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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17
T0-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity I'M
til midnight April II, 1899: Partly cloudy
and continued warm.
Washington Forecast for Monday:
For Georgia and South Carolina: Partly
cloudy Monday; fresh northerly winds
Tuesday fair and warmer
For Eastern Florida: Fair Monday; fresh
northeasterly winds. Tuesday fair, with
warmer in northern portion.
For Western Florida: Showers and cool
er Monday; fresh northeasterly winds.
Tuesday fair.
General conditions at p. m. April 16,
1899: An area of moderately high pres
sure extends from the Central and Lower
Mississippi valley northeastward, cover
ing the greater portion of the country
east of the Mississippi. 1t has caused no
decided changes in temperature. A storm,
which promises to be of some Importance,
has moved in from the Northwest, and is
central over Western Nebraska and the
Dakotas. Throughout the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys the weather is generally
clear. In other sections there exists more
or less cloudiness, with rain at New Or
leans and Galveston and snow az Boston.
Maximum winds the past twelve hours:
Norfolk, 80 miles per hour, from the
northwest; New York, "A, northwest; Phil
adelphia. 81, northwest
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature, 3 p. M. 70 degrees
Minimum temperature, a. M. 90 degrees
Mean temperature ............... 20 degrees
Normal temperature ............ CT degrees
Excess of temperature .......... 3 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
April ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. l ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 96 degrees
Rainfall ............. .............. 90 inch
Normal ............ ................ .12 inch
Deficiency since April 1..........1.01 inches
Excess since Jan. ...............1.74 inches
9f,ro. Danort Tho 1,irb+ A. c..
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River Report.-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. (75th me-
ridian time, yesterday, was 1913 feet. a
fall of OF foot during the preceding TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Observations taken April 16, 1899, p.
m. C75th meridian time) at the same mo-
meut of time at all stations, for the Morn
ing News
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VESSELS BOUND ron SAVANNAH.


Riftswood BD, 1.166 tons, Dixon, Pama-
ron, sid March 2S
Elton (BD, ,596 tons, Ramsey, at Penarth
April g. Due May 5 for Barcelona and
Genoa.
Administer CBD, 1881 tons, Clark, at
Clyi'ayeechia April 5.
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Visible Supply of Cotton.

From the New York Commercial and
Financial Chronicle, April 10.
The visible supply of cotton to April a.
as made up by cable and telegraph, is as
follows Continental stocks, as well as
those for Great Britain and the ahoat, are
this weeks returns, and, consequently
all European figures are brought down TO
Thursday evening. But to make the total
the complete figures for April IA, we add
the item of exports from the United
States, including in it the exports of Fri
day only:
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phases of the Moon for April.

Last quarter, Sd, hours and II min
utes. morning; new moon, 10th, hours
and AZ minutes, morning; first quarter
17tb ( hours and 5 minutes, evening; full
moon. 25th. hour and AZ minutes, evening
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Vessels Went to Sea.
River stenmers Departed.

limited States transport Dixie, Havana.
Schooner Rob Roy, Philadelphia.
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srnCIte-uONDs-MHEAT.

fsor cash or on margin. Central
ratlwpg and southern securities a
..e,taits.. Commissi0n X.
AjsTIS n. MYREs.
Consofidated stocis Exchange,
% .!oadwps, Aew York city.
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sbinping Memoranda.

Steamer Clifton, Strange, Beaufort
Geo. L. Beach, Manager.
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High water at Tybee to-day at 1888 a..
m. and 1903 p m. High water at savan-
nah one hour later.
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Boston, April H.-Commander Selfridge,
gives notice that black spar buoy, with
bush on top, No. A-3, has been placed
to mark the entrance to Nantucket har-
Dor between east fiat black buoy No. 8
and north spit black buoy No. 8.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

Al'o Archer, as tons. Gibbs. s.d April e.
standard, ~ tons 9olhcy; az Sew Yor@.
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1.-THE Federal Courts, Their Organiza-
ton, Jurisdiction and Procedure" is the
subject of an attractive, concise and COM
plete little work by Judge Charles H. ST.
monitor, United States circuit Judge. In
this work Judge Simonton has supplied a
long felt want-a compact and yet COM
plete book of reference for lawyers, United
States officials and all who have any deal
ings with United States courts. This work
not only gives all necessary information in
connection with practice in United States
courts, but contains many valuable refer
ences relative to important questions. JUS
tice Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court says of it: at is a most admirable
statement of the questions of law and
practice covered by Judge Simonton's lee
lures" 1t contains an appendix dealing
with practice in bankruptcy cases under
the recent act of Congress. Published by
the B. F. Johnson Publishing Company,
9O1-9OS East Main street, Richmond, Va.
Cloth. Price $1.50.
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Central Of Georgia Railway.

