The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-02-21
SITS A YEAR

da, where the distinctions of color
were not recognized, Osborn accom-
panied them. He learned the print
ing business there and acquired quite
fair education. Here he met John
Brown, who induced him to join in
the crusade which was to iberate
the slaN es of the South. At the head
of this little army Of seventeen white
and five colored men, John Brown
marched into Virginia and captured
the United States Arsenal at Harpers
Ferry. on Sunday. October II, 1888.
On Monday morning, Anderson WITH
! five others were sent out TO stir up
the slaves Of the neighborhood. BY
evening the Virginian militia Eao
arrived at the town in large numbers,
completely investing the arsenal.
There had been fighting going on All
the afternoon, and only eight OF tie
seventeen men inside were left m,-
harmed
Unable to rejoin their comrades,
Albert Hazlett, a white man, anC
| Anderson crossed the Potomac IL,
the evening to the Maryland side
and, the Republican says, proceedeo
to the Kennedy farm-their rendc&
/ vous before the fight. Finding none ot
their companions there they marched
on over the mountains until about
two o'clock, when they laid down
and slept until daylight. That day
they were still in sight of the Ferry,
but being separated from their cont
paniQns they concluded to make thelr
way to Pennsylvania. For forty
eight hours without food. they then
! gathered some corn from a field anu
carrying it into the mountains
their only place of safety-built fires
and roasted it.
IN this manner, skullling about the
mountains, they reached the vicinity
of Chambershurg. There Hazlett,
worn out and reduced, could 90 no
further. He urged Anderson to leave
him; that he would rest until morn
ing, then throw away his gun and
blanket and take the stage for Cham
bersburg. There they separated, and
. Anderson reached Chambersburg
about two O'Clock in the morning.
Here he took shelter at the house of
a friend, and while eating a hasty
meal, a L. 5. Marshal knocked at the
front door and Anderson stepped out
at the back one. He overheard the
warrant for the arrest of his friend
on suspicion of harboring him, and
waited no longer. and took to the
fields again. Hazlctt entered Cham
hersburg the next morning, and was
soon after arrested and placed in Gus
tody Of the Virginia authorities. and
/ by them, after trial, executed. An
dcrson made his way from Chambers
burg to York, where a good Samar-
itan gave him oil, wine and raiment.
From York he made his way to a
station on the Pennsylvania railroad
and then took the train at night for
Philadelphia, where he remained a
short time among friends and then
proceeded to Canada.
Canada afforded a secure asylum
and there he remained until the
shareholders rebellion commenced.
never visiting the United States but
once, to assist in erecting a monu-
ment to his brave commander, John
Brown. After the war broke out he
returned to the United States and
lectured at various points III the
country. For year or two he has
held a position at Washington. He
was large athletic man, but the
hardships and exposures suffered
during his escape from Harpcr's
Ferry shattered his constitution. and
he died at last a victim of consump-
ton. His remains were deposited
in a vault at Washington, and will
be removed to West Chester for final
interment as soon as suitable arrange
ments can be made The deceased
was the last of the little band. who
took their lives in their hands, that
they might give freedom to the
bondsmen in the south BufaIo
Express.
THE editor Of a Newark paper