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THE SUMTER WATCH3?AN, Established April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. Consolidated Aua. 2. 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1881. New Series-Yoi. I. No. 6. TE??i?S : Two dollars per annum -in advance. AD TEE TI SEX ? NTS. One Square., first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private nterests wiii be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman arid Southron, or apply at the Office, to N. G. 0STE8X, Business Manager. nn??S PLANTATION KNOWN AS AN J DERSOXVILLE, ir. Ch.irioston County, eighteen miles above Moun: pleasant, most desirably and beautifully situated oa See Wee Bay, with a good landing for ves? sels of 4 to 6 feet draft. The place is quite healthy, with fish and game in abundance, and the soil quite productive, being adapted to both Cotton and provisions. The finest quality of Long Staple Cotton has been grown, upon it. It contains between eight and nine hundred acres, a large part of which is well wooded and timbered. Tbs place is in need of repairs : but it has on it a dwelling house, in good condition, and som * out-buildings. To a good ier.aGt, who will obligate to put the place in order, a favorable lease will be given ; or if preferred it will be sold for a fair price. For further particulars ai>i>Iv to X. "G." OSTEEN. _Sumter, S. C. F. H. FOLSOM, L. W. FOLSOM. ! FM PIP %?W ? H?ft i Native-born Sumtonicns. Q H co M ff < General Repairing done at Conscientious Pri?es. Give ns a call and be coe laced. Oct 25 _3m GEAH?trS^ST?BL?, REPUBLICAN-STREET, JUST A QUITED One Cir Lc.id of Old Hickory wagons. Alan ufa ein red by thc- kentucky >Vr.;'on Manu facturiog Company, of Louisville. Ky. They are ready of the best material; by skilled workmen. Every Wagon sold guar? anteed for 12 months. They rm lighter, and are in every respect as go-.'J as any Wagon made, while at the same tim?, their price is as low as Wagons cf inferior gr;'.?:*-. Also, on hand, a fin-: assortment of BUGGIES. OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At prices to suit the times JUST ARRIVED ONE CAR LOAD OF Fine Kentucky Horses, some of them extra good drivers-se'ecied with care for this market. ZS?m^^. _ ^W. M. GR AI ? A M. C K E RA W AMD DARLKSTON AT-!Q CH?RAVY AND SALiSBURY RAILROADS. P?,ESI?>EA?*? OFFICE. SOCIETY iii IA. S. C., May 2" ISSI. ON AND A FTE lt Iii ISDATE, TRAINS on ihesc Rc.-.i'is will ru:: a. fallows,-every except Sunday. Leave Wa??$b?>ro. ? 40 a m Leave lien ne ti's. & '.IO a ra Leave Morren. J? 15 a ns Leave .VcFusIaa. 25 ? m Leavs Cheraw.~. 10 i 6 a m Leave Society Rill. 3 0 50 5 m Leave Darlington . ? ! 35 ? tu Arrive at Florence. 12 10.p m ur. Leave Florence. 12 ?0 p m Leave Dprlingr-?n. ? 20 >.. Leave Society H?H.. 2 lt* p ai Arrive at Cheraw. 2 50 & Arrive -U Wadcsboro. -1 -."> ;.>.. The freight ^n trill !cuv*.- Fiore a cc at 'J :z) A M evary Say cscent ??:.-. ; . : making !he rsuad ;;;; to Cheraw every day. ?n-i ^adys&^o as ofcea xs a*-y be ns?y. .-";?ry-keepit-g cu;. ''* i:><: ?vay of-gassenger train- 1 .'; fi TOXVKSEXD. PiasMer.r. ! PAVILION" HOTEL, j CHAR LES TO X , S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRA LLV '? located ?OTEL having bec:; entirely renovated during the p;:st Summer is now ready for the reception of tbetraveliag public. Popular prices ?'2 and 2.50 per day. Soecia; rates for Commercial Travelers. E: T. GAILLARD, Oct 25 Proprietor; Tfi?~~?R??D CENTRAL HOTEL. COLUMBIA, S. C. TT AVINO renewed my Lease of "Tho Grand J ? Centn;! Hotel13 for a term of years, I beg leave to inform the PuhHc that the House has boen thoroughly re-painted, and i-; now j furnished with new and improved Black ? Walnut Fur:;;:ure. Wfrj Spring Beds with best Hair Mattress* s, Ve!v?t and Rrusseis j Carpets. Electric Annunciators con nee: with ! every room, and the Hotel is connected i through the <Telephonic ICvehi.ngf j with " every prominent plate of business! throughout theCity. These advan tage, with i competent attendants, warrant me in assuring j the traveling Public as gooc accommodations j as the Son;'.! cana??ord. JOHN T. WALLEY, Proprietor. Sept 20 COLUMBIA HOTEL R. N. LO ^: ii A NC h. Proprietor COI, Vii TJA, S. C. Table, Rooms and Servants First-lass, RATES REASONABLE. Sept 20-Sm i ""ROBERT mm & mm, i IMPORTERS AN if DEALERS IN j Mi 1? m Wm,l 4^So''.f?-Stf cct. baltimore, Md. j December ? - ? Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers Main-Street, opposite John Reid*, DE.VLKnS IS GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY, ! S?sctacl5s, Si:??r aad ??s?sZ *STars5 FISHING TACKLE, Sevsin-j Machine Needles, Oils, Eic WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. ll. ON and after -Jan. 1st, 1SS2. the fellowing schedule ".viii ho ra:: va this Rteul : NIGHT EX rn uss AM? MAH, TRAIN. (Dally ) (>:.>.. 47 West ?od ;S East:)' Leave Wilmington..10 ?5 p m Arrive at F?oresco. 2 20 a sn Ideare Fi- rcr.ee.. .. 2 50 a IU Leave Sumter. 4 20 R rn Arrive a: Coluaibia. 6 Iii a ra Leave Cc'ctabis.10 00 p m Lo? ve Sumter.12 OS a m Arrive at Florence. 1 34 a in Len ve Fiore.?ce. I 52 a m Arrive nt Wilmington...... G 20 z m This Tram stops only ai Brinkley,, White ville; Ftbrningtw. J_ air R!uT. Muri-;:.. Floren ec, Tiistu'trnsville. Maycsvfilcj Suinter, Camden Junction and Bastover. rsitoucn FREICST TRAIN. Daily, except Sundays. Leave Florence. _.ll 40 p m Lear? Sumter . 2 25 a tn Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a tn Leave Co???cbia. . 