The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-25
Letters FROM Prince Edward.
~ A.LAS-BRASCH FIGHT PROFESSOR LANG
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AaLLS-BRASCH FIGHT PHpFESSUh LAM
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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
FARNvuLE, October 20, 1875
The correspondents Of the Dispatch may
Inv. given it, readers the fact o. the exist.
elcr Of the Branch-AlIan imbroglio in Prince
Edward. II seems that it is but the develop.
L.rGt of a long-eXisting alienation. Allan
T,hg, 10 di>pl!ce slowell Of Vermont in
tA- u"Xl Congress. Branch is in the inter
e,.s Of the Stowell party. Two conventions
O. delegates from the county districts were
al!1 to nominate candidate for the
NyI,e of Delegates. Each claimed to
b" The smon-P lures, and that the other
convention was composed Of boilers. One
dominated Branch the other put up q
h!ure-head in the person Of K. Burton, Sena-
y! Allan being the real boss Of the concern.
Tley profess great zeal in behalf of each
c.II and in opposition to each other, and
L0.i meetings ali over the county every
niGa!. Ul course there are many floaters
from one party TO the other, and back again,
= ~. groceries may tide the voter from one
meeting to another. Some are Branch men
one Week and Burton men the next. These
variations in the views OF these Intelligent
s9'rreigns aud manufacturers OF public
opinion recall what you remember some
Years ago was said of an eminent statesman,
TIA! he
" II the space OF one revolving moon
Was statesman, Inadman, poet, and olnooa."
80 little faith have the Conservatives IN
The reality Of the quarrel that, being in
I'e'hund!cd minority, they are indlsposed
10 enter upon trial for represe NATIVE.
ilGecd, they have SO long been citizens only
i9' The little purpose of paying taxes tbat
I1e Conservatives OF poor old Prince Ed
WAId seem 10 have lost interest In the mat
Ter OF party organization. All Of which,
.! course, is mistake. But there are no
leaders here now. Few, if any, seem to
thinE That this Radical quarrel will amount
% any thing, and that in few days they will
Dc - iGTiDg as ever.
Professor j. NJ. Langston, Of Washing
toA, A1s been in Farmylle, and made a
very sensible speech on things in gene
eiAi. Credit is given 10 the rumor that
lug hls''m01td Radicals have suggested to the
professor TO obtain q local habtation in this
congressional district, and to put aside the
"o"eils, Fernalds, Adams, and other con-
S'ess'oAai asprants. The street rumor to-.
Jay Is that BurkevilIe is to be his future
nome. AsStoweli has fitted by that "braBdy-
a."alerDs station" occasionally, and thus
established residence sufficient to be con.
gresham, when elected the Professor can
toiiow ~ the footsteps of SO illustrious pre-
uecvssor. He could be an ornamental con.
gresham and useful professor at the same
time The Fourth district has been SO long
uSea 10 "pilgrilns, though on barren land"
s!'at inc white people feel quite Indifferent to
ss9uabbles between the coming Langstons or
Tue already-arrived StoWells.
PRAToLUNGo.
FARMvILLE, October %, 1875.
Robert Washington (colored), charged
WIZ The murder Of Robert Dawson {coiored),
~ drowning 10 the Appomattox river, was
Yesterday acquitted after three days trial
before The Hon. Judge Watkins aud a high
y Intelligent jury, OF which j. X. Morton,
La'i" vas foreman. Commonw ealth's Attor-
Iey Ali.a conducted the prosecution, and
LoI0nel }. +. Fitzgerald and Charles Bask-
siflii', ESq.s the defence. Prisoner had been
imt'lousi tried at the July term, when the
~ 'eSasksd verdict of guilty, and his