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year of our Lord, 1859, is eet apart by the ene mies of freedom, Christian philantrophy and hu manity, for the execution of Capt. John Brown, of] Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., for his zeal and untiring efforts to free the slaves : And Whereas, our father of liberty and hero for the cause of freedom, in his dying testimony re signs his life in the hands of the spiteful Jews. Therefore, Resolved, That we set apart the 2d day of De cember from this time forth as a day of condolence for our loss. Resolved, That the progress of anti-slavery principles is to us a matter of great joy, and as we have friends both in the Church and State en gaged in the cause of humanity, we feel it our, duty to renew our exertions for the propagation of these principles, that will, we trust, result in the entire overthrow of slavery. Resolved, That in the opmion of this meeting the hanging of Capt. John Brown to-morrow, will raise a beacon in Virginia that will be seen throughout the world. Resolved, That we will hold in the highest es teem Capt. John Brown and his associates, who are to be offered as a sacrifice for the cause o freedom and humanity, and who, like Moses o old, rather suffer affliction with the people of God, than to dwell in the tents of wickednesSb—and that we contribute pecuniarily all in our power for the benefit of their bereaved families. Rosolved, That the proceeding of this meeting be published in the * Anglo-African,” The amount of eleven dollars and twen ty-five cents was tha raised for the bene fit of the families of the martyrs, and Messrs. Holly, Washington and Townsend were appointed a committee to receive all amounts for the purpose. The meeting then adjourned. A. G. BEMAN, Chairman. Hexry W, Foster, i WN.RHENRYFI?;;L]:IECK, }Sec r MEETING IN CINCINNATL A meeting of those persons sympathiz-§ ing with John Brown was held in Cincin nati on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the large hall of the German Institute, on Vine street. The hall was overcrowded. The color ed people marched in in a body, with their banner. The tribune was decorated with black and white crape, and in front of it was the inseription, “In memory of John Brown.” On the sides of the tribune were posted the pictures of George Washington and Thomas Paine, and the American flag, wrapped in crape, was posted behind the ! tribune. The meeting was called by the “Social Working Men’s Association,” and Mr. Si pel presided. The speakers were Messrs. August Willich, editor of “The Republi kaner;” the Rev. M. D. Conway, Peter 11. Clark, (colored,) Y. Montaldo, a Spaniard, who spoke in French, and B. Froman. The speeches were loudly applauded, and the following resolutions were adopted unanimously and by acclamation, after which the meeting adjourned: Resolved, That the meeting declares its unqnal el adinis wtivia eud epprovel of the motivos of old John Brown's act. Resolved, That these motives do equal honor to his manhood and his love of freedom, and showed clearly the sense of duty under which he was ever ready to live and die. Resolved, That the institution of slavery, in counfliet with which John Brown offered up his life, never had, has not now, and never can have, any foundation in justice, but is only the result of force and of fraud, differing in no respect of prin ;’ ciple from the early bondage of Western Europe - or from the serfdom of Russia, which are con ' demned by the voice of history as crimes against human nature, Resolved, That the principle of slaverystandsin such irreconcilable confliet not only with the prin ciple of the Republie, but also with the eause fo which the fathers of the Republic fought, that the one can only exist through the denial or destruc tion of the other. Resolved, That such an interpretation of the Jonstitution as to acknowledge the rightfulness o the existence of slavery is an infamy, and an in sult to the fathers of the Republic in their graves. Resowved, That through the preservation of the Union at the expense of the declared principles o the Republic—which are founded upon human rights—and at tne expense of the rights guaran teced by the Constitution, the sanction of slavery is secured at the enormous sacrifice of human/g freedom, and at the risk of its entire destruction inj th,s part of the world. ~ Resolved, That tho act of John Brown has pow ~erfully contributed to bring out the hidden con sciousness of the majority of the people as to the principles involved, and compelled the masses come out of their indecision, and declare them selves for one or the other side ; only by such a universal diserimination of parties is the freedom of the Republic to be secured; and Jthat by his act John Brown has entitled himself to the appro val and the reverence of all the freemen of the Republie. Resolved, That the genuine greatness and char acter of John Brownare signalized as well through the motives