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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13

F." WARN,Na I" - Notwithstanding High
Sheriff Rush has paid into the Treasury of
West Virginia near $4,000 of the current
years revenue, lie gives warming to deIin-
quents. as We notice by posters dated Febru-
airy 6, that taxes must be paid at once or
distress and sale will be made at a very early
day" The good people of Jefferson have u
delectablc time of it! Affiliated with Stste
against their wishes, having no feeling in
common with its laws or rulers, disfranchs>
ed of their legal and political rights, yet
made to carry all the burthen of taxation
because the Auditor of State (so-caled) is
now pressing for money"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13

A bill has been reported from the Com
mittee on Roads and Internal Navigation in
the House of Delegates of Virginia, granting
a charter for railroad from Harper's Ferry
to Salem, on the Virginia and Tennessee
railroad. It is said the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad has the snug sum ofs14 ,O0O, 600 in
cash, looking for an investment ~. -, =.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

L&sfENTABLE DEATH.-0ur corumunity
was greatly shocked during. the lsst week,
by the. melancholy intelligence that Mrs.
JANE A Burns, wife of Mr. Caleb Burns,
of this county, had come to her death by
burning. II appears that while engaged in
her room on Tuesday evening last, in some of
the ordinary aSocations of her household,
her clothes tqek fire and soon spread over her
person to such an extent, as to endanger her
small children who were IN the room with her
She escaped into an adjoining room, but un-
fortunately in closing The door after her, the
knob fell of, aud the servants of the house
were unable to get to her relief In this
horrible condition she remained until her
husband reached the house, broke open the
door, but only to End the poor body of his
loved and affectionate wife burned almost to
crisp. She fingered only few hours aft
ter the occurrence. Mrs. B. was the daugh-
ter oftbe late William F. Lock. ESQ, and at
the tire of her death, in the SD year of her
age. She leaves four small children, an
aged mother, several brothers and sisters,
and large relationship, who deeply mourn
her uptimeIy end. The sympathy of the
community with the bereated husband and
afflicted family is universal. as none knew
the frank, womanly, disingenuous character
,ofthe deceased. but to love her.
Anotter.-on the evening of the same
day of the above accident, we learn that
very. aged and respectabsz6id lady, Mrs Hill
came to her death und-r circumstances equal
ly distressing. She resided near the shan.
nondale Springs. retired to bed as usual with
pipe as an accompaniment, which soon set
the couch on fire, and before the inmates of
the house became aware Of her situation, she
was so badly burned as to produce almost
immediate death.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13
BENJAMIN F. BElLI, EDITOR:
IS ran pup11o oFJRrFERsoN.

For the purpose of carrying out the wishes
Ofthc people of this County, as expressed in
she County meetings held in October and
November last, money is needed-and our
citizens arc requested to pay. as much as their
poverty willPcrnit, to N. s. White, treasurer
0fthe Committee on Finance, and to do it
without delay.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13

Rev. J. E. Edwards of Richmond,
who visited Baltimore, to aid the poor of his
city, speaks highly aid justly of the gem
erosity Of the people there. - fr-fi ...T,7r
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13

The bOiEer Of The engine in The .x.ep..r. work.
o. ilszNss haniss- Manufacturing Company near
Pettrsbnrg1 -plnded on Friday nfg6I last, about
eight q: Lock, causing the death Of fur persons,
10 "oundIng OF ten Others and the destruction Of
the building IN which the engine was at work.
-Rrady'S Mil, on the line of the BALTIMORE and
ONO Kan Road 10 Aliegany County, Md, was n
TREY DESTROYED Ere on Sunday MORNING. ihe n -
nit. The hre oiginated IRON sparks from leeoz10-
Eve passing over the road
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

