New-York tribune., 1874-12-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,,ow JouN BROWN WAS HUNG.

E1nssxrs 40 M an william +. GIN q Co.
Among the contents of this attractive volume. one
Of the most interesting papers Is eutit'eo HOW we
Hung John Brown," giving an account OF 'ho 'fais-
action by Col Henry s Olcott. who was nos only an
evewitness of the spectacle. but somewhat prom'-
nent actor in the scene. Our readers WEI no douee
be elatitied with the copious extracts which we
shall give before they may have OCCASION to make
acouaintanc With the volume. Cob Olcott thus re-
hates bis
FIRST CONNECTION WITH TIFF AFFAIR. ,.-
In 1859 was one the agricultural editors OF ,h
kEwYoRK @ hSsT Saa pShnps sS as uSkey as any
20 see or care tue execution the
en,Sd wen With Inc ieadng Aboonisi Journal was
ssrcey an Abotioeist but rather what might Se cafa
speesry and catiEg less for politics Than scienn
sgicuure was content 10 et ,andsd 20 e specalty
whose development was my chief care. -, ,. ,u-
Rnt events nc happened which areased az my IN
.er"s, p the torc of The people of Virginia,
kd away by blind fanatcisin. and ey oilna iansnes ~
as The representative of the principles John Brown held
most dear One after another, three gentlemen were
driven out OF Charestown and Harpers Ferry on sus,
cion that they the correspondents who supplied
ina, Journal with los vivid accounts az the ceal occur
sentin1ed 10 appear, they gave out tnat they would
hang mysterious unknoSn TO tae nearest Tree; on
Ught TAen the liberty of the press was for the nrst
time practically DESTROYED IN this country ana moo o
asserted Itself Our corresponde,, VINO nau ras sem LIS
letters under the Of money packages Dy express
at last found things hot that he was lorced 10 leave
such reports as he could gamer upon Tue vi
the train. . .ou ,os, o,oroocb,no
and seemed u, the paper @eud 3e ioicea " eo n1
day pas without having on ihe eronnu
tressed TO sec perpexty OF dear friend Horace
Greeley vert to the managing editor aud
own way. Win some remonstrance about the Risks
Soad Ton be At . aSS % ne sns gave me 0a'
Tnings were decidedly lively at Cbariestown just
then Wise had poured cavalry and iHfsntry into the
it
the streets 10 stop every one at VIII pF0Vostguard
boarded every train. sum of money was privately Of
fered THE TRIBUNE man. the medical students bad
hung up preserved skeleton OF John Browns son In
shadowy ieeions Of rescuers expected from the
mountains had MT he remotest WISH 10 ngure IN tne
Book of Martyrs, the slightest dIsposiu0n to nave
hide tacsed 10 the door OF jan ana so IL
Win 10 me e heW 10 to- move aoy 6u wne and
how TO get away with whole SKIN: After nsdering
buTe aud make that my base of operations. So taxing
passage by steamer, found my sell, late one night,
safely landed the house of dear old friend In that
city. He was hreeater 0f hre-eaters, an I'M
rompromisng rank, outsnd-out secessonsL, in whose
terms who, AS soon found hated John Brown with
the perfect hatred that the devil Is said TO bear to holy
water Tired and sleepy as was, he would not let Inc
20 10 bed until he had cursed the hOary old Aooonst
from crown TO sole. neaping separate and distinct
each drop OF blood IN his veins He talked so iast ana
10 ascertain my sentiments, although. for the mat
thar. quite ready to express my honest con-
vcion that John Browns raid was an ihexcusab!e IN
vasiOn a sovereign Ssate. Wing enough then ~
BE- quite willing TO have Virginia hang nl a. sne chose.
decided minority. See how We trimmed ana snufn5d
and patered with the South until the first cannon-od
smashed against the walls OF sum er' aud 50 smashed
through our doughiace-ism upon the patriot adamant
beneath
cor. oLCoTT JOINS THE VIRGINIA SOLDIERS
AT nIgnt session with my nreeatng friend,
learned that recruits for the company OF Peters
burg Grays doing duty at CharestOwn, were to
ferwdrd next day. and, expressing my desire 10
MISSION 10 JON the party. Behold, then the agricultural
editor OF THE TRIBUNE transformed into Virginia
into "a ord and has prunlDg-hook into spear. And
us here for fear Of being misunderstood le: me say
duty hgAt there should be occasion to fight, aud
ina, thought there would De any opportunity or US to
display vaor, for, In common wlh all NewYOrk,
the organized body OF
Pennsy lvanIans would attempt John Browns rescue.
