The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-10-19

ladies, children and half grown boys. On az
irving at the Fort they were greeted 10y a
crowd of about equal size. rhe visitors passed
into the grove under two arches beautifully
decorated and bearing the Inscriptions This
way treemen," and Nv elcome AL. The per
manent platform was also tastefully brdccked
Arching the speakers stand in letters of gilt
were these words Charles I. OFeriail for
Congress" Beneath, in letters of green, an
appropriate color, WAS the parad oXcai IN
scription, Democracy truth and honesty,
and way off to one side tackled up against n
sey and the Big Four in very small and very
black letters Poor Massey, il he could see
how gingerly he is handled by his new allies
They never lose IN occasion to slight him and
he may Just rely on it thai not a few of them
will find il convenient TO forget all about the
finest auditor the State cr.had," when the
day of election comes.
Mai. Jno W. Daniel, Gen. Fltz Lee, Senator
Bayard and number of other prominent
speakers were invited, but they all with one
accord made excuses. The burden of orator
ical entertainment tn n fell upon Judge Henry
Allen of Shenandoah, and Hon. JBo. Kan.
Tucker, of Lexington. Judge Allen led of
and spoke about one hour and II half He
dealt principally with State affairs, and made
the most ingenious presentation we have heard
from that side. Indeed Henry Allen is by long
odds the abest man the Democracy has i'll
this district if not III the Stale He gives to
the weakest of causes semblance of strength,
and by the force of his intellect makes the
way apparently clear, whilst others biunder
and stumble so that the dullest are not de-
ceived.
Near the close of Judge Aliens speech, and
when the crowd was at its fullest, it num-
bered, by the most liberal estimate, about 1000
900 women, children and boys-30e Dem
ocratic voters and 100 Coalition voters. Good
Judges who were at both rallies declared that
the Readjuster turnout was the larger, and
considerably larger if voters alone were count
ed. About one O'Clock Judge Allen finished
and the audience were invited to partake OF
an elegant dinner that had been prepared.
Long tables were loaded with the incest OF
eatables, and there was plenty for all. The
committee were determined that no one should
go away hungry, and so they were continually
on the outskirts of the crowd seeing that none
were neglected, and taking care that the back
ward should not be unproVided for And there
too were prominent Readjusters, the Harmans,
Rollers and others of the neighborhood, with
tables ladened with provisions and doing all
in their power to help their political enemies
to make success of the occasion. But with
all this generous assistance 1t was apparent
that what was designed to be the grand italy
of the campaign turned out to be, so far as
the crowd and speakers were concerned, the
grand failure of the season.
After dinner the Hon. Jno. Ran. Tucker was
in troduced. He made a Characteristic speech.
1t abounded in anecdotes happily told, free
trade and states right ideas. Mr.. fuckers
speech did good. We heard of men who had
not voted for years and did not intend to vote
in November who after listening to the great
apostle on his specialtes stated that they in
tended to do all in their power for the election
of Paul and Wise, as they had no idea OF
placing in power men who held the views OF
Mr.. Tucker.
After Mr.. Tucker concluded, Col. OFerrall,
Judge Harris, Harry Tucker, Col. Skinner, DR..
Fauntleroy and r. S. Parks of Page, spoke
briefly, and shortly afterwards the train came
along and brought home a chilled and tired lot
of people.
One of the special features of the occasion
was the parade of the cadets of the Augusta
Male Academy. They had only had their guns
about ten days, but both drilling and march
ing were admirably performed. The corps
ELECTED no small share OF admiration, espec-
tally from the young ladies.
II will be remembered that at the Readjuster
Rally only five flinders were present. The
Liberals liberal in all things, determined to
heap Goals of fire on the heads of their foes,so
they turned out in large numbers, brought
their wives and children, and spread their
banuuets, inviting all to come and enjoy their
hospitality.
Our Funder friends try to console themselves
with the belief that had the weather not been
cloudy the crowd would have fully been up to
their expectation. A fair day would doubtless
have brought out a greater number of ladies
and children, but if farming operations could
have been prosecuted, there would have been
fewer voters.
The detachment of Stnunton Artillery under
command 1t. Long fired one hundred guns.
Col. Jno. H. Crawford, and the whole COM
mittee, are entitled to the thanks of every one
present for the admirable arrangements made
and the success with which their part of the
programme was carried out.
W.T.. Bell and Chas. R. McGuffin of this
county have bought the Edison farm on the
Westview road for $500 per acre. The tract
contains $40 acres and was sold by A. B
Lightner, Esq.
We learn that Prof Chas. Roller addressed
the Limestone Valley Club, in very forcble
| anu CuCCtlfC SpSN|h vi O"euiN'J h'5iiH ioH7e
and did much good. We have meyer known
more earnest feeling to prevail than exists
among the Liberals of Augusta.
Judge Quarles has appointed Jno. E. Ham
ilton, ESQ.,, treasurer of the county, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of the late
Capt Sam Pau. Mr. Hamilton has qualified
given bond and entered upon the discharge OF
his duties He is a gentleman of fine business
capacity, stlong sense and will make good
officer
DIR. Thos j. Miller, father-in-law of Rev
James Willis, of the Lutheran Seminary, has
discovered a deposit of rich brown hematite
iron ore, in the immediate vicinity of tho
buildings of that Institution. He thinks there
is large quantity OF it. and the specimen
speaks for the excellent quality. The grounds
on which the ore was discovered iielong to
the city, but il it exists in any quantity il
probably embraces the whole of Stuart's hill