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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-31

nODWORTH'S HALL,
~ 86 BROADWAY 0N
The Concert OF Madame L. ABEL (Pianist) will tak0
place Thursday evening November Mt O'Clock Nina
Abel win be assisted by the following distinguished
Messrs EdwardnM olenhauer vonst T. Bergner violon.
at Messrs Beer Schirmers 70l Broadway ScharfenbV
Luis 7o3 Broadway Schuberths 80 Broadway. and -
the evening at the door.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-31

nor RICHMOND CITY POINT AND NORFOLK.
II Coos 70 The wharf 81 Richmond =
p,rs.h new sod ssns AIDE yssc' stss9ships
evsy Wednesday, At y ~, from pier 81 North river
rw ryvh q Rasssse having superior odations
Fres recesvcd on our covered pier . North river stsn
49, asns6 business hcurs Goods constsusd 70 ursd
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NOR WILMINGTON, n C.
w r., Captain Aicx. Hunter.
The A steamship hPsain J 4; ] 3 Robbns
sscn., ; an ~ al Thursday, Nov 2 atl r. NJ
rar fssshs =. Recommendations for passsr
South street, or @ JANIS SAs :. i; rIERsoS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

the democrats would soon lay hands on he
White Hoase and the bsilsof Congress, that
they wopti therefore reppdidte tie federsi
aeos: End assume tne rebefonas In. such an
even he Gained "thst. if the Southern
io* LIQUID then gopudiate the constitution
and just.
He proceeded to assume that Congress
sho'Ild control the freedmen, for if left,to
themselves, their present condition would be
worse than bondage, or the horrors of An
d~ersonville. Hemade light of the ratifca-
ton of the constitutional amendment abof-
ishings.aTery, by the Southern State Legis-
latures, which he denounced as Illegal and
delusiye, and declared that this was not a
white mans government, and locked upon
Chief Justice Taney's virtual declaration
that it was, the most infamous doctrine of all
ktime! He added that it was'fortunate that
the whole question of restoration belonged
with Congress.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
TIE BANKRUP7tY ELL.

The bill introduced into the House of Rep
resentatives on the 18th inst, to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout
the United States, provides =
1. That the District Courts of the United
States shall be constituted courts of bank-
ruptcy, and that they shall have original iu-
risdiction in their respective districts in all
masters and proceedings in bankruptcy. 1t
also provldesaShat the several Circuit Courts
OF the United States within and for the dis
trlcts where the proceedings in ,bankruptcy
shallsbe pending shall have a general super
intendence and jurisdiction of all cases and
questions arising under this act.
2. Provision is made for the appointment
OF Registers in Bankruptcy, to assist the
Judge of the District Court in the perform
ance OF his duties under this act. The Reg
lster must be q lawyer, and must give bond
to the United States. He must also be able
to subscribe the oath of Office approved by
Congress in July, 1862. The duties of the
Register in Bankruptcy are clearly marked
out for him, at length, in the bill.
4. An appeal may be taken from the Dis
-trlct to the Circuit Court in all. cases; but no
appeal shall be, allowed in any case from the
District and Circuit Courts, unless it is claim
cd, and notice given thereof to the Clerk of
the District Court, to be entered with the re-
cord of the proceedings, and also to the as
signee OF. creditor, as the case may be, or to
the defeated party in equity, within ten days
after the decision appealed from. No appeal
or writ of error shall be allowed in any case
from the Circuit Courts to the Supreme
Court of the United States, unless the mat.
ter in disn""tc2 in such case shall exceed two
thousand dollars.
4. The bill sets forth at length how to
commence and continue proceeding under it
in, the courts designated. It also directs the
manner of making assignments, and defines
the duties of the assignee, the examination
of bankrupts, and the distribution of the
bankrupt's estate.
5. 1t provides certain penalties against
bankrupts who shall, after proceedings have
been commenced, secrete, destroy, or part
with any part of his property, with the intent
to prevent it fiom coming into the hands of
the assignee. It enacts severe penalties a.
gainst any officer who shall take brides from
parties interested in any case of bankruptcy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
II BALL OPENED.

