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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
C. S. District Court.
--The case of the Confederate States against Francis S Keeler, agent for Francis Priest, an alien enemy, came up yesterday, and the Court ordered that the tavern and other property at Dinwiddie Court-House, mentioned in the petition of the Receiver, be leased for a term not exceeding one year, subject to be annulled by any legislation in Congress hereafter.
Messrs. Samuel Chilton and R. D. Ward have qualified as attorneys to practice in this court.
The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1865., [Electronic resource], The election. (search)
The election.
--An election took place in this city yesterday for a member of the House of Delegates and for Commonwealth's Attorney of the Circuit Court, to fill vacancies occasioned by the death of Littleton Tazewell, Esq. The contest passed off very quietly, no disturbance having occurred in either ward; and Colonel Thomas J. Evans was elected to the House of Delegates and Major N. A. Sturdivant to the position of Commonwealth's Attorney by the following vote:
Candidates.Jefferson Ward.Madison Ward.Monroe Ward.Total.
Commonwealth's Attorney N. A. Sturdivant.247258199764
R. D. Ward.16152455
Majority for Sturdivant549
House of Delegates.Thomas J. Evans122194180496
Thomas H. Wynne1368452272
Majority for Evans224
Taking the vote for member of the House of Delegates as a guide, the total vote cast in the city was seven hundred and sixty-eight.