Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

The Whlg Presidential Nominating , Jom
yentior Of 1919. which hhl d,..I,, ioos for
and Tyler C1ippeeanoc aha pa one
candidates. met at Harrspurs, .":aiica
- its ario now very seldom reSanse'
WAS the unanimous nomination "a on
min watkins Leigh as VICE., ~, ~ 10 ~,
the ticket with Harrison, "diitst,ng,,ished
abnegatlon which always uis,n ,ats Mr.
his acts whether puphc OF ~ "a nosi-
Leivn rose in the convention ~" ~ ~ o
lively declined the honor s.a. . ,n ma and
hat h ana nos comport with ms idea OF
nropristy TO be seemingly assia tht ~, y"
casting h0nors on himself hon. J onn =,
Ter. Of Virginia, was then hoiniha'eu III
his stead.
Henry Clay was in Richmond IN ls@'
during the Harrison ana Iyler cauipais 81, -,
and stopped al the Powna1u iiotnae' , 10,
"a Mr.. Leigh when in the city. lie WIS
rendered al the time tremendous ulittr.
hv the wings. and 70 han IN town beiub
lirge enough TO hold the crowd II Was
b],d IN me tobacco warehouse on the
south side Of the basin, afterWards ussu
as an irOn-foundry by Joseph hall & W
Air. Clay was NOT here in 1874. wnth run,
ming himself for the presidency. IL Is So, nDe
believed that Mr.. Clay was ever after
wards IN this city lie oled June 80 , ,5,-,
IN Washington, -. G. while senator In ~,
Kentucky, and was buried al MS hol'e a.
Ashland. hy.
A few personal notes may not be out
When the wings held. their H s''s,l.i,s s.
Grove convention, one OF the enlhusiastI~
members Of ihc party present Was h.nts
NJ. Wade. "A weil-known citizen OF I.'cl
fnond. who. procuring a larSe iuli'P -
clay proceeded 10 oaub ms ciotnss ~,
Il. saying loudly. Il am Gay All oFei
John Hampton Peasants, founder Of the ,',
Richmond WEE; vas c o,rnt GA county
and ded IN Richmond on the morning
OF February Is. 1876 aged about ~ ytala,
He Was cou.e5sedly one q uie Hrne
brilliant editorial writers OF his oay. A"e
celebrated Edward William Johnston,
brother Of the late General Josepn -
Johnston used TO- write letters lOr W
Wing and the Louisville Journal, u ,i,sa
the nom de plume Of Fe Segretarlo. SUN
OF thcs- letters. publ shed IN the sem
weekly Wig were addressed 70 IloIhdS
Richie and bristlcd with poNtcdl al
casm cOuChed I'm choicest language JUN
ston WIS once Professor OF BeISs l. sStl-ler
at the University. succeeding IFu4cSspi
Rodgers, who had been murdered py
young Simms. Of South Carolina. lie "as
afterwards editor of the wing. allu III
thai capacity had a duel Win Jon M -do on
cure Daniel Of the Examiner Inc en-
counter came off al BlddtnspnrE J0ni,-
ston's hat was shot through and lock
Of his hair carried of when the contest
ended.
Alexander Moseley, for many years one
Of the owners and editors Of the Rich
mOnd Wig, was born IN buckingham
county and died I'm New Kent, about
the ist Of August, lss2; aged % years. lie
was educated at the University OF Nir-
ginia. and. after graduation, having
decided prediction for journalistic life
ne bought the Charlottesville Chronicle,
which he conducted for seF erai years
He mad travelled extensively in Europe
and the East, and was 4 man OF much
and varied learning His remains were
buried in his native county.
Richard H. Toler. once Of the Lynch
burg Nirginian, was a native Of Greene
county, Va, and died in Richmond. while
editor of the Wing, in 1873, at his lodg-
ings. az the POwhatan House. and was
buried IN Shockoe Cemetery; aged 81
years. His widow married j. ID Fruce
Evans. n son OF the late Mr. James
Evans. Mr.. Toler was a solid and sub
stantial, rather than a brilliant editor.
Haillng from Lynchburg. he was, as a
matter of course. incapable OF eitner en-
3oying or perpetrating anything in The
nature OF a joke This Is q leading char
acterisuc Of the people Of the Hill CITY.
Stonewall Jackson, George L. Pickett,
and George b. Mcclellan all graduated
in the same class at West Point. in 1916.
Mcclellan was No l. Jackson, No. IL.
and Pickett No 81. Pickett was sent 10
West Point from Illinois by Abraham
Lincoln then newly-elected Wing con-
| gresham from that state. and Mcclellan
was once a candidate for the position OF
captain of the Public Guard OF Virginia,
10 which Captain Dimmock was chosen.
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