Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1847-08-13


ApPRoPR1ArIoss FOR THE SHEEASDoAH.--By
an act of the Legislature. passed in March, 1884,
tie new Shenandoah Company was authorized to
Increase its capital stock TO the amount OF $780,
coo.
By an actof March 1887, a subscription of S4G,-
Ogy TO the stool; of the Company was made-and
an additional $4,000 authorised for every SD
600 raised by private subscriptions until the whoe
sock should amount to S5OOOO0-being in fact
p:edge of 100000 on the part of the State But
the provisions Of this act expired in January 1882
tire Company not having raised the private sub
srriptious required. This is the act which the
Font ROYAL Convention desires to have revived
4 Joint resolution, passed i'll 1889, authorized
the Board of Public Works to have careful sur
vey OF the River by Competent Engineer, put
TIL; survey was not made, owing TO some unIa-
yorabIe circumstances existing at the time-and
a request is about TO be made to have that duty
performed. as early as practicable.-I WIN ReP'
EXPECTED RETURN OF THE COMET OF 1856.
We are indebted to John Taylor, Esq, OF Liver
puc, for several interesting astronomical notIces
published BY him during the past year IN the pub
lie prints of that CITY; but believe we have not
hitscrto referred to the approaching expected re-
turn of the Comet of 1856, with the discussion
or which one Of those notices is occupied. As
lon:. since as 1851 Mr.. Richard Dunthorne, OF
Cambridge, England, in computing the elements
of the Comet OF 1864, found them so similar to
those ofthe Comet OF $50 that he was led to the
conclusion that the two were Identlcal ana thNE
its .cf,Lrn might be expected about 1913. Subse-
,ant investigations which have been made by at
Crrcnt astronomers confirm this conclusion and
Their, is therefore good to look TOR the re-
apraarance of this Comet during the year iS4S'
although it would not be surprising 1t this event
sho,:,d happen a year earlier or later than this
date
M,rxE.-The Legislature of Maine has passed
hill and resolves for altering the Constitution, so
that hereafter Governor, Senators, and Repre-
scntatiyes to the General Court and to Congress,
NAV ,c chosen by plurality. So tar as the eIec-
ton n members Of Congress and County officers
is Concerned, it will 90 at once into operation
The ,.,hers being amendments TO the Constitution
canunl de adopted, until they receive tic atlrma-
tive yutes OF a majority oil The people.
DfgrrcUI.rY OF AppREnEXDING TIE VALUE OF
HGH NUMBERs---As very high numbers are
some, hat difficult TO apprehend, it may not be
amsS 10 illustrate BY few examples, the value oil
the words Million, Billion, Trillion and Quadrll-
lion. Suppose that person reckons hundred
pieces to a minute, and continues to do so Twelve
hours in each dav, he will take fourteen days to
reckon a million \ thousand men would take SO
years TO reckon Il billion. If we suppose the
whole inhabitants Of England and Wales have
been constantly employed since The birth o! our
;SaviuE,r, they could not have as yet reckoned Il
;r!ion Thoughwe admit the earth IRON It's creal-
ton L. have been populous as it Is at present.
and the whole human race to have been counting
money, without intcrmission they could scarcely
as vet have reckoned the iiye-hundrcdth part OF Il
1uaIrii;iOn Of pieces.
lII6rrison's Commercial Arithmetic.
A pi2ArE.-Capt Small of the schr. King
Philip which arrived at New York on Saturday
nlornit.s, from Trinidad de Cuba, states that on
The 81 INST, in lat. 81. As Ion. 1890, he boarded
The slI! chesapeake, from Philadelphia Tor BATH
llorr. aid the Captain of the G. informed him that
lie had spoken a Bark, name not rccOilected. on
lie aii,sJoon of the % inst, whose Captain IN
formed sim that Il boat of or 10 men, boarded
md ton> from him his Chrononctcr and ali other
,s,inaby,s. and left the crew bound who were lIb-
Grated r vessel rUh"h ""'''" '>'''I'E HtteT
when they proceeded on their passage.
Aprr4r IN NVAsuINGToN Henry Gray and
e. f. Stewart, two out OF four individuals VINO
were returning in the cars from BeltsVIiIe 10
Washington city, on Thursday last, from gum
uiun EXCURSION, were arrested for stealing the
watch o;.Iames c. Clark, of Alexandria. who was
also on the cars The parties were arrested by
Captain Goddard on the arrival ofthe cars at the
Washington depot. and although they stoutly de-
MED any knowledge Of the watch, upon beng
searched it was found in the possession OF Gray
They vc.c committed TO Jail to await the requisi-
ton Of lis, Governor Of Maryland, as the offence
was comptled in Prince Georges county.
NTurE TEooPs-The President, through the
:Sccrerar. Of War, has, authorized the acceptance
of battalion Of volunteer rtemen oil five COM
ranies ooD from the State of Mississippi, to rem
dcHvous Al Vickburg, and a company OF mounted
volunteers from Illinois.
VEILn:i' FEvER.-The New Orleans Delta OF
the LIST instant says The prevailing sickness IN
our city the present time seems to be the yellow
fever. We learn that there are many cases under
private treatment, and that if anything the disease
is somewhat on the increase. There had been 38
deaths frc3n yellow fever in the Charity hospital
during the week ending list ultimo.
The Picayune, however, says :-Consderng
the unusr& number of strangers in town, return
cd volunteers, foreign emigrants and other IInac-
cnated People, we have been signally blessed this
season.
National CoxvENTIoN.-The sixth Congress
soral District of Indiana, has chosen John H.
Jones delegate to the next Democratic National
Cdnvcntinn.
DEAn.-David Ames, Esq, the celebrated pa
ner manufacturer died at Springfield, Mass, on
Friday last, at the advanced age of ST. lie was
the first to inroduce modern improvement into his
mill.
z5Asasaaesg@a
On The jtlai inst at Selma Frederick COnnIv. Virginia.
the residences IF her father, by the Rev. VIM. y. Rocker
JonN AMB;EW, ESD, to Miss ANNA NJ, eldest daughter