The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-01
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Of this number, twenty thousand could be
easily mus tered.
Adlutant General Abbott, of New Hamp-
shire, arrived here this afternoon from Wash
ington, and left Immediately for Concord, with
the intention OF recommending to Governor
Goodwin that the Granite State be imme-
| diateiy put upon war footing.
Considerable excitement exists in conse-
| qu-nce of the reports that the muskets re-
moved from the Springfield Armory have
| been distributed over the South. Mr.. Whit
| ney, Collector of this port, late Sup inter
dent of the Armory at Springfield, returned
| from there tonight, having been there, 1t is
| supposed, with reference to the report from
| Washington that twenty thousand muskets
| have recently been taken from the Armcry
and sold to Virginia.
THRJEws AND THE CRISIS.
| The Jewish Messenger, Of December %
makes strong editorial appeal to the Jews in
the United States to observe the 4th proximo
as day OF prayer for the preservation Of the
| Union. We regret that our space forbids us
| TO give the article referred to in full, but the
| following paragraph will afford the reader
| good idea of the whole
| As Isrealites, we have still weightier in
| ducements TO join with our fellow citizens in
observing this day of prayer The Union. for
| WI hose prosperity we ask Divine aid has been
| the source OF happiness for our ancestors and
! ourselves. Under the protection of the free
| dom guaran teed us by the Constitution, we
| have lived in the enjoyment of full and per-
| feet equality with our fellow citizens, we are
| enabled 20 worship the Supreme according to
| the dictates OF conscience, We can maintain
| the position to which Our abilities entitle us
| without our religious opinions being i'm
pediment to advancement. This republic was
| the first to recognize our claims TO absolute
| eq uality with men OF whatever religious de-
| nomination. Here we can sit, ''each under
| his vine and fig tree, with none TO make him
| afraid" The perpetuity of tae national exist
1 nf hpi m JYyptl iad far
| then, right heartily join with fellow citl-
| zens in observing Friday next as day of
| prayer ana humiliation. Let assemble III
| our respective SynagOgues, and pour fourth
| in unison onr hear rtfelt supplica tions that the
| Almighty may restore harmony and good will
| among all the people OF this land, and so gov
| ern the inteilects OF those in authority that
| they may be inspired with wisdom to secure
| n pacific settlement of wha tever dificalties
| may exist in any section of the country.
| THE DETECTION OF A REVENUE OFFICER
The Charleston Courier of Friday states that
| captain N. L. Coste late of the United
| States revenue service in command of the cut
| ter William Aiken, has given Official notifica-
ton OF his resign alton, and has disc ged his
| crew. The crew, on being notified of the posi-
| zion of Captain Coste under the late ordinanc
| concerning the customs, promptly yolun teered
| 10 remain under his command officer of
| South Carolina under that ordinance" We
infer from this statement that the Govern
mant has lost the cutter as well her officers
| and crew.
| PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW
| YORK.
| ALBANY, Dec. 2S.--Gov. Morgan to-day is
| sued proclamation foF the observance of the
| 4ih of January next as a day of fasting al
| prayer. He recommends the people of the
State on that day TO implore the Supreme
| Ruler of the Universe 40 dispel the cloud
| pregnant with evil which now casts its dark
| shadow over our land, and that He Will pre-
serve and streng then those fraternal bonds, and
that Union formed III the midst of revolution
| and cemented with the leod OF patriots in the
| struggle which gave US Il name among The na
| tions of the earth, and that He will renew and
| warm within us those sentiments of love and
affection which have ther 10 charac teriZed us
| as nation"
ATTEMPT AT INaURRECTIoN.
Especial Dispatch to the Charlotte Bulletin.l
CHESTER, S. C., Dec. 27-There was a fam
| ily residing In Chester by the name of Hughes
| and they were notified to leave the district
| on account Of their traffic with negroes aud
| otneF conduct not becoming to gentlemen.
They then settled IN YorK, and lately il was
| found that they were drilling companies of
| negroes to raise an ins direction. and the VigI-
| lance Committee got hold of il, and they were
| arrested. the mum Der being ound, and one was
| shipped to free State. and the remaining
| three are in Chester jail, to await q trial ue
| them. They received fifty lashes each, and
had ha.f the hair shaved of their heads.
The way ii came TO be found out was by one
| OF the negroes concerned in II, that told his
master that they were going to Kill all the NE n
| and old women and take the young ones for
1 wives.
| In taking them, several shots were ex-
| changed, but no serious damage was done.
| FREE NEGRO LAW OF KBNTUCKY-The
| Free Negro law passed by The last General As
| semOiy OF Ken ntucky, and which goes into eff
| feet to-day, provides that hereafter no slave
| shall be emancpated unless ample security
| be given for the removal of such from The
| State within ninety days after the approval OF
4 ia To bo
| followed by q suit against the bond for asun
| not less than the value of the slave 1t the
| time when emancipated; that any free negro
| or mulatlo EN- terlng Ken lucky with the In-
| tention of remaining shall be deemed guilty
| OF felony, and be imprisoned in the peniten-
| nary for period of not less than SIX years
that any tree negro or m ulatto not d resident Of
| the State, entering it for any purpose what
ever, shall likewise be deemed guilty of felony
| and be imprisoned tor not less than one nor
| more than live years; such conVicts, after serv-
| ing out one fourt their term Of sentence
| may te discharged upon giving good secu ~ity
| to leave the Commonwealth within ten days;
| u return 10 the State after discharge under
| the foregoing provisions is made punishable
| with Imprisonment for life; free negroes or
| mulattoes who leave Kentucky to go to q nom
| siayeholding State, will be deemed to have
| forfeited their residence in the former except
ing those employed on board steam boats; that
Tree negroes or muiattoeS who shall keep
| diserderly house, or be without the means of
earning an honest support, shall, upon con VIC
| tion for misdemeanor, be sold INTO seryitude
| for not less than two nor more than ten yeas.
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY IN A FAMILY.-A
| few days ago we announced the death OF Ben
| jainn Mead, Esq, in Newark, n. J., while
| attending Union prayer meeting in company
| with his wife. On the following Sunday the
| Rev. DR.. Dashiell, the pastor of the Broad
| street M E. Church in Newark, preached 4
| funeral discourse, in the course OF which he
| introduced the following rernarka bic instance
| of longevity in the Mead family, for which he
| was indebted to the Stanford (Ct Advocate :
| "We often hear of singular cases of longevity
up among the hills of Litchfieid county, but
| we do not recoiiect any thing that exceeds IN
| this respect the following facts in relation to
one of the families of old Greenwic ich. Edmond
| and Theodosia Mead had ten children, all in
| the eighteenth century, seven of whom are
ent time exceeds five hundred years. The
| survivors are--BeDjamin, born April n, 1850 ;
| Sarah, born August -, 1852; Obadiah, born
| March -, 1855; Mary, June l, I7e7; Ralph,
| born April ~, 1889; Stats NJ, born April rs
| 1891; BrockhoisI L., born August s, 1897. IL
| is equally remarkable that there has not been
| a death in the family for more than sixty
years, and not day during that time In
| which one of them has been confined TO bed
| by sickness. The seven children are all In the
possession of vigorous health at the present
| time"
| ESCAPE OF ROBINSON, THE NEW ORLEANS
| BURGLAR.-Charies IL. Robinson alias Cor
don, who was desperately wounded in New
| Orleans lately, while attempting burglary
| effec tt his escape early on Saturday morning
| from the Charity Hospital, whittier he had
been conveyed for medical treatment on the