Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-28
Of the Bait Gidte anericap'
--latest from Charleston.
CnSkt.rsT.sy. Nov. q ,st85

tfpfn ''early morn TIL deWygg Eve hds }iio MOI
been equaled sins.albe commeucement OF
lie Harper:s Ferry affsir. The street
e.nrners from The extreme eastern section
=tosthe4western suburbs Of The town. pre-!
septed groups Of anxious citizaris, asking
and giving each otherthe latest news
be that iittle Or much, The dayEw I'M
usually tine. the sun shining out with
splenjnr. temperit,g The atmosphere aud
doing away with the chill wind Of the
previous day and might. The streets
were il q passable condition, and every
ching seemed to augur well, provided, tie
,abolitionisis5did nol come.
Il The excitement OF Saturday morning
in reference 10 a battle in. Clarke, county.
has Completely died off, messengers hay
ing been sent by Ccl. Davis, who RETURN
ed and reported a false alarm. Il
But the most exciting event of Satur-
day. was The arriysfIir the evening OF Mr.
Smith Crane. dijiz-n of Kansas. but /
native Of this town. X Mr.. Crane is pro
slavery man, and his atrival at once led
our now suspectingfei,ifen to cenelude
that AL was not right, and that he had
come with news Of dreadful import. H
was Immediately beseiged BIZ an anxious
chswd. ard made 70 reiisYe himself Of
any aud everything he knew in referebse
70 BroRa in Kansas. and also the news
he had 58in Preferences 10 contemplated res,
cue OF theprisanersi Mr., Crane, who is
beyond dpubt an entirely reliable man,
sia,ed that the excifemeutin regard is the
affair Waslyery great amongst tile anti
.slavey men ii, Kansas. and>he knew Tor a
certainty that they were arRfQg-ia large
numbers, and that they openly psochim
ed their intention Of making Browns res:
cue. He states that AT least fyeIhupdFai
can be raised in 4 few hours notice, and
that they are determined and desperat
men. and have tlftver failed 10. rescue
Brown from lhe5 many narrow straits ia
which lie had placed himself in the
southern part u Kansas. He also states
lhatsBrowr. is Tie idol ofsn,i slavery ruff
fans of Kansas, aud that he had only ID
give the command and they would fol-
low. Mr. Game states that amongst the
..nualber who deelarE their Intention to at.
tempt aiteseue, are some Danites WHO
hoA Browa i'll high esteem. After l.av,
ing Kansss, Mr. Crane travelled on until
he reached Bsllair. .0nio. fwh,rs he was
taken sick. One nights wAilst tlying
awake ID lis bed, he heard a party OF ab-
olitionists ip The next room conYersing ii
regard u -Br9wa.santl the means ,of his
rescue. One Of the men said thar rhey
conll raise three thon-and 10 less than
twenty four hours. to 60 by the way o.
Baltimore aud O1tip1 Railroad, and lhai
die rescue would b. Made al all hazrls
i A few hours after The arrival Of Mr.
Crane tin to.n the Hon Anafew Hun'ei
HnnteF receptive! 4 teltgraphic adespatcii
frpm United States MEfrshA Jones, q
Ohio, stating lllataiatgt nau1ger,,ot men
from 500 to- !, 600, were armins under The
leadership Of Jvha BtoRp, dr. son 81
old Brown ana you'll eertaintssmake al
attempt 10 rescue the prisoners thu,
confirming what was reporteh by Nj
Craze AS s5tda as. 4the contents Of the
despatch-wers male kpowa tie creates
excitemen was created. Ebut il did no
partake Of fear. COZ Davis Immediately
despatched to GovFsWise for 500 rsep
who. It was annoaneet to the excited
population. would be here last evening
With these facts spread before them. ,apq
thousand reports Which could NOT. b.
traced to 4 reliable source, the good peo
pie Of CharIestown retired 10 their beds
some placing their trust in Providence
others III the military and others I'M hei
own stout arms. o. IT.
Itmav be mentioned here that the Ar
tilery Company from IAiexsndria, 81 men
arrived aboui dayhStit Saturday, morning
causing much c"mmotiun. A large ma
Liority Of the 600 ell popnlalioaszsRlfo ris'
earliest, lhorght that the enemy .'hat
come and They were theirs Your cor
respondent also heard Of numerous goot
Jokes al the expense Of some Of our mos
benevolent and respectable old ladies
but the MOI al would not be sufficient /!
Iadorn tie tale. % he forbears To- mention
Etfem,z si St
L As stated above, yesterday morning
Ildawned on us beautifully, and prepare
tons were commenced early for therre
.cepsion IF the Richmond military. Larg'
quantities lot materials for bedticks wer
purchased. and the all Of the ladies', Sab
bath as IL was. soicited 10 making then
| up. Your correspondent shappened q
E.step in 70 see il friend about two o'elocI
fiji the afternoon. she isIaslady III mucl
piely aud usually attenas chaxeh At leas
three times On the .Ssbbsth. @ Igeko
my surprise when IEent+fed 10 l,ear tn
busy hum ufi The sewing machine. unde
the direction Of one iof our ladies. VIII
was turning off the cotton at a rapid rate
Seated aF9ufd her were a number Q
CAarl-s;own's airest daughters, busiII
/ plying their needles. One Of them, /
member Of the church, assured me sh
did. not think she would be held respon
fsible for The sin size Was committing
and thought, thar Col. Davis should res
pond 70 the question. guilty on not gull
Il, in that upper Court when our action
Will be passed on. 3 H
AT four O'Clock nf the afternoon al
most the entire population turned out an,
male their way. toJ the depot. To va
Soon announced that il despatch ha,
been received and the cars woald, not b
1 III FunfI FIVE O'clock. Somewhat disap
pointed the fair ladies' and gallant, beau,