Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-27
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Lettsrao Of John Brown's Sens TO their Wives,
twill be Iscollsctsd that Oliver and " stsOn
Brown, sons Of Capt John Brown, fell al Har-
per's Ferry, The Philadelphia correspondent
Of the Anti Slavery Standard in noticing the
execution Of Stevens and Hazlett, aPPends
some exlracls from the letters of Oliver Brown
and vi watsOn Brown to their respective wives,
during their sojourn near the scene Of their
death. They show the sslf-saeri6cing zeal land
devotion of the brave young men for Cause,
and possess q touching interest. The writer
says:
What an extraordinary group Of men was
that of which that still more than extraordiBa-
" man, John Brown, was the centEel The
more " hear and know Of them, the more We
find in these people to admire. Each one was
hero in himself, and worthy of special.
chapter in the great record which history viii
make u9 Of this transaction. As an illustra.
ton Of this, in part at least have some letters
beforeme which l msan'to copy for your read
ers' benefit. They are of 3 strictly private
character, bat, as 1 am at liberty to use them
according to my discretionI deem it proper to
place them in your columns. They were writ
ten, two Of them By Oliver and the remainder
BY Watson Brown, to their respective wives,
during their SojOurn near Harpsr's Ferry. The
former were handed to one Of the friends who
accompanied the remains Of John Brown to their
resting place at North Elba "Here,'' ssid
Martha, the beautiful and grieEstricken young
widow of 0liver-ahere ara two of my dear
husbands letters; one of them the last he ever
wrote to me. You are welcome to make any
use Of them you think will serve the cause
| Only please return them; for they have been
great comfort to me-"
The letters were returned; but only in time
| for few more psrusals. Death came. putting
period to the lovely young creatures sorrows,
and the bride and the bridegroom are again
united Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, the mother,
| thus writes: ----, --- -..-.--
lrYodr kind letter came safely to hand, but my
j time aud my mind b We been so taken up with
sickness and death that could not write soon
sr. Martha Jay sick for weeks and had the
/ care Of her mostly night and day, until | was
almost worn out Her baby only lived two
days; and she gradually sunk away with a
ragingfeyer. We did alive could for her, but
/ - tale bar We bsUa han n Al
upon to drink deep Of the cup of fiction; but
may thy wiil, o Lord, be done She was will
/ ing to 20; said she wanted to 20 where Oliver
! and her baby were. She died on the
ID Of March, and was buried on the 4th. We
all feel deeply her l0ss."
This is sad news, though not altogether soT,
rUwfuL When death comes as an angel Of
meroy, why should We mournl
But divers letters. The first, with few
limmaterial omi sions, Is as fellows:
n aWEsF ASDOvER, Ashtabula Co, o.
"June 18th, '59.
'tMY DEAR WUE; write to you know that
we have arrived here sound and well and 10
good spirits. We have met with great encour-
aaement since we left home We found John
and his folks in good health. The frost has
been much more severe here than in North Ell
Fba. Thousands Of acres Of wheat and rye are
entirely ruined by il; the leaves on the maple
and hickory trees are failing, as if it were fall.
The season is-nueh more forward here; having
has commsnesd. and the grass is very good.
~ send ysu 3 photograph of uiyeeif. Oh,
Martha would give everything if could have
your picture Do not fail Of having It taken
while smigOne, should you-have an OPpottu.
nifty You don't know how I UalEe that lock d
hair There may yet be an opportunity TO
ecr5 oil
which I cannot be satisfied to keep. l also
send you smaIl book
,'Heaven bless yOu my dear Martha. YouT
affectionate husband, OLIVER BRowE.
up S have concluded to send you another
copy of my picture which is pasted upon a
board and intended to be put into frame for e
wall picture. These two you will please keep,
as may want some day to see how l looked
when was young. would send more for the
rest of the family, but have not the means, as
thirty cents is eli the cash l can command.
81 very much like the people here; they are
iiberal-minded Whose-sonled people. am
told that in no country in the world is there SC
great proportion Of 'infdels;' and also that
| It would be equally hard to find country
where there is so much comfort, thrift, inteli.
gencs, morality, and progressive and reform
. sentiment. / look upon the development oi
suc1 people a9 the uOeL I'M 3OftaHb ana en-
courasing fact know Of Much hiss the spirit
I OF emigration done for all these Western States
J lEti is the growing progressive spirit. he Ger.
I tainlv must be shallow observer and super
fetal reasoner who is ever crying over the folly
of those who would move to better their con-
dition. Il was just such iolly-stricken people
who have developed this whole western world
and are now knocking the scales from the eye
,of The conservative blind. - 49,
"Aqain / am afiectionately your husband,
"OLIvER BRowN."
Note the preeocity of this letter The write
is but twenty years of age; be is writing TO hi
: still Younger bride; and what are his topics
+: The HgroWth" Of the people; their ''comfcrt
{ thrift, intelligence and morality" No wonder
his mother said, as she once did to the writer o.
. Of this, that "Oliver was in adVsnce of his
3 sge," 49,
: The second letter exhibits the same ehsrae-
terstics. Il is po5tmarked sChambersburg,
. and, emitting a few passsg es too sacredly pri
: yste for publication, is as follows: 4-5--
lLETg HoME, 0ctober 8, '59.
any DEAR MARTHA; Having opportunity t.
| write you once more, I improve il With tn
: greatest Measure to myself and with the hop
! / 81 pleasing YOU. l arrived here two day
+ | sooner than father and Watson. They hav
: rome back once more We are all well a
4 present. You can. hardly think howl want Il
is see you or how lonesome was the day lef
3 you. That day shsll never forget. j passei
2 some good resolutions on my way to New
l j York. mean to live up to them. Nothing
% else could strengthen me to do the right 8
d much as the thought of you. Il is when
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