The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-12
STATE NEWS.

consln.
Gold 139 81. Exchange and money
unchanged. Old bonds 12--3-S new IL
Virginias weak at 81 90.
The municipal election in Galena, III.
Grants home, went Democrat, two
hundred and fifty majority.
The Winchester Times is in favor of
Col. j. B. Baldwin for Congress from
the Staunton district.
The blacks of Henrico have nominal
ted Geo. w. Swan, an English gentle
man, for the Senate.
One of the four mules captured in
Jefferson Dayis's train was sold at Ma
con the other day for eighty-one dollars,
though valueless. 81
The State Auditor writes letter
announcing that there will not. be
money in the Treasury to pay the July
interests on the State bonds. .aa-
Vim. r. Gordan of Albemarle, who
has been so much in error tor some
years past has come out against the
proposed Constitution.
The hotel at the Greenbriar White
Sulpur Springs covers an acre ofgronnd
and has the largest dining room in the
world-capable ofseating one thousand
and two hundred persons at one time.
Chief Justice Chase inA case yester-
| day charged the Jury to the effect that
all bonds, drafts, notes, &C., drawn du-
ring the war in tho rebel States, and
| payable in the loyal States, a g illegal
aud cannot be recovered at law. d
Our new town sergeant, Mr.. Grid
| die an oath man, and we suppose a
l Of ho .tiflftnn
knocked over a few days since by ne
tgro. We hope the argument made an
impression. -C charlottesville Chronicle.
The Stanton virginian says it is es-
timated that it will take at least SlO0-
600, to pay the back debts Cue the old
Valley Bank and many of our old cit
.zens are now paying them up to get
rid Of the enormous interest.
One day last week a little son of Mr..
Franklin A. Myers, living about five
miles from Staunton, slipped into al
excavation intended for a cellar, which
had been filled:with water, owing to the
recent heavy ralls, and was drowned
George w. Wrigley, forsomc months
past an employee in the Farmvillf
Journal Office abseonded Sunday last
After his his departure it was discov
cred he had been engaged in extern
sive thieving operations. gHni o 80
A lot of fine bright, yellow rappers
r raised by MIR VIM. Paris of Montgom
; cry county was sold in Lynchburg, oil
Friday at the very high figure of 1920
per hundred. ."a
The Bristol News states that on
hundred and sixty negroes, have passe,
, through that place in the last few weeks
on their way to Virginia. The infer
ence is that their object is to be in tim,
, to vote for the ''Constitution."
/ Mr.. David Handbook, of Albemarl'
, county came TO Charlottesville abou
six weeks ago, and received from TIN
bank SOME $500. He was last seel
, about night fall of that day, and is sup
posed to have been foully dealt with
The Myers interest--one intire thir,
in the Orkney Springs, was sold Thurs
day last at public auction. Purcha
sers, Messrs. Samuel foote's of Rock
ingham, and Bradford, of Orkney
: Price, $402l. fa1 .slHa5t All II 80
A fight took place in tersburg, Va
on Thursday between Rush Burgess
, mayor ofthe city, and ohm @. Philips
, The difficulty grew out OF a charge G
perjury, preferred by the latter agains
, the mayor, who was appointed by Gen
, Sshofeld.
On Friday night in Richmond Judg
, Burnham, OF the Hastings Court. 0
, Richmond, gave a large parry in homo
OF the Chief Justice!and his daughters
J. which was largely attended by Unite
States army officers, their ladies an
, some civilians. ai.os e.,...,
The parties to the recent duel be
tween ColoneI Reed and Major Porte
have been placed under arrest by Gen
Granger. Tho affair was brought t,
official notice through letter to tn
editor of the hSouthern Opinion, "sign''
, by them, threatening to hold him per
sonally responsible If he commented
on the duel. 1aHes
: Mr.. Seth Greene is continuing hi
experiments In the artificial propaga
ton of fish in the Potomac, and a da.
or two since succeeded in Matching som
|, hybrids from the white perch and strip
!, ed bass under conditions that remove
it is said, all doubts as to the ppssibilit
re crossing the different species OF fish
Alexandria Gazette. Al
Information has reached here that tn
barge America with six hundred barrel
Of lime, belonging to Messrs. George V
Scott and Marks Lee and Friend o
Petersburg, were destroyed by fire o.
Friday night last, City Point, cause
by the barge taking water. The YES
sci had eight hundred barrels aboar,
and had transferred six hundred ant
fifty barrels to the barge when the fir
occurred.