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CHESS COLUMN.
Oswichee, Ala., Dec. 1, 1859.
Mr. Editor:—Do editors and their corres
pondents ever indulge themselves in the luxury
of a practical joke at the expense of their read
ers?
That Max Lange problem was not the first to
suggest this query to my mind, but your fortunes
are in no way connected with any prior trap I
may have fallen into. In that affair you must, I
think, “ own up ”to a complicity. No one knows
better than yourself, the full import of that last
word. It has to my ear the ring of innumera
ble pikes on the stone pavements of the Fou
bourg St. Antoine. Look out, Mr. Editor! for
your five thousand readers in a rage, come to
demand your head for complicity.
My friend Tom B stepped in the other
day for a game. I told him plainly it was im
possible for me to afford him any amusement
that day.
Tom. —What’s the matter? you look ill.
Not ill, but the truth is I have been worrying
myself these three hours over that Max Lange
problem —all the warmth of my system gone into
my head, and my poor brain on the eve of a ver
tigo. Tell me, Tom, do editors ever hoax their
readers with these chess problems?
Tom—(emphatically,) No, never.
This unreserved assuiance satisfied me, and I
forth with put down all the difficulties of getting
a solution of tho Max Lange to the telegraph.
But now comes in “James,” of Virginia, to in
volve every thing in doubt again.
One word to your fair correspondent Miss
“ Mattie ” of my own state.
My young friend, I have a daughter, younger
than. yourself perhaps, but of the same name.
So, I will assume the right to put on a frown
and say: “ Matt, what right have you to scold
the editor about his chess column? Did you ever
know one of your sex that could come to what
Cromwell would call “push of pike,” with a
male adversary in that game? My young
friend, you may have an interest in the chess
column of the Field and Fireside that you are not
aware of. Do not, I pray you, throw any ob
stacles in the way of such amusements as chess.
Your brother, or that “ Somebody,” dearer than
a brother, may be kept thereby from amuse
ments that are far worse—from the drinking sa
loon, now become an American institution—
from the card table perhaps, or from that dark
“ way going down to the chambers of death.”
Long life to the Field and Fireside , and its edi
tor too. Pawn.
—We beg our correspondent “ Pawn ”to dis
miss all suspicion of our editorial honesty touch
ing the chess column. Our chess problems are
intended to try the wits, not the tempers of
players. We know from former experience how
provoking a misstatement of position is to one
whom for hours it has been causing to labor and
worry in vain. Wo will never be accomplice in
a “ practical joke ” at the expense of our read
ers ; and will use our very best diligence and
sagacity to prevent both them and ourselves
from being again made victims. No problem
shall be published till we have the answer in
hand; and though the chess column is the most
troublesome column of our forty-eight, we
promise that if error occurs again, it shall not
lie at our door. Somebody, besides ourselves,
shall deserve a rasping for it, and that somebody
shall get it. And now, as for the Max Lange
problem —“ No more of that, Hal, an’ thou lovest
me!” if it has not worried all Christian temper
quite out of them, we pray “ Pawn ” and all
others who havo been aggrieved by its publica
tion to join us in a requiem to its address- -re
quiescat in pace. We shall swear right out, wo
know we shall, we can't help it, if it Bliall be
ever again alluded to in our editorial correspond
ence.
We give below a game of Piiilidor, reported
by Be la Bourdonnais , page 161:
' GAME VII.
