedmont to pay Austria 49,
200 900 tiorins and be responsible for three
hllhs ofthe debt of Monte Lomb ardo-V enetia
making the debt, in all, transferred to Sar-
dina, $50 900, 900 francs The two contract
ing powers will unite their efforts, in order
that reform in administration should be earri
ed out by the Pope The rights of tho Dukes
OF Tuscany, Modena and Parma, a express
! ly reserved. The two Emperors will assist
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Markrts
BOSTON MARKET. Nov. 7. 1859.

q
Reporied By NJ. +. Woou P,oduce Commissioa Mer-
chant, 81 s ~ N9Hh Market street, Boston
BUTlER-rhere is better feeling for choice fall
Butter and with slight supply ~ this description. late
extreme prices read 81 obtained. Ihercccpts of
have been al 20 Pc for good Vermont and New York
daiues 25c for choice and extra tall, and 10 l9c for
common and fair Canada, Ohio, and other Western has
been selling At prices ranging from 10 zoe per TO- 70
quality.
CHEESE has been in better demand and prices have
advanced about l2c per 10 during The week. The
cepts have been GIL boxes ~ casks and - tons.
The sales have ranged from lie per 10, TO quality,
good and extra selling al 10 lie per 10.
BEANS-Whte Beans are in better request and Arm.
Sales Of common at 10 75o blue pod soc 81 10
and cNtaa pea and marrow at S2j 81 per bu the lat
ter price for extra pea.
PEAs-Cauada Peas continue quiet at SIC per bu
POTATOES have been in very fair demand and prices
are hrmeI and shade higher. Considerable sales Of
common Whites and Pink Eyes at s. 25 per bbl for
port not including bbls Peach Blows are ia fair de-
mand at 80 ilc per bu Chenangoes 80 45c, to
quality, including Nova Scotia and American Jacksons
90 Doc, with good demand and Carriers at IS COO
per bu.
POULTRY is in fair demand at 10 l4c as 70 quality
This article very frequently arrives n poor order and
carelessy prepared for market which seriously affects
rs sale II well cleaned and picked, il is always saea
BILE at the current rates.
GRAlN.-Oats are steady and in fair demand. Sales
OF Northern and Canada at as &c per bu good quality
selling principally at the latter rate and Prince Ed
ward Island at a 45c per bu. Considerable supplies
the latter are soon expected but they wanted for
port South for which destination some sales have been
made 10 arrive Several small lots " Rive have been re-.
ceved and sold 96c per bu In Shorts there have been
further sales at VS. s24 and Fine Feed at SIS per ton
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NOW READY.
VERMONT sTATE HousEs

