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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

Na-The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says that on Thursday the
President summoned Gen Howard to the
Executive Office, and had long interview,
during which he laid before him several pa
pers from reliable and influential sources in
the South condemnatory of the administra-
ton of the Bureau, and rejecting severely
upon Gen. Howard. 1t is understood that the
president ihtimated to Gen Howard that his
interview the General has said to his friends
that he cannot eonscientio1sIy resign and VIA
not do SO. If the President desires to pnt
the Office in charge of another he can re-
move the present incumbent and assume the
responsibility. This looks something like de-
fance. and much curiosity Is manifested to
know how the President will act in the mat
ter. The general impression is thar General
Howard will be summarily elected.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
EDITORIAL BREvIT1Es,

The Virginia papers are very justly comS
planning of Gov. Peirponts leinency towards
negroes who are convicted of crime, and sem
fenced to- the penitentiary. Some of these
papers allege that where freedman is con.
cerned, the Governors heart is as soft as bis
head. If this be true, there is very little
probability of the ENDS of justice BEING
met.
Gen. Geary, the radical candidate for
Governor in Pennsylvania, has been smoked
out on the suffrage question, and compelled
to take position in favor of enfranchisino the
"colored population" Radicalsm and me-
groism are Synonymous in the North. Rad
icalsm is little more odious than neeroism
in the South
The following persons have been named
as delegates from West Virginia to the Rad
ical Convention, to be held in Philadelphia
on the 18th of September: Gov. Boreman,
Senators Wiley and Van Wrinkle, Gen. Kel-
", and Mcssrs. Duval, Lightburn, and Stro-
ther-"Porte Crayon."
Tho New York papers contain long bio
graphical sketches of Dean Richmond. whose
death occurred on Monday morning. He
was very prominent Democratic politician
of the State, and was large and successful
operator in railroads and stocks generally.
He amassed fortune of several millions,
-Ex-Gov. Morehead of North Carolina.
whose critical condition we referred to some
days ago, died on Tuesday at the Rockbridge
Alum Springs, whittier he had gone in hope
of repairing his health. His remains have
been taken home for intermeut
The Washington Republican on Satur-
day last charged Secretary Stanton with
being responsible for the riot at New Orleans.
That paper accuses Mr.. Stanton with neglect
ing to place before President johnson the
letter of Gen. Baird asking for instructions.
until tweuty-six days from the date of the
letter had elapsed.
The New York Times says:-"The
battle, of the Union must now be fought on
Northern ground. The danger to our national
existence no longer comes from Southern
politicians or soldiers, but from sectional
POii'iSi"hS alhOuS ourselves. w are not re-
quired to fight theoretical secessionists. dis
ciples of Calhoun, but, instead, practical dis
unionists under the guidance of Northern
Radicals. 1t is not struggle between Sec
tons, but struggle between the Unionists
and the disunionists of the same section, and
that the Northern. By revolutionary
usurpatiOn of power, the disunionists have
excluded the South from the arena, but the
sympathies Of tho Southern people are on the
side of the National Unionists, whose duty
it is to prepare for purifying and Matchmaking
Congress. This is the work which developes
upon us, and these are the circumstances
under which we are required to begin it
We. of the North, are called upon to maintain
the integrity of the Union and the supremacy
of the Constitution; and to do this effectually
we must expel the Radical disunionists from
Congress, and elect loyal Unionists as their
successors"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Dreadful Tragedy in Stafford County

FREDERICKSBURG, August 2e.-This com
munity was thrown into great excitement to-
day by news of one of the most horrid TRACE
dies that ever occurred in the State.
. The house of Augustus Limerick, about
three miles from this town, was burned last
night, and upon examination by the neigh
bors they found the burned remains of Mrs.
Limerick in the ruins of the building. She
had been evidently murdered. After further
search the murdered body of Mr.. Limerick.
horribly mangled, was found quarter of a
mile from the house. Money was no doubt
the object of the murderers. No clue to the
perpetrators of the bloody deed has been dis
covered. The murdered parties had no chill
dren.
There is much excitement in the commu
nifty. Such murders are so uncommon in
this State, and taken in connection with an
other recent murder and some signs of law
lessness in this region Of country, there is
naturally feeling of anxiety and disturbance
OF the public mind No effort for the detec.
ton of the murderers will be spared-Rich-
mond Di,patch
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Vallandinghama and the Solthern Del.