WIIIT*. BLACK,
1 Pawn e 2—e 4 P e7— e 5
2 Pawn f 2—f 4 P e5 — f 4 :
3 Knight g I—f 3 B f B—e 7
4 Bishop f I—e 4 B e 7—h 4 f
5 Pawn g 2—g 3 P f 4—g 3 :
6 KiDg castles—g 1 P g3—h 2: f
7 King g I—h 1 B h4—f 6 (1)
8 Pawn e 4—e 5 P d 7—d 5 (2)
9 Pawn e s—f 6: Kt g B—f 6:
10 Bishop c 4—b 3 B c B—e "6
11 Pawn d 2—d 3 (3) P li 7—h 6 (4)
12 Bishop c I—f 4 P c 7—c 5
13 Bishop f 4—h 2 : Kt b B—c 6
14 Knight b I—d 2 Kt f 6—g 4 (5)
15 Queen d I—e 2 (6) Kt g 4—h 2 :
16 Queen e2—h 2: Q d B—b 8(7)
17 Queen h2—b 8: (8) R a B—b 8:
18 Rook a I—e 1 K e B—d 7
19 Knight f 3—e 5 f Kt c 6—e 5:
20 Rook e I—e 5: K d 7—d 6
21 Rook f I—e 1 P b 7—b 6
22 Pawn c 2—c 3 R b B—o 8
23 Pawn a 2—a 4 P a 7—a 6
24 Knight d 2—f 3 P g 7—g 5
25 King h I—g 2 P f 7—f 6 (9)
26 Rook e s—e 2 P. h 6 —h 5
27 Pawn a 4—b 5: P a 6—b 5:
28 Rook e I—a 1 R e B—a 8(10)
29 Rook a I—e 1 B e 6—d 7
30 Pawn d 3—d 4 P c s—c 4
31 Bishop b 3—c2 P h s—h 4(11)
32 Rook e I—h 1 R h B—h 5(12)
33 Pawn b 2—b3 R a B—h8 —h 8
34 Pawn b 3—b4 P g s—g 4
35 Knight f 3—d 2 R h s—g 5
36 Rook b I—f 1 P g 4—g 3
37 Rook f I—f 6: f K d 6—c 7
38 Rook f 6—g 6 P h 4—h 3 f
39 King g 2—g 1 P g 3—g 2
40 Rook g 6—g 5: P h 3—h 2 f
41 King g I—g 2 P h 2—li lQf
42 King g 2—f 2 R h B—f 8 f
43 King f 2—e 3 Q h I—h 3 f
44 Knight-d 2—f 3 Q h 3: f
(13)
NOTES.
(1) If the Blacks had played B h 4—e 7, you would
have won the game in a few moves.
(2) If the Blacks had not sacrificed that bishop, you
would have undoubtedly won the game; but losing the
bishop, and saving three pawns for that piece, they must
win the game by the strength of their pawns, unless
they should hasten to push them forward before all their
pieces are brought out
(8) If you had pushed the pawn from d 2 to d 4, yon
would have opened for their knight an entrance into your
game, which would probably have caused the Blacks to
win the game. , .
(4) This is a most important move in favor of the
Blacks, for it pre vents the Whites from attacking the
adversary’s knight by playing B c I—gl—g 5, which would
have cnnDlcd the Whites to separate the pnwns of the
Blacks, by giving a rook for a knight, the result being to
the advantage of the Whites.
(5) The Blacks play this knight in order to take your
queen's bishop, widen would annoy them if they castled
on the side of theirs. It is well to state it here, as a gen
eral rule, that when a player has pawns passed, he Bhould
endeavor to rid himself of his adversary’s bishops, be
cause the bishops can, more efficiently than any other
piece, oppose the pawns and arrest their progress.
(#) Being unable to save your bishop, you play your
queen in order to put it in the place of tho bishop.
(T) The Blacks offer an exchange of queens to balk the
play of your queen, and place theirs upon the third
square if you refuse the exchange.
(8) The Wbitershould take the adversary's queen;
for they will fare still worse if they refuse to take it
XKS SOVMHEM XXXI.9 AMU XIRASXDE.
(9) If the Blacks had pushed their pawn on from f 7 i
to f 5, you would have played B b B—d 5: which would :
have much improved your game.
(10) Players should never give up the passages, nor 1
allow the adversary to double his rooks. It is for this
reason that the Blacks offer piece for piece.
(I I) The Blacks play this |>awn in order to push after
wards P g s—g 4 upon your knight, and drive him from
his post; but if they had advanced the knight's pawn be- I
fore playing this one. your knight, taking station U|x.n
the square h 4, would have arrested the progress of the
Black’s pawns.