5 00 p ra L?a.ve Sumter.. S 20 p in Arrive at Florence.ll 10 p m LOCAL FREIGUT-(Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence. 6 Ol) a tn Arrive at Sumter..0 05 a ni Leave Sutntcr.Il 40 a ta Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m Leave Columbi.-. 7 00 a m Arrive at Sumter.Il 15 a ai Leave Sumter.12 15 p UJ Arrive ai f lorence. . 5 10 p m A. PO?-. G. P. A. JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't. Conimbia and Greenville Bail Hoad, PA SSEN GER DEF A HTM ENT, COLVMB;\. S. C.. August 31. ISSI. OX AND AFTER THURSDAY. September 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated, upen this road and its branch es- Daily except Sundays': N<>. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A).ll 20 a m Leave Alston._.12 20- p ia Leave Newberry. 1 21 pm Leave Kodgcs;. 3 52 p tn Leave Bilt. 5 05 p m Arrive at Greenville.-. 5 27 p m No. 4>! Down Passenger. Leave Greenville sr.10 53 a tn Leave B-7ton.11 57 a tn Leave Hodg-s. I 12 p in Leave Newberry. 3 -?7 p m Leave Ai-t?f:i. 4 4? p tn Arrive at C_ia:ab:.i (F). 5 50 p m SPARTANBCRC. UMON & COLUMBIA lt. R. No. -12 Uo Pa-se?igcr. Leave Alston.!.!.. 12 40 p m Leave Spartan burg. S U Sc C Dcp?t (B) 4 03 p ul Arrive Spartanburg R _ D Depot (LJ 4:12 p m No. 13 Down Passenger. Leave Spana-iburg lt Sc D Depot (il) 12 4S p m LeaveSp:irta_burg S U & O Depot (G) i 07 p tn ! Leave Urd-n..'...*.. 2 30 ?, m j Arrive at Alston..'. 4 30 p in ; LACRRNS RAIL ROAR-. Leave Newberry. 3 55 p to ; Arrive at Laurens C- Ii. 6 45 p m j I.c-'ve Laurens C. II. S 30 a m j Ai rive at Newberry.il 30 a ra j A3_!;viL:.R BRANCH. Leave Hodges. 3 56 p in j Arrive nt Abbeville. 4 4? p tn i L-:ivc Artbev-Ule.12 15 n ta j A:river:.t Hodges. ... 1 05 p m J BLEE R?BGE ll. R. & VNBERSCN BRANCH. j Leave Belton. i I'S p ra i Leave Anrf-'.rs'-n. . Leave Pendlet?rt.. Leave Sottaea (C) Arrive at Walhalla Leave Walhalla. Leave Seneca (!>).... Leave Pendleton . Leave Anderson. Arrive at Belton ... On an_ after above d:itc through c ir? will be run between Columbia and iicnderscuviim with? out chango. CONNS _rio_T5. A-With South Carolina Kr.:I Road fr-,~ Ch_r!o"f.-r! ; with Wiltningtoh Columbia " Au gusta R R from Wilmington and all points north thv-rcof: with t karlotte. Columbia ? Augusta Rail Road fr- ';- Charl.tte and points north thereof. B-With ?shcvwle ? Sparenburg Rail Road for p?lt:r.: in Western N. C. C-WiOi A. A C. Dir. it & h. R. K. ?br ail poiitts S t:rh and West. .; -Wit-, A. A C. Div. R. ? D. R. ll. from At santa cad beyond. E-W|:h ?. & C. Div. R. A D. R. S for ail p. iii:? S .uta ard V?*est. K-Wi;:. Si.u.'h Carolina Bail il'ad for Char lesion;; with Wi?asiagron, Cohrcbia Sc Augusts Rai! Read wr Wiltaiagtrin and 'ae N"T>h '< v;? b Charlene, Colutubis Sc Augusta Rail Road lot Charlene aud the North. G-Wirli Asheville A Spartanoorg Rail 3oad from Hendersonville: li-Wit:, A. ? C, Div. II. ? D. R. R. from Charlotte ? beyond. SraD<I:::d time used is W;vsbTr.gton, IV. C., wbfeliis-Sfteen tu;?Utes faster r:i Columbia. .1. W. FRY, Sup'-. A. POPE. General Passenger ?.gent. South Carolina Railroad, CHANGE OF SOR El? ULE. ON AND AFTER OCTOBER Ifith. IS?!, paiseagcr Trains oa Camdon Brartcb wiii ru:: as follows, until lartiier notiee: EAST Vb COLUMBI V - DA?tVY KXCUI'T >CNI>AYSl. Lc ;ve C.'tndetV:.:. 7 40 a m Leave Camden Junction. S 45 a m A/rive at C-ditmbia.-..I i 00 a iii WEST K;: -M COLUMBIA-BAILY EXCKIT St-NDAvi. Let:ve Columbia. 5 15 a rn... fi DO p m Arrive C:.i:u';<-:: junction, li i'? a m... 7 4n p m Arrive at Camden. 1 LO p m... y 45 p in EAST TO CHARLESTON ANT? AUGUSTA. (Daily except Sundays:) Leave Cam-te;:. 3 50 p m Leave Camden June". 5 :>7 p m Arrive ot Co irle--- n. !<' 30 p tu Arrive at Augusta. 7 40 a m WEST t*R??M CHA UL ESTOS ANB At CI'STA. (Daiiy except Sundays.J Leave Char?e-t ?! . 5 30 am [ Lettve Augusta. 7 00 p HI ? Arrive Cumdcn June!.il Illa m i Arrive :?.i Camden. 1 10 p m ' . :??>\VECT^.Vf. Columbia a:;:l (>rtcnv-:-t;e Railjoad b?ih way--, ? for ali p'j?ri?s on !'? a-i :L- Sj.-?r iaiibttrg. Un iori an-l Cidixmbia Spartaitbiirg . A.-:ivibv ::.*xir.>:i-l>. also with tho ?'t.ar ;-.;r? ?oluitib-?n :tt:d Augusta i?::lir??:;ii t > :?;i>i froaj st M JJ iT?; - -.'..r:!i by :;-::ir-s '.?::\'::-^ Cttiuden i vlt 7 ;: ::i. i:"'' arri vii-g : . > 15 ]? rn. C .:.:.-..;:..:<- :">-'le at August :.. ;>ii pidntf 1 .Ve * <5 <': :-s . s?: ?.'h:?:L*.?ton v.-?? ': ? St?&^ New YofK r--; r;.,r;-:a- oa Wetl- ; ncsdavs aToi Saturday? Cu Satur-.;-r* R''v'ND TRIP TICKETS are ; i to and frvul S:?tioi:s:tt one first ebi'S j t-.,re for*:hertr?:.-titk-ts U:\u* goo<l till ! >:ond?v t:-?..o. to .-refu'-tt. Kxeur.M?u tickers j .I for I? diivs are r':i*Lv ":i ?:,:C f" :xn '' \ from all static?s at ? cents i ,-r i:?l!c r"l!,, { trio. , . . ! TH ROU?;D TICK ETS to J*H pom??, car? be Prelis -: by app?yiog to J?mcs J- Agcwt ::. Ca::: ie:.. D- C. .-. (iencrnl Pas-crger and Tb-!to?. ''.g';?i JOHN PECK. Gct;cral Sa;'r, Cbarlesron. S. C : N08TS-S?STERH B, 8. 09, CIU?EP.TNTE?"T;CIJNT'C OFFICI:, Q N'J RTM E A STERN RAILROAD C< >. ("itA?LKSTox, S. C.. Nev. 20. LS^3:. On anil after this date the f,dk;\vi:?g Sche? dule .vii. tu t;t:.n, Sundays ir.v.'nded : Let? vc ri^triiviou. Arri v.- Florence. 3 Ot) A. M.?li 55 p. M. 4 5'; |\ li.1 1 55 I* M. H 55.1*. ?i.1 A. :. :.:v-: Florcu'-'t*: Arrive Ciiarlestbn^ 2 40 A. .".!.C. 45 A. M. 1 05 f. M.5 35 i- -M. ? <)'.) A. .-5 45 A. M. Train Icaviag Fbjtence al 2 A. .M. will QOt Stop for v.av pasia-'ir-.ers: !.. E. DiVINK. iletn Ku;.t. P. ?.. CLEAPlHl.r.en'?. Tickel A trent. EUEBIE STAMPS F?AME ams FBK muiss CLOTHING v. '.:h i::dcliibio ink, or ?br }wi?:titig vi-iliag cards, an 1 STAMPS OF AV Y ?!NX> Cai! ?