The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-01

court that this slate of thi1gs, which p,aca.
=. .ouhsei In a somewhat embarrassing nasiI,nu
- oohdhciing the defence, Is purely And Or
'ilsiy 'henet of the prisoner.
hls counsel Will not he re@nonslble far ~.
the Court is not responsible for 1t; but th,. ~
IoI'unate prisoner Is responsible for hia ns.n
act IN disrnissing his faithful, skiiIful abiea,,a
acaloas counsel on yesterday afternoon He
Mouid ssmpiy add, that not only were tha i,
Iofs . Kept away from their families nv thasa
ueiays, but there was not female In tbis es,an.
VINO, whether with good cause or moi u,as
no. NO. trembling with anxiety and apprehes, sian
w hiie, then, courtesy TO the counsel and IN
hahity to the prisoner, should have ,lna
weight, yet the Common wealth has its rig,,ts
.he community has its rights, the iury ha va
tneir rights, and il was for his Honor to wsi,h
these in opposite scales, and determin no whathar
we should not go on and bring this case to a
IL in. ooA " 10
Mr.. Chiffon said their client desirad ,ha.
,ney should argue his case 1t was imnossi.
o'e LOT him to do so now, and he coula NOT al
low himself to make attempt al arcuynant
on , case about which he knew so little If
ne was to get up a all II would only be for ,ha
unworthy purpose of wasting time He had
no sueh design, but having undertaken his
liian M cause, he very much desired to comnly
win his wishes. He would be the Iast MO-
In the world to subject the Jurors to innnni
Nehience unnecessarily; but although the nr;
soher may have been to blame NAV have aetad
ioohsniy, may have had an improper pnrnose
hq hny n
therefore be forced to have his case snhmittad
without argument. In a trial for life and
oeath we should not be precipitate
the court here consulted with the Jurors
VINO expressed themselves very anxious to oet
nome His Honor said that he was desjrons
OF trying this case precisely as he would trv
any other, without any reference at ali to ont
side feeling. A ~ o"'
Mr. Hoyt remarked that he vv,s nbvsio.1,u
incapable of speaking tonight even If fuiiy
prepared. lie worked very hard last night 10
get the law points. until he fell unconscions
rom ron MS chalr from exhaustion and fatigue
or the last i've days and nights he had onlv
slept ten hours, and it seemed to him that ms
uce 60 me prisoner demanded the allowance
OF d Httle time IN case so extraordinary in all
Its aspects as this.
Ihe Court suggeS ted that we uioi, : bo1a tho
opening argument for the prosecution Tonight
at any rate.
Mr Harding would not like to open the ar
suiueht unless the case was to be finished to-
niSht' lie was willing, however to submit
the case To the jury without n single word no.
heVlng that they would do the prisoner ius-
uce. Inc prosecution had been met, not only
on the threshold, but at each and every step
with Instructions to the progress of the case
If the case was not to be closed to-nirht he
would like to ask the same indulgence given to
the other side, that he might collate the notes
ofevidence he had taken.
The Court inquired what length of Tina the
defence would require for argument on Mon
day morning. lie could then decide whether
to grant the request or not.
After consultation, Mr. Chiffon stated that
there Wonld be only two speeches by himself
and Mr. Griswold, not occupying more than
two hours and Il half in all.
Mr.. Hunter again entered an earnest protest
against delay.
The Court replied, then you can 90 on YOUR
selves.
COMMENCEMENT OF ARGUMENT.
Mr. Harding then commenced the opening
argument for the Commonwealth, and spoke
only for about forty minutes. He reviewed
the testimony as ELECTED during the eXamina-
ZION, and dwelt for some time on the abs urdity
OF the claim or expectation of the prisoner,
that he should have been treated according to
the rules OF honorable warfare. He seemed
10 nave lost sight OF the fact that he was in
command of a band of murderers and thieves
and had forteite all title to protection of any
kind.
