The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-18

dollars % lRwyet'R fees from Brown,
died ct Washington, D. c., some time
ago.
The lawyer who prosecuted Brown
before the Jury, Andrew Hunter, and
Mr.. Harding, came 10 different fates,
Hunter keeps up his Office directly OPP
poaite the Court House whore Brown
was tried, and next door 10 the Jail
where Brown was Imprisoned; while
Harding, an old bachelor OF dissIpAtsd
habits, took up his gun at different
times during the war, and went out to
be OF garru lous use 10 the rebels, and he
took the rheumatism, or something,
and died, tolerably worthless for good.
Hunter had son, Henry, who was a
grand nephew OF Bsckham-the most
respected hfetaken by the raiders at
Harper's kerry-and this Henry Huus
ter testified In court that he was one OF
the cowardly mob who dragged William
Thompson out upon the Potomac river
bridge, after Beckham'B death, and kill.
ed him. Young Hunter 10 now mere
hummer around CharlestoWn, Dragging
TO strangers OF his featB 10 the rebel
army, whereas he never had an accred-
lied place In that or any other, except
the mob which assasBInated Thompson,
and number OF rebels assured me that
Henry Hunter was worse of than the
corpses OF the raiders. His father Ia
one OF the huge pieces OF mannerly con.
ceit who degrade Virginia, while they
impose upon II by their staggering,
posturlnR and lordly prelenslons. A
little village lawyer, Of peacock airs,
be 10 seriously believed around
Charlestown TO DO q national man,
whose excursion through the States
would cal up the legal fraternity like
the paraulng OF tho skeleton OF Daniel
Webster. With his thumbs In his but
ton.holes, and his head thrown back
like terrapin's, he says: by the bars
sinister OF the Old Dominion, sir, WE'LL
tx this thlngl We'u show tilIs admin.
istration, sir, what 10 mean y And 40
this poor being deludes himself, and
decelVea bis toWnamen,-fOrhidden by
the laws Of West Virginia 10 practice
law, but doingit by proxy, and chiefly
In ohancery cases; 10 that 1t IL said he
has more Income now than before the
war. The most unfortunate place Mr..
Andrew Hunter ever had 10 fill was to
prosecute John Brown, and still but for
ibis prosecution, we might 60 through
his village and never think OF reading
Mr.. Hunters sign on his wIndow-shut.
ter. The most honorable association he
has Ia his oouslnShip 10 General David
Hunter. Beyond these incldental con.
sideratiohs he IL Of no consequence TO
anything. w
Hoyt, the Boston boy lawyer, who
was Browne original counsel, Is we'll
remembered, though he remained here
out little while. Dan Voorhees, is
looked upon, In the intervening dis
lance, AZ magnificent Mark Antony,
who caused tears to flow while be
hanged his client; and when told the
folks In CharleStoWn that he was q
member OF Congress from Indiana, as
eloquent and wrong as ever, they as
sumed Q business countenance, and
said they had forgotten both how 10 be
grateful and to hate,
The condition Of the South In Viz
glhla ! took to be this: The attitude OF
y man caught up In the rIdIouIe OF o
riot. A few poor ragged devils trying
to bear up against the laughter OF the
agei And there they sit, like owls by
day, solemn amid outlaws.
Take the case OF Hawks, already re-
ferred 70. Hawks has had a good
bringing up, and is an agreeable Yan>
kee, who went into rebel Quarter
mastership, aud served till hs took a
rheumatism which will hold him till
ne dies. He said to me, with avidity,
that II was libel that he had ridden TO
the gallows with Brown. Mr.. Sad
dler, the undertaken, on Main street, is
the person. he said: Il never saw an
execution In my lie. I think Brown
was crazy on that one question:
Mr.. Hawks son told me he heard
wilkes Booth repeat Shakespeare and
other poems ut his fathers house the
night Brown was hanged; for Booth
was guardsman around the gallows,
anu learned from Browns method OF
warfare the secret OF murder which he
executed six years afterwards upon
the body Of Lincoln.
THE WITNESSES OF THE RAID.
In q few years there will be few col.
lectable witnesses OF this notable raid,
and improved the chance at Harper's
Ferry to hold interviews with most OF
them.
The resolute, though motley, raiders
who were killed at the Ferry lie inter.
red across the Shenandoah River, In
Loudon county, and arc eight In num-
Der. First, Oliver Brown was thrown
In upon his back, and the negro, Dan-
gerheld Newly, laid In his arms. To
get the boots or the feet of Watson
Brown, his leg was partly wrenched
on. In the came grave was placed
kaRi, Stuart Taylor, William Lehman,
Lewis Leary, and Thompson, the latter
two negroes. Anderson, another slain
raider, was prepared for the Winches.
ter School OF Anatomy.
Inc grave was opened when Mrs.
Brown, after her husbands execution,
wished to recover her sous; but their
bodies could not be identified, and
there they lie, on the banks OF the She.
nandoah; and stood on the site Of
their sepulture last Sunday, feeling
that was upon hallowed spot.
The only guide books published In
Virginia are one for Mount Vernon and
one Tor Harper's Ferry, the latter writ
ten by q genial Irishman named Jo-
sephus Barry, whose chief pride Is that
John Brown shot at him with reyol.
yer. II is from conversations with
Barry that I derive many OF these
notes. He was the village schoolmas.
ter. and having been up late the night
before started out to get his morning
bitters about daylight. As he turned
down the street called High, which
comes from Bolivar, he saw at the gate
OF the Arsenal three men wearing
shawls strapped about them and car.
rying short guns.' They hailed him,
ami asked II he were STAKEHOLDER. He
replied Mo- The response was: Very
we'll this movement Is for your inter-
est. Pass on qulcklyv quite dumb.
founded, Barry went to the tavern and
took his gin, and asked the landlady
what II all meant. The gin warming
him up, he concluded to test the matter,
and with hiu iI0hfaH VNlna IT, ,Ia -, o,,NI,