>& c. p. ?.ST:;?:>.. At tue Wu'cLiran and Southr?.is O?ice. THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR. Perhaps nc familiar linc is more frequently quoted than this. "Though lost i;> sight: to memory dear," aud yet comparatively few persons are aware of its origin, it will be found in a song composed of two stanzas written about the year I TOO by Ruthven Jer hyns. a peet entirely unknown to fame, and puplishcd in the G:eeawich ''Magazine for Mariners." II. C. DAILEY. Washington. August 9, 18S0. Sweetheart, grood-bye, the Sutiering sail Is spread to waft me far from thee: And soon before the favoring gale My ship shall bound across the sea. Perchance, all desolate and forlorn, These eyes shall miss thee many a year. But unforgotten every charm Though lost to sight, to memory dear. Sweetheart, gocd-byc ! one last embrace I O i cruel fate, two souls to sever ! Yet in this heart's most sacred place, Thou, ihou alone shalt dwell forever j And still shall recollect on trace. In fancy's mirror ever near. Each smile, each tear upon that face. Though lost to sight, to memory 'lear. [From the Detre:t Free Press.] OLD JOHN BROWN. His Imprisonment and Last Days. A SUPPER WITH HIS WIFE IN CHARLES? TOWN JAIL. Many Facts Xever Before Made Public. In ten minutes more the clucks would have struck ll. Thc watchman who was patrolling the bridge at Harper's Ferry heard thc footsteps of men corning from the Maryland side, but bc was not alarm? ed. Who would want to do him in? jury ? In that time of profound peace, and in that singularly quiet neighbor? hood., who could have suspected such a plot as old John Brown and his band has been hatching ? THE FIRST PRISONER. The footsteps came nearer, and presently a score of figures came out of the; darkness and surrounded the watchman. He was seized .:md bound before he had recovered i rom his astonishment, and then he was hurried along towards the Virginia shore. Stevens,lone of the leiutcnants j of the little band held a bowie-knife to his side and whispered : "If you give the least alarm Fil | push this knife to your heart !" There was no other watchman j abroad, and the sentinel within the j arsenal ground:; could neither sec nor ! hear what was groins: on outside. The band readied the Vitginia side j and stationed pickets in every direc? tion, while John Brown headed the small squad which broke open thc arsenal and took possession. Not a vestige of this building now remains, ! the site being covered by a lot of poor ! structures used for storing coal and other things. COLLECTING HOSTAGES. An important factor cf the plan was developed as Brown had secured a footing. This was the capture of j prominent citizens to be held as hos-j lagos. Several of the leading cit:-1 zc-n> within a radius of six miles were i taken from their beds by small detach- j ments sent out fur the purpose, and ? before day broke Brown had a dozen such with him in his headquarters. His base ingratitude, and also that of j Cool:, one of his leader.-', was shown j in the fact that they took care to j bring in men who had rendered them favors and been their best friends. These men were dragged from their j beds with savage hands, refused any j explanation, and most of them expect-1 ed to be shot as soon as pulled out doors. BROWN'S ELIND HORSE. Several months previous to the out? break a man who is yet living within a lew miles of Harper's Ferry, and | who was residing in the village ' at that time, 6old John Brown ai horse for a small sum in cash. The i animal was old and used un, and he ? went blind after a few weeks. It, seems that this fact worried old Brown ! a good deal, and as soon as he cap-1 tared the arsenal he sent a squad of ; men after the horse-trader, and declar? ed that he would shoot him with his j own hand as soon as he was brought j in. Fortunately for the citizen he j was absent from town that night, bat j the squad pulled his family out of bed \ and made a thorough search bef re j they quit the premises. WU KN' DAYLIGHT CAME Brown had pickets on all the streets [ on thc lower part of town. Not a gun had been fired or a shout raised j up to this time. Men and women had slept peacefully thc long night i through ii: houses not 200 feet away, j anti not a householder had the faintest ! idea ol" what had passed. i THE FIRST VICTIM. Iiow singularly inconsistent that; the iirst victim of this band organiz- j od to give freedom to the slaves was j himself a slave, lt was an old color- ! od man who had some sort of employ-: mont about tho bridge or the build? ings close by. and he was making his way there when ono of the sentinels challenged him. Supposing that1 ?Xtine one wrns making game of him the old man rei used lo halt and was nt once sind d'-ad. Then began an iiidiscriV.'iieate ?h ing upon all eitizeus who showed themselves at windows or-upou the streets; lu one instance two shel s were ii Jed al a boy 7 years (dd wi-- was crossing tue suoct, and John L>:o*.vti hi.uis.eii ?ired a shot ai a woman who put Inn- !. ad out of a window, und mutt '?"ed his chagrin when he found that his bu?lct had missed. WAKIN'U LT. An hour after daylight the citizens had come to know the situation and were taking steps to "icet it. A few days previous io this there were fears cf an ovciilow of the rivers, and a lot of finished arms had been remov? ed ?Von: the arsenal lo a store house hark np the ni':. About twenty wit? zes.s i'd by some ..