The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-18
Nitbmunn qispatrh.
MORNING. APRIL Is. 1881
-,,,sepce Of the R;ehmoad Dispatch.
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IN. Voice of old Rockingham
U,xx,sossoxs, VA, April 10, 1861.
% yesterday evening was cohpeieu !.
on NV letter before the meeting adjourned
ci"se W" "Sssnvt uouse so that would not miss
! ~ '"e au To resume. i get back INTO the
s vac House Just as the VAST ctowu we,e
'o.tar "a TO whether vote shoutu oe eaAeh
st once on secession, n nr "a Motre,t rose and
u''tt .hasnrstion inns IAN who favor Viz
-. s.s,,,,ag and joining me Sonth, VIII say
$50 Those opposed, ana m iafot 5t "
riuja remaining atsacasu 20 .ae S CRU s'ss,,
sou " ~ ,,n,inp no. and the balance (about one
O. ''ton yofins aye. Where Is he Unien
80. ~ gso,kinghsm' Ii you cenia nave
h,nrd the prolonged shout 0. dye ,aH1 a'ao 90
rent -. s,d mine Secession men are filled
~ ,vernowing with glory to-day, ana oid
haired sSges proclaim yesterday the
nnrnudest day they ever saw in oio hoekihe'
pS Geo il Chisrnan and Chas. IL Lewis,
- conditional Union men. attempted TO
Ia the public voice by declaring 1t no time
,,ka A vote of the sort but the people re-
S,lI,,. tex. that hen the I Iion element WAS
80 r,.9ority. at the time of the canvass for
-, h.rs OF the Convention they lost no OPP
,rt,nitv 20 have n vote OF the people at pub
4, meetings. Truly, they changs the,r tac-
,,c. They retired from the Court House,
with seven or eigbt others, very moeh e"of
fallsa after the vote.
S.,n after the NEE ting adjourned, ana as tnS
-,r.d was leaving the Court HouAe, n teie-
~-znhin dispatch was received from Staunton,
~ errrcss-the same that Col. Baylor, oil
tbe Con Ven ton sent to Stanton from Ken
,ncud-giviug intelligence OF Lincoln $ gaining
for - 90 militia. The whole crowd OF ccufse
re.xssrmhled, when DIR. a. ii. Newman reao
III. III spatc With the messenger from Staua
ton a letter came from the Coionei Oh th'
Sfaunton Regiment of Volunteers, TO know o
Col Gibbons If the Fourth Regiment wa
ready to march 10 Harper Ferry ana lax
,,cssession To which Col. q. replied. = W.
arr ready TO 60 there, provided the 'roverno
of Virginia gives permission.
Immediately after the reading oil the dis
rgich Dir =. IL. Mofett arose and announce
himself 4 candidate TO the Southern Congress
a. Moa tgomery He will canvass this Gistric
with the Hon j. 7. Harris, who is csndidai
Tor :ae Congress AZ " ashington.
understand to-day mat Hon. John !
Harris gives up the Union horse since The dc
mons ration OF yesterday. Let our repTeser
tatives in the Convention do likewise, 9
make up their minds TO iHtamy, as they vi
never be any body in this county again unieS
they do.
understand the doings of yesterday WEI
sent 10 our delega ties in the Convention la
nIsni by essepser TO Stanton and thence D
telegraph.
The predictions of your correspondent III
fully verified, and for that reason am II
loicsd also. ,.,
II there is any influence in the position
Rockingham abroad, We send onr action oa
10 the balance of the Commonwealth II
what II is worth.
IL vas intended TO raise two more secesslo
flags here to-day, bat the inclemency of II
weather prevented it. Hastily, pm