The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-10-24
The Virginia Election.
EORTRESS MONROE

The election In Norfolk Is not yet COM
p,eted The polls will be opened again
tomorrow. The whites poled ,3S4, and
the blacks .692 votes. 1t is supposed
that Waller, conservative, is elected.
HAMPTON, Oct. 22.-Col. White, radi-
cal, was elected here. No excitement.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 2-ilawkhurst
from Alexandria, and Neckerson, from
Alexandria and Fairfax, both radicals, are
elected to the convention The majority
for the convention IN Alexandria is 500
The blacks voted for the radicals. and the
whites for the conservatives, with five ex-
ccptions.
Dispatches to the GozeHe from Louisa,
Culpepper, and Orange, state that those
counties have gone radical.
RICHMOND, Oct. 22.-The election
passed off more quietly than was ansicipa-
ted. There were two incipcnt riots, and
two other Disturbances, which were quelled
by the military. The difficulties were
caused 10y attempts of radical negroes to
mob colorcd conservatives. Troops were
held in reserve on Capitol square, and sta
toned at all the polls in the city, and cav
airy paraded the streets The result of
the first days voting is 567 white majority.
The canvass is active Two thousand two
hundred whites have not yet voted The
extreme radicals are making an effort tn
have the polls open for three days, instead
IF two. i he military under Gen Granger,
and the city police, will be kept on duty
all night. The polls will reopen in this
city to morrow. 1t is impossible to tell
how the State has gone.
New YORK, Oct. pa s; ecial Rich
mond dispatch to the Tctcyron. says the
polls in each ward are crowded with voters.
white and colorcd. In three of the five
wards the conservative ticket is 80 to lo0
ahead. The negro voters are prevented
from voting the conservative ticket. In
the Jefferson ward, at half-past 8 this
morning, colored man openly voted the
conservative ticket. As he left the polls
he was assaulted by a mob of iunnicutt
radicals, The mob threatening to hang him
to the nearest lamp-post. lie was chased
from the place of voting, and when the po-
lice endeavored to protect him, the mob
| offered forcibe resistance. Clubs were
used on both sides for short time. when
the military came up--thc infantry with
fixed bayonets, and the cavalry with drawn
sabres They charged upon and dispersed
the mob. The ringleaders were arrested
and lodged in the station-house Fear o!
the soldiers prevented any attempt to res
cue them No disturbance has occurred
up to this time at any other place of voting
The tobacco manufactures and other places
where negro labor is employed. are closed
the employees refusing to work until the
election is over. Bodies of troops are sta
toned ut different points in the city. The
excitement is intense.
RIcHM0ND, Oct. 22.-The vote to-day
at Lynehburg was : Whites, 6773; blacks
76l being 81 less than the number reg
istered. Tcrry's precinct gave for the con,
vention 335, against Cos. Amhers'. =
whites. 80; blacks, 3l5. Norfolk whiles,
.3Si; blacks. .692-bcing 81 less than
the number registered. peer,burg-fo r
the convention, oil; against, 1871. At
Lynchburg the lives Of negroes who voted
the conservative ticket. were threatened
by rebels, and in the disturbance caused
by them three negroes were wounded
Order was restored by the military and
civil authorities Poulett's precinct-fol
the convention, 452 against, PSI Stan
ton voted 439 for the convention, and A.
against The conservative ticket is elected
in Augusta county by $40 majority. There
was small white and full negro vote in
the valley. The convention there has been
voted down. The conservative men are
elected. News from Rock bridge insurcs
conservative triumph in that county.