The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-11-23
THE DAY BOOK.
THE CHARLESTOWN EXCITE
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Quiet Restored-fog. Wise at 'Charlsstoae,.--
Cause Of the FComnsotio ion Movement' Of
I3.oo9,s, &c., HTS tas ,E1sNs afysSoT So
A dispatch was received yesterday from
Col. Bayly, the Governors Aid-deG Camp,
dated Charlestown, Sunday, stating that
everything was quiet, and that no cause for
pneasiness existed K 3s gays ass& ssaas
Governor Wise arriyedyat Harpes'sFerry
atahalf past4 oelock, Sunday Afternoon, aud
left about 6'o,clock for Char lestown, with
four Of the military companies The re-
mainder were, TO folloW Yesterday morning.
They have full Seampa equipa &C. with them,
and it is the GeFerneR's intention to- aermf o.
military encampmant at Charlestosvn, until
after the executio =. arrangements haye
been madestO obtain supplies OF provisions
for them frsm Baltimore. lsesesss so g5yte-.
Adispateh from Harperss Berrysays a3l q
The excitement on Saturday morning was
caused first by thereceipt OF rumor thatsa
desperate fight was going onin sClarke coun-
ty betTeen party of strangers and citizens,
and the lei sndriaA Artillery, which was
then at Winchester. was dispatched with~a
humbef charmed volunteers tos theeseatsof
the rumored disturbancesi4 Whilst the ex-
citefnent' was at its height, and before the
report was discovered toabe without founda-S
ton, gentleman named Smith Crane, ar :
where he reported a number of strange men
to De congregating, between two Of whom
he accidentally overheard a conversation,
the purport Of which was that a body of five
hundred men were to seize a train OF cars at
that place, rush through to Harper's Ferry,
and attempt the rescue of Brown and his
companions He Immediately set out for
Harper's Ferry to apprize the inhabitantsof
what he had overheard. ros,sd ss,ers5. a.. - :,
sOn4reaching Chariestowni he reported to,
Col, Davis, who Immediately ltelegfaphedt to
Cow Wise for five hundred more troopss7-s
The troops have arrived. Governor Wise
has gone to Charlestown, and all is again
1uiet and will doubtless remain so, . = ', y,
f,-r5V htervie,os asitE the Governor. y, = IN.
The Baltimore American of yesterday,
says; ,pols 1a5- al .sn, aie ab2os g~5sA say So
Gov Wise was waited upon AT the w aah-
ington junction by several Of the officers Of
The Baltimore ana Ohio Railroad Company.
who paid him their respects, and with whom
he conveIssd quite freely regarding the ex-
element The Governor was understood to
say, in response TO suggestion that the iru-
mors were probably unfounded, that though
he would be'regarfeaa lis maxim unnecessary
preparations for an enemy that might not
appear, yet in SO grave a matter, and with
the clear and positive evidence in his posses.
sion of the existenos$ef an intention and an
organization TO attempt the rescue of the
State prisoners, he pfeterred to have fifty
times too many, men, TO having one too few,
and the best,way, inshis Judgment, to pre-
vent serious trouble was to fully prepare to
meet it. gde did not for a. moment credit
the idea that any armed force would bodily
march to the scene, to undertake q ;fescue,s
butahe did believe that Dad men werepplaIl
ming an ,attetnpt by gathering lsingly, iorlnd
pairs, to be inTreadiness, lin case saccessB
would seem tall possible He was Inform
ed that the property Of three OF, more
Of Jurors who condemned Brown
had been burned withinthe past fort weight
hours, and this seemed 10 impress him that
there were TeInissaries and aceompiicesd Of
Brown now in the vicinity of Charlestown!s
Gov.GWise further declared that while it
would crafty MIN to find that no effortsata
rescue weald be MADEIRA that his visit and
Its acknowledgement we're entirely am
necessary, yet believed iGiwsuld be useful
to Virginia in the end, as shelving the alas-
rity with which lhersv oiuhteers responded to
a public call and the ease and lprQmptnessa
with:whiehs she could concentrates them in
force to sustainhef laws, sor arepete the Eviess
lent invasion Of her soil.s ti2ssg2s % % Tsas
9aasy9; A6as n CRafezstoteR. 'l e5sss !,
Abcorrespohdant of the american writes
FROM Gharlestawn, November l9thsss.f as fol-
lows 4: 870s. zoo aal@sSa 50a % - gf el
Various ruuinn efs have been in circulation
for the past faw days inregard to an attemp-
ted rescue by Northern tapaties sof Brown
and his fellow pr soperss but thing Telia-,
BILE has been lined alth oagh it is believed /
by MANY intelligsnt,and knowing gentlemen
that thesattempt 5wilk be made.8 Amongs