-''..ir: ;.;ov? Luc.ni , oilicials. and soon assisted by Capt j j Joh ri Avis of CharhjStowsi, thou I ing ci-arge of a part of the wc i broke into this storehouse ami ar ! themselves. Thee such a brisk j was opened on Brown's pickets ,' ho called them ail in and changed ! quarters from the arsenal to the : gino *honse. it stands to-day jus j it steed then, except that the il ; have rotted out and door-ways j windows are boarded up. Tester I counted a dozen spots where I lets plowed thu brick wads, but ! may look in vain for further evider of what took place in and around It was culled an eugine house cause it was used to store a si hand fire engine belonging to government. In a room about 20. were crowded all the hostages the dozen men left of Brown's ba Four or five had been sit?t down the streets before it was deemed I to retire to this stronghold. NO SURRENDER. John Brown could not have b1 lunatic enough to believe that would be allowed peaceable pos: sion of Harper's Ferry. That counted on a fight was shown bv arms he carried. Indeed he ope: the fight by shooting down un arr; citizens at their own doors. But h ing captured the town, wlmt was to do next If he issued a proel ai tion to the slaves there were no ha? to spread it. Ile and his men 1 been tampering with the blacks miles around, but it is doubtful if ty black men had pledged themseb to revolt. No one can say there wi ten. IL is not believed by these w talked most with thc old man af his capture that he had any hopes a general revolt. Ile hated slave and determined to strike a blow show his hate. Ile would have sirs with four men if no more had folio ed him. His spirit is shown in 1 refusal to surrender alter he kn that he was penned up and surrour ed, and that in's case was lost. 1 would listen to no counsel looking surrender, and he had no care for t safety of the hostages with him. I knew that assault and capture mi come, but he wanted to shed all t blood he could bcibre that hour can: A FADING HERO. Men have worshiped the old m as a hero. Authors have had to sk incidents lo make him a martyr. '. a bundled citizens of Harper's Fer and surrounding countrv John Brov was a revengeful and malicious o man. While he hated the institu?? of slavery he had no love for ti black man. He was none too hone in his dealing-? with merchants, uoi too truthful in deal h jg with friend and mistrusted by many who carne Contact with him. So s.O" citizens < Harper's Ferry to-day, and they ii; a chance to know him well. THE CAPTURE. The capture of the engine how was made by a party of marines soi up from Washington. Arter Brow had been repeatedly called upon 1 surrender, the doors of the bur! di ii were battered in with a heavy lucTdt and the fight ended. TAKEN TO CHARLESTOWN. I write this within 200 feet of th site of the jail at Charlestown whet the wounded and bleeding remua!: of the baud was conveyed after cai turo. Tho old jail got so many har knocks during the war that it w;i torn down when peace carne and new structure erected on its found; tions. The same may bc said o? th Court House, and tire sp.ot where th gallows was erected is now lost sigh of in a field of clover. HIS JAILER. The uh de r-sherili- atthat time wa the Capt. John Avis before mention ed, and he resided in the jail, and ha sole charge of Brown and all the otho prisoners. He is now a magistrat in this bright little town, and, a! though 02 years old, he has not foi gotten a single incident connecte; with that situation. There wasgrea excitement, and the air was full o threats, and it secured almost lib taking his life in bis hands to shov humanity to the prisoners, but ('apt Avis defied public sentiment. Ht has one of the kindest faces J evei saw, and though he was a strict jul! er, he granted the Brown band o: prisoners many little favors in defiance of the strongest public ophion. JoiiN CROWN'S CELL. Tho old mau waa confined on th G first- floor of the jail and his cell wa? a very roomy one, being twelve ot fourteen feet long by niue or ten wide. It was comfortably furnished and many little articles were added as soon as called lor. Brown had many visitors here after his trial, and oo one who had business with him was refused admission. The sur g'eon in charge of his wounds was also a kind and considerate man, and lie gave tlie old mau tue very best atten? tion. Ail tiie other prisoners had cells on the next floor. DYING FOR JUS TiiEOKIES. After Iiis trial and sentence the (dd man saw things in a little different light. In Ids talks with Capt. Avis, he said that the court had no other way than to convict him, and he la? mented the fact he had been the meaus of bringing others to the same condition as himself, (.loins: back over his plans and theories, he point? ed ont where he had made mistakes. On one occasion he said to his visi ; tors that lie might have had better success as a secret instigator of rc ' voil? among the slaves. He plainly saw th.it rio such movement as he had made would ever accomplish the ' sought-for oV.fcct, and yet ho never wavered in ids mah: principles, ile haled slavery, and he thong-;st ii o punishment too great for slave : holders. LAST DAYS. ! The last days of November passed : swiftly by. Tho day ol' ox< cation : was s*.