The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-21

FOUNDED on rumors the most vapory The In
Sthudafy obstruction OF large stores of wheat
arc other farm produce Is of itself all too AZ.
nneuhg, and needs not the fictitious addendum
VI nuhofeds OF armed insurgents impossibly
eueamped At some unknown place vet located
cohsiderabty farther towards the interior of
virginia than Chariestown itself. With re-
my. nns 70 .ns ineendary acts reported they do
hot appear to be confined to Virginia for tht.
same crime is rife In some parts of Pennsyl
wanna This may be a mere coincidence b,t
uma viii develop something that will explain
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BRowN,s w1FH.
The New York Independent publishes an
| account Of interview Of a corresnonaent
with Mrs. Brown, the wife OF Capt Brown.
| the convicted leader Of the Harper,s Ferry in
| surgents:
Mrs. Brown is tall. large and muscular. eiy-
ing me impression at first sight of frame
Sapante OF great strength and long endurance
l aiel iacs IS grave and thoughtful, wearing
bsrna ,n .nis nour OF trial. an expression of So
ss oe4.ess retner than of sadness. She is a ma
| i've OF w whitehall, near Lake Champlain. and
mas been the m Dther Of thirteen children but,
no.Wiihs'andlng the cares of her numerous
| taniAy, aud her many priyations and struggles
independent of household burdens. she Still
appears as fresh and hale rs if she were only
noW IN 'ne prime and yigor of life. While
islns IN OHIO, four of her children died from
| ayseaiery, within eleven days three of whory
day.
referred incidentally TO the design upoG
Harpers Ferry as having been premeditatsNf
lot Two years, 10 which she Immediately rV
piieu, 'Aef for tico yeas, bnt for t,cealy! Hs]
mad been waiting twenty years for some opporS
tunity to free the slaves; we had all been waltz
ing, with him. the proper time when he shoulds
put his resolve into action; and when, at last,
the enterprise Of Harpers Ferry was planned,
we all thought that the time had now come
Mr.. Brown was sanguine Of success; all
ytutt ttr =.
did any of the family, that the experiment
would result in defeat. We all looked to it AS
fulfilling the hopes of many years.
then put the question which / had been
chiefly solicitous To ask: sit is the common
| talk OF the newspapers that Capt. Brown is in
sane-what do you say to that opinion g'
II never knew she replied, "of his insanity
uatii read 1T IN the newspapers. He is a clear
| headed man. He has always been, and now is
entirely in his right mind He is always cool,
deliberate and never over hastv; but he has al :
ways considered that his first perceptions OF
| duty, and first impulses to action, were the
| best and the safest to he followed. lie has al
most always acted upon his first suggestions
| No, he is not insane His reason is clear. His
| last act was the result, as all his other a is
have been, of his truest and strongest conscien-
! tious conv lotions"
A SICKLEs CASE on THRoNR-Aa Infuria-
ted Kiag.-The shooting of his private secreta-
ry by King Kamehameha, of the Sandwich
| Islands. has been briefly noticed. The secre-
| tary was A. II. Nelson, an American, and tho
shooting took place during yachting excur-
sion, the King having gotten drunk for the
occasion. An account of the affair says:
| He arrived on shore about 10 o'clock, and
| ordered his servant to call Hopkins, Mckib-
ben. and Nielsen; when they came out he was
sitting on the piazza; seemed mcrose and ex-
cited ordered his servant TO bring him his
pistols; whipped him and sent him to prison
a ,t1lr
| when he received his pistols he, without as
signing any reason, told Nelson that he must
die; Nelson retreated into his house, and the
King followed him up and shot him. 1t is III
| mored that Immediately after the occurrence
| the King refused to Mr.. McKibben. his sur
geon, the privilege Of attending Nelson,
| threatening to shoot him if he went near the
| house 10 which Nelson had been removed
| The next morning, however, he sent for Nc
| Kbben, and requested him TO render Nelson
| Ill the assistance in his power Ii is ssid that
| the King beat the q ueen, and that after shoot
! ing Nelson he stood over The Queen, ana
| threatened TO shoot her and his child. Rumor
| assigns the cause of the act to jealousy of the
| QueeE-a feeling believed by the entire COM
mnnity TO be without shadow OF foundation
| The King, although impetuous, has hitherto
conducted himself In such manner as to WIN
the respect and esteem of the entire foreign
community consequently they were thunder
| struck on receiving the news OF the tragedy
For days it was the great topic of converse
| tion. Many We're indignant that the King,
being above the law, should so openly trans
| gress it; but the prevailing feeling was that OF
regret Mr.. Nelson, immediately after being
shot, was removed to 8 house outside the pal
ace grounds and Dir. II. b. White was called
| to dress the wound The wound, although
dangerous, is not considered fatal.
| The King, on the 1st of October, called to-
gether the " House of Nobles,' and it was sup
posed he intended to abdicate, but the govern
ment organ officially contradicted that report