New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-21


I call thu severe; because, although Mr. senno't
was certainly pretty bold in one or two OF hes 'ega
Arguments aainss Slavery, and did indeed eondaei ne
ca-s of come Of the prisoners in rather an alarming
uav vet he ALWAYS repadizied The idea Of Virginia
s,scounssv and acknowledged, when be lefs Charles
town that his visit lad been q tolerzbly delightful one
-,bieb .hopld have been taken sincere. II seens
TIA, my predictions that Mr. Sennott would mex. DO
visited with The gnomy of suspected TRIBUNE CORE
sronSenee i. verified Tsis the unkindest cut Of all
CHARLEsrowS, Friday, Nov. IL, lS0g.
The excitement Is unahated, but messages from
Governor Wise have somewhat aseuaged the pubic
terror. Colonel Davis has received word snsf We
Governor viii be promptly on hand 81 the hesa@
some hundreds Of soldiers. Various Dispatches irom
other sources the particulars OF which have not
learned give assurance that suooor Is approaching rom
sn .;des. We, the Colonel finds reason to continue
strict precautions new panic has se' IN ron inc
direction Of Wheeling, where the people are susPeed
of strong Anii-Slavery opinions, and wnere hepn0u-
can member Of the State Senate has actually oeen
hosen 10 Represent the people. This, supPose' as
sroupdless az all the kindred rmors of yesterday.
Blu, the citizens Of Charlestown think differently.
Thew distrust everybody; even their own friends.
night to learn what was going on produced severe
s.usation. The nieht-patrol saw him coming along
the road near Mr. Andrew Hunters house, and made
a great outcry. The guard assembled, and for more
than an hour they kept him at bay, until finding that
he was really alone, they permitted him TO passs
Once in il was quite difficult for HIM to get ont.
Colonel Davis looked into the matter, and at length,
iuss before SUNRISE gave him permission 70 return
home which he did loyously.
There il story Of letter in secret characters sent
TO Brown, which has been decPhered lser the Edgar
A. Poe sfvle. and found to contain intelligence point
inc toward rescue do not know If IL be true, but
If such letter has arrived here must have proceeded
from some practical Joker with the design Of throwing
CONSERVATION into jefferson County. No such letter
could have been seriously written. Even If an attempt
Of the kind were thought Of the last thing 70 be done
rould be the sending of missiye Of this sort. But
the people here quail at shadows.
MIR. GRIswoID AND HIS $3.50 PEE
Western paper brings here some singular CORE
spondence on the subject Of Mr.. II. Grswolds fee or
defending John Brown in bis recent trial. That gentle
mans friends are dspessed with the idea OF hs taking
1850 from the prisoners scaDty resources Probably It
appeared TO Them il appeared TO me- very much hke
pluuder from a bereaved and destitute family. They
question him about it, and he answers angrily and n-
effectively He says that what he received didnot
compensate him for the neglect Of his business IN Ccve-
land Ohio. II may be so but the question N not OF
dollars and cents. He says that no lawyer OF respeea-
bic attanments thinks the unreasonable, and that
certainly Mr. Brown did not. Mr.. Brown would DO
the last man to quarrel upon such subject with the
person who had attempted, however ineiciently, TO
save his e Mr.. Griswold looksupon the entire affair
az simple business Transaction and his inability TO I'M
/ ~.,axu Of ia MITE 4Ini( Qnl
explain bis action. l hope that the $3.50 which he
obtained with considerable difficulty from the pay
"master at Harpers Ferry" win pass lightly from his
pocket In his plain statement of facts in the case
| however he wanders too TO fiction 10 remain
uneontradcted His assertion that the other counsel
received or expect receive, from Mr.. Brown larger
fees than he claimed, is unwarraned. Mr.. Gibbons
thousand dollars-and believe be before earned
! 40 large sum with so little labor-was not drawn
from Mr.. Browns limited property. Mr.. Sennott and
| Mr. Hoyt both looked elsewhere for their reward.
And may say here what omitted to say in my first
ausion to the matter, that heard one OF Browns
counsel declare he would have cut OFF his
| hand as taken the money that Mr. Griswod took,
nnder the same circumstances. Mr.. Griswold greves
that / spoke of him only, and bad no word
! of reprobation for the other attorneys. The
fact is that the other attorneys exhibited sach r
paciy as his. He, however, only explain il on the
ground that he used Of the money he received
to purchase the favor of the writer" This is tho
weakest resource of weak cause-a plea worthy Of
q lawyer who does not shrink from doing an unmanly
thing because there nothing unprofessiOnaI in the
transaction" II is ludicpOus too because although
j saw much of Mr.. Griswold in this place, he never
knew my newspaper relation, nor does he now. That
is secret not to be eonded to those who regard and
Judge Of the most delicate subjects solely from bus-
ness and professional" stand point.
| Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 10, 1850
The reports from Charlestown, Last evening, have
thrown this little town into spasms, causing the en-
barkation of hundred armed TO the teeth TO
meet as they supposed, an army Of Aboitionsts.
body fmen supposed to have been seen in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Charlestown and near enough the
town to justify one of Gov Wises brave sentines TO
Ere and retreat to the main army creating general
alarm only among the braves, but throughout the
| Commonwealth n SEEING however this morning not