The Abingdon Virginian from Abingdon, Virginia • 2

THE VIRGINIAN Our last Wov1 to the Colored -b- us have and in order to have peace see that you to deny which is to have Discord £3 The first Magisterial District of Washington Co having over 400 voters in compliance with section fifteen of General Order No fit Head Quarters First 1 Military District State of Virginia implore the poor men of the country both white and-black to look at this thing in its proper light to reflect that by voting to oppress and tax those from whom they rent and for whom they labor they vote to oppress and tax themselves We are honest and sincere jn this admonition as we can have no motive upon earth to deceive or mislead them never having sought or held an office and never expecting to seek or hold one We call upon them again to look at the men who are trying to influence them and if they can put their finger upon one who is not either holding or seeking an office they will find hair in the palm of his hand The white people almost to a man Doarcl of Registration for said Dis-will vote for all your political rights as off votng provided in the State Constitution fb That Constitution while it secures your precincts and selected Captam Racket rights of voting and holding -office has as an additional voting place for said clauses in it (known as the Tst-outk' and district as the most central for Jthe con-Di8iVanchisiHg clauses) which deny to venence Gf the voters living east of the a great number of the whites the right 4 i i a i following named boundary viz either to vote or hold office and to al- most all of them the right to hold office hrom the middle rork of the Ilolston or even serve on a jury following the Russell Court-house and Is this just? and will you vote for uirel 'urupile to the forks of the road these clauses? at Mr thence with tjie old Iron Who were your earliist fastest and i i tIA11 Workb road to the top of Walker smoun- ablest friends and to whom do you ipost owe your freedom? Are any tube put tain before Greely and Grant? Or are there I Fist and Skull any living men who carry so many with them at the North as these two? (and we I On the morning of the 23d Attorney name these two only because you know General Tuthill of Tennessee and Capt them best) Greely and Grant both say Grisham chief editor of the State they are unjlst and ought to he voted Jouma 0f Nashville had an old-fash- doivn and Grant hue struck them out of the wu-i loned set-to in that city Whilst Capt ((institution only allowing the people oi Virginia to put them in aga if there Grisham was sitting in his sanctum qulet-j are enough foolish and unjust men in the ly penning an article probably to prove State to do it And Brownlow who has that Stokes was not quite as bad a man long sided with jour bretlucn in Ten- as seiltcri he was approached by Mr Tut-iicnco in advocating a similar miqui- ftlwi i ni and asked if he was responsible for tv has Menil up as wrong and no long- 1 'ger possible to be maintained And Wells an article which had appeared in the your hauler lias hack on you on Journal personally offensive to him On that point and seeing the eaily cer- jeing answered in the affirmative he tainty of equality of rgTits for the whites drew a Ut0 ad fired al the Captain in lrgima us trying to save hunselt lrom the just wrath to come and he too now but ral'i''cd- They then clinched and deelires against these clauses before they could be separated Captain But observe while he is thus proud- Grisham had pounded hitn considerably ing tor his own security he tells you and here the matter ended counting on vour ignm nice of the consc- lion Tlios Itixsch This gentleman who was fourteen years a member of Congress of both the old and Confederate Houses in both of which he was Speaker addressed a large concourse of people at this place on Monday last His effort was a very able one but as he was necessarily compelled to travel over the same ground that preceding canvassers had discussed and to ventillate the same Wells record that others had ven-tillated we deem it unnecessary to repeat his speech at length We shall confine ourselves therefore to that portion of it which was addressed to the colored people a number of whom were present In reference to the disfranchising clauses of the Constitution ho asked the colored people they thought it was sight that while the whites conceded all they asked they should vote for those clauses? Would it be right to deny to us the same boon we extended to them? To adopt the Constitution unexpurgated a