VERMONT STATE HOUSES.
Our edition of papers, both daily and
weekly, containing the description of Yer
mont State Houses, having been entirely ex-
hausted, while there is demand for more,
two Of the boys in our office will publish a
new edition Of the State House article, in a
neat little pamphlet Of twenty-four pages, il
Illustrated with six fine engravings. Itis now
ready for delivery. Those desiring copies
had better leave their orders at once at this
Office Price. six cents the single copy; or
five cents copy for ten OF more
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~ John Brown is sane, reasonable yea
conservative, compared with certain men in
high places at Washington. He confesses
his offences plainly and deliberately --declares
that the work was his own-and just as de-
lbcratcly tells the court and the common
wealth of Virginia that he is ready to receive
his punishment. Aye, as to the very death
upon the galows, he calmly says--"LEr IT
nF DOSE"
Now just listen to the rawlings Of the organ
of the Administration at Washington. The
following is the language of the Washington
Constitution in respect to Senator Seward
" He sees in the near prospective the cur
tain rise he beholds all the acts of the
dreadful drama he secs the conspirators
rushing upon their victims he witnesses the
insurgent African banner superseding the flag
of his country; he stands among the irag-
ments Of the constitution which he had sworn
to support; he beholds the insurgent negro
cohorts rushing as in San Domingo upon their
prey he hears the shreks of the victims
he sees the fathers sons and brothers OF Nir-
GINA and Maryland butchered without arms
or warning, in the midnight hour; he hears
the cry of agony from those of the gentler sex
doomed to a still more dreadful fate; the
hands of the assassin are dripping in human
gore; peaceful village where all, in unsus-
pecting confidence, retired at night to their
repose. is given to the flames, and all its male
inhabitants are consumed amid its ashes II
is no imaginary dagger that he sees before
him; it is no phantom of the heat-opprcssed
brain; it is no reverie or dream Of slumber /;
but a dread reality, but too distinctly por-
trayed before him, and he is silent and con-
ceas the fact He minglcs every day with
many of the intended victims; he sees their
doom approaching, and he raises no voice Of
warning, and no hand for succor -
, Now tho fact is that for some months pas.
Senator Seward has been in Europe and at
/ the time of the capture Of IIarper's Ferry, he
7 was at least five thousand miles away, on the
4 banks of the Nile. We are very sure that
Mr. Seward could have had no vision Of those
terrible scenes, even though he had sought it
at the very tip Of the tallest monument Of
Egypt There was one man, however, who
e did know all about Browns foray-who could
c have frustrated it without shedding one drop
r Of blood, and whose duty it was to Illustrate
it but he did not doit. That man was THE
+ SECRETARY OF WAR; member Of the
Presidents Cabinet, and Virginian into the
bargain. To him, more than to any other liy-
c ing man, this diatribe the Constitution is due
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Special aOtirfs.
THE CONTRAST.

While congr madng those who have had the good for
tune TO be
BORN BEAUTIFUL,
would remind those who hair is Of an odious tint by
nature or grzzled by sickness time that using Cris-
adors Excelsior Hair Dye they may, far as the hair
Is concerned, in ten minutes be
MADE BEAUTIFUL.
The Dye has been analysed and certified be pure and
harmless by Dr. Chiffon, the distinguished chemist
in the United Slater.
Sold everywhere, and applied BY all hair dressers -
ChisrAp"ho' Astor House, New York. 6S;7l,
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Deaths.

In Greensboro Sept Goth, Sarah A., eldest daughie'
Of Mr. Elisha Randall aged 81 years.
In Hardwck, Oct. 4th, Mrs. Abigail Morse, wido" "
Amasa Morse, NJ. D., aged 49, IN
In Woleott, Oct. l7lh, Of consumption. Laura ~ VII
Of Dr. L. =. Fairman, aged so years, months an"
days. Papers in n. II. please notice. AK
In Roxbury, Oct 18th, Henry $. Boyee, ESQ., agsa
In Berlin, Oct. l0ih Hosea b. Foster, aged ~ y
In Warren, Sept 26h, Asa Stoekwel, ngea 90 yea,h.
In Charleston, Ill., Oct. l, Hon. Elisha IL s'"'N"'
err, formerly Of Irasburgh nh, 20
In Balrc, Oct 22, Of pleurisy. Mr.. Henry Dodge ''
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HERE 3 HEALTH FOR THE MILLION.
Dk CLARKES SUGAR COATED
HERR Pills

llEhb GlIlS.
-, ~ warranted made moaly from a valuable uo.A
that grows on ,he propd, tors farm. ne'o
warranted not 10 contain Caomcl Oambog. Al.
Opium, or other injurious drugs. - ''o'''
sic In the world. WV '''' rhy-
Warranted TO Pills taken at night to cure billion,
stomach and bowels. '''ua
fever. wv" 0''ous
Wauanted3 TOT pinstakcn at night TO cure he.d.,h.
heartburn loss Of appetite liver complaint aundice dv
pepsA, drowsncss weak stomach and female compi,in,
warranted II taken according to directions TO aye pe,
feet satisfaction. 80 PVT
Price % cents, trial boxes 10 cents
DR.. CLARKE'S HERB SYRUP
Warranted made rom simple, safe and reliable herbs
Warranted i-2 70 tcaspoonfus taken al night ana
also OF times day 10 cure the rigid couch In
tho world, also throat, asthma, bronchitis weaI
lungs incpien consumption, soreness Of the stomach
colds, stuffed turns in children
Warranted to the worst OF Group ever known
81 to tcaspoonfus "a taken once once In Is MINI
ties till vomiting is produced
Warranted pleasant to take, harmless and effectual
Price rs cents aud 81
DIR. +. r. CLARKEs SHERRY WINE BITrrRs
Warranted Poiata5h and Hoahhv.
Warranted over o o 900 bottles sold last year
Warranted prescribed by the first physicians In thu
country Tot the following complaints which thew ,sc
sure 70 cure, viz jtundice, headache, heartburn fui
and weak stomach ptlnitati0n nervousness. piles di,r
rhma, hnm1rs Of all kinds, colds Sc.
Price, Puts - cents only AZ cents quart; 75 cent.
quarts Sl25 quarts. 690l
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THIRD HOUSE,