-t foi' December 2, and the did man had no hope There might I?1 a ray ' ol hope for some ot! those who bad boen influenced by him, but for the chief there was only the rope and tho drop. Two or three days previous to the ii'Val date, his wife arrived in Ch lesiowti. her adven; being know:, \\t - > ie:in ;.aU ? O'l/eu persons. Capt. Avis admitted her to thc jad 1 ..md showed };er every kindness, lowing her to pass !iour3 at a t with her husband. Tr.?AH LAST SUPPER. When it beemne geuoravly kuc among iii j military ru rhe town gm ?vg the jail Mrs. Brown was ; sent, lhere ivas an outcry, and received positive orders thai ?1:list leave tiie town on thc night fore thc exception. This was, \ haps, because thc military dreadet scene when the doors should thrown open and thc old mun ? forth for his ride to execution. Th-: fore, on the second night preced? the exec u t i o n .V rs. B t o w n was adn ted fortier last visir. Capt. Avis p pared a good supper in his own d iug room, removed tho irons from prisoner, and himself and wife ;i John Brown and wile sat down gc li) er at the same tabic to a ni lasting' about forty inmutes. Bro' ate heartily, and while lamenting coming /ate, because it would sc; rate him from his wife, ho was ci stantly encouraging her to be bra aud io nerve herself for the com: climax. TO HARPER-S PERRY. The next day Mrs. Brown depart for Harper's Ferry, there lo renn, until all was over- Il was agreed I tween her and Capt. Avis that 1: husband's body should be sent lo li at the Ferry, and she received it the day of execution. XEVER FELT BETTER. The fatal 2d of I>eccrnber dawn* clear and bright. John Brown ii; slept well and was early aw ak Others were to hang after him, ai he was granted permission to h them good-bye. J Iis last breakfu was a hearty meal and when he h; fi ni sh ed it he remarked that he h; never felt in belter spirits. T?IE CROWD. People had been pouring in Charlestown for two days, and on tl morning of thc 2d there was a crow estimated at 20,0u0 people. Co and crisp as thc night had been, hu drcds of farmers had slept in thc wagons, and thc town was so crow cd that many strangers were compe ed to walk about all night. THE GALLOWS. Tho gallows tva-, erected about ha a mile southeast of tho jail on a nil road. I saw the spot yesti -daj though there is nothing to mark i and the Ii cid has been plowed agai and again since those Decensbi days. The exact site of the "gallon can however, be located by sever; peopie who had. cause Ut rem cm bc it. It was built by David II. Cue! erill, tiren, and now a resident of iii town. TH:-, LAST DRIVE. When the hour carne a light wage was driven up to the door of iii jail, and old John Blown took a sea between the High Sheriff and Cap! Avis. The military formed fer th march, and the procession sei out io the gallows. lt was a beautiful smooth road, with orchards and" pa? tilers and well-kept farm-houses, ant as each new sigh- met his eyes iii old man would remark it to his tw? guards. Far away thc crest of tin Bine Kidge rose clear against tin winier sky, and as he lucked upo; iL th . orisjticr said, as if to himself: What.a grand picture that won U make V THE LAST ACT. As the procession turne \ into th< field of execution to the left of thc road, the old man had a fair chance fc see tine crowd and estirqate its num? bers, and he lucked over it as one wiro was making sud. an estimate. Directly around the gallows was cordon of military, and then came citizens packed in until the circle spread out fur a haifa mile. Brown ascended the gallows with firm stop, leaning slig.'fy on the arm of Capt. Avis. He had several times been asked if lie desired the presence of a clergyman at the iast moment, but he had always answered in the negative. Therefore, during his last, moments cn earth, he stood on the gallows in company with Capt. Avis. After his arms and feel had been tied thc Cap? tain asked him if he had anything to say. The old mau drew himself up to his full height, cast a long look around him and answered : " Nothing-be quick /*' The black cap was palled over his face, the signal was given and the High Sheriff, stationed below, cut thc rope which held thc drop and launched the old mau in eternity, ile died with scarcely a struggle-much easier than any one of ti.ose who fol? lowed him al a later day. THE OTHER PRISONERS, Stevens, Conk, Ceppiek, Hazlitt and tue two or three colored men whose names arc lost in the long past, were hanged at a later date, and in two parlies. All died stoically seemingly without dread of the future before them. '.HEADS, i wi:-;.'"' One day after the hanging of Brown, Capt. Avis noticed as he entered the ecii occupied by ?levens and Hazlitt that they were tossing up a penny. As he stood there Slovens tossed thc j coin again and called cut : "Head or tail ..Tail shouted Hazlitt. "ifs he,el-Tve won !;* exclaimed Stevens ns he went over and picked up the coin. .' What have you won V: asked thc jailer. ''The privilege of selecting you lo put the hangman's noose around liiv m ;d: V waltho CoK? -,?-ly. Tm; j sit cr's kindness liad made a deep impression on both men, and they haii been wrangling over lire horrible ijuestioi: as to which should bc the first Io be nuosed hy iii-'; hands in ease both wer;- bung together. Stevens han won, and a* they mount? ed thc gallows in company lie- whis? pered io tile jailer. ; '.('.-?o; iii:, if member thal 1 won lite first elli iee !" ESCAPE ANI? REC.V?T?RE. : Coo]: and Coppiek were tuc most ib;.