The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-05

AmnersI. ....'...'..... ..''..... 1900 oc
Rocking ham, one precinct. ............. 3S
Augusta, fourteen precincts. Job
Lunenburg, one precinct. ct............. IL
Total Conservative gains, unoficially re-.
ported, 5,9C7.
The total Radical gains reported do not
xceed 250. ,..s .. .-..-s,
So that the excess of Conservative gains
in the counties heard from is 5,717.
Grants majority in Richmond was only
1,S1I; SO that the Conservative gain in
Richmond alone is sufficient to overcome
Grants majority in the State.
As to the Legislature, we are warranted
in saying that the Conservatives are sure of
large majority on joint ballot, thus insuring
the election of a Conservative to the United
States Senate, in the seat Of Hon. John F.
Lewis, Republican.
Richmond City.
The election passed off quietly in the city
yesterday, and beyond the groups around
the yoting-places there WIS little to indicate
that anything unusual was going on. Some
arrests were made for attempts at illegal
voting, and the alleged offenders were quietly
taken to the station-houses and recognized
to answer before Justice White. ..s.=..
The Dispatch had made ample prepara-
tions to place before the public the most re-
liable returns from all parts Of the State as
we'll as from this city. The whole glass
front of this Office was arranged with can
vass bulletin-board upon which the returns
were marked in large letters and figures as
fast as they came in, and a railroad-enginc
reflector placed within the Office threw such
8 flood of light upon the board as to make
the returns plainly legible across the street.
Soon after dark the street in front Of the Of
fee was thronged with people eager to learn
the news, and the crowd remained until q
yery late hour. The returns from the city
came ia much earlier than usual, and when
il became more and more certain that the
city had gone largely Conservative, the en-
tbusiasm of the people increased all over
the city. . ..a
THE HEADQUARTERS OF TIE KEHPER aKAaPAIcE
-. KLUB
was crowded to its utmost capacity when,
at 10 O'Clock, Governor Walker camein and
was greeted with immense cheering and
loud calls for speech. He said that he had
only come to hear the returns and re)olce Ut
tho good news.
He had frequently said in the canvass that
as in '69 they had redeemed the State, 80
now they must preserve it, and the returns
already in were enough to indicate that tins
has been most gloriously accomplished. We
have met the enemy and they are ours, and
now he wanted the hatches put down SO
tight that no Radical can ever get through
in the future. But he was more anxious 10
hear further returns than to speak himself.
He. therefore, took his seat amid vociter-
Gus calls for him to ego on" ,.-,.r.r,
There were then loud calls for Colonel U.
#, Beard, who was received with great en-
thusiasm, and said that the Conservatives
had acted most wisely in the beginning oil
this campaign-in the formation OF their
platform and in their nOminations-that they
had conducted the campaign in great wisdom
with no ill-will towards any and with char
ity for alD, and that as the result they
could 90 to bed tonight rejoicing in one
of the grandest victories ever won in Flr'
ginia.
There were vociferous calls for other
speakers, the crowd seeming bent on hear
ing speeches, but those" called on were TOO
busy receiving returns to respond. Re-
marks were made, however, during the eve
ming by Captain George d. Wise, Colone'
Thomas j. Evans, Mayor Kelley, John 5.
Wise, Esq. J. z. Cowardin, Esq, and
others. .... sr ,#r
DISTURBANCE IN JACKSON WARD.
When the votes were about to be counted
at the First precinct of Jackson Ward Il
crowd of negroes demanded admission into
the room. Tho minority of the judges OBJ
iected, and the negroes making some hostile
demonstrations the judges determined to
take the balot-boX to Mayor keiley's office.
While under the protection of the police
who were en- route to the Mayors office the
negroes made another threatening movement
upon the box, and the police fired over their
heads. They then fell back, and followed at
q respectful distance. BY order of the Mayor
the box was subsequently returned TO the
precinct, and the ballots counted. AT half
mast u O'Clock the returns from this pre-
cinct were reported to the Conservative
headquarters at the kemper hamPa'gn