Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1859 — Page 2

broken doors. The ma.-ines then forced their way in, and in a few minutes the resistance was at an end. z The rioters were brought out amidst the most intense excitement, many of the armed militia trying to get an opportunity to shoot them. Brown and his son were both shot—the latter is dead and the former dying. Brown says he is the old Ossawattomie Brown whose feats in Kansas have had such wide notice. He Says his object was to free the slaves, and justifies his action; he says he had possession of the town and could have murdered all the people, and has been murdered in return. J. G. Anderson was also shot in the assault. He was from Connecticut. Brown declares there were mne engaged in the plot but those who accompanied him. The prisoners are retained within the enclosure of th 3 armory. Baltimore, Oct. 18. Intense excitement, and nothing is talked of but the insurrection. Gen. Stewart, through Gov. Wise, has communicated orders to Gen. J. W. Watkins of this city to prepare, equip and mount immediately a body of men for service in the mountains near Harper’s Ferry, where many insurgents have taken refuge. Gov. Wise passed the Relay house today en route for the seat of war. Three artillery companies from Fort Monroe arrived this morning, and were quartered at Fort McHenry awaiting orders. The directors of,.the Pennsylvania Railroad, with their ladies, arrived at Martinsburg yesterday on their Way home from the recent excursion to Chicago. The train was delayed by the difficulty at Harper’s Ferry, but as the track is now uninterrupted, they ore probably on their way to this city, and may reach Philadelphia to-night. Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 18. Noon; —Soon after the storming of the armory, four dead bodies of the insurgents, who were shot yesterday, were passed without the enclosure. Capt. Brown and his son are dangerously W' unded, and only two of the insurgents are unwounded, viz: Edwin Capplish (white) from lowa, and Childs Green, (colored) also from lowa. The party originally consisted of twentytwo persons, of whom fifteen are killed, two mortally Wounded, two unhurt, and three escaped with the slaves. On Monday morning, soon after the assault on the armory, softie firing took place from the hills on the Maryland shore, supposed to be a parting salute from Cook, whe left on Monday morning. The fire was returned with a general volley, but both parties were too distant to do damage. A compan /of ,hax.e gone in pursuit of the fugitives. There aire probably one thousand armed men now congregated here. Reinforcements have been pouring in all night from all quarters of the surrounding country. 1:30 P.M. —The Secretary of War has telegraphed to Col. Lee that Mr. Quid, Dis- j trict Attorney for the District of Columbia, will proceed forthwith to Harper’s Ferry to ! take charge of the proceedings against" the ■ prisoners'and bring them to trial. The train is now getting ready to convey ’ horses and men from here to pursue the ri- i oters into any State or locality where they may have fled. Baltimore, Oct. 18: The following fragment of a letter was found in Capt. Brown’s pocket. It occupies ~a. page of fine note paper, straw tinted, and is written id pencil, evidently by a person of education. It is without date. The freight alldddd to is doubtless the sort usually carried the underground railroad. “Catt. Brown.— Dear Sir: I have been ! dissappointed at not seeing you here ere this to take charge of your freight. They > have been here now for two weeks, and as I 1 superintended the provinder for them, it has imposed on me no small task; beside, if not soon taken on, some of them will go back to Missouri. I vkish to know definitely what -you propose doing. They cannot be kept here much longer without risk to themselves, and if any of them conclude to go back to the State, it will be a bad termination to your enterprise.” No signature.The following interesting narrative of the recent events at Harper’s Ferry, is cleaned from the report of the editor of the Baltimore American: The principal originator of this short but bloody insurrection was undoubtedly Captain John Brown, who was connected with the Border warfare of Kansas. Brown made his first appearance in the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry a year or more ago, accompanied by his two sons—the whole party assuming the name of Smith. He inquired about land in the vicinity, and for some time boarded at Sandy Point, a mile east of the Ferry. After an absence of some few mor.ths they reappeared in the vicinity, and the elder Brown rented or leased a farm on the Maryland side, about four miles from the Ferry. They bought a large number of picks and spades, thus creating the belief that they intended to mine for ores.

