The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-15

Correspondence or the Richmond Dtspatch.l
The ELECTION THE c0LoRED vnTERs--CoS.
/ TRACT WITH TaE TaEpEGAR woRKs--AN UN.
LUCKY CHRISTMAS GIFT-aATRIM ,SIAL THE
CENTENNIAL APrRorstATIoNA CENTENNIAL
PRIZE FROM AUGUSTA.
STANTON, January IA, 1876.
The election Tor delegate yesterday result
cd, MS ! tclegrsphed you, In the choice OF
Hon. A. II. ii. Stuart over Captain John N.
Opic, are the majority will probably foot up
500. There was not a great deal of interest
in the matter anywhere, Il / except the COL
orcd voters Of Stauuton, who did much cleo
tionccring for both candidates, aud so
warmly that two OF them got 10 blows and
were hauled up before the Mayor.
The two nights before the election small
hall on Augusta street was occupied by the
coiorcd men. who were addressed by men Of
their color upon the question of whom they
should vote for. A financial difficulty oc.
cured in the shape Of demand by dn Opie
man that the Stuart man should pay $3.50
toward the rent before progressing with his
remarks. The demand was resented as an
attempt to cut of the inherent right Of
freedom Of speech, and some time elapsed
before The matter could be adjusted.
The City Council has accepted proposi-
u
furnish the city with two miles OF three.
inch water-pipe at IS, 400, payable in Staun-
ton city six per cent. bonds al ninety cents
in the dollar. ..-
4 very awkward ending to a Christmas
COMPLIMENT from the United States store.
krcpcrs and gaugers OF this district to Col.
lec,or Bolts has taken place. They pre-
>putca him with handsome gold watch and
cnajn worth two hundred and twenty dol.
lars. and the usual correspondence in such
cases had passed when the discovery was
made that the United States revenue laws
provide that persons in that department
| who present superior officers with gifts and
.Ec superior officer who accepts them shall!
both be summarlv discharged from the en-
| ploymcnt OF the Government The coilcc-
! Tor immediately returned the present to The
! q >uors. ard communicated the facts OF the
| case 10 WashlDglou, assuring the Depart
| melt ofhis ignorance OF the Law, and also OF
! tnc ignorance Of the donors, as cyinccd by
the publication Of The complimentary cor
| res pOEdenCe in the Fdi(9y Flrgini0n news
paper here. The law is imperative, and the
change Of its enforcement is awaited by some
| huugry ones around StauutoD.
! Miss Dora Mason, daughter Of Captain
| c. T.. Mason, the Well.known railroad cor
tractor, Was married on yesterday morning
y her fathers residence, about eight mile;
laJuyC SiauutoU, to DR.. james II. Tate, 9
prominent physician Of this city. The
| BRIDAL party passed here yesterday on their
| way to Richmond. The announcement, If
mistake not, vii. carry grief to some of your
| Richmond bcauX. as Miss Mason was very
popular thCrea winter Or TWO ago during the
! residence there Of her brothcr-in-l.w, The
late Captain Henry Robertson, the membe!
of the House from Allegheny.
Yesterday Captain T. c. Morton received
a letter fcom Mir. Charles i. Lancaster, OIL
BoS or, acknowledging the present OF two
deer for himself aud Mr.. Adams (the Adam:
iEApress min) from four S!aunton knights
rpmplar who went on The Boston pilgrimage
II" says they will be put in their parks q:
pets.
The puzzle to Tie people here is 10 know
what is the hitch 10 the Centennial appro
nriatiou in the House, 1t is the very thin-
we Of the Valley want TO advertise ou
mineral lands that are just bid away here
md here at our very first chance TO re
oefore The whole world in good light tnt
Legislature cuts Us off. Senator Cochran
has our hearty thanks, aud we hope Mr.
S.u4rt, who goes 10 the House, will make hi
first effort there for the appropriation.
Captain John Ii. Woodward, the courteou;
conductor on the Chesapeake and Ohio road
has taken his place here as ticket agent. l
wi! feel rather strange to miss him from tin
trains. where he has seen so many years o
faithful service.
1t is feather in the cap OF Augusta count,
that one of her citizens president A. NJ
Bowman, of the Agricultural Society," ha
received from an Ohio Qhe State OF hog,
breeder an offer of 500 for TWO sows to eX
hibit at the Centennial. ZEN.