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DECEMBER 23. THE EXECUTION AT CIIARLESTOWN. Ch ARLESTOWK', Dec. 16 Shield Green and John Copeland have just paid tSo forfeit of their lives. The crowd in the town ia -feat, and the execution was witnessed hr six-hundred people.

At nine o'clock, the Held was by the troop, and at seven minutes to eleven iJck the procession made its appearance. It arrived at the scaffold at five minutes past eleven. The priso nen were wrro aiso me herifVand jitr. They mounted thescaff.ld with a 'firm ep. The prisoners had tho caps placed over their heads bv the sheriff, and after appropriate prayer bv H' Mr.

North, of the Presbyterian Church, they (te ian" the rops was cut. Green was heard to offer fcrrcnt prayer, but Copeland was not heard to Green's neck was broken, and he died without Copeland 'writhed in violent contortions tnr several minutes. I hey tell at eleven minutes past Three ministers stood upon the scaffold Vau2h, North and Leech to whom the tri lia le farewell, and said they hoped to meet them in heaven. The bodies will bo placed in the jail for interment to-morrow. FURTIIER DETAILS.

Ch.vrlestow.v, Dec. 16. We have had an exciting time during the past lnty-four hours which have just closed with the txWUtton 0 lour prisoners, in omi-rw a correct un-tandinz of what has transpired, I give you a suc- Ctnct Sanative wi me "tun mte yeotcruay inuming, ARRIVAL OF STRANGER, ETC. Throughout the day yesterday, there was a great influx of strangers and citizens of the country, who were flcliinR lrt witness the last act of the Harper's Perry tragedy, Ine latter came tnus early, tearing thst thev might be detained at the outposts, as was he ease on the day of the execution of John Brown The clouds which early, in the morning darkened the boriion were soon iusersea. ana me sun came out in brilliancy for a December morning.

As the hour advanced, groups were een on all the streets and corners discussing tne au-aosorDing topic ot the approaching execution. In the afternoon, trains of cars frotn Winchester and Harper's Ferry brought large numbers of persons, including a delegation ot news-paer reporters from the Xorthern cities. The vigilance at the depot on the arrival of tho trains was not ao stringent as on the occasion of the execution of Brown, and but little difficulty was experienced in getting into the town, although the difficulty was not so light in obtaining accommodations. OR VXD DRESS PARADE. Shortly after the arrival of the train in the afternoon, a grand dress parade of all the companies in attendance took place.

The spot selected for the parade was the immense field in which Brown was executed, and ou which the gallows for the execution of the remaining prisoners was being erected. The compauies were drillel in four battalions. The whole were un-der command of Col. Weiserger of the Petersburg regiment, Lieut. Israel Green of the United States Marines acting as adjutant.

The troops went througli their evolutions with great skill, and were reviewed by Gen. Taliaferro, who was 01 the ground in full dress, mounted on a spirited charger. Everything conspired to make the display a grand one. The bright bayonets and gay uniforms of the soldiers combined to perfect the picture. A very large crowd was in attendance, amongst whom was a large number of ladies, who occupied their handsome equipages to the east ot cue line, xsuring me ume 01 paruae, a nana some company of horse entered the town.

Tney came from Middlebury, Loudon county, and were under rnmmnnrl nf Plant. Cnrtpr. THR PRISONERS YESTERDAT. The prisoners were visited yesterday afternoon by theKev. Mr.

Wassau, Rev. Mr. Dutton, and Rev. Mr. North, of the Presbyterian Church, and Kev.

Beverly Waugh, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The services in the cell were of an interesting and solemn character, and were participated in by all the a i c. .1 sequcnt that Cook and Coppie at least were playing possum, as their minds must have been fixed en hopes of life and liberty rather than on death and eternity at the time they were making outward protestations of resignation. They all gave unqualified 'assent to the convictions of religious truth, and each expressed a hope of salvation in the world to come. Cook and Coppie were loudest in professions of change of heart, and in the hope of Divine forgiveness.

They freelr admitted their acknowledged their ooorn a just one, and that in the main they have been treated with the utmost kindness by all, though they thought some of the witnesses were rather harsh in their testimony. The ministers imagined they discovered a decidedly favorable change in the condition of i- TT vuuk iiiuiu, fwitu ins interview wiiu jus nisicis. up to that time his calmness and bravery was regarded as proceeding from a lack of feeling, and on leaving him yesterday, in the afternoon, they reported that he had been led to seek forgiveness for his sins as the only hope of salvation, and that Coppie was also equally in earnest in his protestations of religious convictions nnd hopes of forgiveness, all of which was undoubtedly intended to hoodwink their project of escape. Cook has been visited throughout his imprisonment by the Rev. N.

Green North at the request of the prisoner, as also of Governors Wise and Villard. Rev. Mr. North was present at an interview between Coppie and Mr. Butler, a Quaker gentleman from Ohio, who raised the prisoner.

lie describes the interview as an affecting one, and speaks highly of Mr. Butler's Christian deportment and advice to the prisoner. Mr. Butler says that Coppie was a trusty but very wilful boy. An uncle of Coppie, of the same name, from Ohio, (his father's brother, visited him also yesterday, the interview lasting over an hour, lie seemed in much distress at the sad fate which awaited his relative.

