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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
STATE NEWS.

Beverly Blair Bolts has been ap-
pointed by General Stoneman clerk of
Culpeper county il place of Fsyette
Mauzy, removed. -
Capt. r. d. Houston has retired
from the Fincastle Herald. Messrs.
James & Camper will edit it hereaf-
ter. I
The Norfolk and great Western rail :
road Company advertise tor propo-
sails tor grading, etc., the first ten miles
west of Danville.
buckingham Slate Company, has de-
clared dividend of 10 per cent, out OF
the nett earnings for the past IL months
the period tie company has been at
work.
Mr.. Richards has sold about seventeen
acres OF his farm on the river, fe W
miles from Front Royal, Va. to north
eth company tor the purpose of erect
ing large manufactures. Finer water
facilities cannot be found anywhere in
the valley. -.
Tile Winchester News SAYS that al
the contracts for the building of the
Winchester and Strasburg railroad have
been given ont, and the work will be-
gin next month. 1t is the intention of
the Baltimore company to push it
through with = rush.
The people of Salem, to whom Mr..
Preston 1.-THE new pastor of the First
Presbyt iran church of Richmond,) has
already endeared himself. will part
with him with regret, and their best
wishes for his future welfare aud use
fulness will follow him to his new field
OF labor. Roanoke Times. s#.
We learn that fire broke out in a
small framed dwelling house near New
Market on Thursday afternoon last,
and 1t was SOON entirely consumed
The house belonged to Mr.. w. ID. Ca
bell, and was filed with corn belong
ing to Mr.. Il. L. Omohundro, which
was also destroyed, Mr.. Cabell's loss
is stated vt $500, and that .ot Mr.. Ono
huEdro at S200.-Lynch. Netos.
Gen. Stoneman has made the follow
ing appointments Chas 1T. Lewis,
attorney tor the county ofBuckingha n
NJ. ID. Higgins, clerk or the county and
circuit courts OF Orange county; j. II.
Remington, attorney tor the Com
monwealth for Norfolk county; James
G. Childress of Howardsville, sheriff of
Albemarle county; John K. Taylor,
clerk OF Hanover county Court. -Rich.
Enquirer.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.

1t is understood that proposition is
now pending in Congress 20 remove
the political disabilities from all judy
es of Virginia, measure deemed expe-
dent to prevent confusion in the judi
cial proceedings of that State, and ar
rest the career of judge Underwood in
urning convlcts loose upon the COM
munify. 80 ., . 3D..
We suppose no true Virginian will
consider any judge disgraecd, or even
Inundated, be the action OF Congress
Justwhat it may. Neither is there any
disgrace in asking Congress to allow
the people choice OF evils in regard to
their organic law. The Alexandria
Constitution, with negro suffrage in
corpnrated, has just that much of po-
litical poison in it whilst the Under
wood constitution is all poison .
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

One of the most brilliant astronomi-
cal discoveries of the last ten years is
that of the so-called eleven-year cycle,
during which Jupiter and the other
planets alternately collect upon one
side of the sun, and then at other times
disperse themselves around it, produc-
ing in the one case an abundant supply
Of spots upon the suns disc, with cor
responding lowering of the climate OF
the earth, and in the other, the disper-
sion and disappearance of spots, and a
higher mean Temperature OF the earth.
--LeSley's Lectures. / aoHl
A new view. Heretosore it has been
supposed that the spots on the sun were
caused by riffs or openings in the fiery
gaseous envelope, which exposed the
opeque body of the sun itself. 1t may
be that we arc now entering upon cy-
Gle ofBaam years-henee our open win
fer '-.- -.-'
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

Ho A dispatch from Washington
says:-"The Senate. Judiciary Commit
toe have not yet considered the bill
which passed the House last summer,
providing for the Reconstruction Of Yir-
ginia, and the manner and time of hold
Ing elections to ratify the new constitu-
tion adopted about this time last win
ter. The proposal of the Committee of
the late Richmond>C onierencc for uni
yersal suffrage aud universal amnesty
meets with considerable favor from
many leading members OF Congress, but
the Reconstruc I'm Committee are rath-
er disposed to try to reconstruct the
State on the basis of the Fourteenth
constitutional A mendmsnty Should
this Virginia movement succeed, it IL
not improbable that Mississippi will en-
deavor to obtain readmission TO Con-
gress on the same terms."' tls
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
PIEDMONT LAND AGENCY
....es... OF VIRGINIA. a.i..
CENTRAL OFFICE