On Monday last, Thadeus Stevens, con.
fsssedly~th radical leader, as he is unques-
tionably the abIcst man of that party in the
House of Representatives, opened The ball in
Congress, in a speech which for its envcn.
omed hatred to the South, stands unrivalled
in the debates of this or any other abolition
Congress. We copy from the Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sur, the fol
lowing account of this speech
MMr. Thadeus Stevens, in a speech of nearly
an hours duration, LAID down the most ultra
programme, eve0 out-Heroding his famous
Lancaster speech made in September. He
was listened with marked attention by the
crowded galleries and the members OF The
House, the latter crowding around the speak
CT, while a7goodly portion of the Senators
were also present.
Mr.. Stevens read his carefully prepared
manuscript. He started out with the broad
declaration that the States lately at war with
the government were not in the Union, and
that if they were admitted again, they must
come In as new States or conquered provinces
after passing through a territorial condition.
Hc elaborated the argument that the So called
Confederate States were belligerents, and that
during the WIZ, according to the decisions of
the United States Supremc Court and inter
national law, the respective parties ''.stood,
Ia TIE same relation to each other as if they
were separate nations" Having conquered,
them as public enemies, he maintained that
, the govern mel,t lad the right to treat then.
as conquered provinces. Among the require
ments which hc advocated as preeedent to-the
rc-adaaiksien, OF these States was the amend
ment of the, constitution so that there could
be a election for President and a represent
tation in Congress on the basis Of population.
This, by recognizing the colored people of the
South, wopld give the new States anincreasz
ed representation in Congress. If the pre-
cent basis were not changed, he charged that
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
CoRREcrIoN.

" desire to correct the impression, which
maayof our citizens arc enormously under,
that heLeggislatnre of Virginia repealed all
laws giving, tile consent of thezstate to the
erection of West Virginia. The first section
of the former bill, rccited in the bill lately
passed at Richmond, is not repealed. That
section creates the originally named forty
eight counties, lying beyond the North noun,
tain, into the State Of West Virginia. The
second section, naming the counties of Jeffer-
son, Berkeley, Frederick, and others, is re-
peaied-as is the case with all other bills civ
ing the a~ssentsof Virginia, TO the addition to
West Virginia Of any other than the origi-
nal forty-eight counties of which West Viz
ginia was composed at the time of its admis-
sion into the Union by Congress. So far as
these forty-eight counties are concerned, it
was deemed that they had passed beyond the
control ofthe Virginia observation-disclosures
having sanctioned their formation into the
new State, and therefore the Legislature at
Richmond did not interfere with them.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

FhefRadical members of Congress. we are
told by some of our cotemporarSes, show signs
of relentingin their action toward the South
ern States, but we confess that we have been
unable to see it. Every report from Wash
ington c~onvinces US chat theg daily grow more
set in their ways, 1t Is true that there is a
ghost of a chance for The members from Ten
nessee being allowed to participate in the
action of the House, and the shade of a
ghost Of chance for those from Virginia
who can take the test oath but beyond this
We see nothing but continued disunion. 1t
is evidently the firm determination of the
majority of the lower House, to keep back
the reconstruction of the Union, for which
We were formerly told the war was waged,
tAisuCh time as the Southern States SHAH
e@eftainly signify their willingness to extend
the rightsofsutfrage to the negro, and other
wise put them upon terms effulIaad perfect
political and may be social ~eadaIity with
the white race We can no trassin ren
e~ftbeSumner and Wilson and EEarnsworth
ce egslatds They have had. all
their lives Ions negrezou the brain, and the
ease 50 aBseFbiagin its character, that
everything else must be subjected to t-con-
stitutions, Justice and the commonest
rights, must al be tFampled under foot for.
the purpose Of eleyating the negro to the
standard of the white man And, in the
meantime, wIaesthiz ridiculous tilt is being
made. the Southern States are to remain ont
of the Union, andstKc Southern people to be
refused any participation in the government
OF the couutry-except the right to pay
taxes. Wesof the. South, have met the.is-
sues involved in the war in a spirit of fair
ness, and have renewed our allegiance to the
Union in all honesty and we think we have
the right to be treated as. citizens of the
Union. andwelook to the President to fur
nish to US the protectingspower of the Con-
stitution, in the sure hope that he will do his
duty b yfns; if he fails in this duty, may
God help Hst
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19