of his act as through the actual re sults of the same, and irf the manly devotion and tranquil courage which he afterwards confronted his fate, converting that which was intended to be a death of shame into an honorable and glorious martyr's death. Resolvad, That this asselgblage count him wor thy to assume a place among the fathers of the Republic, and to be reckoned among those heroes who have sacrificed themselves for the wellfare o mankind. MEETING IN NEW BEDFORD. A large number of colored citizens were assembled on Sunday evening, Deec. 4, at an early hour. Rev. Mr. Kelly occupied the chair, and was assisted by Messrs. J. B. Smith, Rev. Mr. Leonard, Rev. Mr. Berry. Secretary Louis A. Bell. The meeting was opened with reading of 58 chap. Isaiah, by Rev. Mr. Smith; prayer by Rev. Mr. Leonard and by singing of the hymn, “ Am I a Sol dier of the Cross?” In the absence of the Committee on Business, remarks were made by Mr. Abner H. Davis and Rev. J. Mit chell, which were well received. The _Committee, which consisted of the follow ing persons, viz: E. R. Johnson, H. John son, Dr. Bayne, Rev. J. B. Smith, came in, and the Chairman reported the follow. ing resolutions, which were received [forld discussion :— : . Resolved, That this meeting do fully endorse and eartily approve of the spirit manifested by Cap ohn Brown and his associates, but deeply regre that the plans so well laid-did not succeed. Ye we believe that under God, the greatest good cause of our enslaved brethren will result fro mad eareer of the slave.holder in sacrificin lives of their vietims, as that act will do m hasten the downfall of slavery than the libera ion of a thousand slaves. Resolved, That we return thanks to the clergy who have made independence enough to spea bold words for John Brown, and also those trus tees that complied with the request to allow th use of their bell, to be tolled on that mournf occasion, and we hereby acknowledge our wants| f belief in the Christian virtues of the trustees o such churches as refused the application ; as ou eligion teaches us to do unto others as we woul hat they should do unto us. Resolved, That the memory of John Brown shal be indelibly written upon the table of our hearts, nd when tyrants cease to oppress the enslaved, we will teach our children to revere his name, and transmit it to the last posterity; as being th eatest man in the 19th century. Resolved, That the committec appointed at previous meeting be requested to correspond wit Japt. Avis, the jailorat Charlestown, Ya., relatin o the condition of the colored men Green and Copeland, and to endeavor to obtain whether they have families, and report the same, at anothe meoting to be called as soon as information is ob tained. Resolved, That the same committee be author ized to adopt necessary means to inaugurate the d day of December, and to make arrangements to celebrate the day inan appropriate manner. Mr. H. Johnson sympathized with th sufferers, and admired their noble daring. Mr. J. S. Bonney supported the resolu tions, expressed his sympathy for the caus of the colored people, admired the princi ples of John Brown, but lamented his fan aticism. Mr. E. R. Johnson sustained the reso lutions in a speech that made a deep im pression, eulogizing the clergy who had taken sides with the oppressed, and de nouncing those whose lips were padlocked. He said that the same spirit that had ani mated the martyrs of the Revolution to strike disfranchisement from the British yoke, impelled the heroes of Harper’s Fer ry to deeds of valor. He ignored the ide that John Brown was a fanatic, and com pared him with the martyrs, who inancient times had laid down their lives for Christ’s sake. Dr. J. B. Smith read the last letter o John Brown to his family. He proceeded t some length to comment on the progress of slavery, its demands and intention. He said that oppression had, at all times, and under all circumstances, demanded a sacri fice, and that undoubtedly John Brown and his associates were the men chosen by (God to become the sacrifice for American slavery. He believed that if ever there was a time when colored people should be come united, that time was now. Hon. R. French was invited to speak and made a few remarks, fully endorsing the resolutions and spirit of the meeting. He entered heartily into any measure that would benefit the colored man. He be lieved that Brown had done more good than if he had lived to be an hundred years old. Hattil Kelly was well acquainted with the martyr. He justified Mr. Brown in ths course pursued; invoked his shade to isturb Gov. Wise in his midnight slum bers, and to visit the pro-slavery clergy o this city in their studies. Upon the whole, he made a very telling speecn. Remarks were also made by Dr. Bayne, Messrs. H. O. Remington, J. Freedom and W. Ferguson. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and at 10 o’clock the meeting ad journed. The Theckly Anglo-African, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 17, 1859. I Advertisements for this paper must be ac ompanied by the cash. 157 Copies of this paper can be purchased of the news-dealers everywhere. THE EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN. John Brown, one of the noblest men o America, having been executed, Virginia, itmay be, breathes the freer for it. Although he is dead, we mourn for him not as for one that is lost, for though dead, he liveth— liveth in the hearts of a liberty-loving peo ple. Yes, John Brown has been executed and another chapter has been written in the sad history of poor, attenuated, decay ing Virginia, and another black page added to the history of America, but soon to be followed by a bright and glorious one. But the history of John Brown—who hall write that? The point he has indi ted in the turning of our country’s des iny—whose vision is sufficienly clear t e that, and who is far enough remot rom strong prepossessions and low preju ices and sordid interests, to point it out nd guide and direct men to it ? John Brown, the noble patriot, has been xecuted by an edict of tyrannical Virgi. nia. Feebleness and imbecility do not prohibit tyranny; rather, when having th wer, they foster it. It is all they have eft them. Brown died as he lived—an upright and oble man. He is dead, and the Virgini f to-day will die also; but, unlike the n le martyr, twenty-four hours ofjwhose lift used her tremble and quake,and -vho eath made her reel from center to cir umferance, will be remembered only wi oathing and sorrow. “Thou art weighed n the balance and found wanting,” is th and-writing to-day upon her walls. Le people hear and beware. RO, § We shall not search history to find John Brown’s model. He found none there him self, and certainly we shall not; but we shall point the future citizen, the future statesman, the future Christian, and the future historian to him,as a model. In dealing with the affairs of the world, men seldom come up to their own convictions of] right, much less act up to the right itself; and hence it is that Brown rises infinitely above all who have gone before or are con temporaneous with him. Living and act ing not only up to his own convictions, but o the convictions of truth, and justice, and humanity, no matter what may be said to the contrary, John Brown soared far above the common feelings, the common weak nesses, and the common purposes of men, and stands forth to-day as a patriot, a Chri tian, and a man—a model for the world. His execution surely was no ordinarv event. This is the verdict of the nation. When led to scaffold, as a sheep before his shearers, he opened not his mouth; and yet it required all the civil and military strength of Virginia, and the proffered aid of her sister States, to perform the act, while nearly the other half ot the nation sat in gloom and in tears, or in solemn, moody silence. Pontius Pilate and those who acted with him thought when they crucified Christ] they had got rid of his doctrines and prin ciples; so do those who have murdered Brown. Delusive thought! Vainly did fthose of the past reckon, and as vainly do these modern Pontius Pilates and this mis gnided people calculate. They cannot #eradicate the principles of liberty and jus tice—we mean the living spring that is in every bosom. No laws, no tyranny, no sophistry, no chains, no whips, no blood, no scaffold, no cross can eradicate it. It is as broad as the earth; it reaches as high} as heaven, and is as enduring as eternity} itself! Brown died for liberty—lliberty in Amer ca! He refused to calla legign of men to save him from the death marked out forf him by his enemies and the enemies of lib-§ erty, preferring rather that his blood should nurse the seeds thereof. He refused to‘re-§ ceive from the whining, canting priesthoodf the consolations of an accursed slavehold ing religion, bidding them rather to seek first for themselves and those who exer-§ cised authority over them the true and liv-E ing God—the God of the oppressed, the God of immutable justice. “Leave my cell, sir !” was his command on one occa-§ sion to one of these sanctimonious priests. He refused to be tollowed to thescaffold by any one of those whose robes are dyed in§ the sin and guilt of slavery. “I would prefer,” said he—and these are among his§ last words—“l would prefer rather to bef eceompanied to the scaffold by a dozen little slave children and a good old slave mother, with their appeals to God for blessings on my soul, than all the elo-} quence of the whole clergy of the Com monwealth combined.” With these memorable words, John Brown firmly but meekly stepped forth tof§ meet his unjust doom, and without agroan, i without a sigh, without a struggle even,g but with a thousand thousand prayers, hej was launched into the presence of his God. 8 There we are well content to leave him. § Such was the man who suffered martyr-§ dom on a Virginia scaffold on the secondg ay of December, 1859. He died that liberty might live and triumph. Let us who survive him swear by the living God that from this day forth we will live only that liberty may live—that it may live not only here in America, but reign triumph ant throughout the world! And let us§ swear our children on that same altar to the same end, and swear them, too, tof swear their children and their children’s@ children, down to the latest posterity, onf that same altar, to the same unswerving purpose ! w.Jw. § e S D — A Protesr.