The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-21
Rittmann Qispatrh.
MONDAY MORNING. NOV q, ,ssa
THE EXCITEMENT AT cHtRI.psTowN.

Inc EAeiIhaENT AT cIiARLBST0WN,
The excitement growing out OF the state Of
| aisairs at Chariestown, Va, was renewed on
| sataruay night by the receipt Of dispatches
irom Col. Davis TO Gov. WISE announcing
that large body of armed men were marching
from the direction of Wheeling, and request.
ing that 3o0 troops be immediately sent TO hi.
assistance, The request was promptly COM
piled with. Subsequent Intelligence. which
will be found nader the teiegrapiie head. pro.
duced the impression tha, there was no reality
in the report whatever may be the ground for
apprehendiug an invasion hereafter.
We append n variety of interesting extracts
in connection with the Harper's Ferry affair:
| NORTH CAROLINA PATRIOTISM.
The Wilmington Journal, of Saturday, has
the following:
We learn that yes eserday afternoon, about S
| O'Clock, Capt. Hall, ON behalf OF his company.
| the Wilmington Light Infantry, telegrsphed
10 Gov. Wise rendering him the ser vices OF the
company with fifty muskets aud piece of ar
| ul'ery, offering 20 60 at five hours notice il
required. The prompt action of the com pany
| was in view OF the Geographic adyices from
The neighborhood of Chariestown, Va. II the
course of the evening the following answer
| was returned:
| Capt. T.. ID. HALL:
Please accept thanks. Happily no addition
al force IS needed. Virginia is ready for the
4 d.
THE RxoITRNENr AT ALEXANDRIA
| On Thursday night, says the Gazette,
after the reception of a dispatch from
HaFpefs Ferry, announcing the presence
OF large body of armed men in the
| neishbornood of Charlestown our city pre-
sen'ed scene of considerable excitement
The Mayor telegraphed Gov. Wise, who in due
| time ans wered ordering the Rlfiemen. Mount
| Vernon q uards, aud Artillery, to repair by
| the first opportunity TO the scene of danger
Accordingly, the Volunteer companies OF the
city met al their respective armories, and We're
buslIY engaged IN making preparations Tor
their departure, the exeitement continuing du-
ring the night. Drums We're beating through
the streets, and hundreds volunteered to ac-
company the military.
About 3 O'Clock A. NJ, the Riflemen Capt
Marye and Mount Vernon Guards, Captain
| Smith, accompanied by Col. &. 4. Stuart aud
the staff officers of the l95th regiment of Fir-
: | ginia miitia proceeded to Washington via the
Alexandria and Washington Railroad, there
( | to take the first train for Charestown. The
r Alexandria Artillery, with two pieces OF cam
> | non, under command of MAYOR Du1ley, took a
: | special train on the Manassas Gap Railroad TO
}. Front Royal, and will thence proceed TO Ber-
r | ryvile.
| res ponded 10 the acquisitions of Gov. Wise, Is
q | worthy of all praise. In less than AZ honr
' after the reception of his dispatch, they We're
e FULLY equipped, and awaiting the hour for their
| departure. BY day break about 800 brave armed
men left this city, en- route for the scene OF dis
| turbance.
|
Q fifty gentlemen from the upper country, fully
! | armed, passed through this place en- route for
: | Charles town; but on arriving in Washington,
: | they were informed by the Secretary of War
: that their services would not be needed when
d many of them returned, but few went On to
I | Char!estowH.
PROCURING U. &. ARMS.
: The Washington Star of Friday afternoon
: | says: Last night or rather about O'Clock
e this morning, the Sigilant watchman at the
If | penitentiary was surprised by a vigorous
-ta,at1 F11t1 he an iran lps
u and on opening the door he was accosted by =
). stranger, who desired instant adnittance-
= The guard civilly informed him mat 1t was
Is not customary for persons TO be admitted al
n that late hour, and demanded what he wanted
=, The stran ger stated that he was Capt. Evans
IS from Virginia, and had friends outside who
: had come with an order for arms TO queH an
| abolition disturbance at Charlestown, Va
The guard then informed the stranger that he
had mistaken the place, and pointing out the
= Arsenal gate to him, directed him to pursue
| his inves igations in that direction.
n The officers who came TO the Arsenal were
e from Alexandria, Va, some five or six in num-
:. | ber and they received from Major Ramsay
n twenty-five United States rifles with ammu-
ii niton and fifty artillery swords, which they
| took away with them
The soldiers, in passing through this city,
| procured 1860 rounds of ball cartridge from
: | Lieut.. McHenry. from the supply in the office
+ of the Chief of Police.
