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WALDENSIANS. 



WASHBURN, EMORY. 



State derived from the present rate of taxation, and 

 do equal justice to all classes of our creditors. 



2. That every effort should be used by the legisla- 

 tive department of the State to reduce the expendi- 

 tures of the government, and return to the methods 

 of frugality, economy, and moderation practised by 

 our forefathers, and approved by former generations 

 of Virginians, even in the palmiest days of our pros- 

 perity. 



3. That in the approaching election of members 

 of the Legislature it is earnestly recommended by 

 the Convention that the people shall elect their rep- 

 resentatives with a view to their wisdom and in- 

 tegrity, and their ability to deal with the difficulties 

 presented by the financial situation of the Common- 

 wealth. 



4. That our past experience demonstrates the great 

 benefit resulting to the people of Virginia from an 

 active, thorough, and efficient Conservative organi- 

 zation, representing and expressing the views and 

 wishes of all classes and conditions. That, in order 

 to continue to enjoy such benefits, all good citizens 

 should strive to strengthen and preserve that organi- 

 zation, and by mutual concessions to settle all dif- 

 ferences of opinion, justly and fairly inside of the 

 party. 



5. That we hereby ratify and reaffirm the vital 

 principles of conservatism as embodied in the plat- 

 forms of our party, heretofore promulgated, and 

 hereby declare our uncompromising opposition to 

 radicalism in any and all of its forms and feat- 

 ures. 



Colonel F. W. M. Holliday, of Winchester, 

 was nominated for Governor ; GeneralJames A. 

 Walker, of Pulaski, for Lieutenant-Governor ; 

 and Raleigh T. Daniel, of Richmond, for Attor- 

 ney-General. Soon after the adjournment of 

 the convention, Mr. Daniel died. A meeting 

 of the State committee was held, and General 

 James G. Field, of Culpepper, was chosen to 

 fill the vacancy on the ticket. 



No nominations were made by the Republi- 

 can party. Of a total vote of 106,329, Colonel 

 Holliday received 101,940. Governor Holli- 



day was born in Winchester, and is 50 years 

 old. He graduated at Yale College, and studied 

 law at the University of Virginia. After serving 

 as Commonwealth's attorney, he commanded 

 the Thirty -third Virginia Regiment, and lost an 

 arm at Cedar Mountain. He was recommended 

 by Stonewall Jackson for the rank of brigadier- 

 general, but was unable to accept the honor 

 because his arm had to be reamputated. He 

 was in the Confederate Congress in 1863, and 

 has had an extensive law practice since the 

 war. He was elector at large for Tilden in 1876. 



The annual synod of the 

 Waldensian Church was held at La-Tour-de- 

 Peilz, Switzerland, September llth. Pastor 

 Lantaret was chosen moderator. The number 

 of communities of the church had been reduced 

 from 40 to 39 by the transfer of the congrega- 

 tion of Pastor Ravi, of Rome, to the American 

 Methodist Episcopal Church. The synod had, 

 besides its regular congregations, 39 evangelis- 

 tic stations, of which four would shortly be 

 organized into congregations, and 37 places 

 visited by evangelists. The number of com- 

 municants was 2,414 against 2,278 in 1876. 

 The number of regular attendants on worship 

 had fallen from 3,896 in 1876 to 3,735, _the re- 

 duction being occasioned by persecutions to 

 which the community of Riesi, in Sicily, had 



been exposed. Besides the regular attendants. 

 13,000 or 14,000 occasional attendants were 

 reported. The day-schools returned 1,888 

 and the Sunday-schools 1,637 pupils. The 

 entire ministerial and evangelistic force of the 

 church consists of 3 professors of theology, 29 

 pastors and ministers, 14 evangelists, 51 teach- 

 ers, and 4 colporteurs, in all 101 laborers. 



WASHBURN, EMORY, died at Cambridge, 

 Mass., March 18th. He was born in Leices- 

 ter, Mass., in 1800, graduated at Williams 

 College in 1817, was admitted to the bar at 

 Lenox, Mass., and became the partner of Gov- 

 ernor and Senator John Davis, at Worcester, 

 Mass., where he was for 30 years a leading 

 lawyer. He was in the House of Representa- 

 tives in 1826 and 1827, and in the Senate of 



