The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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I ,r,,.Yl VIRGINIA ;. NEWS. ;:
Withdrawal OF DR.. PrctIow N Can.
didate fof Congress mt Earge. y
/ FRANKLIs DEp6r, June Is, 1869.
Raleigh T.. Daniel, Esq, Chairman, &C.:
Lam willing to be governed by my 40
tion the Conservative State Committee may
take in reference to a candidate for Com
gress at large, and advise my friends to do
the same. 7. ]. PRETLow.
CONSERVATIVE STATE COMMITTEE, J
RICHMOND, June rs, 1869.
At n meeting of the committee held this
day, it was unanimously recommended that
Dr.. I. j. Pretlow's name be withdrawn as
a candidate for Congress at large. ~.
r. T. DANIEL, Chairman. Il.
W. W. WALKER SKINS CHANDLER AT
LYscHBuRG.-On Tuesday last Mr.. Walker
led off in speech of an hour, and Was fol-
lowed by Chandler for the same time, Mr..
Walker replying in q speech of half an
hour, and Chandler rejoining. We have
neither time nor space for more than q
brief notice of the discussion; and it will
suffice to say that if ever poor fellow was
impaled and skinned alive, Chandler was
the man. We really pitied him (Radical
though he is) as Mr.. Walker, now with
w:thering denunciation, then with irresisti-
bic logic, anon with words of burning elo-
quence, dissccted him and his brood Of vul-
lures, and held their fayed carcasses up as
"Fixed figures for the hand of scorn s...s.
4 10 point the slow, nnerTfng finger ut. -
Chandler was so completely disconnected
when he essayed to reply to his giant an
| tngonist that it was with difficulty he could
speak DISTINCTLY. -Ho evidently folt thatl,c
had got more than he bargained for, and
to the last hour of his life will give Mr..
Walker a wide berth. ''<
Mr.. Walkers speeches had o powerful
effect on the eolored people present, and
will tell on the day of election. Lynch
burg Neens. , .@ Fl -a'e,t a.
A GooD S1GN-The last voter who regis
tered in Warrenton last Thursday was Mr..
Jolly, who is now in the ninety-eishth year
of his age. If younger men have put them
selves to half the trouble that this old pa
triarch has, the Conservatives will have
one thousand majority in Fauquier county.
| Hdrrcnton Inde1. ...[, 10. .r-I9
! REGisTRATIoN IN ALEXANDRIA Thurs
day closed the registration in Alexandria,
and up to noon the rc-registration and trans
fers were as follows: Whites, 6S2 colored,
| 269. This does not include the county.
The whole registration last year was Tin the
count and city,: Whites, ] 1854 colored,
l,9lS. The result of the re-registration
will make the re-registered voters Of the
two parties very nearly equal; but it is we'll
| known that several hundred colored voters
have left the county permanently"since the
| first registration whose. names yet appear
on the registration. Thus, on fair vote,
the white majority will be several hundred.
The address delivered on Thursday eve
ming last by the Rev. DR.. Burrows, of
Richmond, before the young ladies of
Roanoke Female College was one of rare
ability and interest," His theme was q" The
true ends of cducation," and for an hour
The reverend gentleman fully sustained
| his high reputation as one of the best
speakers in the land.-DdnUille Times.
On the 10th june Mrs. Eliza Ann Bat
m,m, wife of Henry Batman, went into
cherry tree for the purpose of gathering
some Of the fruit, when q bush on which
she was standing broke off, precipitating
her about fifteen feet to the ground. The
| whole lower portion of her body was pa
lalyzcd. She lived until Saturday, when
death relieved her of her suffering. She
lcav family of six children.-Pa9e
| Valley Courier.
PosT-OFF1cE AFFA1Rs-Virginid An
Office is established at Applewood, Caroline
county, and c. II. Jones appointed post
| master, to be supplied by special service
from Philippi. Also, at Beulahvillc, King
William county, and Mary W. Mahan APP
pointed postmistrcss, to be regularly sup
piled by special service from Aylctt's.
Route 4,Gl5-North Edidcn to Scottsyille,
John t. Lawson contractor. Service is in
creased to three trips per week and pro rata
pay allowed from LIST July.
Special agent Appointed-And assigned
to duty as Inspector from the first of
July-John Frey, Virginia, excluding the
Eastern Shore and State of North Carolina.
The negro majority in this congressional
district in 1867 was about 1000. The re-
turns o. the revised registration indicate
that this has been overcome, and a hand
some white majority secured. This result
will ensure the election Of Mr.. RidgWay.-
Lynchbury Ne,cs. ~
The whites gained in Fauquier on the
new registration several hundred.
NELSON CoUYTY.-The new registration
gives this county 200 white majority.
AMuERsr.-Amhcrst registers q large
white majority-between 800 and 400.
Bedford white majority over 700.
There are only two white Wells men in
Charlottesville.
From Rappahannock and Prince William
VIC have most encouraging accounts. The
people of those counties are fully aroused,
and will do their whole duty.-Harrenton
inder.
Mr.. CHAsE.-A telegram from Washing
ton, in the Baltimore San, says: "Virgi-
mans of The Wells party who arrived here
tonight complain that Chief Justice Chase
has heen lending his influence in Virginia
to the Walker or Conservative party, and
has been very effective in that direction.
They ascribe his purpose to selfish conside-
rations and ambition to be the next Presi-
Dental nominee of possiblya new Conser-
vative party to be built up of the conserya-
/ tive elements of the Republicans and disin-
tegration of the present Democratic party
this dissolution to be consummated by