Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-11-11


,count of irregularity in returns
The following is the official vote of the coun-
ties of Rockingham, Highland, Bath, Allegha-
ny, Albemarle and Rockbridge:
RockINGHAM.-In Rockingham, Kemper re-
celved 2 1914 votes. Hughes 623-Kemper's ma
iority 2, Iii. DR.. S. II Moffett elected SEN
ator over Gen. John e Roller DR.. n. Sell
ers and Col. E j. Armstrong were elected to
the House of Delegates John Paul was re.elect-
ed Commonwealth Attorney. S. r. Allebaugh
was reelected Treasurer. ID. Fl. Ralston elected
Sheriff without opposition. Robert Cox re- elect
j ed Superintendent of the Poor.
Observation-Disclosures SOP, Hughes 81. Senate
j. L. Enbank 307 Robt eitington 331. House
Del-P. Lightner 480. Jas. W. Warwick 49,
Sherif-John E Gum 339, J. L. Shumate 334-
Supt. Poor-Wm. Fl. Fox 1919, VIM. Ell. Elem
ing 2l2. Jno. L. Gibson 221. Elected without
opposition: L. Fl. Stephenson, Attorney for
Common wealth. j. A sBussard, County Sur
veyor; John s McNulty. County Treasurer.
BATH-Kemper 459, Hughes 110 Withers
466 Ransdell 1914; K. /. Daniel asa, Fultz l05
Senate Eubank $50, Sithngton, ind, 100 Sher-
rard 5 House of Delegates Lightner 256, War
wick 278. Attorney for Commonwealth M
Fl. Terril 239 VIM NJ. McAllister 3l7 Sheriff
County rreasurer-J. ". Brown 284, Geo. w
Rowan 275. County Surveyor w N. McClin
tic 427, Geo. Cleek TO- Supt. Poor-George B
Rivercomb 4I8, Geo. Palmer4, John Cleek TO-.
1t Is proper TO eXQialn mat Geo. Cleok was not
a candidate for County Surveyor, that John
Ceek aud Geo Palmer we're not candidates for
Superinte ndent of the Poor. and that Snerrard
was not candidate for the Senate.
Hickman's School,. house is the Banner pre-
cinct of Bath county, having given not single
Radical vote.
Observation-Disclosures 377, Hughes 142;
! Withers and Daniel 379 each; Ramsdell 1876 !;
Fultz 1856 House: John A. /. Lee (Con 292;
Lewis T. Mann (Ind l56
AETE 7, X or or 1S.
iority $40. Beasleys majority for the Senate is
965. The members Of the House average 328
majority.
RooKBRIDGE -Kemper, 1859, Hughes, 899 /;
Withers, 1856, Ransdel, 895; Daniel, 1864
Fultz, 1876. Senate. L. Eubank 1860, Robt
Sitlington, Ind, l8f3. Morrison and Armen-
trout Josssz* atsv q fwsvS elected to the House
Of Delegates
DEATH OF MRS. GEN. RoBE.T E. LEE.-Mrs.
Mary Gusts Lee, widow of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, died about midnight on Wednesday last at
her residence in Lexington. The funeral sery-
ces were held in the Lee Memorial Chapel on
Friday, and her remains were deposited in the
vault of the Chapel in accordance with her
wish.
The burial service was read by DR.. Pendleton,
three sons and one daughter were in attendance.
lid fer the last eight ten years. and her health,
since the death Of her husband, three years ago,
has been gradually becoming more enfeeoled-
Only short time ago beloved daughter died
and this fresh bereavement, it may be readily
believed, bore heavily upon her declining
strength. Mrs Lee was the only daughter of G.
W. Z. Gusts, Esq, of Arlington, who was the
youngest child of j ohm Parke Gusts, son of
Mrs. Washington by her first husband and an
aid de-camp to Gen Washington at the siege of
Yorktown. His two youngest children, one of
them the father of Mrs. Lee were adopted by
Gen. Washington. G.. w. P Gusts was broug bit
up at Mount Vernon, and remained a member
Of Washngton's family until the death of Mrs.
Washington, in 1902, when he went to re.ide at
Arlington, an estate eff one thousand acres in
the nei ghborhood of Washington which he had
inherited from his father He erected the man
sion known as Arlington House. He was mar
ried in early life to Miss Mary Lee Fitzhugh, of
Virginia. and left an only daughter, who be-
came the wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee, The late
Mrs. Lee was lady Of exemplary religious and
domestic virtues and unassuming and gentle in
character.
The morning after the election. on the streets
of Staunton, the following colloquy took place
between two Hughes men of the African persua-
sion:
Pompey-Bill, did you hear the muse from
Charlottesville?
B;5L-No; what We = nov til, -
Pompey-Why you don't s.-lh4- beat EN-
badly ober dar
BM-Bless de L0Ss, 1a5ss good. I always
knowed Charlottesville was nice place. Use
gwine ODER dar to live amt gwine to live
whar dat man Kemper can rule ober me.
premiums AWARDED TO A M BOWMAN
At the recent State Fair at Richmond, to our
enterprising county man, A. M. Bowman, the
following premiums were awarded
For best Cotswold Ram Imported King Brit
only years old $780, best pen Cotswold ewes
grades S25, End do SIS; best pen Cotswold
lambs $50; best Berkshire sows and pigs $25 !;
best pen Southdown eve lambs $20 best pen
Middle wool ewes grades $40, End best do SIS !;
best pen Middle wool lambs grades SIS; End best
Shorthorn heifer calf S., and best two! dark
Branma chickens $5-total premiums Sl93
The SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.-For the informa-
ton of those who wish to attend, we state that
the SYNOD of Virginia will meet in Charleston,
W. Va. on the 10Th inst, at II o'clock, 2. M
Persons can take the Express train at Stanton
at o'clock, A Nj, and reach Charleston at 5
O. clock, p. NJ, of the same day. The Railroad
fare is 50 40.
NEGRO JUSTICE = A few days ago a most
estimabe and intelligent white lady of South
Carolina was dragged IF to Jail by negro po-
licemen upon the charge Of contempt OF negro
court when there was not the slightest ground
for such charge. The outrage was so great
that white Radical, horrlfed at it, successful
ly interceded with his black brother Radicals
and procured the lady's release before she Gu
tered the jail The negro justice was too igno-,
rant to know what constituted a contempt of
court, and indeed the purport Of words IN a
conversation that had no allusion to his court.
What sort of administrators Of justice would
we have with negro justices p Rich Dispatch:
We are pleased 10 contradict the statement
that the Hon James Lyons voted the Radical
did not roto ar oil Rich Whi0