Donna Gertrude Lorenzo de Pena died re-
Gently at Santa Clara, aged I0T years She
never vas sick, and declinedthe services OF .
coniessor, saying she had no sins to confess.
Stage robberes prevail TO an alarming ex-
tent in the mountains. Many passengers who
resisted them have been shot dead.
A wagon containing $3.50 worth Of materi-
paper, was stopped by the Mornons, the
mules and harness stolen. the men murdered.
and the material DESTROYED.
One of the leading Democratic papers in
California pronounces Gen. Lee a villain and
traitor 10 the South for surendering and
selling out the Confederaey. Another thinks
the "hendish Secretary Stanton should be
hung for causing the execution Of Wirz.
\ Ii piece OF gold of the value Of s. is
found IN the mines now, the discovery is in
the papers. IL increases to $500 before the
story reaches New York.
Contracts TO supply the Sacramento Hos
pltai were taken-meat at cents, milk -
cents r gallon bread q, crackers A.
A big mine of alum has been discovered in
Alpine county.
Some prominent quartz mills have been
sold to pay the debt of the companies.
Some months since Gov Lyon of Idaho
was run ou: of that Territory and threatened
with sssassination, il he ever come back He
recently did return with plenty Of money and
was obseqiously received.
The survey of the harbor OF San Francisco
for the necessary work of of buikhead has
been commenced.
Samuel Brannan. the riches; man in San
Francisco, was recently arrested by two po
licemen for being drunk and violent lie
was taken to the station house. and. as usual
IN such cases, his watch aud money were
taken charge of. He prosecuted the officers
for grand larceny and had them arrested, but
left town to avoid appearing against them
They have now sued him for false imprisoni
ment.
According to Virginia Nevada paper, it
cost S640,U for timber used upon one
mining ledge in 1854. The cost in 1865
would be much greater. 1t takes gold mine
to work silver mine.
The streets and buildings of Sacramento
are being raised bodily from five TO twenty
feet, according to the grade, 10 defy floods,
the levee not answering the purpose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The New York correspondent Of the Boston
Journal says,
had the pleasure the other day of visiting
Mr.. Bonner's stables at his country seat in
Morrisiana, and seeing his wonderful stud of
horses. His stables are worthy visit, as
they exhibit all the modern improvements in
training. grooming and feeding horses. They
are not allowed to eat except at regular hours
OF the day, and then they are fed with all the
system which pertains to we'll trained fami.
ly. The horses are kept muzzled during the
hours when not feeding. and thus can oaly be
kept in condition. The three horses that he
has at his Morrisiana estate are Lantern, Lady
Palmer and Peerless. Lantern is large bay
horse, and is one Of the fastest trotting horses
to the pole in the country. Lady Palmer Is
very ieet, but Peerless, m iron grey mare, is
the wonder Of the age. She has made the
fastest time to wagon of any horse in the
world, having made mile in 2:23t On the
breaking out Of the war she was owned by .
banker in Baltimore. Supposiag that the or
dinance Of secession would be passed BY the
Legislatpre Of Maryland, and that everything
would 90 to smash, Peerless was sold. Mr..
Bonner paid for her $500 in gold He has
refused $4,000 for this horse. He has been
requested to name his price above Tint Squire
Mr.. Bonner has but one answer, and chat is,
that Peerless is not for sale. II Is s0msthing
to own the fastest horse, in the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