very large number of the white men of the State would be excluded from the privilege of voting or holding office He took the ground that this country must be governed by intelligence and virtue The colored people while it was not their fault but their misfortune did not possess these nor claim to possess them in as high degree as the whites and could not therefore carry on the Government They could neither rely on themsehes nor the white adventuiers who came among them to get their votes He then warned the coined people against the monstrous wrong of voting against the interests of those among whom they have been reared and upon whom they now depend and assuied them that tho' down-trodden for a time the whites would struggle on would never acQuiesce ould not be kept down by a mountain weight ami would eventuilly strike off their manacles lie tin referred them to the opinions and advice of Pic-sident Giant Mr (ileely and even Chandler himself all of whom were in favor of voting those obnoxious clauses out of the Constitution Whether Mr warning and cotyiscT will be heeded 1 cumins to he le-v ealed by the ote mi Tuesday Every man who votes for AVclls and the Constitution it is will be known as all others will announce tlieii choice or vote an open ticket which all have the right to do queuecs to on of doing it and indifferent to your fate--'1 on can vote for instead of coiimelling you as a true friend would to sue MUirselves as he is doing the name or Joseph ivcllv in that citv against the eliecls ol so bid and 1 dangerous a step He sees the (ger on the 24th ult who died on Saturday and gets on 1 oi the waij of it but does morning Ixfelly had interfered in behalf not point it out to you nor if he can i 0f a fnend who was under arrest and was get your vo'os as Go'e -no -care a straw I sh)t by Callahan while four policemen what evils sou buna on your sehes Now do not fall into that trap-but he 11111 ol hlin' I'rom alUlle clrcu11-o in time ami socuie your safely and sLjihts as detailed in the Richmond pa- it was a case of cold-blooded murder Kelly being a detei mined and zealous conservative was very much disliked the Yankee police and he said in his lying hour that the Leagues of Richmond had offered $b00 reward for his blood The Secret Ballot We agree with the Lynchburg Virginian and -News that and fraud can only be accomplished through the secret ballot and that viva voce voting is the only honest way of doing the thing An honest man care who knows how ha votes jt is only the dishonest man whu wishes to cover up his vote in secrecy Both of the journals above alluded to suggest that every Conservative vote an ojien ticket and announce for whom and what he votes We recommended this thing two Vjpars ago and it was adopted universally all over this cftuntv and to a great extent nil over ibis end of the Stale We hope that every Conservative man in Virginia will do so again on Tuesday next as no honest man wishes to conceal his sentiments when his country is at stake Terribly Alarmed The Radical paity is ev idently very much alamied as they are calling upon the distinguished men of their stripe in eveiy directum to come to their lescne They feel that their bid man fiom Michigan will go up if the tin lent now setting agiinst him is not turned or subdued The Richmond Dispttch lenu that l'or-ney lias taken the stump for Weils and is announced to at luipc per II this week Van Wy A has been invoked Cairiiigton Riddle and Genetal Mussey also and the Bold only knows how many inoi 1 Bung them on Governor not'd them hut alter all he the voi't lie lien candidate that ev er puiloined a letter or toted a carpet-big I 1 S' XV XY Walkfr I Vdhal Me luund out with irgard to Mr I Walki ten eai ngo seem' to have i been just discovered a 1 nge portion of the pif-s of the State tint that I be has had no equal Vliginia as an 1 oi a tor Mik the da oi the giant- The Luieltburg Yiiginhn in reference to the dUeu-sion between Messrs Walker 1 and Ohmdler in that city on Friday night last has the following: A pMtieil di'-eu'-Aon took place in this eit last night between Messrs AY AY AYa Iker -and I (diamlki which 1 lasted ui ti midnight and it is ihoiefme impo lble lor us to gic am teport of it li ua- the iLO't nun likable discussion 1 tint we lue eei henid at least on the side ol Ar AYalke l'r teinbie with-i ei 1 1 1 scathing blighting domini'intion for bin nii'g eloqui Un imp tssiont apf 1 splendid dM I nn tio we 1 hae ncu i he ud nm thing like his spec' h-(- Il ule the luu ise an 1 tin1 blood lie to to li-tin to bun 