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ST. LOUIS.

Special Dispatch to The 1t45un&
ST. LOUIS, No., May 1.-THE Republican h,
information that the wife of John Leayenvorth.
deceased (who was the first treasurer and nav.
master of the Whfsky-Ring in this ctyl bs,
made affidavit to some very interesting sni
startling facts meyer before published IN
regard to McKee's completely in tbs
frauds. Reid Leavcnworth, brother Of
john was recently arrested on Indictment, aud, II
mitigate his punishment, the wife Of the in,
named sent Efor Col. Dyer and turned oyer "a
him certain letters in the handwriting Of Ford and
Mckee, proving bc{ond doubt their guilty knowl.
edge OF and participation In the frauda. Mis-
Leavcnworth declared she was present when money
was passed, at both her own and Mckee's residences
between her husband and Mckee, in amounts reach.
ing to thousands.
CON MAGuIRE
left for Washington tonight, where he goes in be.
half OF himself and Mckee. His special object i
to see Secretary Dristow In person. and be asyt
If be can GET an audience with that Official be Il
certain that the showing he will make will secu,s
his recommendation, and Us consequence that Of
Picrrcpont for Executive clemency.. What specaI
plea mcguire proposes to make in addition 10
those already made public has not transferred.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
Tur RE1rBLICAE CONVENTION.

THE REITRLICAN COSTEST1ONs
WHEELING, ". Va, May 1.-THE West Vir-
ginia Republican State Convention met at
Clarksburg to-day. A special to the Ltteaigcneer
announces the appointment of ten Delegates to
tho Cincinnati Convention, and the adoption Of
a resolution expressive Of preference for Blaine
for President.
The delegates are as follows: First District,
ex-Goy. Stevenson, DR.. T. Fl. Saglr, aud Gen.
Nathan Goff; Second District, ex-senator VIII
lev. E. u. s. Hoorc, and John 7. schley; Third
District, D Ransdell, Eugene Dana, and James e
". Davis. The delegate = 5or state-at large IS Il.
4 resolution complimentary to the Hon. B. Il.
Bristow was passed
Ex-senator Wiley is understood to be Brissow
The exact starting OF the delegation is not known,
but it is, no doubt, largely for Blaine.
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MINOR MEETINGS.

The Sixth Ward Republican Club held meet
inp last evening III Wesfall's Hall, No. ts5
South Halstcd street Henry Volk, Presidents
called the meeting to order, and John Vanaes-
noel acted as Secretary. A motion Was maoe
that the Club disband, and prevailed.
Christopher Tegtmeycr WAS then called to the
chair. nro. tenn, and 4 Committee on Permanent
S1r0anIzation was appointed, Messrs, ". brook-
man, T c. Dicner, Decker, Ludc"7nss' anu JOIN
Ruehl. ,o,.aa h,
the Committee and elected; ,.,aoa.s Erod
Zutter1neistcr, William LudervinE Jacob h9s- M
Kuski, Edward cullerton,- -, shroeucr' Jqhn
N. Wallace; Secretary, j. Eanuerpoel, IT;
Treasurer, John PfclIfcz. Executive COMMIT r,Il,
Xiii. M. i - Conroy; second Precinct, Christie
1'her Tertmcyer. Henry Zuttermeistcr, John
Schroeder; third Precinct J. Eanderposl,
Frank Fucler, Prokop Hudek; Fourth freclnct,
Henry Walk, Edward Helrrze, - @ Gesseae'
cr: sixth l'recinct, E. j. Decker, II. H. Gallick,
Thomas j. Suddard. ....
4 constitution and bylaws were adopted ana
ffty names were placed On the roll OF membership.
Henry Nolk and c. Tcgtmeycr were elected dcl-
ecatcs to the Grand Council.
The following candidates Tor delegaecs 70 INC
County Convention to the voted for at tile primary
were named By the club: G. Tegtmcyes. u g.
Dicner, John Ruchl, Jacob Takussi, Henry Volk
f. J. Decker.
The Club adjourned until two weeks from last
evening,
FIFTEENTH WARD. ..
A meeting Of the Fifteenth Ward Republicans
was held last night In the church corner Of Sophia
AND Nohawk strTc1s After nearly an hour had been
snent IN Whiting for some one to move, Vice Presi.
drnt Grciner called the assembly 10 order. There
was large attendance, and there seemed to be
m;snndcrstanding as to whether or not the meeting
s.as nne ~ th.. oTeanzed Republican club Of the
,var, or \ General meeting in which all Rcpubli-
cans nresent should have voice 1t was at length
5,cidad Thar r. tras n 1nass meeting
The c,sct;on Of = Chairman being first in order,
| Mcssrs q. E. Adams and John F. Barker were
nominated. Mr. Adams was elected, and Ensene
adiscn-s;on then aroEc as 10 whether thehbjeo
If thc Gathering was to start another club in Tho
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4 PRIVATE LETTER From I'M

