Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03


- Messrs ROBERT QUIGLEY, and ROBERT f.
Z -. left on Thursday morning last for ST. Louis
- for California, in company with Mr.. JOHN ii.
-, chose departure was noticed in our last
= ryted in the best. spirits and with the good
SsefsH who knew them. We trust they may
4 = pleasant journey, and realize to the full their
,tdcsires and expectations.
[ShePherdstoren Register.
,,,rfis TsIIL-The Portage City (Wisconsin)
riiel1 contains a portion of the trial Of Edward
~ better known as the Monk of La Trappe) for
51rIer bv shooting, of Bernard Manlcy Leahey
4 mot guilty TO the Indictment. Francis Will
,tifei that he the prisoner fire three shots,
,tbe deceased, which caused his death, and two
LAT Abram Morton. The pistol was revolver
Jt5ocharges were left in it Lcahey stated TO the
=. thst the murder was just and that the Lord
n lin to do it. Alanley lived about forty-ivc MINI
s,fer the shot The testimony, fur it is
5F,bei is conclusive as 10 the fact that Manley was
AR Ieahcy for alleged adultery with The wife of
fAter.
"A Washington correspondent under date of
.laeslay evening says:
Il Cabinet has held a very protracted meeting
'i,7. and the result is that the Hon. John y. Dix
len appointed Minister to France, and Mr.. r.
Nr Meade, OfVirginia, Minister to Chill.
his bsferssl By some of the friends of Chief JUS
Tanev that he will decline further service on
Ie1eh Of the Supreme Court account of his
and health lie is now ia his sevcnty-sevcnth
h.
APPLICANTS for important consulships have been in
-asl that their cases have been postponed, owing
.he fact that diplomatic appointments and the pre-
s,itOn Of instructions will 0cupy the lime for a
ei1iqlIt tn come.
bow oplv t,velye years old, TEho walked all the
s4r from Ohio ia Washington, called on the Presl-
F1f to-day iIe-aid lac was orphan, supported
a cduc,ied BY + poor aunt, and had come to ask
zesin the Nary The President was deeply alice
n by his story and the evidence of his perseverance,
Ind cve him several pieces Of gold, asd invited him
30 call agSiN The hoy 1ett, bit Wfs followed by a
gentleman who witnessed the Interview, and who saw
him exchange the gold he had received for baHk-notes
elcl he mailed in letter to his relative His en-
sprsc is ikeysohe rsyssrled by the plsce seeks
Th.aanYa,e- travsS ,Eso;lfpsrslers At The North
Tl is unusually large tlBs season, principally on
mount the Industrial Exhibition ut New York,
ough much Ofthc increase springs from other causes
he New Orleans PiCzyune says that already num-
eIs hare LEFT. Bhis Emmy others just about to
a7e and Stih moro will leave iAter in the season
IL main portion of the ETystG Palace Will not be
cuptted however, before the lSt of June So says
4 ENQUIRER ana the space for exhbSiun is always
entirely engaged, that they have gone about cree
g Cthcr adjacent buildings for particular classes
dHtiCes While the SuthcrueTs go North, the sum-
rr trip the NortherHeTs will be to Europe, we
oppose and the Europeans 10 America To some eX-
-. In ie last ten years New York has added one
llfafed IEilfOTS 10 TIE TlluiltOn Oh
Hi ROu reaches to the value of three hundred and
bFtUO millions of dollars.
-, The Democrats of the IIth Distro' of Virginia
lave nominated John F. Snodgrass for Congress
IA hundred mill girls selected by an american
EPeculator in Glasgow, Scotland, have sailed from
he Clyde to commence q new cotton 'nin at New
EOfk
s..>Wuh, Il, Oney has heeR convicted Of forgery at
Richmond and sentenced 10 The PeEiteatiary fsc two
!eaN.
....A Tunnel oSy in ccatsc of construction on the
line of the Dayton AMI CinciRnsfi railway will, it is
said te with Its approaches 10000 feet i'll length, and
u largest work Of the kind ia the United States
lone of tho BOSTON military companies, the
Light Guard have erected in their armory suhscrip-
hon 0Oxto aid thecreciVa ofthe Washington Nation
nj Monument
There is only one thing less profitable than
su'lhg people, and that is going security for them
PEoJECTs-The active efforts of EIAginia to take
ule coal trade down 10 Alexandria, by new lines OF
railroads from the WeSternport region down TO Alex
andria have caused some ealousy on the part of the
baltimore interests. notice that 1t is proposed rs
Scounteracting measure TO create slack-watcr nav
saIion from Cumberland, up to the Potomac TO the
VI[eglon THIS project has been lOngiu view and
ago
But it is also suggested by those who lack faith in
ne canal management that a slackwatcr navigation
Gtae Potomac, down TO this city, may be profitable
substituted for it If this canal toll is to he eighty
aS ton, and If 1t is to be- through cAreless MAN.
sement subject TO long Interruptions slack-water
&PreeTable
tIRalhington Correspondent Baltimore Sun.
alden canal boats arrivedat George
a9yulElng the week ending on Monday, by the
"a and various kinds of produce The present toll
.. eeal from Cumberland to Georgetown is fortg-s1E
s Per ton the whole distance; that is TO say one
j NTH OF a cent per ton per mile.
IAN artesian well has been sunk at Charleston
aae depth of 1861 feet, without obtaining wafer
1a depth oflOlO feet shark tooth in fine prcser-
seoni was found.
-. The Democratic Convention for the Ninth Con-
se-donal District which met at Onion, on the 18th
nominated Hon. u. A. Edmonson of Roanoke,
me Democratic candidate for Congress
1.-THE site for a National Military Hospital at
West is said to be fixed at HarTo dsburg Springs
Gen Scott reported against the blue Lick loca-
...A st Louis confcctioncr IS said to bare man
cured an article for exhibition at the az
81 IN New York, which viii no doubt attract crowds
emile observers 1T Is picture ~ lls
Sely Of boar hunt The figures in the 9Eiganal
Wasting Of the hunters aud their horses the Doar
Fspresented with surprising accuracy
"A Pigeon Roost Is mentioned By the Fort Smith
ea1sas Herald as existing in thai tion u COM
ess about twenty Aeight miles from Fort
3lends for upwards Of twenty Ililes on eitilsE
q the PoteuFa to within few miles Of HaldEe9
y scott county. The number Of birds IS beyond
pltatioh.
are four hundred nppli y Is saial
We loal Agencies Of the NaVy ann
one for e and one iof luminous coal
appointed.
Ihe civil debt or otni2 Is
sos tid6l fdnds g o-toial
A1e Eoni1 toners The j sing 1slles q
no vii red eHi, s e 100 81 III qegs on
Has1hi
tisc ior ie Central Railro5a, nearly
n. leed q iaunion. Alitbdt a1siin %
L ne o1t iu motion, ia fhe 6n'iie7 rom ~
-. liiTer, underttkci un Si1ic agqonnt
1.-Two huudfed and fllf piisouafs are now con-
IN the fcuilcnttrv Of fitein' noic han qs