Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-10-14
VIRGINIA.

THE blowing is clipped f'um the
1.ynchburg Press. radical, and is worth
reproducing as tending to SLOW how
the Hughes Physic works in the Sth
district. The party seems sick. There
Is Examiner enough in Eu hes 10
make drastic purge for o ID radi-
cal any TIM. Things are seeking their
level at last:
NJ :ETING or REPUBLICANS IN MARIO.
We have I loll0wing proceedings
of the RCpulI can meeting held ia Ma
riOn. ON the -Tth ult. We are :ruly
sorry that moe harmonious views
should not cNi-t letWten Col. Hughes
ana scme uf the leading Republicans
of that District. 10 would ne great
misfortune tu lie Republican cause If
That District should lail to be wrested
from the hands of the Democracy
through any disaiections among Re
publicans.
MARION, VA, Sept. 9th, 1870.
Pursuant TO n call of the Chairman
of the Republican Committee of the
Sth Congressional District, a consulta-
ton was held at Marion Vu., on the
eth inst.
Joseph Culbcrtson, of Scott county,
was called To the chair and George ),
Henderlite appointed Secretary.
After the reading of letters, express
ing the wishes of counties not repre-
sented hy delegates,
On motion, II committee of six was
appointed to report what action should
he taken in regarded TO nominating a
candidate for Congress.
4 4. IL.
tee reported the following preamble
and rest luton witch was adopted.
Whereas, information has been re-
ceived that Col. II. w. Hughes has an
nounced himself as nm Independent
Republic u candida @ Tor the Sth Dis
trict. 10y the advice and recommends
ton of the Union Republican Congress-
ional Executive Committee,
Therefore. resolved, that we con-
femn such interference ON their part
as unprecedented aud unwaTranted,
and we believe ruinuus to the Repub-
lican cause i'm this District, but being
dcsirous to avoid all disscntiOns and
difficulties, which two candidates
would produce, we deem IL eXpedient
not to nominate u candidate, leaving
the Republicans Zee 10 vote for whom
they p.ease.
Resolved, that we fully endorse the
proceedings of the Union Republican
Convention held in Richmond, on the
22d inst.
The meeting then adjourned sine
die.
JOSEPH CULnERTsoN,
GEO. w. HENDERLITE, Chairman.
Secretary.
Orr FOR HIS QUARTERs.-Sh
Buchanan left for Richmond last We'd
nesday night, having in charge Nor
riss Grubb, cold, convicted at our last
county court and sentenced To three
years confinement in the penitentiary,
for shooting Capt Mat. Musser.
THE BIGGEST DEER YET.-Mr. Ja'
cob III. Anderson, of this county, Kill
ed buck i'm the mountains five miles
north of this place on Saturday last,
which weighed 40 poundds, net.
THE following is clipped from the
New York Sun. II is interesting in
this locality, as Col. Dunn, the subject
of this notice is the same gentleman
who bolted the Marion Convention aud
ran against Hon, j. X. Gibson for
Congress i'm the sth District last year
lie resides near Dublin, Va, and COM
handed a Confederate Battsllion dd-
ring the War;
ANOTHER REBEL APPOINTED TO A
LACRATIvE OFFICE ny GRANT.
Jealous Republicans will be intere L
ed In learning something alb lut theap-
pointment of Col. Ambro' Q z. Dunn,
OF Virginia, to be both Consul-Gener4
and Marshal of the United states at
Hakodadi, in Japan. This doubiehead'
cd apl ointment was smuggled through
the Senate at the eleventh hour on the