Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-19
THE EVENING STAR
virginia News.

TIE seat OF Jonn l.. Msrye. Jr- OF Freder-
ickstuiE, one Of tue Coosers ztivrs IN ths s-Rs-
copsti Drton" COT ventIon, D. 20 Re coates ed
upon The ground that he Was mayor OF Fr~d-
tricktourg, ans. during the war, a me q osr Of
The L. gisla'uTe. The cOntestant a. Peter
Couse. Mr. Marye. upon eRtering upon his
duues Sc mayor, took no oath 20 support th-
cousiiiutiVn Of me u. -. because the ancient
charter Of Thai CITY does not r-quire &C OF rs
chief, OF an otber municipal ofhcers.
negro man was tried 81 Campbell Court.
ihprsosy. On charge of rape. The Jury
oro1ght IN Nerdict OF guilty, hxing the
Rsnna,,y a, q term OF years IN the peni.enisr
ms feiow TO Richmond. when an order wss
lssueo ny Lieut. SteNensoo. OF The Bureas
prohIolnns The execution OF the verdlct. Tas
orcer etaito mat the hiding OF the court wss
not borne out BY the testimony, ana n new
uiai is ordered 20 be had before . military
con mission.
The BODY Of the murdered bow found on IN.
eide OF the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad,
near Wsverly station. several evenings since.
has been fully tdentinea a. that OF an Euglish
youth. who recently ler Peiersburc The
my st-ry hanging over hts death has no gever
not been explained. and will probably never
be CLEARED away. IL 10 repor ed t0at the DE-
erased las expecting q CONSIDERABLE sum OF
money from England, but IL 10 not known thsi
BE- ever received 1t
The shrrIr Of Accomac county hss arrested.
BY The aid of posse, party Of disrepntaess
and Iavless Characters, calling Themselves
"Jobn Browns men," dressed in some kind OF
rough uniform. and pretending 10 b. U. -.
cor some time past, taking guns, wS,ches, Se-.
ard otherwise maltrsatiuE tue negroes.
Rev. X. A GREGORY. a minister OF the NJ. r =.
Conference, lately assigned 10 tue Bedford
circuit, Hh now confined IN the Iau ~ I.lberty.
as a lunauc.
Seventeen car loads OF very rne cattle from
South western acknowledgements tue Messrs-
Moreanthai & Crockett, were tskea North ever
the Orange road on saturday.
The state Auditor on Saturday sent Barring
Bros England, siJo,Oo0 and ODD, 20 pay the
NJ he A.As AalA a
January LIST
The warrenton Index says tue loyal Iearu.
Of that place came 20 sudden death last Ssiur-
Gay nisnt the negroes having abandoned the
The James nver canal 10 frozen 70 Lynch.
burg. and navigation L. suspended. The James
nNer 10 Irozen over, ana no steamers are run
niDG
The store OF John III. Thomas, Of King
George. zone OF the radical candidates for the
Conveution,) was destroyed by nre. some time
during the last su On mer ana vas insured At
the tune We learn from the Fredericksburg
News that SSt0 reward has been offered by the
insurance company tor the apprehension of
Major r. J. Skunk died suddenly IN Rich
mono on Mosday He was chef of Ordtu xnce
On Gen. Schotieid's STAT Being graduate OF
West Point, and an old army ON Ger for a num-
Der OF years, ne wss welt known and highly
respected by all his brother ON GERS. He wssa
con OF Ex-Governor Skunk, OF Penusylvanla.
The coiored prisoners In the jail 81 Peters
burg attempted 20 break out last Sunday
night The plot was frustrated. aud the ring
leader seized, after desperate attempt % es-
cape.
The "Reconstruction" Convention ha.
given the printing OF the letter heads ana
envelopes" 10 Hunnicutt
- Young Woman = Temperance Society
has been formed In ChataGqua County. n. 4.
the members of which resolve 10 encourage the
advances OF no man " no makes use OF intoxi-
eating liq uors.
~ Two children OF Rev. Mr.. Jackson, of
Gorham, Maine, got hold Of a loaded pistol on
Saturday, and while playing with IL one Of
them was shot through the eye, causing death
almost immediately