(12) If instead of this move, they had advanced from
h 4 to h 8 with this pawn, the Blacks would have viola- 1
ted a general rule of the game, which has been previous- ;
ly mentioned.
(18) The queen of the Blacks having taken the knight, |
takes the castle next move, and then gives check-mate |
the next.
FUN, FACT, AND PHILOSOPHY.
(Carefully prepared for the Southern Field and Fireside)
There is no lock in the world that requires
such careful picking as wed-lock.
Tiie earliest celebration of marriages in
churches, was ordained by Pope Innocent, A.
D., 1190.
Modesty is a guard to virtue.
Tom Moore said to Peel, on looking at the
picture of an Irish orator: “You can see the
very quiver of his lips.” “Yes,” said Peek “and
, the ‘arrh's' coming out of it”
The Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the com
mandments, were first translated into the Saxon
language by Alfred, in 761—the first transla
tion of any portion of the Bible into English.
The sins of a good man are like weeds in a
garden, which may hinder the growth of fruits
and flowers, but (not permitted to get ahead)
cannot kill them.
“My dear madam,” said a doctor to his pa
tient, “I am truly gratified to see you yet in life.
At my last visit yesterday, you know that 1 told
you you had but sixteen hours to live.” “Yes,
doctor, you did, but I did not take the dose you
left me.”
The first mission of Protestants was that of
the Huguenots to Rio Janeiro in 1556, which
was broken up in 1558. The enterprise was
concerted by John Calvin and Gaspard de Colig
ni, the noble leader of the Huguenots, and the
most distinguished victim of the St Bartholo
mew massacre.
Many a man shifts his sins as men do their
clothes; they put off one to put on another. This
is but waiting on the devil in rew livery.
Ike camo from school very much Agitated,
because he couldn’t understand the principles of
Allegation, as laid down in Greenleaf.
“ There, dear,” said Mrs. Partington. “ Don’t
fret about it; you must tell tho teacher you
ain’t no alligator, and I know he’ll relinquish
you.” The lad was comforted accordingly.
The first mention of the king’s poet, under
the appellation of laureate, was John Kay, who
was appointed poet laurate to Edward IV. It is
extraordinary that he should have left no pieces'
of poetry to prove his pretensions in some de
gree to this office, with which he is said to have
been invested by the King, at his return from
Italy. The only composition he has left to pos
terity is a prose English translation of a Latin
history of the seige of Rhodes.
Not to hoar conscience, is the way to silence
it
It does not follow that a man is a Christian
because he belongs to a church, any more than
it follows that a man is a dog because his name
is Barker.
Paper money was first made in Massachusetts
in 1690; by Connecticut, 1709; Pennsylvania
1723; Maryland, 1740; Rhode Island, 1744
and in 1759 almost every province issued paper
currency. It was first issued by Congress in
1775.
Avoid temptation, through fear you may not
be able to overcome it.
Why are a country girl’s cheeks like French
calico? Because they are “ warranted to wash
and retain their color.”
The first printed volume containing English
verses, is John Wotton, or Watton’s Speculm
Christiani, printed at London by William Mach
linia, and now exceedingly rare, a copy of it
being valued at from fifteen to thirty guineas.
Surrey’s translations of the second and fourth
books of the -Eneid are universally allowed to
bo the earliest English specimens of that noblest
of all meters, blank verse.
To work our own contentment, we should
labor not so much to increase our substance as
to moderate our desires. — Archbishop Sanderson.
What poet do miners value most ? Cole
ridge.
The earliest magazine issued in America, was
entitled "The General Magazine and Monthly
Chronicle for the British Plantations in Amer
ica.” It was published in Philadelphia, by Ben
jamin Franklin. The first number appeared in
January, 1741. A few successive numbers of
the work are owned by the Philadelphia Library
Company.
“ There are some members of a community,”
said the sagacious and witty Thomas Bradbury,
“ that are like a crumb in the throat—if they go
the right way they afford but little nourishment,
but if they happen to go the wrong way, they
give a great deal of trouble.”
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PERSONAL.
