Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-24
rHE ELkCTION IN VIRGINIA.
III ere Radical NJ Maierities-The . Polls to be
Kent Omen To. day i'm Rich m nd.

ALgxARpRIA, Oct. ,23.-Mr Lewis tC,ussT-
vnuse) hos been elected 10 .be Con ven:jon
over baldwln, tRad,cai.) IN Prince Wliiisn
soubty. by lGl ulsJority
Gassry (ConservaIive) has bssn elected >
me convent on over John Minor Is TITS, iRadI-
col, IN Culprpsr county, by 62 msjority.
stafford gives $40 majority against the CoE-
vsnticn.
WaIrrn,ou gives 60 Radical majority, thou IN
fau9uter county Is supposed 10 have gore for
me Conservatives.
FAIRFAX gives \ majority of 100 London
sennty gives Conservative usjorlty OF -.
LOUISA county has gone Radical by l,l2o ma
jcrity.
FREDERICKSBURG, Oct. a3-The vote ir u 9
e. yesterday was as follows: Whites voting
fol the Goa ven'ton, ts2; against, 1s; coIorsd
votes against Con vention, }, aud for Conyen-
ton, 2sI. The Conservatives carry the d,slric.
by &c majority.
FArRfA1, oct. 23-Fa'rfsx county has b,en
carried by an unprecedented majority Tn.
following majorities are from the Official re-.
turns: Majority for the Con vention, 3si: ma
loriiy for o. E Hine. 360 majority for L. Al
Nickerson, the joint candidate for the distrist
OF FaIrfsx and Alexandria, 372. Mr. Nicker-
sons NJ ayoriny IN the two counties exceeds
l,lGU. The colored vote lii Fairfax was Gel,
and of these only II voted for the Conservative
candidates, notwi hstapdinG the most stren-
uous efforts were made, by threats and caiol-
cry, TO induce them to vote tha. ticket, and they
stood as hTm As adamant, bot were respeC tful,
qsiet, and orderly. The election was rsmarx-
ably quiet No disturbances OF any kind
RICHMOND, Oct. 23.--The second day of the
election IN this city on the question OF calling
convention and delegates 70 the same passed
without any disturbance. The Radicals aud
conservatives were actively employed all day
IN bril- ging voters to the p9Ns. After tn e an
nouncement OF the results 81 the first day the
ConservaiIves were much encouraged, ana
they are sun confident that victory is theirs
Many negroes bave left the city sin ce registrs-
ton. The polls closed o-nisht with a white
majority OF 52l. 1t is estimated that there ara
about The same number of Radical whites aud
Con seryatives blacks in the city. The vote
upon the question of calling the convention
cannot Vet Re ascertained, but nine-tenths of
the whites voted against it
AT The solicitation OF the Radicals General
Schofeld has ordered the polls TO be opened
again TO- morrow in three wards. Much dis
satisfaction exists among the Conservatives in
consequence
The military were on duty all day, but their
services were not called for by the city police
The returns fiom the counties indicate that
the negroes have voted masse for the Raai.
Gals, and in favor of the convention. The line
between blacks and whites is distinctly drawn.
Nelson county gives HAS for, and $50 against
the convention. Harris, Radical, LIZA; T. s
Smith, Conservative, 5s2; w. g. Carrington.
independent, 3o3; Harris. negro, fioater. LIS;
Williams, Conservative, fioater, 704.
Apprenticeship for, and a56 against con-
vention. Braddus, Conser vative, has majority
over Dean, Radical. in Amherst.
In Albemarle, Judge Alexander Rives. Con-
serFative Republican, and w. II. SouthaiI,
Conservative, are beaten by $50 votes. Taylor
negro, and thompson, white, Radical, are
elec1ea j. y. South worth, Conservative, is
elected from the district composed of Abe
marie Augusta and Louisa, by lis majority
In Henrico county, swan, Union League
candidate, received only white votes but is
elecied.
The majority Of Conservatives are elected in
the Valley of Virginia.
In Dinwiddie county Radical candidates re-
ceived Isis, Conservatives 36?.
In Nottaway coupty--l,500 votes, of which
1,1C0 were for convention.
Mattox Precinct Of Chesterfield, Ie7 for,
and 22l against con vention.
Petersburg-2.is2 for, l,197 against conven-
ton. Platte, (Republican,) 2,i15. Conserva-
tive, Lies. Morgan (colored,) Republican,
1875.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 23-The result Of
the election IN this vicinity is as follows:
Norfolk-For convention, Bowden, white
Radical, and Bayne, (coIoredl elected by 37i
majority.
por,smouth-For convention, lg2; against,
467 White vote, s26 coiored, 1s4
Elizabeth City County, HamptoR-For con-
yention, 136; against. % Colonel White Radi-
cal, slec'eo by 129 MAJORITY.
Southampton County-For convention. 46I:
against, 1863. Brown, negro, elected by III
majority.
Isle of Wight County-For convention. l57;
against 90. Clark, Conservative, elected by
81 majority.
Nansemond County-For convention, LOG:
against, 699 Soor, Radical, 3iS majority