The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-23
- REGRET exceedingly to have

Z REGRET exceedingly to have to
49, make any farther Eqhics.3n il regard
county. in which am now engaged Having. how
ever, to RELY upon nv own personal popularity and
openly every misrepresentation that is made
against me, even though, rs is sometimes the case,
sy wS s tSa such w
RESERVATIONS have been made about my strens tn.
have refralned rom any publication until could
cOneult With friends dlslnterested in that matter
Having claimed the larger portion Of the Belle Isle
vote from the commencement Of this canvass. as
hear Mr. Ta' lor assert. and attempt to prove that
tout OF Is votes IN the Reile- Isle Works, there
the justice to say that he informs me that he did
not mean to create the impression that had only
four friends ther4 but as it has been reported and
believed by that he did prove such state of
facts, must also do myself the justice to state
what know to be the facts, father let the facts
We, the undersigned, operatives at the Belle
Isle Works, regret to learn that Mr.. John 0. Tay-
lor. one OF the candidates for the Sheriffalty of
Henrico county. has stated that he had visited
these works, and that all OF us had pledged him
have expressly said that we should vote for and
support Jacob S. Atlee for the said Office of Sheriff
Given eIa under our hands, this W 18TH Nay 1862
Andrew Chldress, Douglas Baird,
John Veins. James Conway,
Benz +, ankn, Geo. r. Long,
Albert Barfott, Michael Foster,
John Bsrfoot, Philam MerrymaE,
Theodore Veins, Aexr Drake,
Spencer Kelley, Thos. Martin.
James l.. Lee, Frank Whiteford,
Charles Lewis. Aiexr McCrone,
Thomas Martin.
To show that cannot mistake in supposing that
Mr.. aylor made such a statement as referred
to above also annex the card OF two gentle men
known and respected in the nel hborhood IN which
they live. and IN which the statement was made
at Thrnckm0I ton 8. SIX miles below Richmond
last Friday, 18th inst:
We, the Undersigned, at the request of Mr.. J. s.
morton's six miles below Richmond, on Friday
last. 18th inst. MT John e. Taylor, one of the
s he qa s he Of ss Nv
that out of the twenty five votes there, he tTay-
lorj would get seventeen, and called upon one s.
i've Votes here; that he Knew the sentiments Of
all. and that there were only four Alice men
among them. RONALD MILLS,
MARTIN BAKER,
RoB'rH CREME.
This is to certify that to the best of my recollec
I was not present during the whole Of Mr. John
p Ta,lor's remarks, and did not hear s him upon
Having now placed the facts before the public, l
leave them to judge between us. l would rather
be Nay Isyh sl .asn ss'r JRcoB ArLEE
HENElco corNTy, May %, 1860.
To the Voters Of Bell Isle Works and Ctttesns Of
GESrLExkN;-l regret very much to appear in
the Iispqtch of this ming but in Justice to my
the 18th Of the present month. and conversed with
some thirty or thirt. five persons-I having been
informed nv Mr.. Baird. the manager. that there
was at least that number working there. including
those living the island, and found at least ffteen
persons: or more, that had not pledged themselves
to vote for Mr.. Atlee-and from the conversation
with them, had reason to believe that some OF
them, If not all. would vote for me- never stated
that any gentleman on the island had pledged him
Sc If to vote for me regret very much that Mr.
Alice hasty; for. far az | can see, he has
not gained single vote by it. ! am wiling to
leave the subject to the voters, and will
submit to their decision. am too well known to
tho citizens OF HenricO county, to mlsrepresent
any voter OF the cOunty-I never have done IT, nor
40 ever expect to do it. Respectfully,
JOHN u. TAYLOR.
We. the Undersigned were present on the isla nd
with John D Taylor, and agree perfectly with his
statement, Everything passed oil pleasantly and
aereeably. and we 1T the island with the kindest
feelings towards each other.
ALEXANDER s. MoLEs.
GEoRGE MARTIN,
my % IT PATRICK WOODS