—Rt. Rev. John Barry, Bishop of the Cath
olic Diocese of Georgia, died recently at Paris.
—Tho sales of A. T. Stewart, it is said,
amount to seven millions of doliars annually, of
which his profits are estimated at eight hundred
thousand dollars.
—JonN R. Thompson, one of the most accom
plished of our southern “ gentlemen and schol
ars,” lectured before the Mercantile Library As
sociation a few evenings ago in New York.
—Dr. Livingston, the celebrated African ex
plorer, has written an interesting letter to Sir
George Grey, from Lake Shirwa, under date of
June first. The exploring party were in good
health.
—Paul Morphy, blindfold, beat four of tho
best chess-players in Philadelphia, lately —one
at the twenty-fourth, another at tho twenty-fifth,
a third at the twenty-ninth, and a lourtli at the
thirty-third move.
—Sydney Smith one day, describing to a
friend the people whom he met at a dinner party,
said: “There was Ilallam, too, with his mouth
full of cabbage and contradiction.”
—Rembrandt Peale has commenced his lec
turing tour at the North. Tho venerable artist
has been so glowingly heralded and welcomed
that it is sure to be a successful series of efforts
—merit aside, we almost say 1
—George A. Baker, the artist, who painta
women and children so exquisitely, is losing his
b 7—b 6
b B—o 8
a 7—a 6
g I—g 5
f 7—f 6 (9)
h 6—h 6
a 6—b 5
e B—a 8(10)
e 6—d 7
c s—c 4
h s—h 4(11)
h B—h 5(12)
a B—h 8
g s—g 4
h s—g 5
g 4—g 3
d 6—c 7
h 4—h 3 f
g 3—g 2
h 3—h 2 f
h 2—h lQf
h B—f 8 f
h I—h 3 f
h 3-*-f 3 : f
(13)
eyesight. He is one of the best of American ar
tists, very much beloved withal, and it seems no
less a public than au individual calamity.
—Dr. Cumming’slast work. “The Great Trib
ulation Coming upon the Earth,” met with a
most unprecedented sale in London. The first
edition was only sufficient to supply half of the
number taken. We understand that Messrs.
Rudd and Carleton, of New York, will publish this
work in a few days.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s health is
very delicate—too much so to enable her to bear
the severities of the English climate. She suf
fers even from the comparatively dry and pure,
though cold winters of Florence. She is now
residing with her husband in Rome.
—Rev. Dr. Pomeroy, Secretary of the Amer
ican Board of Foreign Missions, has resigned in
consequence of disclosures made by letters ad
dressed to him during his absence, and opened
by other members of the board, showing him
guilty of criminal acts. Dr. P. has been Secre
tary for twelve years, and was one of the most
prominent clergymen in Maine, previously. An
investigation will be made.
—Signor Olvieria, said to be the best violin
ist of the age, is daily expected to arrive in New
York, from Liverpool. We are informed that
ho has made no professional engagement with
any manager for the purpose of being “ brought
out,” but trusts for his success in the musica
taste and appreciation of talent of our citizens.l
He is destined, we think, to create a remarkablo
excitement in the musical world.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Milledgeville, Dec. I.—Governor Joseph E.
Brown has refused to sign the bill which passed
both branches of the Legislature for the pardon
of Wm. A. Choice, convicted of the murder of
Calvin Webb, in the city of Atlanta, on the 31st
ofDecembet, 1858. In the Senate, the bill for
the pardon passed by a majority of one, and in
the House by a majority of three votes. The
vote being so close in both branches of the Leg
islature, it is not pnbable that the bill can pass
over the vote of the Governor.
St. Louis, Dec. C.— The overland mail, via E.
Paso, has arrived with San Francisco dates to the
14th of November. This is the quickest ship
yet made.
Gen. Scott arrived at Victoria on the 7th
November, on board tho frigate Massachusetts.
The Victoria Gazette states that all but one
company of our troops will bo withdrawn from
the Island by Gen. Scott’s orders. Rickett’s
company remains in occupancy, according to
Gen. Harney’s first orders.
