The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-30
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WEDNESDAY MORNING NOV ''11.,1s ao $50
AFFAIRS IN cHARLEsrowN.
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CnARIEsrows, Saturday Night /

informed you, by telegraph, that lhe Ho N
| tiers, had arrived, and gone into quarters.
| We are lodged, most comfortably, in the lee
snre-room basement story of the Presby se-
rian church. Last night, we laid our blankets
apon straw, with which the floor was pleut
fully bestrewn, and slept soundly enough, af.
/ ter the long trip from Richmond, during which
| !, at least, ana some Others, enjoyed much less
l1han proper share of repose. l had my frs,
texperlence OF standing guard last night, from
I eight to Ten inside Of our quarters, and from
| two 10 four outside II was n little irkspme III
first, but soon became accustomed to Ii, and
in the end, became a,her fond of il than other
wise. 1t conduces 50 pleasantly TO sleep-the
greatest of blessings, SO some OF us think--thai
1T Is worth trying, by way Of change. Per-
/ haps, when the duty shall have been laid on in
q severer form, may think differently; bu I,
certain am, that my four hours rest of las
| night was worth any twelve hours 1 have
i spent in the same way during the last ten
years. And then, 1T gave me such an appetite
Really, am quite ashamed of my voraeity.-
do not think some of any juniors are quite SO
| sensitive, To judge from their performances rs
/ trencher men. l never saw such butter as
| they lave here. II is as yellow as gold, or ra-
| ther, AS the beautiful little flower which the,
call the bhtter-eup, which is yellower than
| any gold. aud prettier, too, though not quite SO
| costly Ii seems absolutely to reflect It's lustre
| upon the plate.
told you we slept last night upon straw
| To-day the ladies took our canse, and presto.
| everything was changed in an instant. A
number of bed ticks, or rather quantity OF
| material designed tor ticks, was sent to onr
| quarters to-day, and this evening down came
| a beVy of the ''fairer portion and soon their
| fingers were flying like lightning over the
| work which they had volunteered to carr,
| through. Under their plastic hands, a whole
| room full of ticking soon grew into shape, and
we had nothing to do but to fill them with
| straw. which we did with hearty good Will.
As l write, my comrades are snoring around
| me, in every note which belongs to the chro-
| matte scsie, and TO speak the truth and do no
| more Than justice, some of them manage their
flats and sharps with extraordinary skill
One squeaks like the reed of a clarionet an
other comes out in the deep bass OF the bas-
sJon; n third, more ambitious than ms nelgh-
| bors. runs over the entire scale. 1t Is pity
| that such skillful performers have but an au-
| dience of two--the sentinel, namely, and your
| humble servant. All the rest are too busy lp
| sounding their own trumpets to ilsten To tue
| blast from the bugie OF their neighbors. 30
much for~-the ladies, the Lord send them ali
| good husbands which is the greatest blessing
| | can think of Just at this time. / think
| have seen more pretty ladies since have beer
| here, than l ever saw in the same space OF
| time before. And they are as patriotic as their
| grandmothers of the Revolution, and thou
| sand per cent. handscmer, have no doubt
| | have Travelled over pretty rough road or
| this side OF our Jordan, and, las general thing
| should not wish TO traveii again. But since
l have been here, feel disposed to take a dit-
ferent view of things. l think should like
| 10 be young again, come what might, for the
benefit OF these young houries, who so kindly
| iuterest themselves IN the soldiers welfare
| and with whose grandm3mmaS (alaS! that
| should say so) was contemporary.
| To turn to harder subject: We had two
drills yesterday. and are coming on famously
in our wheelings, tacings, and management o
| our arms. We have ne hoWitZers. You know
| so we are drilled as infantry. think we shall
| become very passable soldiers in the course ol
| time. We went in to-day, by squads TO see
| the prisoners. Old Brown hold to be the
most truculent, ill-looking rufiian ever saw
| 1t really must require very strong imagi gina
lion 10 make anything poetical out of him
He has full light eyes, very prominent, and as
cold aGd freezing though they were balls
of ice. 1 should Judge him a man TO whom
the very name of mercy was unknown. AS
for his being a fanatic, believe not one word
| of it. He has the very cut of a hghwayman'
iib. And such, have not the least doubt, has
always been his occupation. To me, there Is
something appalling in the free use which he
makes ot the Scripture, 10 JUSTLY his enor-
nous crimes. He is no fanatic. Fanatics
| when under tiie influence of their falsely re.
