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BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL

correspondence Of the Columbian Fountain.


4e ALExASDRA, Va,
ag September I'd, 1876.
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MR., EDITOR: Fl
~ "a day' an hour, of virtuous liberty, a.,
a''i Is worth whole eternity Of bondage. - saa
Business was almost entirely suspended
Yesterday, SO great an interest, did our people
feel in the consummalon OF the great measure
of Retrocession. ee = a.elt g aslstaa
Messrs. Reuben Johnson, Edward S. Houph
and John Gipson Peach, acted as Clerks, and
Messrs. Robt. Crupper and VIM. Morgan. jr,
Tellers. Voters came into the bar by the north
gate. announced their name and vote to the tel
Ter, who repeated it aloud, when it was record
ed, passed out by the south gate The vote
for Retrocession was overwhelming; men who
had uniformly maintained an opposite opinion
voting for Retrocesson, to the utter astonish-
ment of friend and opponent. Not one hun
drcd town votes were recorded against il, and
the vote at closing the polls stood, ..a5


-q For Retrocesslon, aH4 633 Dr


Against Relrocession, 1876 .ss
ra II, @ sal aa - 4


eas MAJORITY, "a 436 s
~. .'t ha"a sgst @ e4HaTf 8--aG
Whole number Of votes polled, $50
Last night the 'Ringgold Cavalry with
other citizens, paraded with band OF music,
and listened TO sundry able and eloquent con
gratulatory addresses from E. Snowde n, esq.,.
and others. Salutes were fired through the
streets yesterday by detachment Of the Sun
Fire Company, and the whole town was in
state OF the greatest excitement.


To-day things are more quiet, few votes be-
ing polled; but we are to have great doings to-
night ! send you the following statement of
the vote up TO quarter before FIVE o'clock, an
hour and quarter before closing. II stood,
whole number Of votes, ''" 7' e53


iift nga e.tsE#a1@1 .--I


st'er Retrocesslon, ra 732 ~


Against Relrocession, o"I 22l a


Majority for ratifying the act of 5ta
Congress, 3E" 5ll


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