They were seen frequently in and about Harper’s Ferry, but no each thought seems to have existed that Bill Smith was Capt. Brown, or that he intended embarking in any movement so desperate or extraordinary, yet the development of the plot leaves no doubt that his visits to the Ferry and his loan of a farm were parts of his preparation for the insurrection wh ch he supposed would be successful in exterminating slavery in Maryland and V rginia. Brown's chief aid was John E. Coo*-', a young man who has resided in and near the Ferry for some years; he was first employed in attending a canal lock, afterward taught a school on the Maryland side of the river,, and after a brief residence in Kansas, where he became acquainted with Brown, returned to the Ferry and married. These two men, with Brown’s two sons, are the only white men connected with the insurrection that had been previously about the Ferry; *ll were brought by Brown from a distance, and nearly all -were with him in Kansas. Tha first active movement the insurrection was made on Sunday night, when the watchman of the bridge, while walking across it to the. Mary land side, was seized by a number ef men who said he was their prisbner and must go'With them. ’‘He recognized Brown and Cook, and knowing them, he treated the matter as a joke, but they -conducted him to the armory, which was already in their possession. The watchman who

was to relieve Williamson at midnight, found the bridge lights all out, and was seized. Supposing it an attempt at robbery, he broke away, and his pursuers stumbling over he escaped. The next appearance of the insurgents was at the house of Col. Lewis Washington, living about four miles from the Ferry. A part}’ headed by Cook proceeded there, roused Col. W., and told him he was their prisoner. They seized all the slaves near the house, a carriage and a large wagon with three horses. Col. W. recognized Cook as having called upon him some months previous, and to whom he had exhibited some valuable arms, including an antique sword presented by Frederick to Gen. George Washington, a pair of pistols presented by Lafayette to the same. Cook now alluded to his former visit, the courtesy with which he had been treated, and regretted the necessity which made it his duty to arrest Col. W. He took advantage of the knowledge obtained by his former visit to carry off all the valuable collection of arms, which Col. W. did not recover until after the final defeat of the insurrection. From Col. Washington’s the party proceeded with him as a prisoner, in his own carriage, and twelve of his negroes in the wagon, to the house of Mr. Allsteadt, another large farmer on the same road. Mr. A. and his son, a lad of sixteen, were taken prisoners, and all the negroes within reach being forced to join the movement, they returned to the armory at the Ferry. All these movements seem to have been made without exciting the slightest alarm in the town. Nor did the detension of Capt. Phillips’ train, at the upper end oftown, attract attention. It was not till the town was thoroughly waked up, and found the bridge guarded by armed men, and a guard situated at all the avenues, t.hat the people found they were prisoners. In the meantime a number of men, knowing nothing of what had occurred, entered the armory and were saccessively taken prisoners, until they had, at one time, not less than 600 men confined in the armory.

Thus these gentlemen were imprisoned in the engine house., which afterward became the chief fortress of the insurgents, and were not released until after the final assault. The workmen were imprisoned in large building fartherdown the yard. This was the condition of affairs at daylight, at which time Cook,"with two white men, accompanied by thirty slaves, taking Col. Washington’s large wagon, went over I the bridge and struck up the mountain toj ward Pennsylvania. ■ An eye witness, who has just returned from Harper’s Ferry, describes the scene there as follows: The first attack was made by a detachment of the Charleston Guards, who crossed the river above Harper’s Ferry and reached the; building when the insurgents were posted by ; canal. On the Maryland side some firing' occurred, and the rioters were driven from the bridge. One man was killed and another arrested. The latter tried to escape by swimming the river, but a dozen shots were fired at him and he partially fell, but got up again and threw his gun away, drew his pis-; tols, both of which snapped, and he then ; drew his knife, cut all the heavy accoutrements off and plunged into the river. One of the soldiers was about ten feet behind. The man turned round threw up his hands, and cried, “don’t shoot.” The soldier fired and the man fell into the water, with his face blown away. His coat ski-ts were cut from his person, and in the pocket I was found a captain’s commission to Capt. F. H. Leeman, from the Provisional GoVfe&rment of the United States. The comrnis® j sion was dated October 15, 1859, and signed iby A- W. Brown, Commander in Chief of 1 the army of the Provisional Government of the United States. A party of five insurgents, armed with minie rifles and pistols, were expelled by the Charleston Guards. They all ran for the river, and one, who was unable to swim, was drowned. The others swam out to the rocks in the middle of the Shenandoah and fired upon the citizens and troops assembled upon both banks.

