The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-22
s.. "a. sAIuRDAY, OCTOBER - 1859 PRICE

'WeAty live insn, TO be unlap ,.gs,n
SAu M 10 remain on duty until furrhar ordass
aou are Invested with such ,iisr.atlsras
powers as may be necessary =, a,a' .ssionary
.nsfuetlons on to-day giyea yo,s ~ .,s.x .iIp
efhoI You Will patrol the dstris3. ..s aSs,, Iop,
ir.usrts' aI aa project and dofend persons and
you 1ou viii communicates il. Tor, isa
report for further orders Il, "a Il ia ~. oT
o isosernor " Richmond: 70 tho ndersienad
sinia and Comnander-in- -(lhIef wa VI Vif-
1sisnsa JoHs BLAIR noar.
Ald-de-Cainp to the (Snysrns,.,
~, ton , receiSing the above, Capt Cra,y ,s.uaa
cent OF the Armory PoAAi'eh-
ordinance Department, Haynsy,s E. x,,
ter -. lsog.To A. M Barbour, ESQ Sn,sriu- .Io-
His Excs,,an ere ,iainers ,l Ferry Armory Sir
lasihg notified me that he had ecisd ti.a sia
| ta.s sts'izntion OF an armed patrol for the rro.
- ,'. OF the neighboring districts. ana nav.
he reg nested that a sufficient number nf ar,,s .,r
should be issued on account of tho = "a a,nls ~,
VIII become duo to the State in 1sn ~. snas
piease Issue 20 Henry Hunter ESQ W., M -.
Ave rinas ecea 20 organize the patrol, twenty
nv, I've IiIes, caiibre 2s, with bayonets In i,n,,;a
swages rS;nn,d VI onilef-monlds and
rh,n. Captain of Ordinance
d;racfay LINUS oi ammunition were also
unieelea a 70 be given to Henry Hunter NJ tb q
eApehse OF the State. The Goyernor says 49, re
o'ate nad arms for one hundred thousanJ
dannara hen he also said the Sharps rifles were a
dangerous weapon for those not faniI;.r y ,;.t a
arms. lie preferred the smooth -bor,. m,'"i.at
iol iiliiiaryi Sharp's rifles We're toys in the
hands q the people. -. ''ie
=, ne eIoVernor Expressed his modification at
..ie oisgFace Which had been brou ght npop tho
State. lie would rather have lost hntt, 49,
ana both arms from his shoulders and hins
than such disgrace should have been cast n -.
On II, tnat fourteen white men and five ne
groes should have captured the goyernnpo.
sWofks and all iarper's Ferry and have been
able to retain them for one hour. Col. Lee
with Twelve marines, settled the matter in zen
minutes. Ihat nineteen men should capture
one hundred prisoners was something IL ke the
policeman who captured ten men. and said
Faith, l surrounded them They should
read Shakespeare and study Faistaff's oaths
prisoner remarked that there were ten of them
laughter prisoners, and nine insurgents bui
that the latter were each armed with three
Sharps rifles and two Colts reyolyers "We
We're" said lie, huddled in like II flock OF
sheep" Yes, said the Governor, 'you were
ia q corner and you were very much like
sheep. They certainly cornered all Harper's
Ferry"
The Governor said to some citizens when
they complained that they had no arms, tha
il was their fault their militia had not been or
ganized. He could not send them arms unless
they We're organized, and as not one company
in ten had reported to The State authorities, it
would be throwing them away to do So He
would see thar The district under his control
!
ernment protected its property not. The
| like scene should never happen again
The town and neigh borho0d> are filled with
persons OF all descriptions, who are roaming
| about with government arms in their hands
some of whom are intoxicated and disorderIy
arres;ing innocent parties without cause
| MIR. G. w. blizzard. of Charlottesville, Va,
was arrested about two miles from town by
| some of these parties, because he was a stran-
| ger to Them and had spear in his hand He
| was, of course Immediately released by the au-
| thorites of the town. Il. @. Wyman, of Madi-
! son Court-House, Va, i delegate to the Pres
| byterian Synod ar SheperdStown, Va, was
| also taken into custody, and released. The
| justices of the peace have made arrangements
| TO have all the arms OF the State and general
government in the hands of such parties col
| lected and restored.
Theinsurgent Brown rented his house from
DR.. Kennedy, of Hagerstown, at thirty-fiye
dollars rent Per year, under the name of
Smith.
Mr. VIM Lee, living near this place, son of
the late BENZ. Watkins Lee, released q boat
| man who had been captured by a person un-
der the influence of liquor. He took his
captiye's musket and returned it to the
Armory.
1t is a remarkable fact that not q single slave
Joined the party of insurgents. Those who
were taken prisoners made their escape from
their captors at the first opportunity and re-
turned to their masters. One of the negroes
from the West, captured at the rife factory,
was taken TO Charles town jail. The PROPOSE
lions to lynch him were oyerruled by the good
sense of the citizens
MIR. Beckhan's body laid in the street for
several hours after he was shot, until wo-
man, the sister of Mr. Foulke, removed it upon
a wheel barrow.