Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-06

Nj. Mon holon, the French Minister saws Wash,
lnE'ou special hHd long interview with the Se,re-
tary OF S ate on Tuesday. 1t ia Understood tina, no
communicated The reply OF the French Government
"a the dispatch of Mr.. Seward declining tue rec Ipi
ton OF MHXinIrIiau 5 Government.
1t is ari to be true that Mrs Robert Lee is bring
ing the Influence OF many leading men OF Virginia
and the Sc"h Ia bear upon the Presid. favor Of
the restoration 10 her OF til" prnreiy Arlington ,s4
!"'e ana there are some o. the opinion thai she may
be successful.
-MLLEDGEyrLLE, Jan. 30.-IIon \ H. Srerhen,.
on the hrs' ballot for Senator, received votes
aud Hill 80. MIR. Stephens DID con .et TO the
use Of Ii name. and Hon ii. V. Iohnsun was elected
ON the XIII ballot, receiving l52 v"Ies.
The Strong Divorce Case is 10 tie resumed.
Louisville wants to he the Capital OF Kentucky
and offers 100000 Tor il.
--C0iT!"t people are allowed 10 IkSiiTS in tie
Courts Of T,nr eSSce.
- thousand l"horers have been employed 70 re-
build Charleston, S. Z.
Horses in Vermont are dying of a MYSTERIOUS
djsrnsc.
-Despotic Austria Las granted a general pardon
to lie FUlIsh ''reLelS.''
Five thousand rations are issued daily, to the
destitute in Alabama.
Judge Yerrcr has decided that The STAY Law o
Miss, is unconstitutional.
A meeting Of the Stockholders Of The O. L A.
L. X. IS III hr called soon.
The Sourh side Il. Il. trnrs expect to run into
Lynchb"rg to marrow.
a Colony of Alabama eInigrants are 10 sail for
Brazil in February.
,--Fney have new accession of 8. troops ia
WinChpslIr.
They are having 'hops' At the hotels in Rich.
mULd.
-C"iorei troops being removed from Ala
bamn aud Mississippi
l; is thought that the Supreme Court Of
the l. S. will decide that the test oath" is
unconstitutional.
On the 18Th the VIRGINIA Senate passed
bill authorizing Railroad to be built from
Winchester to Strasburg.
An agent OF the French Company which
proposed to build the james River & kauaw-
la Canal, has arrived in Richmond.
An Appeal for the destitute in Richmond
is before IT,. people OF Baltimore yhGtit will
be responded to literally is certain.
The Queen Of England F.ls more Catho-
lies under her temporary sway than the Pope,
and more MussemeH than the Sultan.
A comet was discovered from the WASH
ington observatory on the 9th, but it has goao
the way OF all comets and disappeared.
A new periodical is to be started in Lon
don, called the scattered Nation" by the
Jews.
A line Of steamships is to be established
between Philadelphia and the Southern ports.
Col, Burton 3. Harrison, formerly pri-
vate secretary to Ex-President Davis, has
been released from Fort Delaware
: Gen. II. A. Wise repeated his beauti-
full lecture, on Female Orphanagc, in Rich
Inond last night.
The COntcderates in Mexico write the
most lowing accounts of the country and Of
their prospects.
Gen. y. b, Forrest, of Tennessee, ha,
hired 22l freedmen to work his Mississippi
plantation.
lion. A II. Stephens declines maxi bg
any public address or being candidate for
the U. S. Congress, from Georgia.
"A st, Louis paper objects to the ladies'
there wearing striped stockings.
The Democrats have carried Wheeling,
Va, by 500 minority.