egates.
Hon John Forsyth, IN q letter to the New
York Neses, sayss
take the occasion to deny. Ssiitl, ,e4a7,b.s;s
the statement in this mornings Hsn,I,5 tbsl
Mr.. Nallandingham was notified bv tbs
Southern delegations that if he did not opiet-
" withdraw they would vote him ont It;s
impossible to conceive q more odions ma
damaging imputation upon Southern delepa-
tions than this WHAT turn upon a man
who had suffered imprisonment, persecution
and exile for sympathizing with our suffer-
ings and trials If there was one wretch So
heartless from the South, / am happy to saw
/ did not and never wish to know him. Nv
own views and sense of duty were very clear.
and l believe they were those of every South
ern gentleman IN the Convention 1t was,
that we could not, In personal honor or con-
science, and with a due regard TO the honor
and conscience of our constituents, vote to
unseat gentleman whose right to a seatAvas
patented to him by the gallant Democracy of
Ohio, was as good as our own, and whose on
" disability was that he was our friend In
troublo. Under the cali for the Convention
he had clear right for its. theory was am
nesty for the past and fidelity to a common
patriotic object in the future. 1t was upon
this theory that we of the South were there,
and it was foreign to the objects aud fatal to
the effects expected to be produced, 10 begin
the work of peace and harmony by persecu>
ting and furnishing for past political differ
ences. would not, and could not have re-
manned an instant in that Convention if any
Northern delegate like Messrs ValIanding-
ham or Wood, properly accredited, had been
uuseated by vote.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Tuesday Morning, September A. 1865.
APARTY FRAUD.

In the county eonveution of the radical
Thads, which was held at Shepherdstown
week before last, series of resolutions was
offered by that intensely bitter old man, ex-
Judge Balch, all of which, we are told, passed
that body of loyal patriots unanimously
Among these resolutions were two-the cream
of the whole lot; one of which affirmed the
action of Congress, aud the other psssionately
denouncing President Johuson, aud his ex-
ecutive policy. The proceedings of this
meeting, in official form, over the signature
of Jos, Chapline, the chairman of the con-
Yention, and of somebody else as its secretary,
were published in tho Register, and neither
of these two resolutions appeared. The fact
that these two resolutions had been adopted,
and that without a dissenting voice, soon
leaked out, and our people wondered why
the fraud had been communication fraud
it surely was. The Register published just
what had been given it by the officers of the
convention. It was no mistake of that paper;
but the deliberate act of Chapline, and his
complaisant secretary, committed for the pur-
pose of cheating in some way or other, and
for the benefit of some one, or moro, of the
nemi6ees.
1t Low turns out that when the action of
the convention was made known at Harper's
Ferry, it was found to be distasteful to some
of the statesmen of that yicinage, and utterly
unpalatable to one, at least, of the nominees
residing there. Who this one is, or whether
he had company in his detection, it boots not
to tell. The party was evidently about to
split on the platform. What was to be done
Success, they all agreed, was more important
than principles. Heads were put together,
and the result of their deliberatiCn, was moth
ing more or less than the commission of n
mean and contemplate fraud-a base party
swiudle. One of their number was hurried
off to Shepherdstown to represent to Chapline
the condition of affairs at the Ferry, and that
noted Senator-who SO wonderfully COM
hines great legal and financial ability" gave
his powerful aid to the Thads of the Ferry.
The two resolutions were stricken out of the
report of the proceedings, and that report,
thus mutilated, was published in the Register
as the true official report, signed by the Off
GERS of the convention. ChapIine and his
secretary, have thus falsifed the record, and
cheated the men who composed the conven
ton. And now we have lot of nominees
for Office who are asking support from the
voters, some on the ground of slight con-
servatism, and others on all the malignant
radicalism expressed in the platform. Honest
men should spurn each and all of them We
hope that this county will never be differed
by men who could be guilty of such fraud as
this; and all of the nominees mnst be held
responsible for it, unless they publicly de-
nOunce it. Show your hands, oh, ye patriotic
ThadsI
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
no GONsnMPTIVRa