1 1 lb uu -hence I woo- mow'd into alnm a iionzx ol n-Ulni i Nil Then leiliog veic nuion-1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 id moved tnem a- the stoim el the Je If te ppsvbh to foil i jo' loa ol pu loi ie pu u1 'ilj't n'l olin 1 k' 5 AH 11 Hi nig the vie and -1 1 1 up i lie lv-i 'Mi t1 el vi 1 1 i i i i ct i i Ini 1 i liv'd! i tM night i i i i i lb it loii 1 i i a ij diui in be iM-o i Oi be Do omit 1 fp ries-Miud a unii wink A li 1 1 is pOti ig 1 1 I Ml 1 1' I i ei" -k i i At I 1 1 i 1 1 u- i mu to pi sirj1 oog i i 1 I not 1 1 i oe (' i ui i 1 brnw ie lo 1 at i Inborn ui be th I i no di nJi iluni'cli bom the mb wined hid been i woven at mi him It a Unde i it 1 (hmmU: ed like a dt lung iu)! I bn by went dou in de-p ur Mi AA aA-I i 1: imnpb was mph te nris'i'il) and iguiiit cut Tin re is nt bun a I joe iuu the enn of pub mu an here 1 1 pon are ilb mil ibh and indeci I halide AW behe sum' the da o( jhui it luu tin r- lias been simh ouui-i as AY AValk-fr It is due to Mr Chandler to say that all the Lvnehbmg papersgive him eredii for as able an efiojt as the bad cause he is advocrtmg would admit of What they say each Oilier Who cm blame decent white men foi no! lo ing Radicals erniuch hen thev think so little of each other? A special dispatch to the Nashville Press Times in speakingof a public meeting at on the 21st says: Butler in denouncing the extension of the franchise characterized Browtdovv and Senter as more infamous traitors than Jeff Davis and Andy Johnson Nelson replied denouncing Butler as a perjured rebel and These gentlemen we presume know each other well and we are not prepared to dispute the truth of their assertions peace as you can by dimply doinu justice to otkcis and do not risque the nuUnul uHiM'quences of a if injustice that succeed (we are convinced) even in the heinnin but must lad in anyemit in a 1 1 shoi time As the while mm votes that ywi shall have a vote do you vote too ihttm shall have a vote As the white man votes -that ujn iv hold office do you too vote tint h( shall hold office Is not tint nplit? it just? fill If il be so tin vote so Then shill vve all live in peace and haimonv tn-jetl er But if vou liy to nut down an I 1 1 tin pie upon the Ldils of llic while man be ei sui th it on succeed end ven suie you can keep him down for by attempting that you mike ir upon lorn and compel him in ih (once to iko ar upon you in that 's( i t-lx i di and the Not th st md itli it' a earn on a i 1 ybur white fi umds lieu hiveaheiM biht their a jko hi i rid piv 1 to 1 bv the ti i i ndt i in 1 1 tleir M'ihiK a'lici 't Th licst eoi k- ro tl i eh dtv I hJ 1 m-e! n- hi fi nni a hi- Ildi Y' lo ip I 1 1 i i i i 1 1 i mi li in a pers by are or j- in bv i i he Richmond Enquirer learns that the people of Scott Lee and Russell in the woods hunting for Chandler feaiing that he had met with foul play li ul lost his ay The Enquirer i mistaken Mr Chandler stnvk a bee-line towards the mountains on the Ninth Crrolint line exactly the opposite direction to tint taken Col 11 limes on that memorable Mon-d mo: ning (tj Tic list in iu lin legisxied in ui lit co inly 's a Mi Jolly is 1 1 nine1 -eighth oar of Ids ego Hen Jeseph Segftr Col Buttz and Dr- Pretlow both heretofore candidates as Congressmen at large have retired from the canvass and Hon Joseph Segar is now the only candidate of the Walker ticket in the field! lie has the endorsement of such men as Hon A II Stuart and of the hosts of the best men of Virginia Let an undivided vote be cast for him against the Wells carpet-bagger Gran? Write upon your ticket Joseph Segar Norfolk nil Right Registration closed at Norfolk with a white gain of 198 the blacks having had a majority of 47 at'the former registration The whites now have a majority of 103 The Bristol Brass Baud Reached Abingdon Wednesday nfgfit the 23rd June and added much to the enjoyments of the night by a serenade The gentlemen composing the Band wilt accept our acknowledgments for the courtesy shown us They have im roved greatly since they last honored us with a visit and we are pleased to learn that the Band is properly appreciated by the good people of Bristol-Goodson For the Virginian Stonewall Jackson Institute Amongthi! many pleasing incidents which have during the past week enlivened our usually quiet town the Examinations and Closing Exercises of Jack deserve special mention The Examinations were held on the 22d anil 23rd inst and were highly gratifying to those ho attended them Conducted by gentlemen of higli culture and literary attainments searching