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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
srATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Our valley. farmers would do well to bear in
mind that the ANIMAL meeting of the Virginia
State Agricultural society will be held in Rich
mond, on the 10Th of this month. Hon. VIII
Torcnav NEwroS has been invitcdto deliver the
annual address. a general convention of the
farmers Of Virginia, and the friends OF agflc"I-
,ure is desired. some of the railroads ofthe Stale
have offered tho inducements Of a free return
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
HOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Col. Thomas J. Randolph aud Gen. Wm.F.
Gordon of Aibemarle, Maj Hill of Gulpeper, Gov.
FLOYD Of Washington, R.& Morriss of Amherst,
and Francis E. Riyes Of Petersburg have been
named as suitable persons 10 compose the Board
Of Public Works. The Legislature is to lay Of
the State into three Districts, and the people in
each district VIII elect one Commissioner, 10
serve sig years. ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
mIIITARY

NM. Faulkner, ofthe House Of Representatives,
has been appoin,edto fllthe vacancy in the Com
mittee of Military Affairs, Occasioned BY the ex-
case from service on that committee Of Mr. Burt,
.f so,,be r. YoIira Ss
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
BANK STOCK.

One hundred aud six shares of Valley Bank
stock were sold publicly in Winchester, on We'd
nesday, at prices ranging from Sll5 10 to Sis
teoAayera9ing SIib2s per share.sga5
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
INTERESTING FROM MExIn

Revolutionary Schemes Of SGuta AHl
correspondent Of the New York T nea =
from the city OF Mexico under dale Ufh.l
of December. thus refers 10 Santa AnraG
future movements:
Santa Anna, the Prince OF Me1iran n
Tors, you know. has never r~elirqnirhe1 hsL
of again securing Ibe DieiaIoTsbiP Of tbs
py country. HIS Punishment ard diaennI
ply afE,rd him secure opportunities :pHaf
plans. il is well known that he Is SsU
contemplating another revolutionary ttNh
early day; bot, with more than his OsullI
ness, he has succeeded in keeping irUn d
teTnment tile particulars Of his mOvrDt
is very probable that he will make hs y
upon Mexico al AeapuieO-a paint faHhss
The suspicious of his enemies. EHoU ihsi
was his intention, although eiEeuRsisrcH
lead him to change his plans. A besR
been baiIU IheLe and furnished for him B! {
his friends ; and many things useful sSSi
paign are landing there daily. The daylI
saw $50 or 200 camp kettles going ihioIhEl
houses Of the leading Santa ABRaisI theRI
many bales OF Blankets and clothing. i"l
o be surprised If you hear stirring peE'i
thar quarter o
Ai the officials in that Stale (GOens
Santa Annals friends. General Alvarez y
vernon, is almost ~omnipotent, afTm frients
great cOnspiTaIOr, and a bllIer enemy Sl
dent Arisia. lie has plenty Of aims, ~
call into the field II 600 Indians al any -
The government Is almost POwerIsss 2
him, as the soldiers from the more RO1thsha
of Mexico "caYe in" with the tysenteg g
as they get info Alvarez mountains a.
military officers of the different stsi;Oss =
State arc appointed y-his influence. sd .
creatures, and Of course Santa Annasis J
pose Santa AnBa's raIlying cry ~Ih te
rant will be var to fhe North Ameriea's-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17
LOUIS NAPoLEoN ANp THE PEl


a few days before the departure Of u
ropa from Liverpool a depu,asiOn, co.'s
of some of the principal editors Of The =
press, were received By the Presidcni 9
French Republic in a private inlerEisE. :
they had requested for the purpose I"
seDtiHg the grievances TO which they He
posed by the rigoT0us censorship uDdH
the newspapers have been placed sin6s
violation OF the 2nd of December IL
ileman who headed the dePuiation -
fully half an hour, and concluded his
by expressing a hope thai the Presi6ent
give some moderate latitude to the p
on listened wilk great eompOsure and PHl
but his only answer was The following
IIemeu, the press has already dss'r9Jf
dyBasIies /; / may fall like the OtheFsi b.lis
take care that Il shall not be b. The PTesi
with this he bowed them ont.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17

