The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-25
STATE NEWS.

There were five fires IN Norfolk on
Thursday.
TItcI esting religious REVEALS are in
progress IN the Baptist aud Methodist
churches In Nor ttlx.
On route Raleigh. N. c., TO Norfolk.
Va. James II. Tilayer Is appointed. at
Sl.Oo0 pr amman. wee Jola 4. Ban re-
moved.
Rev. Harvey Hatcher. brother OF Rev.
VIM L. Hatcher. nf Ppiersbuiy Y. has
resigned pastoral chai ye oi cue Court
street Baptist Church ia Portsmouth.
4 petition is ia cii cnlaiion In Alex
andria asking General Robert Z. LIE
To become n ca .iiidateif'r the ~ ,..iil-il-
cy OF the Orange. Alrxan,lria and Ma.
ilassas Gap railroad company.
Willis ). Ritidick, sold last week. n
part oi he hiteiicad tarm. three miles
below Sdtfplk. on the Seabuard Rail.
road. to Mr.. v. Cuddl-hack at New
York. ter s2700 cash. The neighbn,-
hood between Magnolis Spring ana the
pnlilt ii.re he county road crosses
Iile Srnhoar,l Railroad. is being fitted
up. with an industrious, ihtelIigen.
elias Of Nortisrn sefilers, aud is show
my hu'h prosperity.
The Conni>s ion-r OF Internal Reve-
hilr has given Instructions to the Col
lrtlor ~ Internal Revenue Tor III. third
dist irt oi Virginia (kichmond) 10 AL
low tobacco manufacturers. amber riil. Z
and I. equations prnscribed by him. 10
ship tObaccO directly f:-on, the EXPORT
bonded warehouse IN Richmond to lie
foreign bond ship Ia The port oi New
YORK. Tor export to 10 .iyn countries.
without entering the Same INTO bond
ed warc-iisise ia the city Of New York.
In Portsmouth on Friday a little or
han boy. named Willie Ballentine,
agcd ten years, living with his aun..
his mother aud father both being dead,
being lett alone In he house IN charge
OF Mrs. Woodman's This aunt'.) child
procured n Iualed pistol and d,.iib-r-
ately shot himself through the heart. =
lie had been heard 10 threaten 10 xiii
himself frequently on account of ill
treatment. Tut no one supposed he WAS
serious. \ coroner's Jury. however,
rendered vertlirf OF accidental ,leatl,
from the careless. handling of firearms.
supposiug that the shooting OF himself
WAS uIinlentiunal.
A bill is pending IN the General A.
sembly. of Virginia allowing ..the own
err or tenant of any mill. mil-dam, :oIl
bridge, manufacturing machine or ELL
gibe. which may have been DESTROYED
by fire. or otherwise, or have become
unit tor use. during the late civil war
two years IN which to begin and four
years ia which To finish, the rebuild uy
or re air OF the same without beii o SUD
jecf IL the k'rieiiiires provided by law.
This only affects parties who have
entered into obligations with the State
to continue their mills, Sc, IN good Or
der under certain conditions. OF
cour So the Ger efal A sscMbly would
have no right 10 leglslate about strict
ly private property.
The boys sfti,e United and Hope, of
Norfolk came over yesterday in order
to honor the st. Patfick's celebration
with their little snorter. Mayor Whip
Pile. uot approaching the compliments
Tor hid the firing of tho salritrs. and
sent his day police 20 bring the piece
10 he stafiDn house. The boys ,lecli.,ed
surrendering fh~ir lii L. fi,orile anti
roasted The Ulcers Ofcourse apei-
eial melee ems al. in " hh III r. 81 as
pr'ius."n "f ella: ct DISPOSED OF. Billie-
aud slung-s!iOls w-le irtpiy used. but
M shooti.g-iions. Finally The police
forced succeeded in arrestiliy several of
The tiremcn and raFried them to the
Mayors tifire. Ills honor look the
names OF al. concerned and discharged
Ihr!u. and they went hack to Noriov X.
carving with them their piece Of Oh a.
nance. The affair Was lively, to SHY
tile least.