Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-12
THE VIRGINIA TRIALS

LIE F4hU1N1h 1h1hLO
CHARLEsTowN, VA, Nov. 8, 1859.
The trial Of Cook has been very sharply con-
tested. The extreme hatred which the peo-
pie Of Jefferson county bear this prisoner, far
exceeding that felt for any Of the rest, and the
magnitude Of the preparations for the defence,
have combined to excite an unusual interest in
the progress of his case. Cook acts under the
guidance of five counsel-two, Messrs. Bolts
and Green, belonging to Charlestown, and
three to Indiana, including Gov. Willard. The
defence has certainly been conducted with a
briskness equaling that OF Mr. Sennott in the
cases Of Copeland and Green and the prose
cution has likewise eXerted its best powers
against The concentrated force brought to bear
upon it. The debates to day have been very
keen, and sometimes very severe Mr.. Bolts
has all the while sat coiled together i'll his
chair, as | never before saw any man coiled
out of circus, watching for opportunities to
spring upon his antagonist AT the least sign
of weakness from Mr. Hunter, he has darted
upon him, and striven, with an energy quite
refreshing to witness in Virginia lawyer, to
destroy the fabric of his argument. With a
power of resistance that shows him to be alto
gether the ablest of the Charestown lawyers,
Mr.. Hunter has vigorously repealed these at
lacks, and in some cases turned them to his
own advantage. Mr.. Green, however, he has
found to be a more formidable opponent.
MIR. Green is one of the most extraordinary
men to look upon | ever saw. He is long,
angular, uncouth and wild in gesture, and de-
ficientin all rhetorical graces. His words rush
from his mouth scarce half made up. He
speaks sentences abreast. His pronunciation
is ludicrously ungainly; "thar" and "whar"
are the least of his offenses. His demeanor,
altogether, is of unrivaed oddity; and yet his
power is so decided, that, while he is upon his
legs, he carries everything with him. He is
the most remarkable man | have seen here,
although not so impressive in his bearing as
Mr.. Andrew Hunter, the prosecuting attorney,
who is a man of real nobility of presence. Mr..
Hunters manner in pleading is nearer
like Rufus Choate's, in his queter moments,
than that of any other man l have ever seen /;
and his personal appearance is also, in many
respects, very strongly suggestive of Mr..
Choatc.
Neither the acuteness of Cooks counsel, nor
the blunders OF Harding the unfortunate inc
briate who trammels Mr.. Hunter in the bust
ness OF the prosecution, helped the defence in
any perceptible degree. Points were raised
with unceaSing rapidity, were closely discuss
ed, often with some signs of acrimony, and
were swept aside, according to custom, by the
Court. This continued throughout the morn
iuC pOluIo VI lilG uGIGIlCS were ike
Hydra heads. No sooner was one disposed of
than half dozen others took its place But
all these awaited nothing, and, as the afternoon
advanced, the trial went more smoothly on its
way. The spectators had begun to withdraw,
expecting no continuance OF the interest
when suddenly all attention was arrested by
Mr. hunters announcement that he had a
confession rendered by Cook, which he was
about to read. The intelligence spread about,
and the court room was speedily crowded
again. All hoped for complete and satisfac-
tory revelation, which should elucidate the
entire operations of Brown, from beginning to
end, and which should bring evidence of the
completely of those Northern gentlemen,
whom the people of Virginia are SO eager to
get within their grasp-but all were disap
pointed.
The visit here of Mrs Spring, quaker
lady, was induced by a belief that Mrs. L. NJ
Child would be in Charlestown before she
could arrive, and that she would be able in
many ways to assist that lady, in whatever
duties might have been contided to her. But
Mrs. Child did not come at all, in consequences
probably, of Browns unwillingness to receive
visitors from the north, who are sure to be
looked upon with excessive suspicion, as this
lady found herself alone. For two days she
was subjected to rudeness to which | could
not have supposed it possible for any decent
community to inhict. The community of
Charlestown, Virginia, however, is not decent
Her coming was the signal for renewed flashes
OF Indignation on the part of the street stroll
ers. An editor of one of the weekly prints
urged the organization of Il committee to warn
her and all her party away, with threats of
lynching, i'll case hesitation should be shown
When, quietly, very quietly, triumphing over
all the difficulties, she gained access to the
prison, there was talk of a mob and | am con-
tident that she herself was I'm ware of the
dangerous position she was in. The Indepen-
dent Democrat made its weekly appearance,
and wreaked its little wrath in two articles,
thus:
"a woman by the name of Mrs. r. b. Spring
accompanied by her son, hailing from Eagles
wood, n. D., arrived here on Saturday last,
and requested the privilege of being allowed
to act the nurse to Brown and his cOntederates
i'll prison. The request was very properly de.
MED by the sheriff, he being OF the opinion
that the health of Brown & Co. was sufficiently
cared for at the present, for all practical pur-
poses. We are sorry, Uery, that the kind in
tehtions and the selfsacriticing devotion of
Mrs. Spring has been so unceremoniously frus-
trated by cruel denial, but we hope she will
be able to survive the disappointment, and that
no damage by Gland or SET" will overtake her,
but that she will return safely to her home,
entirely convinced that Brown g. Co. are safe
i'll the hands of the sheriff, and all the comforts
and conveniences extended to them which the
nature of the case, and the fatality attending
their diseases, will permit.
In justice to ourselves, all Yankees, of eth
er sex, who cannot show clean record, should
be at once driven from our midst. Win we
suffer ourselves to be insuted by their inso-
lent presence? Our conscious security from
the further Vaccinations of these pusillani-
nous wretches, both male and female, should
not induce us to tolerate their presence for
moment For ourselves, we would rather
meeta band Of Camanches at any time, and
trust ourselves to their honor and protection
than we would any of the long-faeed, pharisa-
cal abolitionists Of the north. We confess to
supreme hatred for the whole Of them, male
and female"
am happy to say that these contemplate
exhibitions at last moved Judge Parker to
sort Of tacit rebuke of them. He proposed to
Mrs, Spring that she should visit the jail es-
corted and introduced by him, in order that
the capers of the populace might be checked
This was well of the little judge, but ii did not
appear TO assauge in any degree the anger of
the crowd, whose coarse insolence was as free
y, displayed as before Correspondence Of the
". Y. Tribune.
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