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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
STATE NEWS.

It was rumored in Richmond yester-
day that the State Treasurer, George
Rive, had been removed from Office.
Neal shannon, merchant of Lynch
burp. Va, committed suicide in that
CITY on Friday last, by blowing his
brains out with pistol.
The public schools of Richmond will
open for the first time about the first
OF October. rwenty-six ladies have
been duly examined and appointed
teachers by the school board.
Rev. Dr.. Sears has given $500 of the
Peabody fund for the education OF Or
phans of Virginia soldiers. The only
other appropriation made In virginia
was given to a school in Petersburg.
In the U. S. Circuit Court yesterday
! several cases for Violating the revenue
| laws were tried, The case of VIM. Ar
cher, for robbiug the mail, was proceed
| ed with.
Julia Ann Gills, colored, was con-
victed Yesterday in Henrieo County
Court, 0fkllling Ella Woodson, eolored
in duel with clubs, in June last, and
sentenced to the penitentlafy Tor TOUR
years.
"Fairffeld," containing 430 acres, the
property OF Hays Mickey, about four
miles below Berryville, on the Charles
town turnpike, was sold last Friday, at
public sale, to Colonel Thornton FEN
dleton, for sjS an acre.
The Staunton Spectator of Yeste rday
says band of Gipsies made their ap-
pearance at Staunton on last FRIDAY,
and are still encamped round about the
town. There are quit number OF
them, of both sexes, and all sizes ana
colors.
The report which was recently cir
culated broadcast in Lynchburg, OF Il
terrible tragedy in Missouri, iavolVihg
former well known and highly respect
ed citizens of Campbell county. we are
!, happy to state, on authority, is without
the least foundation.
On last Tuesday Major Holmes Con-
rad, special commissioner, sold at pub
lie auction q tract of land, containing
+ 237 acres, lying i'll Berkeley County
, West Virginia, on the dram of Bach
J chester, at 81 &c per acre. Purchased
D by Mr.. jena Shocky. This safe was
considered great sacrifice OF property
n Joe Cox, a coiored man, late mem
Der of the Black Crood Convention, ant
o one of the trainers of the CONSTITUTION
/ under which Virginia is to be restored
i to the Union, having been defeated 10
4 a seat in the General Assembly, ha
! accepted the appointment OF one OF tn
# guards OF The chain gang in Richmond
:. In Petersburg, on Saturday, a negr'
Ii man and white woman applied to TIL
d clerk OF the Hastings Court for licens
y to become man and wife. 9he laws
l. Virginia forbid the marrying OF white
o and blacks with. each other, and tn
); clerk, of course, could not issue II
J. cense. The matter, however will prob
: ably be referred to General Candy.
T The fire in the Dismal Swamp is still
u raging a few miles from Suffolk, a
q times completely cnveloping that tow
II IN smoke, and making it necessary c
keep doors and windows closed. Tn
loss to the Dismal Swamp Compau
exceed 50 900 in lumber ready to b
brought out aud shipped. Private i'll
le dividuals have also lost heavily. An
lc the loss in the destruction OF standin
lie timber will amount to hundreds c
y thousands of dollars. Nothing blu
le rain will stop the fire.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

lUP A few days ago some persons
connected with the Pension Bureau of
the Interior Department went into the
library room of the Bureau of Educa-
ton and taking all the books and docu-
ments from the shelves tossed them into
a confused heap on the floor. The works
were very valuable and related to the
progress Of science, art, literature and
commerce in the principal countries OF
Europe, the collection and arrange
ment OF which had cost Professor Ber-
nard years Of labor and care.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
PROBABLE HOMICIDE IN wARRENToN