impartial and they fully proved the thoroughness ol tile instructions the efficiency of tile instructors in the various departments and tins stuiliousiiess of the pupils The report of the committee appointed by the of to attend them and the certificate of those gentlemen lio assisted in the examinations preclude the necessity of a more extended notice Suffice it to say that the institution fully sustained the character which had already been accorded to it by tnose who knew and appreciated the efficiency of its corps of Instructors Tlie closing exercises on Wednesday evening were of a most pleasing character At an early hour the Town Hall which had been decorated for the occasion with task1 assisted doubt less by the willing hinds of gallant swains wan crowded vv itli an eager expectant throng bright the lamps Phone fair woman and brave Soon a burst of applause announced tile entrance of tlie Faculty and Pupils of tlie Institution and the exercises of the evening began After a prayer by tlie Rev Rose Rev Thomas Brown delivered an intioiluctory address on behalf of the Trustees gracefully presenting tlie Jackson Institute" tothe audience amt i losing vv itli the hope that it will lie a testing as it was tlie first memorial of our fallen Ileio whose name it bears Tlie Salutatory a'hlnss vvntten in chaste and biautiful stjle bv Miss Amelia Medium was read bv Mi-s Lizzie Preston It extended a cordial welcome to tlie audience and i xpiesscd deep interest in the success of "tie- vounganii noble ions pu-ces ot voca! and instrumental nin-ic Pillow ed after liich Rev II Mar-1 i leliv ci ed an address to tic-young ladles and a I mg losed the exercises Though tins musical and liteinry entertainment was c-ont in led to a late hour tha inrerist of the audience was maintained ten onghont The mti-tc was selected vvuli ti te' oiv nt tlie pieces were difficult al i tl a- In act did vv tide the manner of exe-c it ion i il i iv i Im I he I ii -I motor in hi de-paitnieiit Im I insiillcd into lug pupils a just uppu ujtou of la belle seinin' It would be unjust to discriminate between the per-t i in im cs ot In young ladies vv lien all ar-qimted tliem-elvi'S in so creditable a manner Tlie opening piece memoi lam of Gen Stonewall ten I said to have been composed ti Piol It' mem mu was grand and lieai'titul uiii-ie commingling the wildest stiuns oi vicloiy with notes of sweetest sadness Miss Bi men's valedictory address was highly commended sad Farewell tint not ail sadness While site dwelt upon tlie pli asant memories of the past year when sin- -poke ol ttie dear ties so soon to lie si veil'd ihc tear Matted unhidden tothe tint to lie driven away by tlie botiy-alit hopes and bright fancies of girl-hood Her vv ords of parting were 8U 1 though bright vista ot coming years threw its ta-du-nee even over that dark Mr MiVtin selected as tlie subject of his addres Ideal Woman a beautiful description of what she should lie by education anil piactiee in tier heart and her life She should cultivate her mind by tlie acquisition of imeful knowledge while the accomplishments which lend such varied charms to social life should not be neglected nor cast aside She should take pleasure in the duties oflionse-kee ping-dowel should shed their fragrance round her home while above all deep and fervent pielv should keep guard round her heart Tlie addi ess was well considered and written iu an easy flowing and graceful style Such were tlie closing Exercises of the first session of Jackson not a but a union of composition music and oratory each well sustained each ad ling a new charm to the evening May this be the first of many Anniversaries of prosperous existence and successful operation to the Institute whose first session gives such promise of a bright future SPECTATOR We the undersigned members of the Committee appointed by Presbytery of Abing- don to attend the examin itions of the Stonewall Jackson Institutes do hereby report that they have witnessed the examinations on the 2'2d and 23rd inst and do cheerfully testify to the excellent scholarship dismayed by the Students We were particularly interested in the and manifest impartiality of these examinations There was every evidence given of the efficiency of tlie Faculty and the stu-dioustiess of the scholars Your Committee furthermore beg leave to commend the the school to the confidence and patronage of our respective congregations as one in which every attention will be paid both to tlie intellectual and moral culture of those entrusted to its care WHITE SNAPP The