Cincinnati Commercial.
There was whiskJ-thicf lie Of very small pro-
portions started on Secretary Bristow in Madison,
Ind, and N. G. Garbsr, Jr.,wrotc to the Secretary
about 1t. The whiszy-thief liars have persisted
in 1abbering, and Nr. CARRIER has published an
extract Of private letter from Bristov, as fol-
lows:
cannot undertak. to make public denial or such
matter, except that deem 1t due, in answer to
your kind communication, to state this much. I
hare been 50: mali:nantly pursued that aIn not
nv life paraded bef,re the public and the facts dis
torted in such awal as to appear but
am too mncb occrpea with official duties to give
infamous charges tlat hare been, and will continue
to be, trumped ap against me by political enemies
and others ~ho aa taken of1ense At y eoEts to
write this for puols use. bnt for Your information
Very truly yours b. h BE1s7oW.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Special Dt3,atcA to Tie 7,tdune
WASHINGTON, D. C., May u.-Gen. Butler has
expressed preference for the nomination OF
Morton at Cincinnati. He said, however, that
the health Of Morton might be an inpediment,
= fact which rcn1c,cd it more important to
make wise choice Tor the second place on the
ticket Butler faTo.s Conkling next 70 Morton,
and says that theIe aze some circumstances
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Sayings Of .Buddah.

sBy gentleness, overcome anger; By Eooa es' al.
! by llberality, greed; by openness and nn.1'
sembling and fa1sehood- -,ea
ssspeak the truth; yield not to anger; g77e'
asked OF the lttls thou hast; By these tn1es
"The eSil-do mourns In this world aoo ans. -
shall mourn In the next; in both worlds ~ M as I'D
zhw: He gdeveB, he ia tor1nented' see'nss =" !.
ot his deed .,,d sndha
shall re occ in the next in both worlds nas ~ IA
lie ,joiccs, he czults, seeing tho pnt'H
decd. ~,~,a TtfpeS tEt.
not i ring them, Is like h1rdsnaQ Goaa>Ss
kline III. othezs, hut owning nooe."
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Pontiac, ILL.,, May 8,-Being in the Eighth Con-
eressiona District, desire to say that the dis
patch in to days issue from Marshall County does
not fairly represent rs Highly as we admire Col
Fort, we do not think it polite or e1pcdient pre-
sent his name to the Republican State Convention
as candidate for Governor. He is our first clcicc
for Congress, and will no doubt DO returned to his
present seat Livingston County will take PLEAS
urc and pride in casting her eight votes in coiven
tion for the Hon. Thomas $. Rdsway as our first
choice for Governor. We admire the moral stam-
ina OF the man, and the purity Of his public md
private life is sure to tell in his favor when i is
properly presented to the people: We regard him
rs the sPcopes candidate, and trust his calling
md election will bc malc sugc- L. l..
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leaving the favorable notice Of NJ. callom in the
me H. J. Willing moved to amend by striking ont
all Of the last section, including tho menflon o1
Mr. Cul1om's name.
Mr. seligman moved to lay the whole matter on
the table. -..- .,x
Mi. Willins's amendment was then carried. after
which the meeting adjourned.
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To the Editor 0f Tie Tribune.
CAnL11E, Clinton Co., ILL.,, May o.-The Rcpub-
licans Of Clinton County met to-day pursuant to
notice, and appointed delegates to the Republican
State Convention to be held ut Springfield on tue
9th inst, and instructed them to vote for tho
Hon, F. A. Lietze for Lieutenant Governor, and
r. B. Needles for Auditor. Tho utmost harmony
prevailed. THOMAS :. SMITH, secretary.
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DRIST0W.

