Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-31
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hundred and nifty negroes, whom the parties
were about to carry to Cuba and sell into si:i.
very. These negroes had been collected at
different employment offices in Louisville.
Nashville, and Memphis, and brought down
70 New Orleans, and thence by rail 10 this
placestsilIhey had been promised thirty dol,
lafs per month to work on a plantation, and
the siOOp lave been heavily ironeSi ana plaeed
on board the sloop-of war Augustine for safe
keeping, and viii be forwarded To- Washing.
tonss, -
United States gunbeat arrived at New
Orleans on the 18th, having ON board seven,
ty-six negroes, captured from a steamer which
was attempting to take them to Cuba for sale.
Nhey had been enticed, principally, from che
coast OF Florida The crew Of the schooner.
twenty-five IN number, refused to inform who
commanded the expedition
- The. Fourth, of July was duly. celebrated
IN the city of Mexico by the citizens of the
United States residing there. General j b.
Magruder, of utl1e rebel army, and Prince
Salm .salm, formerly of the United States
army, paid their, respects to the American
Consul during the day, besides quite crowd
of less distinguished individuals. The Dec
afation Of Independence was read by the
Cons1l the memory of WashiHgton was euc
logized by:ex-G Governor Reynolds, of Missou-
RI and Magruder responded to the toast of
the army and navy of the United States
"Ite memory of our Inttrtyred President
was received with disting guished honor an,
the sS-Tebels joining with marked 1espectinl
i lfs y observance 4aiii tieg aag SIR sszl adj
/ The Times records the marriagegin sthS
/ city. Of RichmOnd, of Sergeant Peter WSGay
~, U. s. l., white, from Massachusetts,, TO,
Henrietta Johnson, a negress of the metrop-
ok AZ
has been arrested on the charge of biearly.4
having already two other wives and thus
Henrietta is relieved by law from avery dis
graceful matrimonial alliance.
- Judge Russell, ,',of Iron county. Missotriy
produced from single grain of wheat a stock,
on seventy-tye stalks, averaging tWenty-nine,
grains each, or an aggregate of two fI6i1sasidl
one hundred ind seventy five serains, ,uilyV6fa1
! a bnshel and q half (the rordinargi quatStity9t
to be sown on an acre, and TO produce in, thes
proportions this grain has done, the Weld
would be eight thousand two hundred aud
sixty. two and a half bushels on the aere.s aSito
.AaT The Massachusetts State Dem 6ccf4sf;og
Committee has declared in favor of the clhiIls
adelphia Convention, and voted tocs1asqeths1
call $50 as to embrace all whodesire the union,
and restoration of the States and the supfe-..
macy of the Constitution ,'9'1 - fea'lin5
The speeches of Hamilton Of Texas s'1tSs Ia.
gan Of Illinois, and Sehenck of Vienna mi Stagi Sta
ton, at the Radical meeting In WashinRt6iiPfi
ON Thursday night, were very violent. Prolo
scEpnon, hanging, .cOnfscatiOn, were 74hai
Piays4h1l1n9gs y4119g OF their dlscourses, irl. ,os4s4s
fzGeneral Fitzhugh Leelis hard at wbrlrd
on ms plantation, near the White House, atr;
tending 70 his crops, rebuilding his house de-;
stfoyed by the;war, repairing fences, LAYING
ous'roads. and making other improvements.
The New York papers state that a very ven 2
important member of the Fenian OfeanizatIofiz
in Ireland has arrived in that city. He fe.o
ports the brotherhood to be in excellent con-,i
dltiOn, and rather improved than Otherwise.
by the endeayor of the British GoyernmenE
to'suppress It. 'a7 sst'F sl'ss ? 7s.iiS saii
The last will and testament Di IF ti,sE I'D Ist.d =
General Lewis Oass was admitted to probates
at Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday. i,iTbe raIss
ue; Of the estate Is estimated at one milliona
dollars. The internal revenus, stamp upon,
the probate of the will IS five hundred dos,
lars. -sHF 'il *
zMr.. Williams, 4 member = Of the Ten =
nessee Legislature, who was arrested because
he refused to appear IN his seat so as 20 form 3
quorum, has brought suit for $50, 0,0e0 dam 4
ages against the parties concerned In his ar
rest. ~
a FORTRESS Monroe fresponaehe ava
that ReV.sNlr. Barteh, pastor Of anlIspisco6al
Church in Norfolk spends Rday ineacll week
. Win TN thE- =. LAWS. Sl saSY s.s5I
The WarrentOn Seuffnel states that In
disinterring the bodies of the Federal sol-
diers at Warrenton, for removal to Arlington. J,
the collins were opened and search made for -
any Jewelry that might have been bufied
with the bodies. 3 a6e So sastjstE
1.-Two former citizens Of Berkeley CONN.,
: ty have, returned from California, after an b
absence of seventeen years, during which :
their families heard nothing of them. One.
of them found his wife married TO another
man. - - ssta5 = Oa
The planting of cotton in Ilineis s tlius
far success. Accounts from that State sav
that the crops are promising. One planter
has two hundred acres under cultivation. Hg6d
s WIN. b. Astor. Of New York. syssssafrd
returns an income Of 81 ,154,O59 :; ;Cornelilisi'
Vanderbilt returns $62s.960, and Edward s.
Jafray s6S2, ,681. q
Tho Winchester papers say that a ;, S. :
Sanboip, Tax Collector for the 7th District
is missing, and ask for information about him.
That's an article 6e Thought would never be
advertised. Its agcOd bargain to lose them.
Mr.. F. Cronise, an oId and TespeetabIe
citizensof Frederick county, Nd living ID
the vicinity Of LewistoWn; near Greagersioysn, 8
was found.dead in his wheat field 81 50 - I
Judge Curtis, of iMassacIlusetts, has
written a letter to Senator DcolittIs approving
of the Philadelphia Convention:
- Mr.. Robert Campbell, c1ssof the Oldest
scitfzens of Hag agerstoRn, d left his liorie q
few days ago. and has not been heard oPs
since. The bells Of the town were RING and