undersigned attendants on the examination of the Stonewall Jackson Institute take pleasure flu-testifying to the admirable proficiency of the pupils evincing a thorough understanding of what they have studied and consequently furnishing son- elusive evidence of the highest skill on the part of tlie instructors thoroughness in the instructions and dilligence on the part of tlie pupils Tlie teachers announced how far the pu-pits had advanced in each study and tfle examiners were invited to question them on any part and to any extent they chose which they did to their entire satisfaction We are tree to say that for the thorough trianiug of girls In solid learning' and accomplishments Stonewall Jackson Institute has nu superior A HOGSHEAD MARTIN' 8NAPP HENRY PRESTON- ROSE CARSON IRA MoGINNiS AJinpdon Friday July 2 1869 STATE TICKET FOR GOVERNOR GILBERT WALKER of Norfolk Fon lieutenant governor: '7 JPHNF LEWIS 'J of Rockingham Vor attorney GENERAL JAMES TAILOR of Montgomery FOR CONGRESS JAMES GIBSON of Washington We give below the candidates heretofore announced FOR THE SENATE REES EDMONDSON JAMES GREEVER FOR" THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES GEORGE GRAHAM john terry INGRAM A Few Words Poor Itlen We can address this class freely and familiarly because we belong to it have belonged to it all our lives and expect to belong to it as long as we live We heard a few days ago to our great surprise that there are several cf this class in this county with whom we are acquainted who have expressed a determination either not to vote or if they should to vote for Wells and the Constitution just as it is because he is the friend of the poor man and because the Constitution unexpurgated affords the best protection to the poor man We hope our information is incorrect but it came to us from a source to leave no doubt of its truth We know that the scalawags and carpet-baggers have tried to make the impression all ove the State that the Radical parly fosters the rights and interests of the poor men and negroes but we had not supposed that there was an intelligent white man in the State who could be' made to believe such clap-trap or anything else that such men could say to them in politick matters There is one thing that our people should always keep in view and that is a carpet-bagger in Virginia is only after office and spoils and we defy any man to put his finger upon one who does not either hold an office or is trying to get one As to a scalawag or a native Radical he is not worthy of any kind of redit on any occasion or on any subject at place for the plain reason that a man who for the sake of getting office at the hands of the oppressors of his people will turn his back upon his neighbors his kindred his home and his race should not be trusted believed or respected Now these are the characters that deceive and mislead not only the negroes lut many of the poor white men of the country and these are the characters who have deceived and misled the men to whom we refer in the beginning of this article We have a word of truth for them and as some of them take our paper we hope they will read and ponder what we have to say to them As sure as they live if they vote for Wells and the Constitution as it is or either of them they will vote to rivet the chains of poverty which now hang loosely about them For instance one of them lives on the southern slope Mountain and pays one-third of his crop as rent Suppose he votes the Radical ticket the policy of which party is in the county organization scheme to increase the taxes upon real estate fourfold does he suppose he can rent land for one-third of its product? If he does he is sadly mistaken Should Gov Wells' be elected and the Constitution adopted as it is no land-holder could afford to rent his land for less than half or two-thirds of what it might produce nor will they be able in hiring labor to pay-more than half the amount they now pay The poor man therefore in our honest and candid opinion who votes the Radical ticket votes to keep himself in poverty his wife and children in rags But says one he afford to send his children to school and by electing Wells and adopting the Constitution education will be free Well education will be free any how under Walker and the Constitution for it is not proposed to vote that feature out but i with a Conservative Governor and Legislature it may be so modified as not 'obe unbearably odious and at the same lime open the door of education to the poorest child in the Commonwealth Capt Graham one of our