A man named Davis was stabbed in
WarreLten on Saturday night last by
John Edd, formerly OF this city, in the
abdomen, with a cheese-knife, and IL is
thought will die from the effects of the
wound. His dying deposition was Ia
ken this morning. Ed has been ar
rested and lodged IN Jail. Passengers
on the Warrenton train this morning
state that Davis left a gun in Edd's
store on Saturday morning, and at
night, when he called for it, was told
by Edd that he could not have 1t until
he paid bill he owed him. DAVIS said,
NV hen / left my gun here l thought l
left it with a gentleman" Ed then
seized the knife, walked from behind
the counter, and plunged it into Dayls's
abdomen.-Ale1. Gazette.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
re A British officer committed a.

rP A British officer committed an
ofleGce in the Crimean war punishable
by death, but being influential, had that
penalty committed to perpetual reduc-,
ton to halt pay, and TO have his sword
riueted 10 the Scdbbard. He is now on dll-
him on public occasions to be in close
attendance upon the Governor, and
this brings him conspicuously forward.
At the reception of the Prince, as the
latter with his suit stepped upon the
platform prepared for him, upon which
were standing the Governor and other
dignitaries. all the officers saluted, with
the sword, tue single exception being
this attendant upon the Governor, who,
with his sword by his side, was yet
compelled to salute with his hand.M
Any one who has worn sword VIII
realize how much worse than death Is
this public disgrace,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
VERMONT POTATOES.

Mr.. A. w. Hyde, Sudbury, Va,
writes that bis neighbor, N. E. Bucklln
has Just dag two hundred fair Potatoes,
measuridg three and half bushels, the
product OF a single Potato weighing
half pound. This Potato was sprout-
ed in a hot-bed, the sprouts carefully
removed and planted separately, with
the above result. Ten of the new Po-
tatoes of average size weighed twelve
pounds; five of the large ones ten
pounds, and the largest OF them two
and halt. They are of the new varie-
ty known in Vermont as 'No g."
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

sCP The re-establishment o f h
Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, dur
ing the coming winter will, it is said,
be recommended by General Canby.-
The excessive drought has already been
severely felt by the negroes, and it GER
tainly seems right that national aid
should be extended to them. If this is
not done we shall be forced to take care
of them ourselves, The Bureau can do
our whites no harm, and the Northern
people will scarcely object to any mo-
ney spent upon their pets. Last win
ter at the SOup-House an average OF
fifteen hundred rations per day were
issued out to needy negroes, and it is
estimated that if re-established this
number will be doubled this winter
No negroes are leaving this portion of
Virginia for the South-on the contra
nv many hundreds have, already return
ed from elsewhere to winter here
Many men get employ ment at north
crn watering places, hotels and in cit
les during the summer who have come
back home now that they can no longer
find employment. The negroes will
not leave Virginia permanently-they
NAV leave for few months, but they
soon come struggling back.-oor, Pet.
Illder,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

TIP The most interesting fact devel-
oped by letter from Lady Byron
solicitors, is that her OWL. statement is
in the hands of three trustees, who are
empowered by her will to make such
use Of it as they deem fitting. If Mrs.
Stowe has misrepresented the case we
may therefore expect this manuscript
to be given to the world. The solicit
tors complain of Mrs. Stoves course in
the matter, as wholly unauthorized
They also say that Mrs. SIS statement
contains "inaccuracies
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

F A Washington dispatch says
that Minister Sickles was not authoriz-
ed to make any demand ON the Span
ish Government, but was simply in
structed to act discreetly and earnestly
as mediator between Spain and the
Cubans, on the basis already published,
for the independence OF the Island
All that the public know in this coun-
try about the negotiations concerning
Cuba, is obtained from contradictory
statements in the newspapers.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
AN oLD-FAsBI0EED EDITOR,

"A paragraph is going the rounds
which states that Mr.. Edes, the veteran
octogenarian editor Of the Dover (Me.)
Observer, has not been to Bangor-his
nearest metropolis for thirty eight
yearsl He never saw but two steam
boats, and one of them was Fulton's
original, and the othera small boat on
Sebee lake. More wonderful to relate,
he has never seen train of cars just
to think of it! An editor inearcerated
in his sanetum for lifetime, with
nothing to change the monotony Of the
DEVILS cry for "more copy" is enough
to drive him wholly mad. We trust
that our venerable brother is hale and
hearty, and none the worse tor being
experimentally ignorant of the rapid
vices of the present generation.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