During the firing the women and children ran shrieking in every direction. Your inforsnant was on the hill when the firing was going on, and the terrible view of a battle passed in reality beneath his eyes. Soldiers could be seen pursuing singly and in couples, and the crack of the musket or rifle was generally followed by one or more of the insurgents biting the dust. Capt. Brown’s wounds consist of a sword cut on the forehead and a bayonet wound in the kidneys. 1 Another of the rioters killed was named ■Stewart Tyler. • Anderson, a ringleader, who stopped conductor Phelps yesterday, was killed during the first attack of the Virginians. A body of forty men left this afternoon for Harper’s ■Ferry. It is reported that many of the rioters have escaped and are secreted in the mountains. A negro named Green, who was Concerned in the fugitive slave riot at Harrisburg some years ago, was among the insurgents. Baltimore, Oct. 19. Several slaves were found in (the Toom with the insurrectionists, but it is not believed they were there willingly; indeed Brown’s expectation as-to the slaves rushing to him was disappointed. None seemed to have come to him willingly, and in most cases wereJorced to desert their masters. But one instance in which the slaves made a public appearance, arms in their hands, is related, A negro who had been sharply used by one of the town people, when he found that he had a pike in his hand used his brief authority to arrest the citizen and take him to the armory. The citizens imprisoned by the insurrectionists all testify to their lenient treatment. They were neither tied nor insulted, and-be-yond the outrage of restricting their liberties, were not ill used. Brown was always courteous to them, and at all times assured them they should not be injured. During the previous night he spoke freely to Col. Washington, and referred to his sons. He said he had lost one in Kansas and two here; he had not pressed them to join him in the expedition, but did not regret their loss—-they had died in a glorious cause. The position of the prisoners in the engine house, during the firing on Monday at the .mon ent of final attack, was a very try<

ing one. Without any of the incentives of combat they had to risk the balls of their friends, but happily they all escaped. During Tuesday morning one of Col. Washington’s negroes came in and reported that Capt. Cook was in the mountains, only three miles off. The Independent Greys of Baltimore immediately started on a scouting expedition, and in two hours returned with two wagons loaded with arms and ammunition found at Capt. Brown’s house. The arms consisted of boxes filled with Sharpe’s rifles, pistols, &.C., bearing stamp ot Massachusetts Manufacturing Company, Chicopee. There were found a quantity of N. J. ammunition, a large number of spears, Sharpe’s iron bowie knives fixed upon poles—a terrible looking weapon, intended for the use of the negroes, with spades, pick axes, shovels, and everything that might be needed, thus proving that the expedition was well provided for; that a large party were expected to be armed, and that abundant means had been provided to meet all expenses. How all these supplies were got up to this farm without attracting observation is strange. They are supposed to have been brought through Pennsylvania. The Greys pursued Cook so fast that they secured part of his arms, but wr h his more personal knowledge of the localities he was enabled to evade them, On their arrival at the armory with their spoil they were greeted with three hearty cheers. The wagons were driven into the custody of the government. As everybody else helped themselves, why should not the Greys have a claim to the sooils! The insurrectionists did not attempt to rob the paymaster’s department at the armory. A large amount of money was there but it was not disturbed. A short time after Capt. B'own was brought out; he talked earnestly to those about him., defending his course, and avowing that he had only done what was right. He replied to the questions put to him substantially as follows: “Are you Capt. Brown of Kansas 1 !'” “I am sometimes called so.” “Are you Ossawattomie Brown!” “I tried to dp my duty there.” “What was your present object!” “To free the slaves from bondage.” “Were any’ person, but those with you now, connected with the movement!” “No.” “Did you expect aid from the North!” “No. There was no one connected with the movement but those who came with me.” “Did you expect to kill people in order to carry your point!” “I did not wish to do so, but you forced me to do it.”