candidates for the Legislature made a speech in the Court House on last Saturday night week and in the course of his remarks he said he had paid for labor the past year more than one thousand dollars saiij he this Constitution and elect Wells and I will not be able to pay one dollar for labor owing fco the weight of tax upon my land" Capt Graham was right he might -haye said that be would compelled to sell one acre to pay the tax upon another No nothepoor man who rents land to support himself and family is ruined beyond hope If Wells is elected and the Constitution adopted "as a whole We He ini Under this caption we find some plain practical views in the Norfolk Journal of Saturday last so plain practical and pointed that ive cannot resist the temptation to adopt them We hope that those of our readers who still stand aloof who still think that duty requires them to vote against the expurgated Constitution will read and reflect upon these views Says the Journal are glad to observe that the opposition to the Constitution is befomitig less and less and we trust that by the 6th of July not many will be found who will give the very strangely contradictory vote the Constitution and for Col Such a vote should more properly read the Constitution and for Wells for it meaps nothing else as a fact whatever may be its signification as a compliment to Colonel Walker If all the citizens of Virginia were to deposit such a suffrage as this the Constitution and for Mr the result would certainly be that the Constitution would be rejected and with it Colonel Walker VVe should have Wells again installed in his present position as the lery least calamity that could befil us There is every reason to believe he would then he armed with far greater powers of mis chief than he now possesses but the probability is far greater than the unexpurgated Constitution would be thrust down our throats for our resistance to the reconstruction laws The utter absurdity of such a contradictory vote is becoming more and more apparent as the day of election approaches and our people begin to look at the dreadful gulf into which they may be precipitated by following the queer advice given them by those really opposed to reconstruction muter any shape The terrible possibility of the election of Wells and reflection upon the frightful consequences to our material interests fi om such a catastrophe have made many men formerly against any part of the Constitution come out in favor of making the best of the circumstances allowed to them We have been surprised to meet men from whom we least expected such a sentiment declare that they were going for the expurgated Constitution and urging all their friends to take the same course The truth is that tjie men of property are becoming frightened at the bare contingency of the reclothing with power such a foul political ogre as Wells Men that own lands stocks of the State or of any corporations who aie engaged in any sort of business depending upon the prosperity rf the community have been brought to calculate what vill be the worth of their lands their stocks or their business under such a fellow- as Wells evc-r if he i retained with hi- present power only But it takes no ghost to tell them that if the unexpurgated Constitution is crammed down our throats by a Radical Congress and with it Wells and the negro Harris all prosperity is at an end in Virginia from which will be excluded all immigration as if the plague raged throughout our borders to which capital can never be induced to flow in which guant poverty will reign in which carpetbag supremacy will be established upon a firm foundation and from which will flee every man that can get away and none sooner than the very men now so fierce against any Constitution people must remember that the present is no contest those of the good old times The State of Virginia has permission to vote one of two ways If she gives one suffrage well enough but if the other Wells and woe will be her portion We must look the s'tuation full in the face and realize its dangers With an unscrupulous and cunning foe to contend with we know not to what means he may resort for the purpose of defeating the of Virginia The danger is imminent and this is no time for such trifling as that of gvi-ing a vote one part of which defeats the other and which if it prevails will certainly place Wells in power and destroy Virginia No let us come up fully to the mark give Colonel Walker a real support by voting for the expurgated Constitution favored by Gen Grant and by