We cannot CONCEIVE any e00u reason WY any
Town Republican should seek to throw any sort OF
discrcdit upon. Secretary Bristow. No man con-
nectcd with this other holf-doz-
en- men in the United States, have done go much as
he to bring the Republican party into TINT strong
and growing public credit where it stands at the
outset Of this Presidential campaign, with victory
almost insured. There were two desidcIatums as
preliminaries to Republican success in this CAM
pafgn. The first and greatest Was to make the
county feel asa fact Of practical administration
that the Republican party could be trusted to carry
ont 'sreform within the party" Bristow moro
than any other man has doIe this. The second was
to make the patriotism Of the country feel that the
Southern Democracy could not be trusted with
party control Of the Government; Blanc ne more q,
to the party. should be discredited any
more than Blaine's, we cannot understand. II our
party trusted Grant, and have been justified IN
that trust by his stannch party fealty, it would
ecem that it would be fully as prudent and safe to
has been well tested All our personal infosma-
ton as to B1istow, from mcn at Washington who
know him, and who are not men to take any risks
Of catching another Andrew johnson in the Re-
publican Presidential net gives insurance that the
Secretary Of the Treasury is good, staunch style
OF man for the Republican party Of the country to
him President although he is well fit for this. We
would sooner see him ut the head OF the Treasury
Department under the next Republican administra-
tor. We don't know anything about the merits OF
any personal grievance the liter Ocean may have
against Secretary Brlstow and his treatment Of its
friends But We do know that Western Republic
cannot afford to reflect Its quarrels in their es
innate and treatment of Benz iamin Fl. BfistoW:
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READILY FELL IN WITH THIS,
and, soon after Jonas and witness left.
Witness advised leaving because he saw they
were quarrclling, and
NE D1sTRUsTED THEM,
and preferred having nothing to do with them.
have been prepared By him. Never prepared any
could not hear as he vas with Jones the Whole
time, and'went home with HIM Never heard any
thing Of any plan to steal documents; heard Crosby
free access to the papers: Never had any idea OF
stealing papers, aud never heard the others
AZ tS n anything @ Jonas a1 hs vas End d.aS Taa sto, 81 M
to Did mot no. hink Jonas could haVe tsamed s'Sas
such letter without assistance. Don't know
whether Jonas saw the draft at all;
HAD WRITTEN LETTERS HIMSELF For JONAS
and signed Jones' name. The letter dated August
IL etet as s q & 4 Gso is The
and enp1es f6f he pp!peee p 5e taey uss
tie envelope in Witch ths easr SassoRe ss pio %
closed It Was common thing for witness to 60
into Jonas' Office to write letters
FRED GRIMM
was next sworn, md testified he Journalist In
Chicago employed on tho SkdGts- Zelsung. Knows
Leopold Wifth Of this city; had talked with him
about t1s asssd conspiracy In The case in Mr.
Counsel for The prosecution objected to m exami.
nation as to any interview NOT referred to in the
EVIDENCE LOT L1e QtooeCutluu. -
Mr.: Mnzphey said he hid questioned witness
WiEth when be was On the stand for the Govern
ment as to this interview but he declared he had
no RECOLLECTION Of it. He proposed to show that
With told this witness, IN the presence OF several
gentlemen, that he never knew OK heard anything
about stealing papers or records, or anything of
that kind
The aour being up ut this point. IN adjournment
vas had for refreshing the inner man.
ARTH1xoQH.
Shipnao Continued He uDderstood that dnpl2-
catessS Eosm "a sud other RapeD zdeued Is in
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The Indian War.

