The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-29
STATE NEWS.

Rev. DR.. Leroy NJ. Lee, is quite sicl
in Petersburg. & =
Wells, Of Michigan pardoned sevcu
negroes and refused the application Of
three white conYicts.
The Baptist General A ssociation will
, meet IN Alexandria on Thursday the Al
preximo.
Ex-Mayor Ludlow is namedas n can
date for Congress by the Norfolk Day
Book.
VIM. Grim was run over and Killed
by the cars at Piedmont Va. on the 9th
instant.
Schofield has appointed John r. Bri-
ges Justice of the peace tor Wythe Co.
wee y. Il, Painter, resigned.
A child OF Mr.. Emory, living near
Richmond, was drowned In James riv-
er wednesday. m
Wade Hampton will make COM
mencement address to the literary So
cieties OF General Lees College.
There was a male child born in Dam
vile last Monday weighing fourteen
A number of young men from JEFF
ferson county left last week to seek
their fortunes in the,gol mines OF G al
itornia. H ..ff.4s =, - -"
Captain Edward Turner of Amherst
county, formerly of .Fluvanna, died
suddenly at his residence near Buffalo
springs on Monday evening last. G
There were fifteen black and six white
nlggers in the Congressional Nomina-
ting Convention, at Charlottesville,
Wednesday.
A boy was whipped until he tainted
at public school in Boston the other
day. 1t is time that Massachusetts
should civilize her school teachers.
There have been one hundred and
forty conversions recently in Wesley
Chapel Portsmouth and the revival is
still in progress. .aa#f a0l
| "Goy" Wells has pardoned Lucien b.
Baird, convicted of horse stealing in
| Pittsylvania county and sentenced to 5
years imprisonment. .U
| Plug tobacco packed in peanuts and
apples is the latest device to defraud
the revenue. This fraud has been dis
covered in Norfolk. -.
Senator John B. Henderson of Mis-
souri, who voted against the impeach-
ment, is native of Virginia and was
born in 1926. .t. =
| 1t is now stated on good authority,
says the Richmond Dispatch, that Chief
Justice Chase has decided to 90 on with
the trial of Mr.. Davis on the third of
June. ,ia-fu5 sem. "a. 80
Wellington Goddin sold on Monday
last the farm called "Westham,n seven
miles above Richmond on the James
river, containing 6S7 acres, for 1924, $40
The four negroes who were sentenced
to be hung in Warwick county, for the
murder of white man have been 40 ain
respited by Governor Wells. The
next thing will be full pardon.
A little boy, aged about seven years,
son OF Mr.. James Seward superinten-
dsnt OF the Atlantic Hetel, fell over
boatG at amberlains Wharf Norfolk
on Monday afternoon and was drown
ed. ~ ...f. - 80 = -
Hon. Mr.. Ella, of New Hampshire,
was asked In Charlottesville, this cues
tion, whether he would consent for his
daughter to marry negro? He re-
Piled VI declineto atS,oer that question,
A distinguished professor in metero-
oiogy predicts that In future the year
will commencing with 1861 consist |
OF only two seasons, winter and sum- |
mer, instead of four, as has heretofore |
been the case. a.rIi |
Gen. r. e. Lee appeared on the
moor OF the Episcopal Council as a lay |
delegate from Lexington. He seemed |
to be in excellent health and attracted |
great attention both from those who |
had never seen him, and from his old |
friends and comrades a7
1t is estimated that the white men |
OF Virginia under the Underwood Con-
stitution, will pay the moderate sum
Oh three million or dollars, q year in the |
shape oil taxes to support the swarm
OF officers created by its odious provi-
sions.
A new Office has been appointed at |
Iroutville, Botetourt county, with Jas.
Nj. Trout for Postmaster. James III.
Lumkins has been appointed Postmas-
ter at Copper Valley Floyd county,
vice Q. ). Albright deceased. III,
The following petitions in bankrupt
cy have been filed at Judge Bonds Of
!ice since our last report: Philip r.
Morment. Hanover Court House, Giles
Sydnor, Halifax county, Isaac Schriver,
Richmond city: John w. Brown Gull
pepper Court House. d. II. q NJ Il
The military commission which met
It Burkeville last week for the trial OF
colonel Thomas f. Goode, OF Mecklen- ;
burg county fer all alleged assault on
IN agent OF tho Frecdman's Bureau. in
Boydton have rendered verdict of
lot guilty of the charges and spectica-
ions. f -
On Saturday last, the executors of
he estate of the late Joseph Janney,
old tract of land, containing about .
80 acres in Prince William county, 3
lear occoquon to Hugh IIammill, for !
- per acre. There was no improve
nents or fencing, and the land has been G
cut over".-Alerandria Gazette. Is
A struggling Radical Congressman =
famed Ella undertook to enlighten the @
'eople of Winchester last Monday as
o their political duties. sWhen he had .
inisled, Andrew Hunter, the old Ro-
nan OF the Valley, took him in hand y
md excoriatcd him until the punish !,
ncnt beca lie painful to those who look
d OH. l. c
Commodore NJ. f. Maury is about to z
et,lrn to his native State and give her
he benefit of his superior attachments
y taking charge ota department 9th
'irginia Military Institute. His ac-
eptance of the appointment made by
he Board of Visitors some months ago
as been communicated, and his arri-
al at the Institute about the last of ;,
une. " u
That game old Garkey "Dr. Bayne," st
,ok the City Hall away from Chan n
Ter, Tuesday night in Norfolk, and =
rove him out IN the dark and wet, m
here he harrangueda small gathering al
T followers, while he (Bayne) held on
the hal. and the crowd, and clap =