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Schedules Effective March 20, 1899.
Nth Meridian Time.
DEPARTURE
Lv. Savannah
No daily for Augusta, Macon
and Atlanta ............. S:4S A. M
No daily for Augusta, Macon,
Atlanta, Athens, Column
bus and Birmingham. 900 p. M
No. z ex. Sunday for Dover and
intermediate points ...... 900 p. M.
No. ex. Sunday for Guyton and
intermediate points ...... 200 p. M.
ARRIVALS
Ar Savannah
No. daily from Augusta, Ma
con and Atlanta........6 500 p. M
No. daily from Augusta, Ma
con. Atlanta, Athens, Co
lumbus and Birmingham 600 A M
No. ex. Sunday from Dover
and intermediate points. 7:4s A. M.
No. 10 ex. Sunday from Guyton
and intermediate points. 4:5o p. M.
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEE.
10th meridian or Savannah city tlue
Monday and Thursday-Leav Savannah
$40 a. IN. and $50 .. IN. Leave Tybee 7,91
a. m. and p. m.
Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays. Fri
days and aturdays-Leaye Savannah o.21
a. m. and $50 p. m. Leave Tybee 1910 a
m. and p. m.
Connections made at terminal points with
all trains Northwest, West and South pvost
Sleeping cars on all night trains. Par.
lor cars on day trains between Savannah
and Atlanta
For further information and for sehed.
ules 10 all points beyond our line, apply IA
w. G. BREWER, City TicRet and Pass
encer Aeent, i07 Bull street.
j. c. HALE, General Passenger Agent.
Savannah. Ga.
JOHN N. EGAN. Vice President
THlsO. d. KLINE. Gen. Superintendent
y. =. lIISTON Traffic Manager.
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Tompkinsville, N. Y, April 14.-Notice
is given by the lighthouse board that the
buoys in Fire Island inlet, New York,
have been shifted to mark the best water
in the channel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of YES
sells free of charge in United States n.y.
geographic office in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

Tompkinsville, N. Y, April 13.-Notlce
Is given by the lighthouse board that the
red spar buoy, without number, placed for
purpose of experiment as an ice buoy or
shoal water buoy, on the north side of
EIlzabethport channel, Lower Newark bay,
New Jersey, has been discontinued.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

1.-THE Philosophy of Memory, and Other
Essays" by D. T. Smith, M. D. John
D. Morton & Co., publishers, Louisville,
Ky. Cloth, $10O. There are four essays
in the series and each of them contains
much food for thought. The most inter
esting of the four Is probably the one en-
titled THE Birth of a Planet" The writer
not only possesses great powers of imag-
nation, but a reasoning faculty of a high
order.
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PAINE, MURPHY & co.

- Rok s.
Oroers Executed over Our Private Wfrea
SONION ,STOCKS,GRAIN q PROVISIONS
For Cash or on Margins
Local Securities bought and sold
Telephone $50
-04Fo Oh Trade Building. jackson Building
savannah, Ga Atlanta, Ca
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Savannah Almanac.

Sun rises at 5:S2 and sets at 6:2S.
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Washington. n. c., April 1S.-Notice Is
given by the lighthouse board that, on or
about May l, 1892 bell buoy, painted red,
Will be substituted without change in To-
cation, for the black and white perpendic-
ularly striped first class nun buoy now
marking the entrance to the st. Johns
river, Florida. The channel across the bar
Is constantly changing anG the buoy will
De shifted from time to time to conform
10 the changes in the channel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

Total visible supply ....4,224,79S 3,7s4, 1857
The imports into continental ports the
past week have been rs 600 bales.
The above figures indicate an increase
in the cotton in sight to date of 40, Al
bales, as compared with the same date of
1898, a gain of 1,109S SAB bales over the cor
responding date of 1897 and an excess of
1,O19, 90S bales over 1896.
India Cotton Movement from All Ports
The receipts Of cotton at Bombay and
the shipments from all India ports for
the week ending April 10, and for the sea-
son from Sept. to April 10 for three years.
have been as follows:
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Lv. Savannah 7:30 D
M, carrying through
Pullman sleeper. 5a-
vannah to Atlanta
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BOOK NOTICES.