—Justice Catron, of the Uni ted States Supreme Court, has publicly§ and earnestly protested, in Nashville, Tenn., his residence, against an act now| pending in the Legislature of his State which provides that free colored persons shall be seized and sold, if found in Ten nessee after the Ist day of May next, if] they are adults; and that, if children, they shall be bound out; and the adults to be allowed to emigrate to Africa, in which case some slight aid isto be furnished them by the State to assist in their transporta tion, or they are to be allowed to seek a master, and go into slavery. e > — Brow~’s Doc.—The Baltimore “Sun’ says that oneof the United States Artillery Company A, now stationed at Harper's Ferry, came down yesterday morning on his way to Fortress Monroe, from whence the corps was detached, having in charge a noble specimen of a bull-dog, which John Brown presented in consideration of an act of kindness tendered the owner by the re cipient. The animal answered to the name of King, and is said to have been with his late master for the last three years. B T —— Burian or Jory E. Cook —The body o Cook will be brought to Williamsburg by his relatives, and funeral services will be held in Rev. Dr. Porter’s Church on Sun day or Monday next. Application, we are told, was made to the Consistory of Lee Avenue Church to have the ceremonies performed there, Cook having formerly been Secretary of the flourishing Sabbathjl school attached to that church; but fo reasons ,which we have not learned, the Consistory declined, and Dr. Porter’s Church was engaged instead. ( 5 SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY. There is a concern in New York City known as the Southern Aid Society, which every now and then obtrudes itself upon he community like the brazen head of & wounded serpent from behind a briar bush and then disappears into the region of eter nal forgetfulness to remain for another sea son. Some people are disposed to look upon it as we would upon some fabulous monster, while with othérs the question is, oes such a thing really exist at all, and if so what is its object? Has it really, head, body, brains, life? Has it any one ot these essential parts? We answer, it is a religious monster, whose sole aim, if we can gather it from the sayings and doings of their exponents, is to reconcile the American slave to his Blot as his religious duty, and enjoin obedi ence to his master as his highest privilege. It is a combination of a few—a very few— cotton-stuffed, Union-saving, slave-loving, piously-inclined, fat-sleek old gentlemen, and fewer coat-turning, white-cravated, worn-out, broken-down priests, for whom the eommunity have no further especial use. They and their doctrines and teach ings are shelved. You may write in the dust that is upon them their epitaphs. I these are sufficient to give shape and con fsistency, then it may be regarded as hav-§ f§ing some signs of vitality, notwithstanding that last week, after a twelve months’ strug gle, coupled with all the efforts and anxie ties of its friends, it could muster not quite one hundred persons—star and stock ac tors inclusive—to witness its perform ances. § We bave neither space nor inclination §to enter into the merits of that performance nor the capacities of the actors, and hence jmust content our readers with a brief sy nopsis of the programme: § Scene I —The President looked back Jupon his connection with the society with Eoreat satisfaction. It was destined to ex fert upon politics, and excitements, and out-} Rbursts, a wholesome influence. § After this announcement, the one hun dred people took a breath. § The Treasurer read much about the mo fney got together in the North to support the Gospel among the blacks in the South. A Southern D. D. next made his bow, and said: “They (the missionaries) preach ed to the blacks down South with good ef fect. Collect all the sermons preached in the South on slavery, and place the Bible between them and those preached in the North, and we wilt find that there is more (Gospel preached in the South than in thef North. The preaching in the North is Anti-Christ.” The audience of one hundred took an-§ other breath. . Scene 11.—A volunteer Northern gen tleman made his appearance, and exclaim ed—“l never saw such interesting people in the world as the colored people which I have seen down South—their faith was so simple !” The audience of one hundred breathed§ again. Scene 111.