Staunton Vindicator

In the recent election, Harrison and Waddell were elected by a margin of 390 votes; in the contest for the district, county voters extended Southall a majority of 521 ballots. Of the 4,823 whites who were registered, only 2,912 opted to vote. As a consequence, the margin of victory was much closer than it should have been, argue the editors, who remain vexed at the poor showing of local whites.

The article reports that the election took place in Augusta without any disturbances, and notes that almost all the registered blacks in the county came out to vote, though the same was not true for whites.

Relates that the overwhelming majority of the 79,174 voters who cast their ballot in the election in Louisiana supported the call for a convention, which will take place in New Orleans on November 23.

Election day violence broke out at several polling stations in Richmond as black radicals and conservatives clashed, states the article. Troops were called in to quell the disturbances.

States that voters in Alabama approved the call to hold a constitutional convention. It is scheduled to meet on Nov. 5.

Armed with a variety of figures to prove his point, the author of the letter contends that extractive industries in the Kanawha region promise to yield considerable wealth to Virginians, should they agree to help finance the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The railroad would transport coal and other natural resources from Kanawha and the other western locations through the Old Dominion, allowing Virginia merchants to reap the benefits.

According to the article, President Johnson and his cabinet perceive the late elections to be a harbinger of things to come in the country. Increasingly, conservative young men are assuming positions of power and intend on brushing off the "old and effete and prejudiced leaders of the Radical party everywhere." Indeed, this new generation of leaders plans to displace the "old Democratic chiefs of the Buchanan school" as well, as it pushes forward with a new conservative agenda.

At present, says the article, there are 12,000,000 people in the South, two-thirds of whom are white. Within twenty years, it predicts, the population will have grown to 25,000,000 or 30,000,000, the increase due mostly to European immigration, which will leave southern blacks vastly outnumbered.

The article recounts the story of a white merchant who fired his black employees after they voted for the Hunicutt ticket, and commends the merchant's actions. Noting that there "are plenty of honest white men" who would "gladly" replace the fired black workers, it intones, "Give them employment."

Judge Charles Mason, the Radical nominee for the New York Court of Appeals, has come out against black suffrage, discloses the article. He asserts that it is "too repugnant to the people" and will result in the defeat of any party that endorses it.

The article contains the final results from the election in Augusta, broken down by race.

Informs readers that the Internal Revenue Collector for the district will be in Staunton on October 29 and 30 "to collect taxes due and unpaid."

Reports that a black man in Waynesboro was assaulted by another black man after he voted for the Conservative ticket. The assailant was arrested and jailed on Wednesday.

The article notes approvingly that residents of Pennsylvania are moving into the Shenandoah area and buying farms: "This is good news and we advise one and all that they will meet with a cordial welcome at the hands of the noble people of our beautiful Valley."

Relates that the Trustees of the Wesleyan Female Institute plan to construct more buildings to accommodate the school's growing student body.

Reports that D. E. Booker was found guilty of unlawfully shooting R. H. Glass and sentenced to 24 hours of imprisonment and a fine of $250.

On Oct. 21 David Hinkel and Angeline Woodward were married by Rev. Kennedy.

On Oct. 8 J. F. Wright and Martha J. Runch were married by Rev. H. H. Hawes.

On Oct. 16, in a duel ceremony, William J. Bell and Mary A. Patterson and J. F. McClung and Maria V. Patterson were married by Rev. H. H. Hawes.

On July 4 Capt. J. Colin O'Rourke, formerly of Staunton, and Mollie E. Murphy were married in Ohio by Father Louis Shriver.

ON Oct. 17 James T. Tate, of Fauquier, and Margaret S. Shaver, formerly of Augusta, were married by Rev. L. R. Madison.

On Oct. 15 George N. Thrift, of Madison County, and Bettie K., daughter of the late Thomas W. McCue, were married by Rev. F. H. Bowman.

On Oct. 20 Capt. E. Stribling Trout died at his father's residence in Staunton. He was 23 years old.