National Republican., 1880-03-11
General Situation In tho Old Dominion
DASvILLE, VA, March s, 1850.


DASvILLE, Va, March 8, 1850.
To The Editor of The National Republican:
SIR send you my second weekly lettcr to
post you upon current events of a political
judicial and business character Day by day
1t becomes manifest that General Grant Is tho
first choice Of a large majority of tho voters
In this county and section for President Two
learned and eminent physlcians-ooe OF whom
was and is iio.long Whig, the other Con-
sorvativc, and both educated white men and
neither of them having ever supported him,
talking in room adjoining the chamber of u
sick patient (about whose critical case they
had consulted), they agreed that he was the
strongest man in tho United States or the
world before the people in this section of Vir.
sinia. Whom thoy said majority of the
| people, thoy meant tho white voters. The
! negroes were not thought of because they con.
cedcd that that vote was unit for him now
| and always Booms are unknown here; even
| the definition of the word is not understood
| The cOlorcd mon know that Grant was their
military Moses, who, leading the armies of the
| Union, defeated the COnfodorates and gave
| force TO the proclamation of Lincoln dcclar-
ing them free, and, in any discussion here, or
comparisons of strength between candidates,
1t is tacitly allowed thai every cOlorod
voter is for Grant. They do not know
or remember the names of other candidates
day aftor they hear them.
These two physicians are for Grant, and
firmly believe that he will no elected, and that
Virginia will give him an overwhelming ma
jorlty. And what is more significant is, that
they say the political leaders are silent, timh,
uncertain and inactive, all except the leading
Republicans oil Of whom are openly Tor Grant.
The Federal Office-hOlders would be but for
their wish to serve Mr.. Sherman He can, if
he pleases, have their support, and it is but
just to say that neither ho nor his friends have
tried TO bring any pressure to bear upon then.
1t was unnecessary to do SO, because naturally
every manly officer will side with his chief or
resign. But, If he is withdrawn, 10 ono else
| will DO heard of but Grant; aud any attempt
on the part of officials, or other rmgmaStcrs,
| to run tho pony circus at Staunton against
Grant will arouse Republican uprising that
| will mako every delegate to that convention
wish he had never left home. II Grant is not
| the nominee at Stsunton he will DO tho nomi.
nee of q convention at Richmond, whose mem.
| bers will represent not less than 10000 Ropub.
| iCans. Thinking men of tho Republicans,
| colored aud white, arc wonderfully stirred up
| in tho last twenty days, and these two very
cool physicians think 1T any rascalitY Is at
| tempted at Staunton by which the twenty.
| two votes of Virginia are lost to Grant at Chi
cago, that there will I've boom, and that right
| smartly. Both of those gentlemen said Gen
eral Grant, for his own sake, ought not to ac-
cent the candidacy, nor even the Presidency.
| As wrote before, 30 these men said no can
add nothing to his name or his great, world
wide rcnown. THE foremost man Of his time
in tho world, he may possibly lose" True,
| travel observation and Il closer, even ultimate
knowledge of all peoples and their govern
ments qualify HIM to he the aber, better Prosi'
| dent. But factions aud the factiOus may
sting and stain u some obscure way that will
mar tho symmetry Of his life"
| "NO doubt the country wants him II the
politicians do not, and tho people would be
| benefited, and wo would like to vote for him
But ho would lower himself" they said,
TIE RIvEs DECISION,
Yesterday the Circuit aud the District
courts OF the United States for the Western
District of Virginia adjourned altor longer
session than usual
Quite II change has come over the faces aud
manner of many of the people here. Since tina
SupIe emo court has sustained Judge Rives in
| his efforts TO secure tho COOred citzena their
| rights under the amandments aud Civil
| Rights bill, and has affirmed his opinions aud
decisions, they arc all mild and swcot.man-
neIed mon to tho old and digniGed judge, ai
| Byron's follow, who was supposed to bO very
aminble in either cutting throats or scuttlinS
ships.
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS.
A number of men were tried and convicted
for violations of the internal revenue laws,
|
on account of the results following upon the
heels of conviction and sentencing, as to as
sumo public Importance, l give the names OF
| the cases and tho names of the cOnvcts, theil
crimes and sentences, in the order observed in
court, and then l will give the strange and
conflicting consequences horo and the ulteriol
purposes:
James Bowman, convicted Of Illicit distill
ing, sent to Albany penitentiary for one yeal
and to pay u fine Of 500.
y. Albums, Illicit distillng aud selling by
rotuil without license distilled spirits; sen
tence, Albany penitontiary one year aud lu,
500.
Joseph Cassidy, Illicit distlling, samo sen
tenCe.
Addison Dulauy, intmidatng and OBJ.
structing n witness threo months ut Albany
and 1900 fine.
Moses IL, Treadway, embez9lement o
money while stamp deputy in the ollico Of the
! Collector Of lutQual Revenue ut Dduylle