~ nas reesntly TRANSFERRED, that large pur.
cnases OF these bonds had been made on the
superstition that the United States z4onldi
some day or other assume their payment IN,
fullor in part. The basisso of this belief. i am.
told, is founded on theimpression and opinion
OF influential legal talent, that, as a receiver
OF the assets ofthe C~onfedefacy, the United
Stateslsrcsponsible for the liabjlitiesthereof.
Ihe Judiciary Committee will consider The
resolution at an early day
The impression prevails here. that Earl
Russell, when he fully digests. Sccretary sew
ards reply to England,s refusal to submit the
question of damages growing out of.the dep
relations OF the AngloSrebel pirates on Amer-
lean commerce, to a commission appointed
Jointly by the American and English Cow
ernments,he will reconsider his decision, and
ask to submit the whole matter to arbitration.
[~sEcoND D1spArsH.J
WASHINGTON, December 14.-It is said
that Stanton declines to deliver the Lincoln
anniversary Grafton. Beeeher said, In a Ices
ture last night, if he had been President last
May he would have insisted on negro suf-
frage in tho South. The views of Banks on
the Mexican question is understood to be
conservative. He viii agree with Raymond.
who is second on the committee. They will
both support the foreign policy of the Adj
~ III -
The Comptroller of the Treasury desires
attention called to the fact that certain parties
in this city are endeavoriing to raise, bymeans
OF a contribution of the various national
banks, a corruption fund of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for@the purpose of sub
sldizing certain members of Congress, in or
der to secure the passage of an amendment to
the currency act, giving these banks the ben
eft of their lost circulation. This scheme
Mr.. Clark discountenances altogether, and re-
commends hat the ha.i!-s r,ro ~
:, fs4~J contributed their quota, Immediately
demand therefundingo of the money advanced
for sodis honorable a purpose.
The following is the committee On the part
OF House to inquife into the condition of the
late Confederate States: Messrs. Stevens, of
Pennsylvania; Washburne, ofIllinois; Morrill,
o fvermont Order, of Kentucky Bingham
OF OHIO; Conkling. of New York; Boutwell,,
OF Massachusett; Blow of Missouri; and
Rogers, ofNew Jersey.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, introduced a
resolution for an adjournment of Congress
over the holidays! This was, after debate,
amended so as to fix the time from the goth of
December to the 9th of January, and passed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
AFog.oGET1o.

Owing TO he sickness ii our hands, com.
rlo'ely disqualifyirss then>For service in the
ONCE and our inability to procure oasher ass
sistancc h issue of our paper tbs week has
"eeas delayed beyond the usuel day of publ
cation. We regret this. out it was entirely
beyond u control. from the same causes
We shall be unable to- issue the Spirtt again
before the I'd dagJf of january, after which VIC
exPee. to 'sEu e the paper regularly on its
day.ofipr. OlicatiOn.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

We are at a loss to know how Gen. Banks
could take the congressional test oath, which
among other things, requires a man to swear
that he has never given 'ssaid and comfort" to
the late sO-called Confederate Army. 1t is
welNknown that this redoubtable hero was
fora long time Stonewall Jackson's Commits
saEy General in the Valley, and subsequently
acted in the same military capacity to Dick
Taylor in Louisiana, and yet we find him
sworn in as a member of the House from
Massachusetts,.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
YIRG1N1A oY RECONSTRUCTION.

In the Virginia House of Delegates, on
Monday, the following resolutions were sub
mittcd and laid on tho table:
Resolvea By the General Assembly Of VTr,
ginia, That.the General Government, unlike
the absolute systems of the earth, that recog-
nize obedience only, having given allowance
to conflicting theories of sovereignty and allie
giancc that have existed from its formation.
inviting opposing debates by the people, as
shown in some degree by. the preamble above,
will. we earnestly hope, induce his Excellency
the President of the United States to. extend
a general pardon to those persons now con-
fined by the authority of the Government.
Resotred, That it is not the desire of the
people of Virginia to obstruct or retard the
restoration of the States to their Constitution
al position and functions in the General low
ernmcnt, but that, in common with all good
men, North and South, it is their sincere and
earnest wish,-by all honorable means, to pro-
mote the same; that a firm reunion, with
peace, prosperity and happiness, may every
where prevail.
Resolvcd, That they pledge themselves, as
far as they may have ability, to uphold and
maintain the Executive of the United States
in his arduous labor to restore order, stability
and justice among the States, and peace and
ge&d will among the people. SeditiOR be-
came hurtful to Rome when it gained power
above the laws.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
Tnrrr,-on Tuesday night last, the smoke