HIP A letter in the Baltimore Sun
from Richmond says:--"It is reported
that George Rye, the present State
treasurer, is to 5s removed, and Chan
aler. now commemorative attorney
for the Circuit Court of this city, is to
be appointed to the position. Cover
nor Walker took his seat as provisional
Governor last Tuesday, as a minority
in the board of public works. That
board is composed of the Governor, the
auditor of public accounts, and the
treasurer. Major Stanton, the present
auditor of public accounts, is radical
enough, but Mr.. Rye is Walker man.
and he is to be displaced by Chandler,
a true-blue Wells man. Gov. Walker
will thus enter on office with his hands
tied more effectually than President
johnson found his by an inimical cabi-
net. II no more was meant than to
keep Gov. Walker from interfering
with existing arrangements, the affair
would be small enough, but 1T is sig
nificant of an intention on the part OF
Gen. Candy to effect n very material
change in our railroad management.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

GA serious item of expense that the
peoplc of the State will get rid of when
She is admitted is the present military
establishments at the capital. General
Canbv removed all the officials, because
of their inability to take the tAst-oath,
and appointed military officers i'll their
stead 60 carry on the business of the
state government. This has proved to
be quite an expensive arrangement, Tor
military men, used to innumeraDle
clerks, orderlies, &c., would not be
very particular with the funds OF the
State of Virginia when convenience
necessitated Slight expenditures, Ma
ior L. Il. Stanton, United States ray
master. was appointed to act as First
auditor. but the workbeing somewhat
laborious he retains Mr.. Taylor, the old
Auditor, who had been removed, at a
salary of $2,400 per year, while re
(Staunton) draws the full pay OF Audi
tor. $1,000, besides his pay as military
officer. Major s. A. Porter, appointed
Second Auditor, retains also the re-
moved official at a salary of Sl,oOO'
while he pockets the regular salary
Major u endershottwas appointed Com
missioner of the Land Office, and ne,
too, retains the old officer, Col. NAL
lory. The Secretary of State employs
clerk at salary Of 81, 200 to perform
the duties of that office. Besides these
removed officials, retair ed as 'tempora-
ry clerks at enormous salaries. the
force in each OF the offices has been
greatly increased beyond the limits al
| lowed by the statutes of the State. Inc
law fixes the pay of temporary clerks
at 81 900 per annum only, while some o
| the retained office holuers are paid al
high as 2,400. All these military. Oil
GERS draw their pay for both positions
making what is termed "a nice thing o
| it, but by the increase of salaries ant
| extra force the expense of the State /
$4,000 per year more than is authoriz
ed by any OF her enactments. I'M
| will be a considerable item to dispens'
| WITH
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

Up We are pleased to see By a no.
tice IN the Lynchburg Republican, that
in very few days, chat interesting
and valuable paper will be issued in an
entire new dress. We are glad to have
such evidence of prosperity of our res
pected cotemporary.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

lEP Zeke Eads, in Green CO., Ken
lucky, is strangely deformed. He is
without ears, and never had any. He
gathers sounds by the medium Of his
mouth, and can hear anything said i'll
an ordinary conversation. Equally as
strange, his hair is black, with white
spots nearly as large as the palm OF
mans hand interspersed through it,
He is about 45 years of age, and the
happy possessor of thirteen living chill
1rn
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
,rB The Fredericksburg Herald sug

sP The Fredericksburg Herald sug-
gests that the Virginia Legislatures
when it ratifies the fifteenth amend
ment, in October, should explicitly
state the quid pro pro, which it thinks
can be effectively done in the shape of
a proviso, viz: That the passage OF the
ordinance adopting it shall date, and be
of biud:ng effect, from the date OF Vir-
ginia's admission to representation in
Congress, and her rehabilitation with
all the rights, privileges and immuni-
ties of any co-equal State in the Fed
eral Union,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

EUP 1t IS reported in Boston that
Mrs, Stowe is SO overcome by the uii-
expected reception of her article on
Lord Byron that she is quite Ill. Do
nestle Affections and grief are assigned
as the cause OF her imprudence in pub
fishing the article.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
TALL OATS.

