Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-27
Private and Confidential.
RrsrsrRo, April 9th, 1850.

Monu nave lett ttcse pats htlu DOT me u place |
III tho mountainous mountains and gone into the |
Stock trade. nnd nm here now with lot Of IA |
tno looklngcr,t,crs rs you ever seed. had hcnrn |
ot tho Mastering u coming into wong ayin--so |
got mo u good drove Of good critters and am u |
iollcrin the musters round nnd n sellin fast as
| eau. Last Thursday that windy day. you no, |
went Ia Pigeon Rum to the mustnr thar aud seed |
all tho Muster goaks and the kandidatos too, all |
MS busy Ms n hen with ono chicken. and mister !
kcrncll Linch he was ns busy hen with two |
chickens. lic IT, Unnelc Hal. you know, the
Oemucratck kandidutc 10 beat Colo. Flood. tho !
Opposition kandidnte "bui has chrt tail rM be |
iec}c Zoo short fhis time" 1t was so windy tho
kandidates did not speak IN the r"sttun, but
they did all kinds Of shakeing hands, "honeyfng-
Cling, bowing. scraping, and slch and mister |
korncll Linch, he farcly shnck himself all to
pieces. lie would put his hands in his pockctsup |
To his shoulder blades and irk en- out agin, and |
put cm bnck ngn nnh put on aud take ofh yal- |
Ter specs; and some how or other, seemed T. have |
tho fights ho couldn't stand still sot still all
day long. till ni,c cum Tor EN- NIL to brake up and
muster to-day nj this place, which you knew is tho
seal Of Government at this County, and all hands
saved themselves for big speaking today here in
the Capital of the County Well, sure nun, every
thing all worked rite for en- ALL fine day. u big |
muster and big turn out gnrallv so nrtrr they |
nll mo, aud shuck hands and tuck n lew drinks |
round. the drum and the fife went to beating. aud
the lcllcrs II hollcrin all Capt, Bdlin's Company
parade here and nttcr the parade. all hands lick
cred agin. nnd then Axed to go into the Capitol
GIT pretty we'll filled. Cnl Flood, who IL the hest
luokn man your eyes ever rested on, begun the
spcckn--he really looks fine; is dressed nico and
clean, and out looks all the candidates put togeth
or. He made nice, clean; clever speech, to
which all hands listened with n the attention
they could till Just about the time hc To STOP
lbis honr being o"t) Mister kerncl linch jumped
up aud seemed like he mcy mad bout some.
thin the Colonel did say ordi1n say couldn't
tell which; he swclled oruly, aud II thought
would buss wide open, aud hegnn to snN; tuba,
Cail-my poSitoa on Cndt! Well. he kept on
swcllin TIL nigh time to bust, when ittle bronxe
ooorcd Democrat nnup aud tuck hold of him
and led him back liltlc. and whispered some
thin to him which caused his "Ndftv 10 .SubSidc'
and Colnnol Flood finished speekin, then cum tho
tug of war. Mister kcrnc!l Linch then kun to
the stand and hoercd rite out F-c.ll-c.r Citizens
and jumped rite sttnit mp in the mir hi that it
took jumps to git back ngin; hut when lie lit he
hollcrcd ngin am a Demgcrdi, and I am n Denny.
cratic caniiddr for hc Sinnh Of .tnH Jjryinny.
Well thinks to my elf, old Hpss. goa wW no,c
io,, or die mM srriim pretty soon, but his Ma
hy ogiH Suts'dcd,' mid he went down to zero in
les than ~ time, aud said he wished he had moro
time, h" had n heop to say and hcep to reed and
all he wanted time. then he tuck I'm q ittlc
liekcr and water, aud then cum the swein
again, md he heller for all the DENNY Gratis to-
stand up tn him. to stick to him. for he wanted to
/ the Snnctt. that Col Flood had beet Gen Clay,
and hc wanted now to lcr Col. Flood. (r,H Ter
| ptct he does,) butihea hnm dtaikin." Mr..
! kcrncll l.ipc, then tuck little more water and
| spirits, anl told us he orlul demmycrnt,
| had always bin on" and intends 10 die ono, he
saii look round Foer Cilizens and what wo
/ have dun fur You, We give ynn all Florida,
| nrxrd Louisiana, MINico, ltiood lord MinksI
Texas and Calfarnry and 'Joiqing the past By
! Hr tnturc rhat rs 4 we hnW d." Well here bis
''naiur ogin suhsNi,i' nnd he tuck Just ~ draps
] l,f.,. il ft.I 4
+ wish had more time. am 50 pushed for time,
kant git along n all; but ho kept cllin he was
! brmmycrat and n kandidatc aud wanted to 90 into
the S'nnr1. and git iac Rond from Lnchburg
! whnr he snii he hal hoep Of houses and lots.
/ and bad land nl along the lino and spcck he il
gwinc to the Ealc Road Company oil the
| land tha want to run the Rond on, nnd Mt both
| ends to bid on and suvc 'cnl rite smart chance OF
money; Int he nctcr sad So. Ilrstood all the time
/ he was speeking rite bcinixi his rite Bower aud
his left Bower, his left Bower was II little dirk
comncctcd Democrat. who kept ten him what
to say, and watch the spirits tor him, his right
Bower was II hn'd lpokin ease, he ioohs hkea Cast
| Iron Sausage thop],tr grjnn'n M,ouyh Grid
! hon. Mr.. Linch, agin told I'm he benny
! crat all over and wnncl too 90 into the Sinnett;
his hour being ont he Tell into his big arm chnr
! out oibreab and kyefcd with sweat Tor ! tell you
lac ripped and rarcd, jumped up and ,ared and al
most ku-sed aud swarcd
So then kuns too the stand another Colonel in
! the person of Col. joel y, Lcltwich, who is the
regular Whg county candidate who pitched into
the newly made Democratic Kernel with vim
! and n vengeance, that would have done credit To
: Davy Crockett in his palmest days lie made
the fur fly from kurnel 'dnch and the Democracy
gincrally y--showcd mp ''honcst john" to be an
Abolitonist Of the worst kind end proved he had
gone farther on Abolition surface than any one
| North. After using up kulnel Linch an d the
+ ".1botifion Democyucy," Colonel Lcitwich then
! turup1 his Rnttprips Of (,rnpp and cnuusf.r nm