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f 0 CALIFORNitt . PRESS
will be petit, TO-DAY, at 2 &clock P. M.
Miaow is published expressly for
• CALIFORNIA CIROVLAVON, ,
And eoeteins a complete .mummy of what .has trans
piord'irCour 'City, State, and the Atlantic States, minor
the, departure of the last iltemer for California.
Pries erg OssTs oar copy, in strong wrappers, and
otaropog, Hair for mailing. . ;
Sir of lew". Booki Lotter
frOit Oregd3 ; Prom New Hampshire ; Pinions'
aad I?Oliihial. roman Pios. 7 -The Palpit—Duiy
ta"litwd kid the State ; Bfarine'lnillgenoe;
• - 1- The Vote of John. Brown.
iye alinuld not be doing justice to history If,
as a candid journalist, we -did not make some
allnethri to this event. That a profound senti
ment
has groan out of the execution of JOHN
Biota fi indisputable: The keenest 'sympathy
is fetand expressed on the. one' side, and an
exactly adverse feeling on the other. The man
himself; indomitable, peculiar, and strong in
his own convictions; the cause in which he
risked' and. lost - his life; the tragedy contem
plated by : timaelf and his followers ; the public
indignation of the people of Virginia—have, all
Combined, revived many of the worst aspects
of the slavery agitation. Yesterday, when
Disown was executed, sympathetic meetings
were held all over the North, amid scenes of
uncontrollable excitement and characteristic
conflict. Nor will this condition of things
terminate with the sad sequel of Friday, the
second._ of December. Millions will rush to
read the details of the executions and the curi
osity always felt after such an, event will be
intensified by this. Bnowies deportment on
the gallows and his last words, his parting in
terviews with his wife and *lends, will las used
to apotheosise his memory, and the feeling
which he died to gratify among the Southern
people will be responded to by the bitterest
denunciation in the non-slaveholding portion
of our country.
• Without stopping to inquire into the guilt
of Toms Rao wsr, and without criticising the
'somewhat theatrical preparations for his doom,
we mist not shut our eyes to the fact that it:
will require the loftiest statesmanship, and the
most courageous patriotism, to allay the : ;
stormy and bitter antagonism which has, un-;
questionably,sewn out of this event between'
the two great actions of our happy country.;
The Congress of the nation will meet on Mon- ;
day next. The Representatives will undonbt-;
edly carry with them into this Congress many:
of the feelings of their constituents. Moro than
one of the Southern States of this union are,
coolly contemplating the contingency of se
cession, in the mad hope that such a remedy
would be a - relief from peril; while the ex
treme opposite sentiment, in other quarters,•
grapples with and ridicules such an -alterne
tire. May we not hope that in such an emer
gency more than one American will be found'
In the, halls of Congress to arrest this wild:
spirit of criminatton and alienation That:
citizen who can rise above the prejudices and:
;passions of his own region, and address him
self to the reason of the country, will be enti- 1
tied to , the thanks of all his race. Many of
`our most experienced men augur gloomily
from the present indications of things at the
Federal capital, and even those, who have re
posed the utmost confidence in the power and:
•perpetuity of the Union indulge in dismal ap-'
prehension. At such a time, when the heart
of•the nation beats heavily, and when men•
look into each other's faces doubtful how long
they will be .permitted to enjoy the blessings
of a common country, and a common foonsti-,
ft/Oen, a. grand opportunity is presented for
an exhibition of a tielltsactifice on'the part of
those who,. to avert an impending evil, are
brave and bold enough to set their faces, and
:to raise their voices and their bands against
the infuriated resentments by which they aro!
immediately surrounded.,
The Rate of Taxation for 1860.
By a typographical error in the report of the
proceedings of Common Council on Tina et-,
.day, published in our paper .yesterday, Mrs
BAOZBIL was represented . as submitting an tr 4
dinance fixing the rate of taxation for 1869 at
$1.60. The -rate really propoied by Kr. B.
was $l.BO. This proposition was'amended by
reducing it to .$1.75 and in that shape the
•
ordinance passed Common Council by a vote
of yeas 54, nays 11. The Select Council hai
not yet acted, on the subject, but will probably
concur In the action of the Common Council;
The assessed'valuation of property upon which;
the above rate of tax will be applied Is $155;
000,000, and the amount of revenue it is capii
ble of producing is $2,712,600.
The Foreign News.
The last foreign news, which is important,
may be stated in a few sentences.
England, terribly alarmed at the presumed
hostility of NAPOLEON, which, we believe,
does not exist, is preparing for the• worst,
and taking measures for increasing hermilitary
and naval means, defensive and offensive. -
The King of Sardinia seems to have tricked
NAPOLEON. The Constifolltst Assemblies of
Tuscany, Modena, Parrea, and Romagna
elected the Prince do CaalONix Regent of
Oentralltaly. VICTOR. Earawfunr. did'aot al
low the Prince, his relative, to accept this re
sponsible dignity. The Prince then named
the Chevalier BuoNcompArors as Regent, and
• Mr. Good• Company has actually started to ad•
some the reins. VICTOR Enxesustea excuse to
Nspoisos will be that of two evils one must
,choose the least, and that if the Chevalier
with the social patronymic had not been made
-Regent, Count Cevorat or General GARIBALDI
would have been the man, and more difficult
to manage. The Congress on Italian affairs,
to assemble at Paris, will include the Five
GreatPciwers (France, England, Prussia, Rus
sia:, "and Austria,) and also Sardinia, Naples,
' Rome, Sweden, Portugal, and Spain. Chiva
Is said to have virtually repudiated her newly
ratified Treaty with this country, by reihsing
to open the ports of Suintopl and Taiwan, as
- thereby stipulated. We believe, however,
that, by the Treaty itself, the Chinese might
thus refuse, while the dispute with France
and England was still pending.
The Theatres.
last Men of the Olden Time" will be played,
for the last time, at Arch-street Theatre, this even
ing. It has been wonderfully stioassaltd, and play .
lug it must have been a sort of coining of Money
by Wheatley .f& Clarke. "Dot," which wu even
more successful, will also be played tonight. On
Monday evening Mrs. John Wood makes her ap
pearance at thy theatre, and it Is her tint ap
pastime in this city, we believe. The play, which
is mulaal and dramatio, is entitled " Daughter's,
Vow : or, Love's Disguises," and has been a long
time in r Preparation. Mrs. John is one of the
neatest,. sharpest, brightest, cleverest, and most
agreeable, of all twit* actreaSes, and has won pope.
Isrity from Canada to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams, at Walnut-street Thea.
draw such houses that, fifteen minutes after
.the doors are opened, even every standing place is
occupied. Sae what It is to hive the public favor
The Williams.. are fortunate in having mired it,
and it yields. them a golden barred.
Tin ACADEMY or Music.—The sale of tickets
for the-opening night of the new opera season will
begin this morning. The opera on Monday even
ing, "II Polinio," Is said to be the greatest wdrk
Of Donisetti, and no doubt an immense audience
will greet ite representation. Nesaniga Is boom
, parable in her part, whilst oneold favorites, Nig.
noli and Amodio, will, of course, do their best to
eontliwie and confirm the good opinion entertained
of them.
SllOOll/EIVO SALE.—LANCE STOCK or Puce
Piasma.—Thomas & Soil sell this morning thirteen
superior and elegant pianos, made by Blears.
Wilhelm & Schuler,, for retail sales, and war
ranted. • Tll whole will positively be sold without
reeerrii or limitation, by order of reoeiver. See
catalogue and advertisements.
pata IE 018,AiD STREET.--BVPIIRIOR PANS
PAnotwas, &o.—The furniture to be sold on
Tuesdiy next, at 1124 Girard area, will be open
for ersmination on Monday, with catabigues.
Kett. BISATE, Brame, Paw, la.—On Tuesday
next, at 12 noon : See advertisements under auotlon
Lead. ?einPhlet oatalogues issued to-day. ,
Thema & Sons sell real estate regularly every
SOLWAY PAABierrp.—The elegant Raven, Be
eon; b•Oo:, Nano k Olark, Rellat, , DIY* Co.,
and other ; also, melodeons. Prloca and
-.Sawa moat favorable. Goad, aim* and
Obeatnat aireeta. s , - , . ,
in*tikor:o4oanui wilt los toped the imivef_
theiveAt of2-1.-Nkiii 'kith% Skis iontaimas
; # 01 144e 1010 4 41( tqPub l 4l ll o9 l1 1 11 ,407,44 tar* .
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_ Outrage In South - ,Cnrofinth. •
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The Mont of Amusements.
The tandem, ' on the pert of some persons, to
censure publle amusements; it as absurd as It is
erroneous and aonselentlouk• That people, after
the hard occupation of thehont. of daily, bustneni,
should relax the bow by going to the theatre, to a
oonoort, to a tutors, or the opera, is conaidered,
by some, as extremely imptOper, and alto a waste
of time and money. It was not meant by the
Omniscient that such relaxation should be avoided.
Even in a physical point of view, the total oesm.
tion from all labor upon one day out of seven in a
great blotting to mankind. It was meant that
the sabbsth should be a day of rest, though not of
amusement; but oftational participation in inno
cent entertainment. in public, admission to which
is comparatively a mere trine, certainly is not
prohibited by any higher law within our knew
ledge.
The'number of persons to whom public amuse
ments give subsistence, directly and indirectly, is
very great. At Arch-street Theatre, for example,
salaries or wages are regularly paid to over one
hundred persons every week, and we believe that
the employies of Walnut-street are equally mt.
morons, On the average, three other persons are
supported by these two hundred at the two thee
tree. A great deal of money Is spent on behalf of
the support of, these 800 people. Ac a general rule,
by the way, theatrical people are bettor paid than
almost, any other canna. We do not allude to such
salaries as $lOO a night, lately received by Agree
Robertson in New York, but to persons of less pre
tensions. Persons of ordinary ability, who would
be worth from seven to ten dollars a week, for ten
hours' work a day in any ordinary business, re.
oeive eateries, as theatrical people, more than
dodble this amount, with very little to do. Oddly
enough, an actress of ability and standing
usually is worse paid than a male performer
of the same grade, though_ the expenses of a
I good theatrical wardrobe for a lady are greater
than for a male performer. The old substitutes
of cotton velvet and cheap gannets aro out
of date. The drones of a respectable actress at a
good theatre demand real velvet and &Anal moire
antique and other best materials. The money re•
calved at our two leading theatres, during the
present popularity:of the drama—by Mr. Wheatley's
exoellent company at the Arch, and Mrs. Garret•
son's fortunate hit with Barney Williams and his
wife at the Walnut—probably may average $5OO a
night at each house, or $6,000 per week at the two.
All of this money is distributed, in salaries, wages,
and other expenditures, soithsn t he city. It really
is an ,expenditure which, but for the theatres,
would not be made at all. Conoert•givers from
other Oases, and Italian apera•singers and ballet.
dancers, are paid considerably more, in proportion,
than relident theatrical people, and the misfortune
is that they do not spend their receipts in this city.
They disburse little more than the amount of their
hotel•billa, and take the balanoo away with them,
out of the oily, to be finally spent in Europe—
which, in feat, is an abstraotion of so. much capi
tal—first out of Philadelphia, and pvontually out
of the Gaited
,States.
Considering the number of persons whom they
employ, and the great amount of mope, which,
through these employiea of various *Ades, they
put into active circulation, the respective and re
epeotable managements of the Walnutatreet and
Arch-etreet Theatres have every right to be looked
upon as public benefactors, and to be encouraged
end supported as mob. Close the two theatres, and
the bread would be taken out of the mouths of
about eight hundred persons,
Letter from "Occasional."
Correepondonoe of The Piess.l
WABMNOTON, Doc. 2, 1859
As I predicted in one of my late letters, the exe
cution of John Brown has been consummated, not
only without the slightest attempt .at a rescue, but
in the midst of an exclusivo Virginia population.
Not a Northern reporter wail permitted to obtain
access to the prisoner, and a number were refused
admission into the borders of the "Old Dominion."
Governor Wise has accomplished nothing by his
ostentatious preparations except to cover his State
with ridicule. It is rumored that immediately at
ter the organisation of the House ono of the Virgi
nia delegation will ;Ise in his place and introduce
s bill making an appropriation to defray all the
expanses incurred, as well in the suppression of the
attack at Harper's Ferry as in the subsequent pro
oeedings--the money, of course, to come out of the
National Treasury. Whether Judge Black has
Suggested this movement, or whether It comes from
the President, in his anxiety to address himself to
the existing excitement in the South, in order to
promote his nomination by the Charleston Con
vention, I am not able to say ; but I have no doubt
that conk, such proposition will be made and In
slated upon.
Air. John Young Brow - a, the Democratic member
of Congress from the Elizabethtown (Ky.) district,
arrived in town last evening, in company with Col.
Stevenson, of the Maysville district, and, I under
stand, will not present himself, owing to the feet
that the has not attained the constitutional age of
twenty-five years. He will reach that age in June
next, when he will 'qualify himself by taking the
alma oath. Daring his canvass, ha took ocoasion,
whenever he addressed the people, to state that he
would not be able to take his seat, if elected, until
June, but they were so much attached to him on
account of his extraordinary ability, and his irre
sistible oratory on the stump, that they elected him
notwithstanding his protest. Those who know
this young gentleman speak of him in the warmest
terms. His oratorical powers are of the highest
order, and from his settled character, and the abil
ity with which be discusses political questions, great
hopes are entertained of him.
