The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-11
STATE NEWS.

II is estimated that Staunton now con |
tains 900 inhabitants, an.increase.of 81 !
800 since the war;
Recent sales of real estate Indicate |
that landed property is advancing i'll
value in Richmond.
Sora lovers in Richmond can buy as
many It's they wish in the markets for
a dollar a dozen.
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Company paid the State $4,000 las:
week on account of their debt.
The Wilson farm seven miles from
Staunton, on the Parkersburg road-2O0
acres was sold last week TO j ohm Null
len, of ireland, for $40 per acre cash.
The Rockbridge Alum Springs We're
sold on Wednesday to ThonasA Frazier
aud Gen. Thomas Price, of Missouri.
for s226,000.
Charles Carter1Iee Esq, brother of
General Lee, spoke at a Democratic
meeting in Hardy county, West Virgin
ia, the other day. SKA
The negroes of Richmond spent about
$4,000 on the late Grant and Coliax jul
blee. How much fuel would that have
bought them the coming winter e
The Richmond Dispatch says thatplan-
tiers from various parts of the State
concur that the growing tobacco crop
in the State is the best and promises
the largest of any yield since 1860. ID.
The people of Madison and Greene
are very anxious to reopen their trade
relations with Fredericksburg as in days
of wore, and wish to see our railroad
built so as to come in striking distance.
j A man hailing from Richmond, and
under the influence of liquor, surprising
| that he was in his chamber. deliberate
| w undressed himself in the streets last
| night and retired. The watch discov-
cred his condition, aud gave him sleep
ing quarters in the watch-house. -Aler-
andrid Gazette, a8
| The Norfolk journal says :-"The
vast amount of property in England
belonging to heirs living in Surry co.,
| and in other parts of Virginia, is, we
are informed by Il e',tttolney who rep
| resents the Interests of the parties COLI
cerned, in fair way to be fccovcred.-
1 Unfortunately all these English estates
turn out to be Castles in the air. W
| Orders have been issued from militia
ty headquarters in Richmond, direct
ny that Methodist churches of Virginia
hereafter and until the legal right Of
ownership shall have been definitely de-
termined, shall be occupied OH alternate
4 Sundays by the Methodist Church
South and Methodist Epi scop a
Church.
There is a gentleman named William
Apperson who lives on a farm on Eye
river, in Nelson county. who processes q
learned and useful dog. This animal
has long made 1t his regular duty ant
practice to go into the tobacco tielG ev-
cry morning and worm the plants with
his mouth. lie is said to be unusually
skilliul in finding the worms, rarely sitf-
fering one to escape hiai. Such dog
is treasnre.-LynchbTg Republican.
! We learn from Nashville that the first
Presbyterian Church, Qate Rev. DIR.
Bunting's) of that city has extended {
: unanimous call to the Rev. Thomas v
) Moore. ID. d., of Richmond. This i
one of the largest and most Influential
Presbyterian cAurchesin Tennessee
DR.. Moore is offered s4,6o0per annum ant
a parsonage to become their pastor. 1
is not stated whether he excerpts.
A number ofprominent tobacco man
ufactuers from Richmond and Lynch
burg have been to Washington, for TIL
: purpose of presenting to the prope
authorities such reasons as will secur,
, the establishment at Richmond of ,
/ bonded warehouse for tobacco. 1t j
f said that there is Overcome million pound
2 of tobacco in Richmond awaiting ship
, ment. The tax upon this would excee'
: 100000, which the owners of the tobac
! co are unable to pay at present, but
: it were bonded they could obtain adyan
ces from New York and elsewhere, an
4 the government as well as the owner:
4 of the tobacco would be immediasel.
/ benefited. The delegation had anintel
I view to-day with Secretary McCalloc
: and commissioner Rollins.