The Evansville journal., 1869-06-02

packets are noted for picking up
great natural euriosities, 'slucas ma.
ture. :. as D. learned contemporary
would say. One of.tbem brought US
the Happy Family, p (n6t a very de-
sirable acquisition certainly as i
turned out, another broughtus the
mammoth pig, weighing, twas said,
1,736 pounds, but il proved too heavy
for its owner to manage, and Frank
Morris had TO be called In Go admins
ter on his estate-ante-s s1s6Fts'1a.-A few
weeks ago the EaY1na Had the four
legged baby, 3, and next the Robt.
Moore brought the three-horned and
tbree-eyed OK. All these were
extraordinary specimens Of natures
strange freaks, but Ion. Sunday
the Havana had the privilege of
bringing to the city the most extraor-
dinary production Of nature and art
combined, that the world has proba-
bly, ever produced We have been
.furnlshed with few Of the minor in
cidents Of the eyentful life of the ex-
traordinaEy man, as related by him
self, and, Of course, they must be true
and reliable. The distinguished ipdi-
vidual styles himself DIR. Brown. His
residence is the wide. wide world4
bis last place of embarkatiOn, Union
town, Kya Dr. rseBrOwn is of Indian
descent, he says, aud is 96years OF age.
His great grand mother, Ehois still
living at the. moderate age of 204
years, was the mother Of 45 chiidren,
and was never sick day in her life.
His grand mother gave birth to II pair
of twins. DIR. Brown, he says. is
the nephew 0f George Washington
and own cousin to Napoleon Bona
parte. At seven years of age he was
attached to the army commanded by
Gen. Washington who, Ionf one 6cca-
sion, sent out a -foraging party, who
were bringing In a lot of cattle, when
they were attacked by Indiaps, who
=
killed the party and drove Of the eat
tie. Gen. Washington sent for Mas
ter Brown, and told him the cattle
must be recovered or the whole army
would perish, and American Inde-
pendence would never be achieved.
Brown selected four indians, two
negroes, and three white me n, ap-
preached quietly a high mound, on
which the Indians we're eneamped in
a wood, and the weather being exc
tremely dry, he set the woods on FIRE
in circle areund the mound, and
burned the. Indians all to death, but
unfortunately singed all the hair off
the cattle and pretty we'll roastedt them; !;
but nevertheless he drove them to
camp, and had them Killed immedi-
ately, and they made pretty good beef,
preserving the whole army and secur-
Ing the Independence of the colonies.
He acted as Aaron Burr's Second in
his duel with Alexander Hamilton.
He has fought 687 duels, and never
received a scratch, and has been en-
gagged ii any number Of affrays,
through which he passed With extra
ordinary good fortune On one oeca-
sion he planted his back against
Court House, in Kentucky, aud killed
four brothers, three brothers. in law
and four strangers, and wounded
thirty three otherA all of whom we're
firing at him all the time, but without
effect. -
On another occasion he killed
rattle snake ninety,fopF and one half
feet long, and having 184 rattles, and
buttonA0n his TAIL His wife. who was
a broad shouIdered woman, made a
narrow escape at the time, as the
snake struck atihera deadly blow, but
fortunately was 50 wide between the
fangs that they passed on each side
of her broad shoulders, without
iujuriug her, but the breath Of the
serpent prostrated her, and as she fell
the snake made a second dart, and
struck his, fangs into a tree at her
back, eighteen feet AbOvethe ground.
leaving two large scars, whieh the
Doctor takes pleasure. in showing to
his friends to this day -.. -
. He was present at the meeting be-
tween General. Harrison and Teeum-
sch, at Vineennes; was in Mexico
with Gen Taylor, and on frequent
occasions, when old Rough-and. Ready
was indisposed, took CO nmand of the
army. For many years he paid the
Iadians on the frontiers their annu-
tiles, whichhave never been.paid since
he retired fr6mths business. and the
whole tribe of Comanches were az
ways In dead y fear of him. 80
He subscribed 100000 atO the
Greenupsburg & Big Sandy Railroad,
and when the contractors failed he
took hold and finished ton his own
responsibility, as he owns alarge
possessions in that regionsl to-
wit. over rs, 900 acres of iron ore
land, containing two veins Of the
richest ore in the world, the one Eve
feet and the ether fourteen feet thick.
He also owns vast posssssions In
Texas, to7Wit; over $4,000 acres of
choice land. ,--e
At the outbreak Of the re-
bellion he owned sixtysni6e stores
throughout the South. nineteen
of which q were In Columbus,
Kentucky. During the war he was
d :