The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-17
Richmond.
CORRESPONDENCE OF The HKxALp.
Rrcuxosp, July il, 1893.

RICHMOND, July IL, 1893
nxEcuyIvE cLRxExcY
On the Sd inst President johnson teegrsphed to the
military authorities here 70 have made and forwarded
to Washington list OF all persons who had been sent TO
the Penentiary here by military commissions courts
martial for crimes Of lesser grade than rape and muir
Ger and who had been confined fof six months
II stated upon good authority that his des On
pardon all such and order their release THIS list has
been forwarded and such order anIiousy looked
for nom the humane Executive II would release some
forty nfty prisoners who according the decision Of
Judge Nelson In the Of Egan, unawfully
detained There others there excluded from the
list VINO should undoubtedly be set free Among them
u o young gentleman named Nottingham, sent from
Elizabeth City county, charged with shooting negro
He undoubtedly committed the act In sefdefencc and
vas Al nrs after he had delivered himself mp tho
Provost Marshal At Fortress Monroe released by that
ocisi on the saiemsnt Of the only witness another
negro, to the affair. He subsequently, reauesed,
tried by military court, and the testimony Of the
negro witness, who svore DIRECTLY opposite 10 his
former statement sent 70 tho Penitentlary for three
years His IL certainly case fos Executive ciemeucy
LAsp swISpifSG.
Parties purchasing lands 10 Virgins should look TO
their titles ease occurred recently q lafse usc,
bought OF . New York petroleum and real estate
broker II purported 10 be Kansvhs county, West Va
the original pat n for which vere received Tar ossk
" records Of kansvhs the cham OF title APPEARED per-
feet and Philsdsph,a lawyer gave a. hts opinion
" oil wells dotted down here and. vcosl iand, marked
there, and railroad To run oonyenenty. Upon closer
inspection ~ the lsnd Ofhcew found that The
original pa,ent.c called In what IL Kentucky
but which In 1855 district ~ virginia A for the
unfortunate purr hast ever finding bis land, i y.
sovffrr sovuaeyrr - ms
Speaking c~touthern lands reminds me OF a valuable
piece ol~Hormaton w Northern capitalists gwen nne
long sapby intelligent Tessn IN rsfsrenre 20 uss 10
hlSRfAfe He told that q grtst many real ds al
nnfholdsrp n TcIas who have kept their tsres rsru
iary paid IN will he sufprsed some day hnd thai they
have been dsposeesscd BY tqnsifeT VINO have retred
on their property aud Improved "a Tbsisws Of Texas,
paassd 70 promote the settlement and opment Of
The state give rquaier under such after
ten years quiet posse~sion m absolute .ns even
thOugh the real may have bssn paving tsrss al
the while
vsclg. CoUkIHsss
Tho only ten erciLfny mgot comment here - nois
bic tnsanse OF the relaxation Of vrgnia host,sy u
ualtfar and Of an old Virginia family has the sy~s
oonssr patton Of he friends invited PARTY a Northern
sshooiua ans 10 p.y bin vtrt q his sfsndd estate
We belsve they have gone
rps covrsGroS asp ONO AAHrolp
There 10 some anristy 10 know whether the party %
New YORK capitalists suppos"d 70 be hsahed ny ~
glot~ Insurance Company ~ tondon snd 10 whom th
vlrania Comm sxionsv N MAY 0i gSvs tho totngtnF
and Ohio nAroad vn scsept and complete hat iran
ehiss they had ninety days W accept ~ d. line
THAR u,usi IMPORTANT Lk IN the 81 the A.
lsnt.s with the West ~ vital Virgins 81,
/ should have been made YEAR, ago But Virginia hs
never had rfsa Gas. men the head ~ her nterns
| improvements Sfs hss had no Derfu Clinton