ThEFT.-On Tuesday night last, the smoke
house of Lieut.. D. II. Cockrell of this town
was entered by means of a false key, aud the
entire amount of sausage, which he had just
seasoned to his taste and hung up for family
supply, was found minus in the morning.
The pork was left u~ndfsturbed, but the rogue
took off a hundred pounds or more,of nicely
picked beef, The Lieutenant, as others we
have heard, swears vengeance against similar
depredators' SO we give warning +" to all
your own bacon" if you can, but let other
peoples alone.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Messrs. Lei
senring, of whose enterprise we have hereto
fore made mention, have placed us under OBJ
legations for several little tokens of Kindness
lately bestowed. A few days ago one of
the firm presented us with a beautiful diary
for 1866, iii which we hope to record MANY
pleasing incidents, and we trust keep a re-
dundant cash account. Many more of these
diaries are on hand, with many other nice
and valuable articles suited to the season. at
the store of the firm.
TO Mr.. VIM. I. Foreman, we return
our thanks for his kind remembrance of us i'm
the way of buckwheat, cheese and other ar
t%icles, useful in a family like ours. We-can
assure him that these little acts of Kindness
arc appreciated.
TO our valued country friend, Thomas
E. Woodward, whom we used to try to dodge
every Friday, when he was constable for the
Kabietown district, We are indebted for a long
link of real hog sausage. There are no city
h-Gtrs about this sausage and no bark in it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

ANOTHER FATAL Acc1DENT.-Hardly a
week has passed since VIC resumed our paper
that we have not had to record some accident
resulting either in the loss of life, or the frac-
ture of u limb. This week we. are called up
On to publish another accident, resulting ia
tally, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, near
Kcarneysville, in this county, which occurred
on Tuesday evening last, a little after dark.
Mr., FRASK o. CANIFonD, an employee of
the road, had been to Kearneysvillc where he
had been paid off, and. with. others was re-
turning to his home near Dufield's Station.
when he was run over by one of the coal
trains, and received such injuries as termi-
mated his life in half an hour after. The de,
ceased leaves a wife and four children. who
derived their sole support from his labor
he was from Clarke county, where his re-
mains were taken for interment: Patrick
Rogers, another employee, who was with
Cauitord at the time of the accident, started
to a farm house near by for assistance, but be-
fore reaching it, fell through the culvert near
the Deep Cut, and received some very pain
tul, it not serious injuries.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

ES0-Thc Augusta Telegraph says that Hon.
+. NJ. Bruce, formerly a member Of the Con-
federatc Congress from Kentucky. now n
banker and cotton factor in Augusta, Ga. has
sent to Gen. John C.. Breckenridge, now an
exile from the land of his birth, a check for
one hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Bruce ia
understood to have specialized largely and
successfully during the last year of the Com
federacy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
Died.

In tEis place, on the 18th inst, sARAHF FRAN
Us, eldest daughter of Smith and Mary Eicbei-
bcIger,ln the 18th year of her age.
The demise of this young lady was sudden and
unexpected. But a few days before she was SEER
lnSAy IN her usual bouyant health. and mn ~ I'll.
3 lew hours of her death no alarming syU U
were apparent. But alas, the Destroyer had msrt.
ca her Tor his own, and the evening Of the tbirJ d.
who gave it. A
OF modest and retiring disposition, all her a.
lcCtfons and pleasures were conferred in her home
the Sabbath School and the ministrations of The
church, and hes short pilgrimage on Garth has feft
membranes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

H~ The Petersburg L,der, in speaking. of
the move in the Legislature looking to the
pardon of her most distinguished son, Gen.
X. Il. Lee, before she acts in behalf of any
other party, however meritori0us in character
and services. A similar desire a~ctua1es every
citizen of this old commonwealth.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

