Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-04-17
NEWS ITEMS.

49, WV A41I14ESa
The !Cubansugar cropis reported to beoD..
fourth less than was expected.
The New York rent payers are about To
form q. protective oSganiEa6dn. o-frs
Reverend DIR. Brecenridge, of Kentucky
IS out In letter against colored suffrage -,
An Ohio soldier, disabled in both arms Ia,
in his mouth. ''FS' - - f'D
We learn from, the. Asheville, Ne,c, that
in that place. " = -'',-'s'A's
Thirty-three thousand three hundred a, 4
seven Immigrants have arrived in New York
since january lst.. l2N',,7' - va
The Oh North STATE says that the people
OF Salisbury are erecting Male Academy: "a
that place. : good move, - "
The Feuian Sisterhood have from the ON
pioyees OF the Architectural Iron Works $3.50
towards their Fair seSs$ ia
A project is under consideration in Cinoin.
natl to build new opera house, to SUNNY the
place OF the Ondrecently destroyed by ere: -
LIT. 5. b. Shinn, Provost Marshal of IyIa,SSh 5.
burg, during the war, died in AleixaSndrio or.
last wednesday. He was thirty>six years of !.
The County Court, of Spotsylvauia has a.
dopted the Hunting Law, which prohibits.
trespasslrS on lands, either for hunting of fish
ing. -
Rive thousand dollars in Washington eor.
poration stock have been presented 70 IA
Darnestown Presbyterian Church by Andrew
Small Esq. ~ *
At New Orleans and through the adjacent
country immense destruction of propertv ;s
feared from crevasse in the Mississippi levee
at Baton Rouge. :,
Valley Hotel, Staanton, was sold BY Mes.rs
6ushing Il Co.,. AuctiOneers, on "Wednesday
the 4th instant, for $4,000, to Mr.. Snowdcn
Ridgeway, of Clarke county.
The Presidentsentin on Friday TO Conoress
in reponse to resolution of inquiry, very
important communication in which he urges
modification of the Test Oath
The mining strike at Cumberland still ex-
lists, and effects the trade. But $50 tons of
coal have been sent to Georgtowr by the
Cumberland Company last week.
In consequence of the late arrangement he
tween all dissenting elements, the Orange and
Alexandria railroad has been turned over to
Mr.. Barbour, its elected presidents
General Henry A. Wise, whose parole con-
fined him to one of the Military Departments
of Virginia, has been given permit by Gen.
Grant, to visit any part Of the United States.
A financial panic prevails al KOohester, N.
Y, and runs were yesterday. made upon sew
ernl OF the banking institutions of the city.
No dapger existed that the banks would not
be able to meet all their liabilities.
Astronomers have discovered TIL. the moon
IS gradually drawing nearer the earth, by
about az inch every year. They have also
discovered that the day is about one hundredth
of second longer now than it was two thou. )
sand years ago.
From Washington we learn that malig>
nant form of typhus fever has broken out ut
the city almshouse. The cases were so serious
that the b9i!dins has De5n abandoned, and -
inmates removed to tents furnished by the
War Department. - - = 80"
An interesting lad was killed. :. few days
since in Augusta BY negro bov who shot
him with pistol through the head by acct.
dent, though threatening to kill youngster
OF his own color ut the time. The unhappy
victim was the son of widow.
Messrs. Pendergrast, Fenwick & Co., have
Jus' added another steamship to their line be-
tween Baltimore and CharleSton-tbe Kolara.
ma. She rates a |, and has been fitted up
IN style not surpassed by any steamer out of
Baltimore. She sailed with good freight On
Friday last.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the assessment of the annual in
come, will not require OF farmers the return
Of the value of the farm. products consumed
by themselves and families. The instructions
to assessors, now being prepared, will cxpr~SI&
ly authorize this relief.
That "precio,s compound" the Ba more
A"'er'c"", processes to be friendl. 1.-THE South
ern people !" "The force of impudence eau
no further go."-ALeramdrid Gazeue