(The Administration will not be able to control
the Democratic canons in the Douse as readily as
tt expected to do a few weeks ago. Many of the
Southern men now in Washington will resist in
that caucus the nomination of any extreme man
for Speaker, and the assertion of any offensive
platform. We shall now see whether Mr. Buchan.
an is to be endorsed by the representatives of the
Democratic sentiment of this country. That there
are many of the Administration leaders anxious to
obtain victims, and to be revenged upon the inde
pendent men who have opposed its treacheries, I
have no doubt, but the power of the Federal dy
nasty,dyb3g out as it is, will not be able, I pre
dict, so to control the preliminary meeting of the
Democratic members as to procure in that meeting
a vindication of its policy.
Judge Douglas seem to he carrying Ohio with a
rush, for delegates to the National Convention. The
°Moe-holders of Mr. Buohenan are crushed out in
nearly every county. They are extinguished and
trampled under foot in their precincts, wards, and
townships. Even the strongest of them are not
able to make a demonstration against the existing
sentiment of the party in that State.. Precisely
the same feeling exists in Pennsylvania. Your
masses are as decidedly opposed to this Adminis
tration and to its war upon the courageous men
who have resisted it from the beginning, ae the peo
ple of Ohio; but your next State Convention will
be oontrolled, unless immediate preparations are
made to prevent it, by the offiee-holders, who are
determined to carry out the instruction of Mr. Bu
ohanan, and to break down every man who does
not sing hosannas to him. I understand that
the Bit of delegates to the Charleston Con
vention from Pennsylvania is being made
out by Mr. Buchanan himself. Every name is
discussed in Cabinet eounoils, and nobody will
be permitted to represent Pennsylvania in that
body, unless he agrees to everything Mr. Be.
chanan desires. To this end every suspected dele
gate in the State Convention is to be exoluded
from the primary organization of that body, by
the process of contesting his seat. It is stated
here, that even Mr. Vans, and Mr. Johnson, and
others chosen from Philadelphia, are to bo shut
oat in this way. If mkt a thing were attempted
in any other State, it would giro rise to a violent
,revolution. Democrats would bo present at the
mooting of the Convention to protest—first, by
words, and afterwards with blows, against this
tyranny; bet the President it so sure that he has
captured the organisation-in your State, that he
will resort to the most high-handed measures on
the occasion referred to.
- A few of the leaders of the People's party in
your State, in discussing the deliberations of the
caucus held- by their members of Congress elect,
on Wednesday evening, at the St. Lawrence Hotel,
in your city, refuse to admit the fact that the elec•
rims of most of their Congressional delegation is
due to the votes of anti•Lecompton Democrats.
For the information of those who imagine that they
head a party which is an organized and Invincible
unit, I proceed to show, by the actual vete polled
in 1858 and 1858, that antl-Looompton Democrats
sleeted, not only ten of the twenty members elect
of the People's party, but also elected the Hon.
John M. Read to the Supreme Court, and Kelm
and Cochran to their offices :
In the Third distriet, in 1856, the vote was:
Landy over Milward 1,180; in 1858, Verroe,
people's, over Landy 1,143.
In the Fourth dietrlot, In 1856, Phillips over
Foust 2,719; in 1858, Milward over Phillips 8,298,
with Broom, "Straight" Ameriesn, polling 263
votes.
In the Fifth district in '66, Owen Jones bad over
Mu!veiny 1,713, in '6B, Col. Wind (People's) over
Jones 2,492.
The aggregate vote for the Demoeratio
dates is 1858 in these three district* was 28,888,
and for the American oandidatea, was 21,274
Demooratio majority 5,812. In 1858, the aggregate
vote for the candidates of the People's party--
Mears. Verree, Inward, and Wood—was 28,627;
and for the Administration candidates, 19,494;
majority for the People's party, 7,133—a change
In two years of 11,745 in these three distriota, or,
to express it *ors truly, over 6,000 anti•Lecomp
ton Democrats rebuked the Administration for its
despttio course by voting for and electing Messrs.
Verret), Milward, and Wood.
In the 'Seventh district, in '56, Chapman, Demo. ,
mat, bad 10,321; Bradshaw, Opposition, 8,789;
majority for Chapman, 1,532. In '5B, the gallant
Chapman, who had been,as true as steel, declined to
inn agate; and led% the field open for Longneolter,
People's eindtdite, who polled 8,924; Roberta, Ad
iellid4t2lthaft.Difiet4262, 8,0111; utijority for Long.
neelF4l',24.op
. gersthe 'candidate of the People's
WV bohlnd the, ob) of te4, 485 T ow, but on
114 Adtalnistrillon. eisitUdtte's tote fell short
2,2450 f Chapman's rote. Th.drenany antildromp•
,Dtmocratt refusing to vote for the Mminto
THE PRESS,--PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1859.
Oration rand:date, Longneoker was elected. In
the Eleventh district, Diwart, Democrat, beat
Campbell In '5B by 2,541 Majority; in '5B Camp
bell, People's, beat DoWart by 2,768 majority—
showing a difference of 6,3Q7; Cake, anti-Leoomp
ton Democrat, ran In this "district, and, by polling
3,614 votes, gave the election to Campbell.
In the Twelfth district, in , '56, Montgomery,
Democrat, had 10,442; Smith, Opposition, 7,857;
majority for Montgomery 2,785. In '59 Scranton,
People's candidate, had 10,023 ; Moßeynolds,
Administration Democrat, 8,188; majority for
Scranton 3,837—a difference in two years of 6,622
votes—showing 3,311 anti-Leeompton Democrats
by voting for Scranton eluted him "with a rush."
In the Fifoenth Allison White, Democrat, had in
'569,980 votes ; Irwin, Opposition, 9,450 votes; ma
jority for White, 530 ; in '5B Hale, People's, had
9,238 votes, White 7,349 ; Hale's majority over
White 1,889 ; a difference in two years of 2,419
I:. 6., 1200 anti-tecompton Democrats by voting for
Hale elected him.
In the Sixteenth Ahl, in '56 polled 11,191
votes, Todd 9,870 ; majority for Ahl 1,521. In
'5B Junkin, Poople'e, polled 8,646 ; Fisher, Ad.
ministration Democrat, 8,600 ; majority for Junkin
46, effected by about 750 anti•Looompton Demo
orals.
In the Seventeenth district, Reilly, Democrat,
had in 1850, 10,224 votes; Pomeroy, Opposition,
9,715 ; majority for Reilly, 599. In 1858, McPher
son, People's, had 9,348 votes; Reilly, Locompton
Democrat, 9,081 ; majority for McPherson, 267
another signal proof of the power of the anti-1,o•
compton Democracy.
In the Twenty.fonrth district, Gillis, Democrat,
in '56, had 9,785 votes; Myers, 9,114 ; majority for
Gilles, 676. In 1858, Hail, People's, polled 8,905
votes; Gillis, Administration Democrat, 8,111 ;
majority for Hall, 794—a difference of 1,485, effected
by some 700 antt•Lecompton Democratic votes.
Thus a fair comparison of 1866 and '5B shows
that ten of the members elect of the People's party,
viz: Messrs. Verree, Milward, Woad, Loagnecker,
Campbell, Scranton, Hale, Junkin, McPherson,
and Hall, owe their election to the support of anti-
Lecompton Demoorats.
Now, a brief reference to the First, Second,
Sixth, and Eighth districts. In the First Florence
polled in 1856, 9,495 votes ; Knight. Opp., 7,275 ;
total vote, 16,770 ; majority for Florence, 2,220.
In 1859, Florence polled 6,823; Ryan, People's,
6,492; Nebinger, 2,442; total vote, 15,787; com
bined vote of People's and anti-Lecoropton parties
over the Administration candidate, 2,111. In the
Second district, in 1858, Marshall, Democrat, polled
6,018.; in 1858, Martin, Democrat, polled 4,030
votes ; falling off in Democratic vote, 1,988. In
1856, Morris, American, polled 6,411; in 1858,
6,653 votes; decrease, 758—Morris increasing his
majority 1,230 over his majority in 1856.
In the Sixth, Riekman's vote in 1856 was 8,024;
Bowen's, 7,851; majority for Rickman, 173. In
1858 Dickman polled 6,786 ; Broomall, American,
4,676; Manly, Administration Democrat, 5,185;
Hickman over Manly, 1,601; Hickman and
Broomall over the Administration, 6,277 !
In the Eighth, Glancy Jones, in' 1856, had
9,951; Yoder, 3,947; majority for Jones, 6,004. In
1858 Schwartz polled 7,321; the mime Jones but
7,302; majority for Schwartz, 19—a difference of
6,025 votes. To whom belongs that thunder?
In 185 d, the number of Opposition Congressmen
elected was 10, Democratic 15. In 1858, the num
ber of Administration candidates elected was but
two!
The aggregate Tote in•the Twenty-Eve Congres
sional di striots was, for People's and anti•Lecomp
ton candidates 219,010
For Administration Democrats 146,038
Majority against the Administration 73,572
How much of this is due to the anti-Looompton
Democracy ?
Buchanan's majority at•er all, in Pennsylvania,
was 607
Judge Read's majority, to 1858,.waa
Let ne see from whence comes this majority. In
Philadelphia, Buchanan had, over all, 6,145 ma
jority; Reed, in 1858, over Porter, 6,528—a dif.
Terence of only 12,873, made chiefly by some 8,000
anti-Lecompton Democrats. In glorious John
Hickman's district, Buchanan was in a minority of
1,024 votes ; Judge Read had a majority of 3,843
a differonco of 4,867! In Berke, Buohanan had a
majority of 6,649; Judge Read's minority was but
4,630. In distriots like these referred to, anti-Lo
oompton Demoorate, not satisfied with rebuking
the recreant Representative: who voted for Le.
compton, in order to more effectually signalize
their determined opposition to despotism and its
apologiste, voted for Judge Read. More than
16,000 of them did this, and elected that eminent
Jurist to the Soprani° Bench.
The majority of 18,000 for Kelm and Cochran
the nominees of the People's natty this year, Is
made up in the same way, What is true of Penn•
sylvania is also true of meet of the other States
North and Northwest.
It it rather vexations to hoer it said Oat " anti-
Issomptordem Is played out "—" Don't mind that
set, they don't count "--fl We have got all we went
out of them, let them slide "--‘, We must organise
the House without them The South Ameri
cans are the men we must court," 40., an. Do
those who talk this way not know that the anti-
Leoompton Democrats hold the halanee of power in
Pennsylvania and eleewhere, and that without
their aid the Piople's party would have been de
feated in '5B and '59 ? OgCASIONAL.
1 10114 Horace Greeley at Concert Ha
Last Eveniig.
The announcement that the distinguished editor
of the New York Tribune would deliver a lecture
at Concert Hall, last evening, before the Harrison
Literary Institute, upon the subject of "California
and the Mormons," attracted, highly respectable,
though not overly large audience, at the appointed
hour, which, by the way, we may state, was coven
and a Aalf o'clock, whereas the lecture was not
commenced until nearly eight, when the lecturer
appeared upon the platform, accompanied by a
number of young gentlemen, members of the In
stitute. Mr. Greeley approached the stand, his
fair Saxon face looking the type of good nature
and a clear conscience, and his usually neat per
sonal appearance bearing alight marks of the rug
gedness which, from observation, we find dam-
Whale of those recently returned from a trip
aoress the Plains.
In opening Me leoture, he said that while it was
true that he expected to speak of California and
Utah, be expected to dwell more upon some of the
by-ways of his recent journey to tho Peolao.
The Mississippi was the king of rivers. The Ama
zon and the Laplatte might carry nearly as great
a volume of water; the Danube and the
might be more full of historic associations, yet the
country through which it flowed—the geographical
heart of North America—more than counterba
lanced all those. Another century would witness
thlavalley with a population of one hundred mil
lions. The eastern tributaries of this great river
were next referred to, the Ohio, and the region
through which it flowed, being chiefly referred to
in this connection.
The wide plains which slope regularly from the
bluffs of the Missouri up to the Rocky Mountains
were next alluded to with respect to their geologi
cal formation, which, as tho terms employed admit
of no condensation, we are obliged mainly to omit.
Much of this part of the lecture was as philosophi
cally agricultural as Mr. Hale's effort on the pre
vious evening was agrarian. The effects of floods
and prairies on the plains wore weighed and dis
posed of, doubtless with a masterly hand, if not en
tirely Intelligible to some of hie auditors.
The impression made upon the mind In crossing
the plains was ono of loneliness ; there was a
scarcity of rivers, an absence of trees, and travel
lers wore often compelled to make their way hur
riedly from one river to the other to escape famish
log. It would bo rather Hibernian, ho said, to say
that in many places on the plains the only signs of
life were dead oxen, and yet in many parts the
dooomposing carcasses of these animals wars the
oidy indications that life had ever been within
reach.
The rapid extermination of the buffalo was ad
retied to, and regretted by the speaker, much of
which was said to be caused by no higher motives
than the mere appetite for carnage. Already this
noble animal wee compressed to one•tenth its former
dimensions, and soon the race must become extinct.
• The roads over the plains had two marked fee
lures—their parallel direotlons and absence of
homes along their line. There were no oross•roads.
Every man that crossed the plains was supposed to
carry a blanket for hie bed, and bread, coffee, and
pork for his meals.
If the traveller became wet through and chilled
by the rain over night, it was all the easier for him
to rise early in the morning.
