The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-08
evening State 5oitrmat.
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. S. S. Crockett has disposed of Il
Wythville Hotel to Mr.. John Ireland. -,
~Englishman, for $4,000. -
William Crea was on Saturday appoin
ed assistant United States assessor for Il
first district of Virginia.
"A. X. Layman is appointed postmastt
of Clover Dale, Botetourt county, rice G
Q. %Langhorne, removed.
The name of Guilford Station, Loudou
county, is changed to Loudoun, and job
M. Hansford continued as postmaster.
The Valley railroad as located, passe
directly through the center of one of Mr.
John Towberman's barns at Mint Spring.
Fox hunters in Fairfax county ar,
making good wages at the sport, receiving
from the county 81 for each scalp they
exhibit.
john Whaley, a worthy and respecta.
BILE colored man was killed on Tuesday
last, near Fairfax courthouse, by being
run over by a wagon loaded with grain.
The wheat that is now being cut in
Wythe, is uncommonly good-grain large,
plump, and well filled. Corn growing finely
and oats very heavy and thrifty, indicating
a heavy yield. -
The barn of Mr.. N. Wilkerson, near
the Peaks of Otter in Bedford, was de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday night last,
together with some 5000 pounds of to-
bacco. ~. I..-.
The Board of Visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute have elected Colonel ID.
w. Lyell, of Richmond county, to the Pro-
censorship of Mathematics, made vacant by
the death Of Professor Massie.
On Thursday, the 9th ult., a vote was
taken in the county of Highland on SUBJ
scribing 100000 to a Narrow Guage rail-
road, running through that county. The
was 5o7 for subscription, and Is
it.
On Saturday Judge Humphreys, in
W Washington, made a decree of divorce in
he case of Sarah Lawson vs.. George Law
son, who were married in Westmoreland
in this state, in 1856. The custody
'f the children was given to the petitioner.
John G. NOEL and John M. Davis.
rom Amherst county, got into a fight at
.ynch6urg on Thursday last, during which
ne latter was stabbed three times in the
lde by the former. NOEL had a prelimi-
airy examination, and was held to bail to
nswer.
The dedication of the M. E, church.
near Smiths Mill, in Loudoun coun-
Y, took place on Sunday. The dedicatory
was preached in the surrounding
rove by Rev. DIR. Munsey. 1t is estimated
at least two thousand persons were in
tendance,
We see it stated that Charles Stewart :
id William Crawford two colored men from :
'ashngton city, are canvassing for Greeley ,
Warrenton, Culpeper, Orange, Gordons- :
lie, Madison, and Charlottesville. These :
EN- are said to have had q " satisfactory
with Governor Walker. These I
en should be looked after. .. Il
The Council of the City Of Petersburg =
we passed a very stringent resolution in =
gard to the appointment of police officers. y
0 person hereafter will be appointed on y
e police corps, who is addicted to the use
intoxicating liquors, and if suspended n
+ similar cause will not be reinstated S
thin twelve months from the date of sus. Il
nsion. . G.
The Alexandria Gazette of Friday last ft
Us: ION Wednesday the case of the o.
llted States vs.. Peter Fegan, charged
tn selling liquor as a wholesale dealer et
thout making a proper record of such h,
les upon his wholesale liquor Dealers p
ok, was concluded in the United States a
rcuit court. The suit was to recover &C
nalties amounting to 1900. After a OF
! examination and argument by Messrs. to
IL. Wells, Jr., for the government and
mes Neeson and 5. +. Beach for the de- w
dant, the jury after a short consultation, vi
ldered a verdict for the defendant, with to
its against the government. The case ii,
!, been before the court for some time r.,
has excited a good deal of interest,"" ia
Tho Leesburg Washington,an has the oy
"The white population of Lou ca
IN county in 1850 was l5,OSl in 1860.
OIL and in 1870, 1888. The loss sb
he former decade was 60, and the gain, tic
withstanding all the losses of the war, 20
m 1856 to 1870 was 217, or 2 Der cent, N,
decrease in the colored population of So
ldounf from 1860 to 1870 was 1865. or bo
ut II per cent. This shows that Lou M
IN is a locality favorable to the white wi
g, and that there is, from some cause. n sta
falling of in the colored population, IN,
5 probable that most Of them have gone in
he cities of Washington and George Ca
n. Ihe returns of the assessors for
1866, and 1870, show a falling off in m,
ses of more than 2,400 from go to 'GG, mi
lie from '66 to 20 the gain has been hMnr,
)O,. still leaving a loss in ten years of an,
70 horses. This may, in part, be owing s,I
he fact that very few persons now keep ntt
ng horses as such, while before the war, Um
ost every young man in the county had sm.,,
own horse for riding, which did no ."
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