Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-07

ANTE-ELECTIoN EXCITEMENT.-IHE LAY
AT THE PoLLs-WILD EXCITEMENT Tues
DAY NIGHT-ScENEs AROUND THE VINDI
GATOR OFF1cE-SpEEcHEs BY THE NoBLI
carbohydrates OF THE ELECTION
AND BY CITIZENS Four DEEp-BoNFIRE:
AND WILD REJOICING.
&c. &C. &c. &c.
The election in Staunton Tuesday, was the
beginning of carnival of rejoicing, which
to tell the truth hasn't ended yet and there
is some doubt on the minds of reasonable
men as to when it will end. In fact the
thing commenced Monday night. Long be
fore dark Monday strings OF red, white and
blue lanterns were being strung in front OF
stores and thickly dotted all over the trees
in the court house lawn, and at night that
locality of the town presented a sparkling
appearance. About O'Clock. procession
was formed which ended its march at the
court house portico and Immediately there
appeared on a rostrum improvised OF dry
goods boxes and overstrung with colored
lanterns the expected orator,
sas COLONEL BEARD.
+ who was welcomed with deafening cheers
until the orator had to beg the crowd to
desist Col Beard made one of the strong
est political speeches ever delivered in this
county. He took occasion to enter his dis
sent to the San Domingo colonization
scheme. He explained that with reference
to the Virginia election the national ad-
ministration had made hardly an effort and
given the Radical party very little encour-
agement-not member of the cabinet, nor
even prominent supporter of it having
come to Virginia to aid it. The Colonel
finished his speech about O'Clock and took
the train for Richmond in time to be there
to vote. "A balloon ascension just before
: Col. Boards speech seemed to have been
but an expression Of the repressed feeling
of the crowd, for after he left storm Of
fireworks, rockets, fireballs, crackers &c.
broke out, making the lawn look as II it
was on fire. After the Colonel left brief
addresses were made by Gen. VIM. Skeen
Of Allegheny and Col. Jno. A. English OF
Staunton and most entertaining one by
Col Bolivar Christian. The crowd which
was in first rate humor commenced cha1f-
ing every body and one speaker being en-
gagged in telling some anecdotes they mad
heard before they commenced storm OF
ssyoW yows'' A young fellow mounted on
an eligible elevation enjoying the fun would
put forth his hand in a deprecating man
ner and in tremendous voice cry Cease ).
Hear his syren voice. The cries Of the
crowd were numerous. Bring his mother
here and let her take him away'' was the
welcome one part of tiresome address
brought out and s'Put him in his little bed"
Sen. Echols closed out the meeting by a,
brief military order to ''come tomorrow
with one days rations prepared for work. }"
THE BALLoTING.
The polls were hardly opened Tuesday
morning before it was found that new
spirit pervaded the people. Everybody was
going to the polls and not waiting to be
sent for. The Conservative canyassers
were active watching the lists, and towards
afternoon hunting up the slow ones, and
hacks were leaving every ten minutes for
Sandy Hollow and other out of town pre-
-cincts. The negroes were not less active
and their voters were hunted up and their
hacks run as lively as the whites. AT sun
down it was found that on the White list
there were only two white meIl-one IN
each ward who were registered and alive
and in the CITY who had not voted. 1t
lid h9pn
done in Staunton. On the negro list were
q ooodly number of delinquents. The
counting of the ballot was waited for by
the crowd with great good humof While re-
ioicing over the Conservative victory "A
colored gentleman in tall beaver hat got
Oh a railing, which he roasted ON with the
same facility as bird from the length OF
his heel, and essayed to address the whites
who with much manimity howled him
down.
a crowd of nearly one thousand persons
gathered around the V1NDIcAToR office
which was brilliantly illuminated, and the
the front festooneL with parti-colored Ian
terms. The. election returns came IN WIN
sufficient rapidity to confirm the pellel oe-
fore O'Clock that the State llad gone ny
AN overwhelming majority fol- Aelllpel'
The crowd was the widest that ever assem-
bled in Staunton's political history. IN
offending citizens who never made poil1-
zeal speech in their lives were dragged 10
fhe office door by the yelling crowd and
forced to Essay something" as the boys
scalled it. Some of them were dragged out
several times. Among those who address
ed the people were Judge A. b. Cochran,
Capt. Jas. Blmgardner, jr., Marshall
Hanger. Chas. Grattan, Jno. A. English,
Geo M. Harrison J. Fred. Ef1inger, }. Z.
MARQUIS. w. IL. III. Lynn, &. w. ;. Turn
or. w. G.. Sterrett, and z. A. Baylor. me
whole performance was varied by the most
stunning yelling and drum beating and fire
cracker explosions, it has ever been our
misfortune to hear. The guying which the
crowd gave those Of the speakers they felt
most familiar with, was delightful ana ad-
ded to the fun Of an occasion already ha-
vored with a spice of humorous deVlltry
we have never seen excelled. The "poys
SHARED not their friends and the dignity OF
the rostiTam was at a discount-Whom they
loved most shey chastened with the most
liberal hand. About l O'Clock in the morn
ino the crowd had melted away and The
moon sailed along peacefully over the de.
serted streets, looking down in full faced
wonder at the scene of the late turbulence
puzzled to know what could make men
acarry on So