The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-30

1 e'~~nu. Sot. sSmitu mas ALREADY 1fffvpd
IoTgot to mention yesterday that had
| seen OLD Ossawatomies mammoth rifle n Ie
muruerous affair. You can get your thn,n =
INTO INTO ,ne bore, and turn Il around II is about
| sour ieet long, and weighs between thirty nd
| forty pounds. I am sure it would kill : M y
/ Win unrrring certainty at the distansa ,f two
miles. could not hold 1t on. but I hea r., old
nrown .,ys tell ono OF the corps that be could do
| :. WIN great ease. he said at the same time
| tnat the range had never been ascarta;,,e.t :
Nnas beautiful saint! How he resembles Panl
ana Peter and james and the rest! hui there
| ne guesuon arising out of this canonizn-
| "9h- Al Brown Is saint, who is a uiratel
| II is rnmored here that Col. SYnifh rsc.,m.
| menus IN encafnpment out of town It see,ns
| 10 nae that is Napoleonic. learn that no has
oern out All Day minutely inspecting the
| country around Certainly, If an ATTACH he
apprehended, every way BY which nm ere
my can approach ought to be carefully guard.
ed, ana chart made Of the country on the
/ most minute scale.
| A gentleman who goes down takas this e, r
must get it ready for him. p,
| CHARLEsTowN. Nov. osth. 6l o,crk.
we nave just come off of patrol. We went
on tthe whole company At ~, and came off 1t
SIN. The appearance, every night of what
| was supposed to be number of rscket sir-
| nails in the mountains, is believed to have
been the cause of our being ordered on this
nu,y IN lu,l iorce. 1t was supposed that it
| was the design of Old Browns friends to
| make a rush for his rescue, and we had orders
| TO go wherever we heard firing. We halted
| after atioling an hour and half and sat
| down by church. ynrd, whence we had 4
| very good view of the region where it was
| SAID the rockets were seen. In short time
some person said he saw rocket, while others
SAID II was shooting star. Ii was sugges ted
| mat this was the time of the year for the
meteors to appear rs they did formerly, at the
| grand elementary display of fire-wo in
| 'c5b. AFTER several others had gone up, our
captain SAID he had n very strong suspicion
! he
been sted, it was seized hold OF at once
| oy some, while others rejec led it as too nat
ural, and too little tinctured with the mar
| velons. On the second round there were
| fewer doubters, and at the last there were
none. They certainly were nothing ont
| SHARKS. for we saw them, at last, 20 up in a
perfect shower.
Tne Caiets two companies from Wheeling
and IL think) three from Petersburg arrived
yesterday. The Cadets We're the lions yester-
day. and they certainly deserve it, for they are
drilled to marvellous degree of perfect l
do not think older persons could be taught the
exercise as they are. Their hands and limbs are
pilable, and they are, therefore, easily taught
great deal has been said about my turning
to soldering in my cid age. Well in the Pc
| tersburg Grays there is gentleman who was
schooimate of mine, and l think several
years older. He happens to be very eminent
| gentleman, and is we'll known to the whole
| State. / mean Mr. r. r. Collier, of Peters
| burg. underst tand he is as Jealous as a hoy,
| and looks as though he had half-a- dozen cam
| paigns in him yet. But he is child compared
to one of his comrades, Mr.. Hugh Nelson
| who is sixty seven, that is three years older
| than our old friend Semou, who is with the
| BI0es. But above all, Mr. Edmund Ruffin,
who must be considerably over seventy, is
| here. lie arrived full OF zeal, though crippled
| # a hand. He said, however, he could tignt
for the country with his left hand, his right
| being crippled. His counsels, l think, will be
| of more value than his arms but for nj r.
| Collier and myself, although over age, we are
| able. bodied men, capable of any service.