~ - ia @AA 11As VI iiss v "a
JOEL MILLER, of the Piedmont
y Land Agency Of Virginia has located at
entire attention to lands placed in the Office
at Culpeper G. H., for sale.
The Piedmont Land Agency has been in
successful operation since 1865, and has sold
more land than al other Agencies combined
East of the Blue Ridge tbs more extensive
ly advertised in the North, and has larger
correspondence than all other Agencies In
the state, and offers the best and surest me-
dunn for the sale of Lands. Mill Property
years has convinced me. that the sale of leuel
grass lands will be more easily affected than
In the mountainous region in which have
heretofore operated, and induced me to Sc
lect TINS place FOR future operations. It re-
quires time and experience to gully adver-
tise section of country, and have had an
office here for n year engaged in a system Of
advertisement and correspondence, that will
result this fall and winter, in introducing
many emigrants, and all that ask is, that
the lands shall be placed in my hands and
will furnish the customers. / advertise
lands free of charge, and only ask the Com
mission of per cent. when sold. All faIni-
lies who desire their lands placed on my
books will please give an accurate descrip-
ton of the number of acres, locality, acres
cleared, and in wood, how fenced and divid-
ed into fields, Character of soil, products
now watered, Kind Of timber, orchards, i'm
provements, etc., and forward to me at this
place, or leave IL at the office of the Native
Virginian. / expect to distribute ten thou
sand Circulars containing descriptions of
lands through the purchasing region of the
North, in the next two months.
Parties desiring to purchase will do well
70 call at my office. | have On hand several
hundred Farms for sale.
JOEL MILLER,
ONCE Waverley Hotel. Railroad Depot, Gull
pepper G. H., Va. .... 10 .H
January 10. 1869, r...... F..
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uNcoNscrous TRuTH.

OLIvER WENDELL HOLMES has poem
in the January Atla,,tic entitled "After
Election" it begins thus:
1.-THE days sharp strife is ended now,
Our work is done, God knoweth how"
Inded He does ''know how''-by The
most stupendous frauds ever inflicted
ppon foolish and submissive people.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
OUR GoRDoNsvILLE CORRESPONDENCE.
GoRDoNsvILLE Jan. 18th, 1869.

The "New Year" dawns upon us still
busy and energetic. Christmas passed
quietly, with one or tive incidents wor-
thy of notice. .f,.
The three Sabbath schools, Methodist,
Presbyterian and Baptist, united and
held a Christmas tree, the evening of
the 25th, in the Presbyterian Church.
The tree was beautifully lighted with
colored tapers, and low presents for
each scholar. Mr.. MeCown gathered
a fine turkey, cakes, &C., &c. .-.
Mr.. Jones' house caught fire from the
chimney, the afternoon of the 25th. The
flames were soon extinguished by the
gallant efforts of Mr.. Dan Smith.
Mr.. Newman plucks one of our fair
est roses Miss e. 8. Tayloe) this morn
ing.
Owing to the bad weather, business
has been rather dull the past few days.
a.i... M
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

Postmasters are required to give notice by
letter whoa a subscriber does not take his
paper from the office; and give the reason
makes. postmaster responsible to the pub
-,Aher fJr the payment.
Any person who takes q paper regularly
from the postoffice, whether ne has subscribe
cd or not, is responsible for the payment of
the subscription.
ia person ordering his paper discontinued
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may
continue to send 1t until payment is made,
and collect the whole amount, whether ii Is
taken from the office or not.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper and periodical from the post
Office, or removing and leaving them uncall-
ed for, is primo facte evidence of Intentional
fraud, ts1 ...s
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
BRISTOL HIGH SCHOOL.

A circular of this school, situated in
Bristol oodson, reached usdurlng the
holidays, but was mislaid.- 1t remind
ed us of esteemed friends, whose names
are much more legibly engraved in our
memory than they suppose, and whose
welfare we have always had at heart
The High School viii probably soon be-
come Kings College, and none will re-
joice in its prosperity more than this
present writer.
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asaisfellausuns Gmde.