Various questions of this kind were put to Capt. Brown, which he answered clearly and freely, and seemed anxious to vindicate himself. He urged that he iiad the town at his mercy; that he could have burned it, and murdered the inhabitants, but did not. He, spoke of the killing of his two sons, which,' he alledged, was done while th'•y were bearing a flag of truce, and he seemed anxious for the safety of his wounded son. His conversation bore the impress of a conviction that whatever he had done to free ! the slaves was right, and that the warfare in I which he was engaged entitled him to be treated with all respect as a prisoner of war. i He seems fully convinced that he was badly , treated, and had a right to complain. Although thought a dying man, on exam-; ination his wounds have proved to be not necessarily fatal. He expressed a desire to live, and to be tried by his country. In his tpockets were nearly three hundred dollars yn gold; and several important papers, found in his possession, were taken in charge by Col. and on bewail o f (ft e government. Washington, Oct. 19. The President and Secretary of War were together several hours yesterday on matters connected with the proceedings at Harper’s Ferry, the result of which conference was sending U. S. District A torney Ould thither to superintend the legal proceedings in the premises. The excitement which last night existed at vYashington and vicinity has subsided, and the extraordinary force relieved. It is said that the affair fit Harper’s Ferry is the first case of the kind which his ever occurred in this country involving at the saute time both State and Federal jurisdiction. While the State is affected as to slavery and locality, the General Government is interested with regard to the public property, it having exclusive control over the arsenal grounds. Governor Wise will, it is said, claim the prisoners now held by the United States troops, to be dealt with according to the laws of Virginia. In this case the question of jurisdiction will be determined by the Judiciary.

Baltimore, Oct. 19. The following important intelligence has just been received from Harper’s Ferry: Last evening the detachment of marines, accompanied by some of the volunteers, visited Brown’s house. (The first visit was to the school house, and not to Brown’s residence as appeared.) They found * large quantity of blanket-, coats, shoes, tents, and 1500 pikes with large blades attached. They also discovered documents throwing much light on the affair. Among them are a printed constitution and by-laws of the organization, indicating a ramification throughout the various States of the Union. They also found letters from various individuals at the North; one from Fred Douglass, containing $lO for the cause; and one from Gerritt Smith about money matters, and a check or draft by .him for SIOO, indorsed by the cashier oi a New York Bank, whose name is not recollected. All these documents are in the possession of Gov. Wise. The Governor has issued a proclamation offe:ingsloOo reward for the capture of Cook. Large numbers of armed men are now scouring the mountains in pursuit of him. The following is the anonymous letter received by Gov. Floyd, of which mention has been made: “ , August 29, 1859. “Sir—l 1 lave lately received information of a movement of so great importance that I feel it to be my duty to impart it to you without delay. I have-discovered the existence of a secret association, having for its object the liberation of the slaves at the South by a general insurrection. The leader of the movement is uld John Brown, late

of Kansas. He has been in Canada during the winter, drilling the negroes there. They are only waiting for his word to start for the South to assist the slaves. They have one of their leading men, a white man, in the armory in Maryland; where it is situated I have not been able to learn. “As soon as everything is ready those of their number who are in the Northern States and Canada, are to come in small companies to their rendezvous, which is in the mountains of Virginia. They will pass down through Pennsylvania and M iryland, and enter Virginia at Harper’s Ferry. Brown left the South about three or four weeks ago, and will draw the negroes and strike the blow in a few weeks. So that whatever is done, must be done at once. They have a large quantity of arms at their rendezvous, and probably are distributing them | already. As lam not fully in, their confidence, this is all the information I can give you. 1 dare not sign my name to this, but trust that you will not disregard the warning on that account.” Some time during yesterday morning the O’Rielly line repairer, whilst repairing the line between Harper’s Ferry and Martinsburg!), was shot at by Capt. Cook himself, whom he recognized. Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19. The following is the number of killed and wounded during the recent insurrection: Killed—3 citizens and 13 insurgents; wounded—3 insurgents; prisoners—s insurgents. The prisoners have been committed to Chii'rleston jail to await the action of the Grand Jury, when they will be indicted and tried in a few days. The arrangement about the jurisdiction has been settled in this way: The local authorities are to try the prisoners for murder, and in the meanwhile th„ U. S. authorities will conduct the prosecution on the charge of tre son. Governor Wise said to Mr. Dutel, the District Attorney, that he had no objection to the General Government proceeding against the prisoners, that is what will be left of them by the trial. The Virginia authorities are done with them. Brown is better to-day, and has made a, public statement of his operations. He says that he rented the farm of Kennedy six months ago, and that the rent is paid 'until next March. Ho never had over 22 belonging to the organization at the farm at one time, but says he had good reason to expect reinforcements fr m Maryland, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Canada. Brown had provided arms sufficient for 1500 men, including 200 revolvers, 200 Sharpe’s rifles, and 1,000 spears, all of which were left at the farm. He also had an abundance of powder and other ammunition. The arms had been broug t from Connecticut and other eastern points to Chambersburgh, Pa., and were directed to “J. Smith & Sons, Kennedy’s Farm.” They were packed in double boxes, to deceive the parties who handled them on their way to the farm. Brown says he made a mistake in detaining the train on Sunday night. This mistake, he infers, exposed his doings to soon, and prevented his reinforcements from coming.

