SENER, James Beverly, lawyer, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 18 May, 1837. He received an academic preparation, attended lectures at the University of Virginia as a state student, and was graduated in several of the schools of the university. He then studied law at Lexington, Virginia, was admitted to the bar in March, 1860, and served as sergeant (or sheriff) of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1863-'5. He was army correspondent of the Southern associated press, with General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in 1862-'5, and from 1865 till 1875 was editor of the Fredericksburg "Ledger." Mr. Sener was a delegate from Virginia to the National Republican conventions of 1872 and 1876 and served on the National Republican committee from 1876 till 1880. He was a member of congress in 1873-'5, and was the chairman of the committee on expenditures in the department of justice, being the first chairman of such a committee. He was chief justice of Wyoming territory from 18 December, 1879, till 10 March, 1884.