A rumor comes to Leavenworth from north
ern Texas that large body of Indians, said tc
number from two to three thousand, ARE camped
90 the north fork Of the river about twenty OF
thirty miles tIom Fort Elliott, and that great
fears exist among the people of that section
that they mediate mischief, if not war. 1t Is
aaca Of provisions.
The Cinoiouat Commercial special from
Brooks expedition, Tongue river, August 4,
via Fort Felterman, Angus; s, says: Gen.
Mcrrt' was joined yesterday by the 5 CAV
ry, aud the euiire command, stripped OF all
lo.peImeDis with supply OF ratlons AID AN
muntion 90 pack mules, starts 10 morrow for a
fifteen days raid We move dawn Tongue OF
Gepcrai Corners old trail OF 1866 Whether
we will come out at the agencies or Y clows one
il an open uu sion. The Sioux have proceed
ed east waru down Little Horn III SO lesure'y a
manucr that they seem to invite BATH. When
V u hear from Us again it will be about great
battle or great race.
R.ports received at the War Department
from General Sheridan state that many OF the
Indians now coming 10 to the Reservations carry
arms captured from the 7Lh cavalry ia the late
Custer massacre.
A telegram has been received a. " asbington
from General Sheridan asking the authority Of
the Secretary of War to sell Indian ponies cap
turcd or surrendered, at such prices as we can
get for them, the funds SO accumulated to be
held for the purchase of cattle, The embar'
rassment Of taxing care of the ponies makes ii
necessary to dispose Of them at once. Genera
Sheridan says they will not sell for much, but
the main object is to get them away from the
Indians The request has reached the cou-
missioner OF Indian pffairs for report frou
him and ii is possible that the department vii
concur in General Sheridau's views on the sub
jcct.
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The University of Virginia.

To the editor Of the alexandria Gazette:
Ia your Issue OF Friday last you published an
article, based on 40 exceedingly incorrect cx-
tract from the Richmoud State, ceusuIlug the
Faculty of the University for their acton IN
proposing to admit Virginia studcDt5 on certl
hcate from the schools, on the ground that it
uuln6ed that OF the Board o Visitors provld
ing tur matricuiating examinations. A glance
at the University bill passed last session, which
the editor OF the STATE seems to have entirely
ignored, vii! show that it grants free tuition III
the academic schools 10 ali Virginia students
over eighteen years of age Who succeed IN pas
sing such examinations as the Faculty may re-
uu,re, or Whu Drlug with them certificate of
some srhoo or college.
Inc Board 10 pursuance OF the first provIs-
ion dirtc cd that sue examinations should be
held, iearlug. OF cyurs1, the determination oi
their character to the Faculty, aud the latter
bavr now 10 puT>uanc. Ut the second lhIuwp
opcu the 4cliemlc schools to ali Firgi0ians Of
the |, q ilrcd age who bring q Certificate from
the scu,ul or cOIcgc last attended his Is
VIVA, The State Calls the Faculty's veto OF
tue Boards plan, seriously asserting that
the former body has thereby subjected self to
grave suspicious!
Ii would have been far more 10 accordance
with the interests aud wishes OF the people Of
Virginia had the bill passed as it was lulroduc
ed without any Limitation. The University Is
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held III rut Tor the people. iargc sum from
the pub i@ funds has already been Invested IN
The grounds and buildings, and the people are
willing, poor as they ere, 10 tax themselves to
the cXteot OF $50 UUO per anuum 10 r@rpc!oac
its eXlsieucr, l. follow then that it h III
BE- so managed as to admit the lar< st lumber
OF Virgiunas at tie least pOSSbl" typrrsc, -
that The poor a. vel! as tmc rich Say + cgl@C
the benefits 1t pf4rs This bill! va, a u,uvc in
the right dir cIoo, but eact oil the !lullt@ticis
has diminished tie number o. hose wno u. H.
have avalled themselves Of it, ard It rrmal q,
TO be seen now ;he people will b SAL 6!& " heo
they lind that these restrictive cause, have
been inserted to silence the camor, us and sell
lSh opposition OF csr'alG Il, n.mDatlJUal col
l"gcs, oseus'bIy battling rthe cause Of hIsh,r
education, bu; in reality scckiGs II destroy tho
very lie of it 10 this S!ate-,he University il
self. You ask, 'Whcrc are the colleges T.
come H. p They are vrtusly :eI~ga;ed hy
this b!ll TO their proper position, uame t52a
Of preparatory schools 10 the Uuvers :. JUG
ed by their fruits thei: work ;, t. say lie j. a.,
not more Ihlpugh than that o thc 81 Higl,
Schools WHO protcssedIy prepare for the sam
institution
10 conclude then, there are three modes Of
eutrarc" for Firgnla;:s ~ t"- actdc mic Scho DIS
OF tie U iversl.y; payment Of the regu ar lees,
psssag. Of the rtqlIe4 examlDa.lVBS. aG5.
tuatly, by provision Ct the BIZ, aud njt by be
sctl n oi The FscnIty . certlc 80 trcm th''
srnoo. II c. Icge as attended.
The wTurr /, aonsi5ccd TIA, IS r. ~: ol
L t:uiy higher ojuca i"a, aad q We. wiser .
ouc Vi he icw uop." inst Ut 5 leit - u, the
cii,or oi tie Gaz"ttc WI take D!ca*uT" IN c r,
rec':og the rror referred t. IN is article [.
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The Turkish War.