case OF seh-destFuctien occurred at the
Seath knd on Saturday afternoon, which is at
least OF melancholy character. Richard
Owens, the suicide, Was MN Of some thirty
fiye years of age, who followed the svocaaiop
OF q landscape painter. He arrived in this
city on the 18th ultimo, and represented that
he ecsme from GAINESVILLE, Ohio. where he said
he had friends. He obtained employment II
BTuce's window shade store, No. COS Wash
ington street, at q fair remuneratiye price,
showed himselfa master Of his profession
aud gave universal satisfaction.
At that time he appeared to be in Destitute
circumstances, II senty garb and an empty
pocket denote destitution. But with the pro.
ceeds ofhis labor, he improved in spirits and
appearance, and produced a favorable i'm. !.
preston upon his employer and his associates.
Within day or two past, however, he had
manifested the appearance Of one being more
or less under the influence of liquor, seemed
rnther more depressed than usual, and talked
about killing himself No one supposed he
would commit such an act, however. aud no
particular notice was taken of his remark.
On Saturday he requested some money of
his employer, which the latter withheld. fear
ing it would be expended for liquor. In the
afternoon Owens went to Starkweather' gal.
lery to have some hkenesses Of himself taken,
and whilst sitting manifested 10 much uneasi.
ness that the artist was compelled to request
him to sit quietly in order thst . correct pie
ture might be taken. Owens replied that
1t would be ''all right when poor Dick is
gone I"
Having secured the pictures, Owen. re-
turned to Mr.. Bruce's store, and having en-
closed some OF them in envelopes. directed
them to various parties. Mr. Bruce ques-
toned him as to his history, and in response
he talked quite strangely, saying he had been
on the frontier daring the war, and a ls.rved
with the guerrilla Mosby that he was also
connected with Booth in the plot to assassi-
nate President Lincoln, and that he indorsed
Booths course. Presently he went up stairs,
and shortly afterward Mr.. Bruce heard the
report of pistol, and, on hurrying to the
spot he found Owens lying dead upon the
hoor, aud q single -bsrrelled pistol, with which
be had shot himself in the forehead living BY
his side. The affair occurred about two
0 clock. No one here having any knowledge
OF Owens connections or friends. his body
was given in charge of an undertaken, and
will await for reasonable time any claim
that may be made upon it. Temporary in
sanity was undoubtedly the immediate cause
Of the act
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The 7imes' South Carolina correspondent
represents the people Of that State as para.
lyzed by their situation. He writes:
The further one travels into the countrythe
more appalling its desolation and prottration
become. No labor and no money is the
voice which seems to cry from every barren
field. The ravages of armies might hay been
repaired, although it would be folly to pretend
that Sherman at least will be forgotten, or
ever regarded otherwise than as the AttilA OF
the South; bat for the destruction Of the en-
tire labor system Of the South thers is no
present remedy, and it is very doubtful
whether there 10 even future one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The Scientific american, in an article
upon the use of petroleum for preserving tim
Der, says: W
Petroleum. from its great facility for en-
teriDg capillary tubes, will work its way even
into seasoned lumber, more readily. indeed,
than into green. as it is not disposed to mix
with water. If pstroleums Is enplsyed, it
would doubtless be best to use the heavy la
bricating oils from the Ohio wells, as they are
less volatile than the lighter oils of Pennsyl-
vanis, and would consequently remain longer
in the timber. Though petroleum has long
been used in India for preserving timber, we
have no knowledge Of any triab With it SO
thorough and conclusive As those which have
been made with chloride of mercury and
chloride Of zinc. sefsas<H ssn ssss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

" Z IS n y I
We had Yesterday Z conversation With i
gentlemen, who has recently spent nearly six
months in travelling through eight OF the
Southern States. He has had excellent op-
portunities for observing the people of those
States, and what he says Of eirtemper, aims
and opinions, appears to us - important ~ il
is interesting.
He confirms General Schurz's report as to
the indispostion Of the whites generally to ac-
knowledge the rights Of the biacks; but be
asserts also that slavery-the old slave system
could not get majority Of the popular
vote in those States-where, nevertheless,
the general opinion 10 that the blacks ought
to be compelled 70 labor. This result has
been produced by the fact that multitude Of
ovefseers and small farmers, who formerly
had not capital enough to go into cotton
planting, because only q wealthy man could
afford to buy slaves, have discovered that un-
der the new system they can themselves be-
come planters They are accordingly buying
land, which is cheap, and hiring negroes; and
they will be the main producers of the next
year cotton crop.
These men have energy and practical abl-
ity; they have handled the plough them,
selves; they now see their way to independ-
ence, and would bitterly oppose revival OF
si0'eiy. ihcH uiscO*cfy IL - UscOf-
cry to them-and the enterprise into which it
leads them would seem to promise good re-
suits. Coming in contact with the negro ~
a afreeman, they may also discover, by and by,
that be is like all other men, the more valua-
BILE laborer the more intelligent he IS, and the
more trustworthy, the more justly Ia he
treated.
Our informant reports that the blacks them
selves are more and more beginning to fear
that they will get no justice at the hands Of
the whites. The young men and women are
thoughtless Of the future, and With careless
habits bred BY slavery are disposed TO make
the best Of their circumstances. But he as
serts that he did not speak with negro man
or woman of mature age, except here and
there favorits family servant, but expressed
strong desire 70 remove 70 some part of the
Union where blacks might i've separately from
the whites. They do not Wish to 90 TO Africa,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

s TEs pears ego young mulatto raa away
from the plantation Of Mr.. Charles Ambrose,
a sugar lord = Dayuu Fouche, La, steelins
himself piece Of properly worth a thous.
and dollars. In the North, he amasseda for
tune Of half million. A few days ago he
went back to his old home, travelling y open
SaA iugfxvesslaye hws q If ~ wAss y alhits
man-found bis aged father and mother
among the freed folks, and settled them com
fortably, and presented cottage and piece OF
land to his widowed mistress. whose family
had been bssgared by the war. A very
clever animal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