—Summersets and lofty tum. bling now ruled the hour. | A Northern D. D. declamied loudly and strongly on the propriety of sending to the lunatic asylum, at Utica, where Gerrit Smith was, all who had not proclivities to wards slavery and the Southern Aid Socie ty. He sighed for a black congregation to preach to. Ile feared, he said, that the United States would one day forget Wash ington, even if he should rise from the dead. He then went off into Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and sighs for the Union. A Southern D. D. finally takes the stage, and exclaims in behalf of his Southern brother ministers in this Southern Aid So ciety, “At last there is an anchor in the vale,” and after reciting a story of a beau tiful slave-holding widow and her 600 ne oroes, the curtain falls, and the audience o one hundred retires. Such is the Southern Aid Society, and such its last performance. THE APPROACHING EXECUTIONS. A dispatch from Charlestown, dated Tuesday, the 13th inst., says that exten sive preparations are making for the ap proaching executions. Nineteen compa nies of military are now on duty, and suards are stationed at every street cornerf§ and cross-road. Picket guards patrol the surrounding country, and six more com panies are announced on their way there T'he citizens find difficulty in passing from one part of the town to another. They are brought to a halt, and marched to the ruard-house if unable to give the counter-§ sign. Green and Copeland will be hung at@ eleven o'clock in the morning, and Cookil and Coppic at three in the afternoon. Al these men are composed, and look calmly on their approaching doom. Their bodiesg will be given to their friends, if claimed. The town is quiet, and unexcited by ru mors. Military discipline is kept up, how ever, as if it were encompassed by a be sieging army. The people look forward with great pleasure to exemption from mil-§ itary surveillance, and when the civil gov-§ ernment is restored there will be quite a iubilee. The dispatch further states that] the people would willingly consent thatl Stephens and Hazlett should spend the rests§ iO‘ their days in the penitentiary, ratherf than have another military siege at theirf§ execution. , —— O P P ~ Rexovarivg.—We call attention to thel advertisement of F. L. Jones, in another, '‘column. AID FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE | MARTYRS. M On last Tuesday evening Shiloh Church was filled from * pit to dome ” with a high ly respectable audience, to listen to the performance of the Oratorio of “ Joseph,’ Bby pupils from the advaneed classes, unde Bcharge of Miss Fanny Tompkins, of Color Med Grammar School No. 2. There could not have been less than one thousand per Hsons present, brought out by their deep sympathy with the bereaved families o Hthe martyrs and the reputation of the per formers. The Oratorio was indeed one of the Worandest performances ever presented to Mthis community. The completeness of the fprogramme, as carried out, reflected great credit upon Miss Tompkins, the zealous projector of the enterprise. The prinei pals in the performances were the Misses Lydia Jenkins, (a young Miss of extreme ly juvenile appearance, who represented Joseph with an ability most striking) Har friet L. Vogelsang, who gracefully repre sented Reuben ; Helen Anderson, as Judah; Mary C. Jenkins, Asenath; Kate Stanley, Angel of the Covenant; and Maria T. 8 Vogelsang, Gabriel. The acceptability o @the performances of these young la dies found its expression in the rapturous gapplause of the audience. Miss Maria T. Vogelsang as Gabriel, was meritoriously a particular favorite during the evening. # 'he charming sweetness of her voice, com bined with the ease and grace with which she bore her part, was in keeping with the character which she represented. Most Bhappy was the selection. Miss Kate Stan ley as “ Angel of the Covenant,” put a Bfinish upon the beautiful display,and more than interest to the delighted audience, whose anxiety was great to hear her swee voiceagain. Messrs. Alex. A. LucaasJacob, and John W. Luca as Pharoah, performed their parts well. Prof. Samuel C. Wal dron presided at the organ, with his usual ability. In all, the affair was a brilliant success, pecuniarily and intellectually, and} the response of the public to so noble an object elicits our profoundest respect. We believe that a repetition of the Oratorio will be gratefully received by hundreds who are not only willing, but anxious to encourage this class of performances, mark ing as it does our progress in the musical art. In connection with this subject, we are happy to state that an association of ladies have been formed in this city called th ‘New York Liberty Fund,” whose object Bis to collect “material aid ” for the families fof the martyrs. They have already in hand fifty-four dollars. The officers are Mrs.J& Tulia W. Garnet, President, 52 Laurens street; Mrs. E. M. Thompson, Treasurer 40 Vandewator street; Mrs. A. M. Grant, Secretary, 