The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-25
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.

PUBLIC MEETING IN RoANoKE.-An unu-.
sually large meeting Of the citizens of
Roanoke county, held at the Courthouse on
Monday the 18th day Of May, 1869, that
being court day, on motion Of d. b.
Strouse, Esq, Colonel William Watts was
called to the chair, and E. A. McCauley ap-
pointed secretary.
After the nomination Of Colonel McAulcv
for the House of Delegates, and the transac-
tion Of other business, on motion Of Colonel
Il. w. Hansbrough, seconded by Colonel
Carr, it was unanimously
"Resoired, That we, the people of Roa-
noke county, in public meeting assembled,
without reference to party, having listened
with pleasure to Colonel G. G. Walkers
frank and able exposition Of his political
position, do heartily approve of his election
to the high and responsible office OF Go
vernon Of this State, and do most earnestly
recommend that all the true sons OF the Old
Dominion go to the polls on the 9Th day of
July next and bestow upon him their
united suffrages."
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Coop SESsE.-We are gratified to see that
all Of our old friends in the State who were
candidates for Congress or for the Legisla-
turc last year, and are disabled from hold
and permitting those who are qualified to
take their places. We must run men for
all the offices who can be elected, and who can
serve if elected. Any other line of policy Is
the heighth of madness, and will lead us into
interminable Misunderstanding Press
RED STRINGS IN THE SoUTHEAsT.-We re-
greet to be informed by an intelligent gentle
man recently from Floyd Courthouse, that
quite large number Of Red Strings, or
white Radicals who favor the election Of
Wells, exist in that regon ofcountry. There
is in Floyd county q registered white ma
iority of more than thousand voters; but
so dcmOralizcd is the Conservative OTganl-
cation, and so strong the influence Of the
Red Strings, that it is feared the county may
possibly 90 for Wells.
This condition of things should attract the
attention of the orators and canvasscrs of
the Walker ticket, and give due Importance
to the coming campaign in the Southwest.
The white people in that section are perhaps
in greater need of advice and eXhortation
than those Of any other section of Virginia :;
and unless proper lights are brought to bear
on their minds, many votes will be lost in
the coming election. We hope a whole host
of able and forcible speakers will at once he
sent to this mountainous Floyd region, to
win back the erring Red StriDgs.-Lynch-
burg Republican.
THE TAYLoR-FARM CAsE-It will he re-
membcred that during the March term of
the county court, the case of w. Z. Taylor
Us. Henry Black and Richard Parker, negro
squattcrs on his farm, was disposed Of, and
a writ of cicctment granted by the court.
The execution was stayed by order OF the
military, and the negroes continued i'll pos
session of Mr.. Taylor's farm, and so the mat
ter rested until Saturday last. Sheriff May
hcw received orders from General Candy to
proceed to execute the writ, and remove the
aforementioned parties, with their effects.
from the lands which they illegally held pos
session of. Sheriff Mayhem went down Sa-
turday evening armed with proper autho-
Iity to execute the order, and no doubt re-
moved the squatters.-NorJolk Tirgin'an.
SHOCKING AFFAIR IN BRIsToL-ONE MAJ
KILLED AND ANOTHER WoUSDED.-Br3stOh
May 22.-An atlray occurred here this eve
min" which resulted in the death of one man
and the wounding of another.
Constable Hammer, in attempting to ar
rest Peter Booker, Il notorious character,
was assaulted by his brother, j. Il. Booker,
with two pistols. Constable Hammer then
also drew a pistol and fired on his asSailanit
two thots taking effect, and resulting III
Bookcr's death in twenty minutes.
BOOkcr'S lflcnuS allcTWlTQS dSStullct!
Hammer and beat him badly, and he was
ONLY saved from serious violence by the i'll
tcrposition Of parties who came to his res
cue. Hammer was wounded in the arm.
The parties are now under arrest.
Booker was brave Confederate soldier,
but has of late years been an outluw.-Spe-
cj0l dispatch to the Lynchbuy Rcpubhcan
ANOTHER ITEM FOR GENERALCANBY-NME
lHCENDIARIsM.-A large crowd Of negroes,
rs is the case every Saturday evening, as
semblcd to hear speeches from the hose
house steps yesterday by several white and
black orators. One of the speakers, we un-
dcrstand, after working up his audience t"
a high state of excitement by the most VIC
lent abuse of the southern people, said that
his negro friends. to do right, r0uld burn
doarn crcry arhjtc mans house oUer has hedd
Such an inccndiary speech should cntltlr
the miscrcant who uttered it to the scvcrcSt
punishment. and we sincerely trust that The
law i'm regard to such melting to diaDolca
deeds will be rigidly and speedily enforced
II is Just such villains us this who, for bar,
selfish purposes, are impeding Il settlements
of our political difficulties, and unlcs'
checked in their incendiary course will IN
| evitably bring about the most disastrous re-
sults.-Lynchtury Republican, 18th.
General Candy on Saturday issued an OF
der suspending Judge Philip y. Boiling, 0
the Lynchburg circuit. pending an lnvcStl
CATION OF his official conduct.