New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-30

airer Tire btal csnStlon ci me PRISONERS ne ID Jdi
Mr. Bolts, the lawyer, who believe - der Of the
1raan Oyposition party here, II strongly disposed 20
test the opinions of the citizens Cl the sulS,ct.
CaARDssrowS, Ne. ., 1859.
PREPARATIONS.
within ClsrlesiOwn aIairsTeman veT nearly ast they
vice. The people continue 10 aQitate themselves with
vein alarm the soldiers psrsue the ynlar evoItors
an Struggle to attsinssil ia of cookery. The
determination to prevest the inres Of strangers,
the time Of the execution approachss gathers strength
! am ted that all perssns, withou, exception, will te
rgidy excluded next Friday, and that the few sEET
gem ho msy happen TO be in town will be closely
wacsed during the day. until all think tiHEt
tis rles will be set aside in favor of journal
sts There be reporter for the Associated Press
on fhe spot but Il IS doubtful about the admission OF
sreeia correspondents. Suspicion is the pervadng
feeling am quite that Of the former legal
council for the prisoners will be received whatever
their errand may be. Mr. Chiffon, Of course, and Mr.
GrisWod will have no desire to Mr. Hoyt
cannot If he would, and Mr. Scnnott would not he al
lowed within sight of the town. If the intended reg
laons are really put in force, there will be but few
beside the military gentlemen 10 witness the execution
learn that the extra troops, in view of antci-
rated attacked Sunday night, of which spoke yes
terday are 10 be doubled and to be sent TO ts and 20
other important stations time during Sunday, on
special trains engaged for the purpose presume this
ia merely another Of the excessive and extEayagant
precautions
Az ODD RUMCR.
rumor worth repeating for its singnarity, nothing
more, circulated this morning. 1t TO the effect
that the concentration of troops here was 10 enable
Gov Wise to protect the prisoners against the fury Of
give tine for certain further Investigations in his case,
or, perhaps, 10 consider the question of his sanity
There was some excitement and Mr. Harding all
in glow. But must not suppose that this had any
more substantial foundation than the other unreliable
reports that have been spread around pfofusey for
the last few days
A TERRIFIC VISITATION.
heavy affection has befallen The town is
deluged with Richmond ERquirers. Two hundred
copies of that paper have just come with the promise
of a similar influx every day. paragraph explains
that there is no malicious intent about this. Ia
quence of the fact that great many Richmond citizens
are now on military duty at CharlestOwn, and for Il |
time beyond The Enquirers influence, the editors |
besonphi permission of the PostmasteGenera TO have
go copies free of postage, that their moral and
political instruction might not be interrupted. The
Postmaster General doubtless thinking thst the sol
dieTs would have 10 undergo enough hardsnps IN the
natural cOurse of events humaney refused to have
any hand in the operation. The persistent Enquirer
then determined pay its own postage, aud so the
rarers are here. think however, that the motives
of the editors were not unkind.
PTRvrRsIoN OF TESTIMONY.
Anumber papers that have beenrecenty received
here contain asdementtba in one of the trias slave
girl testified that the prisoner Stephens, the night OF
the seizure OF Col Washington and Mr.. Alstadt, find
ing liuself alone in q room with her. threw her VIC
lently upon bed with the vilest purpose. Nothing
conld be more untrue heard the whole of the evil
dence which has been thus distorted. 1t was given
during the trial of one of the negroes and by the way
was improperly admitted, it had no relation what
ever TO the particular under considerations but the
Court did not stop az rihes. The girls evidence would
have been used before, but the Virginia law does not
permit slaves to appear against whites She stated that
when she was with Stephens, he kissed the children
who were also present, and then put his about
her. When further pressed by the prosecuting
sell she said distinctly, and than once that ia
jury was offered her. think her words, which she
several times repeated " He meant nothing IN
fair IL upon this point, nevertheless, that Mr..
Andrew Hunter based his bit,erest invectves against
the prisoners and created the greatest oratOrc Al
ton that the Courtroom had witnessed. Mr. Hunter
as Well as almost all his hearers, gave themselves
against purely imaginary ofense.