, 1865-08-01


The municipal election in Richmond, Va,
Tuesday, the 18th Inst, called out total Of
a,s56 sotes, being only 500 less than weze
polled In april, ls61. For mayor, N. A.
stu1dlEant, lstc Of Gen. Lees army, had 1885
votes, and William Taylor, merchant citizen,
1.l.ssAltcgether the election passed OH quiz
etly, and resulted in complete triumph
Ct the zetusned rthel sold.cry Owe. tatir
stnJ-at-h1me felloT citizens. The Ne9 York
Tribunals correspondent says:
The city 8 divided sntc three war1s-Tes.
ferson. aladtsou. Monroe, with one voting
PLACE In zach: The system of voting is quite
an 6do1ty. The names Of all the candidate,
are printed upon .cne slip, md the voter h.
k'ne Us pencil, Grasses such as he shall not
three commissioners Of the revenue. ays
members OF the council, and i've members Of
the court. Having taken the oath to sup
port tie constitution Of the State, as uuder
The new order Of things, as also the Consti-
tuition and Union, be indotsos his ballot,
presents It TO tte Inspector, sho wing his oAth.
when the ballot is received, the roter's n1me
announced, and the nanes OF tho caniidatcs
ne las not erased cried out; the slip is pass
cd to clerk who registers the voters nAme
and how many officers he votes fur. It Is
then passed along lfae Of 10 or II clerks,
who record the name OF the candidate Voted
for On the list they may have headed, for the
system isone OF looseness and fogyism. Auy
one having an oath to ahow could Tote, uu-
less the inspector should suspect imposition,
while the e1ow and tedious prosrcss would
never answer in ths smallest districts Of N.
Ynrk. -
Inote you very Important fnatauce which
Eili effect the validity Of the ELECTION held,
Baldwin, 40th Massachusetts,, who has baen
q reeident Of Richmond, Va, s'uce 1851. left
the City immediately on the passing Of the
secession ordinance Id 16Gl-co2yeyfng to
cur Government tha first news Of the pass
age Of that act--and has been in the field
and In the Union ever since, hailIns from
Richmond. When our troops captured the
city Lieut.. B. entered; and at once set about
to establish hlmsalf IL business, intending,
now that 1t was cafe to live here, to con
tinue Ills citizenship. To-day he prevented
bis ballot to the Inspector Of the Jefferson
Ward, but 1t was refused on the ground that
he "hud not been In the city siI mouths"
Men on every hand have been voting who
were ln the rebel army up 10 the surrender
Of Lee, and IN many cases those have been
from other States. Lieut. Baldwin vas In
the wrong cause to succ.ed In obtaining his
tights to citizenshsp In this district. TIE
matter has been laid before the authorities,
Tlo 20 DOUBT WILL e1erctsa little SUPER
vision over the Issuing of certificates OF
election. =.
[Frcm TIC Richmond Commercial Dullet!n,1
The election Of Yesterday simply means
that the reerle Of Virginia, 50 Er, at least,
as Richmond can be taken rs a representa-
tlYe Of that people. tusn not with the spirit |
Of the craven and the renegade from opinions
which their kith md kin hnye died for, 1t is.
c7en among those who were recently tle |
armed fctmen Of the State, subject which |
deserves respect aud admlation. For the |
people Of the North could hold the people Of |
Virginia in hut slight respect did They behold |
them, In such M occasion as that offered by |
the election Of yesterday, faHnins |
and cringing to opinions which they hnd
hitterto opposed with their very u4es.
Loyalty to Government must and vii! a.
snFtdly come, but 1t is nqt the work Of psest;-
eiat:on- 1t is born on1S of The SLOW aud |
process Of time. Whist no open |
platform of political creed was placed before I
the people, It IL clear that the protestatiops |
Of a rstudo- UnlcnIsm on the one llaud. mel
br polite re.icence On the other. gaye tue |
roters the true Issue upon which tEsy were \
called to decide, and all Hhose prido and /
love Of State cling 10 the Old Dominion. |
will rejoice to-day that the decision has boeu |
!2ade in favor Of good men and true.