This was the condition of the town, prisoners and military up to 7 o'clock last evening. All apprehen sions of an intended rescue had long since leen banished, and nothing was thought of but the approaching execution, whilst the overflowing throng of strangers were hunting quarters for the night. The bar-looms were all crowded with people discussing the resignation of the prisoners to their fate, and so firmly had this conviction settled in the puhlic mind that military duty was regarded ns a bore, and the finale of the tragedy regarded as almost approached. The supK-r table of the Carter House was crowded for the filth or sixth time, and all was moving on calmly and quietly up to 8 'o'clock, when an alarm was fiven, and the hole town thrown into commotion by an attempt of Cook and Coppie to escape. THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

At a quarter past 8 o'clock last evening, the whole town was thrown into commotion by the report of a tifla 11 -c rll --wl Kr me vau Ul ,110 jail, other shots from the vicinity of the guard house, in 'kwe proximity to the jail. The military were called to arms, nd the excitement was intense beyond any- thing that has yet occurred during our ever-memorable era of military occupation. In a few minutes the street and avenues of the town were in possession of "nea men, and it was with some difficulty that tne ae of all the turmoil could be ascertained. Humors every description were afloat, and it was at one time thought that the prisoners had overpowered their usrds and made their escape, and then that an attack had been made cn the jail by parties attempting to rescue the orisoners. It was danserous for a citizen to go out to ascertain the true cause of the excitement.

and rumors of a most extensive character floated in to contradicted by momentary new arrivals of citizens ltn ln from the streets. The sentinel stationed near the jail reported that at quarter past 8 o'clock, he observed a man on the Mil 1 wu. ne mm, anu, receiving er, fired at him. Another head was also seen above the wall, but he retreated as soon as the first one had been fired at. The man on the top of the wall seemed at first determined to jump down, but the sentinel hi intention of impaling him on his bayonet, he then retreated into the jail yard with IJoppie.

ad both ea iKrmkPlrn tin without further resist- n. Cook afterwards remarked that if ho could got over and throttled the guard, he would have toade his escape. The Shenandoah mountains are hia ten minutes run of the jail wall, and had he Cached them, with his thorough knowledge of the )oaiittri kun Hlflirult. esoe- wly as but few of the military could have followed wot during the night. They had succeeded, after two weeks' labor, whenever alone and at n'ght, when bed clothing mu filed the sound of the saw, which tby had made out of an old Barlow knife in cut-Utlt through their iron shackles, so that they could -nj on at any moment mry muutu ot--r work completed.

had also made a sort of a chisel out of an old -Krew, with which they succeeded, as opportunit ould offer, in removing thw plaster from the wall, and then Krw.V Krl. until a mice sufficient for vovjt a 11 ivh) them to pass through was opened all to the removal of outer brick. The part of the wail on wnicn tney "Plated was in the rear of the bed on which they and the bed being pushed against the wall, com-fktely hid their work from Tie. The bricks they out were concealed in the drum of a stove, and "'dirt and plaster removed in the course of their ork was rlaced between the bed clothing. They ac- ole week tv mci iinu uwm nakinst the nnortur in the wall.

Their cell being on the firt floor, the anerture was not more than five above the pavement of the yard, 1 yard, and when frtood or their shackle, their access to the yard was quite easy. Here, however, there was a smooth brick wall about fifteen feet high to scale. This difficulty was, however, soon overcome with the aid of the timbers scnnoid on wnicn tJapt. Brown was hung, and which wi re intended also for their own execution. 1 ney placed these against the wall, and soon succeeded in reaching the top.

from which thev could easily have dropped to the other side, had not" the vigilance me sentinel on duly so quickly checked their movements. .1 hey were arrested in the jail yard by Gen. Taliafetro and the officer of the dar, who rushed to the jail the moment the alarm was g'iven. Taliaferro immediately telegraphed to Gov. se, informing him of the frustrated attempt of the prisoners.

His answer directed ik. should immediately take possession of the interior of me jqu, ana guard the prisoners until they were executed. Sheriff Campbell and Captain Avis are, of course, much chagrined at this narrow escape of. the prisoners, especially as they had resisted all interference of the military with the interior discipline of the jail. The prisoners were shrewd and cunning fellows, and were undoubtedly without any accomplices in their undertaking.

Their friends, who were still here, were also fearful that they might be suspected of having knowledge of their attempt. The general impression is that if they had waited till midnight or later, they, might have, reached the mountains. But it is presumed they were fearful cf being watched during the nisht, or desired to have as much as possible of the darkness to gain a good distance before daylight would allow a general pursuit. PREPARATIONS POK THE EXECUTION'. At daybreak this morning, the reveille was sounded from the various barracks, announcing the dawn of the day of execution, and soon the whole community was astir.

The anxiety to learn a true version of the events of last night, caused the streets to be thronged with people at an early hour. The military, most of whom had been on duty all night or sleeping on their arms, looked less fit for the active duties of the day man was anticipated at the time of parade yesterday. The weather was bright and beautiful, and much milder than for several preceding days. At nine o'clock the entire military force in attendance was formed on Main street, and the officers reported ready for duty at headquarters. Those companies detailed for field -uty around the gallows immediately took up the line of march, and at half-past nine o'clock were in the positions assigned them in the field.

