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Virginia State elections.

We continue this morning the publication of such returns as have reached us of the election held for State officers and members of Congress, &c., on Thursday, as well as a corrected vote of the city of Richmond:

Richmond City.Jeffer'n Ward.Madis'n Ward.Monroe Ward.Total Vote
For Governor:
T S Flournoy2513764101037
Wm Smith124183181488
G W Munford119223202544
Lieut-Gov'r:
Samuel Price2464714181135
J D Imboden201287338826
J W Sheffey251935
Att'y Gen'l:
J R Tucker3257216821728
For Congress:
W C Wickham3134044861203
Jas Lyons172348260780
For State Sen'te:
G W Randolph3106386091557
R O Haskins146111114371
Ho. of Deleg's:
W Robertson3235594131295
D J Saunders136312480988
D J Burr181401318900
T H Wynne184278209671
Thos. B Bigger126268182576
L W Glazebrook90165366621
R F Walker97186144427
Wm Taylor1824465291

Flournoy over Smith, 589; Flournoy over Munford, 544. Wickham over Lyons, 423. Randolph over Haskins, 1186. Messrs. Robertson, Burr, and Saunders were elected to the House of Delegates.

Refugee Vote from Jefferson County.--The following is the vote of the refugees from Jefferson county, polled at the City Hall in this city. Congress: Boteler, 22; Holliday, 13.--Senate: Moore, 25; Hammond, 7. House of Delegates: Burnett, 28; J Y Beall, 27; Green, 11; Stonebraker, 2. Melvin, 1. Board of Public Works: B F Beall, 35.

At Prince Edward Court-House the refugee vote from Winchester stood: Flournoy, 4; Smith, 1; Price, 5. Congress: Boteler, 5--State Senate: Carson, 5. House of Delegates: Kaufman, 5, Ward, 5. Board of Public Works: Beall, 5.

Dinwiddie County.--As far as heard from Smith is largely ahead for Governor. The vote at two precincts — Court-House and Williams's shop — for Congress stands: Collier, 70; Gholson, 16.

Prince George.--At 6 o'clock the vote stood at the C. H. for Governor: Smith, 74; Munford, 14; Flournoy, 11. Lieutenant Governor: Price, 9; Imboden, 19. Congress: Gholson, 26; Collier, 21.

Appomattox.--At the close of the polls at Appomattox C. H. the vote stood for Governor: Smith, 50; Flournoy, 15. Congress: No opposition to Bocock. Lynch, for the Senate, had no opposition; nor had Flood for the House of Delegates.


Army vote.

At Drewry's Bluff, Smith's majority over Flournoy is 70; over Munford, 91. Imboden over Price, 39. For Congress: Gholson has a majority of 53 over Collier. A few votes were cast for Congress in the 2d district at this point. Of these, Godwin received 21; Mahone, 15; Parham 1. For the State Senate, 7th district, Adams has a majority of 70 over Jones, his highest competitor.

In the first battalion, Va. artillery, Munford's majority over Flournoy is 17; over Smith, 23. Price over Imboden, 11.

In the 32d Va. regiment, Lyons has a majority of 7 over Wickham.

The following is the refugee vote taken at the Court-House in Petersburg, and at the Model Farm barracks:

Second Congressional Distract.--Gen'l Wm Mahone, 39; Rev. Thos Hume, 24; R H Whitfield, 16; D J Godwin, 1.

Third Congressional District--At Court-House: Jas Lyons, 2; W C Wickham, 1. At Model Farm: Jas Lyons, 3; W C Wickham, 21.

Hanover Junction, May 28.--The following is the vote of the army at this place to-day. In Armistead's brigade, Pickett's division, Flournoy, for Governor, receives 150 majority over Smith; Kemper's brigade, same division, Smith receives 200 majority over Flournoy.--For Congress, (2d district,) Col. D. J. Godwin receives in the 9th regiment, (Armistead's brigade, Pickett's division,) 21 majority, over the next highest candidate; in the 3d regiment, same division, Godwin receives, with one or two exceptions, all the votes.

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