VIRGINIA:
A L Rules held in the Clerks Office of
"A the Circuit Court OF Orange County, on
Monday. the 4th day of January, 1869,
Charles Hellwig-Plaintiff, 'Hf'
AGAINST
Benjamin X. Smith-Defendant,
IN CASE.
The object Of this suit is to recover of the
defendant the sum of Eighty-seven Dollars
and Eighty-eight Cents, with legal interest
thereon from the 18th day of Decein bor 1858.
TIL payment, due by account And IL ap.
Is not a resident of the State of Virginia. on
motion of plaintiff by counsel, it is ordered
that the said defendant do appear here with
In one month after due publication of this
his interest in this suit. -
... d. A Copy-Teste, ...t
PHILIP II. FRY, Clerk,
January s, 1SC9.-W.W. BURGESS, P @
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THE CALoGRAM.

Is the name of nice little weekly
printed in Baltimore by L. s. RILEY,
Jr., who, if We mistake not, used to
reside in Annapolis, and befriended us
there. Ne wish him good fortune in
his new undertaking.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

T The renowned Judge Under
wood Is out in letter IN Forney's
Chronicle, in which he attempts 70
thwart the Stuart Committee in ton-
gress, The new movement, has thrown
into the same company very curious
bedfellows. The Radicals are against
all movements which promise the defeat
of the Congo Constitution, and unwit-
tingly, some of the bravest and most
patriotic In the State are helping them
on -
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
THAT BIG INDIAN FIGHT.

We have read an account of Custar's
fight with the indians, written by his
prominent, viz ; That Custar attacked
friendly Indians, and that the friendly
Indians whipped Custar, The corre-
spondent gives the following as the
brilliant result upon the part of Gustav:
Indians wounded and brought in
One squaw in the left knee. .
One squaw, in the right breast, anG
ranging upwards through the lower
jaw.
One boy in the left thigh.
? One girl in the right thigh.
One girl in the right arm.
All gunshot wounds.-Cohlnsbus Sun.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

@ Generals Babeock and Porter,
of General Grants staff, who were
sent to Arkansas to inquire into the
difficulties in that State, have made u
report to Gen. Grant. They say, among
other things, that the Governor OF Ar
kansas has organized his MALTA and
authorized them to forage upon the
communities in'which they may lap
pen to be, and this during a time Of
peace.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15
MoNaRELIzAT1oN OF AMRR1oA.

Eggleston of the Mobile Tribune
makes the following sensible remarks
upon a subject which will excite great
inter est so soon as the Pacific railroad
is finished. A Es M M
The teeming millions OF Asia are
pouring into California and Oregon, and
stand fair chance of possessing them
selves of those countries by the mere
momentum of numbers.
1t is no new thing for superior and
civilized races to be destroyed or dis
possessed of their territory by just such
a process as that We see working on the
Pacific coast. ~ nfft.s l.ft.ltf.
pa What has become of those powerful
and civilized nations that dwelt along
the shores of the Mediterranean from
Greece around through Asia Minor to
the Straits of Gibraltar?
They have been destroyed by mon
grelism. ..---.==5
A similar fate due to similar cause,
has overtakeu The descendants of the
heroic Spanish conquerors of America.
With the record of history before us and
the sight OF the races of the earth meet
ing in North America to contend for its
PNSoCSoiOu, VIC IOSt I'LL WIFI
any ass that brays about "the agis of the
Constitutions.
The great influx of nations and races
that is going on to-day, would, sooner
or later, destroy any form of govern
ment that ever existed. tits more dam
gerous to the existence of the United
States government than was that of the
Northern Barbarians to the Roman.
The situation of Polynesian laborers
in Australia amounts practically to
Slavery, and their constant importation
from the Pacific Islands is nothing more
nor less than slave trade. They are
kidnapped, and huddled together in the
holds of vessels. They die by the thou
sands Oh the high seas. Those that fl
nally reach Australia are obliged to
work for trifle of what white men re-
ceive. They are punished by irons and
whipping. They are frequently shot,.
and are transferred from one master to
another without their own CONSENT
This is against the law, but the authori-
ties are negligent, and there is no thor
ough system of supervision. Iaff.es
Yet these same British began the war
against Southern slavery, and to this
day are never tired of telling ofits hor-
rors. et as '... .e..t, ..o.fr5 3
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|
We tack together here two extracts
which tell our thoughts far better than
we could tell them ourselves. The first
is taken from the letter of '.SESEx" to
the Dispatch. 'f .t
think that a calm and unprecedented
review OF the United States for the last
eight years warrants the following con-
clusions: se f Nv
That the Constitution of 1887 has
ceased to be the authoritative law of the
land, and with it has terminated every
thing like constitutional liberty. 20,
That the present Government of the
United States is popular Consolidated
despotism,. with all power vested in
Congress.
That all history teaches that similar
governments are from their nature rev.
pulmonary in their character, progress
slve, and destined to end in the prefera-
BILE despotism of one man.
The second is the closing paragraph
of Mr.. FRATHERsroN's letter to Mr.. Ell
NOR of Michigan, to which we made al
fusion some weeks ago when speaking
of The Round Table. ... XXX.
lit is not the purpose of the Southern
people, if one may venture to speak for
all, to contest the question of state soy
ereignty further, either with words or
weapons. They have said and done all
they have to say or do on that question,
and repetition would now avail. moth
ing. But we propose to stand aside, il
our Northern friends will allow us, and
leave them to determine whether the
present usurpation shall be confirmed
and made perpetual. would prefer
that they should settle back upon the
old federal system established by the
fathers-a government of compromise
and consent, If, however, they decide
upon consolidation and central gov
eminent with unlimited powers, then
we shall, of necessity, enter the unend-
ing contest of parties and sections for
the possession and control of that gov
eminent. We shall not remain the
ruled, lift be possible to place ourselves
among the rulers.
ss.H G.. N. FEATHERToE,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