Those companies detailed for escort duty took up their positions in front of the jail, awaiting orders. The prisoners Ccok and Coppie were visited by the Itev. Messrs. North, Waugh, and Leech. Previous to their departure for the scaffold, the prisoners were engaged in the entrance washing their feet and putting on their under-clothing.

Capt. Avis said that if they had anything to say, they could say it then, in the presence of fifteen 01 twenty persons. Cook replied that he was grateful indeed for the kindness shown him by Sheriff Campbell, the jailor and the guards. To the Hev. Messrs.

Waugh. North, Littell, Leech, and the other ministers, who had manifested such interest in his welfare, and Messrs. Joseph F. Blessing and John J. Locke, as well as the citizens generally for their kindness to him, he was very grateful.

At this point, Coppie looked up and said, 'Them's my sentiments too, gentlemen. Cook then gave directions in regard to one or two arti cles one, a bcoast-iin, he did not want taken off then, nor at the scarf.ld. He wished it given to his 1 I A 203 tn (nrt.nne onerin 01 our county, our j.iuur, bosom, on the left side, was a daguerreotype and lock of his son hair, -which he wished given to his wife. iiotn requested that their arms should not be pinion ed tight enough to stop the circulation of the blood, which was complied with. A blue cloth talma was thrown over Coppie, and a dark one over Cook.

Dur ing these proceedings, Coppie was struggling to keep don his emotion, and Cook, was striving to be calm. The Quaker gentleman then remarked that It was hard to to which Coppie responded, It is the parting from friends, not the dread of death, that moves us. On the way down stairs, they were al lowed to advance to the cell of Stevens and Ilazlitt, and bid them farewell. They shook hands cordially, and CKik said to Stevens, My friend, good-bye." Stevens rrplied. Good-bye, cheer up; give my love to my friends in the other Oppie also made a remark to Stevens, which was unheard by the crowd, but S.

replied, Xever mind. Both then shook hands with Ilazlitt, and bnde him Good-bye, but did not call him by name. On energingfrom the jail. Cook recognized several gentlemen, and bowed politely. After the cap had been placed on' their heads, Coppie turned towards Cook, and stretched forth his hand as far as possible.

At the same time. Cook said, 'Stop a minute; where is Edwin's hand? They then 6hook. hands cordially, and Cook said, 4 God bless you The calm and collected manner of both was very marked. EXECUTION OF COPELAND AND GREEN. At half-past ten o'clock, General Taliaferro, with his staff, numbering about twenty-five officers, having given orders to prepare the two negro prisoners.

Shields Green and John Copeland, for execution, took their departure to join the main bod of the troops on the field. The military then formed a hollow square around the jail, and an open wagon containing the coffins of the prisoners drew up in front, with a carriage to convey Sheriff Campbell and his Deputies. The crowd of citizens and strangers wns very great at least live times as numerous ns on the occasion of Brown's execution most of whom were already on the field, whilst others waited to sea the prisoners come out. The religious ceremonies in the cell oT the prisoners were very impressive, and were conducted by llev. Mr.

North, of the Presbyterian, and Itev. Henry Waugh, of the M. E. Church. At a quarter before eleven o'clock the prisoners, accompanied by the Sheriff and Itev.

Mr. North, appeared at the jail door, and with their arms pinioned moved slowly forward towards the vehicle in waiting for them. They seemed downcast, and wore none of that calm and cheerful spirit evinced by Brown under similar circumstances. They were helped into the wagon, and took their seuts on their coUiiis, without scarcely looking to the right or left. The escort now commenced to move, and the wagon was closely flanked on either side by a company of riflemen marching in double tile, lock step.

At seven minutes before 11 o'clock, the procession entered the field accompanied by the military, and the prisoners cast a shuddering glance towards the gallows, erected on the rising ground in its centre. In two minutes more, the wagon stopped at the foot of the gallows, and whilst the prisoners were alighting, the companies forming the escort moved off to the position assigned them on the The prisoners mounted the scaffold with a firm step, and were immediately joined by Sheriff Campbell. After a brief prayer by the clergyman, the caps were drawn over their heads, aud the ropes affixed around their necks. During the few moments they thus stood, Copeland remamed quiet, out ureen was engageu in 1 prayer up to the time the trap was drawn, when they I u'Mre both launched into eternity. Green died very easy, his neck being broken by the falL The motion of his body was very slight.

Copeland seemed to suffer very much, and his body writhed in violent contortions for several minutes. They were arrnmnanied on the callows by Keverends Waugh, North and Lehr, to whom they bid an affectionate farewell and expressed the hope of meeting them in heaven. The bodies were placed in poplar coffins, and carried back to jail. They will be mterred to- 1 .1 11 1 K. 0 there is a party of medical students nere irom iu- 1T1IW AM v.wi..wj iirtt allow them to remain 1 there long.

