Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-28
VIR G. | N l A.
ELECTION RETURNS.

| oil commonwealth Attorney; Cnaries VI vonya
| Sheriff: Robert Coakley Commissioner Vi 'H'
| Revenue. II,
Coroline.-Upwarls of 500 votes were polled.-
Tho foIiowinp county officers were elected without
fEnstace C. Moncure, Commonwealths Attorney
| Robert Uudpin. Clerk of Circuit and county
| Courts George W. Marshall, Sheriff, ana henry =.
| peatross Surveyor Messrs Murray ana shep'
| herd were reelected Commissioners OF the revenue
after some opposition. ...
| Esser.-The following was the result OF the
Essex elections: ,
For Sheriff. John l.. Boughton, 300; Edwin F.
/ Hundley 49, Commissioner OF Revenue Robert
| r. Rouzee l6l; James r. Wright, l3o; John H.
| sader IA. Attorney for Commonwealth; Ruins
S. Rennolds, 264 L. II. Garnett, l36. Clerk ). H.
Micou, no opposition, Az
| Laneaster.-In this county the election passed
/ off very quietly. A correspondent OF the Fred
ericksburg Ledger says, there was little excite
| ment as TO the Office of Clerk of the Courts,
/ enough to bring out q tOlerably full vote. Mr.;
i Warner Enbsnk, the late incumbent, was elected
i by majority of about 40 over his opponent.
| Tie vote stood for Eubank about l6i and Tor
Anderson u
| For Commonwealth Attorney there was no
/ candidate, Gresham, the late incumbent, having
i declined being a candidate, and no other oilerlng
/ himself the vOte was divided among the gentle
/ men of the bar OF the county, and Thomas BAH,
Esq, of Northumberland, resulting IN the cleo
/ ton of the late incumbent by plurality OF the
votes cast.
There was small attempt in the evening to
| get mp disturbance, but II failed.
Rockingham and Augusta. The Rockingham
/ Register, of Friday, has the following paragraph
about the elections
different voting precincts in Rockingham on Tues
dav last II will be seen that the people have re-
elected the officers chosen al the election in May
last with the exception of sheriff who was known
a, one Of the deputies of the sheriff then chosen.
Il The vote was intended by the people to be Ie'
assertion Of the verdict rendered at the May cleo
ton. II ia an additional evidence that the people
i will not discard old and faithful and competent
i officers without the strongest reasons.
"The vote is a small one there being sort OF
i general understanding that the old officers were
| TO be reelected twas considered to be due them,
i as they had done nothing since the May election
to forfeit impair the commence oil their ielloW-
| citizens in their integrity.
| I'VE learn from one of the precincts in Augusta
/ county, Mt Scion, that the election on Tuesday
/ went there pretty much as 1t did IN Rockingham
Richmond County-The election passed of
quietly, and the result, we learn, was perfectly
satisfactory" The officers elected are as follows
Clerk of the County and Superior C0urts-lt0b
ert Hall. Sherf-Wm. s. horthern. Commits
sloner OF Revenue-Thomas PulleD. Common
| wealth's Attorney-Thomas Jones Jr. County
| Saryeyor--Wm. D.. Garland. Robert Mayo, Sr.,
has announced himself as candidate for Con
/ gress for the first district.
| fredericksburg The Council has elected NJ.
| Slaughter, Mayor of that city, j. W. Sener, Re-
/ corder, G. +. Chew, Chamberlain, Robt W. Hart
| Commissioner of the Reyenueaand G. n. BraXton,
| Surveyor.
| HdIfar-The election in Halifax county re.
suited in the choice Of the following officers -
James d. Clay, Clerk of the County Court A.;
| Thomas j. Green, Commonwealth Attorney
Henry Hurt, Sheriff; William G. Morton and -
| Hall Commissioners OF the Revenue; Messrs. G..
| C. Medley, c. j. Craddock, II. Chasteen and A. H..
| Farmer were chosen Justices; John Burton, j..
1 Constable and Thomas Gallon, OveIseers of the
| Poor There were only two hundred votes cast at
| the Court House.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| The Accident on the Southside Railroad The
| Lynchturg papers publish the following list Of
persons injured by the accident on Friday last ut
| Archer's Creek, ten miles from that city
| Edward T. Bates, of the 9Th Pa. Cavalry mail
carrier for the district the S0uthside road, very
badly injured about the hips thighs and legs;
| Richard Smi b, h Pa. Cavalry, lett leg broken
| William colored brakeman, both legs broken h.
| s. Brown, one rib broken aud badly bruised j.
