Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-20
EVENING STAR
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Another noendiary nre occurred in Lynch
ours on Sunday morning last Mr.. y. Newtos
were burned down. Ayaluable horse and oov
Nere destroyed. There 10 considerable excite
nent IN Lynchburg IN conseQ uence OF theeS
SontnHed nres. An effort was made on Satur-
osy hlgnt 10 burn the College building.
That valuable estate on tse south side of the
Nansenond nver, formerly the residsuoe OF
~, hoDert Saunders, aud more recently that
% ht. george ;. Rlyes, has been sold - Col.
Jaeoo ;. Shrlyer. OF wheeling. West ytrginiA.
iol sis'5O'. The place c,ntaIns one thousand
49,, ana mss water front for Ion distance
Hunnicutrs New Nation announces. esit,r,-
ally, That on FRIDAY evening, the 2uth tustnnt
at7h O'Clock, james W. Hunnicuu will d-ans
his present political status" Will define Inc
"psliiicsl Inconsistency OF some oth-rs NIL
Int the veil. show the people their danger !"
Eichmend - blessed With a superAbuodNocs
OF courts Al present, Is may Dc judged by ne
following hst Of those nov ih sessi m /: T. -
Circuit Court; L. = Disrict Court Court OF
Appeals; Hastings Court aud Circuit CourI q
Richmond.
It's reported in Richmond that q sn.rSlCa.-
It's Lee is TO ad 70 the altar dau ghter q q n
William G.. Wi,kbatn. :
G.n. SLOVENIAN has appointed SAMUEL j.
Morrow, -four inspector al CslPePeT OJart
House, 20 MI a vacancy.
A revival OF religion as in progress a Staun-
ton, EnGer the charge OF Rev. j. l.. Clark, pas-
tor Of the Methodist chnrch.
On Sunday week Bishop White con secrated
neat little Episcopal church IN CulPeper
county.
Gen S,onemsn has appointed Mr.. Hiram III.
h DcerSou may or of the town OF IseNington
vice Jacob NJ. Ruff, renewed from the place.
THK WORKING PKoPLE-The Callforaia
Labor Exchange reports that the dem aud Tor
brlcklayers. carpenters, plasterers and paint
ers has greatly Increased since the earth. Az.
in San Francesca. Oue great obstacle encOua-
tered by the Labor Exchange IL the ffiruity
Of inducing the unemployed 20 leave tue CIR
for the country. there being seven hundred
women IN san Francisco wanting work. who
would not leave The city foT the interior here
they could recelye SIS or so n mouth. The
arrivals OF mechanics In that city have been
greatly diminished an consequence Of the wItn-
oTawal of the opposition line Of steamers.
i he application of strangers for employment
during September being nearly 39n, while for
three weeks IN October the numsar was only
SO. The managers Of the Labor Exchange have
opened a sailors shipping department IA order
TO abolish the eNtortion OF blood-money levied
by the lodging house Keepers upon the seamen.
and TO destroy the monopoly OF the shipping
business. The plan. IL lie stated, had been sue
cessful beyond the expectations Of the mana
gers.
In South Carolina, a colored farm laborsr
receives about SlOO a year, besides food, which
costs about $50, ma king has pay sl50. Women
and second-rate men blre for their food and
from five TO seven dollars q month in money,
while frst-rate men can get from eight 70 ten
dollars a month in money and their food. Me-
chaDics and some hour servants in the cities
get higher wages. Masoss receive Sl.50 10 81
per day, and day iaborers IS cents per day.