, 1870-12-27

pIoite. Aore than Ill, he m adc the Anti-slav
cry cause the snti-nxtional one, and dismaysi
Tor ti,ns the Republican party, and 1t wa.
only when slavery In imitation Of thu John
Brown rald, seized itself this forts and arms
Of the country, that 1t became the raider, and
challenged the overthrow tha. II h1l giveu
| John Brown.
This Is charitable statement in tie iighl
OF that time only, but the issues OF the fu.
ture we're to n1ke more than Qai1ote
+, OF this 6rst Comc1ander-in-chicf. It Va:
| stuart that IVES the Qui1ots; it WIS Iack son
and Lee, fitting for \ past chtvalryan mouth
/; ing to the moon about h,gh-born blood aud
; beauty. This grim forager was the knight pi
| TINT future as which We have arrived; and
! bAsed upon 1he immortal justics Of things
! satire could ind rents in his amor, but nj
d, impeachment Of his crusade, Al we'll mtch
; Hudibsss survive Cromwell: Hs began ths
wssss the last Of i:s h.rLirgers; aad h;z con
! ssisu:ton proelaincd 1t Chatham that '.Slave
| r. 10 war"
TIE SIoHr MARCH.
, ITentS-two men. m.kirg .ha ADVANCE o,
I the grand army, b-oke camp At E.uuedv';
! Farm Oh Sunday, Ostobar l6, 1859, At II
O'clock There was 4 haze On the u3uot ain.
=nd they ma1chcd in double fi,e, followed b,
i theit one-horso wagon, tiliet With spears aul
!: earbiaes. Old John Brown, with his breaches
i tucked in his bao.e, sabre a. h:s slda, plsto]
, in his belt. and csrbine over hi. shou1j.r,
! led The way, lie w1s 80 ye,rs the senior Of
+, any Of his ttoope, and his sou, Oliver. "a.
probably tie second in age- They we're al q
| rough moEntaneer- crowd. the presence OF
tive negroes adding to :Ler wild an.l bacai,
! appearance. and tntir clothing was couuon
and eosrsa, wea:irg tlankets. Ind wi:h boards
cnshorn. A.psfsy of l1oqcois going Oh tbs
wa1-rash. eonld not have been mora
srosesque- Halfway over tue hi.l.. they came
to place where they could look 4. Haspsr' i
Kerry, Light OF two sliding dovn a swift,
t1oAd river. In tEenty minutes more, their
frexd "As on the railInAd bridge. where, on
| the central pier, old John Brown commanded
hls guard to stop anything from pass.pg over,
from deg to ! locomotive. The brites
watchmaa, with cooked pistol At his nose.
T1t marched down to the Armory gate, Ehsr.
tho wagon stopped, and, whiie the govern
ment watc1tman Was struck dumb, with a
dozen carbires pointed 1t him, thev took a
ctowbar frcm the vehicle, and vrencled of
the gate chain- The wagon passe.l in; the
Waterman was uaadn to unlock tho engine
ho'1.e door; anc there the headquarters of
u1s INST army or tie Potomac vers definitely
c..nblishtd.
NOW. as'd John Brown, with i grim f,,r-
isl'. II 2m John Brown, Ossa sa.t 1u,ie Brown: !:
iou know nle from kA1s1t! This is 4 staye
State, and have como to break the woke Of
tho people. I IN the po.sessor, DE- fac,o. of
tle UE,jfed Etnfea 4-,,r-r 1t,. .;.;.. >, =,
hare protection, unless they Interfere With
me- ana IL taey DO. ahau bum the town, and
have blood
He had the most nasa1 sort OF dowa-E,st
tw'ns. and :ha watchu.n saw that the long
talked Ut Aloiitioristz we're coming in truth.
THEY s7op THE TRAIN.
Then Brown sent of two sau,as Of bia
men, e2e OF si1 commanded by s.oyens ~
country houses where influential s1.ra.ho,a.
! <rs lived: another NJ tro - TIL. ~.
work.. He p.oceeded to fnte-rnr,to tt,s
| watchman upon tic eontepta Of tie s,,ona
snl In this act the xhietle Of the n;eht ~.
| press trim sounded Along the Potomac.
The scene Of a!l that now occnrrcd IA rs,.
| contracted. and man ef j, mas ba a-.~-. -.
d IA. agraph the two broad. hrar,;,a r;r,.' -.