52 East Sixteenth street. Con tributions are earnestly solicited. . Do — THE BURIAL OF JOHN BROWN. § The mortal remains of the martyred Brown reached North Elba on Wednesday evening, the 7th inst., and on the following (Thursday) afternoon the funeral took place. The services were commenced with a hymn, which had been a great favorite with Mr. Brown, and with which, it was said, he had successively sung all his chil dren to sleep: “Blow ye the trumpet—blow— | The gladly solemn sound; Let all the nations know, ; To earth’s remotest bound, The year of jubilee has come, &e. | It was sung to the good old tune of Len nox., | After the hymn followed an impressivel§ prayer by the Rev. Joshua Young, of Bur-§ rington, Vt. ! Then an address by J. Miller McKim, & after which Wendell Phillips spoke as fol-§@ lows: | WENDEL[, PHILLIPS’ ADDRESS. : How feeble words seem here! Howf can I hope to utter what your hearls aref: full of 7 I fear to disturb the harmony@: which his life breathes round this home.J& One and another of you, his neighbors @& say: “I have known him five years,” I 8 have known him ten years.” It seems tof: me as if we had none of us known him. i How our admiring, loving wonder has orown, day by day, as he has unfolded(§; trait after trait of earnest, brave, tende Christian life ! We see him walking with radiant, serene face to the scaffold, and—J@ think what an iron heart, what devoted@ faith! We take up his letters, beginning @ ‘My dear wife and children, every one offff them”—see him stoop on his way to thef. scaffold and kiss that negro child—and@ this iron heart seems all tenderness. Mar-J| vellous old man! We have hardly saidf§ it, when the loved forms of his sons, in the§ bloom of young devotion, encircle himg& and we remember be is not alone, only the@ majestic center of a group. Your neigh-B bor farmer went, surrounded by his house-§ hold, to tell the slaves there were stilll hearts and right arms ready and nerved@ for their service, from this roof four, from§ a neighboring one two, to make up thatj score of heroes. Howresolute each looked into the face of Virginia—how loyally each stood at his forlorn post, meeting death@ heerfully, till that master-voice said “It isjgh enough.” And these weeping childrengh and widow seem so lifted up and con secrated by long, single-hearted devotion to his great purpose, that we dare to remind them how blessed they are in the privilege of thinking that in the last throbs of thosef§ brave young hearts, which lie buried onl§ the banks of the Shenandoah, thoughts of them mingled with love to God and hopel§ or the slave. He has abolished Slavery in Virginia: You may say this is tool much. Our neighbors are the last men@ we know. The hours that pass us are the ones we appreciate the least. Men walked i Boston streets, when night fell upon Bank-} l"s Hlfl, md pltid “’arren’ saying’ “I"OOL ish x?anl Thrown away i is life! Why didn’t he. measure his means hetter? We see him standing colossal that day on that blood-stained sod, and severing the ti Wthat bound Boston to Great Britain. That night George 111. ceased to rule in New. ngland. History will date Virgini emancipation from Harper's Ferry. Tre Bthe slave is still there. So when the tem. pest uproots a pine on your hills, it look Mzreen for months—a year or two. Still Mit is timber, not a tree. John Brown h Blooseued the roots of the slave system; it Bonly breathes—it does not live—hereafter. Men say, “How coolly brave!” But in him matchless courage seems the least of Bhis merits. How gentleness - graced !’j B When the frightened town wished to bea Woff the bedy of the Mayor, a man said, “ 1 Wwill go, Miss Fowke, under their rifles, if Myou stand between them and me.” He Bknew he could trust their gentle respect! @for woman. He was right. He went inl the thick of the fight and bore off the body in safety. That same girl flang herself between Virginia rifles and your brave Mlyoung Thompson. They had no pity.i The merciless bullet reached him, spite of’ Bwoman’s prayers, though the fight llad; fllong been over. How God has blessed Bhim ! How truly he may say, “I havei fought a good fight, I have finished my| course” T'ruly he has finished—done hisi Bwork. God granted him the privilege to look on his work accomplished. He said, I will show the South that twenty men can take possession of a town, hold it twenty- Bfour hours, and carry away all the slaves who wish to escape.” Did he not doit? Cn Monday night he stood master of Har-} per's Ferry—could have left unchecked with a score or hundred slaves. "I'he wide§ sympathy and secret approval are shownj Bby the eager, quiveridg lips of lovers off slavery, asking, “ Oh, why did he not take 3 his victory and go away !” Who checked} him at last ? Not startled Virginia. Herg he had conquered. The Union crushed—¢§ seemed to crush him. In reality God said g “That work is done; you have proved that§ a slave State is only Fear in a mask ofj Despotism; come up