Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-13
virginia News.

The farm OF Mr Jonp kep8sYt, con "a min z
one bur drsd ard pintty Que acres of Itud, sit.
n"Ird ON be Bsilmor- d Ohio railroad. near
pumP1o's d POI In Je1rr on coaD J, w,s sol 1
stgethhy Thomas u 6rsen ssq , ~ seventy
i've roilsIs pr acre. L. wa purcha-sd By
air. William Rider, one Of tie most euerse.Io
farm Of tue county.
The stahl- and bari OF Mr. B II. M.Ksnney.
near New Hope Church, IN Amhsrs, county,
we're snInsd on lsst Frijay BgAt. HIS loss
is sstiu aied at 81. SEQ, al includes three hor-
ere, All MS grain and oats, wagons, farming
implements, DC. The brick dwelling OF M.
Nelson 0rssoTy, q near neishoor Of M. Nc
kenny, vss also burned on Friday nighs
Ber jsnIu j. Jordan and his wife, Olivia
Jordon, wsre before the Msvor OF Richm ond
Tuesday. on the charge OF stealing one trunk
@eontsin,ns cont .hf erss.es, DC, and valued st
being the properly OF Mr.. Donham. the agent
TOR The line. The trunk was found 10 their
possession.
son county, died Al his home place, about one
and half miles south Of Charlestown, on
Saturday last. He was the largest landed
proprietor, and doubtless the wsaithiss man
IN Jeh' fson county, his broad acres extend
ing over great portion OF the sou thern section
Of the county
A meeting Of the Presidents of tn. v.riou.
hines OF railway be wesn Norfolk and Nm
phis 70 now goiIg on In LyuchburT. There
are present, @ u. n Mahone Of The three roads
from Norfolk TO Bristol; MIR. Gallo way. OF tRe
per Of The T. 81 Tennessee and Georgia road
and Mr. Ts'e OF the Memphis and Cnsrleston
road. Mr. Earbour and Mr.. Vandegrif, OF the
Orange III d Aiexap dria road are also present.
The meeting his ference 70 freight tariff.
nsn employed as q labOrer a. the Zoe port
Navy Yard, crazed b. whlskey, beat his wife
70 death. last ID day night. He was srresred.
His name Is Edward Moore, He hacked and
stamped the Bpfnr,unsts woman, ia the mos:
brutal manner, til she died.
On thursday morning last, between mid
night and daylight, snow fell in and alb Jut
Staun'on 70 the dapth of seven inches.
TIE tobacco factory of James Fl. Grant j. Co.
IN Richn ond, was troken mo cuSsturday n z at
and twelve boxes Of manufaciurrd tobacco
s'oien toerefrom The tobacco WIS, after
wards, found In the possession OF black MA =,
wfo was arrested
A meeting of the Virginia Immigration So
eiety was held a. Ly nchburg On Monday. Mr.
WIN ID. Hart OF AIbe marie presided. very
v.rss y Dr. o oi'ser of sestlana. .''' was de-
The Pest Once st Rec,0rtown station. Fau-
having resigned, and no applicant.
WHEREABOUTS OF Ex-CosrKBrRArx GEN
IsALs.-A letter 70 the Houston Telegraph
states that Major General ]. G. Walker, OF
Walkers old division, is At Versailles, Wood.
fcrd county, XIV. He writes. in private letter:
"t.,i - nave e;onln, oat from EnsI.nd . full sat
curing me coming season cUltivsting farm
scme few hundred scras with them" Gen.
M Jtn Incnpson, now In New Orleans. Wall
return North, And continue 10 solicit capital
ists to take stock IL q company IN New Orleans.
which vas organized last spripg Tor the pur-
pose OF Tightening vessels over ths bar at the
mouth OF the Mississippi river by means OF
eanels. Gen. EinoInan Is president or the
Iron Mountain railroad, In Missouri Gener-
al Marmadu BE is engaged in the com mission
and forwarding business in st. Louis Gen
Forrest is at his home In Memphis General
% aGi oder is a. present ia Baltimore. General
LonKsIreet has been in New York. Gen
eral WigfAlI is In opdon, engaged IN
Acuve paying pursnits. So 10 Mr.. B8njlmin,
who Is practicing law. Gen. f Kirby Smith
- at the head Of IN Institution OF iearuin ia
Kentucky, which 10 under the soutroi of the
Episccpalisns. Gen. Bucxner 10 the president
OF the Commercial Insurance Ccmpany IN
New Orleans. General Bragg Is at the head
OF the city water works Of New Orleans
General Pagan Is precticing his profession
(law) in Little Rock. General Hawthorn is in
the Bra zillisn army, wrh the rank of Colonel.
Gen. Joe Job bnsten has res lgned hts position
ss pres dent OF railroad cempeny, and is at
present travelling In the North and Eist
General BeaureRard as still pree ioent OF the
New orleans al d Jackson railroad, hes do mar.
Iers in New Orleans. General Dick Taylor is
matBg money with bis canal contract In
New Orleans, Generals Writ and Dan Adams
are also engaged in busin sss IN New Orleans
So are about fifteen other Major and Brea-
der Confederate Generals, including Maury,
Wheeler, &c. Gen. Shelby IL In or near ST
Louis.