Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-08-14

armless hero from the valley of Vir-
ginia it is because his associations
have never made him disreputable ;"
\ motion to adjourn was put and
lost, Order being at last restored,
the seventh and last vote was taken
amid great excitement and with al
ternate cheers and anxious express
siOns of the Daniel men. The ballot
when completed showed that the Ma
hone organization was most cOmplet-
ed. every one of mis- votes having been
cast for Holiday.
SEVENTH BALLOT
Holiday. .....S52 Malone .........1
| Daniel.........,.56S
The chair then announced, amid
great applause, the selection of Mr..
Holiday as nominee of the Conserva>
tive party of Virginia for Governor.
A recess was then taken to s O. clock.
The Nominee.
The following sketch may serve to
furnish your readers with fair idea
of whom Virginia proposes to make
her next Governor, and demonstrate
the fact that, although her conven-
tons are sometimes noisy, she is apt
to choose wisely, and that she may
be counted on now as heretofore to
sustain her honor and integrity
Colonel Holidays services did not
commence since the war, nor has his
eminence been Of very sudden growth.
He graduated in law, moral philoso-
phy and political economy at the
University of Virginia, and was iinal
orator of the Jefferson society. all in
one session-a thing never accom-
plished by any student since. Soon
after, upon coming to the bar, he
was Prosecuting Attorney Of all the
courts Of Frederick County and VIM
chester, Deyoting himself to his
profession and to literary pursuits, he
still found time to serve his party as
a canvasser in several Presidential
campaigns prior to the war. and al
ways having declined political office,
at the first sound OF the late conflict
he threw down everything and went
with the first troops to Harper's Fer>
ry, and was appointed aid TO General
Carson, who was then in command.
Returning to Winchester for a short
time to arrange his official business,
be accepted the captaincy of splen-
did company, which assembled and
marched down from the mountains
of Frederick and IIamps hire and ten
dered him the command. He served
for awhile upon the border, and then
joined the thirty>third Virginia Reg,
iment, Colonel A c. Cummings,
"Stonewall" Brigade. After accep>
ting the command Of this company
and thoroughly organizing it, he was
offered by General 4. j Jackson a
position upon his staff, but declined
on account of bis company. At the
reorganization of the army in the
spring of 1852 he was elected a field
officer, and after going through the
battles of Mcdowell, Winchester and
Port Republic and around Richmond.
he lost his arm at Cedar Mountain
never having missed a battle or been
absent a day from his command. -
Several times after his wounds be
attempted to return to the field, bu
was prevented by his injuries. Since
, the war he has been compelled t.
have a painful operation performed
upon his arm.
bla 10 80, 3,
the field, he was elected to the Con-
3 federate Congress from the Winches
ter District and served until the END
of the war. General jackson repOseC
so much confidence in him that ht
proposed to recommend him for pro-
motion to a dictatorship but under
stood from his surgeons that he wa
unfit for service in the fell.
After the war Colonel Holiday re-
turned to his home, and, while fol
lowing his profession, has taken the
deepest interest in public affairs
speaking in all the campaigns and
forwarding the political interests o.
Virginia whenever occasion offered
One thing to be specially noted, how
ever. is that he has persistently de-
clined public Office. lie has fire.
quently been solicited by his friends
to be candidate for Congress or ac-
cept other political preferment, but
has uniformly declined His late
address before the Alumni of the Uni
versity of Virginia wasa masterpiece
and so recognized by men of culture
wherever it has been read. lie de
livered an address by invitation o.
the citizens of Winchester and vicin'
! ity upon the life and services of Gen.
Lee, on the death of that illustriou'
man. which was regarded as one Of
the most scholarly productions of the
occasion. His services 20 the party
in this State during the last election
arc we'll known, his canvass having
been compared for briliancy and eff
fectiyeness with that of Goyernel
Wise during the know>nothing cam
paign, and without any disparage
ment to that brilliant man.