>0:;ratc of the winde gltng. Boui i'eught ;!:>:jeiat{;h. :\i tjie sioiiurtuv of tho eugine house al thc ferry, and neither showed the least wea!; neiss during the triyl or while wallia ibr deal;! on iiio gallows. The vails o? their eel i were composed of ?bur i?ch Lir:.b?. ?", m-id in place hy bandi of i rem. Untier one tu' thc ?Hiitlitws the com motor had made a poo r job <>. it. Tiiis ?.he prisoners discovered and i?0k.. ad vantage of. The piador ami orioles removed were hidden in their stove, ami on thc night bel ore their oxeen!ion they tore away the tim? bers and. passed out ia Lo the yard. They mounted the wal! at a comer, Cook first, but were seen by the mili? tary guard outside and fired on and driven back. They made no resis? tance, whoa approached iu (he yard, but seemed Lo look upon the whole matter as a joke. Whole being re? turned to their cells Cook called out to his comrade : "Weil Coppy, wc didn't save our. necks thal time !:; rrNo,77 replied Cuppiek, "but we i gave 'em a big scare, though V Next day they rode out to the fatal field, reckless and defiant, and even as they stood with life ropes around their necks thc spectators failed to detect one single sign ol breaking down. PLATX FACTS. As a reader i was never satisfied with the historical accounts o? the John Brown raid. As a journalist I have for years been determined, when opportunity offered, to dig down below the general facts present? ed by historians ami secure such par? ticulars as have been given above. At Harper's Ferry J talked for hours with men who met Cook almost daily fer two years, ant! who knew John Brown thoroughly. They sold i kiar goods, toanedhim money, are at ! the same table with him and had ids j couiidenccin everything bul tins one i wild pian. No colored mau at the ! Ferry will say that Brown or Cook i ever gave him even a kind word. No j white mau will admit that cither man had anything of a hero in him. Brown received several mysterious boxes there, and deliberately lied about lite contents. While they contained arms, he went out of his way in several in? stances Lo fell citizens tnut he was prospecting cu the mountains and had received mining tools. Cock married the Ferry and hung around there lor two years. Men knew him for a surly, cross grained fellow. Wiiat 1 have written id' Capt. Avis, lue jailer, lias never soe;; print before, but can be relied on in every particu? lar, if I have crossed the th euri es and facts set forth by tho seo"'? of writes before rue, I am willing to be attacked-, andi I am able to prove that thc men who knew Brown the best and had tho best chance io glean par? ticulars ive:"o interviewed yesterday for the first time since the old mau hung between the heavens and. the j eat Ut a limp and wounded and lifeless j lump of human olav. U. QUAD. Charlestown, Va.. Sent 2!, LSS1. What She Saw in Church. IT;- staid ai home am! she v.vnt tv church. After dinner Kc asked her: 'What was the text, v. i ft- V '0 SOI:: SOmCvhefC in Gcn cr::??e-;;s : L'VO foresten thc chapter a?d ve:-.-e. Zilus. ii:::'; ??:*.t right before im with a Motlier ET:: btu: rd on-rn ot om How could \ hear anything whet! I could nos even soo thc minister? 1 wouldn't 'snre worn such a thing i'> church if i'd hud to irone bareheaded.' '.flow did you iike thc new minis? ter T '0, ho's splendid '. and Kate Purlin was there in a Spanish lace cape that never cost a cent less than tifty dollars ; and tliey can't pay their butcher's bili's and l\l wear cotton bee or go without any first.' 'Did he say anything about the now Missieu fo.nd V 'No ; ami thc Jene?, girls were ali ridged out in their yellow silks made over; you would have died laughing to have seen them. Such taste as those girls have : and the miuis'er gav/; out that thc i>ore::s Society wi!; meet nt sister .fonc?' residence-thu: old poky place.' 'ii seems that you didn't henr much j of the sermon V j .Well, i'm sure it's betfer togo to church, if you didn't hoar the sermon. J than to sta}' at home and read the papers: audO, Hurry! the new minis? ter has a lovely voice ; it nearly put me to sleep. And did I tell you the Rich's nre home from Kurope, and Td rs. Filch has a real camel's hair shawl on. and it didn't look like anything on her V A long silence, during which Harry thought ur several things, and his wife was busy conten? plating tho sk}- cr view, when she suddenly ex? claimed : .There! I knew Fd forget to tell you something. Would voa believe it, Harry, the fringe on Mrs, Jones- para? sol is an inch deeper than mine ami twice as heavy 1 0 dear : what v- world of trouble this is.'-UrfroH lfcst and T'-ihnur. --??- - -.- -cac? Manuring. As bei ween these two methods of ma? nuring- -one for the crop, but tending to exhaust ike soi!, and thc 'dee- ti. iu orvi'se rho p- ...ii.-.n-nr. fertility cf the: land.: ho first is altogether?preferable. ?t is pro-h.ddo t::.-?; on no lam! can good I crops be produced !*>r a suee-.'ssmn of . ears wi;tue;* addling to i's fertility j Vivha't is taken fra ai the s;?ii hy making its plant food soluble is ir. ore tba ii e'l-et liv -viert i- ad red in even tin mos: u'". ce nt rated Ria tin rp: soo vc what eau to asi d Tile uso of guanb ie:'. bean cn- i doomed ' y sonic farmer: ^eeaase : after ;: tow v: rs ir leaves the roil se j poor tba! notlna-; i ill grew Bu! iiio lauii is :.or ia iv.l.a: added to 'lie soil to make thc crop. but. in failing to return io ile* soil what has Ivos: taken j therefrein. Ceiling everything oil tho farm where guano has boon used to gn-w rho eren tcv'ds ro stOri?iry }>ct so also :t woai : he ii ibo saum mon? v ww:' expended io buying stable ma? nure, eut making noue upm !;;.? farm. : i.O llmeroPOO IS t:: V. Mj-O <-!:.'?!.. i;::; ... . ... ... ; slower, r v uiL aian; wooster ana ?jnoa*<?. j'iiir?y year:: a?;?, when a g? og ni of A rn horst (hdWe, J remember going OTcr *vii!. severa] ef ?ev ci.ae: .: .lie? \:> ?\ .? ri ! ii> iv. p \ "oil, where J}j??5<H Webster and Rf?fi?* Ghoate wese the oppos^g !:i\vy.;;s hi ??-e g;?.:,[ (diver S ed.* h e.ir'.c. I :-.!?al? never forge'. thc impression made hy ?he great contrast between tho manner and gesiiemia iiofrs o? those two distinguished pleader* in their closing arg a tn s a ts. The C0uVi-r;-.