S. Mewloy, P. T. Hunt, J. M. Bickers, W. J. Kennon, G. E. Moore, G. J. Shannon, S. A. Grymes, G. W. Toombs, J. A. Tyler, Hugh M. Caller, Jas. L. Tuiloh, W. F. Cox, J. Wm. Jones, Samuel H. Parsons, Robert T. Gooch, A. W. Talley, J. S. Hester, M. W. Beadles, James L. Gordon, Stape D. Gooch, Frank V. Winston, J. W. Hibbs, Jas. Kean, Charles Haslup, Geo. O. Blubaugh, Wm. H. Mill, James E. Hibbs, Jos. H. Roberts, James O. Carroll, R. M. Kent, Henry W. Murray, Wm. W. Beadles, Wm. Wallace Bird, Wm. Reynolds, John B. Perkins, Robert Beadles, Wm. Beadles, P. Beadles, J. C. Cammack, Wm. A. Gille pie, Henry Chiles, Miletus T. Gooch, Jesse W. Melton. J. Jannan Gooch, David Andrews, Jr., Garnett G. Gooch, Wm. W. Bradley, H. C. Gooch, E. S. Smith, A. W. Walton. F. W. Jones, Louisa C. H., Jan. 17, 1861.
Laheland, Jan. 18, 1861. Gentlemen:
Your kind letter of yesterday, in which you request me to declare myself a candidate for the Convention of Virginia, is befor