A special dispatch to the London Hour from
Vienna says it is believed that the Powers have
arrived at an ucderss nding in respect to a basis
of discussion for an European Congress 10 meet
10 Vienna.
The Porte has given its assent in principle TO
the following points:
l. The re establishment of the statu quo an e
belum in Servia
g Montenegro TO receive 40 accession OF ter
ritory. including Sea port 90 the Adrlailc
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina to be reunited
and form one province under special charter,
by which co. siderable measure of self govern
ucot will be granted.
The iaIl of Saisctar is confirmed. The
Turks who fought at Gurausovatz advanced
down rhc valley of the Think driving the Ser
sians before them. They carried the heights
south of SaIiSchar, commanding the town aud
he pass Il Viatarnica, and opened fire at 3
o'clock yesterday evening. Before sunset he
Turks were In possession of the town. The
roads from Saitsci!ar, Gurgusovalz ard Alex
uatz to Paratchiu are crowded with Servlanss
w.o, with their wives, children, cattle and
household goods, arc flying before the invaders,
spreading rapie everywhere.
The authorities show courage, and deny that
Saischar has fallen. They say the peasants are
terror stricken because the Turks fired some
villages 90 .heir march. The country around
Gurgusovatz is depopulated, and the villages
have been burned The Servians bow tu:ld
hopes on the expected attack of Tchernayctf Oh
Nisch The fact that the pick OF the sScrVian
army has not yet been engaged inspires co.. Il
dence. Tchernaycff has fortified the passes Of
K~sura. The ccuntry is mountainous, and
military operations are difficult.
Ii is believed 10 German military circles that
the war will end 10 Fortnight Bismarck Is
reported TO have said that Germany will not
abandon Russia, end wi follow her into the
battle field If necessary. Rumors are again
current that negotiations for an armistice have
been opened. A Vienna dispatch says Turkey
will adui; the intervention of the Powers II
the cas- of Montenegro, but will refuse in that
OF Servia, and proposes. after occupying Bel
grade, to order the Skuptchna to elect new
Prince. A Vienna teegram to the Londor
Hour SAYS basis for European Congress ha
been agreed upon between the Powers
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A Sensible Letter from a COlOred Ell
den aud Hendricks Wan.