Instead of chronicling the events of the cam
paign, shall be compelled to give history
| merely of the lIowitZers, for see but little OF
| the other troops. l think those who have
| friends among the soldiers may feel assured
| that they are in no bodily danger. Old Ossa-
| watomie has no friends here; at least, none SO
ardent az to risk their necks for him. Seve-
| raj gentlemen had long interview with the
| prisoners Saturday. One of them told me tina
| in this interview old OssaWatomie returned
| 10 his original tale-th which he told Gov.
| Wise-that he meant to conquer the country,
and put ii in possession of the negroes. Cope
| land, the negro, however, says he meant no.
| hing more than to run Off the negroes. This
| agrees with Coppies declaration. that they
! We're whipped by ten in the morning aud
| driven to the engine house, and that they would
have gotten oil IL they could. =.
From letters To the Baltimore papers, da ted
the 18th inst, we make the folio wing extracts
Late on Saturday night, Gen. Taliaferro
III
| troops would be here in twenty four hours
| including the Cadets from the Military Insti-
| tute at Lexington. Preparations were imme-
diately made for their reception and accom-
| mediation, which was, of course of difficult
| accomplishment, owing to the already over.
| crowded condition of our hotels and private
houses The Quarfermaster ordered five
| hundred and sixty beds to be Inanufac tured.
| and the good dispositions of our ladies was
| severely taxed by the heavy duties imposed
| upon them. They worked nearly all night,
| and the greater portion of to-day, before their
| task had been acc )mplished and for wtich
| they received the warm thanks of the officers
| IN command. The officials of the various
churches were yesterday notified that the
| churches would have to be given up for the
| use of the military. Strong objections were
| of course made, but they were OF no avail, and
| the keys were given up.
| A dress parade of the Alexandria regiment
under command of Lieut. Col c. +. Stuart,
| took place on Saturday morning. W hich at
| tracted much attention. The Alexandria Ar
| tillery has been, Tor about a week, under the
| training of Lieut. Israel Green, of the Ma
| rines, who, it will be remembered, commanded
the storming party at the time of the capture
| IF Brown and his party in the engine house.
| Lieut.. Green has obtained furlough from du-
~, and is spending his time in this town and
| Clarke county, where he married. The Artil-
lery, under his skiiiful training are develop.
ing great degree of efficiency. Their cannon
are stationed nearly opposite the Court House
where they undergo their daily training.
In the afternoon dress parade of the FRS
| Regiment took place Col. Thomas p. August
in command. and Lieut.. Randolph Harrison
Acting Adjutant. The companies composing
ms regiment All appeared with iuii ranks,
| having received large reinforcements by the
| afternoon train. Col. August, who made his
first appearance on this occasion, is fine Off
Ger and accomplished gel tie1nan, and created
fine impression by his soldierly bearing
| A number of gentlemen from abroad Visited
The prisoners this afternoon, by permission OF
Ten; Iaiia!erro who has given orders that ,
one be admitted without an order from him.
| Brown received the visitors in a courteous
manner, and conversed with freedom al tho ch
| nothing was ELECTED from him that has NOT
been published He still expresses himself as
| prepared to die, and thinks it is for the good
| of those now in bondage. Cook seemed rather
| ,gtated, but conversed in pleasant manner
| In compliance with requests, he favored sew
| eral gentlemen with his autograph, which was
| executed in a beautiful style of penmanship
Coppie has very little to say, and is thought
| by many to be deficient in good sense. lie
| seems to be resigned TO the fate which awaits
| him. The negroes have nothing to say
| gentleman of Alexandria shipped, per ex-
press a few days ago, mysterious looking
| box, directed to our sheriff. 1t was opened,
and disclosed sixteen feet OF stout and SUBJ
| stantial cotton rope, with moose. suggestive
| of the melancholy but necessary duty to which
| il is to be applied.
| Our sheriff last night received special order
| from Gov. Wise, instructing him, and through
| him the iailor to admit no more visitors to the
| cells of The prisoners. This order has been the
| cause of much disappointment AS quite a
| number of strangers are mere, tne object OF
| whose visit is solely to get view OF those
| who are shortly to pay the penalty OF their
| crimes upon the gallows.
| The ordnance department at this post has
| received a number of Colts repeating rifles,
| which have been issued to the jail guard ana
| the sentries while on post. 1t is not only Il
beautiful piece Of mechanism, but as an efiec-
| tive al m for service itcan have NO equal. Ten
| thousand dollars worth of Colts Will arrive
| TODAY