Gen. Scott will soon return to San Francisco
to await the further orders of our Government.
HARPER'S FERRY INSURRECTION.
Execution op John Brown. —The telegraph
has already put the public in possession of the
fact of the execution of John Brown for his trea
sonable and insurrectionary doings at Harper’s
Ferry. The following, which we condense from
Baltimore papers, embraces all the particulars of
that memorable event that seem worthy of re
cording:
Charlestown, Dec. 2.—This morning Capt.
Brown executed an instrument empowering
Sheriff Campbell to administer on all property of
his in this State, with directions to pay over the
proceeds of the sale of his weapons, if received,
to his widow and children.
The military assembled-at 9 o’clock, and were
posted on the field where the execution took
place, and also at various points surroudiDg, as
laid down in the general orders for the day.
Mounted scouts were stationed in the woods to
the left of the scaffold, and picket guards were
stationed out towards the Shenandoah Moun
tains, in the rear.
The military on the field formed two hollow
squares; within the inner one was a scaffold
and between the inner and the outer lines the
citizens were admitted. No one being allowed
outside the lines except the mounted guards.
At an early hour the town was in more than
usual stir, even for the stirring times that have
fallen upon this neighborhood. Soon the move
ments of the military drew all the citizens qf the
place, and all others who had been able to gain
admittance to the town, to the vicinity of the
place assigned for the execution.
The prisoner was brought out of jail at 11
o’clock. Before leaving he bid adieu to his fel
low prisoners.
Brown was then taken to the cell of the ne
groes, Copeland and Green. He told them to
stand up like men and not betray their friends,
then handed to each a quarter of a dollar, say
ing that he had no more use for money, and bid
them good bye. They made no remark except
to return his salutation. He next visited the
cell in which Cook and Coppie were confined,
chained together. To Cook he said, “ you have
made false statements.”
Cook replied—“ What do you mean ?”
Brown—“ Why, by stating that I sent you to
Harper’s Ferry.”
Cook—“ Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to
come to Harper’s Ferry and see if Forbes had
made disclosures ?”
Brown —“ No, sir. You know that I protes
ted against your coming.”
Cook closed the conversation by replying—
“ Captain Brown, we remember differently,” at
the same time dropping his head.
Brown then turned to Coppie and said :
" Coppie, you also have made false statements,
but lam glad to hear you have contradicted
them. Stand up like a man.”
He then handed Coppie a quarter, shook him
and Cook by the hand, and left the cell.
He then turned to Stevens’ cell and spoke
kindly to him.
Stevens said—“ Good bye, Captain; I know
you are going to a better land.”
Brown —“ Yes, I know I am.” He then
counselled Stevens to firmness, warned him
against betraying his friends, and closed by al
so presenting him with a quarter.
He did not visit Hazlett's cell, having always
persisted in denying any knowledge of him.
The prisoner then told the Sheriff he was
ready, when his arms were pinioned, and he
walked to the door apparently calm and cheerful.
Ho wore a black slouched hat, and the same
clothes worn during his trial. As he came out
he was taken under guard of the military. Six
companies of infantry and one troop of horse,
with Gen. Talliaferro and his entire staff, were
deployed in front of the jail.
The Execution. —At the door of the jail an
open wagon with a pine box, in which was a
fine oak coffin, was waiting for him. He looked
around and spoke to several persons whom he
recognized, and walking down the steps, was
assisted to enter the wagon, and took his seat
on tho box containing his coffin, along with
Jailor Avis. He looked with interest on the
fine military display, but made no remark. The
wagon moved off as soon as he had taken his
seat, flanked with two files of riflemen in dose
order.
On reaching the field the military bad already
full possession, and pickets were stationed at
various points. The citizens were kept back at
the point of the bayonet from taking any posi
tion except that assigned them—nearly a quar
ter of a mile from the scaffold. Tho prisoner
walked up the steps firmly and was the first man
on. the gallows. Jailor Avis and Sheriff Camp
bell stood by his side. He thauked them for
their kindness. They then put the cap over his
face and the rope around his neck. Mr. Avis
asked him to step forward on the trap. He re
plied, “you must lead me, as 1 cannot see.”
