The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.
for the Sss.ecd STAGES senate.

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s.n,, viii be reelected to tho United States
~.nq,c. II the wishes oi n large majority OF
,.r Conservative members OF the LCglSia-
,,,rn ,au prevail. Yet, as ! then sad. and
,'.,,, ranrt. il will not do 10 consider the
,,,,.,r7 settled and tiXcd in favor Of Mir.
1Nhr.tan: for. while ] doubt very mulch
whether Major W. i. Suthern will run, or
l,a y,l2. in opposition 10 MIR. Johnston. |
Ink = very probable that Mr.. Cochran. Of
.Ycrsfa, 1iil--or that lie will put up some
b>Iy toconteqt the election With the regular
C,n,rryative candidate. Mr.. Cochran,
,hnnch Conservative, has been acting
. - very subordinate and independ-
ra- manner Of late, and very re-
r,9tir he has applied 10 Congress
:, have his disabilities removed. Why
- tg,is 'uEclure seek 10 have his eligibility
?, Eed,ra, office restored: II has suspi-
IN. look. TO say the least Of it. Ii Mr..
,-clran runs before the Legislature for the
:. senate. the chances are thai he VIII ne
,r,rt,d; for il VIII he remembered that he
dominated and elected Dir. Green smith
f.,,..n of The Hastings Court OF Staunton
,yrr >rustor Waddrll; and / consider that,
J. ,y,n. drnc that, he can certainly have
himself elected United States Senator over
any Conservative candidate. + tier having
nm Sir. smith against Mr.. " addcil-thc
i..itr, rs he avowcd, being gentleman Tor
va1m hc had the highest esteem ana re-
>rrst--i cannot zee what consideration can
r.i,.fr8in him from allowing himself TO be run
,o.;g>t ANYBODY for SO great prize rs the
l.al,cl states >t'natorship. It VIII be rccol-
h.r:c!, toe. that Mr.. Cochran WAS elected
Jr.!ytuE The Hastings Court OF Statlnton. but
a!.ry holding the matter under adVl>tment
for months. he declined TO qualify. why!
The ca-onable presumption is that he had
liz eve on something better. lie has tested
hi. strength in various ways since then,
md in Hcaily every instance ! believe he
has come of victor. The election of smith
uyrr WudhcIl showed him what ne could
10 OH joint ballot.
Inc power OF Mr.. Cochran lies chiefly in
TIC surpor! which he almost invariably re-
rcjrps from the tadica side Of the House.
lie ba> also small squad Of conservatives.
who. combining with the Radicals, give
him his ma0!ilies. There are several Rad
zeal membcrs of the House who are called
header, of their party, but the journal will
show that Mr.. Cochran has carried that
party wth him almost so!ldly even when
lie was opposed by such Republicans as
Thomas, jackson, popham, McCrackrn,
anu others. | shall not pretend 10 explain
rhts-l content myself Wild giving the fact.
II seems 10 me that Mr.. Cochran is the
most DANGEROUS rival that Senator Johnston
is TX. " 10 have. do not say that be will
run at nll. but have given the reasons which
incline lie 10 that opinion y further real
son is that ~ Am Informed, he cannot he
reelected 10 the next Legislature. Mr..
Cochran is closely connected 10y marriage.
il not tv blood, with Senator John /.
LcHis--a fact which may explain some
things Richmond lstter-PeterSbury Cou-
Uer.
pAIHruL ACcIDEST.-Onthe night Of Mon
DAY. III" 4G'h ulri!no, Mr.. Middleton Cox,
upon retiring, shot himself accidentally
WIN IN army revolver, tie bali passing
through the N~ht breast. MIR. Cox slept in
n rtu' apartment adjoining the store OF Mr..
lt!erbagk, in whose establishment he was
4 clerk. Unable - give the alarm, he re-
manned from lUE O'clock until the next
morning. without aSSi,taure. when he was
discovered t. have suffered protuse hemor-
rDg2r. 1t i now thought !,y his physicians
taI he Will do well FGrrcnt0n Sentinel.
T.Er-Therc was fire at r. Q. Eppcs &;
Cos quccu-warc and china store Tuesday
night. Considering the character Of the
htr, tie hniuing is but, comparatively
speaking, SLIGHTLY damaged, most OF ii being
The iu.,tTi)or, which is charred aid burned
in yitrce. II MAS insured fnr $4,000 in the
l,i tf. i.l. offices ". TalDut Wake 'Sagency
ttAc ImporaD, S2.5yJ: Ilcndrcu & cos
AGENCIES. Pacific, 5000: security. - 800 :;
tNc"mi1g, - 900. Total So, VGO.-No,J0lk
Jos0mGL
FIHr II INSTRUMENTATION Tuesday night
q lie Consumed Il bakery owned By VIM.
Wolfe. which was insured. II was occu-
l'od ~ Frederick SchWGop, whose effects
W.rc also insured. \ framed house next
L. the bakery WAS owNcrl and occupied ny
Ir. thas. !,uut, ANA was insured another
va. owned ~ Captain ~ kill Jones, and
WAS insured. i was occupied 10y Captain
Jerry Frank. whose elect, We're NOT in
sugri. \ brick house WAS owned by Mrs.
Catherine De ' Aughn. and vas insured. 1t
Was occupied hy Mrs. Ann Dobie as a
clearinghouse, hut upon her effects, nor
upon ulosr 81 any o.! her boarderS, Vas
There ANY uraucc.-AlcrdnirtG Gazette.
FEET FEozEE.-}Ve regret to learn that
Mr. John Lcyman, son Of Mr.. \. f.. Ley
man, who sometime since purchased the
farm OF the late Robert Guy, on Middle
river, III this county, WAS so unfortunate,
while returning home from Staunton on
last Friday night week, in his buggy, as
10 have both OF his feet frozen from the tip
Of the toes TO the instep. 1t is feared am
putatlon VIII have 10 be reSorted To, with a
view 10 preventing more fatal couse-
Valley luy'~tan.
WE are pleased to see it stated that Gov
ernor Walker has no idea of allowing his
Eane 10 be used in connection with the
United states Senatorship. He was elected
as Governor OF Virginia by the people OF
,Iptin IL lnt. ,f,.I n,
their Governor they would not have voted
Tor him. lie suits the great majority Of
IAcm exactly, and no higher honor, under
Inc circumstances, could be conferred upon
any man.- Valley Tnylaiaa.
DoS. WIN. A. HARRISON died ut his home
III ClMk,hurg At q o'clock last Saturday
evening, closing Il long and worthv lite with
the close Of the last day of the old year.
Ills disease was apopleyy, which struck
him last Wednesday, " hecl1nJ Intelligent
GER.
Mr.. II. was Il native Of Prince William
county, Va.
DEATH or Rev. J. McELHESSY, d. D.
The news Of the death OF this eminent and
lnuch-l0ved Presbyterian divine, which &C.
CURED on Monday last ut about 10 o'clock
49, -, "'h NC itSeiNel III every COlEL!uhl-
y over which his influence extended du-
ing the sixty two years Of his ministerial
NE, with emotions Of the most profound
notwithstanding Jouradi.
ERGIElA LAND SALEs.-By David D. NJ.
Di-ges, land agent At Gordonsvile: One
hindred acres belonging to Geo. w. Will
IaEu, one anu half miles from Gordons-
we. Va, to DR.. K. i. johnson, late Of
frederick county, Md. We are sure he
via meet with cordial welcome by the
good people OF that section.