Nevertheless, took service IN good faith aud all the
chances This matter being satisfactorily settled
my friend at last showed me ~ y room. ana slept the
sleep OF the weary,
Al the appointed time party Of recruits met at the
railway station, and was put IN charge OF the chief
Gen. Tailaferros stat as trueblue North
eTner. found hm 10 be brother Mason and trip
made most agreeable by the close friendship that
before Charestown, our ran boarded by
tie provOslguard and every passenger subjected TO
rgid examination Ny friends Of the Grays youching
for me- enabled to pass muster aud the place Of
our destination finally came III sight.
Looking out Of the car window, saw something that
was the reverse OF assuring in my situatona
crowd Of h thousand more unsayory, louuging Vr-
IN MS pockets and his fixed upon train
# IT we're nondeserlpt monster ABOUT to vomit an
enemy Next the track stood proyosts party wear
ing uniform and other insignia OF brei authority
Tue captain ordered us 10 form line outside the cars
the dressed In elzens cothes naturally at
trscted greater share of the public attention than
At ali gratifying TO myself at least, being naturally of
modest retiring disposition However, there was
and there the fifteen hundred, and as could nc
sef away put as good face it possible and
turned stare for stare. 1t was Mt long before my
sousnimity was cruelty disturbed for should como
nnkug rough the throng but my Old Washington
auainanee, Colonel Blank the great sheep-breeder
iu,pusIve gOod-natured amiaoe freeaer one OF your
sort who clap the back ana shout out your
aud wonder wnat the deuce you are doing there The
mild Of bucolc friend seemed for the moment
90 threaten ike that OF Nemesis the cold sweat started
on my forehead, and in about second counted my
chances being pointed out Mr. Wurzel of The NEW
YORK TRIBUNE and thereupon gently stretched at tho
boring tree that canght my eye az tne Inohent' NY
nearer ana yet more near and my brain went
faster faster until Just as the Old fellow got within
easy eyesnot OF me- formed aud executed ruSe
suddenly attacked with strabismus OF the most pro-
nounced type, my mouth got shift TO leeward, and
general EXPRESSION of vacancy settled over usually
yiyacious eountenance. The transformation probably
which Glrrick amused his friends In the hack, but 1t
good purpose, for the terrible pan passed on
rigntfaced and forwardmarched aud filed this way and
that and finally came TO our quariers 1t was one
small, cramped room, where perhapsa nafdOzen fellows
might manage TO bunk on the floor by each swallow
ing his neghbOr's feet but as to giving party OF
twenty tEr the least chance To do more than stand
M and sleep like Dickens's fat boy, was the
question the dear old DOCTOR however, being OF
general staff land by this time brother and
concluded to forage about for bet
ter quarters ana take me with him went TO Tala
feIros headquarters. at the principal hotel let him
enter alone had disposition TO intr1de upon the
generals privacy seek introduction, and /
stopped outside until my ally should come with our
billet Taere porch TO tue hotel and men sitting
{ talking: and as my over the group ex-
perienced second shock. than the first for
there, his bodily presence. long hair and all sat
Edmund Ruffin. with whom mad only short time be-
fere weeks the erdly plant OF one
of the violent 0f tue South Carolina Senator'S 1t
Is needless who aud what Mr. RGfiu wasthe old
man who offered 10 hang John Brown with his own
bands afterward fired the first cannOnshot at the
walls of Fort sumter, aud who BIZ all ODDS tue Bit
hQfa WR m ha0l IN Y
thought my time had come then, enough for /
knew that this mad had much II than,