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The Daily Dispatch: December 06, 1860., [Electronic resource], Reports of the Secretaries. (search)
from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, announcing the election of the following persons as Electors: Thomas Bruce of Halifax, Marmaduke Johnson of Richmond city, Lemuel J. Bowden of Williamsburg, J. J. Jackson, Jr., of Wood, F. T. Anderson of Rockbridge, B. H. Shackleford of Fauquier, A. B. Caldwell of Ohio, L. H. Chandler of Norfolk city, Joseph Christian of Middlesex, William Lamb of Norfolk city, John R. Edmonds of Halifax, James Lyons of Richmond city, Richard Claybrook, of Northumberland, W. H. Anthony of Botetourt, J. W. Massie of Rockbridge. On motion, the roll of Electors was called, and six of them being absent, a suggestion was made to fill the vacancies at once. Mr. Marmaduke Johnson suggested that the better plan would be to have some private conference before proceeding further, and, on his motion, the College took a recess until half-past 1 o'clock P. M. Afternoon session. The College met pursuant to adjournment, F. T. Anderson, Esq., resuming the cha
The Daily Dispatch: December 06, 1860., [Electronic resource], Prize fight. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.public meeting in Rockbridge. Lexington, Va., Dec. 4. On the call of a committee, composed of twelve gentlemen of this place, who were selected as prominent and influential members of the three great political parties in our State, a meeting of the citizens of Rockbridge county was held to-day at the Court House, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the alarming state of public affairs." The meeting was unusually large, and was compRockbridge county was held to-day at the Court House, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the alarming state of public affairs." The meeting was unusually large, and was composed of the best men of the several parties. A series of conservative resolutions, that were carefully prepared by a number of citizens of the town, who represented the sentiments of the three parties, were presented, by way of compromise, as expressive of the views of this meeting; but before any effort was made to take a vote upon them, two other sets of resolutions were offered as substitutes.--These brought about a protracted and deeply interesting discussion, which was participated in by