l6e Brevet Major General Lowell II.
Rousseau, commanding the Depart
ment of Louisiana. died in New Orleans
on Thursday night ofinllamation of the
bowels.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

tCP The petition for the pardon of
DR.. Samuel Mudd, addressed to the
President. signed by Democratic SEN
ators and Representatives, has been
placed in the proper channel fol- con-
sideration,
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NEW RESTAURANT.

THR undersigned begs leave to an
= nounce that he has opened, in connec-
ton with his bar, a ia
=, FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT,
which will be kept in the best style and will
furnish at all times and at short notice all
the substantials and all the
DELEGATES OF THE SEASON,
done to turn by an accomplished caterer
and an experienced cook. / respectfully So
licit the patronage of my friends and the
public generally. II It. j. PEYTON.
January Is 1862 at the old Court House
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COMMISSIONERS oFrfcE, ORANGE &. H.,
Jaffuafy8 8, 1850

The partlci to the above suit, and all cred.
lsors OF the e,tate Of Richard Nj. Graves. de-
ceased, are tfreby notified that / have ar
pointed the 18th day OF February, 1869, as the
the several accounts directed by the foreQoe
ing decrce; ald hereby notify all such
creditors TO p'ove. their several debts, due
py SAID hicnad N. Grayes's estate, before
mo at my office aforesaid, on the said i8th
day Of February, 1859, md that on faiiure 40
TO DO, they viii be excluded from all share
OF tho assssts oisaid estate. - il7l77--
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

''Thc House in Baltour Street" is a
bold attempt of an American writer to
produce novel of English life.i How
far the attempt is successful, our ignor-
ance of society in England prevents us
from determining. The plot, though
not intricate or involved, is exciting;
the incidents flow naturally, the style
Is unaffected and at times vigorous /;
there is enough of my stery and gloom
to arouse the liveliest interest, and the
principal character is drawn with bold
and salient strokes. Nor is humor
wsnting-vitness the Gorgeous Victim
and the Stately Martyr, and the divert
ing testimony of CREEcH before the
coroner's jury. As a maiden effort, Mr..
DINirRT's novel has more merit than
the earlier attempts of some novelists
who have gained worldwide distinc-
ton.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-01-15