>rn vas or-,v j- J ahnest to suffocation, and the imhve.afce ri.tzr esl involved, together with the high. reputation of the opposing counsel, combined to excite the attention nod interest of ali to a remarkable degree. Webster's gestures, as wei' as his words, were comparatively lew, but weighty, massive; the very eri bodiau-nt of dignity and conscious strength. Most of the time during this haif-hoar agament he stood per? fectly motionless, !os body slightly bent forward and his hands behind Iii? hack Chonte spoke for nearly two hours in a maimer the very counterpart of Websters, and yet equally appro? priate to the spenker's individuality. Ile was ali alert, every vein swelled to fullness, every muscle at its tit most tension. lie advanced towards the jury and retreated, tie rose on typtoe. and several times in his excite? ment seemed to spring np entirely off his feet, ile ran his long, nervous fingers through his dark crois, and anon &he:'?? thew in the air above his head witii so swift a motion that they seemed to inn into each other like the spokes of a spmeiug-whccl. His plea lasted two hours. Thc day was hot. and when he had concluded ho sank into the arms of his attendants in a state of perfect exhaustion, and was borne out in ic thc lobby like a corpse. Tao excitement in the court? room was intense, but Webster's culm, stern logic carried the day over Choate's brilliant and fiery rhetoric. The verdict was for Webster and the will.-S. F. Butler. An india ?tubber Pig. Th ? Jvjtegh i?hcs and Observer is responsible for the fd'"wing porcine story, which is certainly entitled to tho 'pastry:' Wake County : 1 wa-y-s pa's uer nest foot foremost as the p.: shicer: of carl osiries, a *.] S'iu?l Creek township { nev conies tr; '-bc front as the birth- j place of the india rmdocr pig, This porcine ph en unction was ?.?om on October ord. and si a cc birth has been pi : fe-:ily hairless, tho skin looking precisely i:i:c india rubber. The tail [ ot ibis tiny porker is only two inches j in length, bat its elasticity is wonder- j fut. The owner of the pig was in the city yesterday ami ho declared that by ta kin? hold of the rip i<f tho rail and letting the pig pull, the caudal appendage will stretch to a lengi.h of from ->.,..T.;y-i-.ar to thirty inches. Thc other day piggy by so;ec moans l-oemr.:: fastened iu tho crack cf a fence and a n^o man went to its ! rescue. Ile seized tho hine legs and .mah repeated orfer?s to pail it oat, hat tho bede stretched to euch a Ibn'gfh that it frightened him. Sadr dedly tv Iva dag his holt cu tuc leg?, piggy ?h-.iv back v ir h saca violence as ?0 F?resk a plank in tho fence. Thc further dov.-h?r-:iioa? ef tisis reavarka ble animal is aw::ke? with interest. Pattering Fordtry. INO fowl over two years QVI <\\r'-i\-l lo kept in th-'" vionlrry yard, except for soma sncviai reason. An e::rra ?oed motlier ur a freely feathered hird that is desirable as a breeder, may bo pro sot ved until ten years old with advan? tage, or at least so long as ?ho is ser? viceable. But ordinary fowls should bo fatten d nt the ona of tho second year for marker. Whoa th."re is a room or shed that can be closed, thc fowls may bo conSaod there. Tho Moor should bc covered wit!; two or turee inches of lino sawdust, dry earth, sifted coal ashes, or cleon sam!. The food should given faur limos a day, aaa clean water bo always before the. fowls. A dozen or moro fowls may bc put in this apartment, so ?hat there may not be too ..nany ready to seil at enc timo. The host food fur r-pid fattening, fe- pro? ducta?; weil flavored fiesli and rich fat. is buckwheat meal, mixed wi:it sweet j skimmed milk, into a thick mush. A teaspoonful of salt should bc stirred j in tho feud f>r a dozen fowls. Two w-'oks feeding is sunicient to fatten tho fowls when th.-y should be ?hlppod for salo without delay, and nnoiher lot nut up for feeding, ff the shod is kept dark and cool. as it should bo, the fowls will Cat ten all. the -?u?ckorfor it:-/V./o TliO Decay of Conversation. Tho nn.cient art of talking is falling into decay, it is an ascertainable fact, that. in. nroportien to tho increased pop- I ulation, tiic aggregate bulk of coo ver? sai ion is lessening. Poop!* nowadays have something else io do but talk : not only do they iive in such a hurry, that there is only leisure for just com? paring ideaseis to th: -v?. a th er. but they have each al! a gre~s uu i ut itv of road- j in -; to ?ha iviiieh pifds miking eut of the i eucstion If parsons rea- vu at home. : they read : if rimy ; ?urn 03 hy rail, they ! road: wc have mot i-rv's^uided indi vi-j da d.. out in thc ep"n ([.?;?.:;? with hooks : in band ; young folks have boen seen ; stretched andernoaii: trees and upor.d tho banks of rivers. peering over thc en. O' il page : <n- the raps td mountains, la the de-eid. :"::?? wit1 in J* rc^;s-every- j '.vi,; ? . men vow pail print* d ?-hoots frota ; their pockets ann in the otu liest, h-ror!. ; highes! oeca na; hms ai this lifo they roatt. ; Thc fact ts in eon: esta hi y true tim; tned eru men and women are reading thom . solves into:: C'0.,--n::;o',iveiy silent rare. ; Ive.ulihg is thc groat deluston oi ter prc- : s-o'f tin- ?: ii hr - bc-...mo a sert ef lay piety, according iw v. kiels the perasal of V-'lnr.H'S rOak.e.is. ::.? gard ?.-ks : it is. in ? V. WO! :. 'he s ij c;.-tit?< 0 of the JiinotOC'llil ! _.... . .; ,-r-- ..,,.,? : J.'s *.V S 1 T ?i M ? . -o Thc Standing Committee of rhe Ep?5 eop.