The Union, published at London.
Madison county, Ohio, notices crop OF
Oats grown the recent season by Mr..
Isaac G. Kemp measuring 51a it. in
height, and averaging 20 bushels to the
acre.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

.,-,D,>,.ORAEGE c. H.,,,l,>,r--
FRIDAY Observation-Disclosures i
NpWsPAPER LAWs.

ulPostrnasters arereauired to give notice by
letter when a subscriber does not take nus
pf per from the office; and give the reason
for it's not being taken. Negleeting 70 90 so
makes +tpostInaster responsibleto the pup
Usher Tor the payment. ..,o,,,,
ANY person who takes a paper regularly
from the postoffice, whether he has supscflp-r
ed or not, is responsible Tor the paylhen VI
the subscription. .. a.....,,,,,,,,
must nav all arrearages, or the publisher may
contjine to send it until payment is made,
and collect the whole amount, whether 1t is
taken from the office or not.
The courts have decided that refusing 70
ofiice or removing and leaving them uncall-
ed for is primo faele evidence of Intentional
fraud
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

TIP The remarkable fact is mention
ed that an employee in the New \ ork
Custom House has voluntarily resigned
to make place for a one-armed SOL
der.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

HIP A man who went from New
York to Shanghai in 1861, consuming
two hundred and forty days in the
Journey, has Just returned in thirty-one
DAVIS and IL hours running time.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
SECRETARY BOUTwELLs SPEECH IN
NEW YORK.

1t has been stated that Secretary
Boutwell, was entertained on Thursday
evening in New York by the Union
League Club The company was COM
posed almost entirely of prominent
merchants and bankers, who of course
insisted upon speech. OF this the
Times says:
"The Secretary spoke in a cheerful
tone of the financial position OF the
country. He said there were two
things necessary to give our country
the strongest and most enviable posi-
ton in the world. These were, first,
to secure the payment of the national
debt in gold. without qualification or
equivocation; and, secondly, to secure
the adoption of the fifteenth amend
ment-neither of which events was he
disposed to consider in doubt. The
Secretary said that he had reason to
believe that if he had the authority a
GOOD share of our debt could now be
funded at four and one-half, perhaps
four per cent, and when our interest
account was reduced to 100000 900 we
should have surplus from our present
resources of from $50, 100000 co $7O,OOO,-
600, which would make it very easy &C
take care of the demand debt. AnG
that at our present rate of taxation nc
believed our whole debt could be pale
off in twelve years.
1.-THE Secretary also observed that
whoever does anything to impair con
tidence in the ability and disposition o
the country to pay its debts adds to The
burden of taxation OF the people b.
compelling them to paya SO much high
er rate of interest.
':The Secretary also said that since h
took office nothing had been done, and
if he could help it, nothing should b
done, for the purpose Of giving any on
opportunities of making money out G
the Governments operations. Ina
could not always be prevented, but
should never occur through the ald o
5 connivance of his Department"
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

ECPMany farmers around Lynchburg
have commenced to seed their wheat,
and are prosecuting the work with I'M
usual energy. 1t is contemplated, we
learn TO SOW c very large, crop.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
EXCHANGE HOTEL,