"A Triple Engagement" by Mrs. Bur
ton Harrison. ]. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia, publishers. Cloth. SIPS. This
volume has several illustrations which
add much to its interest 1t is a delight
full story. All of Mrs. Burton Harrison S
stories are interesting and popular. Read
ers of this story will not be disappointed.
1t deals with phases of society, and no
author understands the world of society
better than Mrs. Harrison does. The char
acters are drawn by the hand of an ar
fist and the situations are graphically pre-
sented. The story is well worth reading.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

According to the foregoing, Bombay APP
pears to show a decrease compared with
last week in the weeks receipts of 5000
bales. Exports from all India ports re-
cord gain OF 1900 bales during the week
and since Sept. show an excess of 1SS,O0O
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-17

Stock at Liverpool, bales. / $4,000 1922, 900
Stock at London .......... 5000 5000
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SHORTEST OPERATED PASSENGER
LINE BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND
Goth Meridian Time)
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IT. temperature. ". velocity OF wind.
H. A. Bower.
Local Forecast observer. Weather smrean
Evening star., 1899-03-25

trying period and was instrumental In put
ting into the field about :nonD soldiers
loyal 10 the stars and stripes. ,,
After the formation Of the state of West
virginia Gov. PierpOnt, as the rrcasuiztd
chief executive of the old state removed
the archives to Alexandria, convened the
Legislature and set the machinery Of gov
ernment IN motion. far as IL WIS nos
sible to DO so. with war devastating the
greater portion of the commonwealth.
When Richmond fell Gov. Picrpont re-
moved I" that city. and within a hriei time
mad the government properly rcorgan niZ.-d
1t was one of the singular eNl,elI, noes. Of
the times that upon his arrival In Rich
mond ne met many of his former fcllgw-
cluzens-a number from his home town
VINO pTlor 70 the war Were his warm per-
sonaI friends, hat from whom he was sop
arated by a difference in sentiment Am,,ng
these were Aiphrus +. Raymond afterward
a member Of the supreme court of West
Virginia. and before whom the governor
practiced law. William F. Drinkard for
years subsequently editor Of the Rirhmond
Dispatch, James Nelson. then and after
ward prominent as a lawyer. and DR. Zt.ee-
klah kidwell. a former representative an
Congress from the western section ~ the
state AH'thrse had cast in their lots With
the south.
During his entire administration. Gsv-
ernor PierpoHt made ii a matter of con-
science never To appoint man to Office who
had not the moral and intellectual qua liii-
cations for the place, and "a conspicuous
feature Of his record is thai during his en-
tire official career. much of il embracing
a most critical juncturc in public AFFAIRS.
there never was a suspicion against him
of the misrepresentation of dollar of pub
lie money.
Subsequent 10 the war he was FOR eHe
term a member of the state legislature and
was later put forward by his friends az "A
candidate for the United States Senate bnt
was beaten 10y Governor Boreman. Sub
sequent to this the state went continuous
iy democratic until recently, and the If
fort was never renewed President Garfield
appointed him collector of internal revenue
and he held the office until the two districts
in the state We're consolidated. -
Governor PierpOnt was a member OF tbe
Methodist Protestant Church. and served
a term as president of The conference.
Governor PierpOnts wifc died several
years ago. Three children survive him
Francis w and Samuel II. Pierpont and
Mrs. W. IL. SiYitcr.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,

