The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-01-19
Execution Of VI Brown How He
Died-Interesting Details.

john brown, the chief OF the Harper's Ferry out
break, Tfs hanged, in terms Of his sentence, at
Charlestown, Va, at III o'clock 4. VI. Of II Deem
Der The military assembled az 9 o'clock, ard were
posted on the feld leading 10 the place Of execution,
anu also at various points as laid down in the general
orders. Everything was conducted under the strictest
military discipline, as If the town was in q state Of
siege. Mounted scouts were stationed II the woods
TO the left Of the scafoll, and picket guards were
stationed cut toward the Shenandoah mountains in
the rear Inc military on the he'd formed two hot-
lO1 squares. Within the inner one was the scatOld,
and between the inner lines AMI the outer lines the
citizens were admitted, no one being allowed outside
Of the lines except the mounted guards. At II o'clock
the prisoner was brought out Of the Jail, acconpani-
Cd by Sheriff Campbell and assistants, and Capt.
Avis, the jIIOr. \ small wagon, containing q white
pine cOfsn, was driven up, on which he took his seat.
six companies Of infantry and rifemen, and one com
plny Of hOrsemen, and the General and u staff num-
Dering twenty-five officers, headed the procession, and
moved toward the place Of execution.
Brown was accompanied by no Minister, he de-
string no religious services either IL the jail or On the
scafOll. He boxed calmly on the people, was fully
seltPOssessel, and mountcl the scahold with a firm
step His arms were piuioned by the Sheriff. Brown
then bid farewell u Capt. Avis and Sheriff Camp
bell. and ~ III o'clock the trap Of the scIiO,l was
pulled away, and With = few short struggles John
Brown yieIIel up his spirit. The body was taken
% Harper.s Ferry, 70 be delivered 70 his wife. under
a strong military escort. Mrs. Brown vas escorted
over from the Ferry at = o'clock, when the entire
military werr.. brought out TO make a demonstration.
She Was recs.Fel with full military hOnOrs, but her
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the Ferry. After remaining four hours with her
husband, she was escorted back TO the Ferry at 0
o clock, there to await the reception Of her husbands
body.
Feeling throughout the NorIheru States ON
the Occasion.
The lowing are the first news, as received by
various e~ghaphic dispatches, Of the manner in
which the news Of Browns execution was received in
the Northern cities
BosToy. Dec. AT the meeting Of the Senate to-
day, Mr.. Luce moved that the Senate ADJOURN on ac-
count Of the execution Of John Brown. Mr. Rich, Of
Suffolk, opposed the motion, and the ayes and noes
stood : for adjournment, and IL against. In the
House, Mr.. Ray, Of Nantucket, Iovel an ADJOURN
ment, Offering at the same time 4 resolution Of sym
pathy for Brown. \ spicy debate followed, when the
motion to adjourn was defeated, ayes 6, nays l4i.
The bells in Plymouth, New Bedford, and Concord,
V. H., were t0l!ei at noon to-day, in memory Of
John Brown.
John Browns execution today attracted consider
able crowds about the newspaper offices as the even
ing editions were issued, and several individuals
prOmenaded the streets with Grape attached to their
persons. Religious services were held in several Of
the cOlOrel churches the most part Of the day. Other
wise there were no manifestations unusual to every
day life in this city.
fremont Temple was crowded this evening, to COM
mcmorate the death Of John Brown. All the colored
population Of Boston and its vicinity were present,
together with many ladies, a large number Of whom
attended out OF mere curiosity.
There Is 20 be held 4 Union and Constitution meet
ing to rebuke domestic treason and ayOw new fealty
to the Republic, at Faneuil Hall next week The
preliminaries are arranged, and q call Will be issued
tomorrow morning.
Providence, Il. L., Dec. 1.-The friends and sym
pathisers with John Brown held a large meeting here
to-day. Ex-Nayor Barstow presided and made a
lengthy speech. Speeches were also made by the
Hon. Thomas Davis, the Rev. Mr.. Woodbury., a INT
tartan clergyman, and the Rev. Mr.. Day, a Free VII
Baptist. The feeling of the larger part Of the COM
munity was strongly against the meeting. All the
prominent men engaged in it are among those enter
tanning extreme views upon the slavery question.
MANCHESTER, \. H., Dec. ., 1S59.-There was q
brisk excitement here this afternoon, caused by an
attempt to toll the ~obsequies Of g Old Brown" from
the City Hall bell 1t struck four or five times when
I Mayor Harrington appeared among the sympathisers
in the belfry and ordered them to lesist. One Of
them refused, when the Mayor dropped him through
the scuttle by the most convenient mode, and the
bell didn't ring any more.
WORCESTER, Mass, December. ., 1889. - The
church bells were tolled here to-day for the execu-
ton Of John Brown from 10 o'clock to II. This
evening q great meeting was held in Mechanics Hall,
which was addressed by prominent gentlemen Of the
city, clergymen and others. 1t was the largest meet
ing that has been held here for n long time. Three
thousand persons were in the hall, and a great many
came who could not get III. At the close n collection
was taken up for Browns family, which was very
successful.
SYRACUSE, v. Y, Dec. 2, 1S59.-The City Hall was
densely packed with citizens this evening, who listen
ed for over three hours to stirring and eloquent
speeches expressing sympathy for john Brown and
his family. Strong resolutions were adopted, and a
Committee on Funds appointed. \ large amount of
money was contributed for the relief of Browns
family The City Hall bell was tolled 63 times, the
strokes corresponding with Browns age. The SYM
pathy for Brown and his family is very strong here.
ALBANY, y. Y, Dec. ., 1S59.-One hundred min
ute guns were fired to-day, in of the
execution Of John Brown for murder and insurrec-
ton at Harper's Ferry.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. ., 1Sj9.-A meeting as
sembled in the National Hall this morning, where
there was an Overfowing attendance. to offer pray
ers for John Brown. The Rev. Mr.. Furniss read a
number Of letters from Brown. Addresses were de-
lvered by Lucretia Mott, Mary Green and others.
European Intelligence.
The steamship VigO which left Liverpool on the 9th
November, and Queenstown on the 10Th, arrived at
New York on the 18th.
\ Berlin dispatch Of the Sth November says that
IL was repOrte1 there on reliable authority that Mt the
interview held ut Braslin, the Emperor of Russia and
the Prince Regent OF Prussia determined not to con-
sent to a revision Of the treaties of 1915, nor TO take
part IN any Congress IN which England would not ne
represented, the last resolution being proposed by
Prussia.
GRENT BRrTAIS-The weather continued very
stormy, and severe gales bad again proved most dis
astrous TO the Shipping Of the coasts. Many vessels,
with their entire crews, had been lost, and the mail
packet service with the Continent had been greatly
impele1.
The Prince and Princess Frederick William OF Prus-
sin, had arrived in England, on a visit to Queen Vic
toria-
The J1ueS cr1lcl-es the OTedt dslsTh ana
out great doubts "a to her being able to fulfill all that
has been promised for her. The vessel has been pro-
nouncel defective in propening power.
The official correspondence between England and
Spain has been published in the London Gazette.
Spain declares that she will not continue 10 hold Tan
gier. or any part of the Morocco coast that will give
her n superiority which would be dangerous to the
navigation of the Straits, after a treaty OF peace is
signed.
FRaycE-The preparations in France for the Chi
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