THE JEFFERSON RFLE AxD TIE 29SpI
company intend celebrating The bH3
Washington, as will be seen BY
orr advertising columns, on the SS
WashInston'S Farewell address Is
before them by A. R. Boteler, E.q;
Presbyterian church, of this place, EhIp5
are 10 repair al half past / o'elOek
Shonid the weather prove hHe, sss,
hoped a crowded house will dOnbdes
messed. In The evening, we are DICT II
Company viii give an enteEiainme% Z
Hotel Of Mr.. d. EETEER, whose skIn
matters, 80 often tested, has algays
him 10 meet the wishes and Tarea
his guesfs4Shepker2st0len Rfgissr.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17

RAILEoADs rs TEEsEssKE.-A bull -
both HOusesof the Tennessee Legislalnls
priating S3OO,00Ot 10 the e0nstruefIO1
on the railroad 10 the Virginia State ~.
Il will connect with The Virginia and
railroad Another mpeFtalf bill hss
seeond reading 81 the Tennessee Ss1
Probability OF It's becoming .
!Tides ior the loan Of s. 900 per H.
bonds,6 iron andssqnip the Tennes
IoIhe Virginia STATE line.
-Neyer open tile door 10
agFs4t one should sateT also
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17

a man, somewhat giyento superstition,
dreamed on Sunday night, that he saw an omni-
bus up washington stree, containing four pas.
sengers, and drawn by sir horses, each animal
having sir legs. Upon waking from his sleep,
ne sPtang out OF his bed and madea mole o fthe
hsntes, :, |, msn. Ne spenL seysIal
nouH .s ! TyyLi.oee4.wi : UP
Eoef 3 s s., q 40; pposs Elaalng one a1Yast ne
pau. 2 ~ =, ~ ..een..oh on laesaay'
- ps,e 9 .selE
~ ne FnlaaelphIa MINI mas Just struck
gold dollar colt, OF new design 1t consists of a
nat rlng, on @nleh mere Is a supeGscflPtlon bat
mo-. ineaa' as tne, pace - sor tne aeaa Is Gu. tout
iarges so that Il Is not Iiabie9 10 he mistsIen fn..s
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17

SLAVES ron CAIiFoaEA-James Gladden. 81
South Carolina, writes 10 the Shreveport, DAP
Gazette. that colony Of planters is organfztng
in South Carolina toSemigrate to- California with
from FIVE TO eight hundred slaves. They have
to ttetheEe with their slaves, and
in going the oyetlandstouf hey expecttob be pro.
tected BY q Government force.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-02-17

Nj. Robt. SwanASI= Having eoaceired N.Y.
self Insulted BY yoas which now say upon infor-
nation which came TO my ears after the insult
was offered5b by mel am fully convinced was not
intendedas an insult by you, / IN return offered
you the gross insult, for mhiehI have since fell
the deepest regret il beiDgn not only gross out.
rage 10 you for which nc suitable apology dan.
be made but an act entirely unworthy Of myself
as a gentleman.
It's due 20 myself, sfF,as well as TO Won. that
4 should make observation-disclosures audi assure
you itgiyes me pleasure To do so; and ask thai.
my offence MAY be oyeriooked
Very fespeetsplly, Sc
W. 0siSREIGGsof Jos.
The above lelter of apology was written IN
answer 10 a written inxitafion from Robert
swan g mset him on Charles Perry afeasokss
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

n "ResoiUed, That we do most cor
daily endorse the proceedings Of the
State Railroad Convention held at Fair.
field on the Ilth inst. and that we pledge
ourselves to the Railroad men Of the
State to stand by the great railroad pro.
jects which we have heretofore advoca-
ted at eUery hazard and to the last er-
fremity."
The above resolution was adopted by
the people Of Iowa City, on the return Of
their delegation to the Fairfield Conyen-
.non. The spirit Of the latter par, of il
is, as we are informed, in periec, keeping
with the tone Of the speeches made at
Fairfield. They pledge themselves to
"s,aud by the great railroad projects
which we (they) have heretofore advoca-
ted at eoery hazard" This must have
been very ilat.ering to the delegates in
the Fairfield Convention who were
friends to the "Iowa Western Rail Road
as surveyed by way Of Muscatine 10
Oskaloosa. They must feeihighiy fat
tered TO hdpe been inDeigled into the
Fairfield Concention Just to haze the
influence Of their names in print and
then to De irnpadenfly told that the OLD
HAcKNEYED projects heretofore adUoca-
ted By Ioi6d City are to be maintain-
ed "af eUery hazard and to the last er-
iremity."
Let the friends Of the "lowa Western
Rail Rail Road" from M'.assasine 10 the Mis-
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

