The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-30
Letter from Russell County.

10 Ne EutIOfS o. ne Iltt"H'Ho De',p"''".
Please state in your paper, for the infor-
nation of your readers, what elections are
TO take place this fdN, of which the papers
speak SO much. Give the time when the
las; Congress, or present Congress, as II
NAV be, expires. in what States cleo
tions are TO take place for Congress this
fall. and the time OF election, and when
their term of Office will commence, and
how Virginia stands in this regard.
Our crops. Wheat almost failure :;
oats very good corn little more than ave-
rage. but not quite as fine a prospect as
earlier in the season. More anon.
REPLY.s
The present Congress will expire by
constitutional limitation on the 1th o1
March next. The members elected from
Virginia will OF course, like those from all
the other States, be entitled TO their seats
up 10 that time. The members to be
elected in the northern States this fall, ana
in Virginia next May, will not enter Con-
sress until the first Monday in December,
lsG1, and their term of office will expire
March 1, 1869.
The following are the dates of the State
elections now approaching, beginning with
the lst day of September; also the officers
to be then chosen:
NKRNoNT-Septcmbcr l--Governor, three
members OF Congress, and members OF
Legislature. Next winter, by the Legisla-
turc, two United States Senators to elect
in place of Messrs. Solomon Foot and
Jacob Collamcr.
MAIXE-September l0--Govcrnor, five
members of Congress, and members OF
Legislature.
PENNsYLyANIA-Octob Ex-Governor,
twcnty-iour members of Congress, and
members Legislature. Next winter, United
States Senator TO elect.
OnIo-October 9-Nineteen members OF
Congress.
INpIANa- October O. State officers,
eleven members of Congress, and members
OF the Legislature. Next winter, United
States Senator to elect in place of Henry
S. Lane.
IOwA-October 9-Statc officers, six
members Of Congress, and members Of the
Legislature.
WEST EIRGINIA-October Ex-Governor,
three members of Congress, and Legisla-
turc.
New YORK-November Ex-Governor,
thirty lone members of Congress, and one
hundred and twenty-five members Of the
Assembly-Senate holding over. Next
winter, United States Senator to elect in
place of Ira Harris.
MISUNDERSTANDING G-Gover-
Legislature.
New JERsEY-Novembcr Give men,
bers of Congress, and members OF State
Legislature. Next winter, United States
Senator to elect in the place of Richard r.
Stockton.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ex-Governor, six
members Of Congress, and members of lie.
gislaturc.
LLINoIs-Novembe Estate officers
fourteen members of Congress, and mem
bers of Legislature. Next winter, United
States Senator to elect in place OF Lyman
Trrmbull.
WIsCoNsIN-Novembcr Estate officers
six members of, Congress, and members o
Legislature. Next winter, United States
Senator to elect in place OF Timothy y
Howe.
MINNESOTA - November G-Governor
two members Of Congress, and members Of
Legislature.
, Observation-Disclosures 6-SuperintendenI
Of Public Instruction, nine members o.
Congress, and members Of Legislature
Next winter, United States Senator to elect
i'll place Of Is. Graft Brown.
kANsAs--November Ex-Governor, mem
Der Of Congress, and members of Legisla
lature. Next winter, two United State:
Senators to elect in place of James IL
Lane and Samuel c. Pomcroy.
NEvADA--November S-Govcrnor, mem.
Der OF Congress, and members of Legisla.
turc. Next winter, United States Senator
to elect III place Of James W. Nye.
Observation-Disclosures 6-Fiye mem.
bers Of Congress, and members of Legisla.
ture. Next winter, United States Senator
TO elect in place of John A. J. Creswell.
DELAWARE - November s. Governor
members Of Congress, and Legislature.