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Events

• March 5 - The following ticket, says the Charlottesville Chronicle, was elected Mayor and Counilmen of this town at the election on this Saturday. C. L. Fowler, Mayor; Councilmen; R. F. Harris, William A. Watson, A. P. Abell, Joseph W. Lipop, E. S. H. Wise and N. H. Massie.

• April 24 - a meeting was called at the Delevan Hotel "by a large number of colored men, who invited speakers of both races to interchange political opinions." Speeches were made by William F. Gordon and Col. T. J. Randolph, who represented the whites, and by Fairfax Taylor and Rev. Nicholas Richmond, who represented the blacks. Harmony prevailed at the meeting with the exception of the speech by Fairfax Taylor, who was "reported as bitter and insulting to the whites." In conclusion, Mr. Gordon read the Petersburg resolutions of April 18, to which all seemed to subscribe heartily.

Elections

• African American, J. T. S. Taylor, was elected to the Constitutional Convention.