The rope now being adjusted, the military or
der was given. Tho soldiers marched and coun
termarched and took their position as if an en
emy was in sight Nearly ten minutes were
thus occupied, the prisoner standing meanwhile.
Sheriff Campbell asked him if he would take a
handkerchief in his hand and drop it as a signal
when he was ready. Brown replied, “ No, Ido
not want it. But do not detain me longer than
is actually necessary.”
The arrangements of the military having been
completed, at fifteen minutes past eleven the trap
fell. A slight grasping of the hands and twitch
ing of the muscles was visible, and then all was
quiet. The body was several times examined
and his pulse did not cease beating for 35 min
utes. It was tiien cut down and placed in the
coffin and conveyed under a military escort to
the depot, and there put in a car to be conveyed
to Harper’s Ferry by special train, at 4 o’clock.
It is understood that a portion of each of the
military companies now assembled here are to
have leave of absence, but that all are to return
and be present at the execution of the other
prisoners on the 16th.
Interview between Brown and his Wife. —The
special correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri
can, gives the following account of an interview
between Brown and his wife on the day preced
ing the execution ;
I learn from Capt. Avis, the jailor, that the inter
view between tho prisoner and his wife was char
acteristic of the man, and the directions given for
the management and distribution of his property
embraced all the minor details of a last will and
testament. Gen. Talliaferro was also presont,
and Capt. Brown urged that his wife be allowed
to remain with him all night. To this the Gen
eral refused to assent, allowing them but four
hours. On first meeting they kissed and affec
tionately embraced, and Mrs. Brown shed a few
tears, but immediately checked her feelings.—
They stood embraced and she sobbing for near
ly five minutes, and he was apparently unable
to speak. The prisoner only gave way for a
moment, and was soon calm and collected, and
remained firm throughout the interview. They
sat side by side on the sofa, and, after discussing
family matters, proceeded to business. He stat
ed that he desired his property to pass entirely
into her possession, and appeared to place full
confidence in her ability to manage it properly
for the benefit of his younger children. He re
quested her to remain at North Elba, in New
York, on the farm where she now resides, which
belongs to her. He was desirous that his youn
ger children should be educated, and if she could
not obtain facilities for their education at home,
to have them sent to boarding school. He then
gave directions and dictated to Sheriff Campbell
his will, which directed that his property should
go to his wife, with the exception of a few pres
ents and bequests which he made. To one of his
sons he gave a double spy-glass; to another ono
a watch ; to another he gave direction that he
should take a tomb or monument that marks the
grave of his father, at North Elba, and have en
graved on it his name, age, and the manner of
his death —together with the cause for which he
had suffered death—which he directs shall re
main at North Elba as long as )iis family resides
there.
During the course of the conversation Mrs.
Brown asked him if he had heard that Gerrit
Smith had become insane, and had been sent to
the Asylum at Utica. He replied lhat he had
read of it in the papers, and was very sorry to
hear it, but immediately changed the subject.
The subject of the death of his two sons was
spoken of, and Mrs. Brown remarked that she
had made some effort whilst at Harper’s Ferry
for the recovery of their bodies, to which object
she said Col. Barbour had kindly consented to
give his assistance. Captain Brown suggested
that it would be best 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 less expensive to thus gath
er up all their ashes together and take them to
their final resting place. Sheriff Campbell told
him that this would not be permitted within the
State, and Mrs. Brown objected to the proposi
tion altogether.
The prisoner said that he contemplated his
death with composure and calmness. He said
he desired no religious ceremonies either in the
jail or on the scaffold, from ministers who con
sent or approve of the enslavement of tlieir fel
low creatures.
During the past week several letters contain
ing checks and drafts had been forwarded to
him by his friends in different sections of the
country. These lie all endorsed, and ordered
payable to his wife, Mary A. Brown, one of
them for SIOO, and another for SSO, and handed
them to her.
