New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25

footed children. OF whom began % beg money,
little field cleared OF and brush which
afforded merely subsistence for part OF the year it
CURED to me that had have stayed with the
Ny watch-eh lingering scarf-pin and roll Of bills
had in my pocket would have suited that family WELL
and hal not left one single trace Of myself had told
! nobody where I going had not Thought myself OF
the river and might have been Knocked ON the
head and buried beside John Browns men ana never
have been heard OF unless some Of those children had
grown no AMI become rcmorseful. N0t person in the
family could read except the girl. and she could not
write They belonged 20 that unschOocd unchaneihS
Virginia mountain race which cutivltes lands without
title. fishes pliers. However. hst ed for bass
little while and then dsned for -uudsl, and bigger boy
took across tho river had derived an the pleasures
OF superstition and apprehension wish none OBJ the pains
Al Ch4rcstowu Dr. J.V. Simmons said 10 me; "some Of
oncrprsng y0uug men have purchased the ealloWs oi
John Brown me- want you to 20 aud SEQ it, Thought
To myself: 10 WIS entcrprisug 20 save the old zaows
even for speculation but now much more enterpr'-ine
was old Brown himself VINO came here To ornament that
gaows with hardly twenty men" We went mp into the
Law office of Grove a. Brown. and Mr. Brown showed me
an affidavit of tire builder OF the Ea.0vs carpenter
Cocker who is still alive It Went on To that ne had
constructed the c11ws for The court and had put 10 mp
four different times, the Brown were hanged in
diydua.y squalls. and that finally there was dis
pue to the ownership OF the lf0wS when the court
cur She question oil bg Giving it back 10 TIE builder
Thcroupou he bad put ltup small porch To house
using some other lumber lie had lived. however, 10
take the porch down within the past month OBJ So ana
knowing thc parts of tha ailov- had separated them and
sold icm 20 these youue lawyers satisfied Of the
authenticity Of tLe -4OT- from LOOKING at the tlmhcr-
\ Gentleman tuoa upa hand5l~ and HaNey sawed me
oHa small block The Young men said that they were
going tu W.rh tle -f'i0U5 up into dies or indalA"us
stamped with t.e Lead of man. After We left The
place remarked citizen that tlou-ht 1t was not
the right WAY that Le -s0w- bad better Dee made INTO
% set q. furniture or iuro some ornamr n which wond
keep the parts together and obriate the suspicion tat
they mi GIN -o making medalions after the 2aloWs
wa used up
The JUDGE Parker vino sentenced Brown is stu living;
four OF the urymeu Hyo. Andrew Hunter, one Of tho
prosecutors is tal STRAIGHT or abou' eighty years
Of age and Em the street. clad in black, but
poor and think Gsap! o.nfeI. Porte, Crayon. who
belong to tai, Hunter family. in town, ana some Of
the citizen, said that hardly anybody spoke TO him. II
was attributed 20 some retaliation he had shown to
Angu, Mcdonald who had il-treaed his father met
ON the road TO Iarper's Ferry Mr. A-tadt one OF the
three Shareholders whom Brown captured and confined
as hostages He riding horse and had clear
piercing eye and white beard These are almost the last
Survivors of the Brown raid
Finally mad little talk with William Beall the sur
vivng brother Of John L Bcall who was hanged By
General Dix Governors Island for being spy IN Feb
ruarv 1863 lie was a young fanatic who after being
wounded early the TOOK 70 irregular warfare ana
most tie citizens adnt that he drew his fate upon Ills
head saw him hanged and so told his brother who
merely remarked that he reckoued he died game The
brother however said in response to another remark OF
mine hat ne admitted that III times of many things
were done which appeared harsh. The neIghbors said
that the Bea family OF intense order OF brain.
The Inscription John Y. BCnHs tomb j.: John Y.
Gpal. g. = A. died February "a. 1865. aged 80 years
Died the service and defence o his country His sis
ter mother and father liz under tOmb- of the am, shape
aud height in the corner OF the Episcopal graveyard
ttuo ~ the
with the first invention ana NJ explosive machines a.
his biography estides. l saw his biog1pher by the
way Mr Lucas riding into Charestown IN a buggy.