The ndVei tisvr having been restored to health in
few weeks by very simple remedy, aIfer having
suffered for several years with severe lung a.c-
ti0n' and that dread disease, COnsunPtioh-js anx.
ious make known to his the means
of cure.
To all who desire IT, he will send copy of tho
prescription used ree Of crarge.) with the direc-
tCns for preparing and using the same, irh they
will find SIZE cURE for Consumption. AstbmS;
BronchiLs, Coughs, Code, and 81 Throat and
in sending the Prescription is l. benefit the afcttd
and spread Information which he conceites BE- in
remedy, as 1t will coat then nothing and MAJ prove
a blessing ' r.
Parties wishin tho prescription, FREE. byreturr
mail, will please a Idress
Rev. EDWARD A, WILSON,
Williamsburg, Kinga county, n. v.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Probable Release Of Jefferson Davis,

The recent discovery of a correspondence
between the supposed,subnrned witnesses be-
fore the judiciary committee and S. Conover,
and COnOver and Carter and Conover and
Judge Holt, has created no little feeling at
Washington, and President johnson, it is
said, is taking measures to look into the mat
ter. From the letter of Scovil, Gone of the
wltnesses) to Conover, we learn that he had
received from the government considerable
sum of money for stretching his conscience,
and wants more, as others have been paid
more than he. for the like services The
witnesses" were evidently uneasy. as is
shown by letter from Carter to Conovcr in
April last, relative to the detection of Camp
BELL another witness, in which he says that
he saw General Holt and gave him Camp
BELLS letter, and the general apptised him
that he was already aware of the detection of
the witness and that he had arranged to send
on judge advocate to New York to see Con-
over, and get 'the scamp of witness" back
into his traces or keep him away. and not al
low him to go before the committee for ex-
animation. But it appears that, by the eff
forts of Mr.. Davis's friends, Campbell was got
before the committee, and his testimony was
directly contrary to- that given before the
"burea1 of military justice"
In a letter of June 8, 1866, by Mr.. Con-
over 10 MI faLten, lt appears tnat Campbell
is warned 70 keep himself shady" or 'sSecre-
tory Stanton will be down on him for his
bounty jumping operations, desertions and
other military offences" and will place him
where he viii not do any harm and his tongue
would soon cease to wag" 1t appears, also.
that it is proposed to remedy the Jdur pas
of the witness by Mr.. Taber and two boys,
who are to rehearse their Tols dozen times
day, in order to be perfect Gonover adj
vises Patten to communicate with Judge
Holt by note, because there is no doubt but
JefFs friends have spied around the Judges
"fice, advise him also to keep his courage
up and attend to his pupil, and they will win
the game. he tells him, also, if they are
publicly exposed, they will derive consolation
from the fact that several illustrious heads
are as deep in the mud as they are in the
mire.
These facts have been laid before the
President for his examination, and the friends
of Mr. Davis hope they will prove of sufficient
force to justify their expectation of speedy
release from prison on parole.-M.. z. la
press.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
BoREMAN AGAIN A oANDrDATD,

That strange creature. A 1. BOrenan, who
has the endorsement of the radicals of this
county, led on by Balch and Chnpline, is again
acandidate for Gubernatorial honOrs.. The
radicals were too well pleased with his official
rascality to permit him to retire from his
giddy position, without giving him chance
for second heat. and it is matter of little
consequence to them whether he is beaten or
successful Balch doesn't care straw about
him, and only offered the resolution at shep.
herdstOwn as some slight return for Bore
mans kindness in comforting upon him the
judgeship of this district-a position for
which he never was ftted ChapliDe don't
want him to become too prominent, for he is
himself an aspiring man.. But Foreman,
Balch, Chapline, and the whole crew must go
under this fall, when the great ground swell
of the people will hurl radicalism from place
and power. Then exit Joseph to Iowa, to
speculate in low priced lands.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
RRRoRs OF YouTH-

Agentlemau who suffered for years from Nervous
Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects OF
youthful indiscretiOn, will for the s.ke of suffering
humanity. send free to all who need IT, the recipe
and directions for making simple remedy by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by tho
advertisers experience. can do so by Addressing
JOHN b. OGDEN,
- Mo- ID Chambers street, New York.
March 90; lg66-1y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Died

