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H,LIrlX Z. II. Va. Dee. g, 1883
About month since ] left New I OIL. for a
short residence in the southern part OF Virginia.
came by rather circuiteus route by water 10
Norfolk city, thence by steamboat to City Point,
fifty miles below Richmond. 1t was my first
passage up the James River, and | was surprised
to find its waters 50 extremely muddy; they are of
i white, dirty color. | was lorcibly reminded of
It's being the same river that the intrepid John
Smith once sailed and laid the site Of the village
Of Jamestown The town is situated on an
island in the river, about thrty-two miles from
its mouth It was probably once a place of con-
siderable business and Importance, but 1t is nov
in ruins The passage up the river was very
pleasant, weather quite warm, number Of passerl-
gers twcntyeirt While walking to and fro
upon deck, perceived three men at the end OF
the boat standing together, two of whom were
busily engaged in conversation. carelessiy
leaned over the railing near by, and listened TO
their confab. It appeared that one of them had
noticed my hai-box, which stood near by, marked
(nly residence 'Syracuse, ~ Y" Him | found
to be violent Calhoun man. and unwilling to
submit to tie Nominee OF the " Democratic Con-
vention' the second a mild Calhoun man, but
willing to submit to the nomination; the third
as any one might know from the smile on his
countcnancc and his complacency, Whg.-
The following is the substance of their CONVEX
sation:
..There sits a hat-box marked Syracuse n
w. What! where the Ncw-Yorl1 Demo
cratic Convention was held that nominated Mr.
Van Buren, ~ es, but for Hea5en's safe
do not cali it Democratic Conventional was
one of the most ignominous affairs ever pcrpe-
trated by men calling themselves Democrats.
g True know it was shameful. 1t is wrong
for them to send Delegates (appoined in the
manner they were to Baltimore: bit we must
succumb to keep up the harmony in our ranks"
% Harmony don't talk to me any longer of har-
monv | am Disguised with the word. We
gave up our claims TO that Magician in 1910
simply to preserve harmony in the ranks, as it
was said, and | II do it no more Exactly,
Mr.. H: that S all true but the Van Buren,
men gave IA good reason why he ought to receive
the nomination" 'Thcir reasons are, as Shaks
pcnrc says, like two grains Of wheat, hid IN a
busIle OF chaii; you shall seek all day ere you
find them, ar;! when you find them they are not
worth the scarch:' first reason, that he beat
en- in forty by (raud, Corruption md PiPc- laying.
Now, Mr.. Z. you know. Just rs well as
know, that it was solely his unpopulaIity that Dc
ieatcd HIM them; and Ii he is nominated again,
he Will be defeated by much greater majority
than before; and you arc G1cayc, too, that in
State Va.) he cannot bcgin to oct so many votes
as he had in 1910: ana the other reason is, say
the y 3 men, out of spitc'-to show The Wings
that they arc not ashamed or afraid 10 him.
PondcIous reasons ~ Z" Your reasoning is very
good, indeed Int (you must excuse my buts)
Mr. Rlchic the general Of our party at the
South, says, Go for the Nomincc-crgo, |
SHALL You may do it, if you choose, but
shall not, and am not alone; there arc thou
sands in old Virginia who have been deceived
lnd shalncitIiy treated by the Magieian of The
North. and more shameuy gHLtcd by Mr. iht-
chic, the NouS Vc'ro"& OF the South, and We
viii no longer submit TO it. If Mr.. Calhoun is
rot nominated at the Convention, then my vote
is thrown away
The Wing, who had been silent for long
while. here spoke out; Friends, there Is no
use in quafrcng about candidates; the Wings
have one III HENRY CLAY VINO viii dcicat AL OF
the i've IL you see III 10 hoiii!iiatc thciil. =
Here the bell rang for dinner. At The table We
found that nineteen oi the twenty -eisht were
Wings, and of course all Clay-thc remainder
were of all kinds, Calhoun, Van baren, johnson,
X Co.
At City Point | went by railway to Peters
burg, len miles; time IN gong hIty,lve minutes
The railroads in Virginia are vastly inferior to
the railroads IN NewYork: the cars arc uncom-
Portable, and they 60 very slow. At Petersburg
| spent the Sabbath and put up at Powcii's Ho
tel, a new etiliIce ana kept IN most eHceient
style Petersburg is an old place, which has
grown some for The last three years-thc houses
and buildings are, many of them, IN diiap,da-