Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1847-05-28
NUMBER 46.

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Tgs DoLLARs FiNE ros KissISe.--Among the
indictments before the Sussex Oyer and Terniiner
last week was one against William Snyder, OF
saltwater, for an assault and battery ON Miss
phebe L. Allen, with intent 10 Kiss. The offence
appearedhy the testimony OF the young lady To
have been committed against her will. The
Court charged the jury, that this thing having been
done againStt the will of the young lady, itconstitn-
ted an assault and battery, OF which,, 1t they be-
lieved the testimony, they must nd the aefendau.
guilty, which they did; and the court imposed a
fine OF ten dollars. The essence of-the crime Is
said to- consist in the fact that the plaintiff Is u
married nanTye'cark 9aitg ar
ASorHEn FAMINE ExpEerED.-Mr. Bennett,
in one OF his recent letters TO the Y. Y. Herald,
predicts that according to all appearances and
all calculations, the S47 will exhibit great
j.. a deficiency that of 1876. This opinion Is al
ready entertained and promulg gated by many think
ers and reasoners in France and England. Some
even 90 so far as TO say that the next crops will
be even more deficient than the last The plague
is not considered at its highest point, according
to certain experiments already made. It Is even
spreading into other countries
The Wings elected their Governor in the State
of New York by taking up man identified with
ant-rentism and pledged 10 pardon the anti-rent
conyics. They have now elected a mayor in tho
city by voting for who was avowed to be a
diversion OF land among all citizens, and for every
voter to vote himself a farm.
We hope the Wings will therefore never again
accuse the Democrats ofbenga leveiling, Aquarium,
jacobin party TicksJUrg Sentinel
THE MoRmoxs-There has been, it seems, an
rreconciIable split among the Mormons at San
Francisco The little volcano has been rumbling
for some time, and has at last broke forth in
fame. The result of this explosion will be 10
throw them into different parts Of California. la
this discovered state they will undoubtedly do more
good than distinct community. They have
habits of industry that can make them extensively
useful; they plain, laborious, frugal people,
and little deserve the oPprobrium which may he
cast upon them.--THe Californian.
AMEEIcAN HOME MISSIONARY SocErY.-This
Society held its annual session at the tabernacle
in New York, on Wednesday evening. Its report
shows vast and valuable amount OF labor doEe.
# has employed within the year 972 ministers, in
20 different States and Territories, preaching 10
ll7O congregations. 30 new missionaries have
been appointed in the Western States. The So
ccty numbers $4,000 Sabbath School children,
and 81, 600 temperance subscribers. l20 sanctu-
aries have been completed during the year. Its
receipts of III months amount TO Sll9,l53 81,
its liabilities Sl32, 1913 so. 1t had balance
hand. April Is, 1916, of S2T35 %, leaving its
present debt ,72s 90. TIE receipts for the
last year were S8,4O6 &c less Than the previous
year The Society stands pledged in tie coming
year for $57,276 GA. Considering the enlarged
sphere OF its labor, the Society is in fourshing
condition, and is entitled to prayer for success
in every good mans heart.
SOMETHING UANDsomE.-TL Onion publishes
the following note from ord Palmerston, present
ing The thanks of the British Government and ma
ton to the people OF the United States, for their
liberal contributions in aid OF the suffering people
OF Ireland
FoRB1GN OFFICE, March 81, 1917.
SR-I have received your despatch No. s, of
the 18th ult., stating that measures had been
taken for the purpose of raising subscription in
the United States for the relief of the destitute
Irish Joor.
And | have to instruct you to take every oppor-
tunity to show how grateful her Majesty Govern
ment and the British nation at large feel for the kind
and honorable manifestation Of sympathy, by the
c;Zens of the United States, for the suffering of
the Irish people. 1t might indeed have been eX-
pected that generous and highmndcd nation
would deeply commiserate the sutierings which
an awful visitation of Providence has inflicted upon
so large a population, descended from the same
ancestors themselves. But The active and en-
etgetiC assistance which the people OF the United
States are thus affording TO the poor irish while
it reflects the highest honor upon our transatlan-
tic brethern; must tend to draw closer, and to
render stronger and more lasting, those ties OF
friendship and mutual esteem which her majestys
government trusts will long continue TO exist be-
tween the two great branches oil the Anglo Saxon
iamy-seperated, indeed, from each other, by
geogra phcal position. but united together by
common interests, to which every succeeding year
must add increasing extension and force ] am,
&C. PALMERSION.
TO the Right Hon. Richard Pakenham, &c.
DEATH OF THREE BRoTHERs WITHIN EIGHT
DAYs.-The Eaton (Ohio) Register, of the 9th
inst, contains notice OF sad and unusual dis
pensation of Providence, from which we COPY the
following:
Died, ON the oath ut, DIR. Peleg Whitridge,
aged 81 years.
On the 10Th ult DR.. John c. Whitridge, aged
SO years.
On the Cd inst L. w. Whitrdge. aged about
80 years.
The deceased all died of an acute affection OF
the lungs. They were all brothers, and residents
of the town OF New Paris. in this county-all III
the prime OF life. Pie first two were physicians,
eminent in their profession.
MYSTERIOUS DIsArPEAR4NcE.-'Fhe n. York
Globe states that an individual by the name OF
Thomas said to be relation ofeN-Gooe:nor Tho
mas, OF Maryland, has been missing since Satur-
day week last, leaving his wife in that city in
state Of great uneasness. He recently arrived
there from Charleston, s. c., and was said to have
in his possession some S., 600 in specie. In Com
pany Will his wife lie, was to have taken the
O'Clock train for Philadelphia, on the Saturday
referred to, but according TO The account of the
hotel-k2eper, where he had rooms, he Withdrew
his baggage at 6 A. NJ. on that day-Mrs. Thomas