Congress and thus place the people of Virginia in a position into which they can right themselves and in eighteen months prepare a Constitution constructed to suit (O As neithei Wells nor Chandler can be coaxed or cuffed into another discussion with Col Humes but shy off from him like toads from a snake we hope they will persuade Forney or Van Wyck or Carrington to come along this way as Col' Humes is now fully in the tanning business $em Count We fear that our Conservative fiiends in Scott have a liud mad to tiavel as that comity has moie tha i is sLaic oi scalawags and as but few of our "itinerant canvassers have had an oppoi tunit) of visiting them Both of the Walkers were unable to fill tin ir appointments in that county ami Mij Dorman vve believe is the only canvasser for the St He at large who has addressed tln-m We hope liowcv vr neglected a they 1 1 been that the noble Com ei at'c-- in Scott will stiuggle on for we can confidently assure them lhit bgit is Zoning out in the east and that a gitui ground-swell has started upo i the seashore that will roll all o' ei these mountains Th" scalawags who infest tbe-r county are but as the fly on the horn ol the bullock and in a week fro a to-d gv they will be as site it as the ewes in which they hid them -elv when war was raging in the ten-' We aie soiry to bn ever tin the Oonserv -Uu os aie tivinga ngt i iu experiment that ofrinno-g ti candidates foi the Legisl ltu: gainst one Radical Theie is gient danger int'ii- for if vve remember rightly there is not more than 250 or 300 Conservative majority ib the county and the chances are all in favor of the Radical if the three Conservatives hold on and divide the vote Two of them should decline at once otherwise they miy all be be item and the county be misrepre-ented by a scalawag The two who may voluutaii-ly withdraw will be held in grateful remembrance hereafter' but if all hold on to the bitter end and are defeated they need never come before the people again for office We have the pleasure of informing the people of" Scott that Gov McMulIm their old countyman vvh has spoken to hem so often and whom they have so often honored will address them at their Court House on Monday next the 5th inst 03- The colored men are getting free in some portions of the State The Richmond Dispatch says a change is coming over the minds of the colored people in one of the lower counties Say that paper have in one district absolutely got possession of the Leitgue and swear that they are independent The blacksmith of the bailiwick asks horses do I shoe? Whose work do I get? Who pays me? Carpet-baggers negroes No my own Virginia people gentlemen guine stand by dem Dey is my friends dey supports me I guine vote wid dem I guine vote for Walker free and guine act like a free man When Golf Walkdf was at Charlottesville he was waited upon by deputation of respectable colored men He gave them a frank and free talk with which they appeared much pleased and they left him with the proffer of their support If our people would come down from their dignity and reason with the colored as they should thousands of them would vote the Conservative ticket Tiir Way tiicy do in 'I'niiifisir A hilt I nt Lin of a fi-Uow by i' 1 1 i of SmiI'i vim lil been for no liui' con oiioig vith and making I'ib spoolin'- i tin- colon pc j-pi- ii in the ol hu-in i i i els found hlin i 11 in Riistulon st mg the ly tie was seen with -u 1 bend to I'oiu er with the co-I'uod people in a ci unbecoming manlier for a white man toll ing them that lie felt honoi ed by their cornpuiy and by eiting and slei plug with them In the rouse of the (lav happening to get on the Tennessee side of the town some of I io hoy (or the nipo ot learning him I in i lie ga him a jolly ride upon a ul an ablution in the i reek for the beneiil of his filthv care is bereft him of Ins long locks and beard piloted him till lie was about the color of a spick of black cats ffd then left him to reflect upon the vicissitudes of cm pet-bag life Some say he is ci izy others that he is a knave but all agree that be is a bad man We would wager a pile if we lmd one that he has too much method in his id-ness again to include Bristol in his mission American Medical Association This Association composed of Physicians from all the Stit -s of the Union assembled in New Orleans on May 4lh The meeting is reported as having been one of interest and importance For the inform ition of our Medical friends we publish the following resolutions Dr Yandell Jr of Kentucky offered the following which was