EXECUTION OF COOK AND COPPIE. The bodies of the two negro prisoners having been brought back to the jail, at about a quarter to twelve o'clock, notice was given to Cook and Coppie that their time was approaching. only one hour more hiti allowed them. The military movements snni- lar to thow? at the first execution were repeated and the wagon, with two more coffins, was standing at the door at half-past twelve o'clock. The same military escort was in readiness, whilst the closing religious ceremonies were uroiM esin'' in the cell.

Since tne failure of their escape last night, their assumed composure and apparent resignation had given away, and they now looked at their fate with the full conviction of its awful certainty. They were reserved and rather quiet, but fervently joined in the religious ceremonies, conducted by Messrs. North, Lehr and Waugh. When called upon by the Sheriff, they stood calm and quietly while their arms were being pinioned, and after bidding farewell to the guards at the jail, were belied into the wagon, and took seals on their coffins. Tneir appearance was rather of hopeless despair than of resi'Miation, and they seemed to take but liule notice of anything as the procession moved slowly on to the field of death.

The wagon reached the scaffold at thirteen minuie before one o'clock, and thepriaon-ers ascended the scaffold with a determined firmness that was scarcely surpassed by Captain Brown. A brief prayer was offered up by one of the clergymen, the rope was adjusted, the cap drawn, and botn were launched into eternity, in "even minutes jafw they ascended the gallows. They both exhibited the mt unflinching firmness, saying nothing with the cep-tion of bidding farewell to the minuter, and Sheriff After the rope was adjusted. Cook exclaimed, Be quick, as quick as which tu also repeated by Coppie. After hanging for about half an hour.

both bodies were taken down and placed in black wal nut coffins, prepared for them. That of Cook was placed in a nonlar box. labelled and directed as fol lows: Ashnel P. Willard and IUlert Crowley, 104 William street. New York, care of Adams Express.

Coppie' body was placed in a similar box. to be for warded to bis mother, in Iowa. VsT A letter at Charlestown, thus describes the parting between Cook and his sisters When Avis, the jailor, opened the door, Mrs. Crowley rushed into the cell, screaming Brother: oh, brother I never thought or expected tn nee you thus, throwing herself in his arms and sobbing hysterically for many minutes. Capt.

Avis says he could not stand it, and had to leave the cell. It was the duty of Sheriff Camp bell to remain and be a witness to the distressing interview, and it required ail the fortitude of which he is possessed to keen from shedding tears. When the time for parting came they remained with Cook about three hours Capt. Avis came to the door to let them out. He informs me that the scene was now realy and truly heart-rending such a picture of woe ana extreme sorrow he has never seen.

On approaching the scaffold. Cook shook hands with a large number of persons and bowed politely to Mayor Green. Various surmises were indulged in to-day in regard to the attempted escape of Cook and Coppie. It was said that Cook refused to tell how he came by the knife, and also that he had the countersign whereby he would have been enabled to pass the sentinels. This, however, needs confirmation, aud is hardly reliable.

Much indignation was expressed by some ot the headstrong in reference to the officials of the jail, but a large majority of our citizens express confidence in them, and spurn the idea that they were bribed by the friends of Cook. The hole made in the wall was a large one, and the room was on the second story. Cook, after his capture, said to a gentleman that they had done the -best they could that life was as sweet to them as to any one else, and that they had planned it for ten days. They had set down Tuesday night for the attempt, but it was deferred on account of not wishing to compromise Governor Willard, who was in tow that night. The prisoners conversed on a variety of subjects this morning.

Cook said to a gentleman who addressed him, that he fully believed slavery to be a sin, and that it would be abolished in Virginia in less than ten years, and that by the people of Virginia. He was prepared to cie in such a cause, and thought he had done nothing to regret, so far as piin-ciple was concerned. Coppie said that he feared the affair was not ended yet that they had friends in the North who would not rest satisfied, he feared, till they had been avenged. lie hoped, however, that the affair would end here forever. LETTER OF EXCULPATION.

The following letter, ays a correspondent of the Baltimore American, was handed to me this evening, It is written in a beautiful style of enmanship, and is a curiositv, coming from a man who was in a few hours to suffer death Charlestowx, Dec. 16, 1859. Having been called upon to make a fair statement in regard to the ways and means of our breaking jail, I have agreed to do so from a sense of duty to 01 rf "I 1 1. Furd- We not wish that tan one fhould be un" The principal implements with which we opened a passage through the wall of the jail were a barlow knife and a screw which we took out of the bedstead. The knife was borrowed from one of the jail guards to cut a lemon with.

We did not return it to him. He had no idea of any intention on our part to break out, neither did the Sheriff, jailor, or any of the guard, have any knowleJge of oar plans. We received no aid from any person or persona whatever. We had, as we supposed, removed all the brick except the last tier, several days ago, but on the evening previous to our breaking out, we found our mistake in regard to that matter. We had intende I to go cut on the evening that my sister and brother-in-law were here, but I knew that it would reflect on them, and we postponed it but I urged Coppie to go, and 1 would remain, but he refused.

We then concluded to wait. I got a knife blade from Shields Green, and with that made some teeth in the barlow knife, with which we rawed off oar shackle. had them all off the night previous to our getting out. Coppie went out first, and I followed. We then got up on the wall, when I was discovered and shot at.

