The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-17


But. for the facts The crowd In the
CITY was very large one. The streets
were 70 crowded az 10 make the passage Of
pedestrians or vehicles slow; The places OF
business, stores. &C., were so full IS to pre-
vent the employees generally from attending
the speaking, and The propretors OF rcstati-
rants say they fed more people than on any
day during the Fair. AT one small estab-
Iishmen'. not In operation month, The pro-
prietor says he fed three hundred fersons,
and az night the writer had % push slowly
through crowd for three squares TO get
10 the opera-House.
The Yirginian reporter, who claims to
have the exact number OF horsemen In the
procession from somebody who had counted
IL, makes himself merry over the number
Isl. Your reporter did not count the men,
but noticed that In the long stretch on Main
street west Of the ciub-room the head OF the
procession was out OF sight over the hill
while the rear was still fling by the head
quarters. Only those, too, who bad brought
horses with them went In the procession. as
IL was determined that those OF the visit
ing clubs who came by rail would
not follow the horsemcn on their long
ride, but would reserve themselves
Cor the torchlight foot procession at
night. There were great many OF these
over five hundred of the stanton club
alone--and we have not heard OF single
one OF the fifteen clubs In the county which
was not represented; one, the Churchvilie
and Union Hall Club, having eighty men,
who rode eight and ten miles to Staunton (;
another from Greenville, over forty men
who rode from twelve TO fifteen miles, and
others who came further. How ridiculous
and uncandid II was then for the Wig re-
porter 10 say The Funder rally here to-day
was 10 be 1900 strong. The actual count
is lT4" The Yirginidn reporter tried TO
make the same impression, as though the
voting strength OF the gathering was to be
estimated by the number OF men who rode
horseback, and spoke Of the occasion as the
"eloomiest rally he had ever witnessed"
The reporter surely could not have been In
| the hall ten minutes, and then perhaps be-
fore the visitors had stabbed their horses
and returned, or lie would have seen the
large crowd, which again aud again cheered
Mr.. Gray, OF Fluyanna, and gave Mr..
Stuart, the president OF the meeting, who had
not for several years appeared In political
assemDlage, such an enthusiastic and cor
dial greeting, and would have heard the
rounds of applause which kept Judge Al
len on his feet even when he proposed
TO stop, and called him back with
calls of Gee on!" "Go on !" and this
strangely deaf reporter could not have been
within three squares OF the hall, or lie
would have heard the shouts that greeted
Fifz. Lee when he entered, so loud and
long that nervous people had to put their
fingers in hieir ears, or perhaps this re-
porter had his fingers in his ears and his
1 A. IL. hl a. hn IN A.
seen the hats flying in the air and the flags
waving and have known that people don't
throw up their hats and huZZa until they
are hoarse when they are at funeral.
Where could these reporters for the Wing
and YirQinidn have been few hours later,
too. when a long line OF shouting men,
with music, and banners, and Transparent
cies. wound through the city bearing
torches that lighted the whole scene squares
away. while rockets went up and bonfres
blaZed. colored lights flashed, thousands OF
lanterns for miles lighted the streets, aud
showed the great banners stretched across
the streets and the flags flying from almost
every house. and the great balloons rising
gracefully in the air and sailing off in the
moonlight, while one continual, deaiening
buzZa went un from thousands d Threats,
1
And neither OF these three chroniclers
could have been in the Opera. House that
night. which was so full OF people that num-
dreds were standing and watching for seats
while they listened TO Skinner, and Allen,
and Fitz. Lee, and Bumgardner, and Tuck
er. and cheered and stamped, and laughed
and Kissed as the eloquence OF the speakers
moved them till late at night.
1. fttK.n al IN,
that assemblage it could have been only
through his prophetic vision OF such as Tell
they had no part or lot in the matter, and
saw i'm the spirit which moved that un.
daunted assemblage only mourning and
disappointment for themselves in the III
lure. They 1.-THE reporters) entirely misun'
derstood the demonstration, which had no.
thing to do with the Ohio and Indiana cleo
lions. but was a meeting Of Democratic
clubs and friends proposed two months
ago and set at that particular time because
Mr. Blackburn had said he could be In
Stanton then, and so as to fall between
the Staunton and Richmond fairs.
That the Democracy of Augusta and The
Seventh district did carry out their pro
cramme ana did have such grand old time
Notwithstanding the bad news from tn,
West, which would have discouraged mos
men, bat proved the unquenchable spirit o
their Democracy, which will finally carry
them through victorious and rel up fol
Henry G.. Allen vote in this grand OLD
county that will put him far ahead OF an,
probable maiorities elsewhere.
The Judges OF the Court OF Appeals
whose adjournment was mentioned las
night, have all returned TO their homes eX
cept Judge Christian. He returns TO Rich
mond tonight. Judge MOncure was not II
his seat during the session OF the court, tb'
state OF his health OBTAINING him. Th'
court will sit IN Richmond on the 9th o
November.
General FltZ. Lee returned TO his home
Yesterday. leaving here on the 2:l0 train
His reception here by members OF his OLE
cavalry brigade was most enthusiastic ant
highly gratifying to him. In his speech N
referred TO "the boys OF old Company Il ,
IA cavalry company from this county which
followed him through the war;, and said h'
knew they were all right. "Ail but one
General" cried voice from the audience
+" Then the rest of YOU" said General Lee
"must gather around him and pray owe
him, and turn him from the error OF hi
WAYS"
The State committee Of the Young Men
Christian Association, now located at Staun
ton, Of which Captain ii. l.. Hoover, OF thi
city, is chairman, has issued call for tn
annual State Convention TO meet here Thurs
day, November 18th. Circulars setting fort
the objects OF the assembling and the sub
jects for discussion are being prepared
aud will be sent out tomorrow. A laig
and interesting cOnyocaton Is expected.
PENN.
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