At tho close they shook hands, but did not
embrace, and as they parted he said, “ God bless
you and the children.” Mrs. Brown replied,
“ God have mercy on you,” and continued calm
until she left the room, when she gave way to
tears a few moments and then prepared to de
part. The interview took place in the parlor of
Capt. Avis, and the prisoner was free from man
acles of any kind.
Sympathetic Demonstations. —Our exchang
es from the Northward contain accounts of public
m etings, prayer-meetings, bell-ringings, Ac.,
in the various cities through the North, in sym
pathy for John Brown.
In New York, the church of the Rev. Mr.
Cheever was opened in tho morning, for a John
Brown meeting, and the reverend pastor indulg
ed in some moderate blasphemy. The same
building was again open for the same purpose
at night, when several members expressed an
earnest desire that their end might be like John
Brown’s; a wish which will very likely be grati
fied sooner or later. A prayer which was com
menced, was interrupted three times, by mem
bers who rose to give their opinion of Virginia
and her barbarism. The two meetings raised
an aggregate of SIOO for the family of Brown.
In Albany, New York, 100 guns were fired
between 12 and 1 o’clock, in honor of Brown’s
memory. The cannon and cartridges came from
the State arsenal, and the firing was done by
the keeper of the arsenal and other State offi
cers. Tho negroes in that city observed the
day as one of fasting and howling. Some white
fanatics posted placards through the streets,
bearing the inscription, “Give us liberty or give
us death—the execution of John Brown.” In
some of the villages on the Mohawk river the
bells were tolled.
Syracuse, N. Y.. Dec. 2.—The City Hall was
packed with citizens this evening, who listened
for over three hours to speeches expressing sym
pathy for John Brown and his family. Strong
resolutions were adopted, and a committee on
funds appointed. A large amount of money
was contributed for the relief of Brown’s family.
The City Hall bell was tolled sixty-three times,
the strokes corresponding with Brown's age.
The sympathy for Brown and his family is very
great here.
Boston, December 2.—Tremont Temple was
crowded this evening to commemorate the death
of John Brown. All the colorod population of
Boston and its vicinity were present, together
with many ladies, a large number of whom at
tended out of mere curiosity. On the platform
were seated many of the prominent Abolition
ists of New England, and erected upon which
was the standard of Virginia with its coat of
arms draped in black. In front, the rostrum
was decorated with a large black cross, under
neath which was a photograph likeness of John
Brown, which was draped in mourning. Mr.
Sewell made the opening speech, stating the ob
ject of the meeting was one of sympathy, and to
commemorate the death of John Brown. Speeches
were made eulogistic of Brown and his cause by
Samuel E. Sewell, William Lloyd Garrison, John
Martin, (a negro,) Rev. John Pierpont, J. L. A.
Griffin, Rev. If. M. Dexter.
Worcester, Dec 2.—The church bells were
tolled here to-day tor the execution of John
Brown, from 10 to 12 o’clock. This evening a
great meeting was held in Mechanics’ Hall,
which was addressed by prominent gentlemen
of the city, clergymen and others. Ft was the
largest meeting that has been held in a long
time. Three thousand persons were in the Hall,
and a great many came who could not get in.
At the close, a collection was taken up for
Brown’s family, which was very successful.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 2.—A meeting was
held here to-night in commemoration of the exe
cution of John Brown. Over 6,000 people were
present Able addresses were made by D. R.
Tilden, R. P. Spaulding, C. H. Langton, A. G.
Riddle, and Revs. Messrs. J. C. White, W. H.
Brewster, Crooks and J. n. W. Toohey. Strong
resolutions were adopted, and the addresses
.were able. The hall was dressed in mourning.
