The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-04-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

cunning out, eXpiatileu ~ U4 SaylbS hc
was dead at the top.
The ice has disappeared from Lake
Erie and navigation Is resumed. 1t is
very early opening of trade.
Col. Shepherd of Washington county,
Texas, has realized $4,000 from an IN
vestmcnt of only 5000, in sheep five
years ago.
Vanderbilt is supposed to be worth |
ST5,0OO,000. A large proportion OF his |
means are Invested in railroad stocks |
and securities.
The time may not be far distant when |
we shall be called upon to take care of
ourselves. Let us be in condition to |
do it.
Large round slips OF red paper were
found early Saturday morning, posted
about Lynchburg in various places, bear
ing mysterious words.
The wages of the employees of the
Virgi mia, aud Tennessee railroad COM
pany have, we learn, betn reduced 20
per ct.
Let us Southern people stick to one
another. Let us have Southern liter
allure, n Southern press, Southern so
cicty depending on itself TOR whatever
A1Vt no AhO VI CACNatOo
Another heavy snow storm has CO.
Cured at Omaha and along :he Union
Pacific Railroad OH Thursday, and work
on the mountains has been suspend
ed OH account of it.
| 1t is understood that Stevens will
bring in another scheme for general
contiscation before the session closes,
should death not arrest him before he
executes his plans.
1t Is now reported" that the project
for eonfiseation has not been abandon
ed. and is about TO be revived, in view
of the expected accession of Mr.. Wade,
to the Presidency.
Il anybody wants to know how pop
ular sensations are created, let them
reflect upon the fact that the theatres
Of N. Y. expended more than $3.50, 200
i'm advertising last year.
Thus far about fifteen-hundred per-
sons in Virginia have applied for the
benefit of the bankrupt law. Doubt
less the numbers will be much incrcas-
ed. ELL, "a .-..5.-
The bill making habitual drunkenness
ground for divorce, in the cases
where the habit is contracted subse-
quent to marriage, has passed the Ten
nessee Legislature and is-now law.
Neal Dow says that recent investi-
: cation has shown that euery pauper ~
! the aims house i'm Portland, with one
: exception, owed his condition either
! directly or indirectly, to the vice Of
! intemperance. .l assam
A hen-raiscr IN Auburn, Me. put two
: hundred hens in a hot-house aud the
!, unsuspecting fowls, dcluded into the
belief that it was warm weather and
the season for business, literally over
flowed witheggs. s,ff4r ,,'....s,..
! A Baltimore merchant whose son
, lost 1870 ut a faro bank in Cincinnati
|, has recovered verdict in the Common
: Pleas Court for the whole amount
with interest against the proprietors o.
the gambling house.
@ OF the new style of female head dress
: the New York Express says: 'Tht
0 Young ladies who labor for living IL
G this city have all suddenly become mu
$ steal. A. least We judge so from tho
: fact that each of them carries bras;
d band OH her head"
e In San Francisco, an Italian pedlei
drives little donkey which drinks la
{ ger beer. The peddler calls for tw,
h mugs of lager, lifts one to his own lip
Is and extends the other to that of tn,
: donkey and they both drink. The don
e key, like Oliver Twist, expresses u de
IS sire for more-mastcr declines-th,
n spectators laugh and applaud-the In
9 ger drinkers move OH.
u A Conservative Senator noted tor hi
], caution. as well as his great ability, de
clarcd Tonight that there was no es
: cape of the country from IRIS prescn
: political bondage, excepting in reyo
luton. which he regards rs near at hand
e Thad Stevens and Sclicnk had lively
I chat to day, which varied the monoto
!; ny of Congressional proceedings.
!. Special Treasury agents at Galveston
= in Texas have detected ast0undin,
: frauds upon the revenue by means O
!. the bonded warehouses, having IN tiff
= cations at New Orleans and elsewere
!, Several officials are involved. Tn
" frauds are chiefly in tobacco and whis
key. The parties implicated hav
fled.
It is reported that the Suprem
Court with only one dissenting vote, de
Il cided favorably to the petitioner in TIL
II McArdle case, but that subsequently
n with two dissenting votes, said to b
> Justices Field and Grier. it was deter
d mined by the Court not to promulgat
n Mt present the proce edings and decj
Is sion made in the case.
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