The guard outside the wall immediately came up to the wall. We saw there was no chance to escape, and as it was discovered that we had broken jail, we walked in deliberately and gave ourselves up to the Sheriff, Capt. Avis, and the jail guard. There was no person or persons who aided us in our escape. Thu is true, so help me God.

Signed) JOHN E. COOK. EDWIN COPP1U. There will be about four hundred troops kept here for several weeks. AGES OF THE PUISONER3.

John E. Cook was 29 rears of age, having been born in Uaddam, in the year 1S30. He was about 5 feet 7 inches high, with light hair and lair complexion. Edwin Coppie was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and was 24 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, brown hair and dark complexion. He had a stupid look, but was undoubtedly of good intellect, and rather intelligent.

Shields Green was quite a black negro, and but 22 years of age. He was born in Rochester. N. Y. He had rather a good countenance, and a sharp, intelligent l.iok.

John Copeland was a bright mulatto, with bushy head and rather straight hair. He was 24 years of age, and looked younger than Green. Stevens and Ilazlitt will not be tried until the May term of the court. It is understood there will be a civic guard kept under arms, but that the military force now here will be immediately dispersed. The military are in fine spirits this evening at the prospect of an early return to their homes, and our citizens are rejoicing that civic authority will in future be the ruling power of our usually quiet town.

Request tq.Gov. Wise to get the Bodies or thb Colored Men to be Executed To-Dat. The following letter has been eiit to Gov. Wise by a committee representing the wishes of a meeting of colored persons recently held in Philadelphia Philadelphia. Dee.

3, 1859. To TTis Excellency, Gov. Wise of Viryimia; Dear Sir Having learned with great satisfaction of your generous and humane conduct, in granting the bodies of the unfortunate, misiruided men who fell at Har- v7. for burial, has created within us the nattering hope. and the belief that the noble dignity of character and the magnanimity of soul that you have always so cleverly manifested, would secure to us from you a similar favor.

We, therefore, humbly ask. that you will grant to the event of their being hung, the bodies of Shields Green and John Copeland, to be transmitted to us for a respect-able interment. need not. Sir, argue to you, with your keen sense of the svmpathy of the human heart, and of the nnra unHrinu lnvp inhprpr.t md ilnne to oar 1 7 Aff Vn nvthin y- in extenuation of our presumption in making this re quest. We plead further, dear intervention of your executive influence in behalf of these poor, miserably misguided men.

Whatever may have been the impulses that moved them to this desperate act of self-destruction, it must be remembered that they aie one, in identity of interest, complexion, and of national procriptiont with the men whose liberty they sought lo secure. sir, when you remember that for two of the counts charged against them in the indictment of the Grand Jury, it is impossible, after a critical examination of law, to convict them, solely on the ground of their having no part nor lot in the common blessings of this confederacy, save by sufferance, not by right. When you remember, sir, that these men were driven to desperation by prescriptive laws, which your own manhood would never tolerate or submit to, if applied to your own race, and that even your own acts speeches and example have taught them these sacred lessons -love liberty, hale slavery. When you remember, sir, that all these things may have operated upon their minds aa an incentive, driving them into tne ranks of Capt. Brown, do they not present strong arguments in the extenuation of their guilt, and may they not justly claim the interposition of Executive clemency in their behalf? We have heard that you, at one time, thought it reasonable to commute the sentence of one of the culprits (Coppie) Whatever may have led you to such a conclusion, or caused your radical and decisive change of determination on this subject, we indulge the hope that Heaven and a clear consciousness of right may dictate to you more poteut claims than we are able to offer, in favor of the commutation of the sentence of these poor men.

But, fir, we request again, that in the event of their being kartjad, and paying the forfeiture of their iivea for Virginia's violated law) that you grant to as, their friends and the privilege of paying the last sad tribute of respect to the memory cf men who have recklessly torn themselves from home and friend, to die friendless, and the reproach even of an enlightened Christian community. Hcmbly and hopefully awaiting your reply, we subscribe ourselves, severally, your obedient, humble servants, A.M.GREEN, J. P. CAMPBELL, JEREMIAH ASILER. Hon.

H. A. Wise, Richmond, Va. Miss Fouxk ox thxShootixo or Tbompwx. The St.

Louis Republican has received and published the following letter from Miss Fouke, of Harper a Ferry, a lady whose name has been widely published in connection with the killing of the insurgent Thompson Harper's Ferrt, Not. 27, 1859. Mr. Editor I anticipate your surprise when yeur eye shall rest on the signature attached to this sheet but that surprise will vanish when you learn the why and wherefore I have taken the liberty nf writing yoa' a few lines. I have learned from the Daily Missouri Republican, that you were under the impression thai I saved the life of Thompson, the insurgent, when he was taken captive.

He was brought into the public parlor of the hotel, sometime before I knew he and Stephens had been captured. When I first saw Thompson, he was seated in an arm-chair, with his hands tied behind his back, guarded by some of the citizens. Very soon after, Mr. Beckham, one of our most esteemed citizens, was shot down unarmed as he was. I went into the parlor, and heard one of the guard ask Thompson if he were a married man his answer was that he had been married six months only.