PENNSYLVANIA IA-RA1LROAD.
STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND STREETS.
7:5o AN. WEEK DAYS. PITTSBURG EXPRESS.
-Parior and Dining Cars Harrisburg 10 Pitts
1850 AN. PENNSYLVANIA LIMrTED.-Pullman
Sleeping Dining. Smoking and Observation
apoiis. St. Louis Louis. Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet
Parlor Car TO Harrisburg:
1850 AN. FAST LNE.-Pullman Buffet Parior
Car to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harris
$3.50 PM CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
Sleeping Car Washington to st. Louis. and
Sleeping and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Indian
spciis. st. LouIs, Nashville via CincinnatD and
7:2o PM, WESTERN EXPREss.-Pullman Sleep
ing Car to Pttshurg and Chicago. Dining Car
1920 PM. soUTHwEsTERN ExPREss.-Pull.
Harrisburg to St Louis. Cleveland and Cincin.
natl Dining Car. Connects for Louisville via
1o:4o PM PACIFIC ExPREss.-Puliman Sleep
7;So AM for Name; canandaigua, Rochester and
Niagara Falls daily. except Sunday.
sunday. For Wiiiiamsport daily. $50 PM Mp
falo and Niagara Falls daily. except Saturday.
- With h Sleeping Car Washington to Rochester,
faio and Niagara Fails daily. Pullman Sleeping
roe Gar DIVA Mash3ston to Rochester Saturdays only
400 Pm. "coseREssiSEAL saST; LIMITED" =" daily,
al e'rGE Eesaat cas wh at 6G5 nnF GaE fs9
$50 s:1s; 300 1000 Dining Car, and II oo
IDinihR car from wilmington AN. 12:45.
1000 and II $50 PM. On Sunday. 700 Dining
Carr. I:2o. s:15. 800. 11:0O Dining Car from
Wilmington, AM. 12:15: s:15. 4:2o Dining
Week e III. sS .ss sss :I
For Bosten. without change. 7:5o AM. week days
ro- and n,,.,a. 40 Pm .,d daily lgoo -.oo ~
1000. 1880, 100 An. 1915. i2:45, 1888,
2:oT 3:15, 5 30 a:oO,. Limited. 4:20. 438.
$40. 6:15 $50. 7:2O. 1000. 1O:4O. II is and
II so PM. On Sunday. 200, go S:15 900
9:O5. 1880 II 90 AN, 12:1S i:15. 2:0i, 3:I5,
$3.50 400. Limited. 4:2o $40, s:l5, $50,
1:2o. 1000. 10:4v and II 80 PM
For Pope's Greek Line. 750 AN. and 4:36 PM.
week days.
Fer Annapolis, 700. 900 AM. 1918 and s:4o
P'M .hd daily Z ..e e1Gspt g m Sunday. Sundays 900
and Ohio Railway. Has AM. week days. with
through Pullman Buffet Parlor Car
''Florida Special for Jacksonville ST. Augustine
and Port Tampa. 6:2O PM. week days; Ex-
press for Florida and points on Atlantic Coast
Line, 4:30 AM. 3:46 Pm. daily; Richmond
OILY, II AS AN week days. Atlanta Special
via Richmond and Seaboard Air Line. 500
AM daily and 4:25 PM. week days.
SEASHoRE CONNECTIONS.
For Atlantic City tyia Delaware River Bridge, all
man Buffet Paror Carr, 2:15 900 Congress
sioHal Limited''J PM daily. Via Market Street
Wharf. 1000 and HOO AN, 12:45 PM week
days. II 80 PM. daily.
For Cape May. Hoo AN. week days, ii 80 PM
daily.
Ticket Offices corner Fifteenth and G streets
and at the station. Sixth and streets. where
destination from hotels and residences
Telephone call '1441'' for Pennsylvania Railroad
j. B. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD
General Manager. General Passenger Agent
mh22
Evening star., 1899-03-25
To Prevent Issuance of Patents.

A bill in equity has been filed by Pablo
Maese and others of Las Vegas, New Mex
leo. against the Secretary of the Interior
and the commissioner of the general land
office, seeking an injunction to enjoin and
restrain the defendants from issuing pat
ents to certain lands to the town or city of
Las Vegas, N. NJ The property involved is
part of t4Act embracing ASs, ,446 acres.
The allegation Is made that. the United
States government, through the Secretary
of the Interior and the commissioner of the
general land Office is about to cede the
lands to the town of Las Vegas. 1t is to
prevent this that the suit has been filed,
Maese and others declarfng~that they are
entitled to the property.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
New Post once. i'm Alaska.