higher, and baptize by your martyrdom a million hearts intoj a holier life.” Surely such a life is no failure. How vast the change in men’s Learts! Insurrection was a liarish, horridg word to millions a month ago. John Brown went a whole generation beyond it, claim-§ fing the right for white men to help the slave to freedom by arms. And now men run up and down, not disputing his princi-§ ple, but trying to frame excuses for Vir ginia’s hanging of so pure, honest, high-§ hearted, and heroic a man. Virginia stands at the bar of the civilized world on trial. Round her victim crowd the apos-8 tles and martyrs, all the brave, high souls§ who have said “ God is God,” and troddeng wicked laws under their feet. As I stood§ Hlooking on his grandfather’s gravestone @ brought here from Connecticut, telling, asg it does, of his death in the Revolution, 1§ thought I could hear our hero-saint saying, ‘“ My fathers gave their swords to the op-§ Bpressor—the slave still sinks before thef Bpledged force of this nation. I give myf sword to the slave my fathers forgot.” IfE any swords ever reflected the smile of hea-8 ven, surely it was those drawn at Harper's Ferry. llf our God is ever the Lord of Hosts, making one man chase a thousand g surely that little band might claim him for§ their captain. Harper’s Ferry was no sin-§§ gle hour, standing alone—taken out fromg a common life—it was the flowering of fif-§ ty years of single-hearted devotion. He§ must have lived wholly for one great idea 8 when these who owe their being to himf@ and these whom love has joined, group sof harmoniously around him, each acceptingf@ serenely his and her part—l feel honoredf§ to stand under such a roof. Hereafter youl# will tell children standing at your knees,g, “I saw John Brown buried—ll sat undergg, his roof.” Thank God for such a master.|§ Could we have asked a nobler representa tive of the Christian North putting her foot§@' on the accursed system of slavery? As@ time passes, and these hours float back in-&, to history, men will see against the clearfg December sky that gallows, and round itss thousands of armed men guarding Virginiafg* from her slaves. On the other side, thegt serene face of that calm old man, as hefc stoops to kiss the child of a forlorn race g Thank God for our emblem. May he soon bring Virginia to blot out hers in repentantg . shame, and cover that hateful gallows and l‘ soldiery with thousands of broken fetters ! What lesson shall those lips teach us 7 Before that still, calm hour let us take af§p new baptism:- How can we stand here§ without a fresh, and utter conseeration 7H’ These tears | how shall we dare even to of-t fer consolation? Only lips fresh fromf@l such a vow have the right to mingle theirf§e words with your tears. We envy you yourf nearer place to these noble children of God. |8 I do not believe slavery will go down infd' bloed. Ours is the age of thought. Heartsfgt are stronger than swords. That last fort-§ night!| How sublime its lesson ! the Chris-§& tian one of conscience—of truth. Virginiafg is weak because each man’s heart said@ amen to John Brown. His words—they§ are stronger than his rifles. These crush-§§! ed a State. Thes® have changed thejg thoughts of millions, and will yet crushf slavery. Men said, “ Would he‘had died§ L in arms”—God ordered better, and grant ed to him and the slave those noble prisong' hours—that single hour of death, grantedgde him a higher than the soldier’s place, that§ of teacher; the echoes of his rifles haveld died away in the hills—a million hearts guard his words. God bless this roof— make it bless us. We dare not say blessg ou, children of this home; you stand near er to one whose lips God touched, and wel, bend for your blessing. God make us all§ worthier of him whose dust we lay among these hills he loved. Herehe girded him-& self and went forth to battle. Fuller suc ess than his heart ever dreamed Godf granted him. He sleeps in the blessings of 8; the crushed and the poor,and men believeld more firmly in virtue, now that such a | man has lived. Standing heve, let us thank God for a firmer faith and fuller§@ hope. ] Another hymn was then sung, during@ which the coffin was placed on the tabl before the door, with the face exposed,s that all could see. It was almost as natu-§& ral as life—far more so than an ordinary sorpse. There was a flush on the face resulting from the peenliar mode of death & and nothing of the pallor that is usual when life is extinct. | 4 Mr. Phineas Norton, who acted as the @friend of the family on the occasion, invited &all who desired to do so to come and take a last look, and then make way for the Siamily. The neighbors went forward as Binvited, and took their final leave of all &that remained of their cherished friend, and then followed the family. B 8 This scene over, the next that followed s2Was the short procession from the house to ‘ [Bthe grave. First came Mrs. Brown, sup ported by Wendell Phillips; then the fividow of Oliver