Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

49, f.N :" "''s''y iast week by fla
burning Of a wheat stark on wcadrsd,s
night, about three miles from CHARLES
where the IIarpcr's Ferry Trial p ''
been held, 1t was Immediately renor,. WV,
that five barns had been burnt AL
$50 insurgents were near to rcson. "'
prisoners. The military and Man., "'
were called TO arms, and the willo,, '"e
prevailed among the people, the yeO..,
superstition being that Col. Davis had ~
information of approaching danger =,
panic among the people extended ,o :,
colonel, and messenger was sent BY h.,
the Ferry with despatch for Gov W.
calling two companies Of cavalry 10 ,,,,
Friday morning. The fire was foond 80
the work Of an unknown incendiarv y
person could be found in the coun,r.
whom suspicion could rest There a..
now a thousand men under arms ana
enemy TO be found to encounter ~
troops from Alexandria arrived al Cb.l.'
town Friday afternoon. Those by wayo,
Winchester are expected to be on I..,
Saturday morning. The Baltimore a.,
Ohio railroad company have sent o.
Shut with an armed posse to Haroey,
Ferry to guard the bridge and the proOe,.
ty OF the Company at that point. There :
much dissatisfaction both in Baltimore anil
at Charlestown at the precipitate action :,
Col. Davis in sending dispatches for troo,.
instead of first sending out a posse 10 n,
qnire into the cause of the fire. Tb.r
think they have been made to apna,,
ridiculous before the country.
The president on Friday ordered ,vo
thousand pounds of powder and ar,.
number If Minnie balls and howitzer sbeIl,
from the Washington arsenal to Harpe,',
Ferry. Eighty-seven infantry riaemeD
left Alexandria for Charlcstown via Il.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, on Friday i.
ternoon; sixty men with four guns won't
by special train on the Manassas road
via Strausberg, and thence will marI
eighteen miles to Winchester.
The messenger sent from Harper's Fer.
ry TO Charlestown, Thursday evening wa
detained outside of Charlestown by N
guard for nearly three hours before h
was allowed to pass, and when he got ina
the alarmed village, he was kept till 40.
clock Friday morning before he was alos.
ed TO return. All this time Harper's Fa.
ny was in terrible suspense. A very lars
fire had occurred four miles from Charts.
town, and the military were ordered out
expecting an attack from somebody, but
none was made.
The espionage TO which strangers rs
subjected in Virginia, is well illustratedA
the following scene at Charlestown:-
Stranger Ito Virginian)- wv hat are you
staring at?
Virginian-I am staring at you. Whsi
are you doing in this town?
Stranger-What am ! doing /? In
minding my business, and that's as mud
as any one man can do, i reckon.
Virginian-Wha is your business:
Stranger--Minding my business, tel
you.
virginian-You know there is great e1.
element here.
Stranger--I don't know and am darnel /
if want to know.
Virginian--Come, tell me where YOU are
from?
Stranger-I'm from Georgia.
Virginian--You are not native d
Georgia?
Stranger-No, but my wife is that's
enough for you.
Yirginian- Do you know GOvenU
Wises
stranger-No, nor don't want to knOF
him.
Virginian DO you know President b.
CLAIMANT
Stranger Yes stree; l do know james
Buchanan. ! take off my hat to Presiln
Buchanan, and he takes off his hat to mel
and he says TO me, How do you dof
and l say, Very well President"
Virginian-Do YOU know Brown?
Stranger-Why, darn it, didn't feHy'
know nothing of Brown or Wise either
Virginian-Well, / must know y,urbus
mess what is it?
Siranger-Do you want TO know!
Virginian-Yes.
Stranger Quitting his hand into a csPf
cious pocket and pulling out balfP%
bottle Of medicine We'll, this is mybds
mess; TO get fifty cents for this bo1ie
which cures cramp, sealds, brufe 4
rheumatism, humps, measles, Affections
the Jaw, and other complaints too nums
Gus to tote up, reckon.
Here former purchaser of the medeas i
bore testimony to the genuineness Of '1' d
article, upon which the cateehumen lagner
I'd forth upon its various merits. he
however, did not save him from visiting ",
interior of the jail, where he was detahI
! short time, and ordered TO clear ou' Wy" j
MS parole. The next morning the s'f'D
ger obeyed the injunction.
This panic again shows the insecure!
which slave-holding population mus