Joynes, right leg broken; r II. /. Tghe, OF IL CHI
| mond very badly cut about tie head. Frederick
Hickey, Express Mes -enger, was also smartly but
| not seriously bruised. The Curved bridge was q
trestle work forty even feet high and from eigh.
| " to one hundred feet | ng. serious cc.dent
/ occurred at the same place early last spring, in
which several lives were lost.
| A T6urramcnt was held near Port Conway,
| King George county, last week. In which Mr..
| Asbton Dade was the successful knight Miss
| Ellen Mason, OF Stafford, was chosen Queen Of
| Love and Beauty The affair wound up with q
/ grand ball ct Wslsingham.
| RobbeTu.--Tho residence of Dabney c. Writ, in
| Westmorelaud county, was robbed last week Of
/ all the silver pate, ieTelry, &C., that was in IL.
| Mr.. W. Was on visitto the South.
| Crops in the Southwest The Lynchburg Re.
publican publishes the following extracts from
| letter from Montgomery county, relative to the
crops We have seen gentlemen from BotetOurt
| and Roanoke, who report prospects for the
nresent crop of corn oats, hay, potatoes, and the
\ like, have very promising appearance. In fact,
/ the corn crop never was known TO look better,
and there seems TO be more Of it painted than
e7er before"
To be Mustered Out.-An order from the War
Department has been received at Lynchburg o
the effect that all the cavalry in that District be
| mustered out OF service. The provisions Of the
order will be carried out in few days.
Judge Henry ". Thomas, of the Richmond
| Court of Cot citation, arrived at his home in
| Fairfax Court House Sunday evening. Judge
| Thomas ia spoken of as likely to occupy the
|
Norfolk Day Book. -Thisienterprisiug journal,
| after a suspension Of nearly four years, again
made its appearance on Monday last. Mr.. j. Il.
Hathaway, its former editor and proprietor, again
assumes control, and will no doubt conduct it
with all the ability and vigor Of former yearl,
Rer. DR.. J. T. EGicardS, Of this city, in his
usual eloquent and impressive style, preached to
| a lar congregation in the Middle Street Presby
terrain Church, Portsmouth, Sunday.
-. - 4 nj.
fax County Court, twelve deeds were recorded and
| two inventories Cf estates The wills OF Isaac
| Haines Isaac Dyson and Francis Coffin were re-
corded. Letters Of administration on the estate
| of James Coxon were granted TO Lucretia CoX0n;
! on the estate OF George Burke, TO Jas. A. Burke;
| on the estate of Isaac Dys7n, 10 VIM. Dyson; on
| the estate of Jas. Davis. to Elizabeth Davis; on
| the estate Of Henry Brooks, 10 H9en Brooks, and
on the estate of Verlinda Jackson, to r. o. Smith,
Thirty nine persons had remlssiOns Of State taxes
| for the years 1861, g . and a. The amount
| levied was 81 72260, to be collected by tax of
/ 81 on each titheable, and 10 per cent. on the
| amount OF taxes on lands. An election was or
dered in the disiric. for four magistrates, ons
| constable and two overseers of the poor Orlando
| w. HUNT was appointed TO go TO Richmond and
/ I,ynchburg to look up missing recor:s. VIM. N.
| Fitzhugh was appointed clerk pro tenn and +. D.
| Richardson deputy clerk. An election for c ERIK
/ was ordered TO take place on the fourth Thursday
in May next.
The City Of Hls.-A correspondent writing to
| a northern paper from Ly nchburg, does not fancy
the steep and almost 'uncmbable" hills up there,
| 10 use his own expression. He says That while
ascending he feels as though he were rolling a
| barrel Of molasses before him. and when descend.
ING he feels as though barrel of molass were
rolling him. He pays high compliment to the
beauty Of the ladies, but says the hills theyhave
| IN climb make them all walk on their toes, (which
is a slanderl and cites as evidence the statement
of a shoemaker that nine pair Of shoes out Ct eve
nv ten brought in for repair, are worn through in
| fI,nt, while the heels remain almost without a
stain He describes the ascent of the hills as bear
able under one single circumstance only-that is,
| II pretty girl should begin to descend from the
ton. lust as you commence TO 60 up from the bot
tom. Such impudence
Dahlgren's Watch Found-The watch that be
lonOed 10 Colonel Ulrich Dahlgren, and which
IOHe .i.. f.ann hia hndu after hn " ns kiIlad in