The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-23
LOCAL MATTERS.

CONSERVATIVE BARBECUE IN hANOfER--l he
PEOPLE MovING--SPEEClIEs BY MEssRE. WISE,
GILMAN, CABELL. RICHARDSON, ANDERSON. AND
WHITE On Friday. near Ashland, and very
near the spot where the old mill stood TO
which Henry Clay went in his bbyhood,
there was rorlSing Conservative barbecue,
which. in lis appointments and the enthusi-
asm of thr people i'll attendance, reminded
us of the gatherings of the olden time.
Shouts cooked whole and the Virginia
:. Brunswick stew" which French cooks in
vain attempt to counterfeit, sent forth SD
worry, appetizing odor which announced to
the people in advance how well /" the inner
man" was to he provided for, while the
presence Of corps of popular speakers told
them they were TO be instructed and warmed
up bv speeches ia advocacy of the great
Liberal policy and the Liberal candidates
for President, Fice-PyeSident, and Con-
grcss.
The crowd was not only good one, but
in it we saw a large Number of the leading
men of both the old parties-some Of whom
were voters even before JOhu Quincy
Adams became President.
Chastain White. Esq, presided, and in
| troduccd first Captain George ID. Wise, enr
| candidate for Congress, who not only lihade
Il strong and telling speech, but drew To him
( hy his frank manner all who bear the name
4 OF Conservatives and are now true to the
| doctrines of the great Conservative party OF
| Virginia.
| The next speaker was ". s. Gilman, Esq,
presidential elcctOr, who endcarcd himself 10
his Hsnoyerian hearers by his introduction.
| some two years ago, ha said, letter was
placed in his box at the Exchange Hotel,
where he was boarding, addressed to W. :.
| Gilman. He opened it and, to his SURPRISE,
| found draft for u large amel.Et and letter
Of unlimited credit on q Washington banking
house. Not being in the revenue ring, he knew
II was intended for some unknown and more
| fortunate nameSake. The next day the gentle.
| man arrived. and the speaker was introduced
to him in order to explain %hy ne bad
opened his letter. The northern MIR. Gill
man at once commenced a conversation in
regard to the Gilman family, saying he never
knew before that there were any of the name
| in Virginia, and that all came originally
from New Hampshire. He exhibited IL
costly ring with heraldic court Of arms
which lie very proudly said was that of the
| family. The speaker here interrupted him,
saying, L now know that our families are
! III noWlSc related, rs my ancestors were all
| from the SlasheS of Hanover, and their court
Of arms was huckeberry branch" This
incident was received with shouts of laugh
ter, Colonel Lnrkin White, now nearly four
score responding rs loudly as he did when
William K. Johnson was king Of the turf in
Virginia, and plenty and peace retgned every
| where within her borders.
Il need hardly he added that Mr.. GilmanS
excellent speech will have its efort.
; Helc dinner came on, and the people en-.
joyed with keen relish the good things SO
nountiiully provided for them by the COM
mitee, Of which Mr. Humphrey was chair
man. After dinner Colonel George W. Rich
ardSon, assistant Presidential elcctor for this
district, was introduced and made an excel
lent speech to his friends and countrymen.
lie was followed by Z. Darlington Cabell, of
Richmond, whose speech showed that there
* life and energy as we'll as intellect among
the rising young Nirginians.
Mr.. NJ. Anderson. formerly Of Hanover,
concluded the speaking about sunset with
brief and amusing speech. After which
Colonel White announced that there would
be barbecue ut TaylorsvilIe on the second
Saturday in October u2th), when MesSrs.
Gilman, Wise, White, and others will address
the people.
The meetings at the courthouse and the
one of which we have been writing have
not only aroused those present to Il sense of
their duty in this canvass, but their influence
is felt in every part of the county, and the
indications are that Hanover will be in u
blaze before election day. The Radicals
hoped for a quiet canvass, SO that through
the suplncness and apathy of Conservatives
they, with full poll of their welI-driled
voters, might carry old Hanover for Grant
and Smith. Our friends say they mean to
shake the bushes. That's the talk. Who
will have the next barbecue?