Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-30
CITY AND STATE SGwa.

CITY AHb araFa NEWS.
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VIanisIA ELEcr,uSs.Thaf o'4t Of The @ool.u y
Berkeley county follows Cusawh' Delllo'' a. a.
for Sheriff 2;IG majority Mussetcr Dcmocra'' ~
Commissioner of the Revenue 2OO majority; MOTT,
Democrat, for Commonwealth Attorney ooi, lno nv a.
Of the Magistrates there are % Democrats 10 Aiei'
cans elected. c
In Fairfax county, w. II. Dulnny was chosen con
monwealth Attorney. and Walter Powell Sheriff..
WIN Bishop, Independent, is elected Sher'n
Dnwiddie.
Col. Branch, Democrat, is elected Sheriff of Meek
enburg.
In Rockbridge, Lust (Dem.) is elected Sheriff D!
$50 maj ID. f. Moore tAnl is chosen Common"ea''"
Attorney.
In Fauquer Mr.. Jno. Q. Mann has been elected
Sheriff and Mr.. w. II. Payne Commemorative Atol
ney. ,,.n $500
Green Communicable Attorney.
In Frederick county the Democrats elected theil
Attorney and Sheriff by 2i0 majority.
In Hanover Mr.. Ja-. A. HARDWOOD independent
is elected Sheriff over Tally tDem.l by 200 majority
Messrs TAYLOR and Prdly ARE elected COMMISSIONER
of Revenue over White and Nash iDems Messrs.
b. Timbernke, Andrew Wingheld, WIN. Wlckham
and Jno Taliacrru were chosen magistrates at liano
yer T.. II.
In Bntriourt the American ticket was successful by
400 majority. Pllzer was chosen Sheriff. over Row
land md Anthony, COMMUNICATIVE Attorney ove
Logan. &. Landrum and j. ). Allen are elected
Commissioners of the Revenue.
In Frederick county, llnllluhy lDeHl'l ""s o'"'eI
CONFERENCE.-The Attorney Miller lDeml Sheriff
Hale and Robinson (Dem.l Commissioners OF the
Revenue. Maortes average OO 80
In Bedford, S. IL. Quarles was chosen Sheriff, and
John +. Sale, Commonwealth Attorney. CVl: Johl
| Beard and Jesse Minter We're chosen Commissioner;
of the Revenue.
| In Ohio county the American ticket was success
full, eecting ). Irwin, Sheriff.
An American Sheriff and Democratic Common
wealth's Attorney have been elected i'll Nansemond
county.
In Roanoke, John w. Diuguid has been elected
Sheriff by los majority; II. f. Blair Commonwealth :
Attorney by l55; and L. b. McCIanahan, Comnls
sionsr of the Revenue-al independent candidates
In Pulaski, Boyd is elected Sheriff; WISER Com
nonwealth's Attorney and Lowell Commissioner oil
tho Revenue.
In Montgomery, Smith is elected Sheriff; Wade
Commonwealth Attorney; and Raga Commissioner
| of the Revenue.
In Luudoun Tebbs is elected Commonwealth At.
tormey, and lfixon Sheriff.
In Washington county Mr.. Skinner is elected Sher.
if by majority of from 3 TO 5D. JAS. l.. f. Camp.
bell is elected Commissioner Of the Revenue
In Caroline county full returns show Seay's major
ty for Sheriff Coghill to be LOG. Shepherd IL
elected Commissioner of the Revenue
| In Spotsylvania, 'rhos. b. Barton chosen Com
monweaths Attorney by 30U majority. II. b. French
Sheriff, aud r. w. Hart Commissioner of the R=ve-
nue. for fredericksburg District.
In Prince William, DAVIS said TO be elected Sheriff
aud Fitzhugh Clerk of Circuit. Brawuer Comins.
| slOner Ot Tile Revenue above the Run.
In Page, j. w. Modesto sisupposed to be elected
Sheriff, and p b. Borst Commemorative Attorney.
For Commissioner of the Revenue, Chas. Is. Modesto
said 10 be elected without opposition
In James City county, Cyrus a: branch Dem, is
elected Sheriff Iu York county, Sidney Smith, Am.
was chosen Sheriff. In Warwick, Cosnahan, Dem.
is elected Sheriff Sweeney, Am. In Halifax
county, jas. X. West is elected Sheriff. 7. j. Green,
Commemorative Attorney, Z. G. Holt and -
Wright, Commissioners Of Revenue. In Princess
| ,g.l,p taIS nnn
Jno. Peters, Commonwealth Attorney; Thos. Cor
nick. Dem. is chosen Commissioner OF the Revenue.
Southampton elected Democratic Sheriff The Of
icial returns from Caroline give j. VI. Seay l93 ma
| jurity COghill, for Sheriff. John Shepherd IS
| elected Commissioner Of Revenue.