PRoTEcTINe LETrERs.-Many ihous-
anGs Of letters sent to the post-office are
returned as dead letters, the persons to
whom they are sent not being found.-
These are destroyed unless they contain
enclosures Of some kind; and often infor-
nation of value to the persons address
ed, or their friends, is destroyed with
them.. In new addition Of the rcgula-
lions Of the post-office, about to be pub
lished, it is provided that in every case
where the writer of letter chooses to
protect it from the chance Of being open
ed at the Department, and destroyed as
dead letter, he can do SO by pre-paying
the postage, and writing legibly on the
sealed side the words ITO be preserUed,"
in which caseit will be rescued from the
liability OF bdng committed to the
flames, and its Seal will remain intact.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04
Questions For LIQUOR Dealers.

1st. Can it be righ: for me to derive.
my living from that which is spreading
disease. poverty and premature death
through my neighborhood! How wouli
j, be in any similar case! Would il be
right for me to derive my living from
selling poison, or from propagating plague
and leprosy around met. IA -
I'd. Can it be r;gh. sor me to derive
my living from that <hich is debasing
the minds and running the soul OF my
neighbors! How would j. be in any
other case! Would il be right for me
to derive my living from the sale Of a
drug which produces misery or madness;
which excited the passions, and brutal
lied the mind, and ruiped the soul Of
my fellow.menl. a a,e. =
3D.. Can be right for me to derive my
living from that which destroys forever
the happiness of the domestic CIRCLE
which is filling the land with women
and children in a condition far more de-
plorable than that of widows and or
phans! 53 5rr -w
4,h. Can it be right for me to derive
my living from that which is known. TO
be the cause of nine-tenths of all the
crimes which are perpertrated against
society! n& rec, ~, 4 I.
b 5ih. Can il be right for me to derive
my living from that which accomplishes
all these at once, and which it does with
out ceasing! ~,
9th. Do you say that you do not
know that the liquor which you are SELL
ing will produce these results. Do You
know that nine hundred and % gal
Ions produce that effect to one which is
used innocently! Task then, .
7.h. Would ii be right for me to sell
poison on the grounds that there was one
chance in thousand that the purchaser
would Ole OF III
9Th. Do you say that you are not res
ponsible for the acts of your neighbors!
Is this clearly sol Is not he who fur
nishes murderer with weapon con-
siderea an accomplice!
II these things are so--and that they
are SO who can Gispute!--I ask you,
my respected citizens, what is to
be done! Let me me ask, is not this
trade altogether wrong! Why. then.
should we not altogether abandon itl--
If any man think otherwise and choose
to continue it, have but one word to
say: My brother, when you order
cargo of intoxicating liquors. think how
much misery you are importing into the
community. As you store it up, think
how many curses you may be heaping
together against yourself. As you roll
it out of your warehouse. think how
many families each cask will ruin. Let
your thoughts then revert 10 your own
6reside, wife, and your little ones, then
look up to him that judgeth righteously.
AID ask yourself, my brother, Is IT
RIGHT!
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

DRAwINe TOO TIoHT.--Louis Napo-
leon has by this time no doubt. consul
mated the threatened abolishment of the
Masonic Lodges" in France, as places
where suspicion and fear, hose ranking
thorns of tyrants, can see lurking some
of the unextinguished sparks of freedom.
Thus he wiflgo on, from one extremity
to another, till he suspects everyboay's
hands raised against him, creatings by
his own apprehensions, the very danger
that will eventually consume him. Ty-
rants are their own worst enemies, and
Louis Napoleon, in drawing the cords.
too tight, will thus strangle himself in the
moose that he has tied for others. Hap
py infatuation for the masses Of man.
kind. Louisville Journal. Il 'se
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