For days the travel was westward, still westward,
with nothing to break the monotony. Tho works
of God were around, but the works of man, save
the train beneath, were absent.
The prairie dog and hawk, and other indigenous
animals, were also discussed in passing, showing
that the lecturer was no less addieted to pressing
his inquiry into the undiscovered of animated na
ture than into the geological bowels of th a regions
ho had visited.
The weekly mail was one of the pleasant and
somewhat redeeming features of tho plains. But
the mall was not the only apparition which greeted
the traveller to remind him of civilization. The
long trains of wagons which, at intervals, made
their way slowly along to various destinations,
were, to the traveller, objects of grateful interest.
Speaking of the Rooky Mountains, it was said
their rooky front was, for the most part, thinly
covered with yellow pines. They were also better
watered than the plains. Considering their ave
rage length; breadth, and elevation, they were the
least formidable of any considerable range of
mountains on the earth.
Between the crests of the Rooky Mountains and
those of the Sierra Nevada laid a plain of a thou.
sand miles in width. He supposed that there was
nowhere on earth so large a mountainous region
that was so poorly wooded. Its soil was loss de•
!Idea The valley of the Colorado 000upled eon•
tamable or the lecturer's attention. He thought
that this valley afforded the linen opportunities for
imooessful starvation of any other of the same ex
tent in the world.
OtoltraPhiota aa well as polltleal Utah was at
length reached. The idea that the topography of
thliTorrltor7 was in the form of a bowl was not
strictly true, although it was surrounded by moun
tains, The saline oharaoter of Its waters was 'c
ounted for. In oomparing Utah with Paladins,
he said that he doubted'it the former would ever
produce the cereals which were cultivated in the
latter.
Utah's devouring canker was her nicer of poly
gamyv She was Making her reputation upon sen•
coal indulgence. He did not wish to enveigh
against their religion as such, nor the religion of
any other people, as he did not believe that the
Almighty Father would frown upon, even the mit
guided efforts of those who honestly strive to doh!.
wilt. With regard to their religious character,
they were umieunily free from spiritual pride, or
knavish, pharisaical pretensions. He had rarely
found a religious community so much addicted to
prayer in private, and so little inclined to making
long prayers on the corners of the streets. :Lie be
lieved they were honest in their professions, no
matter how taunts they may be deluded. He had
boon treated with great personal kindness by all
the Mormons he met. Yet, bad he been suspected
of entertaining hostile intentions toward the prosper
ity of their church, he doubted not that a hundred
men would have been ready at a moment's notice
tn put a bullet through his brain, and thra if he
had been suspooted for anything of the kind his
life could not have been insured by any company
at ninety per cent. premium
Their great sin of polygamy was, of course, not
to be palliated, and it occasioned much discord
mow themsolvea. The ease of ono family was
related, where a man had boon the husband of two
wives, one of whom was the daughter of the other.
So far as hie observation bad gone, ho believed
that they lived with as much cordiality as each a
throe-cornered oonoorn would admit. The picture
of Mormon life was here humorously drawn, and
created much laughter. Imagine, said the speak
er, a family in which there are a dozen dirty chil
dren In a little hut, with no less than four mothers,
all of wham were the wives of ono husband, and of
course each aspiring, to the uppermost place in his
estimation. This was described as a boll upon
earth, and as calculated, if anything was, to gecko
a man welcome the eound of Gabriel's trumpet.
All he believed that was needed to ours this
groat blot, In years to come, was free speech and
en unfettered press, though ho trusted that with
the dark stain of polygamy some other shameless
evils now in existence might also disappear. (Ap
plause.]
Carson Valley was at length reached in this
westward tour, and the speaker said that he meant,
by means of the iron horse, to look once more upon
the emerald glades of this valley before he died.
Coming to the Golden State, the speaker said
that the naked fact that California, though but ton
years old, produced enough from her soil to feed
her six hundred thousand Inhabitants, was suffi
cient in itself to prove her soil ono of the most
fertile in the world. It was a land sunny and
lovely as Italy, and destined in the future to hold
twenty or thirty millions of our rode. Yes, Cali•
fornia was by nature of rich and surpassing boanty,
and in this was yet to be improved, and he hoped
her moral and intellectual greatness would not
prove to be less remarkable.
He could not loiter to notice the grand natural
features of the country at that late hour ; suffice it
to say that west of the Rooky Mountains the stars
and stripes wave over a country broader than That
boasted by Charlemagne or Napoleon.
Ills oonclusidn was a glowing picture, full o
hope and promise, of the futuro of our prospective
Pacific States, all of which ho hoped, for the honor
of his race, would be preserved from the dark stain
of human slavery.
The lecture occupied nearly an hour and a half
in its delivery, and was frequently applauded by
the audience:
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
.. 20,987
THE EXECUTION OF BROWN
REPORTERS EXCLUDED BY GOV. WISE
Reception of Mrs. Brown at Charlestown
MILITARY DISPLAY
nterview Between the Ilnsband and Wi
SCENES AT THE EXECUTION.
DISPOSAL OF THE BODI
Crancanrown ' Dee. 2.—The reporter cf . the As
sociated Press telegraphed. yesterdny, to Gov.
Wise, for permission to attend the ozeoution. The
reply was that the Governor deolined to arcade to
the request. No facilities wilt be extended to re
porters.
Yesterday wait parsed quietly, with the snap.
tion of a great military bustle on the ecoeption of
Mrs. Drown. Mrs. Drown wen emceed *war froth
Harper's Ferry at 3 o'clock In the afternoon, and
the entire military force was brought out to make
a demonstration. She wee received with full mill-
tary honors, but her eonipanlons wore net allowed
to accompany her from Harper's Ferry.
After remeinlnlng four hours with her husband,
Mrs. Brown was escorted back to Harper's Ferry,
at 9 o'clock last night, where she will await the
reception of her husband's body.
No one will be allowed to be rear enough to the
place of execution to boar any remarks that may
be made by Brown.
Happen's Feanr, Pee. 2.--John Drown was
hung at quarter past eleven o'clock, this morning
The military assembled at 9 o'clock, and were
posted on the field leading to the place of execu
tion, and also at various points, ae laid down in the
general orders.
Everything; was conducted under the etrietert
military discipline, as if the town was in a state
of siege.
Mounted scouts were stationed In the wood's to
the left of the scaffold, and picket ra, erds were stk.
tioned out towards the Shenandoah mountains, in
the rear.
The military on the field formed two hollow
squares, Within the inner one was the seaffild,
and between the inner and outer lines citizens were
admitted—no one being allowed outside of the lines
except the mounted guards.
At eleven o'clock the prisoner was brought out
of the jail, accompanied by Sheriff Campbell and
assistants, and Captain Avis, the . jailor. A smell
wagon, containing n white-pine coffin, was driven
up, on which they took a sant..
Six companies of infantry, a rifle company, a
company of horse, and the general and his staff,
(numbering twenty-five officers.) headed the pro.
cession, and marched towards the place of excel'.
lion.
Brown was accompanied bvmo minister, and de
sired no religious coremonlia either in the jail or
on the scaffold. He looked calmly around on the
people, and was fully possessed during the trying
occasion. Ile mounted the scaffold with a firm
stop. Ilia aline were pinioned by the sheriff. • Ile
hid farewell to Captain Avis end Sheriff Campbell.
At a quarter past eleven o'clock the d.iop of the
scaffold wee pulled, and after - a few Slight strug
gles John Brown yielded up his spirit.
The body wail' placed in a coffin, and is now on
its way to Harper's Ferry, to be delivered to the
wife. under a strong' military escort.
THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN BROWN AND
eiltatiLSTOWN, Dee. 2.—The interview between
Brown - UM hie wife lasted from 4 o'oloek In the
afternoon until near 8 o'clock in the evening, when
General Taliaferro Informed them that the period
allowed them had elapsed, and that Mrs. riown
must prepare for her departure to Harper's Ferry.
The carriage was again brought to the door,the
military took posseesion of the square, and, with
an escort of twenty mounted men, the cortege
moved off, Captain Moore, of the Montgomery
Guards, accompanying her The interview
was, I learn, not a very affecting one, being
rather of a praetionl character, with regard
to the future of herself and children, and
the arrangement and settlement la basins]]
affairs. They seemed considerably affected when
they first met, and Mrs. Brown wee for a few
moments quite overcome, but be was firm as a rock
and she soon recovered her eomposuro. There
was an impression that the prisoner might possi
bly be furnished with a weapon or with atryohnine
by the wife,
and before the interview her paean
was searchedd by the wife of the jailor and a etrict
watch kept over them during the time they were
together.
At the tined of the operation, they eeemed Lobe
fully solf-poesseged, and the parting, apeolally on
his part, exhibited a composure. either feigned or
real, that was truly surprising. Mrs. Brown, I learn
rather repelled all attempt, on his pert, to exPrets
sympathy with her under horst:Motions She resdet.
ed the idea that Capt. Brown had done anything to
deserve death, or to litigant his name with dishonor
by the ignominous punishment that wee about to
be inflicted upon him no regarded him ace mar
tyr in a righteous cause, and was proud to be the
wife of such a man ; that the gallows had no ter.
rore to her or to hint She stated that be lied not
seen him since last Juno, about six months ago,
and that they had been separated, except for o few
days. for nearly two yenta. They had, however,
commended, and eho always felt a deep interest
in the muse in which he wee engaged.
Tho character of the interview between them
may be judged to some extent from this conversa
tion with Captain Moore previous to the interview.
I learn from Captain Avis, the jailor, that the is
terview between the prisoner and his wife was
characteristic) of the man, and the directions given
for the management and distribution of property
mounted all the minor details of a lest will and
testament. General Tallatorro was also present.
and Captain Brown urged that his wife be allowed
to remain /with him all night. To this the General
refused assent, only allowing them four hours.
On first meeting, they kissed and affectionately
embraced each other ; and Mrs. Brown shed a few
tears, but immediately checked her feelings. They
stood embraced, the wife nabbing, and the husband
apparently unable to speak, for nearly five min
utes. The prisoner only gave way for a moment.
and was soon oahn and collected. and remained
firm throughout the remainder of the interview.
At the close they shook hands, but did not cm.
brace; and, as they parted, he said, God bless
you and the children." Dire Brown replied, Cod
have mercy on you," and oontinued calm until she
was about leaving the room, when she remained In
tears for a few moments, and then prepared to de
part.
The interview took place In the parlor of Captain
Avis, and the prisoner was free from mammies' of
any kind. They sat side by side on the lore, and
after discussing family matters, proceeded to busi
ness. He stated that ho desired his property to
pass entirely into her poetise/don, and appeared to
place full confidence in her ability to manage it
properly for the benefit of his younger obildren.
He requested her to remain at North Blba, in
New York, on a farm where she now resides, which
belongs to bar. Be was desiresa that his younger
obildren should be eat:seated; and if she could not
obtain facilities for education tabome,to have them
sent to a boardingouleol. He then gave direo
dons, and dictated to Sheriff Campbell hie will,
whloh directed that all hie property should
go to his wife, with the exception of a few
presents and bequests which he ' made. To one
of his sons he gave • double spy.gless ; to
another one a watch; to another he gave di
rections that be ahould take a tomb or remanent
0" mark. the Imo of his father, at North
Elba, and have engraved on it his name, age, and
the manner of hie death, together the came
for which he had suffered death, which he dlreets
shall remain at Earth Elba at long as his family
resides there. To each of his children; he be
queathed the sum of gay dollars, and to each of
hie daughters a Bible, to oast five dollaro each, to
he - purchased out of money oemirg to him from
hie father's estate. Also a Bible, to cost three
dollar!, to be presented to each of his grand
children, and that fifty dollars each be paid to
throe individuals whom ho named, if they can
be found, if not, to their legal representatives.
During the course of the conversation, Mrs.
Brown asked him if he had heard that Gerrit
Smith bad become insane, and had been sent to the
asylum, at Utica. Ile replied that be had read
of it in the papers, and was sorry to hear it, but
immediately ()hanged the subject.
The death of his two eons was spoken of, and
Mrs. Brown remarked that she had made some
effort, whilst at Harper's Ferry for the recovery
of their romaine, to which object, she said, Col.
Barbour had kindly consented to give hie assist
ance. Capt. Brown remarked that he would also
like the remains of the two Thompson!) removed, if
they could !be found, but suggested that it would
be beat to take his body, with the bodies of his four
sons, and get a pile of pine logs and burn them all
together; that it would be much better, and lees
expensive, to thus gather up all their ashes toge
ther and take them to their final resting.plare
Sheriff Campbell told him that this would not
be permitted within the State, and Mrs Brown
I objected to the proposition altogether. The pri
soner said that he contemplated hie death with
composure and calmness. It would undoubt
. edly bo pleasant to live longer, but as it
was the will of God he should close his career
be was content. It was doubtless beet that he
should be time legally murdered for the good of
▪ the cause, end he was prepared to submit to his
▪ will without a murmur.
lIIS WIFE
Mrs. Brown becoming depressed at theso re
marks, ho badnher cheer up and told her hie holy
wouldimon be with her, and that they would be
united again in heaven.
With regard to his °locution, ho said ho desired
no religious ceremonies either in tbo jail or on the
scaffold, from ministers who consent or approve of
the enslavemont of their fellow•oreaturee ; that ho
would prefer to ho accompanied on the scaffold by
a dozen slavo children aM agood old olevo mother,
with their blessings In hie emit then all the elo
gnomio of the wholo clergy of the Commonwealth
onnbinod.
