Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-26
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Virginia EIeetiOns-Fr0m Vera Crns
and Havana, Georgia Affairs, etc.
etc,
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The Herald.
Washington special says: Intelligence
from Richmond TO night, states that the
1 polls are closed in all the wards of the CITY
except in the wards in which the VOTING
will continue all night. Official returns
from the four wards in which the polls are
closed, show a majority of 2ll for the
Radical ticket, which will be increased by
the vote in the wards to be heard from.
only twenty-five negroes voted the Com
serVative ticket, and but thirty-seven white
men the Radical ticket. Gen. Schefeld is
denounced for keeping the polls open
longer than his order for the election
specified. | learn that charges for i'm.
proper conduct in conducting the election,
will be preferred against Lieut.. Col. Routt,
by number Of prominent citizens. From
the returns received tonight, the conven-
tion will be composed of forty-two Con-
seryatixes andsiIly- Radicals. Thir-
teen negroes have been returned as far as
heard from.
The Herald's Vera Cruz corr espondence
of the 18th says it was Santa Annasinten,
tion to leave Mexico for Havana about the
oath inst. Mr.. Plumb, the American
Charge dAfiairs, had arrived at the capir
tai. The election of Juarez is confirmed.
The reforms proposed are probably de-
feated
The Herald's correspondence of the 18th
says the Captain General was still chary of
allowing telegraphie news to be circulated.
A message containing news of Garibaldi's
victories in Italy was published in one of
the papers after the Captain General had
suppressed il, and searching inquiry was
going on for the offending operator who
permitted it to go abroad.
The Times Havana correspondence saws
Jose Moria la Cunza, one of Maximilian's
Ministers, who has been executed, buried
and embalmed by the newspapers, is alive
and well in Havana. The appointment of
the new Captain General, Capt Lerzandi,
gives general satisfaction.
The Times Richmond special SAYS The
polls in three of the wards in this CITY
we're continued open to-day for the benefit
of registered negroes who were unable to
vote previously. The whites we're in the
majority last night, but the scale was soon
turned in favor of the blacks. At 1l:30 A.
NJ, Gen. Schofield closed one of the polls,
and soon after another, leaving open the
third, where the blacks massed themselves
to the exclusion of all others; the whites
were crowded ont, and riotons disturbances
became frequent among the excited multi-
tude. which required the military as fire.,
quently to qnell. Hunnicutt, Jr., was found
tearing up Conservative tickets in the hands
of colored men, and was promptly arrested
by the military and lodged in the Libby
Prison. He was released this evening by
Gen. SchOfeld. At 1890 o'clock the polls
were still open, the blacks appearing to be
innumerable The voting was continued
all night. These elections may be con-
tested, and the Conservatives will issue an
appeal to the people of the country pro-
testing against the manner in which the
election has been conducted.
The Tribune's special says the President
to-day referred to the Secretary of War,
dd INTERIM for consideration and report the
petition of citizens of Georgia, mentioned
in the dispatches in Wednesday mornings
paper, ia which complaint is--E made that
Gen. Pope, in appointing delegates for a
convention, gives undue advantage to the
colored over the white race. Gen. Grant
returns the petition with his Endorsement
substantially, that it seems to him the
aliotments should be made BY counties in
stead of Senatorial districts, as directed By
Gen. Pope, but as the time for the election
(the 29th) is so near at hand he cannot see
how the matter can be remedied He has
telegraphed to Gen. Pope, asking if it is
practicable to make the change sought, and
whether it would not be better to fix rep
resentation by counties instead of by Sen
atorial districts. The reply of Gen. Pope
is not received. 1t is to be observed that
Gen. Grant does not claim the power to
direct the district commander, and there
fore his communication is merely sug-
gestive.