The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-23
letter from King George County.


KING GEORGE COUNTY, June Is, 1869.
Ex-Governor Smith on yesterday visited
this, his native county, and addressed Z
large and enthusiastic audience ut the coun-
ty-Scat on the great issue soon to be submit
ted to the people of Virginia. Though
scvcnty-onc years OF age, he looked, as nc
said he felt. of about five and twenty IN con-
stitution. The great task which he imposed
upon himself of visiting and speaking ut so
many places i'm so short Il space Of time al
fords ample evidence of the iron cOnStitr-
ton which he still possesses and the great
speech which he made here on Thursday
last showed conclusiycly that his mental
powers are rs vigorous rs ever and III full
keeping with his physique.
In his speech, which lasted for two hours,
he cloqucntly alluded to the respect and adj
miration which the people Of the South, and
Virginia especially, had won i'll the late
struggle, and showed them that the fair
fame and worldwide renoWn which they
had for patriotism and devotion to liberty
could only now be yindicated and Sus-
tanned by their action on the 9th Of July
next, when, by the united efforts Of all true
patriots, great triumph Tor the cause OF
civil liberty might be achieved at the ballot
box, and Virginia might again hc re.
deemed, regencratcd, and diScnthrallcd."
He dwclt long and forcibly upon the ini-
auitv of the two expurgatcd clauses, and
though he disapproved of the so-called con-
stituton rs Il whole, yet intimatcd that If
he had 4 vote he would cast ii for the con-
stitution eXpurgated, on the ground OF en-
pcdiency. lie did not forget the scalawags
and carpct-baggers, for whom he seemed to
have an especial vial of his own.
lie closed by an apostrophe to the old
Commonwealth, and appealed in most
pathetic manner to the people to make her
what she once was-the proudest ana
greatest in the sisterhood of States.
At the close of his speech, all dispersed to
their homes, fully satisfied with the manner
in which they had spent the day, and fully
convinced by his powerful and conclusive
arguments that we were now passing great
crisis, and firmly resolved to do their duty
to Il man.
The old county is fully alive to her duty
in the contest, and good report will he
rendered by her on election-day, l assure
you. Colonel Il. Il. Tayloe, Captain j. Is.
.Jctt. and G. II. Ashton, are canVasslng
every district, and the report from every,
quarter is that the people arc fully aroused
and determined to do their duty. CIyls.
WHAT Mr.. GARLAND SAYS ABOUT WELLS.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says:
owe know that he has recsntly SAID, In
conversation by no means private, that lie
was opposed to the negroes holding office,
and that Wells ardS too."
This, we suppose, is the Mr.. Garland to
whom Wells's letter was addressed.
HALIFAX CoUSTY.-Reliablc Information
received from Halifax county states that
negroes ofthat county are unanimous against
the test-oath and disqualilying clauses OF the
constitution. Our Informant says the ma
jority in Halifax county alone against these
clauses will amount to 5000 yotes.-Lynch-
burg Republican.
AUGUSTA COUNTY NoAINEES.-For the
Senate. Joseph a. Waddcll. For the House
of Delegates, Alexander b. Cochran, Ii. NJ.
Bell, and Marshall Hanger.
Registration at Marysvlle, Campbell
county. up to Saturday: Whites, IL !;
blacks, Il. ..... ..
Regi istration at Chrstiansburg up to sa-
turday evening: Whites, 81 blacks, IL.
White majority, "A.
ALgEMARLE CouNTY.-On yesterday eve
ming the revised registration stood ut the
courthouse: White, 17S; black, 50. AT
Wingtield's: White, IS; black, n.-Char-
kotiesuiHe Chronicle, 22d.
w. w. Walker, Esq, was taken unwell
at Abingdon, and did not ill his appoint
ments in Lee and Scott counties. He came
down Yesterday to the residence of DR.. r.
B. Thomson, in Bedford.-Lynchbury hr-
g,man.
David e. Sharpe announces himself as
candidate to represent Sussex county IN the
House of Delegates. He is a native OF Rich
mond, and will make good representative.
Colonel w. Fl. Taylor is the Conservative
nominee for the Senate in Norfolk and Prin-
cess Anne.
Up to Q o'clock Monday the registration
in Alexandria foots up Whites, 4sl blacks,