Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-04
VIRGINIA NOTES.

Captain John Hampden Chamber
layne, senior editor and proprietor of
the Richmond State, died in that city
of pneumonia, after brief illness, aged
"A years. Captain Chamberlayne was q
native of Richmond and graduate of
the University of Virginia, where he
won the degree of master OF arts. He
was admitted to the bar in Richmond
in 1859.
A Norfolk special to the evening Post
furnishes some details of the capture of
the marauding oyster feet by Governor
Cameron and his militia. Twenty-six
vessels are reported to have been taken.
It is said that the Governors fleet ar
rived in the bay before daylight, and
just as the sun was rising, gun fired
from the bow of the amateur admirars g
Aagship warned the marauders that
they were surrounded, and that all hope
OF escape was cut off. Despite this
fact, the oystermen showed signs of
fight, but the two state men of war bore
down upon them, and, by few we'll
directed shots, warned them that any
efforts at resistance would cause their
annihilation by the "militia navy" Af-
ter brief parley, one of the oyster
vessels caused piece of sailors under
wear to be rnn upon the Flagstaff as q
sign of their surrender. Admiral Cover
nor Cameron, with his staff of officers,
went aboard the craft that displayed
the white flag and made arrangements
for taking their prizes to this city and
committing their prisoners to Jail in
Matthews county.
John r. Stegar, tax collector of North
Danville, disappeared several days ago.
It was said at first he had gone to Rich
mond for settlement with the auditor.
He was pronounced defaulter to the
amount of $4,000. When last seen in
Richmond, it was said he was going to
Old Point.
A man named johnson is under
arrest in Richmond, who was detected
while carrying off articles of bed-cloth-
ling and wearing from the small
spox hospital, and selling it to various
persons in the city. One case of the
disease has been traced to theft by
this man.
The Virginia Senate passed a bill
permitting the consolidation of the
Alexandria and fredericksburg Rail-
road Company and the Alexandria and
Washington Railroad Company.
A bill has been INTRODUCED in the
legislature to incorporate railroad to
run from Lynchburg to Ashe county, in
Western North Carolina.
Many OF the children in the neigh.
borhood Of Orleans, Fauquire county,
have died recently of diptheria. One
gentleman lost four Of his children
within week.
Out OF flock of forty sheep on the
( farm of Colonel John r. Strother,
Oulpeper county, all but five were
either killed or badly mutilated by dogs
few nights since. This loss was a
heavy one, as they were of the finest
Cotswold.
Governor Cameron, of Virginia, has
vetoed the Anti-dueling bill.
The oyster war has again broken out
in Virginia waters, and Governor Cam
eron has ordered the military from Nor
folk to proceed at once to the scene of
trouble. The Governor is on the ground
to quell the trouble.
A fire occurred in Liberty, Bedford
county, originating in the kitchen OF
o. P. Bell, situated near the center OF
the town and close to the courthouse
building. 1t burned in an easterly di-
rection, @ consuming the store aud dwell
ing house of o. p. Bell, the dwellings
OF +. O. Hoffman, proprietor of the
Bedford Star, Jas. s. Kasey, Mrs. Char
lotte Hensley, and Mrs. VIM. L. Holt
the office, type, and fixtures of the Bed.
ford Star, and endangered the bulldog
occupied by the Bank of Bedford.
The suspension of J. B. Ficklen a
Sons, of the Bridgewater Mills, is an.
nounoed. Liabilities estimated at $780,.
600.