The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-29
..er from STANTON.

.-,,9.ncc OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
or MN. STUART AND CAPTAIN oplE-
A00"S,..-,<o CONFEDERATE "REMINISCENCES -
.aEE EAiN, &C.
Sr.vSroS, December 2s, 1875.
r.an the court house portieo sesteiua.
,1.7 4. II. II. stuart addressed Tue peop'e
1rroe county on the sup ectS VI ;ue gay. "
o. ,", -, hi. Stewardship in the last Legs
, ,@.f The gathering was uuusu,ny
',-. from the fact that Mr. stuart
.-.-7,ion 20 speak had peen naue
I,n,,ya. lie introduced ms lenla'hs
~ s description Of his first mp 20
;,smand in the capacity OF de'csate 10
80 General Assembly thirty years ago.
,rrs. Il took three days oil time and si'
=. money 10 get there. His spec'al ihs''uc-
...~. rom his Constituents a. that Gay were
:, change this condition OF thihSs anu Sc
80, f,r fl,rlu an outlet 10 market and 1aCi."
go. far communication. la that three
,.~,' service he ard his colleagues secured
-. ,o,.,p RANT roads for Augusta, the Deaf,
I... md Bliad Asylum. and &n approprla-
-. D. 50, 900. which enabled Dr.. Striking
=, .,r..., me LInatic Asylum from prison
;..,. ~ a,y!um which now ranks among tue
49,. = the country; ard yet there are
49,. who are willing 10 rerudiatc the
D.. then incurred. 10 1880, Wacn
y.~.sj Srqtcs Secretary Of the Interior, he
I,.r.: Virginia $4,000 from the Indian
.,",.,.., fun1. coriGnc in her honor 10 pay
:. md ,lrse bonds are now held 10y The Ia
Ir. That money was speat partly to build
? r,,rtr .grnt to her lliIs!riouS son Washing
t,,, and partly in internal Improvements Tor
;r.. Zen, ii. OF Der own citizenS-Whlch are
j. -yafltion at ibis day-and yet there are
MN who, talk Of regulating these bonds.
IT, slowed that Augusta pays into the State
tr,s.i1ry every wear, IS t.Xes, S9l 900, ana
81. back, through appropriations TO Inc
,.hic institutions, spent within her iirnNs,
go 800. If the whole State debt was dlvi-
tIrG .nong the counties her share, according
T. property and population, would baS'3o,-
900. while the State has spent within her
limits twice as much. and more than twice as
ug.h. And yet men talk OF reputation.
After some explanations Of his action on
III tax till 10 the Legislature Mr. Stuart
look the State debt In hand. He showed
tha. il had been reduced nearly q million OF
Go},srs, and uuder the operations OF the
sinking fund was being still further reduced !;
and he believed when the James River ana
k4naWhg canal is completed TO Clifton t orSe
the effect will he so marked in her affairs
tia. Virginia will hardly feel the burden OF
h.. debt He IN ide a briefand clear defence OF
tn uuding bill. He said Virginia in money
aaAirS had turned the sharp corner, aud her
tain was now easy ont into the sunshine OF
Irg,pcrtv. At the conclusion OF his re-
mari, he announced that ne had been called
on in published call'to be candidate for
the House. If the people OF Augusta thought
urnrer to elect him he would serve them.
Tn, announcement was received with louG
cheers.
When Mr.. Stuart retired, Captain John \.
One. Is no was the nominee OF the late Con-
scrYa.iyc Convention, made short address
10 tuc people. He said that he was the
nominee Of that BODY, and still its candidate,
and il Mr.. Stuart ran be would run as an IN.
depcudcnt, in which case he was only Rad-
zeal in disguise. Mr.. Stuart, he said, SUB.
United his name to the Convention, and BE-
cause be did not get the nomination did not
afterwards vote Tor the candidates noml-
mated. He charged that Mr. Stuart had per-
formed the same trick at the Congressional
Convention which nominated John I. Harris;
ii. name being submitted 10 ii by his own
written authority. and he afterwards voting
for and supporting Reynolds, the INDIE
pendent candidate. Mr. Opic, on the sub.
.iecl Of the State debt, gave examples OF lis
rapid Increase, ana could not see how it
could be paid. He said he was opposed TO
reUudiaton. but WgDtet: the matter compro-
missed. At the conclusion he made several
appoiatlnentS 10 address the people Of the
county at various points between now and
ciec:i3n-day. His remarks were received
with cheers.
Among SEINE personal "reminiscences re-
lated By Mr.. Stuart in bis speech was one
connected with the peace negotiations q the
late Coafederacy that have never been made
puoic He read note from Hon. Judah L.
BeniamiH, dated March %, 1864, asking
him to come 10 Richmond for an inter-
view with President Davis on business,
the subject Of which was too i'm
portant to be committed to paper. He
went, and was informed by President Davis
that Congress bad voted "A secret service fund
OF $4,000, 900 in gold TO be used III creating
q peace sentiment at the North. After look.
ing over the whole country the President
had selected Mr.. Stuart as the man for the
mission. He was TO sail for Nassau and
thence Tor Halifax, and there, from the border
Of Canada, could operate on prominent
men. The fund Of three millions was
IL be at his absolute disposal, and he was
not 10 be required to furnish vouchers for
is disbursement. Mr.. Stuart declined the
tender, and c. &. Clay, Of Alabama. and two
other gentlemen were appointed. 1t VIII oe
rtcOllected that the celebrated Greeley cor
respondcnce and the " 70 whom 1t may con-
Germ" Of President Lincoln followed this
mission.
There is more rain to-day. PEN.
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Notwithstanding.