The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-22

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| cannot ilefp It for one who is so Gear 10
gov as / am. All. could l but speak
| those words that l ought to speak OUT
| FREE. would t:e. yet for your good
/ viii not say you shall be free and those
! mack hearted devils shall know and sec
| tie error in you.
eve will sooIt DC on cur journey TO
! rescue our leader ard his brave follow
| ers. From, tits date YOU. shall De free
| again to head oUr band in defending our
cause. We :ecei"ed s. last Wednesday
| from Mr. JOHN ------- of New York, 10
| defray our expenses this far, with the
promise of sl.G11 more to-nlorrow. We
! want for nothing. I heard from William
and his party to-day. They are doing
| the work bravely, if they only keep their
/ plans still secret. hope they may burn
! tlis cursad city TO ashes.
! r am going to send ny tr2rty) for
| Charlestown as soon as they arrive, ant
| we will not he suspected We will march
| from six different points so that If one
| party Is attacked, the other can take
! them by surprise and rescue you.
! This letter is written in a aowerE.
Epenceriau style, and might be the writ
| ing of either "a man or woman.
tkOM BROWNS NEPHEW.
Frederick Grown. nephew OF. John
Brown. writes from Pecatonica. Ill. i'll
part. as follows: 1T is with sorrow that
I have heard o. the affairs at flarperss
| Ferry, resttitin; in the d3atll Of twutf
| your sons and OF the capture and inl-
! prsonment OF yourself and some OF
! your assocla tes. He says that the event
| has created a profound sensation
| throughout the country. and while he
! Is opposed to interference with slavery,
~ Inc ~ no, h., I.1I1 Il
| ness anc Independence OF his uncle. he
| continues: Although cannot approve
| Of your acts of armed intention In
behalf Of slavery at Harpcr's Ferry. l
aHmirt the spirit III which the work was
! dine
From WATERFOWL. Wis. comes this
! brief note: Dear Brown: Do rtJt be
discouraged. There are four thousand or
| ganized, desperate men. armed to the
| 'tea,l, that will be in your vicinity and
| libsrate you soon. Yours in the gIori-
| Gus cause. Silas Z. Wade.
| Mr.. j. Simpson Africa. who describes
| himself as II member OF the Ilous+: OF
! Representatives from huntington COUNT.
| Pennsylvania. wrote to the sheriff OF
JeffersoTs County. Va. telling him at
| some length of the information he had
/ received, that there were twenty-five
| thousand men in the mountain ranges adj
| joining Franklin county. and that these
men would attempt 4 rescue of John
I Brown. This was probably another type
| OF the braSsa'ioci:l letters
THREATENED JEFF. DAVIS
| There are many letters II tllc cotec-
ton telln:: of armed bodies Of men. who
/ were expected TO, az various times, at
/ ttEtiI1t the FesIIce % Jo!ia F:rown. one
| OF these. dated New York. November
| 81. 1850, ard signed southeFue:, tell; OF
| u continuation Of abolition societies To
/ sTsrDyrJl adj ..{'bpTr 1r
plalss lait. TO run l,alt Colonel Davis,
| atld send. him bacl. degraded with mob
| tar and feathers
Possibly Tie Queercst Letter 20 ,io:in
Lrowil IS one written by Il v,oaidit aud
! signed L. g., in which Sic pledges i
society o. Qualers to l.clp Brown ard
/ the cause tor which lie struggled. Size
/ ''thecs' and ..tilotis" Kim ana declares
/ that III certain times ii is right Ito take
!! the sword" T.ii; letter is from New
| port, F.. l.. ana is enclosed III 4. SYM
+ lolical e,.vs!ope, on wticl; Is Inscribed:
God hiss made OF one blood uii nations
| of r,ei..
.AN ABSURD CIPHER.
! Here is given oae of tie absurd cipher
letters 1t is merely tic reversal o. the
spelling OF words, and is picturesque. 10
say the least:
"Notsco Ven list %
"Read SSorb.
..Ytnewt 10 meht tfei ecail slit gninrorl
! dina ytritt cerl!t traits yftdsru!lt VENT liiw
gnirhluny htiw mcht re cid
"yr1le!i.
IS. p. / evah nettirw no shit drac gui-
hniht ,loy dluoc laecnac ii ii SHIT 81 dnUof
Cd ton laever YIN eman.
..WiI-- writes from New York. under
date OF November %, 1883. as follows.
John Brown. don't give up all homes OF
liberation. for l have collected twenty
two hundred n,cn, all III arms, and Trey
have been quietly entering the town tof
soma time past, and on the first at j
o'clock a. NJ. we will make an attaca
and eAdeayor to release YOU
DENOUNCEs BROWN.
Mrs, Mehala Doyle. writing from
Chatsanooga, Tenn. November 81. 1853 to-
| join. E..cp:,. says, Although vengeance
is not n,iac, confess that do feel sat
isnsd to Hear that YOU were stoopeu IN
your fiendisIl carser II Harper's Ferry IN
the logs ut your two sons iou eau mo-
az pEseiate my distress IN kansas, "hcf.
Vol, then and there entered my Rouse al
midnight, arrested by husband ard Two
SONS, took them out into the yard, and
Il, sco,eI-bsood, shoot them dead In mr.
hearing. You canaot say you did IL to
free slaves. I'VE had none and aeyer
expected to owa one.
Emo 4 of the nest interesting .letters
hearing postnaask OF Boston. and written
by Charles d. Gould. gains i,nportaacs
through It's possibilities. GOULD asks
Brown .or his signature on the bottom
of u sheet Of paper enclosed. aud across
the envelope AFR. Hunter had writes.
as follows: sEridentlv Intended to forge
something above old Browns signature
uuaer date OF November 50. 1859, Albert
Fl. Wilson. Of Brighton. n. Y. wrote to
/ Mayor ihsnas G. Green, OF Chariesse"A'