I walked up to where the prisoner sat, and said to him: 'Mr. Thompson, you had much better have staid at home, and taken care of your wife, and pursued some honest calling, instead of coming here to murder our citizens and steal our property that their first as to kill a free colored man, because he would not join them in their wicked schemes." He said I spoke truly but they had been basely deceived. Whilst I was talking to Thompson, several of the friends of Mr. Beckham, who were justly enraged at his cold-blooded murder, came in, with the avowed determination to kill Tnorapson on the spot. As they appeared with leveled rifles.

I stood before T. and protected him, for three powerful reasons first, my sister-in-law was lying in the adjoining room very ill, under the influence of a nervous chill, from sheer fright, and if they had carried out their design, it would have proved fatal to her without doubt. In the second plai-e, I considered it a great outrage to kill the man in the house, however much he deserved to die. Thirdlr, lam emphatically a law and order woman, and wanted the self-condemned man to live, that he might be disposed of by the law. I simply shielded the terribly frightened man, without touching him, until Col.

Moor (I think it was) came in and assured me, on his honor, that he should not be ahot in the house. That was all I desired. The result everybody knows. Kespectfullv yours, C. C.

Fouxb. A IIEI10INE UNCROWNING HERSELF. The cowardly barbarism of Virginia character, as developed by the Harper's Ferry tragedy, was for a moment relieved by what appeared to be a deed of generous heroism on the part of a woman. All honorable men, and all kind and generous-hearted women, have felt a thrill of admiration on reading the account of the effort of Miss Jtouketo save OUnT7 Thompson from the fury of his brutal murderers. It was a small oasis in the frightful desert of Virginia ferocity.

But it was a deceptive and unreal oasis, and Miss Fouke hastened to dissipate the illusion. and to place herself along side of the common htrd of irgima savages, ahe writes a letter to the lrgin-ia Republican, to say that her greatest reason for shielding Thompson was, not that the wanted to save his life, but that she wanted to save the nerves of her frightened sister, by preventing the shooting of Thompson the house; and that when she was assured that he would not bo killed in the house, this was all ahe and she gave him up to the mob. Well, let Miss Fouke go. She enjoyed a momentary reputation for womanly pity and womanly heroism, which she neither deserved not appreciated, and she has now sunk back to her place on the dead level of Virginia cruelty. She makes the whole scene at Harper's Ferry complete again in the glooray symmetry of its barbarity, without a single instance of magnanimity or generosity to relieve its savsgenoss.

By writing such a letter. Miss Fouke has cost from her a bright crown of womanly glory, and has blotched over that page in history, which would have been illustrated by what appeared to be a deed of heroic pity on her part, honorable to her sex, and to the heart of womanhood. Let her go. Frederick Douglass's Paper. THE DISTURBANCES AT THE JOUX BROWN MEETING IN NEW YORK.

A persistent and determined effort seems to have been made to break up the meeting held at the Cooper Institute, New York, on Thursday evenhg, fur the purpose of aiding to the fund in aid of John Brown's family. The firmness and address of the police only prevented the meeting breaking up in a row. The difficulty appears to have been commenced when Rev. Dr. Cheever, who was the first speaker, began his address, and it continued to the end of hit speech.

The Tribune describes the scene as follows Dr. Cheever had hardly begun his discourse before it became apparent that there would be an tttempt made to break up the meeting. Hisses were given in different parts of the house, but they were aiostly drowned with applause. This was repeated several times, when the police, having discovered wh- the disturbers were, began at once to arrest and remove the noisy persons. Several were thus ejected tmid great confusion, interrupting the remarks of Dr.

Cheever for some minutes. Among the disturbers wers Paddy Byrnes, a Custom House occupant, nd several members of Fernando WoikI's old polue. Seated among them was Charles H. Haswell, for mar.y years Engineer-in-Chief of the U. S.

Navy, and Ex. President of the Board of Councilmen, who asserted that the men had a right to remain, they having paid their money. It is said, too, that Supervisor Bell was also present among them, lending the countenance of his presence at least to rioters. But General Superintendent Pillsbury and Deputy Superintendent Carpenter appealed, and the promptness of their acts the monocrats were one after another excluded. Police Commissioner Bailey went among one portion of the rowdies, and directed the acts of the officers there.

Paddy Byrnes was, with difficulty, put out, and others followed in quick succession. Among others was a well dressed, middle-aged man, who came round directly in fiont of the platform, and, shaking a cane in Dr. Cheever's face, vociferated, Stop that, sir stop that. This he uttered several times, and was then seized by the officers and put out. At last the whole of the gang gravitated to the northwest corner of the room, and for several minutes they indulged in unlimited yells.

Groans for John Brown, cheers for Gov. Wise, cheers for the slave States, See. Haswell was still among them, and encouraging them on were from fifteen to twenty well-dressed men. But the rowdies, including "those, did not number fifty, all told. Owing to the arrangements of the seats, however, it was found difficult for the police to ge at the crowd and remove the rowdies, and the confusion continued.