railroad, its whole population is now, OF
will be soon, brought close to the bord.
ers of Iowa. The cities of the Southern
seaboard--Charleston, Savannah, and
Mobile--are already stretching iheirlin
in this direction, soon to be completed
conductors; while the traveller from all
the principal points Of the Northern sea.
boarG-from Portland, Boston, Proyi
dence, New York, Philadelphia. Bali.
more, ard Washmg,on-now passes
without impediment to this remote re.
gion. traversing territory Of funexampled
resources--at once magazine and a
granary--the largest coal field. and a,
the same time the largest corn.feld, ol
the known globe--winding his way a.
mong churches and school. houses, a.
mong forests and gardens, by villages,
towns, and cities. along the sea, along
rivers and lakes, with speed which
may recall the gallon Of the giosilv horse
man in the ballad: s ~ aa
"Fled past on right and left how fast
Each forest, grove, and bower!
On right and left fed past how fast
Each city, town, and tower!
Tramp tramp! along the land they speed,
Splash! splash along the sea-" ...7
On the banks Of the Mississippi he is
now arrested. The proposed road in To-
wa will bear the advenlurer yet further,
To the banks Of the Missouri; and this
distant giant stream, migh,iest OF the
earth, leaping from its sources in the
Rocky Mountains, will be clasped with
the Atlantic in the same iron bracelet
In all this see not only further oppor-
tuni,ies for commerce, but new extern
sion 10 civilization and increased strength
to our National Union.
A heathen poet, while picturing the
golden age without long lines of road, has
ignorantly indicated this circumstance as
creditable to that imaginary period in
contrast with his own. "How weli,"
exclaimed the youthful Tibullus. ..they
lived while Saturn .uled-6gorethe earth
Was opened by long vays: '
Guam bene Saturno vivebant rege; prius-
guam
Telius in LoNGAs EST PATEFAcrA Was"
But the true Golden Age is before US,
not behind US; and one of its tokens will
be the completion of those long scays, by
which villages, towns, counties, States,
provinces, nations, are all 10 be associat-
ed and knit together in fellowship that
can never be broken.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04
{. s.. OTTUMWA IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1852. !

that Is, the average annual tax on land in
these States. for instance, on the lard of
other non-residents. There are no off :
cial documents within my knowledge by
which this can be determined. But af-
ter inquiry of gentletAen, themselves
landholders in these States, / have tho't
1 might place il, without chance of con-
tradictlon, at one cent an acre. Proba-
bly, il is rather two or even three cents;
but, desiring TO keep within bounds. |
call ii merely one cent an acre. The
annual tax on eos, ,76l 1854 acres, at the
rate of one cent an acre, would be 81
S09,Gl0, and the sum total of this tax
for twenty-five years would amount TO
$72,49O,475 being the value of this i'm
muni:y from taxation already enjoyed
by the United States; or, if we call the
annual tax two cents an acre instead OF
one cent, we have the enormous sum Of
81 44, ,960,950, of which the Uni,eI
States may now be regarded as trustees
in equity for the benefit of the land States.
But against this large sum may be re-
minded of reservations and grants by the
Nation to the different States in question.
These. however, when examined, do not
materially interfere with the result
F,om the official returns of the Laud Of
flee in ls48, Executive Doc, Thirtieth
Congress, second session, III. X. No.
Is. we learn the precise extent of these
reservations and grants down to that Pc
riOd. Here is the exhibit:
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

"Friends, do you not think that the
certainty of having railroad from Du-
buque to Keokuk, through Fairfield, Sa-
lem, &c.. connecting with the one from
New York to Iowa City, and so on west
ward; : preferable to the pursuit of an
imprac,icable scheme. which will ex-
pose all our expectations TO the greatest
hazard!"
The above, from the "Valley Whig,"
is additional proof Of the corrup, bargain
between the advocates of the Dubuque
and keokuk Railroad and the people of
Iowa City; that the Davenport and Mis-
souri, river railroad shall be located
through Iowa City, and so on West
ward," without any reference to the JUS.
tice of the claims of The Iowa Western
Railroad, which is now surveyed by way
of Muscatine to Oskaloosa.
Ii our rights are too be sold out to Iowa
City before grant ofland is made, then
we say at once, that we feel no great de-
sire to see bill pass Congress making
adoaation. We hare aisOays looked up
on the Dubuque and Keokuk scheme as
ENTIRELY VISIONARY, and at right an
giles Dith the correct policy and real IN
teresfs of our State, and have silently
submitted to il, only because we were
not directly interested in it. But if this
miserable h,1m6ug, sohich rams in d.
rect opposition TO the Mississippi riUer,
and is calculated aud intended to cut off
all communication between the interior
of the State and all the river towns be-
tween Keokuk and Dubuque; If this rot
ten project is TO be concerted into a
sword TO attack our rights By a foul
bargain, then we say down with il al
once. We go heart and soul for the
route from Muscaline to Oskaloosa, and
we will oppose to the extent of our abili.
~ and influence every project which at.
temp,s to sell out our rights. Oskaloosa
Herald.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

