Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-31

nd. on 10 fIarpeIss Ferry Until within q
5ewSnaiiss ofthe FefTy, be news wus that the
Knitting was stili going on Al the Relay
Efl1nse, Governor Wise telegraphed Col lee!
#to make no terms Wits the flotexS before his
ARRIVAL: none we're nssdes and Col. Lee had
captnftd them some hours before the Cover
nor arrived. Governor Wise telegraphed COL
August at the Relay House, to return with bis
regiment from shingtoh to Richmond. -
The Colonel had reached Washington. with
'29s men. and had all The forces gone on, the
Governor would have had Ct Harper's Ferry,
by Tuesday. evening, about 500 well ECU pnesd
ana drilled yirgina troops beside$ the hun
dteds OF .voitnfeers who had sfocked to the
Ferry without organisation. Company s 2 &
and Captain M.rye's RifeInen We're al who
reached The Ferry with the Govern0r. hey
were ordered back BY The night train Of 1nssss
day. The GoyeFner remained w eGnesday vi
examining evids nee and ordering for the So +
tn Of the neigh bs rhood and guarding the PITS
oners HE went in person wath the PrIso-
reas, ana ruafd or Marines, acco nfpaflied Ay
the Sheriff or Jefferson couats. and / be Mar
shall OF the United States sto the prisoners a
CharlestovuJ saw them safely LOGGED IN ~,
sfaid there an night, and returned 10 Harper's
Perry Thursday morning, where he organized
a guard, and then left on his return. 10 Rich i
nonil, where he arrived on Friday last, q bout
Q o clock, n. NJ. he was received by Com
pany !" n :: and large concourse3 OF eitizensJ
and vas, by them. escorted 10 the GovernmeR,
House On arriving there. Capt. Cary fofmea
his cofnpaiIy insfnont Of The mansion, 4 and iIom
its steps, Gov. Wise addressed them as lsol-
Captain Cary, Company n ard Felier-.
Citizenx .-If yen ana 4 never had fellow
feeling before, VIE have IL now. Rpm OTIS g q
in direction. invasion, rdbteFy ma murder ny I,
I'll ffians On our bdEaer, called yhu TO the neid,
to exert the authority of your state 70 pro
tect the safety Of her people, ,You,feliowi-
e;,izenS. and citizen soldiers. addressing
Company r )were ready to start and did start
on the path Of duty, at a moment, warning, ].
and we fiundsaSders, like yod, lying II wait
on the path, who rendered their services \
thank you-I thank all who jolnedsyou anu
were ready to join You. with my Whole heart,
1er this whole peopie, not only for being
ready. bnt for the manner in which yourduty
was reformed. y II is due to You and your
feIlow.citizens, that should says and that
they should know, that YOU were to DC, nnh.It
necessary, to DID In their defence. kept my
eve upon you, and proudly attest that you
,csre nsa. As telegraph uphu telegraph met
MS o,rthe way that the fighting was still go-
ing on, riformingsas Of the danger OF the prs,
Of death itl.the assaults by the troops, yclir
Eeountenances were blight with the cheerful
ness that YOU would BE therein the imminent
breach No man turned pale, no cheek
blanched, nd face was blank, untll within 4
few miles OF the scene, we learned that all
was over, and thatsylctorY was won wi hont
the q id ofyour right arms. The brightness ot
your look faded mot until we found, when
we{gots there, we, came to Ideks only j pom the
dead, the diving and The wounded.
| Oh the way. on board the steamer at the
Potomac, reminded you that yon We're AZ
ready known Al home nehe character OF gem
flemen, and that then you Were ca led on to
win the character DC soldiers. That character
you have won s Although not commanded to
charge bayonet oI pull 4 trigger, yop pre-
served .order, cornposure, dignity. AMI dis
cipiineain the midst af the highest excitement
and confusion have ever witnessed. es
peciallythank you and the soldiers who Joined
us on the way, aand ] would SIS q special en-
comium hpon Capt. Maryessaf the Alexandria
Rifles, who, without waiting for ball and car
fridge, Joined us at Washington with 70 men,.
and enabled me to proceedfwsthNa guard Of gI
VirginiaEsoldiers I'd Harperis Ferry Let me
also thank Col August, and the corps of the
fstiResimentof Virginia Volunteers, who left
this eityIundet hisHordets, the next morning.
These and all who marched towards the
iscene--all, all wha were on the way as
prompt as preparation lie made, and as
speedily as steam could convey then, i thank
witin he deepest lgraaitliae. l+ragretted to
feel it my duty, at the Relay House, to order.
the list Regiment I'd return to Richmond fiorh
Washington Wefthere heard that Col Lee
had telegIaphed that no more Jlited S tates
troops would be needed, and orders to those
~ i i
Bus took on Company ~ il need be. to
form guard andscoar the SURROUNDING country,
But when we arrived at HHper's Ferry, i
found that there had been double more han
ample force. The gallant volunteers Of JEFF
fersor were the first on the ground, anG soon
after them, the/noble men of Berkeley were
there. Farmers with single and double bar
re He'd shot guns. and with plantation rifles
were there's The people with arms and with
out aims, rushed tot scene !; For what D.
Whal had Tia ppened r WHAT summoned them
to SHOULDER musket and snatch weapons as
they could Il What|had distnf,ed their peace9
What Il. .satened their safety and 10 suilytheir
honor2 Alas !! to the disarafe Of the Nation
mot Virginia, repeal all irnputa tion upon
her--but tsEthe disgrace of-sdme ody--four7,
teen ,rhite ra6 fans Ind fire negroes had hem
permitted to take the United States Arsenal,
nth az ifs arms and treasury. md 10 hold it
for 2ihSRrs, at that ThormopyIae Of yAmey;ea,
Harpers Ferry, on the eonfnes of fiDo slape
Stoies ,cith the apope u oi5ect Of epfancipaiing
their Slaves AT every hazard and the very per-.
spetratiaRrN the seizure and iinprisonme nt-pf
tbefnha bitants, and Of robbery and murder
and treason. /
II You will indignantly ask: How could such
outrage and disgrace be brought upon coufl
try like this, strong as tits In eyerything2s Il
will briefly tell you. Congress had by law,
displaced the regular army from the superinS
tendence ofitsown arms, as lift was unwor.
thy offhe trust Of lis own affairs. and its of.
icsrs very naturally turned awayia disgust
from giving attention to this arsenal. A civil
superintendent was placed jim charge and
know the gentleman, a VirginianI is as wor
sent on official duty at Springfield, Mass
and have great confidence that had he been
att the Arsenal it could not have been cap
l tured and held as lit wass And 1 do not
mean 10 80 into the dispute or que tions
whether civil or military superinienda IS
most proper over inanufsctoty AMI Arsenal
Of arms. Bnt this lido say, empha ticallyAnd
Indignantly, that whet her the snpe intendence
<was civil or military, there ought to. hare been
an organised and sufficient military guard
there and there ,cds aothing Of the kind
a here mas no iratck eUen North naming, and
no guard at all. Thus, an arsenal, which
ought to be depot of arms and nutrition III
defence, for The citizens at all times 10 fee to
for meanssof protection, became depot for
desperadoes to assail us and d positive da1-I
ger To on r neopIel it would he better for EiF-