The Court then adjourned. at O'Clock, to
meet again at 10 O'Clock on Monday morn
ing, when Mr.. Chiffon will deliver the open-
ing speech for the prisoner.
correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun wri-
ting from CharlestoWn, on Saturday, saws:
Gov. Willard. of Indiana, visited his broth
er-in-law, Cook, yesterday, III Jail, in com pany
with Senator Mason. Mr. Mason proposed 10
the Governor tO retire when the latter enteY-
ed, suggesting that he would probably urefpr
that his interview should b. private and also
for The reason that anything Cook might say
he should feel bound 10 testify 10 il called up
witness. Gov Willard rerv uromDfy
replied that he himself would be Il witness in
court 10 any facts Cook might communicate
and insisted that Mr.. Mason should be ure-
sent. Gov. Willard urged Cook 10 makea fun
confession Of ali he knew conhec led vi h The
affair at Harper's Ferry, in order t exc. crate
those who were innocent, and to punish those
who were implicated, as the ouly atonement
he could now make. Cook sign flied his wiling
ness To do So, aud he will probably make a
written confession. He told Cook that he had
nothing to hope for but death Gov. Willard
states that his family had lost light of Cook for
several years, and supposed he was dead, until
| upon reading his name in the papers, he de-
| termlDed to visit CharlestoWn to ascertain il
| he was his relative. Mrs. willard, he states,
| is in great distress at the conduct of her bro
| ther.
| of twenty-five men, under Capt. s. NJ. Bar
| bour and other officers arrived at the Harper's
| Ferry armory to-day, and will probably re-
| main there for its protection until spring
Superintendent Barker is organizing two
| companies of armorers, employed at the works
| who Will be drilled by the officers of the regu-
| lar troops and who will be qualified to take
| the place of the regulars when they leave
| The Secretary of War, Gov. Floyd, who has
| been at Harper's Ferry for a day or two, lef
| Yesterday. Charlestown and the surrounding
| region remains under strict military surveii.
| lance. Col Davis, of Richmond, is exercising
| military superintendent here under order,
| from Governor Wise. All stragglers anC
| strangers are required to give good aecoun
| of themselves. A daguerreo;ypist with hi.
| van and q soap and medicine pedlar were very
| properly ordered out OF town yesterday.
| A letter from Richmond to the New Yorl
| Herald, says:
The Governor is in daily receipt of numer
| Gus threatening letters of an anonymous char
| acter from different parts of the North. Many
| of them betray degree OF fanaticiSm, malice
| aud hatre, of the South, which could hardly
| be supposed TO exist even among two differen
| Some threaten
| upon Virginia if she dares TO punish Brown
| and his traitor confederates, while others de
| tail the plan of attack fixed upon for the fu
| ture.
The writer gives a specimen of one Of tn
| letters, which is a tumble of ignorance and alb
surdity The Hardy county tVa) Wing
| speaking of the dead of the ferry says:
The body of young Brown, one of the in
surgents that We're killed, and son of ole
! Brown, the ringieader of the tanaticai baLd
| was brought to W Winchester and deposited il
the medical college there. where hundreds 0
| persons, onrself among the number, repaired
| TO see ii.
| a SUPPOSED CoNsPIRAToR.-We yesterda,
| published Il list, extracted from Virginia ia
| per, OF the places iii the Southern States mark
| ed on Browns map. designating, as is sup
| posed, the points of the designed ms urrecti
| Among them, CraTfordyille, in this State i
| TO be found. We have been informed that tn
man Stevens, who was wounded and made pri
| soner with Brown, resided in and ahou
| Greensboro for some weeks last year. Fo
| tampering with the negroes he was arres te,
BY Judge Lynch, BACKED aud rode on rail-
| Thence he went 10 Crawford wife where he wa
obliged 10 leave Tor the same cause.-Ausnst
| (Ga.l DtSpateh.
| THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND JOHN BROWN
| The Republican party denies any knowiedg
! OF Browns conspiracy, or having aided il ii
| any way. A trumpeter. says Hsop. bein
| taken prisoner ia ID hattle begged hard fol
| quarter. "Spare me, good sirs, beseech you.'
| said he, land put me not to death withou
cause, for have killed no one, nor have arm
| save only this poor trumpet" 'For that Yer,