NORTHERN OPINIONS.
ID The New York correspondent Of the Phila-
l
- Idle aud uschieyous reports are in circula-
| ton cOnneC ting certain parties in this city
with q scheme to rescue Old Brown-originat-
ing in the negro saloons of Church street and
West Broadway. So far as l can ascertain, the
whole thing is gammon but, inasmuch as the
| telegraph may give the gossip some import rtance
. 1T distance, it is well enough 10 put the brand
"' Of falsehood upon ii at the start. Just such
stories We're started when Old Brown was ar
rested and there can ne object in the repe.
s. tition of them now, except 10 add TO the ex'
| element and panic now prevailing at Charles
| town and Harper's Ferry. Could any thing
be more atrociouss
The New York Herald Of Saturday, says:
It's stated in some of the papers that there
have been several incendiary fires in and neal
ChariestoWn, and that the country people Ia
nd Dor under the idea that the incendiares art
the advance guard of body of aboiitionists
who come from the North and rescue
Old Brown and his fellows. We do not be
iieve that Governor Wise or Colonel Dayl;
has any such idea, because they are men o
!, CONS sense. The concentration of troops
at Charlestown is a prudential measure an6
they NAV be useful to protect the prisoners
from the rampant chiyalry OF some Wht
might be tempted to anticipate the action o
g the law As for the 'Tumors of attempts Il
nd rescue" they are sheer nonsense Ihere arr
i not many Old Browns even among the mos
rabid abolitionists. who generally keep goot
lookout for their hecks. and, like Fred Doug
III les run better than they fight.
in ARREST OF SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
e; The Alexandria Gazette, Of Saturday, says
rs On Thursday last a man named Jacob w
II THOMPSON alias Jacob Smith, was arrested by
le, | officer Walker, at the instance OF Mr.. Jame
no Shiles, charged with obtaining money unde
- false pretences and taken before justice sum
hy | mers whe committed him TO Jail for furthe
hearing While in Jail, suspicious were arous
ed that Thompson was one OF Browns men II
| the Harper's Ferry affair, and he was full.
. identified as such, by Mr.. Jacob Mitchell.
20. resident of Harper's Ferry, and one OF Brown
prisoners Mitchell says, however, ina
- THOMPSON had no arms when he saw him, no
nc nc was he committing any depredations
~ Yesterday Thompson had another trial ne
al fore Justice Summers, when The charge of OBJ
missed for want of proof to sustain 1t, but
On was reeommitted To jail to await an examina
is tiou for being concerned in the Harpers Ferr,
u, outbreak. Witnesses from Harper Ferry wii
es be sent for a,
O. In Washington, on Wednesday, as tn
watchlnen were passing along street. DE
tween i3th and l4ih, they heard loud talkin
- in n shop kept by G. Hammerdigger; stoppinl
re TO listen, and looking in, they saw and heard
u drunken German in the act OF addressing
oi party of blacks. The points OF his dlscours
H aH were Old Brown, the Harper's Ferry revolt
o. the rights of colored men, &c. Justice Dom
n held him to bail for Court i'll the sum OF S1oO
he advising him. at the same time to avoid drink
'd ing SO much lager"
'h THE FIREs NEAR CHARLEsTowN.
The only reference which we find in the 10
= cal papers in Charestown relation TO tn
er recent incendiary fires in that vicinity, is tn
a. following from the Independent Democrat;
re A rick OF wheat belonging TO the Hon. VIM
10 Iucas, containing about 430 bushels, wa
p burned on Thursday morning last. whit