The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-09-13
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The Grave Of John Brown.

The Grave Of John Brown.
A correspondent of New York
paper thus describes the grave OF
John Brown, which is situated in
front Of the house he used to Occupy
in the town of North Elba, New
York, among the Adirondack noun
tains:
"The lot in which John Brown is
buried, lies east of the house, and
corners toward it, and separated from
it by a space of only two or three
rods. The fence on each side is
three rods in length, five boards high,
rough and unpainted. In the mid
die of the lot there is a rock of gran
lite occupying space upon the
ground nearly square, and almost
perpendicular upon all sides. The
north side is ten feet high-the Op-
posite four, and the circumference
five rods. Across the top, from the
west to the east stsnding on the
side, } you will read:
JOHN BROWN,
1859.
Each letter and figure is one foot
high and nearly one wide, and cut
one inch into the rock. Mr.. Alexis
Hickey, the present owner and oc-
cupant of the house-a gentlemanly
and well-informed young man-said
to me: This work was done by a
stone-cutter, J. A. Daniels. He was
sent here for that purpose by Wen
dell Phillips and Francis Lee. 1t
took him three days and half to ac-
complish it. John Brown is buried
with his feet to this rock, with his
head to the west in line with the
two opposite corners of the lot and
the house. The headstone is, of
course, granite, three feet eight inch
es high, twenty-five inches wide and
two inches thick. 1t was procured
and lettered long time ago in Con-
necticut. for the grave of Captain
John Brown; but as it did not suit
his children, it was never erected
there, but remained till his son. who
lies here, brought it to Westport, and
there left it. When Mrs. Brown was
with her husband in Virginia prison,
as I understand, he expressed a wish
to be buried near his house in North
Elba, and have this stone placed at
his head. Although other inscrip-
tions are upon it, only one body lies
here.
Here and thus-as I have describ-
ed-lies the body of one who, by a
single daring deed, shook the world
as with the suddenness Of thunder
bolt. And here my thoughts natur
ally ran upon the great events that
this one deed hastened, modified or
produced. have never been a fol-
lower Of John Brown, but, standing
by his grave and looking off and
around, I can truly say, how wonder
full! In this high region is the rock
that have described. To appear
ance, for several miles each way
from this rock, the earth ia compare.
lively level, though undulsting and
beautifully diyersed by lakes, streams
and groves. All around beyond this
distance the earth rises into hun
dreds of mountains and hills, rearing
their SUBMITS into the heavens and
forming an entire circle. Among
them you find Mount Marcy-the
highest in the State-also, Mount
Mcintyre, Mount McMartin, White
face, and others, ranking in the first
class. 1t does appear as though God
had prepared this spot for some spe.
cific object. Was this rock placed
here purposly as a monument for the
one who alone and silently lies at its
base Was this mountain chain de-
signed, reared to wall thIs spot
aroundP And lastly: Pilgrim to"
what is called " the shrine of John
Brown, the martyr" as you enter
this circle through dark and deep
mountain passes, does your con-
science whisper: This is sacred
ground" Nearly every day people
from a distance visit this place.