American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-23
NEW. :sERI j j Ess-VoL,::7, No, 4sas.'o' 49,
The Play Of Iohn Brown.

The drama, of tJohp, Blowo. bor the
Hero Of Kansas and Harpsr'si Ferry was
prodacsd,ss the Academy Of Mpsie, last
evening. toia fair audiepce.s We dona
know who wrote this playsq We under.
stand that il was NOT J.o r. sGiddngs, and
hardly think At was B. Wsder ias he leans
to the comic. lib Wade bad written IA,
il would be full of;;goaks "so Brother
Harris, and Brother Benedict ssay,ithsy
bad nothing to.do sboutit,, being both en-.
gagged on the Inexpressible eouAict.' Our
young and fscinating friend Rufus p.
Spsalding is evidently innocent. Jor1 il
Rufus p. had written IL there would BE-
some Resolutions" and there is nary =
resolve in the entire, drama. And we
acquit W. Depnison. becase the language
isn't half geotgeoas enosgh to emiaste
from his highly gmGplred intellect. IL
wasp' : Shakespeare, because, ,hs s,isy dead.
Who ipthe %orle did wrile III Let him
write one more as near like it as possible,
and then quietly die. As, the lateaGrn.
j. Cesar observed ipiegsrd,to Mr.. Cassius.
"such men are dangerous" ,-..- ,5a.
First opens 10 North Elba, There
lie a wedding a.jJobn Browns house.
Amelia marries somebody and gusdrils
is danced Chen Mr.. Brown aud his
three sons leave for Kansas. What "ap-.
on, artbD' they wentsto Kausas for9when
they we're 80 snug down there ius North
Elba, we caD.t immagine, IA Thsdsons are
next seen 10 Kansas In a cavern. Mr..
Blame. who don't sppesr TO be a pretty
nice man, asks one Of the Browns 10 take
a drink. Brown refuses which rs the
fr rst instance on record where a Brown
declines suoh an Invitation. nv Blame.
who is q black besrded, ferocioas mau,
Fsbout seventeen feet high, then asks him
whether he ispro slavery or antii Young
Brown says ana, wbersppenE Mr. Rlane
runs long kuife into him aud sllsughs
wildly. Another young man here rushes
up and says. t.you have killed me bsrruth.
err' Music. Scene changes. The wounded
young Browa enters supported reysbis two
'rotbers. He seems to be pretty well
Iplayed out. Says be sees his mother and
dies. Welooked bu, couldn't see sry
mother. ...,..,.... ..-,v
Next scene revesls j. Brown's cabin in
Kansas. Brown is seen readinga Tribure
Almanac. His two sons come il. The
married Brown seems to be glad 10 see
his wife. Pretty soon bel married Brown J
goes out an comes in dead. He is shot
while out by Beider Rpffian. Then the
Border Ruffians surround the house. set
it on fire, and raise thunder geners1ly
The Browns sre sbout to give themselves
up for gone coons, when lucky thought
strikes Eaturah, whose diaiect would IN
ply that she WAS fron South Readin'
that there is artrap'doorJ tothe cabin
The Browns go down stairs aud come up
through the bulkhead. Their miraculous
escape reminds me Of that Of De gonei
the ,Sanguinsry. For sixteen yesrs wa.
be confined in aoatbsome dungeon, no
tasting. Of food daring all that dIesry peri
od, when one@day lucky Thought occur
red TO him. He opened a. windoF and
got OUT Then old Brown aodA hit
remaining son meet and swesr5 X
have revenge on the slaVsbolders. ~ The
battle Of Ossawatomie takes place Guni
are fred. Old Brown kills Me- Blame
making an able and eloquent speech K
him as he does,it,s sMr. Blame tells BIZ
comrades to remember the importance Q
one vote and 70 be at the pole early, re
guess them 10 subscribe for the Waship
lingto Constitutions, published BY Geotg,
w, Bowman, saysl,s dom I see bis molhei
much and dies Ike son Of a gentlemen
wrapped up in the bar. stang led spsnpsr
Four or Eve other Border Ruffiaps ar
killed. .butithey don't say anything abou
seirg their mothers ,1 '''t ". g aSs ssa % y
Il. nay be- that we have got thing
mixeda little but we @ hardly think W
have as we partioulsr attention. ''a' b'''~
The last aot shows US Browns farm q
I Harper's Ferry. His daughter Amsli
asks him If he hadn't better give tb
thing up and be- says no.. Il mustgb
. pu. ilrohgh.t She then says she mus
pray for bis success. Cook comes in dis
I guised. 7 Heyspysibe )rursi3 districts ar
% all going 10 for freedom and that u
. thing had better be done right off aTh
arsenal is shown tis,, IT, 9. soldiers com
: and FIRE at IT, Brown comes out aud pei
fhits himself 10 be shot. = Is carried acros
, the s.sgs oaoi ms,iesSi byissssrAll ssAlsti
n 4 Il l