The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Members Elect tO the House Of Del,
pa7eH.

:, Augusta. NJ Bell, Marshall Hanger, and A.
Bath and Highiand.-I. r. Popham.
;, bGdford.1-' d. llenslcy, J. II. Thurman, and Dr.
Is. III Mouton.
Bland IA. Davis.
Bofetourt.-CaIey Breckenridge.
Buchanan and W'isc,--Jeremiahs $. Chase
BuckinFnsm.~J." H. g" No5is aud CESAR Perkins
tncgrocSl.
Charlotte. II. Grchom ana II. H. Raass,ole
(negroi.
Chcs'crtlcld.-S. +. Mdior, b. T. Edwards me
grol. and He"ry Cnr tncgrol.
Campbcil.-'. W. Daniel. Murrell. and Il. c.
Burkholier.
Cumhcrland."-Jumes Lipscomj (negro).
Eulpcper.-Johh Il. Strother.
Caroinc.-R: Q. rcatross, John NJ. Iudgin.
Clarke.-W. W. Arnett.
Carroll.-F. w. Lindsey.
Dnwiddic.- EHis Wilson (ncgrol.
;, Elizabeth City and Warwich.--Bartte't and D.
EsscS.-Ir Watson r. Wrnt,corth.
Fairfax.--Job Hawxhurst
Franklin.--G. W: 7. Greer and 3. \. Hatcher.
Frederck.-D. j. Miiicr.
Fluvanna.-IIensop.
FauGuier. and Marshall.
Grccnc.-T. NJ. Shearman.
Grayson.-L. II. Bryant.
Observation-Disclosures y. Stubs.
GOochland.--J. b. miller tnegro).
Grcensvillc.-P. K.JoReS.
Halifax.--w. ". Wood Alexander Owen (co-
lorcd Conservative, Isaac Ednnndson tcolored
Hcnrico.-(See Richmond city,.
ILanovcr:-W. r: VIM and {. L. Thompson.
Highland.--iSec Bath.
Henry.-C. i. Thomas tdoubtful.
Isle .,a OF T Wight = IL n p atkinson.
King and Quccn.-J. ". B"iilHo0.
King Wnliam..-B. F. Jones (ncgro!.
Hce .s lSiifsi McD Sc; "a; 0''''
hn"nburg.-Stith Boiling.
Observation-Disclosures Matthews, Isaac D. Budd.
Ianeastcr.--JOsinh Tdtun.
4 X H,(fyUcE.D-
MecSlcnburg.-Jo Not>,; lncgro), S. W.
Doige.
Mddis"n.--James W. Walker, Jr.
Matlcws.-ficnry Bell:
Montgomcry.-R. A. Miller.
Nia1'S:eEEt l.. & wI R5is5H~'
SortH unit j B. 81 Ha 15aae
Nansemond.--D. ". Thdyer.
Northampton.-,James c. Tov.
SoTIo;K JyIa s z Scar sSr1 T. IT, oeden
IT., i. i. IYoodmortt, CHARLES Z. Hodges.
Orange.-Dr. David Pannill.
Page. W. Ashby.
Powhatan.-iScc Chcstcrfcld.)
Petersburg.--Peter Morga" tnegrol' Joh" Fry
% Prince Edward.-T p. yachson.
Prince Georgc.--.4. " EretT.
Princess hnne.-JOin Hodges (negrol.
Prince WllIiam.7v7W; A. Bryant
Observation-Disclosures Clarke, Fulton,W Coles.
Patrick.-W. +. Il. TAYLOR tof doubtful poll
ticS).
william LoyenStein, stephen Mason, J.: II. Fray
ser, j. Is. Crenshaw, j. :. Alice, g. X Gilmer.
Richmond County.-LetciS u. Stscnrt.
Rockingham. piiilo Bradley and H. 3. Harms
,Rockbridse. William Mclaughlin and 8. i.
Morrison.
Rappansnnock.- Turner.
Russell.a;,y!;. Il. A, Smith.
Susscx.-W NJ Stceren (negrol
shenandoah.-J. l.: Campbell
SUD-. +. TiIler;
Stafford.--J. G. shelton.
s gp,SyyHp1bn.ki q; KSl T. Burgess
Tazcwcll.--!Icnry Bowen.
Warwick.-tSee Elizabeth City.
Walhinvton. ;c"rgc iirsham and J. r. Terry.
Wythc.-J. II. Fulton.
Wcstmorcand.- Walker.
Wise See Buchanan.l
York-I.. Norton icolorcd COnserNativc).
Conservatives, a5. Radicals, IL, and doubtful
total. 49,.
CONTRACT OFrICE-VIRGINGA RoUTES.-
General Giles \. Smith, Second Assistant
Postmaster-G General, has just let these
routes in Virginia as follows: Route No
4.7il-Hicksford riG Lawrcncevillc, Char
lie Hope, Jacksonville, Rylnnd Depot, &c;
to Hicksford, let to L. W. Hicks, of Charlie
Hope. at $1,000 per annum. Route No
4, 723-Jonesville to Tazcwell Courthouse.
bv White Shoals, White Oak Springs. Alan
thus Hill. Rob Camp, and Powells River,
let to William 4. Dunn. Of Abingdon, at
$500 per anuum. Route No. 1.Il9-PIln-
cess Anne Courthouse, by Pleasant Ridge
and Blossom Hill to Land Of Promise, let to
4. i. Kellam at 1925 per annum. Onabout
half dozen other routes III this State no
proposals we're offered.
AFTER THEM WITH SHARP STICK.-On
Monday the grand Jury Of the quarterly
court of Amherst found Indictments for
periury against number of negroes who
attempted to register and swOre they were
twenty-one years old, when some OF them
were only eighteen or nineteen. The ury
was adjourned over until yesterday, when
a still larger number Of similar cases were
10 he brought before them. 1t is the inten-
lion of the authorities of the county 10
prosecute these cases with the utmost Sc
verify, and to inhict the full penalty of the
law against every one found to be guilty.
The grand iuries of every county and
city in the State should take similar ac-
~
cases, and we trust the grand jury which
meets the first Monday in August will in
quire into them strictly.-Lgnchbuy Neaes-
VIRGINIA POsTMAsTEIS.-W. II. Nc
Cutchen rice Powell, resigned, Bolington,
Loudoun county: Il. J. Lackey ctce Patton,
resigned, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge county.
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We now have the gratifying intelligence
from a source that may be considered relia-
BILE that the company has about completed
arrangements for building the road from
the Pennsylvania line through the heart of
West Virginia to Charleston, the future CAP
ial, thence to the Kentucky line at the
mouth Of Big Sandy.--NnSon County
Nv. I0.) J0urhdt.
4 heavy storm of wind and rain passed
over Shepherdstown, Va, on Wednesday
afternoon, from the effects Of which the
new bridge across the Potomac, which had
advanced about one hundred and forty
feet, gave way and was precipitated into
the river. No blame is attached to any
one.
CHARL EsToN, KNOXVILLE, AND CINCIN-
NArI.-The Blue Ridge railroad, by which
Charleston is seeking communication with
the fertile valleys of Tennessee and the
manufactures and industries of the Great
West, is now under contract for the unfin-
ished portion from Anderson, S. c., to Ma
rvyille, Tenn. On the 10th of July con-
tract was entered into between the directors
of the road and Messrs. }. V. Creswell
VI pot.orso, aud Jomos M Sell.rs of