| iigious zeal, will readily enough murder tC
carry out their views. They but TOO apt
) also, TO mistake private animositv for antipa.
| thy inspired by Heaven, and esteem re venge
an acceptable service to God. But when dlo
fanatic ever take five men cut of their bed;
: and murder them in cold blood without pre-
Y tending that they either stood in the way oI
their religious enterprises, or were in any other
way obnoxious to him Brown did that, and
| to Judge from his countenance, nothing was
| more natural than that he should have done
|
| Beecher's calendar, in which Jonathan Wilde
:, | and Jack Shepherd would hold more consDic
| uous places than Jno Howard or Anth'y V Ben.
nezet II is said that his spirits have undergone
| prodigions relapse. 1t is the opinion of mauy
| persons that he has never believed. until with.
IN Il very short period. that he would really bt
| hung. lie is supposed TO have relied greatly
| upon the Court of Appeals. but even more
| confidently upon assistance from without
2 ! Indeed we have understood that he told some
| person who called on him fortnight ago. tina
he had been in worse scrapes than that which
| he is III at present. There can be TO doubr, il
| the meantime, that he has partZans who ar,
deferred from attempting his rescue only b,
! The imposing itude which the military hay,
| assumed here. 1t would take far more me,
D than he has ever had at his command to ge
him safe through this trial / feel well as
| sured the attempt Will not be made. II is sal,
there will be an arrival tomorrow of 55D ad
| ditional troops. These are, doubtless, brough
, | into the field by the evidence of movements
! going on among his friends. Rockets are le
! 1H among the mountains, apparently sig
nails, during the night, and more than one let
| Ter in cypher has been intercepted. The ru
NOR is, that some OF these communications ar
very significant. 1t will not all do, however
Brown is doomed man. and will most as
| surediy be hanged. He begins TO feel this him
self no doubt, and as he feels the halter dra "
his spirits fall.
| The people here are good TO us, almos
wish they were some kin 10 me- although
| very much doubt whether the feeling is recip
| rocated Their houses are thrown open to III
with hearty good will, which renders tbs
favor doubly acceptable. May they be re
| ,yarded for it here a nd hereafter. p
CuARLEsTowN, Sunday, Nov. 9th.
| Our company stands guard Tonight on tho
| outskirts of the town. i shall. conseq quenliy
| have no opportunity 10 Write to-night, an.
| therefore write now, viz: between III ana J.
| in the day. We are all well. Not only onI
| own company, but, as far rs l can learn, All
| the rest are in good health. Thus Tar ther'
| has been but little occasion for the surgeon
| Indeed it may be said that his Office is a sine
| cure How it NAV be a week hence, l do ao'
| of course know. But there is every reason
| TO hope the best from The s rict discipline ina
| is kept up l alluded in my last, to the un-
| bounded hospitality of the population. am
happy to say that it has thus far. Ss far as
| can learn, met with the proper sort OF return.
| The troops have conducted themselves, all
| agree, with a degree of order and regularity
| which, however natural to veterans, could
| hardly have heen expected of young soldiers
| on their first campaign l hope, and feel
assured, it will continue to be SO. Nothing
| would be more painful 10 me than to know
that we had given occasion of offence to
heard a great deal about the hospitality Of the
lower part Of Virginia. Itis mentioned among
the anecdotes of John Randolph, that upon
| one occasion, when some person alluded to
this trait in their character, he said, with the
cynicism which formed such a striking pecu-
Iiarity in the construction Of his mind, s they
are hospitable because 1t costs them nothing. -
He alluded evidently to the profusion of the
Inynries of life. with which the lower coun.
try is blessed. Now, there is so much hearti.
ness in the good treatment we get here that !
am prone to think the same people would be
eu ually kind, no matter what sort OF country
they inhabited. Yet il is a fact. that people
who inbabit a fine country have more OF tha'
virtue than others. And this Is noble coun-
try, competent. we should think, 70 Ieed ine
world. You recollect that wnen pa.Ia,loH l'