Brown, leaning on the farm of Mr. MeKim, who, in his other hand, g&had that of the little girl Ellen; next came "Bthe widow of Watson Brown, supported by sthe Rev. Mr. Young, and after that, and : though whether next in order I cannot now Gtell, the widow of William Thompson, tileaning on the arm of one of the family. i I@Solomon Brown and his sisters followed, with Henry Thompson, and Ruth, his wite, John Brown’s eldest daughter; and ‘Ethen Roswell Thompson and his wife, the f€aged parents of the two young men of that I#name who were killed at Harper’s Ferry. I&@Then followed the friends and neighbors. ‘#As the body was lowered into the graw,‘ h gush of grief, apparently beyond control, yg@burst from the family, and Mr. Youugji ,&astood forth to comfort them. - Raising his '@deep and mellow voice, and quoting the ‘Ewords written by Timothy to Paul whvnl ; he was brought before men the second time, gand just before his death, he said: “1 Shave fought a good fight; I have finished smy course; I have kept the faith; hence- Eforth there is laid up for me a crown of B righteousness which the Lord, the righteous udge, shall give me; and not to me only, #but unto all that love is appearing,” which Bwords he followed with the benediction:— Bl May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eblessing of God our Father, and the Communion Bof the Holy Ghost, be and abide with us all, now B and forever. Amen.” 8 IHe added nothing more. The words Mseemed to fall like balm on all who heard Bithem. The sobs were hushed, and soon Bithe family, with the rest, retired from the orave, leaving the remains of the loved gone to their last renose. Home Correspondence. A OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER. : New Havey, Dee. 12, 1859 B Dear Axcro:—Our city is so immersed =in Southern trade, and our citizens are Sisuch money-worshippers, that not a sylla tble of sympathy has been publicly uttered gby any number of white people in be fhalf of John Brown. The only incident gthat occurred among this class of people, #@about the time of this martyr’s execution, gwhich betokened an outward demonstration of sympathy, was among some right feel fling students in Yale College. These hu- Mmane young men secretly draped the col §llcge chapel and the professors’ chairs in €the deepest mourning on Friday evening, fithe 2d inst., unseen by any but God and ithemselves; and on the following Saturday morning, when the college assembled for iprayers, the professors and the rest of the students were taken quite aback. DBat it 3was too late then to strip the chapel before going through with the usual religious ex fercises; and thus they were compelled to offer up their prayers with a remembrance of the martyr deeply impressed upon their minds by the habiliments of mourning dis played before their eyes. ' § On the other hand, our Southern con science-sold citizens are about following in the wake of Boston, New York, and Phila elphia, by getting up an Anti-John Brown invasion meeting, or rather a Southern sympathy meeting. It is called to assem ble in Brewster's Hall on Wednesday, the L4th inst. Of course on that oceasion : there will be the usual display of dough- § face speeches, wound up by the adoption | 'of lick-spittle resolutions. Now, to all i these Union-saving gentlemen, I have on- {, ly a few plain words to say. I wish to tell each and every one of them, from Edward Everett down, that they are the real trai tors to this age and country. They are traitors to God and humanity. FEvery one f them is guilty of the crime of Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot. They sacri- § fice their patriotism and their Geod for § gold. Benedict Arnorld, for British gold, turned traitor to the Revolutionary eause f America, and these Northern dough faces betray the principles of the Declara tion of Independence, which is the founda tion of the American Revolution, for South ern gold. Judas Iscariot sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver, and these lick pittle Northerners also permit the images f Christ, whom he has redeemed with his ost precious blood, to be bought and sold or the paltry pelf that the man-stealers put into their pockets from their diabolical traffic. Yes, inasmuch as they permit and cquiesce in the sale of the least of these, o matter how black and degraded, Jesus has assured us that he will regard it as be ing done unto himself. Therefore every one of these Southern sympathizers is 2 Benedict Arnold, inasmuch as he betrays the cause of his country as set forth in the Declaration of Independence, for the base old that pays for his treachery; and eve one of them is a veritable Iscariot be use he is accessory to the sale of his Sa vior in the person of the humble slave. his will be the certain judgment of the ust Judge of all the world upon every one of them. It is as certain as Gods Word is true, which has set forth the prin ciples upon which he will conduct his last