The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-30
our wa,hinston dispatches.


THE BRADLEY oAsE-ANoTHER PRIZE FIaHT-cABNET
sFssIoN-DEATH OF A CELEBRATED STALLION, ETC.,
ETC,
WASHINGTON, October 29.-Joseph Fl. Bradley de-
barred by Judge Fisher, at the coge OF the Sur
ratt trial, has been ordered to show cause by the
4th of November, why he should not be punished
for contempt. In the meantime his suspension con-
tinues.
Ben Parkinson and Tom Kelly fought fourteen
rounds to-day at Acquia Creek. Kelly won by foul
blow. The second round lasted eight minutes
The trotting stallion Geo. NJ. Patchen is dead.
He was valued at $4,000.
hurricane swept over Porto Rico on the 18th
inst, damaging the shipping, causing the rivers
to overflow, and injuring property.
A sleeper was placed across the track OF the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad by which
three cars were run off the track, fifteen miles thus
side of Richmond. The train due at six this
morning did not arrive uutil loon. No one hurt.
There was Cabinet Session Of two hours to-
day; all were present, Grant having returned.
The Revenue receipts to-day amount to $780,, ,OOO.
The Election in Georgia-A One-stded
Affair.
AUGUSTA, October 29.-Returns from all parts OF
the State indicate that the Conservatives took no
part in the election, which passC,. Oh quietly.
Nearly all the votes cast are for Convention Sew
enteen hundred and eighty-hve votes were polled
here. ten hundred and seventy-thres in the city,
and seven hundred and twelve in the county, all
for Convention. The following returns have been
received from the interior at Rome. seven nun
dred votes were polled nearly all for Conventon'
scarcely any whites voting. At Marietta three
hundred and eight votes we're polled, mostly ireeo-
men. nearly all for Convention. At Lagrange
about five hundred negro votes and eleven whlte
were polled, all for Convention. Excepting the
CITY and County officers no respectable white men
are connected with the affair.
SAVANNAH, October 29.-The election to-day was
very quiet. Many negroes came from the county
and some from South Carolina. The city vote was
goa: county vo5e 40. About $50 were rejected.
The voters were all negroes; but three to four
whites. All votes were for the convention. If4
city voters and so country cannot be found on the
registry books, they having forgotten the name
under which they took OATH The Boston mulatto
Bradley ticket is ahead. Few negroes knew what
thew were voting for, furthe, than they were in-
structed to take the ticket and place it in the box
Not q single arrest was Idue ANU tIo So-oPSA"sS-N
of the civil and military authorities was OF the
kindliest nature.
COLUMBUS, Ga, October 2s.-The election to-
day passed off quietly. There was no disturbance
and but little interest manifested. Six hundred
and ifty-eght votes we're polled, four hundred Tor
the county and two hundred and 6fty-eight for the
city, only few white Radicals voting The regis
tered voters in the county and city are about three
thousand. The Conservatives took no part. in the
election.
MACON, October 2s.-The election to-day passe5,
off quietly. No whites voted and the negroes had
It all their own way. 1853 votes were polled In the
city. 1877 in the county. Information from the
various precincts indicates that there has been no
action ON the part of the whites.
GRIFFIN, October 29.-At this place 675 votes
were polled; $50 for convention. At Fort Gaines
in CLAY County 800 votes we're poled, all for con-
yention. No white man offered or cast ballot.
At Americus 500 votes were polled, all colored At
Albany Sss negroes and white man voted; the
latter for himself.