The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-19
STATE NEWS.

There are thirty visitors a. the White
Sulphur Springs already.
The Virginian says carpenters brick
layers, &c, are needed in Staunton.
Judge Richard Parker has been cleo
ted Master of Hiram Lodge, Winches-
ter.
Ten sheep belonging to Mr.. Bradley
near Abingdon, were Killed by lighting
few days ago.
There are twenty-one criminals-all
| colored, to be tried for various offences
at next Pittsylvania Court.
Rev. VIM. E. Hatcher of Baltimore
| has been called TO the pastoral care of
the First Baptist Church ofPetersburg.
A king sora was killed near Peters
burg few days ago. Ahead Of time
| by two months.
| A firm in Stauuton recently shipped
| twelve thousand dollars worth of Hour
to Washington in four days.
The Martinsburg New Era says the
woods i'll that vicinity are swarlning
with locusts, and their pharoalIic music
is almost deafening.
| Mr.. Samuel Miller, the millionaire of
Lynchburg Va. is about to found there
% una SiiiOCho ShdlAtJ AOl tuC p0hSh0 VI
destitute girls. @
The firm of Digger and Stainback,
| failed in Richmond on Saturday.
There is rumors OF several other fail
ures there. rfa
Thomas Harris colored convicted at
Staunton Va. of an outrage Oh two
small colored girls, has been sentenced
to the pententiary for thirty years.
1t is stated that Mr.. james G. South
al, late editor of the Charlottesville
Chronicle intends to enter the ministry
of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mrs. N mcy King died near Big Is
lane, in Bedford county, last week, at
the extreme age of one hundred and
three years. She had been three time
married, and at the time OF her decease
was widow. l.t s..,=5H..
The venerable Robert Ryland, ID. ID.
so long a citizen of Richmond, has been
elected president of tile Kentucky Fe-
male College at Shelhyville, and will
leave about the middle of July to take
charge of the Institution.
Major Randolph. of the Piedmont
Land Agency of Virginia, states that
during the past week, Twenty
persons from different parts of the
North have called on him in search OF
land.
The commencement exercises at RAN
dolph Macon College will take place
on Thursday, the 25th inst. Addresses
will be delivered by Rev. Johns. Long
OF Washington, N. c., and Rev. VIM.
e. Munsey, of Baltimore.
A boat race in the harbor of Portland
Me-, between two prominent business
men, u flour merchant and u broker,
created excitement and me.rment on
Saturday. The loser received bottle
of bitters and the winner a hundred
tarts and q champion cup.
On the Virginia side of the Long
Bridge gang of gypsles, numbering
some twenty men, women and children
is encamped and are engaged in telling
fortunes, trading horses mostly stolen,
and depredating generally about the
locality of their encampmet.
The wheat harvest has commenced
upon James riyerand along the line of
.he Seabord railroad. A Norfolk pa
pea says the crop promises in many To-
calities, to be an exceedingly good one
and the fortunate owners are proper
tionatcly elated.
| On Friday, the boiler in the steam
saw mill of W. s. G. Nicely, situated on
the Blackwater river, near Franklin
depot, Lyffchburg and Richmond rail
road, exploded with terrific violence,
killing Mr.. Thomas KIRBY, the engin-
Ger and several colored men who were
employed about the mill
The Richmond Dispatch says :-''We
are informed by the President of one
of our railroads that he has boLght iron
rails from the Tredegar Company ofthis
city, on rs favorable terms as he could
have bought them of English manlfact-
urers. This is gratifying piece of
news. f 1858 atE .. rHsf
A court ofenquiry was held in Lex
ington Thursday and Friday last, to
take testimony with reference to the
conduct of seen. Douglas Frazer.
agent of the It. b., under u petition
sent to the Military Commandant of
the District by the citizens Of Licking
ton.
AT Dinwiddie courthouse on Mon
day last, "previous question" Carr and
an iguorsnt negro made Radical speech
es. A Conservative negro wanted to
speak but the RAIDS wouldn't let him.
After the Radicals had got through
she white men present assembled in a
COuVcuJlOl iuu dppJiiibeu uclcSdIcS
from the county to the Convention
to be held at Burksville on the Sth of
July, to take into consideration the
subject of emigration. '.'
| Granville Montclle, the notorious
horse thief, who escaped from the PEN
itentiary some two or three months
ago, and has since stolen about doz-
ell horses, was arrested on the 9th in
slant at Lewsburg, w. Va. Tue fact
was announced to Gov. Wells by tele-
graph. lie has been plying his trade
in the neghborhood OF Lewlsburg.
Some time ago VIM. James, collector
of internal revenue for Richmond, was
suspended from office, but the Senate
has not regarded the reasons assigned
for the suspension rs sufficient. james
is thus restored to office, and General
Mulfor6, late commissioner for ex-
change of prisoners, who held the po-
sition meantime, therefore retires.
Justice VIM. James of Norfolk co.,
has committed to the Portsmouth Jail
three fiends in the shape of mcn-twO
negroes and white man-who robbed
dwelling in Norfolk county, on the
9th instant, and committed a most hid
eous outrage on the daughter of Mrs.
John Forde, the lady OF the house.