! meet at m acnte apclc two r,;,r,,ds ~,. -.
tre.t1e. down both msrr;nu and nn;t, ,,,,,,, :
bridge. third of a mile tcn- th,, or..s. I
peion,ae. uetxeen ,1,a ,,r, - ;rs,.s ~
/ +.Yeet v;rils m Tho h,,,7,. 49,. 49, 49,
AID t,,es bntwren Tia ,,ssn,, ~ ,,.. .. .oe''
I pci,her If tleu = s,ona's th,o.- 49,. ~.
] bridge. The Armory ,s walled and o,.sd :.
| iutt inside the gate the ,;t.,o b-;.,, 80.
| house etart1e. two c,cat aoora of ;,or ;e, :.
! two Gre engines en tle br;.t Hoor ,,;,h;"
+, tights owe: tho door, but mn u;n,l,u. 49,
i whete, A.d l1icked on at ,hc ~nl !. :. r.+ai,
; mans cot, very narrow. vhere John 1,-o~n
lad built fire aud wac warming him air r,,.,,
! the train came touudirr in. Tie oid ss ,a.1
paid no attention to ,bs tr,;n an, M H.. . 49,.
atopped On the frc.t1a n1,,tr.n, -:.., ~. -.
! engine ahead on tl:e b,;dne s..,;. VIZ .ae
the ssptine1p Of tia c7,r3, ,-nv sh..D., o'..'
engineer ard arcm,n ~, ~, .,' w
~ '' @'4 o9ae 'Aem oaek
"wh,t's the m.t,cr.r
"Bsck on, You can't mas, 1,n h,o-
head axayif you .sk any ones,;on. !" w." '''0
The whistle blew; train b.cled m tia t,ap-
ties; alt tho passengers GOT Of. .,,,,,1v ~
demand lie Cause of The del,y, Immets;;,a,r
\ carbine cracked On the bridge. and h1a,i-
Watchuan, shrickizg, ran down to tha Mat,
form, shot through the back mott.I1y. ua Ind
gone down to look for the o.he. un.rbnn,n
whom John Brow had taken, aud, being cb.1.
leuged to halt and carry one OF f,eoa,m.s
pikee, had put to his hoe!s, His VA. tt,o 49,
tloed sled OIL tile Potomac. A. Ia Inv f,r;,,
1t tue station, the confusion au;onc ,hn 80
cp:e,s VIE interse. soma sc,a,vrsd go go
t,ct,. snrne ,rc,4rc.5 ,;ato,s ~ 60, soi'
i "sttike- op the yo.d =, a,,..,t, - q"
A,morv. a arec1o-,;sinc wcra b-o,o, ~ ~
and in tho midst Of il III o1s John ,,ra",, 49,,
l.s two or tlree At ,,e,dor,rta-, :,on., ~.
passengers TO como in Inns NJ ,l,o;r =, ~,
Shots were immceiate1r e.ch,npaa .,d H.
railway v.s sreedi!y cleared, TIL. commo-
tioa called up many toglareop1e. and ,3oa.h
and abautdity seemed to be- about eou., II, ~.
night, when the latter t,iro,phed in Brnxn..
nasal command, IL ct the United states ,n,i1
so on"
Several Harpes'a Fe1fyaue, badlv fr;phtcna.,
lett With tho cats. and. e,rant = sta.itt,. ~
lid citizen or tTo. meaning INN, so,,a -
the town Eas c|e.rad sc,i,. Tia t.r;,,, ~
commander f,nsba;1 ,r;,,, IL. s,,,ossu 49, asa,,os W
al - t,,o ,io,,t ~ . 49, .s.s,. = "
lila .f,fy a. ian. :. r. s.os.a.n .s4a -, oae .,
,.ro,,n.s T,,-a ,s..1- ~ NV. Au2
. fo,r +aa, fran, rhs%s b. ~ 80 - ~ soe cclh
fo,tnn.,ctr r.. W., sd~;.sa u.. sA .e' aa-
cred tLis au;, sci mn . c,ss r.c-r;,;,1 ~ oas
The village. WHO Knows Int II. ,n;,a,. 49, 49, -
lated the who1e ponn1at;on n;,ss.,r ' a.. H.
souua Of teams vas l,e,rd in tba a,,ao.. .ns 80.
the ts,,s,v sentiue,s At liza 3rmorr 49,. -
swtrcd the wa.:h4ord vi,., i divniac.3 ;. ar.
well.'
wAsu1xoros N CUSTODY.
A fine cas1isse and span entered the roy.
ernuaen, eroun,,s fo],ova5 hv :, tor--,,es,,.
wagon. sud cautafn stevens .f,ar ,;I;na
ahrnt = soya, a1,ra, inta 49, A1us