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1859.

Common Pleas Court is now in session, Judge Boyer presiding. is dull in this market at twenty cents. Flour, $3 per hundred. observe that Thompson & Son, and Purcupile & Downing, have been receiving their new goods within the past week for the fall and winter trade. W. J. &. J. W. La Rue yesterday sold one hundred and thirty-five head of fat cattle, principally cows, to be delivered at Francesville, for two cents a pound.

HEAVY BUSINESS.

Thus. Clark, who recently purchased the store of the Messrs. Laßue's, has brought on the largest stock of dry goOu,• boots and shoes, ready-made clothing,&c , ever brought on by one firm since we have resided ic Rensselaer; and we are gratified to see that he is doing a “spanking” business, judging from the crowd we sec there trading whenever we enter the store. Mr. Clark is liberal and whole-souled, and deserves success. To prove the last statement we have only to say that he called us in the other day to get a new hat, saying that our old one was so shockingly bad, that he was ashamed to see “our editor” wear it any longer. “His head is right.”

THE WOLF HUNT.

The circular wolf hunt on Beaver Prairie came off last Saturday. But one wolf was caught, although eight wolves and three deers were started up. There was such a misunderstanding as to the manner of proceeding, that better success was out of the question. Another hunt is to come off next Saturday week, which is expected to be a grand affair. Marshals are chosen for the different settlements, who are to take charge of the matter and have the hunt go of!' systematically. Dan’l Ash is the marshal for Morocco; Tlios. Barker, for Pilot Grove; Ephraim Bridgeman, for the north end of Washington township. ' We have not heard the names of the marshals for Meadville and Brook. The line of march is to be taken up at ten o’clock, and all are to make for the center—the Three Lone Trees. A good time is expected by our hunters. r

HARPER'S FERRY INSURRECTION.

