The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-04-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

terday until December next. NO de-
cision was announced in the McArdle
case.
"A freedman who LEFT Charleston S.
G.. for Liberals few months ago, write
back the most glowing account of mat
tiers and things there. ~
A woman in New York the other day
committed suicide by eating lueiIer
matches. The cause was disappointed
love-"
One Nicholas Smith has been arres-
ted in Rut1ielo, who has confessed to
have set az least 20 meendlary fires du-
ring the winter and spring.
Denver city papers announce that
Rynersofl, a member OF the New Next
co Legislature who killed Chief JUS
lice Slough in that Territory last fall
has beeniacquitted. 9W gaNaho
1t is denied from Washington that
General Grant has publicly expressed
himself in favor of the conviction OF
President johnson. Il. 3 ss.t==545 s.a|
The municipal election in Keokuk,
Iowa, was carried on yesterday by the
Democrats. Last year the Radicals
carried it.
Gen. Meade in Georgia, has issued
orders prohibiting the publication
Of intamitory articles, and ordering the
arrest and trial OF all persons violating
these orders.
Several colored men have been ar
rested, near Lynchburg, caught In the
act of cutting timber in piece of wood
belonging to Col. Lynch, and hauling
it off, to be sold. t5 .,@# .-
The Petersburg Express announces
| that within the last ten days, twenty
one persons from Pennsylvania have
settled within the immediate vicinity
of that city, upon cash or equivalent,
all being practical farmers.
Warren Jones the porter of the New
York Astor House, who died recently
had accumulate an estate worth from
| 100000 to 10000. For thirty-three
years he was never absent day from
duty.
The difficulty between the grain
shippers and the vessel men at Chicago
is becoming quite serious. One hum
dred and one of the principal shippers
have signed an agreement to have no
dealings with the vessel owners who
will not adopt the new bill oflading.
A genuine Irish jaunting car is the
latest novelty on Broadway New York
| where it is employed as public con
veyance. The vehicle was manufacture
! ed at Dublin Ireland, is gotten up i'm
the finest style and attracts much at
tention. ft4 t.sf ...-s,t
/ a large crowd was gathered in Buff
falo OH Saturday to witness the arrival
of Weston the pedestrian. He ocom-
| plished the unprecedented task OF walk
ing one hundred and three miles in %
hours and 5S minutes-inside of the al
lotted time.
Marshal Farlow was Yesterday in
formed of the murder of Capt. Benz.
+. Johnson and his mate, named Car
son. by four eolored men, on Monday
night week, in the Chesapeake Bay
near Deals Island. Ill we're engaged
Ill an oyster vessel, and the object ofthe
murderers seems to have been robbery,
$4,000 being taken from the vessel, the
name of whichis not given. ..=f..=.,#z.=
In the Memphis avalanche contempt
case, Judge Waldron, in the municipal
court yesterday, decided that he had
no authority to grant a writ of habeas
corpus, and ordered the prisoners to be
removed to Jail, but subsequently, sus-
pended the decision for ten days, in
order to give them an opportunity to
hear from the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee. fztsH- a.f4as
Rev. Herman Bokum, Commissioner
of immigration Tor Tennessee, is on a
occurring tour through the Northern
States tor the purpose of attracting the
attention of the farmers of those States
to the great facilities offered in Tenes-
see. Arrangements are being made to
invite emigration from Germany. the
landing place of the emigrants to be
in Norfolk, from whence they will be
forwarded to their destination via the
Va. & Tenn. line.
DR.. Sears, the general agent of the
Peabody fund has reached Charleston,
s. G.. on his Southern tour OF inspec-
ton. lie was received in that city
with courtesy and politeness. He was
the guest of Gov. Aiken and visited the
schools of the city with him. He seems
to have been very favorably impressed
by the condition and pros poets of the
schools in Charleston for both races
II I'd gave additional aid from the funds
OF Which he is the trustee. @islls
The Columbus (Ga) papers contain
the particulars of the assassination of
Geo. w. Ashburn, la:c member of tho
constitutional convention. Nothing is
known of tile identity ofthe parties. =
All that is testified to is that body of
men from 25 to 80 in number, all dis
guised, surrounded the negro boarding
house where Ashburn was lodging,
broke open his door after his refusal to
open it, when number of shots were
fired by a portion of the party, three.Of
which took effect killing him Instantly:
None of the witnesses could indemnity
any the number engaged in the trans
action.