The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-30
sTAuNroN.

rofr<fcs nor AND GROWING noTrER-RID-
o,.kncRGER AND o'FgRgAIL IN sTAUNT0N--
nrITp OF Young SUPPLEMENTARY REG
IsraaTIox-TuE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
pIlIRoAp - MARRIAGES RE-
rVrilcAy CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS STICKS,
&C, &C.
correspondence o. the Richmond Dispatcb.l
OCTOBER 20, 1880.
Every day and every hour adds to the ex-
element Of the canvass In Augusta. Inc
last move on the political chessbosra was
the circulation this week by leading heau.
iusters OF printed Republican Garnc'u aou
ar,bur ticket. with the name oil - III. Gay
Alton for Congress" on IL. Judge Aliens
,r;ends understood the trick at once. A few
d. sco n lot az Republican tickets having
on thTm the name Of "Jobn Paul, OF Rock
,.cham for Congress" was intercepted,
"a tho democratic Hancock and English
%i"h ~ S,aunton, immediately issued q
oi,c,,lar informing the people OF the alli-
go !, WAS extensively used as campaign
docnment. much TO the hurt Oh Cap'aih
PM whose friends by the score openly
deserted him. declaring that tneE were
Democrats before they were heau-
busters, and would not support man VINO
ran on both tickets; so there was great
decentralization in the Readluster camp.
II was then that the expedient was reSorteo
10 OF getting up Republican ticket WIN
Aliens name upOn IL, aud when u maze lts
anpesraDce "Wednesday In the hands OF Re
adjusters. who triumphanlly handed II
around. the indignation OF Judge Aliens
friends knew no bounds. II was pro-.
nounced a fraud, a forgery, and lie, and
several telegiams were hunting up the
Jndoe st once 10 ask II the tickets were au-
thori,sd by him. The first reply TO Mr..
w H. H. LYNN was. " No, OF course not
tho second 10 Mr.. Edward Echols, " a
forgery. am hunting the author" Inese
teleyrams were dated from HsrIsGnburg,
where Judge Allen bad been summoned 10
Investigate the fraud, and they were traced
TO Rockingham 10 a printing-omce III lhst
county run by hiS politicsl opponents
These are the facts PsuPs name has been
on the Republican ticket almost week,
and there has been no deni1l or effort at
denial OF his consent 10 the arrangement,
while Judge Alien Indignantly repudisted
the thing as soon as he heard Of il. But the
forgery is too palpable now 10 elicit discus
sion here.
Last night there were three political meet
ings going on here at the same time. Cap
tain II. II. Riddeberger addressed the Re-
adjusters ut The Opcrs-House; Colonel e..
Il. O'Ferrall. Mr.. II. It. G. Tucker, and
Others, the Democracy st the Hancock head
quarters; aud the Republicans lad pow
WOW at their clubroom.
II the audience at the Opera-HOuse indi-
Gated Tie Readiuster strength in this COM
munty the regular Democracy have every
reason TO be confident. There were not
fifty persons in the ball ut the hour appoint
ed for the meeting. and the Readiuster cleo
Tor spoke under great disadvantage and did
not get up steam until the Republican meet
ing adjourned and bis audience was Ieln-
forced by hundred or more negroes and
white Republicans. There were more va
cant than occupied seats, and the whites
were scarce and many OF them drawn by
curiosity rather than sympathy.
The Democratic meeting, on the other
hand, was pscked aud running over. The
house could not hold The enthusiastic au'
dience. large part OF which stood in the
street, and cheerfd 10 the echo OF those 10
the hall. Judge O'Ferrall spoke in bis hsp-
piesi vein for an hour and quarter, and the
cheering could be heard for squares. After
eloquent speeches from the other gentlemen
mentioned the meeting adjourned, and, led
by the Stonewsll Band, marched down TO
the Opera House, met the Readiuslers and
Republicans coming from their meeting,
gave them rousing Hancock and Allen
cheer that drowned all attempt at reply,
and dispersed.
The registration in Augusta foots up with
int few votes OF 5000, long ways ahead
oianything previously recorded here and in
diesting very heavy vote next Tuesday.
The total registration IN Staunton is 1,4O3,
and It is remarkable thst OF this number 702
IA a a "A III l,a Jaa
The whites num0er 992 and the cOlOred All.
The friends Of Judge Allen claim for him
majority Of from 400 TO 500 in this city.
Ex-Stale Senator j. W. Marshall, OF Craig
county, who has been canvassing this coun.
~, and has made some very effective
speeches, was called home from Charlottes-
Vile Yesterday by telegram announcing
the sudden death OF one Of his children.
Young Diliworth Hopkins, pupil at
Professor &. :. Rollers academy, at Fort
Defiance, in his county, died there OF ty-
PbOid-ieyer Yesterday. He was promising
youth OF seventeen or eighteen, and only
son Of The welknOwn and popular Dhysi-
elan DR.. b. +. Hopkins, OF the Warm
Springs. HIS body, accompanied by the
afflicted father, who attended him to the
last, left here by rail this morning for the
Warm Springs.
The following delegates and alternates 10
the Young Mems Christian Association
Convention OF the State. which meets in
StauutOn on the 25th November, have been
elected by the Mount Meridian Association
Delegates, ID. NJ. Layton. j. ). Craig, and
W. j. Ilalnsberger; aIternates. q. Garrison,
j. +. Rinker, aud j. X. Mohler
During the session OF the County Court
Judge j. NJ. Quarlos pfesiding-w which COM
menced its SESSION on Monday, a consider
able amount OF business was transacted
Forty-seven deeds and other writings were
disposed ~ before the adjournment OF the
court.
pr. j. st. p. Gibson, the physician OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,
was telegraphed 10 come TO Wayneshoro'
this morning to attend Mr. W. G. Reynolds.
OF Ivy depot, brakeman in the employ OF
the company, who had bis foot crushed be-
tween the bumpers OF two cars he was
coupling. The Doctor says the young man
will recover without losing his foot.
Captain {. Benton Koiner, prominent
and popular citizen OF this county, was
married Wednesday at Thinking Spring
church. by Rev. e.. b Strickler, ID. d., TO
Miss Alice Watson, eldest daughter OF DR..
James Watson, OF Bsrterbrook. The church
was beautifully decorated for the occasion,
aud the bridal presents we're numerous and
costly. Among the attendants was Mr..
Howard ID. koiner, OF Richmond. The
happy couple sre now making an extended
bridal tour in the North.
Major jed. H0ichki,s has been employed
by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Com
pany TO make \ report OF the mineral re-
sources Of tue eoputry along the proposed
route of the road from WaynesborO' To