Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-10-23

The Norfolk correspondent Of the Rich
mond Wing gives sketch Of the members
of the Commercial Convention, lately assem-
bled in that city, from which we extract the
following notices of some Of our fellow towns
men, and others well know in this commune
ty:
To the left of me, and about midway the
the dress circle, sits, with the air Of one who
was born to be seen and heard, Alexander
H. FL. Stuart, of Augusta He appears,
however, not now in the role of the ex-Sec-
rotary Of the Interior, or as the former re-
preventative of his people in Congress and
the General Assembly Of Virginia but as a
citizen, anxiously solicitous to hear developed
any plan calculated to add to her material
wealth. would as soon, by the way, ex-
pect to hear comic song given out from
the pulpit as remark of a strictly political
character from him in this Convention. do
not know how it is with others, but, forAny-
self, I have never been able to conceive Of his
presence in deliberative body SO august
that his individuality could be entirely lost OF
his personnel fail to excite favorable comment
1 turn my head and there in the par
quette, in front, but some distance from the
chair, is John B. Baldwin, whose face and
head show that he is massive in intellect,
but hardly indicate, as in the case Of Mr..
Stuart, the full measure of his great ability.
To the left of Mr.. Stuart is seated his fellow
townsman, William H. Tams, cashier Of the
Virginia Insurance Company at Staunton.
His bearing is thoughtful, and at a glance
you see that the commercial column is the
first portion of a newspaper he reads, and
that upon the subject Of direct trade and
finance he has clear and we'll defined ideas,
and yet he will never appear in the daily
convention reports, venture to predict, be-
cause he will remain silent and listen. in
many instances, to talking men with not a
1.-THE Of his information in regard to the great
and all-important questions before the Conven-
ton.
Major Covell, Superintendent Of the State
Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, at
tracts me, and I skip a half dozen politicians
or more to sketch him. He does not seem
to be thinking of direct trade, as I com
mence, but like your correspondent, is ex
aiming only more critically the personnel
of members. He would, it seems to me,
make great detective, and Will if he lives
long enough, connect his name with some
highly important invention.
Samuel Mcdowell Moore occupies a re-
tired seat in the parquette, and is the sole
representative from Rockbridge. He was
in the great Convention Of 1929, but has
still fire in his eye, and Virginian fire in
his heart, too No member is more cordi-
ally welcomed to the body.
For military picture, my canvas is loo con
tracted to allow me even in miniature to sketch
any below therank ofbrigadier and | therefore
confne myself to Generals Ruggles, Echols,
James Walker, Robert Preston, Imboden,
Terry and Nancy, (of Tennessee neither
of whom looks warlike, and all Of whom
seem eager to enlist, without bounty Or
choice of the branches of service, in the
ranks of the cohorts now being marshalled
to battle for the commercial independence
of their States May the same gailantry
and indomitable perseverance, but far better
success, attend them than did their efforts
for the political disenthralment Of the South.