New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-25
THE PRESIDENT IN VIRGINIA
v1srT TO LYNCHBURG.

VISIT TO LYNCHBURG.
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NOV spercu BY Ex-coNFEDERATE SPEAKER 30
cocK-A BOURBON EDrToE-DHvE TO THE 10
p.cco FACTORIES AND THE BlILTors-tN ENlNu
BANQUET.
lRY rEtEGR.PH To THE TRIBuSE.l
rv~csRrro. Va. Sept. 28.-lhe members OF the
Presidential party spen. quiet sunday IN h"oA-
vine attending church in the morning, and dining
~ oftornoon NJ the houses Of different citizens.
In no place visited during the journey was there so
mu,h private hospitality extended to the party Al
,i,e o'clock the sceping-oars were taken again. ana
tle hind successive night spent IN travel ne
President aud his companions were lmpressou
with the Thrift aud cleanliness OF hnoXVlie' INC
heautv OF its situation, the plctmeSqueheSS Vi
the river and mountain scenery and the intelligence
and hospitality Of its people. In the morning
the train was among the Alleghanies From New
River 10 Lynchburg the country was all iamllH 10
the President and he sat the rear platform Oh HIS
car recalling the incidents of his campaigns lleie
His regiment was IN the division which, uncei Gen.
Hunter, made a dashing expedition against Lyuch-
hurg in 1864. and only failed to take the city be-
cause il was heavily reinforced in the night by zen
Fairly. Al the stations where the train halted
tbore seemed 10 be about an equal amount of enhu-
siasr, among the blacks and whites. There was one
town where the negroes all rushed up to shake
hands and the white men held coldly aloot; ou'
after the President had spoken few sentences
many Of the whites exclaimed, That's right; thar
Good doctrine and when the train moved oil they
All cheered heartily 4 breakfast. which did full
ius,ice 70 Virpinia's fame for good cookery, was
eaten at Blue Ridge.
Ivnchburc was reached little before noon The
crowd AT the station although kept somewhat IN
check by two fine companies of military was
4l,.t no
were not reached without difficulty. The
usual matchmaking came of on the balcony oil the
hotel The Hon. Thos. s. Bocock-for many years
Member Of Congress before the Rebellion and during
tbe war Speaker of the Confederate House-de-
lvercd the address of welcome. 1t was perhaps
the best the President had heard during the Journey
containing an apprccative eulogy OF the Southerh
rolicv. aud a warm endorsement OF the order re-
straninq ofcc-holdels from working the machinery
of nartics The orator feared that the people were
NOT su0ciently enl, ghtoned TO sustain that order
but thought that the time would come when
they would see that il was right IN pf1hciple
President HAYES did not make one of his best efforts
The audience evidently thought the speech good
one for they gave it abundant applause; but either
from f,tcue or from the fact that the balcony was
much foo high for the speaker to feel that he was in
.,,orathv and accord with ms hearers and to GET
tbe sti,ulatinc magnetism Of the crowd the speech
ala not compare favoraby for vigor with those made
at Atlanta and Knoxville One of the LynchbuIg
papers The Ncrs has been publishing eli-
torials protesting against giving any pnplc
reception 10 the President, and shouting the
"frandn cry az Justify as some OF the Northern
Democratic journals; but il does not seem TO repre-
sent any considerable number of the citizens OF the
town. Judging 10y the magnitude OF the crowd tha'
1ie,oned 70 and arDlauded the speeches. and the
oil VIII called
durno the day and evening to pay their respects to
Mr. and Mrs. HAYES.
This afternoon the party drove about the quaint
hillside TOWN and visited two of its many tobacco
factories. The process Of manufacturing tobacco
was new 10 the President and to most of the
ulriv. and the plantye songs and choruses
Sung l,v tho negroes as they rolled the leaves lent
toitas singular interest. Later tho drive was eX-
tended TO the neghboTing hill-tops IN time 10 see
the sun sink behind the Blue Ridge, and to view
mountain panorama Of wonderful beauty-the peaks
glowing at first with sapphire hues then turning to
n delicate purple and finally fading through deep
blue 10 s1mbre black. Tonight there is a banquet,
with toasts and speeches. Tomorrow the journey
ends Charlottesville and the University of Nir-
finia will he visited and the party will reach Wash
inpton about O. lock, having travelled over 5000
miles,
A faction Of ircconcilables, led by Gen. Jubal
Early. ex-Cougressman, Whitehead editor OF The
Nors. and Mr. Daniels, the defeated candidate for
Governor, endeayored few days ago. to brea
down the reception and get the city to turn cold
shoulder TO the President. Their effort was so far
successful that 'one of the two military companies
voted not to parade; but the Presidents
speeches and the news of his reception else
where in the South came from day to day, the
Bourhons lost their influence. The second company
had ameetug, and the Captain said he was going TO
call on the President in MS uniform if not man
went with him. The company voted unanimously
10 parade and the other company reconsdered their
action and decided to the procession The feeling
among the citizens finally became Overwhelmingly
in favor Of receiving the President as he had been
received elsewhere in the South Only few men
Of any influence have sulked at home to-day.