adopted Resolved That private handbills addressed to members of the medical profession or by cards in newspapers or in medical journals calling the attention of professional brethren to themselves as specialists lift declared in violation of the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association On motion of Dr Moore of Mississippi the following iffieamble and resolutions were adopted Whereas the contract system is contrary to medical ethics Resolved That all contract physicians as well as those guilty of bidding for practice at less rates than those established by a majority of regular graduates of the same locality Ipe classed as irregular practitioners The following amendment to the Constitution was offered by Dr Pollock of Pennsylvania Resolved That all county medical societies shall be requiled to elect a committee annually wdiose duty it shall be to examine all applicants for admission as students under the tuition of its members and that no member of auy county medical society shall receive any such applicant until such applicant shall present a certificate from said committee' testifying that he has a good English edu-cation and a sufficient knowledge of Greek and Latin to enable him to pursue his study with advantage" Laid over under the rules inna at iu In- 'lialepe'idml Rep iM-e gn i I lie I illow mg item ill the pm ate tile ol il It ells asking tile people of 1 1 gmii ill he tin sud lie would not da if on oath to make him oeruor lSf7 tie present million ft II Mills the so-called Govei nor ul Vugim! id lined ail income ol SiM and a gold a I eh Ini tax II ion led lie i id i in inner 1 hat I In- i el nni as nie Indore Welts as appointed Go ernoi InloGS Wells im-loi! match' lor the tsialent nginu was appointed Governor at a silai tit mm-sunl dollars per ycai and ill one tear tin leafier 1 Ins same Well ret ill in 1111 income ol sixteen ttov-aud dollar Can the adcr tell how m- little magician giew rich so snddeiilv AFTER becoming Go-vernoiH an-wei is Hat he wrung that income out of tile hard earnings ol Hie pool-people ot the Stall black and vhite Only think ol it reader! your iveruor on a salary of lire thousand dollai increasing til- income jnurfini ihuioand nine bundled dollars in one it any' visible means ot extra acquisition the ubmt- is enoi uioiis lint hat would have been ins income had lie succeeded iu selling the Virginia and Tennessee railroad to a foreign company'? ti Wells came to Vii'duia diiiuigtiie ar a beggar As Provost Marshal a'nd petty tyrant lie a golden stai out of (lie people of Alexandria and now if elected lie will soon Sell out the railroads and negroes and staive out tile a Uov hlelHiillin This gentleman addressed the colored people here on Monday eveuing at 5 and gave them a great deal of wise and wholesome counsel which seemed to make some impression lie cautioned them against the dangerous and ruinous policy to themselves of banding against the whites and voting for the disfranchising clauses of the Constitution He spoke of the wicked obstinacy of one colored man itho had said that the freed-man who voted the Conservative ticket ought to have his throat cut when Tom Taylor a veay intelligent colored man responded that they could cut his for he was a Conservative when' some of his 'brethren applauded him The Governor at least put them to thinking and we hope his plain and truthful talk will result in good i The white men of the State have determined to protect all colored men who vote the Conservative ticket Those who have uttered threats had bcttec remain quiet We have the names of some of them I Richmond Erect The Enquiier says that the white gain on registration in the city of Richmond is 500 and in the county of Henrico 250 This secures a Conservative majority and will give us a Conservative Legislature fiom The negroes of Richmond and IJemico at a recent Convention having moninated seven niggers and Zincke for the Legislature the scalawags and carpetbaggers became dissatisfied and by some hocus-pocus art induced them to hold another Convention in which they have thrown three niggers and Zincke overboard and have nominated four white and four black candidates (3 In bis speech at Alexandria on the 10 tli inst Gov Wells stated that there were men paid $100 a month as employees of the Southside railroad whose only euipjoymentewas to canvass for Walker Of course he say anything about pardoning a negro felon in the penitentiary as a reward for which the father of the felon an intelligent old colored man was to canvass the State for Welle.