A E now receiving a large assortment of Co.
IL IA iIgnes. EKtEactsf Pomades, HAIR Dye. soaps.
Brushes Kidding and Pocket Combs Bible. Preyer
Books, Hymn Books, Photograph Albums, EnveI-
9peS, NSte. Letter and FOolseap Paper. Ink, pens.
Tocket Fenciis: Blank Books, Memorandum Books'
Bimeand Children.s Books Also, FRENCH CAN,
DtES, together with an assortment of School Books.
which we are determined tosclI low.
December 10.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
TOBACCO, sEGARs, 6o.,-6C.
LLoYp LoGAM

LLOYD Lo TAI
HAS resumed business In the Store House. third
Al door South of 1.-THE Taylor Hotel. where he viii
be glad to see his old friends and dealers,gencrally.
,20o,oc9 Imported and Donestie Segars. from
SIS to $500 per thousand wy"
200 Boxes Manufactures Tobacco
so Boxcs Scotch Snuff
65 Cases S:noiing Tobacco
5atrels Smoking Tobacco
300 Reams Wrapping Paper
$4,000 Paper Pockets, fIof6 half ID toll 70 lb=
so Reams CAP, Letter and Note. Paper
2U.OO0 EnVelopes, assorted =
80 Dozen Maynard s NoyesInk
% Gross Pens and Pen-hoIdera
5000 Blank Cards, assorted
60 Boxes of Pipes
Barrels of Pipes
3O Kegs and Boxes of Scotch, Rarpee, Con-
gress and Maccabau Snuff
A. Gross Matches 5ODOzen BlackinR
l0DoEen Brushes
30 Gross ine-cut Chewing Tobacco
10 Half-barrels Chewing Tobacco
10 Gross Tobacco and Snuff Boxes
- Cross assorted Pipe Bowles
5000 Pipe Stems, assorted,
All of which will be sold on the best terms, by
LLOYD LOGAN.
N;;B.-Rags bought and received incxchangc for
goods
winoheo.cr. Va. Dec. 10. lse5.-tf.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19
AGOOD TIME COMING, BOYsl
HOLIDAY GIFTS ABUNDANT.

HOLIDAY GIFTS ABUNDANT.
THE subscriber will have in readiness for the APP
= preaching Christmas, and It's festive season, a
large, choice and varied assortment of
CAKES, CONFECTIUNERIES AND TOYS.
which for excellence and variety has never before
been exceeded in this market. His assortment Of
FRUITS and NUTS will embrace every kind
and description, and fresh from the hands of the
City Merchants. His selection of TOYS has been
made with great care, and-he feels assured that in
his stock can be found something to suit all tastes,
Cab carly to get first choice, as he expcctst the boys
will rush to the advance by squadrOns. to get the
upon the buglc-horns.
% His supply of Fruit, Sponge, Pound and
other M is very large, and the superiority
OF the quality will commend them to all. He viii
Furnish fan lilies or parties on most libcta al terms.
eharlestown. Dec. 10. 1867
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

LADIES' CLOEKS-

OSI received and for sale, at the lowest market
= price,, a fine assortment of LADIES' LOAKS.
LADIES' are respectfully invited to cxa mine them
before puLchasing~ elsewhere. Also; the latest stvLe
OF WoRSTED GOODS, consisting in part Of
ShaTIs' Breakfast CaPes, Ladies' and ChiIdren's
HOODS Clouds aud Jackets. Gents and BUysf
Scarfs. A fine assortment of Gloves.
Dec.!9. NJ. GOLDSMITH.
HNOua Z rnvc,, &c -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

@-The Hon. Alex. H. H. Stuart, repre-
sentative to Congress from the Augusta dis
trict, returned to his home in Staunton on
Thursday last. Mr.. Stuart pursued the only
manly and dignifed course. and his actions
reflect credit on the district as we'll as upon
himself. His, course was. followed by all the
delegates from the South, He is very hope
full of the future, when the passions of the
hour pass away, and right and true constitu-
tional-yiews prevail, as they will in time.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1865-12-19

aA-Hon.. Thomas Corwia of Ohio. WIN.
was at one time Secretary Of the Treasury,
and afterwards Minister to Mexico. died in
Washington on Monday night.
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Married.

In Bolivar On the 21st ult., by Rev. Mr.. Rich:
ardSon; w: w: BURTON, of this town: to NIf-s
ANNIE A.NONNAMAKER, of the former place.