APPEARANCE OF THE CoSGREssMEX.-The
Washington correspondent of The Methodist
writing to that paper of last week, gives the
following complimentary characterization of
the personal appearance of the new Congress:
The personal appearance of this Congress
In face, dress, manner, and in that tindeiinable
something which we call air, is far superior
as our memory reports, to anything in the
history OF the past. There seems to be but
few Representatives of the class of fast men,
who formerly figured SO conspicuously in
Washington--no dapper, whipper- snapper
looking specimens: the roughs, too, seem
scarce, and the great macs wear an air of
thoughttulness, az though they anderstood and
felt the magnitude of the errand that brought
them TO the capital. g8 GF.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The Washington Star saws that Mr.. John
Ferguson, of Charleston: s. c., former owner
of oftheEteamer Planter, which was surren-
dered to Admiral Dupont shortly after his at
tack on that city, has applied for possession
of that steamer, claiming that she was stolen
by negroes and captured from them by our
blockading squadron, that he had taken the
amnesty oath, and the steamer should be re-
stored to him with his other property. & Gen.
Saxton having been called upon to investi-
gate the affair, reports that the Planter was
employed by the rebels to transport troops.
arms and ammunition during our attack on
Charleston. While in this service she was
gallantly brought past the rebel batteries and
surrendered to Admiral Dupont, by slave
named Robert Small The steamer has since
been repaired at cost Of $40, 600, and is en-
ployed by the Quartermaster Department.
Small, for bravery displayed since his sur
render of the Planter, has been placed in
command of the vessel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11
Culture Of the Peanut I'm North
Carolina.

The North Carolina Advertiser gives these
facts regarding the cultivation of this nut,
which is the chief delight of news-boys and
country railroad travellers:
''For many years past the ground pea has
been . most important element of commerce
in the Cape Fear country-the annual expor-
tation to the Northern States and CANADA
considerably exceeding 100000 bushels. A
single planter in one of our eastern counties
obtained from it yearly income of So,
He raised from so 10 IS bushels to the acre,
and cultivated five acres to the hand, which
at 81 to the bushel-the ordinary price
though 81 So was frequently realized-yielded
On income of $3.50 to $500 to the hand
No such result under the old system OF Ia
Dor could be obtained with staples on similar
soils. Our cotton planters contented them
selves with crop yielding from Sl2 to Sl5
per acre, and 1t was summing upon q large
surface that gave living result. The cnlti-
vation OF no crop is so easy, and only the
simplest implements are required; at first the
pillow to break the land, and then simply the
sweep and wedding hoes. The average crop,
as we have stated, is from fifty to seventy Ave
bushels to the acre. besides which there will
be enough left in the ground to fatten one
hundred pounds of pork. The vine when the
pea is removed, makes an excellent forage for
cattle, said to be equal to the best Northern
hay. From the nut is expressed valuable
oil. During the war, just ended, this oil was
extensively used in our machine shops, and
its lubricatory properties are pronounced by
competent authority to be superior to those
of whale oil, for the reason that it does not
gum at all. One of the qualities of the oil is
extensively employed in the composition of
medicines; another is used for burning pur.
poses, and possess the virtue of not smoking,
while q third makes q really excellent salad
'eondiment Such and so varied and SO inn
portant are the uses to which this simple pro-
duct can be devoted; uses which the unin-
formed, who have perhaps regarded, it only in
the light of an indigestible bulb, would never
suspect to proceed from its cultivation"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

