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Show , A QUEER AVQfpQY. Tns 'ew York Tfonc makes the for-lowing for-lowing pica for Old Joho Urfirrn and his so'iis; , "You kiiQw that ralstaken Old Jfohn Brown, and his brave sonswlth him at llsrpsr's Ferry, laid down their lives not to-injurt Xut to' Itntfit tif South that they and their comrades dead, or about to be killed, were the least ticetlonal of human beings. They sacrificed thfir lives In an Unlawful but heroic effort tct benefit those whom they had never cen." That Is equal to the apology for British aggrcsslons.cn American commerce made by the Rev. F. S. F. Gardiner, of Tfinity Church, Boston, during the late wnr with Great Dritaln, In one of his Bernjoas he Said; "The British, after all, save for ns by thelf.couvoys infinitely more property than they deprive ns of. Where they take ohe ship they protect twenty. Where they commit one outrage they do many acts or kindness," The people of "Virginia could not exactly ex-actly appreciate tho idea how John Brown and sons could benefit them by stealing their Silver plate, negroes and horses, any more than conld the United States the servJcca or the British In protecting their commerce by seizing ships and murdering their crews. -A1. Jr. Paper, |