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n solid column marched away. The body had not left the field before the carpenters began to take the scaffold to pieces, that it might be stored up against the 16th instant, when it will be used to hang Cook and Coppic together. A separate gallows will be built for the two negroes. The night after the execution has set in dark and stormy. The south wind has brought up a violent storm. The body of John Brown was delivered to his widow at Harper's Ferry, and by her it was carried to North Elba, where it now lies at rest on the bosom of the majestic mountain region that he loved when living. It was interred as only dead heroes should be buried. There was no vast assemblage of the so-called great; no pompous parade; no gorgeous processions; but loyal worth and noble genius stood at the grave of departed heroism; for his friends and his family wept as the Heaven-inspired soul of Wendell Phillips pronounced the eulogium of John Brown,--the latest and our greatest martyr to the tea
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.55
praise which on that soil will do justice to his memory. As he passed along, a black woman with a child in her arms, ejaculated, God bless you, old man; I wish I could help you, but I cannot. He heard her, and, as he looked at her, a tear stood in his eye. The vehicle which was to convey John Brown to the scaffold was a furniture wagon. On the front seat was the driver, a man named Hawks, Reader, is not this symbolical? Think and say and act accordingly. said to be a native of Massachusetts, but for many years a resident of Virginia, and by his side was seated Mr. Saddler, the undertaker. In the box was placed the coffin, made of black walnut, enclosed in a poplar box with a flat lid, in which coffin and remains were to be transported to the North. John Brown mounted the wagon, and took his place in the seat with Captain Avis, the jailer, whose admiration of his prisoner is of the profoundest nature. Mr. Saddler, too, was one of John Brown's stanchest friends in his conf
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.55
ited States Marines; L, Woods scoured by the Wood's Rifles, to have the first brush at the enemy, if approaching from Harper's Ferry; M M M, Pickets of the Fauquier Cavalry; N N N, Two lines of Sentries; O, Petersburg Grays, as Body Guard to prisonerhave made false statements. Cook asked: What do you mean? Brown answered: Why, by stating that I sent you to Harper's Ferry. Cook replied: Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come to Harper's Ferry and see if Forbes had made any disclosuHarper's Ferry and see if Forbes had made any disclosures? Brown: No, sir; you knew I protested against your coming. Cook replied: Captain Brown, we remember differently, at the same time dropping his head. Brown then turned to Coppic and said: Coppoc, you also made false statements, but I amk and stormy. The south wind has brought up a violent storm. The body of John Brown was delivered to his widow at Harper's Ferry, and by her it was carried to North Elba, where it now lies at rest on the bosom of the majestic mountain region that
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.55
Copeland and Green. This interview is thus reported: He told them to stand up like men, and not betray their friends. He then handed them a quarter of a dollar each, saying he had no more use for money, and bade them adieu. He then visited Cook and Coppoc, who were chained together, and remarked to Cook: You have made false statements. Cook asked: What do you mean? Brown answered: Why, by stating that I sent you to Harper's Ferry. Cook replied: Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come to Harper's Ferry and see if Forbes had made any disclosures? Brown: No, sir; you knew I protested against your coming. Cook replied: Captain Brown, we remember differently, at the same time dropping his head. Brown then turned to Coppic and said: Coppoc, you also made false statements, but I am glad to hear you have contradicted them. Stand up like a man. He also handed him a quarter. He shook both by the hand, and they parted. The prisoner was then taken to Steve
Hazlett (search for this): chapter 3.55
to Coppic and said: Coppoc, you also made false statements, but I am glad to hear you have contradicted them. Stand up like a man. He also handed him a quarter. He shook both by the hand, and they parted. The prisoner was then taken to Stevens's cell, and they kindly interchanged greetings. Stevens: Good by, Captain; I know you are going to a better land. Brown replied: I know I am. Brown told him to bear up, and not betray his friends, giving him a quarter. He did not visit Hazlett, as he has always persisted in denying any knowledge of him. How touchingly manly, and yet what childlike simplicity! I know I am --l he gave them a quarter, are both equally characteristic of the mail. A triumphal march. At eleven o'clock, John Brown came out of jail. An eye witness said of his appearance at this solemn moment: He seemed to walk out of the Gates of Fame; his countenance was radiant; he walked with the step of a conqueror. Another spectator — every one, in trut
Aaron C. Stevens (search for this): chapter 3.55