THE DEBTS OF CIrIEs.-Below we give 1
summary statement Of the indebtedness of
sne sevefaf c'eesef hau.ehusst>s-6sne of
shsm have assets which till natefalt reduce
the amounts
Boston, $40, ,021 1913 0S; .Roxbury. se4S..
1885, Cambridge. $es9, ,0t1y vC6S$i Stovr.
81, 2SS, 800; Chelsea, $sS0, 600; Lynn. SSSa. !.
600; lawrence, SIS, 900; Tannton, ho9..
$50; Worcester, $4S1, TT II .gpcss.1 I'll.
SAT-, la 19j Fall River, $500, ,0Od.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The New York World very emphatically
chiefs of the two wings of the Repub-
lican party in its issue of the 4th in-
stant. Mr.. SEWARD is set forth as An
artful knave, and Mr.. SUMNER as a pre-
sumptuous fool, by the wise and honest indi-
vidual who enlightens the public through the
editorial columns of that spotless organ of
mincinp Connerheadism
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

GEN. SwEESY, the bogus Secretary of War;
of the shoddy Republic of Ireland, has been
dismissed from the military service of the
United States, for leaving his post to attend
the Fenian Congress, after his application for
leave of absence had been refused by his com
manding officer. E~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

An "F F. w puts this in Richmond
paper:
"Wanted-A situation an son-in law in
come respectable family. Blood and breed
ing no object, being already supplied; capital
essential. No objection 70 going short diss
tance in the country = ~ q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

The colored preacher convicted at Savan-
nah, ofuttering seditious language, and SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary,
has been released from confinement, by order
ofSecretary STANTON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

THE New York Word hangs . slander on
Chief Justice CHASE on the slender thread of
the report that he had signed the petition for
the pardon Of KErcHUx. 1t turns out that
Mr.. CHASE did no such thing, but the report
held good long enough to answer Tho aIsn der j !
ous purposes Of The Row u
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

Mr.. Jackson. member of the Britikh Par.
lament Tor North Derbyshire, England, in a
recent address at the Dronfeld Mechanics
Institute, said that he was one OF amily oi
eleven children, that he leff school at the age
OF twelve, and that his only suhkeqnenl
means OF education was the Encyclopedia
britannica, which he read through while q
boy IN his master ofhce. His success in
life he attributes mainly to the knowledge ac-
quired by the perusal Of tha, cyclopedia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

GKx. KrrrATRIcx, accompanied by several
officers formerly attached to his staff, sailed
from New York on the o0tA ultimo, fer Hana.
ma, whence an American frieate VIZ Sscort
them through the Spanish blockade to Chill.
and the same steamer will probably abeused
BY the late Minister Nelson on his return to
this country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11
John Stuart Miil writes in . recep. hot.

John Stuart Mill writes IN recent tote:
Ism very happy TO hear that . general
meeting is to be held TO express the ihdigna-
tloa due 70 the iawless and brutal proceed
ings OF the Jamaica authorities and hope
u will contribute toward obtaining not only
the dsavowal and reprobation of the crimes
perpetrated under pretense. or even kithou,
the pretense, of justice. but also the 4ondign
punishment of the traitors,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

MEssas. JacoB THosrsos. Benjamin and
Col. Fuller are in London Slidell, Mrk. Gwin
and daughters, Judge Rorst (rebei Com
missioner to SPAIN and Major Huse, agent of
the rebels for the purchase of arms, are in
Paris.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

GES. FRANK BLAIR has purchased large
plantation in Mississippi, whittier he will re-
move and relieve Missouri of his dreaded
presence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

EDWIN BoorH has returned to the stage and
was received with great enthusiasm by New
York audience, as the brother of the assassin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-11

OSE JosErH FL. MADDOX, who was engaged
i'll contraband trade with the enemy during
the war, and whose cotton was seized near
fredericksburg, and who was for some tim
incarcerated at Baltimore, has sued Secretary
STANTON in New York court for damages to
the amount of 100000.
Just wait till the Southern States are re
stored to their sovereign rights, and Southern
courts and Southern juries will be kept busy
assessing damages against officers of the Coy
ernment, military as well as CIVIL for injuries
inflicted on traitors during the war GRANT
and SHERMAN will have heavy bills of damages
TO answer for down in Dixie in that coming
day when the whirigig of time shall once
more place the ex-traitors and their sympa-
thisers in power in this country.