H. L. Coombs, president of the coored Til
den and Hendricks Cub, having been chal-
lepged by coored debating club to discuss the
question, whether coorcd men are justified III
Joining the movement for Tden, Hendricks
and Reform, returns the following answer:
RICHMOND, VA, August 7, 1876.
To the Colored Debating Club:
.,IRs-Your chalienge to me to debate the
subject. whether coored men are justified in
voting fer Tilden, Hendricks and Reform, is
before me. In reply l would assert that thin k
all colored men ought to vote for the people
who give them work to do snd feed and clothe
them, and not for men who have robbed them
out of al their money deposited in the So called
Freedmen's Bank. Our co!ored citizens are
tired of pporti1g men who are carrying them
to destruction.
For these and many other reasons too numer-
Gus to mention feel justified in scverlng all
connection with this destructive and doomed
party The time has come when we should
bury all past differences and work in union with
our true fri ,nds in saving our common country
from ruin, misery und poverty
The sensible, free thinking colored people are
tired of the radical yoke and its injustice to US
and its in. ult to our brave and we'll disposed
fellow cit ;zens of the South.
l earnestly believe division of the colored
vote will act benefcially upon our people, and
be the means OF driving out Of the tate all
evil-dispused persons of Whatever color Myself
and other lored men are going to exercise our
own fr. G will and vote for men who will give
them peace harmony and good will.
| cai upon the whole people who desire to
see business open and blossom as the rose, to
vote for Tilden, Hendricks and Reform.
l SIN very truly yours,
w. H. L. CooMBs.
Rich Eng. President T q. Q.
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Rich Eng.

ARE SUNDAY LAWS A FA1LURE2 The al
bany Law Journal believes that Sunday laws,
like all laws designed to make men moral or
religious, are failure. Referring to New Eng
land legislation on the subject, it says:
"Men, notwithstanding the law. 'a5ored and
bought and sold 90 Sunday. To be sure, the
traffic on that day was small In amount as com.
pared with that on other days. but this dis
crepaucy was caused by the habits of the PEG.
pie rather than legal restriction. One OF the
provisions of this legislation WAS that all con
tracts made 90 Sunday should be void aud oot
enforceable BY either party. This would APP
pear theoretically to be honest aud fair, and
prob.biy productive of 90 harm to anyone.
Such would perhaps be the case if all contracts
made on that day we're ex,cutory 90 both
sides, bur 10 most Instances a contract th"n
made was performed on the part of one party
while the obligation to perform remained 10
the other, who c9uld refuse to perform upon
the ground that the contract itself Was invalid
Thus the failing party, who had violated tn ,
law as much as the performing one, was en-
abled to commit another wrong. The law went,
as do most laws of the same character, upon
the principle that two wrongs make night.
At Least, the practical r,sult Of these laws has
in ma y Instances been 10 enable raScals to de-
fraud, and thus dishonesty has been encour
aged without. so far as we can learB, the better
observance of the Sabbath being secured.
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out the land. he WAS not a iii man for the pc
silon, and should be removed. His stateneuts
were fraud, as /" attempt d 70 show that the
expenses o. the Government 10 1875 were but
ittlr more thar IN 1850 and 80, 4 the cx-
pendi ures n 1875 Wer, out ISL 773 762 40. <
elusive Of expenditures c1usrd by tn War ana
from this amount he dcduc;ed The premium on
go d in 1915. amounting 10 over ten mil ion dol
lars Nj. Elton quoted at length from the
ia oIC S. aod said they were the miserable con.
clu ions Of miserable accountant. they were
fgures prepared by this As,ls'an. Secretary for
campaign purposes
Mr. Boutwell,, defended Mr.. CoDant and said
it was lncrel, matter OF opinian between the
Seuator from Connecticut aud Mr.. Conant as
to whether he gold premium shou 4 be d.
Quoted in 1875 or not. Mr. Conan, made %
c9nceanent whatever 10 his statement.
Mr.. Paddock, OF Nebraska. said he Was sur
priSed t. hear the Senator from Conuecllcut
use sucii language towards the Assistant Sec
Rotary IF the Treasury. II Was not tair.
Mr.. Eaton said he accepted the 1stuke, bu
be had no words 10 take back.
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A report having been circulated ID some
parts of this Congressional district that Gen.
Eppa Hunton had heretofore promised that be
would not be candidate for r. election to the
House of Representatives, we are authorized
to state that Gen. Hunton never, by letter or
orally, made any promise whatever in reference
TO his future candidacy. The Valley counties,
which it was thought might make demand
for candidate from that part Of the district,
are, we learn, unit for Gen. Hunton's r.
election, and it is DOT at all likely that be Will
have opposition.