The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-09
to them au Elijah voice.
THE YOUNG MAN.

to them au Elijah voice.
THE YOUNG MAN.
Il am not member of your church,
yet | would have you understand ! am
not without religion pray Yes, aud
the facts are these, the young man is FAR
from home among strangers, diptheria is
prevalent, u fellow clerk died with it, and
another has recently been converted but
our frioAd is too hard Of heart for that,
though fearing to be utterly faithless, and
hence prays. He repeats the Lords
prayer every night. 1t is not because
the hungers after righteousness, nor loves
to talk with Jesus his Saviour but as a
taismau it is used.
FRgE-MAsoNRy.
know Free Masons, respect aud val
uc them know other similar organiza.
tions and | think | know some men who
embrace and accept these noble moral
bonds, saying, i dare not be without any
religion, yet cannot bow a mourner q.
prayer meeting atars. Will not, U Lord
this raternization do p Are there no
women who thus present their activity in
mission schools, fairs for the church, be.
nevolent societies, unwilling to bend as
seeker asking: Lord, fear to live
utterly without iealty will not these
things do p
invite you tonight into tho liberty
Of love, out from the slavery Of fear
which counts each prayer, and measures
Bible reading by square inches - Meth.
odia.
From + h. sanborns History. in the February
Atantio.l
HOW JOHN BROWN FOUGHT.
THE NARRATIVE OF TWO OF HIS KANSAS
BATTLES.
Browns greatest engagement-thato OF
Osawatomic was fought, August 80, 1856,
In this battle he held in check with about
thirty men, a force of several hundred
armed Missouranq, whose loss in killed
and wounded considerably exceeded
BIown's whole company. The fight at
Black Jack or Palmyra on the I'd OF
June. 1856. was no less remarkable,
though the whole force engaged on both
sides was lc IS than eighty. | have more
than once heard Captain Brown describe
this fight, which was one of his earliest
but cannot fui that he has left any writ.
ten account ol it. as he has of the fight oi
Osawatom will therefore relate
the story Of the capture of Pate and his
men, as Captain Brown used to tell it
using my words, rather than his own,
which il they had been uoted down, ,wonld
have been tar more forcble
Brown had taken to the prairie for
guerrilla warfare against the Missourians
and other southern invaders of Kansas
about the 23d Of May, On the 25th OF
May, while he was in another neighbor-
hood, more than twenty miles distant, the
so.called "Pottawatome murders" took
place that is the killing of the five pro
slavery partisans, Wilkinson, Sherman
and the Doyles, in the Potta watomie dis
trict. by friends Of Brown. though with
out his knowledge. This exaspcrated tn,
Missouriaus. who again made an incursor
into that i.lrt of Kansas, and among theil
Leaders was Captain Pate, Virginian
who succeeded IN capturing about the
end OF May, two OF the sons Of Captain
Browu.-John Brown, Jr., and Jasol
Brown, both now living in Ohio. Thes
prisoners, heavily ironed, were kept by
Pate in his camp for day or two, ant
then hand d over to the United State
dragons, who marched them in chains t
the northward During this march Joh
Brown. Jr., became insane, and remainc
SO Tor weeks. Meantime Captain Bro "
hearing OF the capture Of his sons, pursue
Pate, aud came up with him on Monday
the ID of June, at his camp on the Bac
Jack creek $50 called from the black "a
growing on its banks) within the preseu
limits of Palmyra, now a town of twenty
five hundred inhabitants, but then han
let Of only half dozen Lighthouses. Th
town is about half way between Lawrenc
and Osawatomie, and in Douglas county
Of which Lawrence is the chief place
a The fight occurred within fortnight afie
| the sncking Of Lawrence by the Missoul
f "Borier Rnfiians' l'ate's force nun
berrd 10 all iitty men, while Browns con
pany contained then bat twenty.sevc
men
. When Captain Brown came in sight
=, the enemy. he ound Pate und his Ms.o,
rians posted IN u strong position, vii
their wagons IN front OF them, forming
kind OF hrcs>r work, Brown ut once d
I vi led his twrni} seven men into two pa
y ties, aud cn'Amenced the attack with on
; whilr the "rher moved round to get be
ter position. lu passing from one Of b
rnrues 10 the other, along the slope
t the Iavine, Captain Brown to avoid Il
i cnemy's fire. crept for some distance {
his hands and knees and he mentiont
u TO me a curious circumstance in that Co
r nection which. which shows the extrcn
u simplicity Of hi, prairie life and prair
n warfare, that summer In creeping alor
n Us above meutiuneh. Brown wore holes
u the knees Of his thin summer trouser.
N and these holes remained unpatched un
n after the battle Of Osawaiomie Oh Il
d 3Oth Of August, so that Brown was re
It ognized and shot at, in that ba,tie. hecau
e he wore the same ragged dress that ha
'r distinguished him nearly three mont
y before. Brown began the attack, direc
g ing his 'nOn to lie down in the grass b
II hind the slope of the ravine, SO that on
their heads and shoulders were expos,
Is to the euemys fire, They were ollcr,
e not to waste their shots, but to fire, wi
is the best aim they could, through and IL
D. der the wagous,a lat the Missouri men. A
IN ter struggling fire of this sort had be