During the past week several letters containing
cheeks and drafts had been forwarded to him by
his friends In different sections of the country.
All of these be endorsed and ordered payable to
hie wife, Mary A. Brown—(one of them was for
$lOO, and another for sso)—and then handed them
to her.
THE EXECUTION.
The prisoner was brought out of lad at 11 o'clock.
Before leaving, he bade adieu to all his fellow-prisoners
and wee very affectionate to all, except Cook. Ile
charged Cook with having deceived and misled him in
relation to the support he wee to receive from the
slaves. Ho wee led to believe that they wore ripe for
insurrection, end had found that his representations
were false. Cook denied the charge, and made but
little reply.
The prisoner then told tho sheriff that he was ready.
Disarm worn then pinioned, and with a black slouch
hat and the some clothes ho wore during the trial. pro
ceeded to the door. epparentl. calm and cheerful. Ae
ho mime outside the companies of infantry end one
troop, with Con. Talinforro and the entire staff. were
deploying In front of the Jail. whilst on open wagon,
with a pine box, in which woe a fine oak coffin. was
waiting fur him. Ire looked ngnund anti spoke to seve
ral persons he recognised. and walking clown tho steps
was resisted to the wagon, and took his seat on the
colfin-bax alongside with the Jailor. Mr. Avis. Ile
looked with interest on the fine military display but
made no remark.
The Wag Oil moved nit flanked with two files of rifle
men in close order. On reaching the field, lice cu
dan dm
had already full inieeession. Pickets were statione d
the citizens kept back at tho point of the bayonet from
taking any position except that ensigned them, near
ly nquarter of a mile from the ecritfold. Through the
determined persistence of Dr. Rawlin so, of Frank Les-
Ile's. the order for excluding the prose was pertinily ro
d. And they wore assigned a position neailthe ge
neral'. Oa.
The prisoner walked up the step. firmly. and Woe the
first Irian on the yellows. Messrs. Ave and,Campliell
stood by hie side, end eller slinking bends. and bidding
en affectionate rid tou. thanked them for their kindness,
put the rap over his face end the rope around his neck.
Mr. Avis asked him to oleo forward on the trap. Ile
You must lend Mo. t cannot see."
Thu rope wan thou adinated, end the military order
given. The soldiere marched and countermarched, and
took a position es if the enema was In eight. and need.
ten minutes was than occupied. The prisoner remnined
standing, and Mr. Avis asked if ho wan not tired. Brown
replied. "No, not tired. but don't hoop the waitint
loner than is necessar , .."
He woe swung off at fifteen minntos after 11 o'clock.
There was e slight slimming of the hands and stretching
of the iiineelee. and then ell was quiet. The body woe
beveral times examined, And the pulse did not crane
eating until thirty-five minutes. it WWI then out down
rimi placed in the coffin, and conveyed, under the mili
tary cavort, to the depot. end put in a par to be conveyed
to the Ferry bra special train At 4 o'clock. The whole
err-fremost was carried out with precision and
strictness that was most annoying
The coneral con vict lon cm or, whoro entertained was,
that the excitement regarding an expected rescue wax
conned by occasions hoaxes.
Thin mornintc. Brown executed an Instrument ern
perform., Sheriff Campbell to minunister on all property
of his in the State, with direntirms to pay over the pro•
of the sale of the weapons, if recovered, to his
willow end children.
Buotrx's tarunvittw Imo eta YuLt.ow.rictiotryius.
Sheri it Campbell hid the prisoner farewell in his cell.
The primmer returned thanks for the nadir's kindness.
and •pol.e of Capt. TACO as a brave man.
The prisoner wad then taken to the cell of Copeland
and Green Ile told them to amend up like men, and not
betray their friends.
no
there handed them euertn ,
each, Baylor lie bad no more use for lies money, and bid
them adieu.
He then visited Cook and Cripple, wtio were chained
torether.
Ile remarked to Cook—" You have made false state
tnentr."
Cook relied him," What do you mean r'
Brown mi.-eyed—"'Why, by mating that 1 eent you
ITerper's
Cook—ttrod you riot tell Me at Itittntturc In (tome to
Ilerper's Ferry end see if Pertain Mid mode disclosures "
Brown—" Do, sir, you know I protested agalsist lour
o unity,"
t ark replied. " Captnin Brown, we remember differ
ently " at the tame limn dropping his bend
Brown then turned to Cripple end said. " CoPrie. amt
Maomed., false preferment, hpt I tim alnd to hear (Ant
tail barn contradicted them Stand up liken man," and
alio handed hum a quarter. He shook hint by the hand
and ported.
Brown wee then taken to Stevens' oell, and they ter•
changed kind peelings.
Stevens said, .• Geed bye, Captain. I know you are
going to a baiter land."
brown k f now d l lie told him to hear
tinitti no' bet rll i n n e l ie r t i t e . n a L i a n e g a l iw im ay ‘ s q P7r r s t i e s r teli n e .
He
denytng anyknowledge of him.
On hie way to !lin sontiold..rdr. Sadler.the undertaker,
who woe in tea wanton with hire. remarked. " CePi•
Brown you are n game man." He answered, "yes. I
was so trained up: it was one of the lessons of my
inotPer, brat It wan hard to part from friend,. thrm !ft
newly made." Then remarking. " Thin is a beautiful
country. I never bed the pleasure of seeing it befnre."4l
On melons the militate, he observed Mr. Hunter and
Manor Green stand n • near. to whom he said. " Oen
tionten, good lute " vol to net faltering in the tenet.
While on the totatiold. Sheriff Cantatas!' naked him if he
would take a handkerchief in •hts hand to drop an a
plena! when he was rondy. Ife replied, 't No, he did
net want st l ,uf do not detain me longer than is AO'
tulpv ,reetnarv,"
• . • .
Shortiy After the nxre Ition And 'whilst the bode woe
being takenun the &plc. ,rent excitement was Goes,
Monad in the twice be the arrival of 14. horseman nn•
nounoing thu When.innil. the bite residence of Genres
W.l urner,shnt n 1 Harem's Ferry. woe on bro, and
flint It wee attending to the farm tio Wings Wm F.
tut ner.wits in town had left home it 10 o'clock.
He said that several of the hors,' had died very sud
denly, end nisi, some shno, It wio imponsYd their lied
been poisoned. and it was intended to have their
stnynnchs anal. sod. The stock of Mr. Castleman and
Mr. Msere.in the clone neighborhood, had also died
very mysteriously.
The excitement was very greet and Col. Davis had
the Palmier cavalry in tendiness to en nut and inquite
Into the truth of the report shout the fire.
DISPOSITION OF TIIE BODY OF BROWN
The body of Brow, arrived in a varietal train, antl i kvill
bet ken on by Mrs. brown and friends, by cavil's, M
eant In Albany. It is desired to avoid all public, demon
stration, and the body will net tin Numb!a anywhere on
the roan to N.irtli b Ilia, where it will be deposited in the
family burial ground.
MIA. Brown speaks in the limlieet terms of the kind
near. extended Mbar to theciti mins and authorities ot the
tltate. She in, of einiroodo it-eatilistress.and has most fa
vorably IfllPlGeeeirlipß Who hare net with her es a woman
hf tine (rialtos and poisoned of grant attention for her
usband.
Brown sympathisers In New Ramp-
Mewctruerun, N. A. Dee 2.—An attempt wee merle
to toll the City Hull bell tool tt in oommernmornUon of
the execut.on of John Brown. Thu bell wee only
etruck n few Wee Nihon Moor Herrington eppenrol
.the belfry nod ordered the Brown eempethieere to
desist One of them refused. when the Mayor dropped
him down through the retroln no the moat convenient
mode of enloreine hie °mt.
Letter from the Ohio Merchants Ar
rested at Ilarner , s Ferry.
Ilsr.Ttmonx, DersTs—The followin4 letter is furnished
br the Ohio merchants recently arrested at Harper's
'Ferry
To Tux Pnitistc.—Wes the underov nod, hems bens
ar fated hr the military authorities; of the State of Vir
ginia on the morales of We inesde. hint, while pro
ceeding over the Baltimore sod Ohio Itoi trold. as pan.
sensors for the Eno, w ere disposed to overlook tin do
pint ton and ;Innovation to whioh we wore eutdocted, in
the belief that rho officers worn imposed upon, mot
setae entirely from erroneous mfornedlon. °bond:tn,
howeverolmt we are accusod cif ban,m g oxpres , ed our
selves MitaZOlllatictilly to the Sudo rovirdins ifs ',ut
fitter at Chatlestown. unit that lion is offered asa Ten:
non for Our arrest, we 1101 1 111 it doe t • oureelros rims
pohely to ilecoac the statement entirely without
rooniliaion th two aro not t tohlle emit horn of on) sort,
but order•lopinF, hllll , ileif 111,11, pIIIIIIIIIK nut
Own album I,‘ it would. et the "ruin in,o, in view ni l
file 11111110t01111 AU:I(ISW repoi In that lire 1111111 1 11 0 1 1 111 11:
ed. take ocession to enchire that wow , •rn treated with
aver; proper eonsii.erstion snit kinilne.iis br nhernilitn-
Vr. and eirmons of Alsrtinaltors. 'a here the arrest took
mace. Slid (het Its Sethi snout OVA w in tootle known to
the railroad company, the uffolitlent and tither officer.
promptly tele; replied the ullinlionnotill: general and
Proctirool our rideeSet Mid Moron., en a futlior An
del:co of .1r exoneration of ilia Bilumo.. - hod Ohio
Company from all 1111%1110 for thin 111111,1111 proof:0 1 111X
end nor entire eonfulence that no further nonotatiCe to
paesengere m ill occur. we prOnosrl to return to our
hornet; In the West by . that route to morrow
aligned) j. W. Vsno tar. Felt hAld no.
.1. It, toss,is ottu, Muslin CO, 0.
J. L. Cott l'on, Iso,tan, Honking co.
Supposed. Arrest of Richard nenlfc,
Brown's Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, Doe. —A man answorine Cook's do
eoription of Richard Real's was tee, i.tlt arrested nt
Yoolsville. Maryland, but white a commitment Was he
lm{ Written out nounneed to Pli,ll/11. IL, Was lesterday
rearrested at Alexandria. and I old for a further ex
lie hod provinuely visited Waltilingtori. and
Goth hie actions excited the belief that ho Wan an itine
rant tiwindler.
Litter front caltroinia
•
Sr. Lavin, Deo 2 —The overland t'n I rat. nil ill al, front
San Frnaciecu on tllO 11th, ranched Julio rnun City flu!!
aftmoon.
n2l lirreno , l of hoavy rams olniont otoppod
bumneso at Sul Frrinalion.
Jounce inonnion, Into (loony clerk of Ricromonto.
obstunnled in tho groaner which ruled on tint 6th alt.,
for Now York.
•
It had emee hOOO diseovered that he WllB n doltolter
to thin amount of It 100. and ohon that ho had eon, sited
to hts own too 8144 , 00 a. orth of count) Londe.
From Washington
WAKIIINIrTIYA Dee. 2.—To.dev's Yallorel Imme trod
RIONTIOIN brought honey additions to Iho iiinini,or4 of
en_ltgrniot,end ntratieers pre iote.l% in
Boron of tlin tioniorrate are merlons!). Cr Whi•thtl
It would not he bolter for thou, to make no clowns nonn
nations. thinking thou may do better it them
eel yes of the eireumstat cos to the Mono of Iteoregcn
tstaven.
Front 1 ,, i tea ro gnu
WARM . ..0 cos. Docembor 2.—Prie to 101 WI,. from
Nicaragua represent ever) thing as %met. with th t ex
ception of Pt fear Nil MY/IX/PM hl ()emir 11 Welker
President ;Martinez nod the people have the greatest
confidence in the friendly diareamon of the. United
Stales. and the hitter'. doterminatum to suppress fili
bustering. Much disapowntinent was expressed nt the
non-arrival of our minister, NI, Puma). Siena sup
posed that he would not leave Costa limes before
Tr n e a s r dent Martinez admits that Mons. Belly 1111 , 117 I
to fulfil his contract; but Commodore Vco i derb. m lC ' r,
propoattion to open the transit route doss not adem to
meet with much, favor.
Overland California mail
TAM lIVIIVIVORS OP THE MOUNTAIN MP ADOIP 11.18-
BACIIE.—TIIN MISSOIMI COLD PIBLit.
ST. Louis, ovorland mail, from don Fran
cisco on the 11th ult. passed Warsaw, 218 miles u 0,4
of St. Louis, last eventne, but, }hero Win.: no he to tho
express or mail bags at that point. the lineman 01 Cali
fotnia new, for the Associated Press could not be ob
tained and telegraphed as woe intended
Dr, Forney, attoorlntendent of Indian atrairt in Umh.
kits arrived with the remainin t two survivors et the
ountain Meadow massacre, who served an oitnemoti
at _the Mvesdration made Into the Arnim
Further intelligence with reference to thin dieroverlea
of gold in the southeast part of Miaiton” confirms the
previous reports.
From Hayti.
Nave Yong, December e—Advioes front Port au-
Prir the t itith ult. have been resolved by an v.I
at awn. he markets were null And slotted with
PM cons. lour was quoted at $4,10. Coffee woo very
coerce and b an.
Belle Tolling for John Drown.
