New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-01

be night service secountol ne occupancy 0 The
churches by the companie' 20 arrive IN tne Tram.
NEw MERcHGspIsE.- gentleman Of Alexandra
shipped per ca press few days ago mysterious look.
ipq box directed 70 our Sheriff. IL was opened, and
disclosed sixteen feet Of stout and substantial cotton
rope with nooee suggestive OF the melancholy bot
necessary duty 10 which IL a 20 be applied.
Tar PRoGHANaE or FORcE.-On the day OF exc
eutiou all communication between CharlestOwn and
HarTers Ferry viii be suspen led, and no dispatches
will be permitted 70 leave the latter place wIihslt
UNDERGOING stree supervision. All persons esPeeisfy
Norberners are solcited 10 stay away, on peril Of
their comfort, il not of their lives.
CoSsEaUEscEs OF MEDDLISG WITH SHO0TIs-
IRoSs-Ano,her accident, resulting from the careless
handling of firearms occurred yesterday afternoon IN
our city lRchmOndl. An engine runner, by the name
of Jester who had just arrived with bis train al the
depot of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad ieok
down the quo which be carries IN his cab, and wbRe
examining the cock il clipped and the gun was dis
CHARGED. Mr. HOldSfead, blacksmith. Was passing
across the yard al the time and the gan being pointed
toward him be received large portion OF the charge
in his right hand and right thigh: The wounds were
quite painful and bed proiusey but after being dressed
Nv a surgeon, be was in great degree relieved Non.
OF the bones were injured, but IL will still be long
tine before BE- can resume his employment
At Martnsburg, Corporal j. III. 1omPkins, while
passing sentinel on duty was bayoneted m the leg,
but, fortunately, received very slight wound though
he lost large portion OF his pants
TBF THIsG GENERALLY-A GOOD EXAaPLE.-A
lady resident of ShockhOe Hill started Ou- shopping
veerdav but before leaving home resolved that ii she
conld not supply her wants of Southern productions
she would make purchases. Scores of merchants
showed her beautiful goods but all that had the Yam
kee imprint uIon them were cast aside az unworthy 10
be touched Thousands of other ladies ready and
willing 10 follow this example. and If the sterDer sex
are but half as patriotic the South viii soon have her
looms busily at work, and every State will be ne own
suppier.
. PER cosrRA--a Hartford paper Of yesterday
says:
The Sharps Rife Company received an order the
other day for 100 rifles, which were sraightway dis
PATCHED for Harpers Ferry and Charlestown, with all
the Accomplishments and supply OF ammunition. The
Revolving Arms COmpany-COl. COlt-h2s also re-
ceyed an order for 100 rifles, Of which 300 were duly
forwarded on Monday, and the remainder will soon
follow. The order took the Company little by sur
prise and The new rifles lately furnished TO Company
R-the Colt Guard-were impressed into The service,
and also a few from the arsenal, 10 be replaced in a
few days So is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good Virginia sends nearly $4,000 to Hartford,
and has in return supply of the finest arms that the
world produces
Another Richmond paper improves John Brown in
favor Of Home Manufactures. 1t says:
Tie Home Guard would do well 70 select home
made goods for their uniform and thus set example
worthy of imitation by other volunteer companies.
homes pun gray huntngshrt, with black pants, would
look veiy handsome. and when the fact consid-
cred that they We're made OF Virginia goods, every
volunteer IN the State would envy the wearers. To be
set the example what body of men admirably suited
TO the duty as the Home Guard. "
FORCED MiRCBEs.-1hrOughout the State, the
people are On the alert for Northern straggers, and
not a few Of them receiving orders to march be-
yoBd its borders. suspicious character was haF-
messed on Church Ill., last Sunday night by party
of gentlemen aud made to pull up stakes aud travel
Keen them moving while your hands are in, ii you
regard your own peace and quiet.
EVIL T,LKISG.-Beside Henry COwing, s0i-disaHt
inventor of the steam plow who was arrested IN Han
over County, last week for tampering with negroes,
we understand that few others, including some
stoJekeepers in Richmond, suspiciously looked
after on charges of having uttered talk not hencefort
orthodox in tie Old Dominion. Let none, however,
be condemned without full and satisfactory proof.
lRichnond Examiner.
THE SoLDIERs.--Ihe military ardor of our citizens
continues undated and more especially when Gov.
Wire has received as many as 10 letters IN one day,
full of all of threats AT vengeance, from raw
ing AbOlitionists and marauders. Examiner.
RIcH VOLUNTEER CoAPASY.-By way of Illus
fratng the intensity OF the feeling throughout Virginia
with reference to the shape the irrepressible con-
Aiet has assumed, through its practical working m
the hands of Brown 4 Co, we may mention that The
new Alexandra volunteer company, the Home
Guard :" numbers nearly one hundred men, more than
half of whom are over fifty years of age and that
there are rot few persons carrying muskets IN IT.
ranks. worth from 500 600 TO near SjCO,OOO.
THr BFRRYvmLE EXCITEMENT AND TIE SOLDIERS.
The Alexandra Artillery numbering some 80 men,
with IVA O Iieces Of cannon under command OF Major
Dufey, who were sent to Berryville, Clarke County,
Va. searched several hOuses-amOng them the unOc-
CURED tenement of the notorious John {. Underwood
but found nothing worthy of consideration. Upon
application for entrance into the house OF known
A5olitionist the wife Of the man living there her
husband being ab,ent seized an AK and deted their
entrance. They finally wrested the weapon from her
grasp, but not without hrst eiviag her 6dyoRetr0aAd
on the arm.
YANKEE IN VIRGINIA RAILROAD CARA
few DAYS since, Marshall Jewell Esq. OF this
city, passed through Virginia his way home from
searched at Culpepper for ncendary documents and
individuals Mr. Jewell had a revolver with him, and
was requested by the viVants to leave the ears, a.
they wanted to shut him up for period Mr.. Jewe
objected and casually remarked during the converse
ton that the vgants had better clear out Somebody
might yet hurt as be should shoot dead the first man
that nut hand ON him. As he was determined IN his
amer and as the viglants numbered only forty OF
fhy they left him to go his way in peace. "Oh,
Jewell" saith an ancient writer 4" thou art consist
encyW Hartford Courant, 2'th'
A correspondent Of TIE Boston Bee writing from
Providence, says:
"Osawatamie Brown has many sympathzers in
Providence. On Friday next tie day on which tie
old patriot is swing, there will be meeting OF
the citizens in Pras Hall. IL viii bear the character
of an indignation meeting, such as that which us
sembled here after the Brooks assault on sumner.
Among the prominent speakers viii be The Hon. Tnos
Davis and the Rev. Augusta Woodbury.. Many OF the
church bells Will toll in memory of the departing
hero
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