A Union candidate for Congress in the Harper's Ferry District.
A recent
Washington city paper publishes a card, signed by a large number of former operatives in the armory at
Harper's Ferry, presenting the name of
John S. Gallaher as a "Union" candidate for Congress from the 7th Congressional District of
Virginia, composed of the counties of
Alexandria,
Fairfax, Prince William,
Fauquier,
Loudoun,
Jefferson,
Berkeley,
Frederick,
Shenandoah,
Clarke, and
Warren.
The card is signed by
Daniel J. Young,
George Koonce,
S. V. Yants, Joseph L
Russell, Reasin Cross, and others.
The
Alexandria Daily News, in noticing the card says:
‘
"
Mr. G., in his able paper, the
Virginia Free Press, opposed secession to the last moment, and warned the people of the
Potomac region of the blight and desolation which would follow any attempt to break up the
Union which
Washington and his compatriots had formed."
’