ned to Coppic and said: Coppoc, you also made false statements, but I am glad to hear you have contradicted them. Stand up like a man. He also handed him a quarter. He shook both by the hand, and they parted. The prisoner was then taken to Stevens's cell, and they kindly interchanged greetings. Stevens: Good by, Captain; I know you are going to a better land. Brown replied: I know I am. Brown told him to bear up, and not betray his friends, giving him a quarter. He did not visitStevens: Good by, Captain; I know you are going to a better land. Brown replied: I know I am. Brown told him to bear up, and not betray his friends, giving him a quarter. He did not visit Hazlett, as he has always persisted in denying any knowledge of him. How touchingly manly, and yet what childlike simplicity! I know I am --l he gave them a quarter, are both equally characteristic of the mail. A triumphal march. At eleven o'clock, John Brown came out of jail. An eye witness said of his appearance at this solemn moment: He seemed to walk out of the Gates of Fame; his countenance was radiant; he walked with the step of a conqueror. Another spectator — every one, in
T. P. August (search for this): chapter 3.55
ualities. He mounted the wagon with perfect calmness. It was immediately surrounded with cavalry. This military escort of the warrior of the Lord to the scene of his last earthly victory, consisted of Captain Scott's company of cavalry, one company of Major Loring's battalion of defensibles, Captain Williams's Montpelier Guard, Captain Scott's Petersburg Greys, Company D, Captain Miller, of the Virginia Volunteers, and the Young Guard, Captain Rady; the whole under the command of Colonel T. P. August, assisted by Major Loring -the cavalry at the head and rear of the column. The wagon was drawn by two white horses. From the time of leaving jail until he mounted the gallows stairs, he wore a smile upon his countenance, and his keen eye took in every detail of the scene. There was no blenching, nor the remotest approach to cowardice nor nervousness. As he was leaving jail, when asked if he thought he could endure his fate, he said, I can endure almost any thing but parting from
John Brown (search for this): chapter 3.55
he movements of their slaves. In jail. John Brown rose at daybreak, resumed his correspondencetements. Cook asked: What do you mean? Brown answered: Why, by stating that I sent you to and see if Forbes had made any disclosures? Brown: No, sir; you knew I protested against your coming. Cook replied: Captain Brown, we remember differently, at the same time dropping his head.a better land. Brown replied: I know I am. Brown told him to bear up, and not betray his friend this report: On leaving the jail, he wrote, John Brown had on his face an expression of calmness anundest nature. Mr. Saddler, too, was one of John Brown's stanchest friends in his confinement, and brave Captain Avis. You are a game man, Captain Brown, said Mr. Saddler. Yes, he said, I was is feelings. With his sword and his voice John Brown had demonstrated the unutterable villainy ofs brought up a violent storm. The body of John Brown was delivered to his widow at Harper's Ferry[16 more...]
Petersburg Grays (search for this): chapter 3.55
ester Continentals: G, Fauquier Cavalry; H, Company A of Richmond ; I, Alexandria Riflemen; K, Riflemen, and part of Capt. Ashby's Cavalry, to keep order in the small crowd. J, Hunter's Guard, at entrance gate, supported by a piece of Artillery under command of Lieut. Green of the United States Marines; L, Woods scoured by the Wood's Rifles, to have the first brush at the enemy, if approaching from Harper's Ferry; M M M, Pickets of the Fauquier Cavalry; N N N, Two lines of Sentries; O, Petersburg Grays, as Body Guard to prisoner in wagon. The first companies of infantry and cavalry having taken their position, the artillery then arrived, with a huge brass cannon, which was so placed and pointed that, in the event of an attempted rescue, the prisoner might be blown into shreds by the heavy charge of grape shot that lay hidden in it. Other cannon were stationed, with equal care, to sweep the jail and every approach to it. From eight o'clock till ten, the military were in constant mo
Hugh Forbes (search for this): chapter 3.55
eported: He told them to stand up like men, and not betray their friends. He then handed them a quarter of a dollar each, saying he had no more use for money, and bade them adieu. He then visited Cook and Coppoc, who were chained together, and remarked to Cook: You have made false statements. Cook asked: What do you mean? Brown answered: Why, by stating that I sent you to Harper's Ferry. Cook replied: Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come to Harper's Ferry and see if Forbes had made any disclosures? Brown: No, sir; you knew I protested against your coming. Cook replied: Captain Brown, we remember differently, at the same time dropping his head. Brown then turned to Coppic and said: Coppoc, you also made false statements, but I am glad to hear you have contradicted them. Stand up like a man. He also handed him a quarter. He shook both by the hand, and they parted. The prisoner was then taken to Stevens's cell, and they kindly interchanged greeti
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