We devote a large share of our space this week to the details of the wild and insane demonstration at Harper’s Ferry last week, by “Ossawatomie” Brown, of Kansas notoriety. That Brown is insane—a monamaniac—there can be no doubt; for no man, in his right mind, w’ould attempt the reckless and bloody project set on foot by him. However, crazy or not crazy, we hope that he and his companions in guilt may be placed where they will never again nave an opportunity to commit treason; and if the telegraph report be true, that Gerritt Smith and Fred. Douglass had furnished Brown with money to carry out his scheme of insurrection, we hope that they, too, may be made to feel the heavy hand of Uncle Sam. The developement of Brown's conspiracy has very naturally caused great excitement in the Southern States, as he admitts that he had friends at the South as well as at the North. Our Southern friends have Douglas alone to thank ‘or the great uneasiness in which they are now placed lor fear of an uprising of their slaves, “Ossawatomie” Brown would never have been heard of had not the Missouri Compromise been repealed, and the plighted faith of the Union violated. The outrages perpetrated in Kansas in the name of slavery brought Brown and hi.* reckless companions onto the stage of action, and we believe that the murder of Brown’s son in Kansas, in cold blood, made him a monimaniac on the subject of slavery, and determined him to wreak vengeance on the institution which brought desolation to his home. The Democratic papers are attempting to manufacture political capital out of this unfortunate affair, by charging it upon the Republican party; but if they will take a second thought, they will perceive in what a ridiculous and humiliating attitude they are placing our Southern friends by doing so. If seventeen crazy white men and five ignorant niggers can tuke possession of a United States Arsenal in a populous town, hold their position in defiance of hundreds ol citizens of the neighborhood, until a thousand soldiers are brought from a distmee, and frighten the President, Gov. Wise, and the citizens of two populous States almost out of their wits—if seventeen white men and five niggers in arms can d > ail this, what would be the effect on the hivalrv” of the South, (which claims all the valor of the country,) if the whole. Republican partv were to rise in arms, backed by the slave population, as is so frequently predicted by Northern Doughfaces and Southern Fireeaters! Let us hear no more of the Republicans taking up arms, if they d ired, to liberate the slaves by force, after twenty-two men, all told, unaided even by public sentiment, have set the slaveholders of the Southern half of the Republic to quaking with fear. If the slaves ot the south ever d* rise in arms against their masters, none will hasten to the aid of our slaveholding brethren more readily than the members of the Republican party, who have been and are so much abused by pro-slavery men. Perhaps the incident at Harper's Ferry will open the eyes of the Southern people to see the terrible volcano they are standing over, which mayburs: in : ntensest fury at any fnoment. Four millions of slaves is a source of danger constantly, and if the Southern people are blind to this fact, the sooner they take it into con. sideration the better it will be for them. They should see how unwise and foolhardy it is to stigmatize as traitors to the Union a large party of patriots, whom the exigencies of the tim •> may yet cal! to help their Southern friends in a servile insurrection. If they gave us credit fur what we deserve, they would look upon us as brothers, differing with them in our opinion as to how the institution of slavery should be dealt with; but brothers nevertheless, anxious for the prosperity and perpetuity of this noble Republic, and doing all we can, in our opinion, to place it on a firm and lasting basis. We pity the veracity or intelligence of the men who charge that the Republicans love the Union less than any other set of men. Every act of the party bearing bn the subject of slavery, is made with an eye single to the spreading of our free institutions. Thev believe that thereby the Union can best be preserved.

JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES.

We traversed, a week or two ago, over a large portion of the territory composing the county of Jasper, and the proposed new county of Newton—portions in which we had never been before—-and must say that we have a very large amount of prairie land in a state o's nature, that cannot be surpassed by any county in the State. The railroad that will shortly be finished through the southern end of this county, will run through territory very thinly settled, although the land for miles on either side, in the town- i ships of Jordan, Iroquois and Washington, is as beautiful and fertile in appearance as any we ever saw. In some portions of these townships there are sections upon sections of the best of land, lying contiguous, unimproved. In some places the eye may wander lor miles without seeing any improved farms. The only drawback we know of to this beautiful scope of territory is the scarcity’ of timber, but this evil will be remedied by the railroad. When the cars commence making regular trips, we expect to see the south end of the county fill up rapidly with an industrious and thriving population, that

will bring our broad, fertile prairies under cultivation. W lien Beaver Prairie in the west, and Grand Prairie in the south, shall be aliv» with the busy hum of the farmer and mechanic, Jasper and Newton counties will be unsurpassed in prosperity by anv countv in the West. And we may add, in intellfgence and morals; for our present population, though small, are remarkable for their intelligence, honesty and industry, which facts hold out strong inducement! to persons of like characteristics, who are seeking cheap homes in the West, to settle down among us. “Like begets like.” Toprove thattiie people ot the “State of Jasper’’ are a reading and intelligent people, we have only to state that there is no county in the Union, with so small a population, that supports a home newspaper as liberally as they do; and we' are not afraid to assert that they take ae many of the leading journals and periodicals of the conutry, pro rata, as the inhabitants of the most favored localities. We recommend to settlers who desire to find society in the West as good us they leave in their Eastern homes, to come to Jasper. There are thousands of acres of superior land lying waste here; but we would caution all not to buy land in this county until they have seen it themselves, as there is also a large amount of swamp land in market.

[From the Chicago Press and Tribune

Osawatomie Brown.

