The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-08-24

NEWS, POLITICAL AND local IN AND ABOUT
OLD RoCKToWN.
IIARRIsoNBURG, VA, Ang. 18th, 1876
Editors ralley T,yinian
| find the following letter which is to be
written by Sfammic 1'ilden after The election,
published in the Richmond Wing of last We'd
nesday:
''NEW YORK, Nov. y, 1876.
70 me Chairman OF the State Executive Committee,
DEAR SIR am determined that REFORM
sii'lil be the great Characteristic Of my admin
istration, aud to that end it is absolutely cs-
schllal that the opponents of reform should be
niidc TO give place 10 the honest advocates Of
the great reform movement that has culmna-
teu III the unprecedented majority given the
DeiiocfalIc ticket. You will, therefore, please
ADVISE me before the 18th of March next us to
those from Your State who best deserve to be
appointed to positions Of honor, emolumcnt,
anu trust, remembering especially to note the
elilclency and zeal displayed by them in the
c:a,iV;ss, ana the majority given for the reform
tickct IN respective districts and counties.
Respectfully.
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN.
As the Chairman OF The Executive Commit
tee VIII, III all probability about that date be
on saline exploration ! take the liberty Of
naming the following efficient persons, Of
inns place, deserving OF situation as porter
deck hand, chambermaid. or some other soft
place on the trip: For instance, there is Gen.
=. II. Jones. He was during the campaign
very zcaiors, and as he was bred born and
reared an old line Wing his affilation with the
defamcrs OF the party OF his ancestors was a
NOBLE ma@naninlty; he Should be kindly re-
memoered. And chen there is Cllas. Il. Offer
ran. ne, Dy the ingenuity of his eloq,tence,
tortured the English language durino the cam
pagn into saying that Hayes was a salary crab
per. ana then there is Joseph &. Braithwaite
Dldn t he swing the goose-quiIl in several DIFF
fcrcnt languages through the Reqisfer in sup
port of Iildcn. And there is Geo. D. Antho-
ny. Didn't he do his level best to rails. the
''first pole" for ridden. and didn't the Com
mon~edHh make fun OF it after it was up?
George was not even rewarded during tile cam
palgh with praise by the party organ he should
nave soft thing now. And there is Paul
ana Roller. Think of the amount of Browns
Iroches they consumed during the campaign.
And there are several other very stcflicient'
persons, last but not least is John Gibson, co.
ored Didn't he slime the roll OF honor'': lis
name sandWichcd between two of the distin-
gulsled members of the 'swhte men's' party,
and after it was known that John had jired
the ltefofmers, didn't number of the juvenile
darkies in Harrisonbure become tlemoralized
and ''jinc'' an equally disreputable set-s'the
chaIn gang. John should have not only a
soft place but u vote OF thanks.
Quite crowd collected in front of the Spots
wood hotel about noon last Thursday Your
correspondent, ever alert for something tragic
to break the dull monotony OF these letters,
hurried to the scene. | was informed by those
On the outskirts of the crowd that it was only
a political joint discussion going on between
Joseph +. Williams, colored, ana ex- Congress-
men VIM. Mines, jr. | suppose Mr.. Mines
was explaining Mr.. rilden's connection with
the Terra IIautc railroad matter, he being an
fat on railroad affairs. The discussion lasted
for over an hour.
The Tilden Club held their third meeting in
the Court House last Friday night Gen
Echols, Of your city, spoke. lie has an excel
lent voice. owing to Friday night being the
Good Templars night the 'Fldcn meetings will
hereafter be held on Monday night. This piece
OF political strategy will doubtless insure Il
larger attendance.
The Iildcn pole at Mt. Crawford was blown
down last week.
O'Ferral claims four OF the six delegates
from Greene county, whilst Harris claims five
Of the six.
The news of the consolidation of the Rev
enlle Districts, thereby removing the Office and
officers from Onr midst, has caused profound
sensation. The Democrats hereabouts, who
were benefited by the Revenue office being
located here. arc very demure and are not
prating Reform SO much rs formerly. You
see it makes all the difference in the world
when the wrong OK is gored."
The attendance ut camp meeting at Lacy
Springs on last Sunday is said to have been
very lar2e-the crowd being variously cstina-
ted at from five to eight thousand. The best OF
order was preserved, and the return OF vchi-
cles in the evening, made things very lively in
town.
I,., n
day OF the year, but from some cause the crowd
in attendance on last Monday was by no means
larger than the court day of any other month.
This may be accounted for from the fact that
the Ranes murder trial was to come Up later
in the week, and the people were holding back
for that, or possibly the honest yeomanry have
already, early as it is in the campaign, become |
Disguised with politics and refused to come to
town to listen to the Tlden orators They
were on hand. Chief among the conspicuous
workers, was Geo. C. Wedderburn, who last |
weeks Commonwealth informs us, is traversing |
the State for the purpose Of organizing Tilden |
Clubs. Ii Geo. is not more successful in clectino
'Tilden than he was in clecting George Clerk |
OF the House Of Representatives last December, |
it will be another case of loves labor lost
Johnnie OFT was in town also, looking up s'lo-
cals'' for the Shenandoah Democrat, apparent
ly happy, and under the deusion hat Tilden |
will be elected. Col. Passmore was moving |
around through the crowd. He has been North |
and says he is sorry to have to say so.
''but that Tidcn's chances are doubtful; that |
the'devilish Republicans are moving heaven !
md earth in the North and West to elect
Hayes. Harris was very active. O'Ferral was
lied OH the Judges bench up to dinner time,
but his friends were working for him like so
many beavers. The Congressional race is the
leading political topic.
Speaking commenced in the Courthouse at
lbout one O'Clock. II. B. Harnsberger presid-
I'd. Capt. Harry Riddlcbcrger delivered the
irst speech. Harry of Navarro" as his
riends, and they are legion, fondly call him,
lcqutted himself nobly. 1t was decidedly the
BEST speech delivered here this campaign ON the
rilden side He was followed by Col. Skin
Ter, of your county, Hon. John L. Harris fol-
owed the Colonel. He commenced after the
lyle Of 'Rienzi's address to the Romans,''
husly, ''My friends, come not here to talk,
'ou know too well the story of-myself," /
hall not speak Of myself, but Tilden e Hen
tricks. The Hon. John managed, however, to
worm Hon. John in several times during the
peech. Col. O'Ferrall followed in lengthy
peech.
The Commonwealth has stolen another march
N the Register. 1t appears that some of that
barrel OF money! belonging to Honest Sam
lei has been expended in elcctrotyping plates
i Sam and Tom. and the plates sent all over
he country Us presents to those newspapers
ecognized rs organs of the Tilden party. The
!ommoaac3aEh, so the story goes. got one, and