Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-06-27
XifQinia News.

The Piedmont Land Agency OF Virginia, ad-
yertisHs one hundred and ninety-seven farms
land located in Piedmont and Southwestern
Virginia They embrace much the best land
in this State, and are offered at sums that az
gregate 1,7i3,SS dollars.
William Walker, OF Lynchburg, who was
arraigned some weeks since for killing freed
man named Dixson, in the act of plundering
his premises, was before the Hastings Court
on Saturday last He was sent on to the Cir.
cult Court, and admitted to bail in the sum of
one thousand dollars.
The agent Of transportation OF the James
completed a contract with the Tredegar Iron
Works, to transport 10Cl tons OF railroad iron
to LyHchburg, whence it is to be conveyed over
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to the
The Danville Register says that the wheat
harvest in that section has been progressing
for several days. Although some rain has fall
len, and the weather been otherwise threat
ening, the Register thinks the crop has not been
damaged.
The machinists in the employ of the Virginia
burg. who lately quit work because of the non.
payment OF their wages, have resumed their
usual employments.
Mr. George Mason, now engaged in business
at the Tredegar Iron works, has received a
commission as lieutenant is the French foreign
corps, and is ordered to report for duty in
Algiers. The commission emanatss from the
Emperor Napoleon. Mr.. Mason is a son OF the
late John Y. Mason, formerly U. 8. Minister to
France.
A meeting was held in Norfolk last Friday to
the late Senator from Norfolk, presided. and
the NEE ing appointed a committee mostly
Germans) to draft constitution TOR an lmmi.
grrtion Society.
OF MI. John Lewis, residing In Henrico comfy,
mysterlously disappeared, and q warrant was
gotten out for the arrest Of man named Miles
GaItis, VINO was charged with her abduction
Inc woman Vas AFTERWARDS found in house
Of III fame In Richmond.
Phillips, the man charged with the murder
Of his wife, in Drinkers Woods, near Rich
mond, last February. after full examination
of the case BY the magistrates, has been com.
mitted to jail for trial before the Circuit Court
of Henrico. The circumstancial evidence
against him is very strong.
Rev. Dr. McElhenneY preached in the Pres
byterian Church in Iewisburg last Sunday.
This eminent divine has just commenced the
sixtieth year OF his mlnistration with the coz
gregation of Lewisburg, and is eighty seven
years old. He is quite feeble, but able to visit
his people occasionally.
OF the nine negroes arrested for the murder
OF Mr.. John Golden, merchant of Warwick
county, on the ID of December last, three have
made their e.cape, one has been acq uitted, and
five have been sentenc ed to be hanged This
was most brutal murder, committed with a
view to plunder.
John K. Forror, Esq, of Messy Creek Iron
Works, in Augusta county, has now growing
luxuriantly on his e7tate twenty thousand Sc
iect grape roots, ana INTENDS TO locate vIne-
yard of sixty or a hundred thousand slips In
1866. .r
In the registration in Richmond, up to Tues
day night, the colored people had registered
1853, and the whites 1,2e0. In the county 3S3
cclored people and IS whites nave been regis
tered.
Mr.. Mexican, who purchased from the Pied.
mont Land Agency the farm Of MT. Bibb, has
also purchased the farm Of Mr.. Tooinbs, OF
Louisa.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says-s!our
fa-mefs are fairly Ia their wheat harVess. A
very fine crop has been realised"