Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-02
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In strasburg, The "New. Market Spirit
has been reliably informed, thirty Of
sam $" dupes withdrew at the first meet
Ing after the Winchester nominations were
received. il ./I;.g.>s.,t r. /, EEI
In Page county. the sane paper asserts,
there is now no organization Of Know
Nothings existing. No wonder Page
county was not Represented in the Win.
chester Convention. :.s.s Et.I :, .iI Dis. !
The following letter has been received
by US, from .Benyille, in this county,
Bellcvi!le il jail ri, h. p. @@I \ r !. e.
/: -. BELlEvlllE, April i, 1885. I
. DEAR sIH--rhe Democracy are more
alive in this precinct than 1 have ever
before known them to b.. There seems
to be a general discrimination to rise As
Que man, and "drush OUT the Invisible
Sam" Meetings are being held in va
rious localities, andja more decided oppo-
silion 70 Know, Npthinsism does not exist
any whe =. w" NillHgive the Democrat.
&c ticket our full vote and no mistake. I
understood yesterday, that At the last
meeting Of lhe KNOW. Mornings on Pond
Greek .Jtmsesn Withdrew from tho order.
sam" seems sick. Several oflhe Wings
will 20 with us. "A Wise Pole Is to Be
Used on tho first Saturday III May next
bsite Hockingport. @a = F.I /
Yours, FnIernally, 49,"
The Abingdon Demo rat learns from, d
reliable source that nineteen persons have
wnfrom one Know. Nothing Lodge
in WashingtoG5eounty. not all Democrats
either. TIE town Lodge has been shat.
tered most dreadfully, too. A reasonable
estimate would fix the number Of with
drawals, up to Saturday last. in Washing.
ton county, at no less than seventy. And
that's only a1beginping. tt-sAA In IN, IN
And here is another letter fiem Belle.
vile, where every Wing is 4 Know Moth
ing. The Democrats seem TO think an
assoc iation III which they find nothing but
Wings, is the wrong place for them. I F .I
\. BELLEvftLE, April ie, 1856.
Mn. EDrroR,--The prospects in this
part Of the county are Frightening every
day. You can scarcely meet man but
what politics is the theme. The Know.
Nothings are falling off daily and I do
not think there willlbe one Democrat ia
this district, who will not vote fol Wise
and Pennybacker, on the 4th Thursday
in May next. Some Of those who joined
them, are trying tolg got upappaper setting
forth their reasons for Withdrawing. TO-
gether with The names Of those who have
Withdrawn. signed BY themselves: which
I think will be done. gJohn Stats, who
has left them, says that Mr. B. w. Jack,
son told the whole secret, whom he read
the exposition, and no mistake. NJ. N
1t viii ba remembered letter rom ono
Mintcr Jackson, Of Gilmer county. was
in the Gazette Of last week. ~,
ling that nota single person had with.
drawn from The orderin elmer county. 1
The writer oftkis isjs respectable nast Al
citizen Of Gilmer county, who I'VE nndsr-
stand was inyeighlsd into The dsrk-An-
termed secret conclaye. He, however like
many more, was toe, good Democrat 10
act VIII TIC WulSnps btkiI III tWuhu 1oUb
their object TO be To- break down the Dem.
ocratics party, and therefore helis now a.
outsider. WHO willigo with bims If
TaoY. Gilrner county, Va.
HuRaAH ron HEsHr A. WISE! Mr.
Editor. you VIII pleisei insert the follow
ing: saa {a
SRI have been making interroga-
tons: In regard 10 Khow.N othingisnn. -and
have found Tie numbers who have left the
order in.ths county. 10 be about thirty .---
] was also cre lilly Informed by gentle-
man from Richie. THAT the number of
boilers in hiscounty was a. least twenty.
five. I received my ipformatiop directly
from those who had been duped BY Sam,
and who ere now Ii The Democratic ranks
lighting musket u shoulder and sword ID
hand, for de good tauses Having ben
inside the enemy'b line, ana knowing
where the weak piacSs ase they know best
where 10 storm the bssAst -woFks We ase
SNline them 1 heavy dose Of Espk Bnees
hvcriie t'gsspe We have checked their
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