Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-02-15
GENERAL NEWS.

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Guards was killed to-day by Rsl.s
Iuskesee Isiighht niiantfF. The osfs. = -
i'm insult b II rs Bets. Y, W. L.
another EIirce that Brown, hved ,ls.1
hours during which lie pSr,otested H. g
the man were insultea bI4s. Bees IS S g.
sSlllsd WITH q bowie knife having ffst ~
Eat Bets aS;a q revolver on the lattsgSF, IS
q ne Ilollce eomInls Mars Of Tie e;.z I.
ltimors have informed Iayor and I
els that NE y fele aliSlssi required ri a.
maintenaecs of tSe S6liiiss force Of tint sc
toI the ys-T Will he 1926 900. TbeE1
aries and SsIay q 0fficers and men az tba q.
man sat force aclnding cSlnps
OF detect amounts to S213.9S2. and NJ.
other sPsnsss including clerks, e =,
NIaeon Iels graph says
Mr.: Warren, Of she Baspotiss church - ~.
city, IL his sermon of last SUNDAY stated ~.
q negro preacher in Georgia, one VIM boS !.
been trained by his master 90 ASIA n,
Sin his law Office, hid written. a work 8. ~
fence of African slavery, which was S6,sy 4.
course oE publ catioh Ut Atnnta,
The 1aeasury is at low ebb. None In.
the most lpecessasy payments ,sre met, 4 3
| very large number OF acquisitions are Sisnsn
ded Persons IN the seeded States. tovbn,
| the government is indebted, are uRifo,mlr
informed; that payment will be made by dr,6s
on sub-trAasurers in New Orleans, tharks:
ton, &c.
John Thompson, the free eOlOrednanyIo
was comm tilted to jail in ST. Mary's sOpor
Md, on the Goth ult,. on the charge Gbsag
engaged IN an attempt TO excite insarreesiOp
among the slaves, has been discharged, as
there was no evidence against him.
Zsd!p the Washington correspondent Of
the Richmond Dispatch, hears that Hale has
said that he expects to occupy the same re,a-
ton towards Lincoln that he now does to b.
chanan, viz: that of opposition. :. zea
also writes that the split in the Republican
party is widening.
I Mrs. Anna Maria Durn,ac, youn Ger
man worlan we'll known in St Louis. Was
murdered and robbed III that city on Thurs:
day last, her body being found thesueeeedng
day, lying nearly in muddy hollow in,
the outskirts of the city, The victim was Of
q highly respectable family, and though re-
markn5ly well educated, speaking several
modern and one or two ancient languages, mad
| yet acquired habits of incbriety.
The st.. Lpaih Republican Of the 7th gives
the particulars, obtained fro private sources
of the murder of Mr.. Carey, an inoffensyo
citizen of Brownsville, Missouri, committed
on the rond to Knob Noster. Mr.. Carey for
merIy resided in Kansas, where he took sides
strongly against Montgomery, and his MIR
/ der is attributed to member of that desltr;
ADDS gang
J. w Farmer of New York, spent in 1867
! for the poor about $4,000. He fed allAhd
came to his house, supplied at their own }
/ homes, 1.0S4 families and Sll sick persons
/ and, better than all, during the winter he
! found employment for ], III mechanics and
laborers. lie is doing the same thing sgain
! this wipter. -, tsss.--S -7=-y---- --ae--ss
The Grand Jury of Savannah have pre-
/ sented the several lawlcss acts lately commit
ted upon the person and the liberty OF various
individuals, resident of that city. They de-
nounce in strong terms the more recent out
rage upon the person of Capt. NauGn OF the
British ship kalos
Our Washington dispatches report that
the PeaSe Convention is working harmonious
" and satisfactorily, and that there Is a gcol
prospect of an almost unanimous agreentsnt
upon u plan Of compromise based upon the
Critteuden and the Border States resolu-
tions.
A fire In HonoluIa has destroyed steant
-four mill and thirteen other buildings, lnYoF
vi. g loss of property valued at So9,0VV.T
The sugar crop Of the Sandwich Islands pro
misses fair yield. Business was very dnli
and there were but nine whaling vessels III
| port.
The Colonization Herald prints President
Benson's last message, which represents
Liberia now. to be ina'highiy aourishing con-
dition.
DIR. John W. Francis, of New York, wen
known for his literary habits and cultivated !:
tastes, as also for his genial and friendly as
position, died in that city on Friday last
The friends of Senators johnson, of Tenn;
and Wigfall, of Texas, have amicably settled
the difficulty that was ex sting between then'
A private despatch from Nashville says;
seThe Tennessee election has gone for the
Unionists by large majorities.
Father sKemp's troupe has appeared with
success at Liverpool. Children under ten
years of age, accompanied By their guardians
were admitted free of charge.
W The newspapers report that about one s1
thousand q IS. troops ARE now temporary
stationed IN " ashingtsn city.
TzRsAaYRIcAN 5BSo,lSApARrEs.-The New
York Times close an editorial discussion o.
the Bonaparte case NOT .pendingin the French
SQUIRT with these just remark
"Whateyer the dscisicn may be, the ease