Boma, Deo.2.—The hells an Plymouth and New Bed
ford ware tolled at term to-der irt memory of Jan
Drown,
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
WHIATLIIT k CLARIM'S + . lCllllllllol t TlifLirla
Arch street. above Bath nor "r 1
, 41 Me
The Olden Time "—" A Deuebter s Vow.
WALNUT-81'B U, TRY
Nth vier Walnut lapd
mnlei the Baron?' " " ea'
Our Gal'
•• • •
NATIONAL THICATRS. Walnut street. between Eighth
and Ninth.--" Dan Rice's Groat Show."
TaNteir. or Wortnahs. northeast corner Tenth and
Oheatnut streets.-81gnor
McDozionan s ilamphs Race street, below Third.—
Entertainments nozhtlf.
MYTHOPOLITAI HALL Sayna's Commonwealth BLV,I-
'no. Chflonut street, near fiLath.—" Tinodon's fu
me= of Art."
EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN.
THE FEELING IN PHILADELPHIA
MUM MEETING AT NATIONAL HALL,
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
JOIIN BROWN DEIFIED
"Three Cheer, for Governor Wise."
PRAYER-MEETING AT SHILOH CHURCH
Rev Dr. Stockton on John Brown
Toe feeling of excitement now pervading this coun
try, in relation to the execution of old John Brown, for
treason. munler and conspiracy, extended through our
unusually quiet rind sedate city of Philadelphia. Yes
terday, the period fixed for the consummation of the
tragedy, was observed by his admjrers in Philadelphia
as an mansion for prayer in behalf of his soul, and
praise for the presumed motives of philanthropy SUP
posed to actuate his fanatical end fatal course. In the
morning, the event of the day was the theme of sit
tontines. The newspaper offices, the fountain-heads of
intelligence, were surrounded by numbers of morbidly
anxious and excited individuals. thirsting for the first
item of news from the scene of the execution. A thou
sand rumors were floating around in these throngs, end
e eery earner lint Ite story. orery Street its hoax. Re
mute of John Brown's rescue, of his suicide. of his res
pite, of his pardon, of the itsressination of Wire, aril
the sack of Charlestown, of the murder of Brown's
wife, and a thousand other stories equally false and ex
citing, were floating around.
Towards twelve o'clock this feedlot reached its vli
men. ne the email Piece of manifold paper on the bill
lotin boards annnticeed. in brief and emphatic, terms
that the execution hnd liven consummated. The crowd
around the offices wee very large, end as the ominous
sentence passed from mouth in mouth. and eradtmlir
extended itself over the cite. the feel] as beesn to sub
side. The suspense of curiosity was over, and people
resumed their hornier spirit of comerierite. A few still
hone around the °trines earer for every item of fact or
fiction oornected with the execution
Bement to an nntmonnemnnt "loch Tad been printed
In all the papers. the friends of Jnhn Brown, hie theo
ries. and his conduct. to this city. celled a public mnet
inn. The object of this meeting may he undercoat by
the following call:
Frolic Mittircso—Jour Bnoure.—A oublio meeting
of the friend.; of Impartial freedom will lie held in Na
tional Bell, Alarket street, Minya 'twelfth. OR Friday,
I—tile day of John Brown's execution—at oh(
o'clock A. 111, Dr. Furrier. and Lueretta Mntt will lien
amen, the sneakers Letters recently received from
Cant. Brown. none of which have as yet been published.
and which are of the deepest interest, will be read on
the occasion Admittance free."
At ten o'clock the crowd began to assemble In front
of the Ilan. istrinnit which were several very respecta
ble looking ladies, of both colors. The crowd was. AS
a general thing, comprised of the garner of
whom wore very turbulent. Exciting discitesions were
maintained be eloquent and enthusiastic citizens. who
were Coition, to express, in the most turbulent manner.
their belief in the right of fre• spearrh. The presence
of a Very large bob( of policemen bed a 'Mutate effect
on (lie loisteroue debaters. and re taints prevented a
worn of Wits. The crowd kept increasine until about
eleven o'clock. wnen the doors were yenned, and a
great rush made for the interior of the hall.
In about twenty minutes the hall wan (-minted in its
utmost capacity by people of all oe tea. aces. conditions
end colors. A great number of them wore Wien and
ntwittone•fourth wore colored. In two or tittee portions
ni the hall, a number of men. evidently opposed to the
Morrie ni the meeting. and violentnts of -
tionisti: in every phase, had collected oppone for the purpose of
Innoifesting their opinion of the affair in their own Pe
ettliar way. This way WAS a very hmeternos one. to be
sure, an they kept op n morel higning. hooting, and up
roar until) the meeting was eitiled to order, and a num
ber of them wore elected by the officers.
At precisely half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. James Mott
rolled the nicotine to order, entreating that the best of
order might he preserved. as the ball wag lance end any
dieturbance would be very ennoying to the speakers.
Rev. ST. IL Furness. D D. was then railed on and of
fered up a fervent prayer, in which lie alluded to Cap
tain Brown as one who was now passing away, and he
VIM.) that nYmpatt for Brown might spread through
the whole land, andthat we might ell feel how the
country hoe sinned in oppreesinr their brethren. Yin
asked that God would 'mead the dawn of liberty in thin
rountry. and ho implored the merry of God upon the
frnd,' of Brown. feir Brown's enmpan,,,, and for rite
State of Virginia. by whose iniquitous laws 11 , 01 ell suf
fered. We peered for the slat...holder and the alive, end
begged that we might all etand redeemed from all shams
of prejudice, and recognising the common brotherhood
of man.
The prayer beine concluded, the reverend gentlemen
eddrossed the mention, alluding to the anniversary of
an event of Revolutionary times—when Wrishintron,
dying. set hie slaves at liberty. Like him. John Brown
has begneathed an act of meriiimiseion of I OM OM [Me
rlon end cheers) which we hope to see executed. !Re
newed cheerio and hisses- I
The assertion had b•en mado that John Brown was
not a Christian. In order to show how deeply No mind
of the drier man was impressed with honest and con
ecientinee Christian convictions. he read contour' ex
trente from several letters written by Brown, one never
Before nehlished:
Extract front a letter to his wife. written hi John
Brown, about thirteen years ago, en hearing of the
death of one of hie childr•n be fire,
• • • • trust that none of you will
feel disposed teens( en unreasonable blame on my de,
Roth on account of the dreadful trial we are called to
coffer ; for if the went of proper eye in each unit all of
its has not been attended with fetal eoneequenites. n rye
no Menke to us. If I lied a rt.:fit sense of my habitual
neglect of my family's Vternal interests, I shrill
crazy. I humbly hone this dreadful afflictive Provi
dence will lead its all more yroperiv to appreciate the
notation, unforeseen, untold consequenees that hang
tone the right or wrong doing of thimre seemingly of
rifling account. Who can tell or comnrehind tne vast
results. for good or for evil. that ere to follow the captor
of one little word ? Ever, thing worthy-of being don, at
nil. is worthy of being done in good earnest, and in the
bent possible manner.
The speaker then read the subjoined letter:
(corr.]
CJAARLESOOWN,JItIIIt SON COUNTY. VA.,/
Eqh November, 1869.
Dear IVO and Children. Senn one .-
1 will begin by earrine that I have in sonny decree re
covered from my wounds, but that I am quite weak in
nip back and sore shut my loft kidney. Mn atinelite
has been quite rood for most of the time since I woe
hurt. ICM ilepolled with almost everything I could OP
sire to make me comfortable. end the little that I do
lack (game few articles of clothing. which I Instil may
Ravine
soon get !team. I am, beentee, quite elleerful.
berme (ma I trust; the mum of God which " pneseth
all understanding" to "ride in my heart," and the term
ninny lie genie de reel of a I nod oommienle that I have
not lived altogether in vain. I pan trust Ond with both
the time end the manner or nip death believing ne I
nosedo. that for me at this time to scot my test• Mons
(for Oaf and Humanity l with my blood, will do vastly
more toward advancing the enure I have earnestly en
deavored to promote. than all I have done in ma life be
fore.
• •
I bee of you all meekly and quietly to submit to this ;
not feeling lourselves in the least derradrd on that
account. Remember dear wife erd children- all. that
.oeus of Nazareth suffered a most ezeruclatinx death
on the cross an a felon—under the most a:groveling et.
cumstances. 'Think. also, of the prophets, and apos
tles and Christians of former days who went through
greater tribulation• than you or I: end I try to be re
conoiled. May Rod /timidity comfort all your hearts
and soon wipe away all tears hors our eyes. To Ellin
be endless praise. Think r.. t.m. of the crushed millions
who " have no comforter." I there, you all never (it,
your Hale/ to forgot the trier' "of the poor that cry.
and of those that have none to help therm" I wrote
most earnestly to my dear and afilict.d wife not
to come on for the prom: at any rote. I will now
give her my reasons Inc doing 10. First lt W 01.141
tile up all the comity means ch. has, or is et ell
likely to have to snake heiself and children
comfortable hereafter. For, let on to lT you that
the si meetly. that is now nrolleetl In lollr behell
may not alien ye foll - w tom There is but I. tile morn tit
the romantic, about helping poor widows and their child.
mil, than there is about trying to relieve poor " nig
ter," Aea n. the litt'e c,nfo•t t might alford us to
meet stain would he dearly bought by the pain• of a
first separntien. We Inuit port. and I feed assured. 'or
11l to meet under much dreadful circumstances would
only add In our distress. If she tomes on here she molt
be caning stook throughout the whole Journey.
to be roman ed upon in en cry took. word, and action.
and be all Forte of rrenturet, and by all sort' of papers
throughout the whole cinint•v. Main. it is my ino.t
decided Juthinont that in quietly and sulnnicsii.ely stay
ing at home vastly mere of rename sympathy will
rreirk her, without sulk dreadful s written ot frolins•
as she must pot up with if she comes nn. The vdots
of one or two female friends that have come on here
hove produced Croat excitement which is very anon,
opz. end they cannot possibly do the any good. Oh.
Mary. do net come. but patiently wait for the meetin•
(of those who love God xed their fellow-men) where no
separation must follow. " They slial go no morn out
forever." I green, lone to hear (Pont 101110 one of lot',
and to learn any thine that in ant way offerts your wet
lore. I sent ou 510 the other day—did You net it
hose nlna endear ore! to stir up Christian frlellia
and write to you in your deep affliction. I have no dont t
t hat some of them at least hoed the call. IVritel to Mil,
erne of Capt. John Avis, Charlestown, Jefferson coun
ty. VII.
" Finally• my beloved. be of vooll comfort." May on
your names be "written on do Lamb's boon of life'—
ine. you all have the purify lug and sustain= influence
of the Christian reli<ion —in the earnest prayer of lour
affectionate husband and father. Join 13nowx.
. .
cannot remember a mr.ht no dark no
hatd•red the efunimt day : nor H. storm so Curioul or
dreadful as to prevent th return of Warm 5un..1.100 sad
cloudless An. nut. toured ones, do remember Chit
thin i 3 not tour rest: that in llos N6Ollll 14 , 11 p‘i
n 1.1,11114 pine° or conuntuns cut,. To God and Ms Ink
-1110 !Hong, always commend tou.
J. B.
The suit: nod totter Was next rend, without re
mark:
[COP "I
CHAHLN{TOWN, %.d
NO‘llllll,ol . PO) (
Mit Boor Wife I Sr rite 3.11 .12 answer of a moat kind
Zeller of Nave mbar 13, from dear NI re. Spring I nog
her ten thousand the ohs for her kindness to you parte.
and more Ever:ally than for what she hitsdone,
and is doing in a more direct way for too norsonails
Although I feel grateful for every expreseion of kind.
nes. or eyninailiy towards me, sof noth ng eau so etre,
Nally mrnrnnar •0 my comfort As nets of kindness dose
to relieve ilia wants or mitigate the mutterings of my
epOe distressed family. Ma, God Almighty and Om' ,
mon consciousness he their eternal rewarder's. I sin
exceedingly rammed to hat n you rnnkn the acquaintance
nod Lo nurrounded ht eneh choice friend.. Ns I ha , e
hart A MOMS smile of those to tie With %Shorn gnu are
staving Iby reputation.) lam most glad to have you
moot with ono of a family (or I should gat of two la.
oldies) 'Film belated and rteVer to b• forgotten to ra,
I mean dear, senile Sarah Wat"tos. Many and ninny a
time has shs, her rather, Mother, Brother, ,Strirrr. Lo
tter and Aunt (like Angels of mercy) nlielafercd
to the vents of miumlf and of on riot gone
both in inoknesni eel 111 health. Only hest tear I
lay sick for quite a fluidc, of a eeka with there,
end was cared for by oli, as h I 111,1 been a [Nord
alfectionate Brother or Father. Tell h, r that I ask
to bless and reward then, all forever "I was astral) rer
and they took um in." It may possibly he Bolt lit rah
would Ilk,' to copy this letter and send it to her hon.r.