Extraordinary Developments Revolutionary
Designs. —The New York Herald announces
that ever since the 9th day of March last, a book
called “Compendium for the Impending Crisis
of the South,” has been Becretly circulated in
large numbers in the Northern States, endorsed
by a private circular, to which are appended
the names of the Governor of the State of New
York, of an ex-Judge of the New York Supreme
Court, of the Chairman of the New York Re
publican State Committee, of a large number of
tho most wealthy and respectable citizens of
New York, and of sixty-eiuht membebs of con
gress. Appended to the infamous Helper cir
cular, which was intended to abolitionize the
North and excite insurrection in the Southern
States, the New York Herald gives a list of per
sons who have contributed money to aid in the
general and gratuitous circulation of the pam
phlet. Among those who have contributed SIOO
each to this object are John Nesmith, manufac
turer, Lowell, Mass.; Marcus Spring, of the firm
of Bailey, Southards A Co., New York; and
Edward Harris, manufacturer of cassimeres, of
Woonsocket, R. 1., all of whom are said to be
engaged, more or less, in the Southern trade.
We advise the merchants of the South to exam
ine this list, and see whether they are not buy
ing goods of some of these very men.
The Herald says that in this book the mask of
modi ration is completely thrown aside, the Re
publican party is declared to be completely abo
htionized, and the intention to hurry on a re
morseless and bloody revolution is openly pro
claimed. “Slavery must be throttled. * * *
No man can be a true patriot without becoming
an abolitionist. * * * Every victim of the
vile institution, whether white or black, must
be reinvested with the sacred rights. * * *
We believe the Northern people have been too
scrupulous. * * * They have approached
but half way to the line of their duty." The
non-slaveholders of the South are thus exhorted :
“ Do not reserve the strength of your arms un
til you shall have been rendered powerless to
strikeand the slaveholders are told, “ it is for
you to decide whether we are to have justice
peacably or by violence; for, whatever conse
quences may follow, we are determined to have
it, one way or another.”
Movement at the South I —Keep it up t
Arrest and Eject Suspicious Persons! —A meet
ing of the citizens of Columbus was held on
Saturday, 3d inst., to hear the report of a com
mittee appointed to investigate certain charges
against three suspicious characters from the
North. The committee were satisfied that they
were engaged in a suspicious business, and re
commended that they be placed in the custody
of the City Marshal, and that he be required to
see that they leave the city for the North at the
earliest opportunity. The report was adopted,
and resolutions passed discount manang ped
lers, drummers, Ac, who have frequent oppor
tunities of tampering with slaves, ai.d warnirg
all such persons to discontinue their business in
this latitude, and to put themselves beyond the
limits of the Southern States. It was also re
solved that a Viliganee Committee of twenty
four members be appointed by the Chairman, at
his leisure, half of whom have power to act.
Tar and Cotton. —A case of applying these
two commodities to the epidermis of an individ
ual was practiced in this city, Thursday niglH,
under the following circumstances: So wall H.
Fisk, a dealer in bools and shoes, on Market
square, of several years’ standing, lias been the
object of suspicion for some time, in consequence
of his knowu abolition proclivities, which he has
taken, as we are informed, 6ome trouble to make
known to our slave population. His latest acts
are enticing negroes into his cellar at night, and
reading them all sorts of .abolition documents,
and last Sunday night was devoted especially to
the history of the trial of John Brown, and a
general exhortation upon the institution of
slavery, and the advantages of freedom. These
facts, as we hear, were sworn to before a jus
tice of the peace by his nephew and his clerk;
and coming to tho ears of some parties who
have constituted themselves a quasi-vigilant
committee, Mr. Fisk’s store, over or in which
he sleeps, was visited, and he was called out
and gagged before he could make either noise or
resistance. He was then placed iu a carriage
and driven a short distance from the city, and
the application, as above, made to his nude per
son. He wag then left to find his way back as
best he could. His first appearance in the limits
was near the hospital, where he came in sight of
a watchman, who was so alarmed at the sight
that he gave a spasmodic jerk at his rattle, and
took to his heels, not willing to face so dreadful
an apparition. A reinforcement, however, was
brave enough to approach him, when he was
conducted home, tho most pitiable object it is
possible to imagine. Not a spot of his skin was
visible, and his hair was trimmed close to his
head.— [Savannah Republican, 3d.
With such evidence against him, why did not
the young men of Savannah imprison, prosecute,
and send Fisk to the penitentiary? He should
not have been let off so easily.— Ed.
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