Superintendent Pillsbury went into the crowd. He called upon the rowdies to desist, but several ambitious orators attempted to speak, one or two of whtfm quickly deserted their extemporized rostrums and were put out. Still the rowdies had the upper hand, and Deputy Carpenter appeared upon the platform, and said that if the audience would not keep quiet, they haa a sufficient force to preserve This announcement was received with applause and cheers, but hardly had this subsided before the crowd were seen surging down the aisle, and were in che contiguity to the ladies, yelling, howling end screaming like a pack of devils. The ladies, in terror, ran from the place to other parts of the room, and on the platform, though but few left the room, resolutely remaining to exhibit by their presence their sense of the outrage Matters had proceeded thus far, when a detachment from the Fifteenth Precinct, under Capt- Dilke, which had been sent for, arrived, and took their places in the aisles. There were now seventy-five policemen in the room, and their presence kept the turbalant in sufficient check for the rest of the evening to enable the programme to be carried Wendell Phillips followed Dr.

Cheever. His remarks were interrupted by all sorts of noises, impertinent and insulting questions, and biases and groans, but he managed to conclude his address without serious difficulty. Helper's Im pending Crisis. A Washington letter-writer says: lt is reported here on good authority, that James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald, bought the copyright of the Helper book before he commenced his humbug attack on the book. If so, it was a very shrewd move, for tens of thousands of copies bave been and will be sold, in consequence of the Congressional advertisement which Bennett has secured for it- It is stated thst 10,000 copies have been ordered for the Southern market.

The book is sold here by stealth, bat can be easily obtained. The advertising of (his book was the most short-sighted operation ever engaged in by the Demo-cxxU, aud they will find it so in the I JOHN BROWN'S FAMILY. The under. signed having, at a meeting held in Tremont Temple, on the 19th been appointed a Committee to taae charge of such funds as may be tendered for ine oenebt of JOHN BROWS FAMILY, are ready to receive donation for that object, to which they shall be faithfully applied. Contributions may oe sent to the Treasurer, or to either of the under signed in Boston.

S. E. SEWALL. Chairman, i9 Washington streets JOHN MANLEY. Treasurer, 24 Dock square ywuU1, jssex street JOHN AYRES.

11 Liberty square. HUMPHREY JAMESON, 484 Washington St. Boston, Nov. 23, 1S39. ri.

1 AIU UTII. The annual Anti.Slaverv xoreiamers- icocK will take place on Saturday, Dec. 31st, 1859. and January 1st, 18C0. Meetings will be held in Davis'a Hall, Plymouth, commencing on Saturday evening, and continuing through the day and evening of Sunday, Jan.

1st. Wit. Lloyd Garrisox, Wkdbll Phillip. Ed-MrsD Qcixct, L. Rexoxd, Samuel Mat, Jr.

andother speakers, are expected to be present. ty The annual meeting of the Old Colony Anti-Slavery Society will be held in connection with the above. And all persons are invited to attend. BOURNE SPOONER. President.

Samuel Dtzr, Sec. ANDREW T. FOSS, an Agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, will lecture as follows: Gardner Centre Satur'y and Sun- December 24. and S. Gardner, day evenings, 25.

27. 23. 29. 30. tiutbtrdston, Rutland, Princeton, Uolden, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 1 A MEETING will be held at Lyceum Hall, Dorchester, on Saturday evening, Dec 24, in" aid of the Families of Johjt Browm and his Associates.

All who sympathize with these Families in their bereavement end destitution, who believe in the Irrepressible Conflict between Rizht and be tween Freedom and Slavery, are heartily urged to be present. The meeting will be addressed by Wrxdell Phillips and sthers, and an opportunity will be given to all to contribute such material aid as they may feel inclined to sffer. The door will be open at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be called to order at half-past 7 o'clock. Tickets or admission, at twentv-tive cents each, may be had of Ebenezer Clapp, 184 Washing-ington street, Boston.

Any not previously sold may be had at the door on the evening of the meeting. Signed by John J. May, Franklin King, Henry Humphries John H. Robinson. D.

C. Holder, T. C. Wales, Richard Urann, Fred. W.

G. May, Edw. King. Wm. E.

Coffin. Fred. W. Urann, William Pope. J.

B. Liiidley, Ebenezer Clapp, Charles E. Jenkins, Henry G.Dennv, A. H. Sumner, Fr.

Weis, J. U. Carter, H. W. Blanchard, Charles E.

Hodges, Richard Clap, Samuel S. Drew. Dorchester, Dec 17, 1859. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL COURSE OF ANTI-SLAVERY LECTURES. The Fourth Lecturt of this series will be given by Rev.

WlLLARD SPAtrLDIXO. of Newhnrvnort. nn Sun. day evening next, Dec 25th, in Lyceum Hall. Aicbiu, hi, 1 i viuvk.

oingio aamis-sion, 5 cents. CAROLINE BALCIT, Rec See. Salem FetnaU A. S. Society.

Salem, Dec 23. CF CHARLES LENOX REMOND, an Agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, will lecture as follows: Fall River, Sunday, Dec 25. New Bedford, Tuesday, 27. Fairhaven, Thursday, 29. Plymouth, Saturday, 31.

