The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


FIRED. Douglas had a warm reception
at ShelbyvIlle, Ill.,, on Monday night
Ibis bis, lecture cn bsl9grrsseiysd With lively
p gohn Motrisssy has been sh6s5h a
u delegate at large from the Ffttii Dis
trict of New York 70 the n ational
Democratic Convention. ~
20 II 2. Bruce, Of MontaIial is NOW In
Washington for he purpose of obtain
ing an enabling act for the admission OF
that Territory into the Union.
Mr.. Peter G. Joiner, an old and es-
Unable citizen of Amherst County,
died Thursday morning, In the 9th
y ear of his age.
The Supreme Court yesterday gram
ted the motion fof the state, ofGeorgia
for leave to file bill of complaint a
'gainst U. =. Grant.
~ Advices received In Washington from
Mississippi say that "the new Constr
tuition will be adopted by large ma
jority." -
| !. A terrific hurricane occurred at To-
ronto yesterday. " Railway depots,
dwelling houses, churches, Sc, are
damaged TO the extent of $4,000. One
man was killed aud several wounded.
Three thousand people have been in
| dicted in one county of California for
witnessing a prize fight; and the sheriff
is travelling about arrcsting the whole
| population. aSid1y ifod l3d lafts o8Ii
o A dispatch from Binghannpton, New
| York, reports serious flood In the
Susquehaniia ut that point. There are
floods in several Of the rivers in Penn
! sylyania. H 4nic4fa ILat atfi
q A little boy about Is years of age,
one of the pupils of = public school in
baltimore, hung himself yesterday
lie had been punished by belug "kept
in" i'asH M Ai'N if'H 7itpJ Hs1e ifea
The Slavery Standard denounc-
Ies Chase as ethc ally of the Presidents
and declares that he is cherishing the
forlorn hope Of Democratic nomina-
| ton. isitt.f
On Friday, Mr.. G. johnson, auction
| eer, sold several bonds of the Corpora
ton of fredericksburg, having two
| years interest due. They We're bought
at s32-equivalent to s22 per 500.
T.. The Eric. railway directors say they
shall remain in Jersey City untilthc
| injunctions against them in New York
are dissolved. They have armed them
| selves to resist any attempt to take them
back by Illegal force. .s
Gen. Steadman having resigned his
position as collector of internal revenue
/ In New Orleans, to take effect on April
18th, several applications for the sue
cession have been made. among them q
brother OF Gen. Hancock.
| Gen. Hancock has promptly respon-
| ded to the Presi dents order, that he
come to Washington and has telegraph
ed to secure roo ms for himself and suite
at the Metropolitan, on Thursday even
ing next, Co. .,..,, -, ..i,.... -
Grants father tells the Ledger that
| Ulysses once worked for four years on
a farm given him by his wiie''s father,
and at the end of the time was poorer
than when he began. Uncle Sans
farm does not need that treatment.
+ The Democratic Convention Of Mis-
sissippi proposes to re-asscmble for the
purpose of dominating full State tick
ct aud candidates for Congress. so that
they may either defeat the Constitil-
ton or elect obstructive officers and
Congressmeift nderlit. ~ .0saosi Mffl
i1lrhc Reconstruction Committee has
agreed to report AN amendment to the
bill for. the admission of Alabama, re-
quiring the Legislature of that State.
within thirty days after the passage OF
itheiact OF Congress- to consent to the
conditions of Congress, concerning I'M
partial suffrage. -n,c., ,.o., ~.
Z, In order TO o distribution Of the as
! sets Of the Farmers Bank of Virginia,
the Trustees publish note, earnestly
requesting note holders to bring them
\ In. for which certificates will be issued
in due form. Parties in this section
holding notes of the Farmers Bank OF
Virginia will consult their interests
doubtless by giving proper attention to
the request Of the Trustees. aaa
A lump of gold was taken from a
chickens craw, IA few. days ago, by Mr..
/ Samuel Cooley, of Warren county. Ho
had plIrcha sed Il lot Of potltry for the
market .andi in dressing one of the chick
ems, found a lump of gold In the craw,
surpassed To be Of the value of three and
a halft to four dollars. 1t had the shape
ofa pear, andw;ls worn entirely smooth.
Though pure and free from any other
substance. it was evidently In the crude
state. --Shenaadoa Herald. .... E.ef -
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