The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-10-08
STATE NEWS.

in a new and handsome dress.
A heavy rain storm prevailed in |
Saturday.
George f. Whitehurst, esq. promi
nent citizen of Norfolk, Va, died sud- |
denly on Thursday last, in that city.
The Court OF Appe ais viii convene
on the secondTuesda y OF this month,
in Richmond.
The Winchester Times proposes the |
appointment of Gen. II. Il. Lee to the |
Presidency of the Valley Railroad.
Norfolk contains about thirty thou
sand inhabitants, and Ports mouth |
twelve thousand. This is a large in
crease since the last census.
William Waskey, of Roano Ike county, |
Va. committed suicide yesterday by
blowing his brains out, at The White
Sulphur Springs.
The Atlantic Iron Works at Norfolk
have contracted to build i've iron
steamboats, -one for Norfolk, and tour
for Augusta, Ga.
Gen. Candy has appointed n. +.
Whipple, Mayor of Portsmouth, wee D.
Il. Storkes, removed,
The night police has been abolished
tins was wrong move. in these times,
when SO much stealing is going on.
The Suffolk Sun says: -"Ihe corn
crop on an average, III this section. VIII
come i'll better than was once tntlclpat-
ed.
The troops sent to Warsaw, Rich
mond county, some time ago, to qnell
| n disturbance in that section, have been
ordered to Richmond.
1t is rumored that the military au-
thorilies in Virginia will take steps to
prevent the contemplated Collyer and
Dougherty prize fight.
is said that Judge Morton, while a
'sTrue Republican," since his appoint
ment has gone back to his first love,
and is now again one of the Radicals,
The cotton mills in Manchester, COM
prising large buildings, the best ma
chmery, water power, &c., with real
estate privileges, will be offered for
sale ut auction on the 9th of this month.
AT noon on Saturday every room in
the Richmond College had been filled ,
but arrangements have been made to
accommodate all others who may wish
to enter.
= MN alus. who was stabbed by Bull
lock, in Fredericksburg some ten days
ago, aied Monday. Folke who was
= shot at the same time is not expected
; to live.
; Mr.. Daniel S. Delaplane, an old flouI
inspector, has sold his farm in Henrico
: and intends to'embark i'll the manufac-
ture of flour of the highest grades, al
: some point in She State convenient tc
the leading railroads.
Gen. Candy has published an order
i. declaring neuben Jahnston to have re-
, ceived the largest number of votes cas-
!. as the successor of the late James
!. Close, delegate elect from the county
= of Alexandria, Va.
: Eli Fisher, who offered bali at the
= last session of the Fauqnier Ci"cu
Court, but was unable to furnish thu
security required, has bonded in thu
REQ uisite amount before the Count,
Court, and been released from Jail.
= Robbing corn-fields and killing hog
u says the Suffolk Sun, IS carried on b.
a the rowing colored people to an alarm
ing extent all round the country. L
C no check can be put to 1t, the countr.
: will be completely depleted of cattle.
u Old ~ ncle Reuben" respectabl
= colored man, ami the inventor OF wha
- is known as the Powatan PIPE wa
~ found, a few days ago, murdered, /
. the woods in Powatan county. Uncl
u Reuben was lided ba every white ma
- in the county.
g The Richmond Wing says:-A larg
q secret society of eOlored voters bon
# together by an oath that they will vot
"a for no one for office except colored me
+ IS we hear. in existence in this city
I, and its membership is rapidly lucrea,
l. ing,
r. The President of the State Agricul
3 tural Society. Major Sutherlin, an
d the energetic Executive Committe
\ acting with him, have sent Mr.. L. L
al Neal, their agent, North to enlist q
: many persons as possible in the inter
It est of our coming State Agriculture
l. Fair.
'e The Charlottesville Chronicle says
u "Our community was shocked on Mon
l. day, to hear OF the death of Miss Min
8. ME Rivcs, eldest dau shter of judy
ID Riyes. Her death was, he believe, III
OF expected, although she had been III fc
some time. Her father was, at the thr
in Washington city.
Died at his residence in Richmon
on Tuesday, MIR. Benz. w. Finney. II
- was born in Amelia county, in tn
aae state, and was admitted to its bar i
" 1926. subsequently he moved to Pow
=, hatan. and continued to practice in h
~ profession, III that and the adloinii
~ counties, In 1865 ne came to Richmon
&c and practiced his profession.
10 The Louisville folks don't intend t
t. be overrun with Delegates at the Soutl
IN ern Commercial Convention, hent
III they are engaged in cutting down r.
I'll presentation. Mayor Nye has bee
OF informed that there will be room fC
so only one representative from the co
r. poration of Fredericksburg. So say
es the Fredericksburg Herald.
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