ORANGE COURT HOUSE VA.
THE undersigned respectf lily an
L nounces to his friends and the public
that he has just opened the above Hotel, re-
stocked it with new furniture, and is pre-
pared TO furnish as comfortable accommo-
dations as can be had in the country
Summer boarders will find this one of the
most desirable locations as to health, society
aud beauty of scenery, in Virginia.
SNOWDEN YATES, Proprietor.
Nav On 1ShS.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

eEe A French lady was detected in
trying to smuggle six poodles through
the New York Custom House, the 9TH
er day, slowed in her pockets.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24

Up Secretary Cox hls appointed a
colored man to be one the Examiners
in the patent Office.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
1ied,

At Gordonsville August 3Oth, 1852, LU-
GLEN ASHBY. son of Milton and Mary f.
Lynn, aged year, IL monts and days.
s'SufTer little children to come unto me anu
forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom
of heaven"
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES,

WIN comfortable
DWELLING HOUSE,
and other necessary outbuildings, is well
watered and has upon it some very fine bot
tom land.
TERMS:-s50 cash, to pay costs of suit, ex-
penses of sale &C., and the balance in two
equal installments at six and twelve months
respectively, the purchaser giving bond with
approved personal security, and the title To
be retained as further security till the
whole Of the purchase money is paid,
Z. b. Hidden,
Sept. 3, so. Special Commissioner.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
NOTICE.

A LII persons who gave bonds at the
"a sale of the late George ii. Stockton are
and prompt payment is required. All of the
said bonds remaining unpaid on the Goth OF
this month will be promptly put in suit.
p. b. HIDDEN, Admir-.
Sept Il, 1869, G. III. Stockton, decd.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-24
PAY UP

A LII persons indebted to me are earn
IA estly requested to settle their accounts
as must have money,
January Is. 1869, 4. q. ECKLQFF,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-31
uurrammatical Expressions.

I II
To the Editors of the Pittsburg Evening Post (:
Your journal contains, now and then,
philologic or linguistic discussion.
Permit me to offer you the following:
One of the many loose expressions
which have Become current within the
last fifteen or twenty years is United
States Senator, for Senator of the United
States. Even the note paper for the SER
vices of the Senators bears the printed
heading, United States Senate Chamber.
This is wholly wrong and ought to be
changed. The official title is Senate of
the United States, Senator of the United
States. corresponding in point Of gram
matte weight to Peer of England. No one
saws royai peer. When United States is
placed before the noun it has an adjective
sense and corresponds to the English
royal-royal artillery, United States ar
tilIery; royal mail, United States mail.
United States, in an adjective sense,
means in the service of the government
or created by the government. Would it
not be very odd to call General Grant
United States President2 Yet it is not
odder than United States Senator. 1t is
lowering the meaning A " Marshal of
France" under the old Bourbons, or
- Marshal of the Empire" under Napo-
leon, would have felt himself lowered,
and every Frenchman would have felt
with him, had his proud title been
changed into royal or imperial marshal.
Our country has unfortunately no
name. If it had, our Senators would be
called Senators of such and such couH-
try. You will we'll remember the time
when the American newspapers had a
column headed American Congress"
I think this lasted until 1920 or so. But
YOU know this much better. In SINH
lar way our Senators might have been
called Senators of America; but Amer
ica-originally always used for our
country, along with continental-"Amer-
lean liberties" American debt"
american troops" American nation"
was not sufficiently specifying. As it is,
let us at least hold on to Senator of the
United States" United States standing
in this case for the country, and not con-
tinue the "United States Senator"
which is slip shod, incorrect in point of |
gram mar, unwarranted by law and un-
How long is it since this ungrammati-
cal expression came into use If |
remember Alright, not above ten years.
Let us throw it off again, or | fear we
shall soon hear of a United States Presi.
dent, which will be followed by Royal
Queen" / am no adherea. to the doc
trine of instruction, which refers espe-
cially to Senators but in this case |
would wish that / have succeeded in
our Senators that they must
call themselves Senators of the United
and instruct the clerks to place
he letters U. s. behind the word Senate,
,udAot before it. AMERICANS.