John Brown—variously known as “Old' Brown,” “Fighting Brown,” and “Osawatomie Brown”—made his first public appearance in Lykins County, Kansas, in the year ; 1855. That which will probably prove hia- | last, took place, as the reader is already ad--vised, ut Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, on M>n--i day and Tuesday last. So strange a career i as his has not arrested the public attentionsince Joe Smith was shot in the Carthage jiil. His rank am mg the world's notabiTities wit be am-mg such fanatics as Peters' j the II Tinit. w:i.» believed himself commissioned oi G.i.l co redeem the. Holy Sepulchrefrom the hands of the Infidels—Joanna* Soutlicote, who deemed herself big with the' promised Shil..!>- Ijiyola, who thought that the Sun ol Man appem-d to h tn, bearing Ins cross-on his should rs, and : gave him a Li'in commission ot mighty import — ir Dri Quixote, (if we may give him a place i i history.) who was pursuadel that !he had a mission L> rescue all the persecuted dam-eis in Spitin. It was Brown’s snipers: it ion fiat be- was-tli vinely appointed toi bring Am -ric ,:i -’ivcry to a sudden and vi- ; oh n‘ en I. O his birthpUce wx* are not advised, but we believe that Us-heme nrior to his appear--j ance in K m< i;x wws-iij Northern Ohio, and! , ih it he migrat.Hj': thither.' from North Elba,. I Essex Co., New York. I.i the latter State ’ he was a teiiavA of the Hon. Gerritt Smith,, and was oftgfci befriended by that gentlema i! after the desolation ol his farm and the breaking up* c-f his family in Kansas, had: ; made him a gserrila chief in the border con--tlicts of that Territory. The earlier skir--inishes cciksequent upon Border Ruffian invasions of Ka.«sas, developed fighting qualities in. Brown, whict) gave him immediate j pn>?»inence among the extempore military . leaders oI the invaded country. The section iof the territory where Brown lived, not being brought into action so early as the re- ; gion about Lawrence and Leavenworth, : Brown took part, we believe, in the “Wakei rwsa war.” When the Ruffian army, under .the lead of Atcbinaon and Deputy-Marshal ! Fain, marched upon Lawrence in May, 1856, Brown preceded them with a small company ; from Osawatomie, and offered to take the j command in defence of the town. Robinson Pomeroy, and otjjier prominent citizens having decided to offer no resistance to the i Missourians, Brown retired in much disgust, i The invading force entered and pillaged tie town, battering down the Free State Hotel with a six-pounder, :nd threw the contents of the Herald of Freedom office into ths Kaw River. Five days after this event a lfi_lht occurred at Potawatomie, in which five R iffiai.s were killed. It is believed that Brown was in t'-e secret of their “taking off.’’ On the 2d of June, Brown fell in with a party of marauders under the command ot 11. Clay Pate, who had raised a company specially for the purpose of capturing Old Brown. This was the battle of Black Jack. Pate was taken prisoner together with twejnty-one of his fellow ruffians, and a large quantity of plunder, which had been levied on 'he country through which he had marched. Those who witnessed this affair say that the coolness and skill displayed by Brown, and the awkwardness and cowardice of his antagonist, were equally noticeable. Brown’s force was considerably inferior to Pate’s. The prisoners were liberated a few days afterward. We believe that Brown was not present at the first sacking of Osawotoinie, (June 7, 1856) at which time his own house was destroyed, and horrible atrocities were perpetrated on his neighbors. On the occasion of the second battle of Osawotoinie, (August 29,) Brown was there with some forty men. The Missourians under Reid numbered 300 to 400 men. ;_Brown’s company had only two ruumfslol ammunition, but these were used to so go .<1 pu: po-e that the Ruffians carried b ick tw<> w igon-loads of dead bodies, though they acknowledged the loss of only five men. One ol Brown’s sons (Frederick by name,) was taken prisoner, and murdered in cold blood by the-Rev. Martin White, who accompanied Reid in the capacity of chaplain. There is a tradition in Kinsas that about this time Brown captured predatory Missourians, and in the darkness of night tried them by martial law, convicted and executed them. At the second invasion of Lawrence, (by Reid,) Byown commanded a small party of his own men and routed an advance guard of the enemy a tew miles from Lawrence, killing half a dozen ot them in a running light. This is also a. part qf the history of which the newspapers on the Ruffian side did not choose to admit, and which the other party did not care to make public. Brown then left the Territory, proceeding through Nebraska and lowa, and riding two days with a company of U. S. dragoons who were in pursuit of “Old Brown!” Passing through this city he went to hia ol<l home in New York, and visited several