If en, by all 010002 let her to air. would write thorn if
I had the power. Now let me sag a word about the el
forts to mitre'sio nor daughters I ern nn longer able to
provide moans to help towards that object, and it there
fore bermes ins nut to dictate in the matter. I shall
cratelulle future the direction of the whole thing 10
those whose generosity May lead them to n der
take in their banal/ ; while IMe anew a little oxides
mono!' it owe Chinn° respecting it. You, mg vita,
rerhrtly well know that I hang lOWA'S eXprefnual
decided preference for a very Idols but rerPetly practi
era edueation for Imth suns and daughters, I do
not moan an education so very iniserable as that
you and I roomed In early ifs nor as some of one
children have enjoy ert , when I sly plain but practical, I
Posse
o noeugh of the learning of the schools to enable
th•tn ansient the rommon business of Ida coinfo•t i
bly and respectably : totether with that thorough (rain
ing m geed basin. as habits which hest prepares', 411 lone
arid women (to lie useful, though poor./ emit to meet the
,tern coot Mrs of lira with a. ood Moe. ton well
krinw that I alwat ',claimed that the unmoor Vie Thom t,
Wash-Tub, Needle, Spindle, Loin. Axe, Oct the. Hoe,
&0., should first lie learned at all events. end that
the P.m°. 4-c., AYTERWstrIfs. I putt them in that ordnr,
all moateon( LIMO to health of body and Mind. aid/ for
the obviate reason that after a life of SOW erperrrner,
and of much ob,ertmteon, I have found sea
well its ten men who have made their mark in life Night,
whom earls , training was of that plsin. penctical
kind, to one who had more popular soil fashion
able early training. But enough of that Now
in regard to )0111. corning,here. If you feel sure
that you ono endure the triils and the shock which
will be unavoidable. (if you curio./ I should be moat clad
to see you once more, But when I think nt your being
Insulted on the road, and Wimp' ma de acre, end of only
seeing your wretchedness Wade complete, /Arita from
it. Your composure and fortitude of mind may be quite
taunt to tf, but /om In driest:yid doubt al it. If you de,
,o,„, defer you r Journey ill about the 27th or 29th 01
thus month. The scones you will have to pass through
on corm_ here will be anything but those e nu now pees
with traitor. kid-hearted filen.. and kind faces to
mast you everywhere. Ito consider the matter well be
fore you rusk° the plunge. I think I had bettor say no
more on tills most painful aUbJellt.
My health improves little, my mind is very tran
quil, I !nay Sty JO)ous, and oontinue to receive ever))
kind attention Mat I have any possade need o y 1
you to send oeplea of all my totters to our near children
What I write to one must *shaper l o p nil. all hare
There strength. I get numerous kind lettere from friends
almryst all directions, to ant outage me to be of "good
cheer," and I Buy have. 9L/ rre‘t the peace (KONA to
rule limy heart. ' Mar Unit, for Christ's sake, ever
mate His (ace to shine ty , you al%
Yours ffectionate husband,
.lona BROWS.
During the reading of this letter handkerchief. be
earns visible, and many of the females present shed
tears. Dr. Fainees t np remarked that
_he woald reed
tine last letter received from Brown by Mrs. Brow'h. It
isßs
Extract from the last letter received by Mrs. Brost;
before she started to go to Charlestown. bearing date
Charlestown. Jefferson couaty. Va . Nth Nov., 1.469,
whioh, after referring to his Wife ' s being under Mrs.
Mott's roof. he pewit& to Say
• • • I remember the faithful old lady well; but
presume she has no reeellectien of me. I come set my•
self to owls., mob et Boston. where she was. After I
interfered. the police immediately took u¢ the matter,
and soon put a strip to mob proceedings. the meeting
wall, I think. in Moribero Street Church. or Horst per
dept. lam gt.nd to h./0i nu make the acquaintance of
mach old " Pioneers ' in the attune. I have mist receiied
from Mr. John Jay. of Shw York. a draft for Sts I fifty
&lb:rob for the benefit of my meanly, and will enclose it
Made Payable to lour order. I have also $l5 I fifteen
dollars). to send toner crippled and destitute unmarried
eon; when I can. I intend to viral - you, by express. two
or three little article, to care. house. Should you hap
pen to meet with Mr. Jae, say to him that I fully appre
ciate Ms great kindness. both to me and in y funnily. God
bless Miguel' friends. It is out of niv power to reply to
at/ the kind nod encouraging letters I yet ; I cosh I
lmold dos°. I have been so much relieved from my
ameness for the last three or four days as to be able to
situp to rend and write pretty mutt, all dor. as wells.
part of the night; and I do assure you and Ott other
Plead that I ain quite busy, and none the less harpy on
that account rhe time passes quite pleasantly; and
the near approach of nip creel chanxe se not the occa
sion of any particular dread.
1 trait that God, who Ass sustained me so hag. will
not Jot-role me when I most feel my need of Fatherly
out and slower. Should He hide his We, my saint
will droop. and die • but not oth,,,,ise, be assured. My
only nnxiett is to lie properly tortured of my Poet. for
the company iif those who are "wattled from all filth,
neon ;" and fur She nreienre of Ham who so Joan Orly
Pare. I o•rininln think Ido have some " !pincer and
thin alter righteousnean " If it beonly gemaine• I
mat. no doubt 1 •. shall be filled." Please let all our
friends mid my letters when you can ; end ask them to
accept of it as to part for them. lam inclined to think
you will not be likely to succeed well eriout getting
away the horlies of your family ; but should that be se,
do not let that criers you. It can make but little differ
ence what is done with them.
. • . .....
You rim well remember the changen you have passed
through. Idle is made up of a series of changes. and
lot on ter to meet them in the best manner possible.
You will not wish to make yourself and children am
burdensome to friends than too are really com
pelled to dn. I would not.
I will close this by saving that if you now.feel that yen
are equal to the undertaking , do exactly as anti feel
dpposed to do about eating to see ice before I suffer.
lam entirely wilting. Your affectionate husband.
JOHN BROWN.
During the reading of thee, documentn a treat merit
in the audience were affectedtoteare. The Doctor w”
interrupted once or twice by a. slbrht disturbance in the
audience occasioned by the removnlnf some boisterous
and clamorous individual by the pollee.
SPEECH OP MR. THEODORE 1.1 taw+, OP NEW TORK.
Mr. Theodore Tilton. of The Independent. was then
annnunced As he rose to speak the State House clock
struck twelve. Mr. Tilton .and: _
I liege h+tetted to the striking of your city bell ! Who
knows hut it marked the very hour and moment when
the sate at Heaven was opened. and the spirit of a new
martyr paved In! Teolav the netton puts to death as
dottiest citizen! (Cheers and hinsesel What to his
rime? Gmltr of whist? Guilty of toying his fellow-
Men ton well! (Applause and hives I Guilty of
heart of too great human kindness! Guilty of ton
them!mbenng thorn that are in bonda nA bound with
H. the brave old man still few moments
more et life? Then. theugh hrseennot hear (meteorite.
let us say. " God bless him, reed farewell!" eArplause
and hiewe 1 Bat if the lastrind moment is already
Passed what then remising? I know not what is left fot
you hat ne fur Ms, I feel like throwing reeve wen that
eeeffold and that coffin! ?Mulled armholes and hives,
which continued eir some momenta, during which the
*seeker !trimmed to the rider of the platform, and
fo'ded his an.. Honor! thrice honor to the good man
now gene op! It is the hour net of his defeat but of
hie triumph. Om he, te are Irate for him to day. But
wear eon I ser ? This is a time for silence rather than
for word* We are standing be the old man's open
Itiwe. waiting for his body to le buned!
When friends gathg r ("nether to streak ore rood man
who haseeverred every one has some word to utter
which us peculiar to himself. and which best expeeves
what is each man's moat crateful and endearing memory
of him who has tone. Mr own tribute to John Brown,
which 1 offer on the day of hisrleseh.m gratitude for the
influence which his heroism. the fortitude, and his faith
have exerted upon my religinuelife. I have been made
a letter Chrintinn hr that man's life and (tenth. His
own vest faith hine strengthen, mine. His no, treat
mutate has quickened mom. His Christian exempt. of
devoutnen. and uniraverinr heroism end patience, in
the nrison under his wounds, in the prospect of the
eeeffold—ell this hna umpired me to a higher mem.
life. It has kindled within my heart a greeter love to
(Ind and to My fellow-men!
John Brown way a Christian lone before the greet
eye of the world woe set on hum; for, from hie s x•
trench near to his fifty-ninth to-day. he has been
true end honored mr !Mier of the Church of Christ. The
world has net weir:Mel all that lone career, but it hoe
seen onout h. in a few days. in his orison, to make it
wonder end admire. You remember how he received
the Governer of Virgules. He stand to hie presence
elinorit ne Pilot stood before Agrippa. not wish,no to ex
chenee eine.. h heeling not he lintel anit et it,
' I wentil that then ut
Wert altogether i RA I ant gave a the n se
Imnds." I Applenecel You remember how he received
hie Sentence' When the Earl of Ar g yle. who, with his
nem h.. hail nut upon the Field of Cheri. II the
crown of Ervlatel, weenfterwarde condemned to death
fir the game knit- the stern old - Presbyterian. on ra
ce, ins his Pistil, re. arose in court and said. ' The
kine honors me with n speedy emoted, for whits I help
ed lore only ton mown that must shortly permit. he ban
ter, me to a or•wn that Is ir,nrruptibl• and that feileth
not away." So that stern old Preehetronn, who des
teis 4, in Vivian, snap. in court end uttered It sp eech
°regime heroism and morel grandeur—a speech that
mil eir down to the end of time with allthe grand word.
of all the world's lierarti (Appleime and humeri.' can
not look unon hie eteeillastnsee without first mervellint,
and then thanking Geri John Brow, wan n Puritan—
the ninth in doseent from the hard nf Pilerime who
teemed on lern,outh Reek. I Hoek oil's= and to heck
to old ihshep Hoover, of reesliel, legtore—the &et Pu
ritan—the father of the Pilgrim Fathers—who. when he
wae eenderened to death for c neaten,' sake. wrote in
hie roll oi Nevem A." I have spoken the truth with my
lies: I h•ve written it with me pen RIO reedy to con
firm it. hi findei :erre. with my 1 0 .004r'
Jo h,„ wetten in his cell at Cheri.-
town. hear in every line, the same heroic testimony to
reel'. troth ! IA pplauee, mi titled with loud hineal
It in this toeh and eyelid faith In rod that has sustained
hint In the Inns hones of hie iinpriscroneht from the he
niseinc until to-clay, that now end, them forever. And
to-dev I ha va nn fear bow he men nted that isettfeld. I
have heard no new,. hut I 'relieve in me enul. that when
it conses it will tell ef nn Nivel.. no tremulous step,
ne reeintetion—eothier tint faith, conseinev.
h•tnisin! When the treat AT/trauma Montroso.
who soffered in Pentlend for the cause of Church and
Iteng.wan led toeventionot wean.r of dark skies end
threaten,. atoms. I et as he ripornia-tied the scaffold.
tee sun fora moment broke threiteh the cloud.. and
"he neon his head ',lathe Thyme tlery bed cane
le crown the ever before the martyr! And he mounted
the Miter POI if it bad been the ladder which Jamb saw
sne Ikrd str-Oszhtwas , up into Heaven! Re to-day.
amid the creater and shadows that have fallen
neon our Sad heart,. I believe that a Inht I , lehter than
th• sun brie sheen upon the real man, who has this day
cone to 'lie rallows and that an he looked up for the last
'tem, at twelve y'o're tn-daY. toward the heaven. over
r e , head. Boil's glory emote him on the face' (Cheers
end leveret
Do not think that he died a ilithonornble death. Ted
see notice, in the totter which Dr rem.. read. the
little Ins h s Isere. " Think that no immure. has
f diem upon you or 'iron your eliedren tereuse I hare
come to the seated,' !" Ah ! the ',Sold is R throne
greeter than ri kinyee! Th- • who sneer upon tt rule the
world mt re teen emperors! Mr. Hale. in his termite
last evening. said. •• 'I he hiehest preying, of hmtnry es
to viedicate a rood man Dena obloquy and reproach "
'To that impartial Intent, which vindicates the martsrs
and turns their rearwrdem into glory, we commend to
day the name and memory of the aviator. John Bowe !
IA pplali.o and hives I The deed of this elm will not
live in blest+, as lose there shall he a
history for earnest haul Dittmar to Ridley. when the
lihie of martyrdom wee w nemne them wassail eke a
et rment. " Pe ofeordcomeert. Mare, Ridley: we have
this day lighted a candle in England. which. be God's
grass. no man ever shall put Ou r et
This aentrislil in ',rams will stand as lone as the
world shall stand ! Mn man can ever blot it rot, or pat
it away ! It will Merle forever as the monument of a
Ohoetian man who lived in hernend died a martyr. and
whims name. to-day lesqueethed to history• shall go
down tbroneh the world getherinu reereasirte hongr•
through all commie time! 'Greet retrain- and hissingel
I reete thishour of noon those bonntiful words of the
'dew feittament. 'n the store of Snul. struck down on
his war to Penmscus, 4 , mid toy. 0) Kole. I Pau" a
vent /met "' 1 pretest God that at this hnor of miduny
now at this solemn end siello moment of eolith, this
entre, may he struck down upon by the sadden^ glory
of God baritone out of ll•aven—and flint it Me he
humble,' In the duet until it shell rise Tee...tent. and the
sealer, shell fell from OR eyes, and the whelp action shall
stood nt lost in the lola end liberty of the sone of find!
Appause and hisses, during which Mr. Tilton took his
vent I
Moe Mary Citric eras next introduced to the meatier.