-ii Church ii; Maryland have dec-Hn ?. i lo rece :n m cri? for ordination Mr C. Bishop, of l'a?Mim-rc, the first colored ~rs.?i:\''> cf thc L?Cneral Semt-ary, in >k - xor!:. Ti; . . essen for this action . : net made paoli". Of thc one hundred end sixteen miu iiters of thc Presbyterian Church North, who died last year, two were over ninety years old, nineteen were between eighty and ninety, thirty-five were between seventy and eighty, and ?If; y v.-ore under seventy, ? resident Garfield's tomb in Cleve? land ki kept eimrtantly covered with flowers rbi-1; rmicvred c dly. Thc funeral car stands wil e in a glass house ar tko base . f thc bill on which the mourne*) ? is to be placed. A detach? ment of Hinted S;ates troops still guards Lee vault, which is visited daily by hundreds of people. The coldest place cn ?he earth is said io he- "I er'cojairsk, in Siberia, lyi?g in dT? cortil latitude* Iis lowest mean winter temp?rature is 48.6 degrees be? low zero centigrade. The place is a considerable distance from the Siberian cv.st, which possesses a comparatively milder climate. Thc North Pole is probably outside thc line of greatest cold. it is well known that in the tropics the greatest heat is not at thc equator, bat some distance north and south cf it. Sir Henry Bulwer, just appointed Governor of Natal,, is a nephew of the late emmcnt Lord Lytton and of Sir Henry Bulwer, afterward Lord Dalling, tue friend of Webster, and for a long tiaie Minister at Washington. He is 40 years old. He has been private Secretary io the Governor of Prince Edward Island, resident Commissioner in the Ionian island, Treasurer of Trin-> idad, Administrator of Dominion, Gov? ernor of Labuan, Consul at Borneo, and Lieut-Governor of NataL Toe London Truth says of the report of an impending lawsuit between Baro? ness Burdett-Coutrs and ber sister, Mrs. Moncy-Coufcs: *'There will be no litigation whatever respecting ' the settled estates devised by the will af the Duchess of St. Albane. A synod of eminent lawyers having decided that the husband of thc Baroness is an alica, the Baroness wisely resigned thc property involved, and her sister has made over two-fifths of the income from the batik ferd fur life, bat she loses ??75,000 a year." Tanah Brooks who visited the Cot? ton imposition rho other day, :3 possi? bly -ko olde.:- colored woman, if not the oldest person in America, having reach* ed the remarkable age of 123 years. She was born in Roanoke County, Virginia, in ?75S, as is shown in the Bible record of thc family of Thomas Yancey. She was thc property of Wil? liam Yancey, and at his death was given re ii is sea Thomas Yancey, for a house servant. A* the death of Thomas Yancey she was transferred to one of thc legatees of thc estate Aunt Tanah is the mother of seventeen chil? dren, rei of whom reached maturity. Uer baby son, who attends ber, is an old white-headed man, GO years old. Bronson Alcott's latest instructions for bis aesthetic disciples is that the purest food is fruir, md that, if animal foo/1 be eaten- at ali, it is best in the mild form of oysters and eggs. "Beau- . lira; dior, beautiful form," be exclaims. 'All pure poa-s im vc abstained almost entirely from animal food. Every ant?* mal feeder is sometimes a tyrant. If one would abate ?hat fate he must emit ir entirely, but- by a gradual process Compare a table of the present day with rna' spread by the hands cf Eve in Paradise ro feed, her ctherea't guests. Then was gathered together a feast of tue purest, a banauit of right. We are composed of a?oms, and every atom must be mu^al and tremulous with harmony thar is mcical. In connection with President Ar? thur's recant visit ro Now* York a stal? wart dinner party, given by ex-Presi? dent Grant at his palatial residence in Sixfy-lhird street, is of interest. The dinner is said to have been of a most supevh character aud the liquors the finest- rc:-sibie. None but "Stalwarts of the Stalwarts"' were invited. Among che di.-idngui.-died gentlemen who graced the festive board were Presi? dent Arthur, cx-Senator Conkliag, Toni Platt. Jesse Seligman, ex-minis? ter E. 0. Sionghion. ex-United States Judge Picrrepont, William H. Van? derbilt, George Jones, es-Gov. E< D, Mei gan. 'Seo. It will be interesting te those who are a??cted with Bright's disease of the kidneys tv? know that General Schenck. ex-minister to England, has been cured cf t'.iis generally fatal disease. For four years he had been suffering, and much of that time has been confined to b?9 bcd. having given up all hope of recor ery Pr. V. W. Johnston, of Wash? ington, commenced treating him six me?ins ago. and has been giving him mining but milk. The gen; ral, al? though seventy *years of age. h ? recov? ered mest of his sire;.gib. and :s now abie to be about as'usual. Sarah Bernhardt appeared on Pee. 20 at St. Petersburg in "Les Dame aux Cam el-ins,v :nd met with a very cold r?ception, partly due *o the fact that tire St. Petersburg public thinks much poor:- about wno the aetrcc-s is than how sh? acts, mm partly to the shameful Sree:ng whmh most of the audience ha ; undergone in the long process of dhtambg sea's. It was net until the end f .: k . piece tba- tao applause be? es mo gene: al. The patriotic Kovoe :;?!::>?;<: remarks that the coldness shewn by the public decs it honor. Mlle. Bernhardt esprcs^ed the hope i hat she might yet thaw the Bussian snow. She relates with much vivacity how. at Odessa, the Jews pelted her with cucumbers for'nong a Christian, uh'.!j ino Christians stoned her for beleg a Jewess. The difference bot ween riding a ;::<:.;.> ano riding a hobby consists in v ! . ;: g rm . can L t off a horse at : \ lim . 1 .tv once on abibby, a man e m never get Oe".