HEyRIco.-We publish this morning the names of
all the officers recently elected in Henrico county,
and indicate the parties To which they belong. The
reader, however, will bear in mind that strict party
lines were not drawn, and that Messrs Young, Hutch
esOn Elicit, keeSee and others, were elected by the
Joint votes of Wings Democrats and Americans:
| Clerk of the Circuit Court-Temple Elicit, WI
Commonwealth Attorney-John Is. Young, d.
Shrriff-John a. IIurheson A Commissioners of
the Revenue-J. b. Keesee, W., Upper District; j.
VI. Gum, A., Lower District.
District No. l-Magi,trutrs Jacob S. Atlee, A.;
K. b. Lyme. d.; John Bracket, D.; jackson +. Chill
drey, d.; Consaole-Thomas j. Marlborough, D.;
Oyersrers of Poor-Willam Green, D.; Samuel
Ball. ID,
District No. Carbohydrates John X. Garnet, A.
G. NJ. Savage, A.; Elijah Baker, A.; John Setes. ID.
Con.tabe-Joseph G.. Meter,, a. Overseers Of
Poor-M, c. EgyIeston, A.; T. j. Carter, A:
District No -Magistrates-Garland Hanes, A..
Waldrnp, ID. ConstabIe-Wm. +. Wndc a. Over
seers of Puor-Peter d. Glenn, A.; Joseph NJ. Shep-
purd, a.
District NJ. 4.-Reuben b. Tyler, Al b. j. Duvsl
A.; Thomas 5. Dcken, Al Thomas l.. NurkoIs, A.
Constable Thomas N. Montague, A. Overseers Of
Poor-John L Woodward, A.; James Senplc, A.
FREDERICK COUNrY-OrrIcr.L.
For Commemorative Attorney: Holiday, d.. ?n3o.
For Sheriff: Miller. d., l2S2; Sydn"r. X. ~. 9l9.-
For Clerk of County Court Rely d.. l2'3 l'dhai'
Robinson D., i5! Hale D., sci; Barns X. n, SI3.
For Railroad Subscription, 335; Against Subscription,
1913.
PorsoSISG.-The Abingdon Virgininn learns that
twenty QUE persons were poisoned few days ago ut
log rolling, al the residence of Peter Mnrre in Scott
county, Va Several seriously i'll. but hopes are
entertained of their recovery. 1t supposed by
some that the poisoning occurred from cRtin chicken
cooked i'll copper vessel but the yscians say that
il was accustomed by arsenic.
CoRoxERs ISaUEsr.-An inGueat wss held in Hen
rico county on Sunday, over the body of Mr. Royal ,
Crouch, resulting in verdict that his death was
occasioucd by blow on the head from hoe. in the
hands OF Thomas j. Smith. The circumstances Of
this painful occurrence, and it's fatal termlnetu have
been heretofore alluded TO.
DAMAGES FOR BREALU ~ PROMl.E.-In Bedford
(Nu) Circuit Court, at its last term, Vim. Stecn,
gentleman 81 years of age sued by young lady
for damages for breach of PROMISE and nucted in the
sum of $3.50.
L. McGarrell has been sentenced at Wheeling W.,
TO pey Il fine OF $50. AMI be imprisoned twenty days,
for biting OFF the nase Of DENIM.
CoRRECTIoS-1t was not our intention 20 have
misreprcsented DR.. Tally, the regular Democratic
nominee for Sheriff ia Hanover, and Messrs. White
and Nash, Democratic candidates for Commissioners
of the Revenue. We copied the election returns
from Hanover reported in an exchange paper,
which enormously represented the Democratic noni.
nees as members of the so called "Amercan" party.
STEAM on CASALs.-The Charlottesville Advocate
notices the arrival at Milton, the Rvanna river, OF
the steamer Calypso with forty ar fifty passengers
from Richmond, by way OF the james River and ha-
nawha Canal. The Advocate says
''The Calypso, though small III its dimensions, is
perfect model Of steamer drawing Is inches OF wa
Ter, of capacity to accommodate handsomely some
forty odd passengers, Gnd costing the owner about
fifteen hundred or two thousand dollar. The Calypso
was built BY Mr.. Fry pleasure boat for james
river, below Richmond. and for the canal above that
CITY, and has been frequently used in sailing to the
lower James and over to Petersburg. We believe
that the present is its first trip upon the canal
FOURTH OF JULY AT LEXINGTON, EA.-On the
81 aud 18th of July, Gov. Wise will be in lexington
Va, to review the cadets, and attend their celcbra
ton which will be grander scale this year than
hitherto gs they ara erect then the bronze statue
of Washington presented TO them by the State.
VIRGINIA Posi-. OrFrcEs.-The Postmaster Gsner