The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-09

The EIectIon--A Qriet and Orderly Dny-The
Kcsuit-Pr0bublc Election of six Democrats
md Two Republicans-1fany Negroes Voting
the Conservative Ticket.
RICHMOND, Nov. s, 1870.
The general election In this State for members Of
the Forty second Congress and for county officers
occurred to-day and so far as the telegraphlc re.
ports have IN they show that II has been con.
Quoted with the utmost harmony and quiet, not the
slightest disturbance being reported In any part Of
the state The chief interest OF centres In the
Congressional election. The candidates are In the
First district DIR. W. W. Douglass, republican
nominee, and John Gretchen conservative. While
II mougnt many votes are cast Tor DR.. Norton,
colored independent republican. This district en-
the tide water and rennsulaI section Of the
| State, lying between the Rappahanock and York
| rivers, and east OF Richmond and the line OF the
! Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
| II has neither telegraph nor railroad, and even
| mail facilities are meagre hence no returns have
been received from 1t. II, however, DR.. Horton
should carry any considerable portion OF the repub-
lican vote 1t probable Judge Crutcher
will be returned. At this hour (midnighD a
despatch just received from Fortress Monroe, In
the extreme end OF this district shows that Dr. Nor
ton, colored, is running far ahead OF Douglass, the
regular republican nominee, and makes 1t almost
| certain that Crutcher carries the districr.
In the Second district, which embraces the cities
OF Norfolk, Portsmouth and Petersburg, the
candidates are Hon. J. H. Platt, repub-
lcan nominee. and II. r. Boiling conservative
with some votes cast for Cohen ana Jones' ndepen-
dent republicans. Dispatches received from various
parts OF the district embracing every section, indl-
cate Platt's return by large majority.
| In the Third district, embracing this city,
the candidates are Hon. Charles II. Partcr, re.
publican, and Colonel Albert Ordway, conservative,
In this city the vote is not yet counted owing to
the fact that We have here special municipal elec.
tloa which with multiplicity CT offices to be filed
makes the process Of counting necessarily slow.
The indications are that the contest here will be ex-
ceeang close w a the cty ana in n
servatives electing their munlcipal ticket.
No returns have yet been received from the counties
iory IN the district which 1t will be very difficult
FOR the conservatives to overcome, even with the ad-
| mtted appropriately OF Mr. Porter In his own party
Ia the Fourth (Danve) district the candidates are
W. II. H. Stowell, republican, and W. L. Owen, con-
| snow republican gains. The large county OF Hall.
fax, which gave majority for Walker in the guber-
to the Legislature, now gives republican majority
The returns however are TOO scattering TO indicate
In the Flfth--Iyncnburg-- the candidates
are Judge Alexander kives. republican, ana X. T..
double election both for the Forty second Congress
and Tor the uHexpred term OF the Hon. II. Ridgway
the candidates are the same for both terms ms
! have partial dispatches from Prince Edward,
! Campbell, AppomatOx, buckingham. Bedford, and
Albemarle. They GIe altogether unsatisfactory, but
indicate the election OF Duke.
IN the Sixth tStaunton district there is triangle
fight. The republicans made no nomination as
the district ID largely conservative. but Douglas
Gray declared himself an independent republican
candidate and Carbin Reynolds an Independent
consei vative candidate, the regular conservative
nominee being Judge John 4. Harris. My dispatches
from this dlatrlcl show more apathy and greater
lack OF interest than any other portion Of the State
and consequent small vote polled. So far as heard
Reynolds leads Harris, and unless the lower valley
| conntes-.Rockingham, shenandoah, Page, Nc
| with which there Is no Geographic communication
rally strongly TO the support OF Harris he is no
/ doubt defeated by Reynolds.
At several precincts In this district not single
republican vote was polled. In the Seventh Alex
| andria district the Hon. Lewis Mckenzie.
| republican member OF The present Congress,
| Is opposed by Elliott NJ. Braxton, conserva-
\ tive nominee | nave dispatches from
Alexandria and the line or the orange and Chesa-
! pcahe and ohio roads, which give msjorifies for
Mckenzie. and from Fredericksburg and vicinity,
giving Bajorities Tor Braxton. The intervening por
tons Of The district are heard from. The con.
test is thought 10 be close, with tie chances in f.
vor OF Braxton.
In the Eighth. Abingdon district there ia also o
triangular contest. General William feyoy. conser