The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-11-27

a st. Louis paper tells OF petrified
fossil mosasauras, Sc feet long, dlscov.
cred lately in Kansas, In perfect pres.
ervation. What is ?"-
Megalosaurus, or big lizard, is the name
given by DR.. AUCKLAND to . genus OF
gigantic saurlans discovered by him in
the oolitic slate of Stonetield, near
Oxford, England. "Mosasaurus" is
something entirely new.
The Mobile Tribune copies IN nc
count, written by Geo. d. Prentice, OF
an intermittIng star which he has seen
at various times during the past two
years. We witnessed the same .phe-
nomenon" last August at 'Piedmont,"
the residence of p. B. Jones, Jr., in
this county, and, after much wonder
ment at first, became satisfied, and SO
did Mr.. Jones, that the phenomenon"
was caused by thin strips of cloud pass
ing over the planet Jupiter. A "phe-
nomenon" so astonishing would long
ago have attracted the attention Of as
tronomors.
Turner Of Richmond sends us Put
MANS Monthly for December. In 1t
we find "a Pinch of Salt" by Profess
sor Schele DeVere; "Stonewall Jackson
An Historical Study" by Edward A.
Pollard; and "Planchet:e in New
Character" besides other interesting
articles. The writer on Planchette is
no supernaturalist, but is nevertheless
believer. Per contra, the December
Harper contains the tsConfession of a
Reformed Planchettist," who dcnounc-
cs the thing as an unmitigated humbug,
and declares that the pretended writing
of Planchette is done in every case by
the person whose hands are on It. We
half suspect the two articles were writ
ten in collision, in order to keep tlp the
Pianchette excitement, which is rapid
~ dying out.
Whenever VIC look over the twelve
pages of the Mobile Weekly Register,
We are in despair. What can man
do with a one-horse country paper,
which will hold less than one tenth Of
what he wants to put into It?
The chapter on John M. Daniel in
Cookies last novel, "Mohun,"is made
up very mainly of scissorings from the
"Latch-key,' and no credit given
Boohoo-ahoo! We are in country
editor rage. The editorial attributed
to Daniel, about blockade runners, was
written by Professor Basil GIldersleeve.
We don't know certainly, but feel very
sure Prof. q. wrote it.
The Wing and the Dispatch accuse
the o. A. Sc NJ. r. r. of "injustice and
unfairness to the cities of the State
whose money built It." The Whlg al
ludes to the relative charges on wheat
and coal on the Chesapeake & Ohio and
the o. A. &c NJ. r. r. The case of the
coal came under our observation. An
acquaintance, who lives near Madison
nun, pl CiClo TO ALL
thracite coal, but being unable to get
the screened bituminous in Alexandria.
wrote to Richmond for car load. In
reply, she received letter stating that
the charge per ton from Richmond to
Gordonsville, rs miles, wonld be $500;
and from Gordonsville to Madison Run
Station, 5 miles, without charge of cars
or any handling whatsoever, the charge
would be $3.50!
We leave the matter for the presen.
with single remark: II the people of
Virginia are prohibited Qor it amounts
to that and nothing less) by their own
railroad officers from buying or selling
IN their own Capital, the time has come
to quit talking about Radical tyranny.
=. S.-Sincc the above was written,
we have been assured by Director of
the o. \. e. NJ. r. II. that that road Of
tered to pro rate with the Central road,
but the latter nerer made reply. Com |
menG is unnecessary.
We are not Of eth Nsst's'' way Of
blinking, and never expect to be. But |
the fellow has talent. His carieaturc |
OF Blair, as he is carried off in a swag- |
gy litter, wounded and drunk but still !
full oftight, by Forrest and Raphael |
Semmes, is excellent. Wade uamp- |
ton, Brooks, Brick pomeroy and little
Mcclellan, with his,spade and the tears
falling from his eyes, are all good. So
is "Butler's Himself Again. in another
part OF the same paper, Harper's Week
~ for Nov. Al, 1868.
Mr.. Hazlewood ofthe Seminary Mag |
azine-the second number just out, and
fully up to the promise of the first
says "Pay your debts, Doctor" We
within Confederate money.
A correspondent Of the Charlottes-
Vile Chronicle says:
"Tllc refusal of the Central Railroad
10 let the Orange freight cars come
through from Alexandria, involi ing a
needless detention of many days or
weeks at Gordonsville, the injury and
expense of transshipment, oppressive
charges, and frequent loss of goods, is a
wanton outrage n this county for which
she President and Directors Of the en-
ira! Road are 10 blame and they will
not be permitted to shirk or to shift the
responsibility"
How true the above charge il we know
not, but this much is certain, that the
sluabbles of railroad corporations too
often become personal quarrels, and