10,000 GOFICS Already Subscribed for IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION. The great Book of the Day! JL' IiZZ'll OX CAPT. JOHN BROWN, BY JAMES BXDPATH. 1 volume. 12 400 pages, handsomely bound in cloth, two beautiful engravings, and a MAGNIFICENT STEEL PORTRAIT.

Price, One Dollar. To be published before New Year's, This work will contain an Autobiography of BROWN'S EARLY LIFE, never before published, which is the most characteristic and interesting production of the kind since the Autobiography of No reprint of it will be allowed. This woik will not be put in the bookstores, and must be procured of the publishers Agents. A liberal per centage on each copy sold is secured by contract to the family of Capt, Brown. THAYER ELDRIDGE, Publishers, Nos.

114 and 116 Washikotox Street. D23 lw. HELPER'S IMPENDING CRISIS. A. XaJLVT XJ 2 50,000 Copies have been Sold.

NOW IS THE TIME! THIS is the work that is creating so much excitement IaT CONGRESS. Large 12 mo. volume, 420 pages, cbth. Price, $1.00. Octavo edition, pa-per covers.

3 cents. E2T" For sale by Booksellers and News AgenU every where. ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED, to sell this work the country through. Terms liberal. Single copies sent to any address, postpaid, on receipt of price.

Address A. B. BURDICK, Publisher, D23 3t No. 145 Nassau stn New York. Resistance to Slaveholders! THIS day jublished, a pamphlet of 36 pages, entitled THE NATICK RESOLUTION; 1 OR, Beaiatance to Slaveholders the Bight and Duty of the Southern Slave and Northern Freemen.

BY HESBT C. WRIGHT. Kbsistaxcb to rrxAXTs is obediexcx to "Gob. Price, 10 cents. To be had at Bela Marsh's, 14 Bromfield street, Boston, and at the Liberator office.

21 Cornhill. The above pamphlet asserts and sustains the right and duty of treason, resistance and insurrection against slaveholders, and all constitutions, enactments, CTeeda and religions thst sanction their marauding, piratical assaults upon human beings to enslave them, on the part of the slaves, of the free blacks and whites of the South, and of the people of the North. The one paramount duty of the slaves, of the Republicans, and of the people of the North, is treason, insurrection against slaveholders, in thought, feeling, word and deed. The interior and exterior life of every man and woman should be in a state of rebellion and resistance unto death against slave-breeders aud slave-hunters each one to manifest his resist, an ce as he would if he, his wife and children, were subject to the outrages, the rape and rapine. o.

slaveholders. Ayer's Safsaparilla, A compound remedy, in which we have labored to produce the most effectual alterative that can be made. It is a concentrated extract of Part Sana-pariLla, so combined with other substances of still greater alterative power as to afford an effective antidote for the diseases Sarsaparilla is reputed to cure. It is believed that such a remedy is wanted by those who suffer from Strumous complaints, and that one which will accomplish their cure must prove of immense service to this large class of our afflicted fellow-citizens. How completely this com pound will do it has been proven by experiraent on many of the worst cases to be found of the follow ing complaints Scrofula axd ScRorcrors Cowrijtnm.

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17. Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine every where. 6m May 7 Portrait of John Brown Will be published, on FRIDAY, DEC. 2d, by CHARLES H. BRAIN ARD, 322 WASHINGTON 8THEZT, A magnificent lithographie portrait of Jos Baotnr, drawn by Thomas M.

Johnston, from a photograph taken for T. H. Webb, and the last picture for which the old hero ever sat. A liberal portion of the profit! ill be given to the-family of Captain Brown. PRICE.

ONE DOLLAR. Sent by mail, free of postage, on receipt of the price. For sale by Williams St Everett, 234 WashingtM street Elliot St White, 322 Washington atftet Wax, Nell, 21 Cornhill; and by printseUess generally D2 2 sr WOMAN'S RIGHT TO LABOR OS, LOW WAGES AND HABO WORE. THREE Lectures by Mrs. C.

H. Daxx, as follows I. Death or Dishonor. IL Verify your Credentials. IIL The Opening of the Gates.

Forming a thorough examination, with abundant and interesting Facts and of the whole question of Woman's labor. 1 vol. 16 mo. Paper, 50 cents cloth, 63 cents. Sent by mail, poet fid, on.

receipt of the price. Just published, by WALKER, 2iS Washington street, Boston. Dee 9. 2wis. john brown: AN excellent likeness of the -Hero of Harper's Terry with his Autograph, replies to questions propounded to him by Senator Mason and others, at the time of his capture, and his inimitable address to the Virginia Court when about to receive his sentence of death may be hsd at this oface REDDING St State street, wholesale agents Price.

15 cents per. hundred Dec 16. SCHOOL. T1HE next Term of this Institution will JL on Wednesday Jan. 4.

1860, and continue Fifteen weeks. For particulars, see Catalogue and be had by addressing W. S. HAYWOOD, Av B. HAYWOOD, Tie Thinker; BEING the 6th volume of the Great IlARxaJtiA, by A J.

Davis, is ust published and ready fax delivery. Price One Dollar. Single eopifseeatby mail, postage free, on receipt of the pmee. The usual discount on wholesale prices. AddresalVELA llAiSU.

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