Dr. starry gave "a minute account Of his visits to
john Brown sat in the law Office Of J. " Mason son
of the ex-senator lie told that he Brown shake
hands with his fclDw-priouers and when he came TO
cook he said him: You have been telling fll-ehoods
sir" lie lectarcd Cook har>hy, who made one or two
faint efforts to insist upon his TuhiuineS~ and then
dropped his eyes. sad To Dr. starry Which told the
trut on that occasion Brown OF Cook - Why Cook"
said he; od Brown had got mad no Cook for conessng
too much am thereby duplicating Others and rendering u
hard or them % De part0ucI When he canoe 10 HaLutt
who hld not get been Identified Brown PAD not lle
lea-r attention to him. though M was one OF n- men.
He shook hands win all the rest and gave them quar-
Ter OF dollar apiece, say I thJ Ne WAS 5o7 70 s.
where Ie --oWd NOT h'eI amy -l5'l 'n..- ',h,,
showed tne ware feather Mr.. Mason spoke and said:
No Inc H'{'j9h -. mos H' 10 on t ID S - l
o-IeI me ro1i rhe old f.ov rod on sad To
Dr aI go IL was ,ld PC lc Jme l.!' B 1, itnet
,i.l .fit.,i" -aii the ,ct0r TIE was % nan az
1u rxctau.c Compartments but when Dee got coo. you
could nothing; out ID MIN. stevens bis chic, assist
sif. 81 Boo also Connecticut man. cool JI The
tnc When Brown got over his evrtabiuy. starved
almost to death u size cugine-hog-e. worn out with vigil
5it want of sleep ud tu, loss of his children. he "', Is
.yIt Dice could De- -C~tf 20 n the court room ana MS
eoI, v- just under me-. ana never WAS lu the presence
~ more flashing par oi eyes .ln my me- Hc utd %
.t."is T"'G 4tfMY -'z- .4. Y .L''s -I -.',ue
eyes. ltuiua 500" lIt u't.'.' .-'o Ii'"" WIS '''o'O
john brown Bible is perhaps tle most valuable book
.u tu- country outside of historical society library or
private collectors. iC belongs to the FAMILY OF Mt
Blessing, "u1 was ttrt al O.1.'c~.'Nh 'i,l Alu -,
preparation e." -lc meals FOR Brown men, IN i such
bible 5 ylG 90 hotels and u railroad carriages prob
ll} worth dollar and WITH an unit ton call ulndIn,H
H>ic he cover aud oa the opposite H rear are ABOUT
zen lines ui Browns handwriting. lie rtters 20 the
profit ul reading -hc Scriptures thanks his friend aud
SAY. tt tue pa-,l-D- marked where the leaves are
condemn oi precision and thc holding OK Deope ln bond
t-r Then 100 iuk J these pages marked. ana tlcre
may ue I.N pages rAl 4i-' hi'' '' one e
-a.tv and gives least MS estimation thc sauctty
Heaven Mr.. Blessings son aud dtu-htcr showed tEe
book, and ttf Ola man seems q nave rit IN tti army
au impression almost us ID 10 saint AuI known them. I
Five hundred dollars offered for the Bible. but
thiuH tuc OatrI did NOT come forward l-Jn. Other
40 fairs etc. but they keen n IN the dwelling suppose
could bc bought for i've hundred dollars or something
rich. Mr. L"vis Washington, VINO was comparative y |
rich man. sold tile of New York the sword John
Brown l,e, and other relics Oh Jnh Brown Tor twenty
thousand dollars. Indeed ot Brown conferred Ah-hl~
hood even his prisoners. and the people in Charles
town say that the eninence Lewis Washington re
for having been in the engine house with Jonn
Brown which obtained HIM his second wife. who
TODD lady aud her sister Is said 10 have been the
wife ~ Lewis NcLaue, president Of the Nevada Bank
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NOTES OF An OBSERTER
BANKS AND EXAMINERS-SAM WARD IN THE SOUTH.
Criticism was free Ia WASHINGTON Last week upon the