Report of The General Committee upon mat
ters IN gencrai.--lt has often been observed
by your committee that men of great ambi-
tion and small capacities make great prepare
tons with small results. The amount Of raw
material used is altogether too large for the
manufactured product The mighty efforts of
the mountain would lead one to expect some
thing greater than mouse. Let us learn of
nature. There the effect is proportionate to the
effort put forth The gentle breeze will i'm
part a delicious GOODNESS to the surface; will
bring you the sweet perfumes Of flowers will
cause the tall grain TO move in gentle undula-
tons, and the trees to bow their heads as If
giving to each other the politest tokens of rec
ignition. But the tornado, as it moves in its
fury ever the earth, sweeps down everything
animals, houses, forests, and all things lie
PROSTATE in its course.
1t was with pain that we witnessed the sad
effects Of the efforts of joint meeting of
this Third House, on recent occasion, to
save few minutes of time, therein losing
hours. There is but one thing in nature to
which it can be Hkened we have seen SOW,
surrounded by a litter Of pigs, and as happy
in the enjoyment Of their society as SOW
could be, suddenly step upon one Of them,
and in her great haste to get off from it and
save its life, the entire brood was sacrificed
"Tme is money'-even when paid for at the
low rate Of two dollars per day; but in this
august, sublime and tremendous body-your
committee mean the Third House, and
nothing ese-time is more than money it
glory lit is immortality The eyes Of the
world are upon us, and wo betidos this House
if, in imitation of many bodies, it saves at
the spigot and wastes at the bung.' Let us
redeem the time, and especially on the great
question of the present session. Your COM
mittoe consider it superAuous to say that they
mean the dog bill That bill is indeed twice
dead, but a recent discovery has deeply i'm
pressed your committee with the absolute ne
cessity Of plucking it up by the roots. If il
had been a cat bill, we could truly say, there
is a cat in the meal !" bat since the dogs to
pay. we are forced to use plain speech
There is a conspiracy to carry this measure
on false pretences. We are bound to warn
you of our deliberate conviction that the
real purpose is to ruise the price Of sausdgcs
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II. HERRIcK, NJ. D.,
- STATE 81 Alh.nv N v

The ahn,e letter from DR.. Heuick, Of Albany one Of
the popreors Of the Justly popular preparations known
as "heIcks Kid Strengthening plasters and Sugar
Coated rus. but expresses the opinion Of OH who use
ms splendid Hair Dressing, TO wit THAT on trial IL
P91e, 70 be ths best Hair Preparation in the market
vigorator. Ia another place 5ioo
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MarriaGes.

In Rochester, Oct. %, by Rev. Geo S. Guernsey, lev
cite II. Lines NJ D. Of New York City. and Miss CAa'
tina Hubbard Of Rochester ,,.
In Marshfeld. Oct. 22d, Mr.. Calvin Il. Hills aud Mp'
Olive X. Edison, both Of NJ. -
In Montpelier, at Burnhams Hotel Oct. 20th, BY re-
W. ID. Malcolm, Mr. Geo W. Cole, and Miss saiY
Thompson, both Of Waterbury.