Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-02
for the Execution
Of John Brown.
PROCLAMATIONS OF. GOV. WISE AND
GEN. TALIAFERRO.
No Visitors to besAdmitted inside of the
Military Lines. n2 .te,fszv
Reported for the Journal.
] CHARLEsrowN, Va, Nov. 29th.

.I'a- sl-I CHARLEsr0wN, Va, Nov. 29th.
II Gov. Wise has issued a proclamation,
announcing that the State has taken possession
of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad, and
that, on the first three days of December, it
will be used entirely for military purposes.
He also warns the people Of the State to
remain at home on patrol duty on the day Of
the execution, to protect their own property.
Women and children will not be permitted to
approach the scene Of execution, and strangers
are cautioned that there, will be danger to
them in approaching Charlestown, or near it,
on that day; that, IF it, is necessary, martial
law will be proclaimed, and be enforced. -
Gen. Talialerro has also issued proclama-
ton, to-day, announcing that all strangers
who cannot give a satisfactory account Of
themselves will be promptly arrested, and that
all strangers approaching Charlestown, by
railroad or otherwise, under pretext of wit
Messing the execution of John Brown, will be
met by the military, and turned back or
arrested. He also emphatically warns the
people of the country to stay at hsme and
protect their property, assuring them that
information from reliable sources indicates
that by so doing they will best consult their
! own interests. -. ..,- ..,
Several reporters of the Northern press,
having arrived at Harper's Ferry, yesterday,
were compelled by the military to return to
Baltimore. T., 20 .+r ts
1t is stated that Brown said to gentleman,
yesterday, that he had now no hopes of a
rescue, on account of the extent of the military
preparations, and that his boys would never
have permitted his execution, if there was any
prospect of an attempt proving successful.
The military now in Charlestown number
over 1900. Several more companies will be
here tomorrow, swelling the number to 1000.
.'f ''J PHILADELPHIA, Nov. %.
The N. Y. Herald's Harper's Ferry dis.
patch, referring to the execution of Brown,
says the most stringent regulations have been
adopted in regard to the presence of civilians
at the execution. All applications for passes
for civilians, to attend within the military
lines, are refused by the Governor, on the
ground that it would conflict with the military
programme. He said that the civilians could
not, under any circumstances, be admitted
within the military lines, the outer one Of
which will be nearly mile from the scaffold
Not word of what John Brown may utter
if he should say anything, will be audible to
the men forming even the line nearest to the
gallows. Gov Wise stated the cause of this
exclusion of all persons other than the military
to be that, in the event Of an attempted rescue,
an order to fire upon the prisoner will be
given, and that those within the lines -
especially those sufficiently near the gallows
to hear what Brown may say would
inevitably share his fate. .a .9.~
Death of Washington Irving.
New York, Nov 20.
The venerable Washington Irving died, last
night, at Irvington. ...
Sympathy for Old John Brown.