She eildronsed it in neeer pteesant wove end was lis
tened to with vent att•ntion. Our Oflne bristlier had
remelt Its • tension of truth, dignity, and unewervine
e n ere,e, hee also tertuht as at this hour. a len°, of
undeueted tell sacrifice for the love of humanity. And
by ara Inch tattle who's world to hewaved. thoux h Peel,
bar •hotild ha pureed in its we,. We meat tape
in the Remit of tent love if we would come UP to the
level of our MTh denting Another ereat lesson , lir
brother has torah[ es is that we sheer' be no yeepecter
of retiree's—that all men are equal children of God At
iniehm. If we would donor duty. we must hold to our
At
me
the poorest end most oppressed of nil humanity.
Another lemon me thet the sword by which morel reforms
are necomplishal. is the 'mere retro/ end net the
'word of cereal wonders. The force of bullets to noon
a e ent, but the power of n Great Wee is eternal There
is
no power like that of the spoken word of Truth. anti
the Truth ncted out in our lives And we should e ender
wnether we are reads to suffer rind podia if it in ourilutf.
• testifying neatest A merienn shavers. A, We lartnU
enouvh for this. th,nth cur Lunt ohne Jesus. She
franked God err that one. tent VOlnea tsee. to us
moss the centuries from heroic lives end more heroic
d•attot of marts re who have diet for the Faith. She
chnunted the premeeof strength and of endurance in
deem for the neht
Mrs Grew rat red mind probated hissing and
leime
tp
piMe•
o I
S e h e e retia Mott was next Introtneed to the nu
denre. nine received with loud cheers and the
usual blest re She Alluded. in commencing, to the
dear , cr hors,apr roar oil.' count, hr reesen of the
treat ihn of • nierienn tiles ere - The !minor] monta
ges., re of th, wrony-dome mouhl he proclatreed to
ti• thesword and blemished. She woe no Drencher i•f
the milk-end water peruse spirit a' non ream -Inner to
wrong. Her Quaker prineine it were of the Bosnergee
or tie., It. n thnsons of the Merle. who never flinched
before error. (A peleime and hiseee.l After renourina
that spirit r f Merl adherence to ela, ers ten nifested by
thos• wlin 'uprooted the Certeriut•on to it enorredte
elective frepehise The nurse and en u
nion w-as PO erept neon the tatey occupied he nut report
ers that It was with diffieulte Mrs. Mott could be heard.
Hobert tut , isteetered responded :nest halo. to
the neritirneeta of those who hedorecedert 11,m The
execution of old Joh • Brown wee one of the rime tern
lee acts of Impious 'Trevor], that any country lost been
en di, of, (chee r s and biases. las'ing soma seem!. I
The p•ot‘le of Voein a bed omen the wot. and the,
reap the w-horlwmd. f Cheers and Int.,* ) The
t, mite and meted.' despoil of Vir lea themes :mil
aprdstiset tit ht twist out ol the hell of the. - tos•nnees
and slavery. (lungs and at platise.l the iinniertli and
ever minus spirit of -- IT. e bola nee of Chit ,enter r'
WIN Jr ‘wiled in emus. leeram gee deem,. rfie_opr,k
or cOuttnime • dnelsoritn.: in dimilishow. he' whet he reel
Was emnielli olee to tire reporters see null earn,( The
events of that day would Mark 1111,5 t eventful epoch in
the eremite'', I,Piz,,re. I Choara and hisses I
He Merl ed God tent carry it r the raciest became
d vier aed mere distort. thet ever!, des' there became
Inure marked the eleinente of Ihot terrible rote irre•
Preamble conflict betel en houor arm! dishonor, eishr
and wron • shame and tI. rl. lusher end ' , aquas.'
'brandy and hanninees lice-tv and slavery. llerent end
1011_ continued chnars end Mmes.] The SP TM of liberty
would date its rot, al fr vn to day. leheere and hisses.]
from this hour, when that glorious riposte) of liberta
home erueified. (loud Cheer. end Immesh when
berm hewn thin on the stoat d Wng the Jesus nf the
'eineteeeth Center , '' *rest sensation. cries o f • rot
him nut." •• threw torn I. 01 the we i d o seo c he ese an d
testinr ror sonic minutee 1 Silence being at
1 restored. Mr ors. esel his he ilth ould not ter
mit beam to coot lute Ina rernialir, end near a tens re.
:mirk, abler , the future trete ph of A holitionisin. retiree
e nedo rt stn-e, of lile sea. cheers. gine.. applaute, end
oilier J treerstretemn of intense feeling.
A eon tlOlll3ll an totem we scull net leirn here
Tree and made an ineoherent speech, which could not
ooderJel,el for the eonfoslon.
Mr. I mi. Mott then declined the meettn^r I.l,ourred.
lifieedintely on this ponouncea lent n gentleman pada ,
one of the nudes and lienCemen. I morose
ter.* cheers for Gm , Wise. of Vir. ' The et ems
w.arern en \sit Il
n ill Abe Were rool,Ol Ohne. for
' Borten. ' • Botcher," ° Wendell Phelps-""JO. ,
" Cho lenein." • Ihe Censtouten " an
Indefinite number of pure cheers ter Gov Were. end ri
hUndred 'timer kilelred ntilreete The eilleers cleared
the hall of limo crow,i ns fvt on pnauddo. art they remold
into the street, keret , cup the asuie epoit of Ple,re
moot that had lean eommenreit In the hell. The oil".
ears prevented any "vast net of di sturlonce and in ten
minutes ovum thing wee ne nolet no isms It Ilarperes
Ferry had never been settled, nor John Brown ever
been born.
Caton PHA Yttn-stataitYlo Or eet.enen peerLg AT
TnP Born or nee* e's gx.rerrioN yam:op ho'.
The eniesuneement that n I/111011 prayer rileettn r. of
colored people won't! LA held in the Church at Smith
and e e eon :'e th er ,* htertly mornine at ten o'clock.
e n , nor n" iiiPortant features or the des es
mn Phil idol phis. Onnrrivine at the church
a ( sue i „,„ u to+ after the appointed hour, we Merit the
Imo. eon , Is filled wan mesons of color. Is ith a ,ere
row exeeptione. the Pulpit being °memoir' by via mote
tem end one white In• brother. Mr. Them. Lloyd. fa
-retied, keewn tie " Bouquet Commie"
'I tin fist eimaker wan the Rev. Jame, Gibbs. a yenng
non of reteerkaler ere." eddreen, Rimiest entirely free
from the ordinary peculiarities et morn speech. He
ni io•ed with out earnest exhortatton tor all to look
a +iimo thelloceltei and centres their ems, and at the I
cone time ask themselves wherein their venom had
clods consisted. In the first place, raid he, we All
COrntlllt n r rent sin in euppon•ne that Amid mu.dtth
end Paint " the 1 ord has forgotten Its But they
hid 'tinned also in on other durertion. And that was in not
availing theireedves of the opportune les nfferited them
for isnpros in; their condition. '• Ahem!" " lief nit !"
end other like elemiletions. told that the orator hail es 1-
dentist here succeeded in letting the nail on the
heed."
Another sin, for which he wobedthere all to huele
armee!, ea at this Woe the s rn in of " erre/OW.
With reference to JohleGrown, the speaker continued.
that he need net nay to the Midtermr that he felt theileee
est e)mpathy for !het brave men. In behelf of the Mack
man,
no
asked only whet ell who thought theinselven
men chimed for themselves. their nisei. end their
children. They felt Hilt they were men. and • giant to
pray for their rohts an such. It lind horn eneerinrly
proclaimed that the bleek had'' no natl. which aw-hite
men Is le bound to respect:" but such Was not the
spirit of the Gospel of Christ. tn whose ewe ahoy were
assioneled such dnetnnes had never erneneted from
the
or
God. Whet they wooed wee that find
sbnnld wake up the role mug eimeemnce of the entire
nation on tlos subiect and the problem would coon fie
solved ;that the 111110 no ht speeder come when white
men wouid not be afraid to setae and pray fur their
colored ['relt... and that they could d, so withont
being rung down In prow trierring profeelint Chris
tie. in their religious fleets/lee. 'I he black had been
made in the same %Mare of his Metier. was goine to the
ay. heaven, and to the same Mel. the white men.
(A VOW. in the audience.-- Pat's da way to tell it. "1
Practicelly. the speaker continued, our customs and go
vernment were atheistmal, and hie prayer was that
those who heard him ens ht not be dream away from the
simple truth and the love of God.
At the close of thle speech—during which the mercury
did not nee o•udli above blood heat--a prayer was olre,
but one of the reverend clergy of color on the platform.
The object of his prayer, at Inset in part. Wee eerdentlr
to Mies before the Minded We hearers, if not before the
throes of heaven a sort of dramatic, 11:nitration of the
liberation of the leraeldes from the lonae of betides,.
As he prne•edeut, his voice became tuteciently entmet
nous to 611 at least foss rhumbas of as sin el that ta
wheeh he was epeakiee. Addles to that. the eneceseona
ofnoting and unearthly ',elk which the timer was
Whento evoke, th e seems for awhile became terrific.
When the aubmet of motatine tee domeetie relatives,
aeon bed to slavery. the confusion became almost deaf
ovine. Shrieks of" Lord hear us t'• " beer our Prater F'
" bark at dot t" minced with croons and numberless ex-
Megatons of symmethy for John Brown. were beard ail
over the house. The Wit :mbar continued. with greet
warmth." 0 Lord. we will tell our wmnes. if it be at the
point of the award. end we pro. Thee remember old
John Bmeern •
' if he must die. remember ha sooL" tAt
thin point at least two-tbi Ms of the ormaregation. which
hod by this time frown to the full capacity of the Moue,
were in tears IHe cloud his prayer with the petition
that our Land might net become indeed the "land of the
free and the home of the brace"
Following this extraordinary prayer. dories which
fever hest was attained. a 'welt wag made by To zone y
Lloyd. Tommy said that be firmly believed that we
lived in en eventf u l dee. lead' that He who rammed of
old was rising to shake the earth mightily. He had
himself, for It long period:advocated the cause of bin
colored brethren end lusters. He had been instrumental
to procuring the freedom of enme. He closed by re-
Intent ad incident of en old colored women. who had
told him that manna and miens had given leer her free
dom, and that when the was shoot to leave. her son•
who wee a very large, drone man, commenced to bawl.
acid err. and howl. end take on at with a desperate ,
rate. that she could only master her reenters by stinking
her heed. over go el and ears, into a. toed.-tick!
At the elo entireee golemn doeleinettenn at hymn he suns by the assembly. and afforded e hgv e . ghe
beat specimen of congregational singing that we have
Terri? hoard.
The next brother eshmernke. opened by minti ng
or two face" connected with the me/tine, after which
he took theCIMOn to read a bent text from the POE..
!Arr. wh eh created much feeling. It ajkpeaza thou
the Bethel Church wee applied for to bold a prmer
n+Pettnt. hut was refused on the grounds that relations
South,
reemtiers of that eonereention were slaves in the
South, and sorb a procedure might fevered, to their die
advantage. Now. the•peeker . thought this a . 'ere groundless obiertion. and one which might Joel ea well
have been made hr the emmerarenst of the Rheloh
ebur-11, in which they were then worehippine- from the
fact that they had en leas then six thousend coloredre
bel-es in t - city of Richmond Moue. If. said he. the
Mayor of Richmond seas proper to emus the colored
church there.nn moment of this meeting. let him
do it. IA voice. Dere de spirit!) Decease ass,
believe that we owlet to obey God rather then men.
lone enthoutiastic old gentle - an here exclaimed of their
opeiressose." Dey'd rather obey de bond. de.y trembl!)
He had not nome there to pray that Brown's life
might he spared; not at all. If his death was 'ding to
serve the
wish he
freedom. there erne not one there but
ought to wish he might dee.] " I'll dee for h.. r. was
responded.] All this. linwever. had been hat the pre
lude to the prOMIII•ti anieie frnm a scorning paper ;
whech yes then road. While reeding. his fel'ow-elerem
men on the platform became deeply meenned, which
Ira. indicated in such inter - tinting el:moistens. no the
following Dat brother naght to be eerefiel to t re
truth ;" "Is dot brnder beside himself. or not ?" "
be a minister?" " He's got to meet God sometime."
Fiat's so."
After a litre domession open the Reticle read it was
&treed to " let it slide." as alrorether " unworthy of
rotten." the monster's only wonder was that it shoed
ever have been admitted into det paper.
Brother 8 - ith. a middle-aged colored man in the none
renatien. wee next called upon to pray . which be cid
for some five minute.", eery reverent ial strata, whoa
he became infected with the excitement which marked
the previous prayer. end the thermometer of the eon-
Priretion's piety speedily eon up to white Mot. all
previous attempts at a iriereu religion man ware
now erimplatele knocked in the shade. Ererylxxly
seemed to tie undergoing the most intense aeon,, and
the shrieks end groan.. wh eh now mingled in h - md
discord. became alumer unendurable, eaurryb-dy
teemed to be pleading audibly tor the dying men whom
fate. ea they surposed. was drawing ugh, bat which
bad in Piet already Wei met.
Jerez B. Comnhell, osoor of WOINIT Church. Mee the
next seeaker. He felt himself called upon to male as
explanetion as to why his ehooh bed not been mooed.
which he did in a very creditable Ewer. Thor were
accused. he believed, sit beige entered in a treasonable
work. Now. said he. if moat to Ged to enable Brown
to pass oto of this world leerier on the arm ofJects be
tree eon. then we ere entered m trennn. and I am wad
to be numbered with you in beerier Goa re:yrceeh. (A.
voles "0. marts he won't be tut him up! ) If. in the
Ace of loci •11 Terney's derision. it he treason to,. for
the overthrow of slavery in the world then they were
rotated in tomes , sure eunuch. Addreesinc his Ml
- on the testi:ion, he said he believed that Ong
meant to overthrow slavery. hot He meant to do it by
meant. 1" And do is one of ce mean," was the re
sponse.