On Saturday morning last. after a brief illness.
Mics BETTE BELLE GIBSON daughter OF tie
late James d. Gibson 10 the l7th year Of herage.
On Saturday last, At the residence of her neice
IN Berkeley county, Miss MARY MYERS, in the
18th year Of heEage. She had been for many years
suunptious Airs ANNA RUST, wife Of Mr. Henry
D. Rast, and daughter Of the late Joseph Vabyae1
ter Of this county ged 30 years, leaving infant
on "wednesday, 2stt inst. hTr. CsFOg f.oc.r
son OF the late John Lock, of this coaEfy. seEed
about about % years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

One of the principles onunciated by the
Philadelphia Convention, is of such vital inn
pOrtance to the South, for the future, that
Its maintenance, alone, is worth a struggle
against the radicals:-"All the powers not
conferred by tho Constitution upon the
General Government, nor prohibited by it to
the States, are reserved to the States or to
the people thereof; and among the rights thus
reserved to the States is the right to prescribe
the qualification for the elective franchise
therein, with which right Congress cannot
interfere"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
STRANGE, BUT TRUEl

Every yOuhg lady and gentieman 10 ias Upiisd
States can hear asiing very much 20 theirsdvun
tageby return nIlfi Cfeee ofcharge) 81 addressing
the underStgned. ThosahazinRl ssrs Of being hum
plugged, will oblige by not noticing his card. All
others will please address their obeeieni servaAt,
THOMAS r. CHAPMAN,
S5i Broadway, New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
NEW ADTERTIsEMENTs
WEST VIRGINIA.
JeHersOn County.
cLERk's 0FFTcs. Of cIReUrT counr,
September Rules, 1850.
cAafiss o. Ehglisk. cOapEainent,


G Gorge w. Eschelhurger, administrator Of Robert
N Engiish Airs- E A Henderson, Charles PER-
ry and Sarah his wife. David Humphreys, Sa-
ran r. Daugherty,- John Henderson, David E.
Henderson. John HILLARY and Janet L. his wife,
AriAna =. Henderson, Elizabeth L Henderson,
Richa. d Hen derson. Charles e. Henderson, Rob-
ert N. Henderson. Corneiia Henderson, George
Henderson, Norman F-s Henderson, and
CharlesG Engllshl defendants.
The object of this suit to obtain decree for the
sale OF the estate, of the late Robert English
Tor the payment OF his debts, and distribution Of
the residue among his distributeesy aud IL appear
arg on Affidavit filed in this suit that David Hum
Phreys, Charles Perry and Sarah hiA wife, John Hill
teary aud Janet his wife. DAVID E. Headerscn. and
Sarah DOugheTty, parties Defendants In the
ahoNe suit IN the Circuit Court of JefsoH county,
West Virginia. nOn-resIdents OF the said stAtel
they arc hereby required to appear within one
mSeth after due publication of this order. and do
what necessary to protect their in this
matter II Is further ordered that copy hereof be
published once a week Ter four successive weeks
IN any Newspaper in Jefferson county, and tERt q
copy hereof be posted at the front door of the
Court House IN said county. 1919
September 4. ls66.-Im. CIerk.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
. Albert Pike, of Arkansas, in letter t

President johnson. says:
81 respectfully submit that it is not just
to regard as rebellion and treason what had
been claimed by States and parties for seventy
years as the lawful exercise of political right
by State. and that it would be a grave mis-
take to make even one name and memory
watchword and beacon for all coming time
1t would be to create, that impossible bar
rier which always separates, after blood is so
she'd, the children of the same county"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
Married

In Martinsburg. on Monday. 9th by Rev.
Dir. VIII. II. LYNN.tO MissANNIE r. RR da1gh.
ter of Mr.. WIN. G. Fur, both Of Loud sur County
10, On the 23d 1It; In Lo0douP county, By Rev. DR..
to Miss MATTE d. JEFFRIES OF Loudotin
In She2erdstown, ON the 27th uIt., by Rev ]. F.
Campbell. ut the residence of Mrs. CrowI, Mr. W :
H VAN DEVENTER, Of Mercer county, Pa. ind
Miss ELIZABETH v. MCDONALD. Of Sheperds-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WHIsKERaI WHIsRERRfl

DR.. L. o MoNrEz' CoRRoLIA, the greatest slime
ul"tor in the world, will force whiskers or Nus
taches to grow the smoothest face or chin never
kn"wntofail Simple for trial sent free to any ono
destrous- of testing its. merits. Address, REEVES
& CO., 10 Nassau street, New York.
Aurust Ia. lS66-3rn
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
L1FR OF sruaas.

