The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-05
The Virginia conservative Conven-
fion-Pen Pictures by q @lirlghfly


correspondent. ~, ....,. ..- .,..-.
fRichmond Correspondence Gousier-JournaLl
An account of the late Conservative Con.
yention has been already furnished you BY
the capable hand of &c T.. H. A." But there
are two or three scenes so wildly photo
| graphed in the memory OF your. present
correspondent that he must even aIlute to
| them. ..t.... r5'. 49,. &
The first is .nrHi'.'
MALONE UNDER HIS PREDETERMINED, HrADREp.
! DOLLAR PANAMA HAT,
cigar III .houth, with Strinslelow on one
| side of him and Chamberlayne, late of the
! Petersburg IndeE. on the other, standing far
back in the parquette when the votefor GOV
ernor was being taken. For q time the issue
seemed little doubtful, but when the chair
mau of one of the couut!es which had gone
| for Withers rose and said, a. desire 10
clnge the vote Of my county; put 1t down
solid for Kemper," Mahone'sface, study at
all times, shone with the light Of the crater
aud when, little later, the nomination was
made unanimous, bis friends mot the two
| named above, but other) seized him bodily,
! Carried him into Mauley's, next door, and
made him drink whether or no. Full well
they knew who had planned the battle and
won the victory. ID. ,... g.. .-..i. ...,
| Tie second picture is that of
HORACE LACY on THE STAGE
injecting into the proceedings Of the Con-
,entiUn a stump speech in the shape OF q
long series of resolutions. The good-uatured
laughter ofthc audience as Bigger CLERK OF the
House of Delcgatcs) handed him page after
page of foolscap, and his appearance when
he turned upon the crowd and said, j" Mr.
Chairman, is it in order for me to give these
PEOPLE piece of my mind ;" was tt theme,
for the pencil of Mast. ,Lacy's resolutions
were we'll drawn, and his scheme for getting
them into print was ingenious, but the news
ipaper men, partly out OF pure Wickedness
aEl partly on economical grounds, refused
td publish, and Horace WAS forced to carry
his thunder back to the limited area of STAFF
ford Courthouse. =
The third and most important picture is
TIE SURRENDER OF, wITHERs 4 IL
when the nomination of LteuteIant.Gov-
ernor was forced upon him. The .sugges-
ton had been. madeto him at breakfast time,
hut he had refused pcrcmptorily TO- enter
tain It, Early, Fitz. Lee, and other warm
friends concurring heartily ,iu the rejection,
The matter, once bruited, could not be
STAYED. Younger and more impulsiye men
tbok It IN. urged and :entreated him, forced
him into d carriage, and when it reached the
rFhestre 40 surrounded and crowded the
Vehicle that the haekman had to beg, theln 4
not 10 break itin pieces. One after another,
of bus friends gave way and advised him to
,lccept. More worried than shaken in his
purpose still to refuse, he assembled the steps
1t the rear entrance of the Theatre. Thel
frst man lie met was General Early.
II know you will stand by me-" said With
ers. .,.,.:.., ~a~
old Jubal, shaking his long, gray beard.
replied in his peculiar drawi: "By Cd !
/ doh'tsee what you are to do but to give it
IN. You have little idea " hat is going on yor-l
er,nspointipg toward the auditorium, Il
reckon y Quill have to shoulder your m,lsket,
10 to the fronts, fight wherever they
want you to fgbt."r - ). ..-t,
IIchauced to enter the parquette inst as
Withers, emerging from behind the scenes,
received - I" $751; ,.
ts., rae TnUNDERDCRsT OF AccLAMATIoN
from the great audience, which rose as one
tnan, and with waving bats cheered as if they
would tear the very roof of. 1t was long
before the people could be stil!ed. Then
came SlanhOpe FIournoy's unprecedented
for none of altt this was down in the bils)
but imIassioned, and, indeed, beautiful ap.
Ipea. AT It's close, the audience marked its
approval BY another deafening burst of up.
pIanse. Mortal man could not withstand
this. Withers, advancing toward the foot
| lights, in q few happily chosen sentences
i(whO would not have been inspired in like
circumstances p announcedihis unconditional
Surrender. lie neyer'looked more handsome
or more noble : bis capitulation was con-
quest of the highest order, and that one hour
of life must have been worth moro TO him
than thousand ordinary gubernatorhF
nominations. ! + n -
/ doubt II such o scene could bave oc-
Cured anywhere else but in Virginia. lam
glad | saw it. It made me love and admire
thespeopIet Of this dear old State more than
I ever did, Many exhibitions of enthusiasm
haye ! witnessed. Il was'i in .FhIiaQefpbia at
Henry aClay's, last grind reception. Ehare, and
tna New YORK, when Broad sYay :, q sea f'heads
from Bowling Green to u MON Square, roaretf
its welcome 10 the Hungarian patriot Kos-
suth; but a. DEMONSTRATORS Of Affection SO
spontaneous, 70 thrilling ands eyerpo @srfRg
as that " iich greeted Robert j.. Witners on
the memorable morning Of August Z, 1878,
/ peses saw and scarcely expect to see again.
A :lortberu gentleman who happened to be