If the tart of the church had been in this matter. as
it should here been. slavery would here disappeared
lone ate. Poe his part. he meant to routines to pray to
God.
At the close of these remarks a hymn wee sum
evidently h brother Cemplied itso enraged whoag.
with the view of marking slip the
hoer ~ ( twelve should ernes. When that ires reached.
as indented on the dial of the clock opposite the palPite
the petitorer mentioned the name ri( the unfortunate
victim. eddies. as if to 'work the fez•linne of his tearers
to the hichest pitch," John Brown is now, jest err
about launching into eternity. 0 seed down, for Joel
Brown's snot. a throne , : tenon Jost nor' [Greet
excitement.) Fend down a Conroy of the Annelle hoses,
that scrod seraphic millions ha spirit may be canted
home to story, excitement becomesnteneal and Lend
[rant that he may have a nillet .441.1130.. *boats of
Amen x [yes. Lord wientek th at he mar ant loos aro--
thins from the time the prnp drops until his soot in safe
with fens ai the right hand of the Eternal. (Reenon
ell., shoots, loud. teem and nos booteroas than *ref.(
We believe that '1 hon. 0 Ged. Ant bees disposed
to help; now the time is moms; yen. the nossue is Hill.
rend, to run over-0 Lord, let it run! If it be Thy will.
let it come—without Norden.) if it eta—bat mesh :or let
ti Or, I Here followed Another awesome of excited
shoot. i When the perm frife tnata• it will h like an
• .rthquake, and sisrehndars will tomb:a We believe
there are sons of rirelnOl to-day. who C r. eiruirmiklW to
bear arms whose heeds are on the side of fr alum. The
ehoine port on of this prayer was of a robber,. •Itaree
ta r . plon r that all sor4e• not on the eidee f freedom
nOtht be distracted, and split up it (+oboes, and that
the Lord mold raise rip a part. whieh, like old John
Prawn, 'hexed stand up to their integrity, express their
reel sentiments. and act them out
The meet:tic was continued nearly twoate
DR. STOCKTON ox JOHN BEOWIL—TU foltnwiug
article from the cese of Rev. Dr. Stocktou. of this city.
in the 6fl, Timer of yeateedae. is taken by is from en
cooly silicot. As the opinion of an te•Pilwnt mid iamb
Celebrated divine it presents a peculiar interest:
root Jonx Raewic.—Fo we stale hint—minx the
Dingus eof pie, bePanii• oppressed by th e toetiment of
pity. Poor John Brown.. A Professor of reticles for
Inner '<qrs.a member. it is mid , of the Old School
Preshateran church. ft dilirent etudett of the &hie,
an observer of family worship, w otteen of rood repotre s
n earnest patriot , a self-menge.ng enters:Mono.
an
Nor. brat.. hardy. ventnrearene. ierineiblee—sa
moo teepees. en exemplar to liecountry sad the
world—aid yet. Arer:—Auer. in the very feeetre of the
greatest Republican and Christian Confederacy the
earth ever anr—hwee, in the noon-tide store of the
nineteenth cm:dune—Avec. In biz fellow misses zed
fellow-rbostienc—h trey, in doe process of law—heer,
after ell manner of appeals in the proper enthort
ty for pardon or erninntritirm—hrest, by the very
Executive that admires and extol. hito—hose, in
avowed niredienee to an ablates* eeeasioty—hone.
rounded by an army. every mot of which is aimed at
his heart in forostelmeat of reseree—Amig, within a
circle collective of Irons love and hats -More Messier
and comer. more weeping and ebentine. them ever
were bronchi torrither on any similar occesicro—firer,
-midst Id/Astons and brasphemeire of prose exalts;
him to soperierity over the mildest /13 , 41 but of Iron,
and to eitilelitY with the Eon of God and Banner of the
world! In utter amazement we exclaim. How is nil
this_possibte '
••
Poor John Brown is a wan aotawiep cannot
understand the ease oo any ether theory ; we one under
;tend it on this. If he. a 'Chilli, reject the spirit of
Christ &ro
shorn? the exenle n net. and trample on
vie preearts Christ. it is bee se he is a mnenena
nil, If he. a remint. resort to a foreien comae, to
conspire neatest h a own—prepare a proosiorial severe
ment with no provision to sustain it t and. with *score
of men. attack million. canine himself in &hollow, with
no chance of • seam,. es tins purpose to he raueht—it IA
beesuos be is n. monomeirne. If he. a recd man. act so
Iriekrolly —if he. a wise man. sot ton foolishly—if ire. en
old man, act an rashly—it is bersnee het is emperors
niec He kills gees his sons end friends kited. end. et
hist 'fusee his own life. in a vein effort en free slareswbo
know nothing of his plane hot her their chains the
odder at his Conlin, and unite with their mare, in
moelrng his madness. Surely he ia. at least. a MORO
lose.
"Bat what shall be raid of all the rest, fin ell side'? Is
not the mariners epidemic.? The most of the ma
ra ode re are d--d the reet in mason ; and yet the whole
land 14 eont'altod! ' Yl , ll shall his; ham" You
We': hang ham!' I trail hang him !"17e i ll rescue
him!'
Mark! how Six Rattly—. rntubliza. root h. end fierce.
Wi h arms.' aod Hatters's FERRY. • emends the rarer;
Rend. with tromeedona snow?. icor can eserder
With sun. dram. trumpet. Monderials- arni thornier:
" Now. try to tense him. )(Toe dare! NI rr aide
to take care of hernia'! So shoo is: ab'e to protect her
self !unmet ten thousand John Browns; end. at she
were not, her thirty eater states's . ..told help her. in any
such mists. What then? Hu not blood snoop.), twee
shed already ? Him ant lire tees paid roe life? w ee ki
ant even ustaaxes be satisfied with this tarialieewait,e!
Resides ash, make e. mantas a ronrtar. nut transform
his sample tiaras into a symbol of Revelation and Li
berty forever ?'
..Poor John Brown ! Most prefrarodlv do We pity him,
pity his limns eanf.denttin. pity Me dead quart:dotage&
• • 'Pow aid the pelf e of tronninimia!
" Thank the Lord that itemise, eras +ashen !
"And now—would we say it effectual:v. how Fixing wia
would ass—Ferearei For the glom of Rod. far era Rood
of mankind. for the peace end Ponetionir of oar rninit
for theorelfa re of muter end tiara, for the comfort of
prisoner& end friende—Ferrire
Tn., late ! Poor John Brown, we ARI Poser huriLl
the Inuits!
•• May the !eau, be useful .•••
THE COr Rita YESTERDAY —The 4 . Brown Symitia
thy" meetina :retard. , served to tate away many of
the Mi•rs who eitnataiitly throne the caart-rooms. In
the United States Court, before Judea Ceder/Outer. the
case of Edward Jackson. chatted with attempting to
rob the 'United States mail white on one of the ones of
the New York and Erie Railroad Company, wag re
sumed
Several witnesses were railed upon the part of the
rto.tetuttiort. but no e,lderlee 'Wee satiated that would
throw any addstional tight, or add to the importune of
the C• 5.
No er:denne wee offered upon the part of the defence
es to the facia of the coca. but quite a numbet nf
ne•so• were examined es to the ',nod chem.:ter - of the
defendant. They testified that the defendant bed al
ways berme Ca ongnestionable chancier until within a
Tear put sine. which time they reamed to have tut
[richtof him. Lewis C Clashiy. Esq.. made twee
t till speech for the defence. contending thy an the
eridenee showed a+ intention. to rob the expreas end
not the mail. his client eotrid not be convicted on this
bill of indictment. The tern retired at.l o'clock. sad
agreed on a verdict of guilty at nine o clock last eve
nine.
I) , TRICT COTlT—Jedze St.otal.--rnr,d R. Baugh
vs. Wollt •In H. Forrest. An Reline to Ire the own.it
ship of two head of show cattle wader a (slimed vane.
Aln tr,t.
DIsTRICT Cote,—finlee Sharawootl.—rdward I.
plan a Charles W. Raters, cope tners, &c. ! cr .,
liertr I ir . 0 n aetion to recover damages for ail al
lei et', breach of contract.
'tr cogs Q violoas—Judre Th - mrson —The case of
Boleti J. Douglass. chaued with penury m fairly
sweetie , . that a very respectable old colored bid?.
named Hannah Cooper. had rolen fear sliver enoto's.
valited at Set. from him nrcupted the mien:ton of the
cOort derlll2 The del. Witneese4 tell celled to prove
that Parks, toe stronthnid of Pouzless' case, was nn.
worthy of belief nn h , e oath Testimony was slap in
troduced in rebuttal on the part of the proescution to
&tour that the watnesses for the defence had cciainvotted
David Paul Brown and R r. Rican •t peered
Ire the Commonwealth. and Mr. Bnnton the de
fence The case is not set ronelnded
William B. Mann. D.sinct AtterneY. made his se-
Peetance m court yesterday. lookleg remarkahlY we::
after ha recent severe indiapostlion. We eottrrstolate
hint and the communtts upon the recovery' of this sen
tient en who, in every respect. is OP* of the meet ed.
cient f'9cere of this mitrucipalitY.
CoI4PLOHISTARI IheNeß ASP PRT,SEICITATIOIC CT
A Swoon TO Ci TTrna Pans—The OM IS.eleteTl and
friends of the qtet• Fonc , hl, last eventer eaves swop
ente nein meet. at Se worn stvset If ill. to Certain
Amen Pais. on the ra,carnn of the anntvertery of the
comti•ner's return from Camp Dupont in lilt. Tat
net, •Vve over y olonel Sarmet r e ta r
Irnn Me removal of the cloth, a minther of re tar
ro`nnteer totes were drank, and appropr'.attly re
sponded tn,
Ais cat two hundred rusts eltrt,irited i.e the fest.st
t es. among whom we enticed t - orninrj.... Stewart.
Mit;or General Psttersen. Morel Wm D. Lewis. and
nearly all the survivor. of the obi n-ranivattoe serf,-
tern In number.) which woe estabh•hed in
se i tentr-nthe member,. 'inn ever;ng was rent in A
el•li.thtfel manners and the company separated at a Late
hour.
A LAwar4 or Ft:lE —Thera were two alartra of
firo •t everunr. proceed,: Iron the hoses at E.thth
end Wash.orron end ,•tath and 1.r. - 1.h , 0, ton The da
k•rtment turned out pretty rener,:s bot en fir• was
- discos ersl.le While tunntni to the Ere the Soathwark
deflator 'se , upset and minted to the eaten: off or
hundred dollars. Two tiral companies met durin. tho
fire and sir ts tern enchanted V• 1 rrle SAS In red,
thou., h one of the horsas arts:hed to the ere, mar of the
u r ashin,tnts Entme Company was shot In the co•tr.l.
iho arrests trete ;nada.
CORR Errloar.—lti The Prrse of the 21 Instant,
there appeared a statement to the effect that the Rey,
Heart A. Wine, einonrst others. called on the ‘ 1 ,1 , 4 , T of
Philadelphia ronothenticate &letter of airs John Brawn
to the llovernor of Virile], re4ttesfine that the ie-
Trlmrs of her ho•hand rolrht be planed at h•r disposal.
We hat • teen s.noe inrormed that Mr. Wm made no
inch cell on the Manor. and elide no epphestate, to hint
sa, hates er on the subject.
Suspicious Steamer at Atlantic City.
Art flirt' CITY. Pea. I—A small steamer no into
the inlet on wednealas last and still Amain, at anchor.
only one person came ashore. and he.tn answer to idles
mrns to him. stated that the steamer was from New
Vora. hound to Havana !twine been purchased to the
spanish Government- and that sha had rut Into the In
let in consequence of head-winds. There scents to Iv a
number of men on board, and as she still remains. rot
wahst-indm; the calm weather.e of oar sheens suspect her of Wine in the hands filibusters. Her sides
aro painted black. with whito stripes.
New Vona. Dec 2.—1 he steamer General Le rrano
cleared hence for Havana, on Saluda! , lan.
the .D.1 03 2/0111:If filthuvrensm seem ••protßemstical.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Cnrapany.
New YORK. Dec. 2.—The Pacific Mad Steamship
Compan) held a meetins to-day to consider the peal
log arransementa with Commodore Vanderbilt. Tie
committee Mated that the ne:otiations were broken pff
in consequence of Commodore Vanderb.lt recealin4
from his offers. The committee on the nesotiat , oss
were then discharged and reso'ulion• posed that they
would entertain no further pro rowliens for the ails of
the property or franchises of the coroyans eacertinS
order of the Board of Directors rerularly convened.
'Massachusetts Legislature.
RETCSAL TO ADJOCILT.
Bearo.r. Deo. 2.—tn the State Lerribactra. to-dn r .
both houses
_refused to ecinnirn In ronreenenee of the
execution of Brown. The resolutionx °feted were roted
down ern h much nnanimi tr. •
The Spanish-MorOcco War.
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
WasHINOToN, December Y.—The Stith Department
has bee, oftletalty ndriaed that war has NOD deCIATIA
by Spain avanat Mamma, and the Wends of the rens
of the latter oehntsy is annonnoed.