Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-10-06
Political Notes.

Carter l.. Jones, cOl0red mail agent on
the Norfolk and Western railroad, has
been ''bounced," not for not supporting
Rives, the Coalition candidate, but be-
cause he opposed Gen. Elliott for the nom-
ination for Congressman. Jones is the
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of
colored Masons.
1t is said that the U. S. Judgeship OF
this district has been promised every Con-
gressional Coalition candidate who may
be defeated. Hon. A. Fulkerson, in a re-
cent speech, got off this parody from
Macbeth. on it:
Is this Judgeship which see before me
Its salary of s., 500 towards my pocket?
Come. let me clutch thee
/ have thee not and yet see still,
Art thou not aed vision sensible to feel as ia sight,
Or art thou but fiction Of the mind. a false crea
Proceeding from an inordlnate thirst for place.
see thee yet in form as palpabls as this which now
Mine eyes are made the fool o'the other senses
Or else worth all the rest. see thee still.
60 with the Arthur party and 1t Is done,
For it is a knell
That summons me to Heaven or to He'll.
There are rumors that old man New
berry" will soon withdraw in favor OF
Fulkerson.
Mahone's visit to Augusta county for
the purpose of drawing out a crowd for
Paul proved failure. The sturdy Demo-
Gratis of Augusta don't take much stock
in Mahoneism. and no one knows this bet
ter than John faul.-Norfolk Ledger.
The Montgomery Messenger" says that
w. e. Pendleton is to be the new clerk of
tie Court of Appeals in the Southwest.
James P. Wood, who edited the Read
juster paper at Charlottesville while it liv-
ed, is out for Mr.. Massey.
Capt. John S. Wise spoke at Charlottes-
vile last Monday. The Massey men were
so bitter and turbulent, that at first it
looked as if they didn't intend Wise
should speak. and it was some time before
he could command silence. At other times
during the speech there was much confu-
sion.
I'M. Langston, (col'd) of Washington
City, has been engaged to canvass Virginia
in behalf of the Coalition. Not only has
'Africa been carried into the war" but the
Africans from abroad are being brought IN
to run over the whita people.
DR.. Norton, colored, one Of the famous
Norton brothers, of the Peninsula. is can
wasting for Mr.. Dawson.
County Judge, Cornett, Of Grayson
county, was assaulted by Major Hale. of
the big Four,'' in the Courthouse ew
days ago.
Ex-Gov. Kemper met John S. Wise in
discussion at Madison G. II. on the 18th
ult.
J. B. Peugh, postmaster at ''Irene."
(Hamiton Station) in Loudon county.
did not pay Gen. Malone 3 assessment, and
the Post-otfice Department has dlscontin-
| ued the office, though it cost the Govern
| ment nothing. Hugh r. Holmes, Re
adjuster patron of the Office. writes to the
Loudoun Telephone that this sort fthing
tends to make him indifferent whether
the so-caled Liberal party succeed in tits
canvass or tbs power 90 back to the Bour
bons.''
Capt. A. M. Pierce Is canvassing Fred
erick county and speaking every Friday
night at Winchester. That settles the
hash of Farr as far as Winchester is con-
Ger ned.
The County Committee of the Coalition
party of Prince William County has dept
ed resolutions repudiating John S. Wise
aud R. M. Mayo, and supporting John M.
Dawson and j. W. Wolff. The two men,
bers who still chung to Mahone's failing
fortunes, resigned upon the adoption OF
the resolutions. This action is the out.
come Of several Coalition meetings in the
county against Malone.
The Democratic Convention of the Nor
all Of Portsmouth, for Congress.