The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-11
News of the Week.

A prize wheat crop i'll Georgia was
forty three bushels 10 tue acre.
Z A Western paper reports that the corn
i'm Iowa has grown 50 tall, that u man
Oh horseback cannot reach the tassels
of the stalks.
A fleet of 5l5 vessels is now on way
from the Black Sea with grain for Wes-
tern Europe. most of which will be dis
chraged in England. The quantity is
estimated at not less than, 100000,
bushels.
AUGUSTA. Sep, 7.-Hon' B. Ii. Hill is
about leaving here TO take the stump
Nortl, and West in the interest of the
democracy, and for the purpose ofrep-
resenting the true condition of aft Iirs
| in the South.
It appears from intelligence from the
| Southern States that the cotton crop
! will fall far below expectation. The
area planted was less than usual; but
until the. last few wee IS, the hope was
INDUCED of large yield per acre. This
hope is now dissipated by excessive
rains, and attacks by the boil worm.
The following paragraph was in the
suppressed number of the Lanterne ::
The Empress as President of the
Council of Ministers-Her majesty the
Empress of the French presided at the
council of the ministers. What would
not be my surprise ii were to learn that
! Madame Pereire had presided at the adj
ministrative council OF the credit mobil-
| Ter? .n ifaes sAs .Hnl
WASHINGTON, September THE re-
! publican Congressional committee is in
4 receipt of many letters, principally from
the South with reference to session
i of Congress this month. The State re-
publican committees and nearly all the
members of Congress from that section
lfavor it. From other quarters there is
earnest opposition, owing to the near
approach of the Presidential election
and the engagement of members OF
Congress to speak during the canvass,
!. and because they deem it inexpedient.
There has been no direct expression on
the subject from Senator Morgan and
n representative Schenk. whose recon-
incubation is to determine the question
n The impression is there will belno ses-
sion in September. ie ,4a po q
iWuMINGroY, N. c.. Sept. Con
Saturday night, in Clinton, Sampson
; county a nearo man who was formerly
:. q member of the League. but who re
Gently abandoned TIL 1t organization ant
loinetl colored Democratic Club, wal
| called out of his house and shot through
: the heart. The matter has caused muel
: feeling. The whites generally thinl
the Republican party are determined Il
bring ON collisions. Heretofore there
has been no Ku-klux Khan or other Sc
cret democratic organization in thi
Z State but now it is understood and be
, 1 lieyed that energetic efforts will bC
: Il ~. .af nrAar a
: n measure of self-defense. 10 is the
sentiment of thinking men here tina
i prominent Northern men of conserva
i | tive views, like Willard Fillmore shoul'
4 come South and address the people,
= Everybody here likes peace but tn
b whole thing lacks everything but def
q mite shape.
Il "A remarkable and extraordinary dis
: covcry has taken place in Onowanda
h N. ", that bids fair, from its nature
: to accomplish a great revolution in tel
d egraphy, and in fact. in all existing sys
y TENS OF communication.
J. tits impossible to overestimate the i'm
portance of this discovery--a discover
! which will establish a perfect gridiro
!! of ocean telegraphs between our Allan
s tic coasts and Europe on one hand an
d the Pacific Goa It and China, on the otl
IT er. Obscure Islands in the most neg
lectcd part of the earth will be able
,r hold converse with civilization, an
81 soon receive her quickening, breath {
1t industry and art. Every respectab
III sea- coast newspaper can open its ow
t. channels OF communication at an e,
to pense insignificant when compare
o; with the present transatlantic rates.
Il A thousand benefits will accrue to maj
d kind, and it is hoped that in their FL
re fruition the name of Mower will not b
TT forgotten, for he has indeed, electritic
lie the world.
The above is part Of a letter that AZ
rs peared in the New York Herald Frida
The discovery is explained PARTIAL.
il but in language unintelligible to ti
le. general reader. 1t reads like hoax
lis. If it is not, we shall soon he'
more of this important discovery.