We are indebted to our friend Bsggs for
the following Memoir of stugga; and as last
week we gave first class uotiee to Stubs,
the pominee,Of the RAIDS, it is but right that
We should do-as much for stuggs, the nomi-
nee of the Thads. This memoir is in Buggs,s
best vein, and viii be powerful campaign
document ia favor of stuggs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
THE RA1T1MoRR MARKBTs,

We quote Baltimore Family and High
Grade Extra Flour at SIS and S1425 per
Dbl. The receipt of Wheat was good, but it
met very fat market white sold at So and
red ut s2.55. Corn sold at 90 and 90 cents.
Oats sold at from As to Al cents. The av-
erage price for Gold was 1468 and I47.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

THE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA Contra.
ry to the general anticipations, the war in
South America, between the Allies and the
Paraguayaus, seems to DO leaning in favor of
the latter. After suffering many defeats, and
prodigious loss in men during the late cam,
paign, the Paraguayans, it would appear by
the latest advices from the scene of operations,
have outgeneraled their enemies, aud have
surrounded the hostile army in swamp near
occupation by the Allies of the Paraguayan
strong hold at this point was the objective
feature of the campaign, and as the former
are reported to in somewhat desperate strait.
owing to their stock dying off rapidly. the
hope of Lopez, the Paraguayan leader, to end
the war at an early day may not be fallacious
one. As this statement of affairs comes
through sources friendly to the Allies, it is
doubtless to be relied on.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04
A CARD

10 he cGtizens Of J.5eTson County:
THE undersigneq being candidate for ,bS
County RecOrdershiP, and being Informed nv
several friends that report has gained prrvaenc,
to the effect, that, II elected to the ONCE he will
deputize other parties To pc rorm the servicss bees
leave inform all whom he NAV not see in o,rs,nt
that the report s totally unfounded and, ii elected
he will give the office his personal and undivided
attention, and endsavor TO discharge the duti,a
Of n deputy.
Sept. 4, 1865. tie. S.V. B. STRTDER
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

PERSECUTION OF THE JEws.-A foreign
paper states that the Jews are suffering severe
trials in the Dauubion principalties and all
the power of the authorities barely suffice to
to save their lives from the infuriated popu-
lace A letter from Bucharestasays that the
whole Jewish community have been kept in
state of alarm by the threats of general
massacre. On the Both of June their barely
finished beautiful temple, which cost about
$4,000 ducats. was destroyed, the walls and
roof alone standing All the interior furni
ture of small synagogue was DESTROYED. and
the scrolls of the law tramp!ed under foot
and torn. But for the interference of the
national guards matters would have proceed
ed to greater extremities. At Jassy. too. the
Jews suffer severely. The cholera prevails
there intensely. and they lose ten to one of
the other population by it They are in dan
ger of pillage and massacre by the rest of the
Inhabitants, and are preserved only by the
energetic efforts of the government.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

Successful religious reyiyals are report
ed in Rockingham, August and Rockbridge
counties.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04

SPECIAL NoT1cE.-Au persons having se-
y counts with us viii please come foryr,ard3 ana
settle, Their accounts are over due and We are
compelled % insist upon Immediate payment
Sept = 'ee.sIrp- AIsaUITH ( BRO.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-04


Permit me, my dear Mr. Berry, to dedicate
this work to you. For forty odd years you
have been public man-have filed many
Offices, and none more worthily than that of
public prosecutor for the county of Jefferson,
or what is left of It, and it seems to me to be
eminently ft that this life of your coming
successor in the criminal branch of the Ju-
dietary department. of the government of JEFF
ferson. should be Inscribed to you. With the
most distinguished consideration, &C.,
Il. ID. BUGGs.
PREFAoE.-The great anxiety of the peo-
pie of Jefferson to learn something about the
leading candidate for the Office of Commons
wealth's Attorney has induced the author to
undertake to write che life of the distinguished
stuggs. The public will appreciate the many
difficulties surrounding the author, and will
pardon all faults in the style in which his
work has been done.