Regarding the United States. then. as
simple proprie.ors Of these lands, under
the jurisdiction of the States. to the bur-
dens of other proprietors. unless espe-
cially exempted therefrpm! This ex-
emPsion has been conceded. . In the Or
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-03-04

souri, River cut loose from Iowa City
and stand by their memorial before Con-
gress and their petition will be granted.
Let this route be fairly separated from
all other projects and stand on its own
merits in a single bill and their will be
no trouble about its passage. What say
you Muscatine! Shall we go in for our
selves on the merits Of our cause and let
Iowa City do the same! We shall new
er get a donation of land so long as our
BIZ! is encumbered by their humbug
schemes -Oskuioosa Herald.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24
TO PHE CREDITORS OF TEXAS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES

As the Committee of Finance in the United States
Senate has decided that in their opinion the Government
of the United States is not bound to make up the
creditors of Texas the difference between the rate at
which she has reduced her debt and the nominal or face
value of her securities it becomes useless protrac
ing the present session of Congress- frutess struggle
secure payment in full on that debt.
The undersigned, therefore, calls upon such of the
creditors of Texas willing accept the settlement
she tenders them (which may be the face of the
audited certificates they hold signify the to him
at this place. with the least possible delay that he may
have their authority with that Of those he represents
to memorabilia Congress forthwith to modify the pro-
viso in the boundary act to relieve the FIVE millions a
proprated to their payment from their present suspen
sion in the Treasury Of the United States and thus to
enable them to sign their releases separately at the
treasury and receive their money with the least possible
delay
BY the legal compulsion under which these releases
viii be signed the whole equity to which the creditors
Texas may be entitled viii be left open for the consider
alton hereafter of the Legislature Of Texas and the
Congress of the United States, propitous
to doing them ample justice which the undersigned has
no doubt viii be accorded. ]. HAMILTON.
WASHINGTON july 10, 1852
N B.. As this notice will in all probability, be highly
important to their subscribers the editors of the different
papers throughout the Union earnestly and respect
fully requested to give this notice insertion in their
respective papers.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24
TO THE EDITORS.

GENTLEMEN: desire to correct erroneous impress
sion which may result from my address to the creditors of
Texas which appeared in your paper Of to-day.
find, on conversng this morning with a member of
the Committee Of Finance of the Senate that formal
vote taken the express question Of the liability Of
the United States for the debt of Texas which inferred
from communication received from two otter members
of that committee / am, nevertheless, informed by
majority Of the committee that its action of charac
ter to justify this inference.
shall be exceedingly graifed to find that this deduc-
ton erroneous and that the committee prepared
to do entire justice to the creditors Of Texas by
pcit and unreserved affirmation Of the liability Of the
United States for that portion Of the debt Of Texas for
which the Of her late republic specially
pledged
remain, very respectfully your obedient servant,
J. HAMILTON.
WASHINGTON, july 10, 1882
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24


On motion Of Mr.. MeLANAHAN, the Committee Of the
Whole on the of the Union discharged from the
further consideration Of the Senate bin supplemental
act providing for taking the seventh and subsequent
Of the United States and to fix the number Of
members Of the House of Representatives and provide
for due apportionment among the several States APP
proved May 3d. 1850.
Mr. MoLANAHAN, although he did not concur in the
principle of the BILL conceived it to be his duty to
that il be put its passage
Under the operation Of the previous question it was
passed.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
Mr.. HARRIS, Of Tennessee, asked the unanimous
sent of the House to take up the resolution fixing the time
of the adjournment of the two Houses of Congress-
die amended by the Senate.
Several gentlemen interposed objections.
RIVER AND HARB0R BILL
resolution was adopted to terminate the debate on
river and harbor bill tomorrow at one O'Clock p. NJ
The House then resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole the state of the Unon Mr. OLDs in the chair
and resumed the consideration Of this subject.
Mr.. MARSHALL, of Kentucky for short time spoke
to the constitutionaty of appropriations for the i'm
proyement of rivers and harbors The power, he said
had been conceded both sides of the House. This BILL
however, not full enough and did not 60 sufficiently
far in its provisions, and did not protect in
substance the great interests of the West which press
upon and demand the attention of the National Legsa
ture He scrutinzed the several items Of the BILL show
that the Lake and Atlantic coasts better provided
for than the great rivers of his section of country and
complained OF the action of the Committee Commerce.
which reported the bill under consideration.
The committee at three, took until six o'clock