Brother Greedy, in long loudatory
article about the Freedman's Bureau,
let's out little secret. He says:
Fourth: The Bureau has sought to
urge upon the newly enfranchised class
es the desirabihty of securing homes of
their own. 1t has taught them to see k
an ownership of small tracts of land
near their old homes wherever they
could ohtsin them, and has encouraged
them to enter homesteads from the pub
lie domain. In Florida alone nearly
three thousand homestead entries have
been made by negroes. In other States
this movement has been less general !;
but the tendency to. the purchase of
small farms has been developed, and
the best foundation thus secured for an
industrious population and large adj
dition to the agricultural wealth Of the
country. Idr ga iaIatifla
So the Bureau is the immediate cause
of the negro villages with Which we are
now blessed and destined to be much
more blessed in the future. We wish
Greedy would come down and look at
these "homesteads" and 'ssmall farms,n
see with his own eyes ssthe best founda-
ton for administrations population, "and
bring a big slate to figure out "large adj
ditions to the agricultural wealth of the
country" which these homesteads and
precious small farms are going to bring
forth. We invite him cordially to Or
angc and Louisa, and ii he comes we
promise him hospitable and kind treat
ment. If lie cannot come himself, he
will deus favor to send an honest and
just reporter. .a.# .......
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REGISTRAR: F. A. q. HANDY.

THIS popular Southern Institution is
situated in Prince Georges County, nine
miles from Washington, twenty eight from
Baltimore, and three-fourths of mile from
College Station, on the Railroad between
those cities. The College Building, which is
spacious and substantial, is in thorough re-
pair, has fine chambers, is well ventilated
and warmed. and combines every requisite
OF comfortable and. pleasant home. The
location, which experience has proved emil
nently healthful, Is on the edge of hand
SEINE forest growth, and commands q fine
view OF the picturesque country around it,
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VIRGINIA: III gAtNAEe.D
A Il Rules held in the Clerks Offiee OF
- tue County Court OF ,ranso. on Moudov
the Tth day of Decem Dor, $685.
Meredith Jones and VILLAIN J. PARROT. on
behalf Of themselves aM all other oredi-
! tors of Elisha ChowniTsf deceased , who
will enter themselves & parties 10 thIs
suit and contribute to til expenses there
of-Plaintiffs, lPGlfi| -
1l . AGAINST Hfaa. 81 ~ ri.tf sfsf+a
Aariah l.. Chewning, in he own right and
as Executrtx of Elisha CewninQ deooas-
ed, and their infant chilren John AL
bert, Virginia and MarthsChewningEDe-
PENDANTS, l.i -. f-'17ea
IN CHANGER. 81 o. stHw
The object OF this suit is to btafn d scree
to subject the personal estate Elisha { hew-
ming TO the payment OF his dbts so far M tx
will go, and that tho real o. tic OF the said
Chewning, or so much thereoas shall be re-
quired for the purpose, be sol and the pro
ceeds thereof be applied in pymerlt OF tho
residue OF said debts which shfl reI,lain nm
satisfied. And 1t appearing byaffldsxit filed
IN the said suit, that tn defefiant. Marian
Il; Cnewning is nonresident of the State
or Virginia, on motion of theplaintiff. BY
counsel, 1t Is ordered that lthssajd Mariah
Il: Chewnipg appear here with one month
sftef due publication of this ctier. and do
what VIVA u necessary to protect he Interest In
II al \ Copy-Tsste. r
December IL, lsss--A. II. BLAEf VIII
LIAMs, "a. Ed. Il :
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MOYRRs & JONES,

GoRDoNsYIILE, VIRGINIA, ,..
MANUFACTURERS of the tSouth-
AHA ern Star" Thresitng Machine, Challenge
Corn Planter with. Guano ,,Attachmsns
Flows, &c.
Dealers in Dry Gods. Groceries. Hard.
ware, Hollow Ware, Stoves, Iron, &C., aud
Agents for Buckeye nd Kirby Reapers and
Mowers Wheel Hors Rakos, Wheat Druls,
Mixer Boltlng Cloth, Berger 4 Butx,s IN
per phosphate. Also gents FOR the Rich
m inc BsMnaing and Inuranee Company. Ar
the Mutual Bcnevolen,T, life Insurance 4 ssa-
cistlon OF Richmond, va, Please ylyo rs a
Novenbers rses La,a! " UHO ~
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Marrif d,

On the 7th instant, by Rev. II. f. Hatcher,
Mr. LEVI i. PERRY, to Miss JULIA A.
MUNDY-all OF this County. r
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lCF' The Baltimore Gazette says that
the oyster trade of Baltimore during
the year that has Just closed, reached
four millions OF dollars.
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NOTICE.

A LII persons indie bted to us for Lum-
"A Der, are respectfully requested TO come
forward and settle their accounts. Ours is
strictly cash business. tsstf 70
II. P. GRAVES & co.
December IL, lS6S.-3t. l#I..-Tr