An all-American mail route, In Alaska,
from Prince Williams soupd to.sCircle.
through the Copper riverregfon, has been
determined on by the postal authorities,
and the Postmaster General has issued a
circular calling f6r proposals for the SER
vice. Post Office Inspector Wayland has
been detailed to accompany the War De-
parfmert expedition to start from Seattle
April I, and viii establish post offices at
the various military stations to be located.
The new route will run from Valdez,
through Copper, Center. SiaAelT Telling,
Seward and Eagle-5e3 miles.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect March II, 1899.
Leave Washington from station corner Of New
Jersey avenue and st.
For Chicago and Northwest. Vestbuled Limited
trains, l1:O5, 11:21 am, sos pm.
For Cincinnati, st. Louis and indianapolis, Ex-
press, Ii p a. M yestibuled Limited. $40 pm
For Pttsburg and Cleveland, Express daily. 11:05
IN, n ana $40 . ID. tPittsburg only. 11:55 pm.
$40 and $50 pm.
For Luray, $40 pm. daily.
For Baltimore, week days, 500 G:3O, x7:OJ
x,;lO xf:So; xs:00, $50. 1880. xlO:0O am.
xl2:oa m 12:15 11:15, xs:oo. 1880, 3:S5, x4:3o,
31O:oo 80, XII 80 pm. and x2:00 night. sun
days x,:95 xa:1o. x7:ao. $50, x9oO am. x12o5.
xS:00, x1O:00. 11:30. XII go p m. X 800 night
zfS a9r annapolis 40 and $50 am, 1915 and
For Frederick. week days. 900 and IL :25 am
~, Eo- JSU fIa m; SUNDAYS 900 an, 1:l5 pm
For Boyd and way points, week days 300 a m
4:5o, $50 I:o5 N. Sundays, 900 am, 1:15
For Gaithersburg and way points, week days,
$50 a m 1880, 3:15. 433. 5:35 7:05, IL % PIN.
sundays: 900 an. 1:15: 4:a3, 7:O5, 1918 pm
For Washington Junction and way points 900
a m, $50. $50 pm, week days. 500 am, 1:15
For Upper Marlboro $3.50 m, .4:so and .4:s5
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
An trains Illuminated with Pintsch light
For Philadelphia, New York. Boston and the
lis pm. (all Dining Cars, 600 Royal lin,
lied Exclusive Pullman Train, Dining Carr, 5O5
Dining Carr; 500 t2:0o night Sleeping Car open
Mt 1000 uclockl- Sundays. 7:05, 900 am, 12:05
noon u:l5 Dining Car. 300 (5:95 Dining Carr.
500, eco night Sleeping Car, open l0:00 O'Clock.
Parlor Cars on ali day trains.
For Atlantic City 1o:0o an. 1906 and
l:lo pm, week days. 1905 Sundays.
For Cape May, 12:o5 noon.
Except Sunday xExpress trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. orders left at
ticket offices. 6l9 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
New 1ork avenue and 18th street, and at depot
Z. D. UNDERWOOD. ID II MARTIN
General Manager. Mgr Pass Traffic
s. Il. HEGE, Genl Agt Pass Dept
Washington d. G
Evening star., 1899-03-25
DEATH OF EX-GOV. PlERPONT
Distinguished West Wirginian Passes Away
in Pittsburg, Pa.
War Governor of Virginia and Chief
Factor in Organizing the
New state.

Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor of
Virginia after it was reorganiZed un-
der Union auspices, died last night at the
residence Of, his daughter, Mrs. ". H.
Siviter in Pittsburg, Pa.
The ex-governor had been in a feeble
physical state for several months by rea-
son of his advanced age-eighty-six years
but not until last evening just after dinner
was his condition considered serious. He
was then seized with a fainting spell from
(which his physicians say he could not re-
. cover. He was surrounded all day by the
remaining members of his family, and
at about 8 pm. passed away.
Funeral services will be held at his
daughters residence on Sunday at pm.
after which the remains will be taken to
'Fafrmont, w. Va, for interment on Mon
day.
Francis Harrison Pierpont was born in
Monongahe,a county, Va. now West Nir-
ginia, June %, 1914. As boy he worked
on his fathers farm and in a lanyard. at
tending school at intervals. At the age of
twenty-five he matriculated as a student
at Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, re-
manning there four years. After gradua-
ton he went to Mississippi, and there
taught school for a time, meanwhile study
ing law. Returning 10 ' llSlflld, ne was du-
mitted to the bar at Fairmont, and there
spent the greater part of his after life.
He early took firm stand against slay-
cry and became leader among abolition
lists. There were but few platform speak
ers in. the old dominion who could cope
&, with him. At a convention he'd In Wheel
ing June IL, 1861, for the purpose of re-
organizing the government of Virginia
after the secession of the state from the
Union, he was almost unanimously chosen
governor by the representatives of forty
counties present. Subsequently he was re-
elected by the Union people, who were in
a very large majority west of the noun
tains, to fill an uneXpired term of two
years, and was recognized by President
Lincoln as the legitimate governor of the
state of Virginia. He was one of the many
war governors who, with means and in
fiuence, stood by the government i'm that