New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-10
LYNCHBURG CONVENTION.
VIRGINIA REpuBLICAN pIsAeRErMrNr

THE FIELD IN ANY EvENT-PERsoNAI AND GEN
EBAL GOSSIP.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUYEl
hfNchBURG, Va, Aug. 9.-This is a picturesque
anu IN a business sense is said to be the mos
hVeiy one IN the State Situated in the fertile val
ley OF the James River il is the centre of . o,ot
tooacco-producing area, and is IN direct roiIroof
| communication with the tobacco growing recion ~
| Nolth carolina. OF the 81 800 900 of interna,
revenue collected here yearly nearly all is n tax
| upon tobacco A few miles away to the west and
north loom mp the mountains of the Blne Ridge
containing, 1t Is believed, almost inexhaustible min
| eral wealth. Already the DEVELOPMENT of iron
mines mas led to the building of numerous furnaces
III 'liS part OF Virginia, and Lynchburg boasts of
TWO rollng-nills built within the last wear or two
MT WILSON, the postmaster, is the president of a
company which is now engaged in opening an ex
| tehSlve slate quarry few miles up the James in
| the Blue Ridge Sixty hands are now emploved.
inns quarry is situated near the Richmond and Allie
gnahy railroad. new line not yet completed.
"Hicn follows the tow-path of the old James River
ana hanawha Canal to its point of inncton with
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Lynchburg laid out as a town nearlv ope
huhuIeo years ago by one John Lynch owner of
hyhchs Ferry, to whom is sometimes erroneouslv
| ascrbed the doubtful honor of having been tbo
original Judge Lynch. According to traditions
preserved In old Lynchburg families John lynch
bargalner
not less scrupuous than the Galway Judge who
with his own hands hanged his son because he had
oVerreached somebody i'll a bargain and Murdered
! MN ALSO The Virginia Lynch might have inflicted
INC same punishment upon his under like cir
o"n'S''hceS, Dut the Test never came. In this day
the name OF the Lynches of Lynchburp appeors IN
DC preserved only in the name of this brisk busting
NIUE virginia city, which in some of its WAYS re-
minus one OF busy Western town For examine
when railroad tram arrives ot t1,o et,+;,, L..
hhus awaiting it only those whom business has
caheu 10 the place. whereas in most Virginia towns
'io puih Oh the population appears to turn out to
witness the daily semi-daily arrival
Lynchburg had population of about G, 900 last
year-a gam OF 5000 in five years aud of 1000 in
Ten years In 1870 the number of inhabitants was
almost exactly the same the year before the war
ana that was more than thousand less than the
population of 1850. During the war Lyncbburc
was an important town TO the Confederates. and it
was strongly fortified. Hithcr Lee was Fastening
III APRIL 1850, when he was intercepted by Sheridan
twenty miles to the eastward, at Appomattox, and
he was compelled to surrender to Grant
yesterday gentleman who was in the Confedo
rate military service described to a correspondont
Oh lHE TRIBUNE one scene which he witnessed in
Lynchburg after the news came that Iee,s orr,,
had evacuated Richmond and Petersburg and was
OH ltsfetreat 10 Lynchburg, where il was cxpcctcd
SOand would be made. This gentleman said.
1hefe was large quantity of whiskey stored
IN Lynehburg, and the provost marshal
gave orders for its destruction before the army
souiu arrive. AS the easiest way to dispose of them
barrels OF whiskey were broken and their conteuts
poured into the cutters, down which the wbiskev
poured in flood. The pigs and the little negroes
drank from the cutters and several of the childro,
Ued Inc only way TO keep the whole town from
getClng drunk was to open the fire plugs and flush
the cutters with water sufficient to render the wbis
Key harmless. The whole city smelt of whiskey for
days afterward"
At that tilne Lynchburg was well furnished with |
supplies, and could Lee have reached it he might |
have found it possible to reorganize his shattered |
forces and have still further prolonged a strpgole
winch General Joseph l.. Johnston declared was
hopeless from the day that Atlanta fell.
HOW THE BoURBoNs HOPE TO WIN.
In TINS city OF Lynchburg will assemble to-mor
row the Republican State Convention, the proceed
ngs of which will be watched with the keenest at
tehtlon by men of all parties in Virginia The
Bourbons expect that unless the straight-outsD
obtain control of the Convention they will bolt and
place separate ticket in the field In either event
Tie Bourbons expect to win account of RepubH-
IAN ulssenslOhs, and the more honest Of them
frankly confess that otherwise they have not the
shost Oh chance OF success The situation as it ap-
peared last night, after week of careful inquiry
ana investigation, was about follows There
0"A' w ""'0 '"Ch 10 clllnge the ODiD-
ohs OF the rank and file of the Republican party in
egard to the wisdom of joining hands with the
in the coming contest AT least nina
enths OF them still believe that that course should
DC pursued Two months ag ocOnsiderablymore than
'nc-hali OF the white Republican leaders in the
state Were III favor of the same course
hce then the proportion has rather increased than
and several influential leaders VIZ |
we're In favor of a "Straight-outo movemant WI" VIZ
ow strongly opposed to it, while others who w"ro |
IN any iY,Jo
kelly III the end to take sides against the straih
uts. a large number of them will certainly do GO |
IN the other hand, General Wickham COnpressmo,, '
,e H,,i; anu JorgenSen and few other white
ctNe during the last two months in try
lg, TO secure the election of dejegatSs 5
, the state Convention who will insist upon the c
oinlnatl0n of a StFaight-out" ticket From, H. Y
counts gwen by other Republicans who are em Y
tied to credence 1T would appear that some Of ~
ethods resorted to by Messrs. .Jorgensen Dezen a
oa an" p'nels 10 carry out their purposes have
zen such as deserve the severcst rcprobotion | I
here rs no room TO doubt that in some cases nj ILL
ie means used Indicate distinct determination ON
Ia part OF some OF the gentlemen named TO rule or
IN the ifepubllcan party of Virginia "
PoStmaster Wilson, of Lynchburg is n straiob+ 1.
~. ne shld yesterday III conversation with tbe ! G.
'lIespondeht OF HE TRIBUNE that in his opinion IL
ectd 90 10 iOU OF the %? delegates regularly
10 s1ke', anu ihat he dld not think that a major
oI !he tIagI-tOuts " would favor n separafe IL
C 70 IN case the majority OF the Convention should
so said That the great bulk of the coloreJ Voters Of d
10 oGite was III FAVOR of joining forces with the C,
~ b9urb3ns. Most of the "straght-outsu are q
hlS hcpuDlicans. Now nlne-tenths of tbe RonnL b
ans OF Virginia are colored men and ~ bosP IT, "
re peeh explained, a majority OF the white Re-
lolcan leaders agrees with them. This shows how
fH will fhatr |