Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-29
Affairs at Charlesto,yn.

The letters from Cbarpstown become more in
tnrc,iing the day uf Browns execution an.
lrI che.. l'rigndier General Taliorh of tic Attn
brigade, ' NJ. has been appointed to the command
o, all tho military force there. He hus ordered n
h, spitnl tn hn opened and the Organization OF n
msiinl staff. Cob. S. Bns.e French la, been M.
intcd Military Secrmrv To the commander
letter dnlrt.th oath inst says:
Brown was visited Yesterday afternoon iv Rev.
James II, March, Of tho NJ. f. Church The
reverend gea:liman having aivanc d an argu-
me't in favor If the institution OF slavery AZ it
n"w exists Brown replied to him, saying: MY
dear eir. yuu know nothing about Christianity:
you will have to learn the B C's in the lesson of
Christianity, M find YOU nre entirely ignorant
III the meaning of the word. |, of course respect
| you ~ gentleman, but it is heuthen gentle
man. Thr reverend gentleman here thought il
| best to draw such discussion to n close and
| therefore Withdrew.
| The other prison rs awaiting the execution
| ot HE seutc,ce passed upon thcm with seeming
! compnsure, with the exception of Cook who is
quite clestiallcn since the visit of of Gov Wise IA
the oulv hope he hnd Is blasted by the pnsitiye
assurance gwen willis, here, that, under cir
| cumstanccs. would he mterpose 10 snve him.
Everything in the shane of business is suspen-
ded and the inhabitants seem to do nothing but.
| make efforts to provide FOR the military. Schools
are suspended, and sei,ol-houses occupied NJ bar.
! racks. Churches ARE, IN n manner, closed and
tue cloSot must now 10 feSorteu by whose
thoughts are directed from things carnal. r-.
On the Oath inst, there was an alarm that .,the
! enemy was only IL few miles from town. Ii did
| not create any conmotluu. A letter of the 25ti
says:
l. The military aspect nf The town. Yesterday was
very gay. thu weather being fine. and the troops
awaiting themselves of tho opportunity of making
an explanation of the streets anh alleys many
going beyond the suburbs The Richmond Grayt
and Company +, which seem tn vie with each
other in the handsome appearance they present
reminded one Of uncaged birds, SO wild and slee
some they appear.
A glance in at tho COURTROOM will attract Mt
trntion from the fact that in place where but q
few days ago sentence was pronounced against tho
prisoners now in JAIL, you will observe military
lmrracks with all the utensils used for cooking pur
poses The platform Oh which the Judge had hi.
ssat, together with all the space outside the ban
occupied by the lawyers, is occupied by compan,
+. The inside of the bar is in possession of the Alex
andra Artillery; the large hall over the court
room il held by the Alexandra Rfemen. and ia,
front Of the upper portion of the courthouse is
held by the Executive Guard, Capt Hunter. You
will observe by this that the courthouse is occu
pied by four military companies
A large nn1nbor Of the comntnies having been
boarding at tho hotels, Gen. faaferro Yesterday
made inquiries "a TO the arrangements made f.,
the payment # board, 1t was in a short i'm,
reported to him by the Quartermaster that thq
men were lihS 81 per day board, ana trusting
to the Commonwealth to refund the money. Tho
{ General Immediately ordered hat cuokinn u,ensil,
, he furnished them, nnd that they be allowed IN.
tons for themselves, or 10 cts per day in il.
s}ead.
HEADQUARTERS. CnARLEsrnws.
November 2I. 1859.
GENERAL ORDER. No.
Col. j. Lucius Davis is hereby directed to assam
/ the duties Of Assistant Adjutant General and As
sistant Quarter Master eneral Mt ,hit pos,,aud vii
be respected accordingly.
In assuming the command of the forces of Vir
:. gina ut this place and its vicinity, the Command
ing General cannot neglect this his FIST opp,rtu
nity to express to this command his high appreci
4 alton OF the chivalroGs department of Col Dayi,
A under most trying circumstances, and Cor III,
r'f highly military DISPOSE tim OF the forces in CHARLES
+ town under his direction, and to express bis an
0 tire approval Of his conduct By or lerof '
v oRGENERAL TALiArERRo.
=. B,ssETr FaENou. Nil. Sec'y.
y The Woods Rifles Capt. Lamb, of Norfolk. nm,
:. accompany from Portsmouth. left yesterday mtrn
$ ing an the steamer Louisiana for Baltimore q,
o route for uarper's Ferry. john Fe,chnr has beel
Q imprisoned at Norfolk TOR using &c lirioas lanru
/ age, X Yuwell has bsan required to give bai i,
g Malson c.'nniy, for the same offence A free ne
n gro named + 'rd was ordered to be whipped /,
Madison county. last week for expressing lis will
o lingness to in his "bretheren Of the NORTH i,
their attack On the South D. p. James and II Ga