New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-20
SCOUTING ROCK LETTERS.

From Our Special Correspondent
SPourISa Rocr SEPT IS, 1862.
have recently been passing come charming days
with come near and dear friends Of old John Brown.
Il would seem TO have become less of crime to
have known or to name him. This gentleman, who
WAS known to have assisted the Captain more than
any other person in pecuniary way, tells me that
ia those DAYS his feow.mercbants "cut" him in
the streets. He pursued the bo-peep policy with
them {" let them alone y, and, sure enough, taught
by events:
"They all came home,
And brought their tails behind them"
Their right hands are extended again to him, with
confessions Of bastiness! Few are found now to
sneak in hasty condem naton of the raid Of John
Brown" bat many sigh: Alas, had we now such a
man in Virginia
In this house the hero stood Yes, its inmates,
with moist eyes point and say, There is where be
sat when last here; with that boy he Played here
IL the Bowie1nife which Clay Pate, in Kansas, took
along when seeking Browns blood Brown made
him surrender it, and gave it to US for keepsake
here BIT OF bis hair and his beard, taken from him
after desth." Such things as these fond hearts are
eubalmng all over the loyal States.
But most WAS | moved by letter which has
never been published, written in Cbarestown Jail
to the fe OF the gentleman to whom refer, written
on The verge of the Dark Valley. This letter is the
yny one which never passed through his jailor S
hands; it was found between the leaves of a book
by Browns widow long time afterward. The
close reader will observe how tho old man strives TO
convey farewes to more than one person, but is
afraid to call any names for fear the letter may fall
into hostile hands and involve one. Two tear.
marks are on the paper. 1t was, as will be seen,
one Of the last things ever written by him:
CHARLEsrowy Jefferson Co., Va, Nov. ~ 1859.
MypEAR FRIEND No letter have received ace my I'M
psonmebt here has given more comfort than yours Of
the 9Th int, quite cheerful and never more happy
Have only time TO ute you word hsy God reward you
and all youy Ny love to all who love their neishbors
have asked to be spared from having any hypocrtcs
payers male when publicly murdered and ths.
ny only religious attendant, be poor little dirty ragged bare
headed bsrsfooed slave boys and girls led by gray
headed slave mether Farewell! Farewell. Your friend
JOHN BROWN
That last unanswered request Of the OLD Captain,
and ths, kiss which, on bis way to the gslows, he
gave TO the negro cld, remind ne of that striking
verse Of the Persian poet:
"Cn The last day shall wear
! On their heads the dust.
| As ensign IND a. ornament,
| u their owly trust"
But here 10 another letter, one sentence from
which, written amid the darkest days Of Kansas,
may well be given first in these days which seem to
repeat those fearfully extended 81 canuot remem.
Der night so dark to hinder the coming day; nor
storm 70 furious and dreadful TO prevent the
turn Of warm sunshine and a closdlese sky." With
sucn heart did the heroes who sayed Kansas strive,
and 70 sha il be to that nation whose defenders shall
bear through the struggle the heart and hope,
Those men who were gathered around Ossawsttomie
Brown-to whom, more than % any one man the
freedom of Kansas s due to-iay-were unconditional
champions Of liberty. On one occasion, when the
Kansas Aid Committee were little tmid and spoke
of the rifles they gave being used only in such and
such contingency, Brown spoke out for the rest,
% Gentleman, We had rather have one rife without
contingencies than two hundred with themr
| But here is third etter and one more remarkable
than either Of the others. II was found lately
among the pap.rs Of Theodore Parker, though not
directed to him. IL was written when the idea Of an
armed attack on Slavery in Virginia was first con.
ceiyed by him, aud is dated nearly two years before
the attack actually occurred. IL 10 striking az ndi
eating the purpose and devotion of the man, aud dis
pels all idea of insanity as connected with him. In
speaking of the plan he says: expect nothing but
10 endure hardness; but Itrpect TO achiere great
rictory, eren though IL be IKE Tie last rtctory Of
Samson.
Wonderful prophetic words Here this man calm
y and deyoedly contemplates the alternative which
really did occur. lie that it my he what the
eyes of men would call failure but so authentic il
the voice which calls him TO il that he feels that
which may be the fooshness Of men shall be the
wisdom Of God. Mr.. Hawthorne in bis late article
" About War Matters in The atlantic Monthly,
GAYS that "any common sensible man mus: have en-
loved an intellectual satisfaction in seeing him John
Brown hung, if only for his abeurd miscaculaton of
probabilities" But it would seem from the above
extract that John Brown had calculated the whole
matter with amazing thoroughness, and saw that it
would be to produce great results although he
il not bound to produce such results rs Mr.. Haw-
thorne can count and put into his pocket ss be light
the re- ults of wiring biographical romance Of a
Democratic President.
And it did produce great results He not only
upset the old rotten sham with which traitors had
superseded the pure Government handed down by
our fathers, but he revealed the treachery of the
underminers and before it too late for them TO
insure their nefarous end, when John Brown raised
himself up on his elbow in prison, and said to Mason,
yalhnd CHAM g. Co.: " Gentlemen, l warn you
concerning this negro question Put al end TO il, Of
it will put IN end to you, aud sooner than you
think" Slavery was seized with panic, aud pre-
cpitated the preparations for war. llsd'hsy waited
longer, ,hey had been stronger, or they might have
had weaker President, perhaps, than they have
now to deal with. Well for US, they struck when
they did.
But John Brown did more; he demonstrated the