Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-12-25

tot he JOINT resolutions oil last session of Ccns
gress, congratulatisg him upon his escape
assassination The Emperor
Alexander acknowledges the receipttof the
resolutions at the hands of Hon. g. v. Fox,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and says he
takes the resolutions not only as a mark of
sympathy for himself PERSONALLY, but also as a
bond to unite the two governments of the Uni
ted States and of Russia in bonds of true
friendship. He also speaks of the cordial re-
lations existipe. between the two countries.
&c. The reading of the letter was received
with applause.
THE Democratic Convention of Ken
theky. which met at Louisville, on Saturday
last, adopted, among other resolutions, one
denouncipg in strong terms the revolutionary
designs of the majority now in power in Com
gross at Washington, and urgently recon,-
mending the call of National Convention to
meet at Louisville on the 1st of May next.
- In the House of Delegates of Vfr--
ginia, on Monday, Mr. Goods inttoduced
bill for completing the CoyingFon and Ohio
railroad by consolidation of the Central, the
Southside, and the Norfolk and Petersburg
railroads with the Covington and Ohio rail.
road for that purpose. 1t consolidates all the
property and franchises Of allthese roads, and
the Blue Ridge railroad, which belongs to
the State, together with the stocks of the State
in these roads, in one grand corporation 1t
provides, however, for such consolidation
hatwann tha nay;noton .oo5 ond ~ Co...L
side, and the Norfolk and Petersburg, should
that including the Central be not Effected
The House also passed unanimously Mr..
Evans's resolutions repudiating reputation.
- In the State Senate, on Saturday, Mr..
Robinson, of Norfolk, introduced resolution
to enquire into the expediency of establishing
State insurance company. Mr.. Robinson,
in introducing the resolution, stated that, if
such company were organized. itwould keep
within the State immense sums of money
which now go out of it in the shape of pre-
miums on policies paid to Northern and other
companies outside of Virginia. Mr.. Robin
son, we understand, intends to follow up this
question vigorously.
- w "SAinSIoh correspondent OF Lne
Baltimore Sun says :-"There are we'll de-
fined rumors afoat that one of the Senators
is implicated in fraud and bribery touching
the New York collectorship, and they have
attained such shape that the matter will
probably soon be brought before the Senate
officially, and committee of investigation
ordered"
- The Democratic State Committee of
Connecticut has issued call for State Con-
vention at New Haven on the 9Th of January,
for the purpose of considering the revolution
airy acts of the present Radical Congress-
They say that this convention will also deter
mine upon the propriety of making nomina-
tions for State officers and of recommending
to the people of tie thirty States the me-
cessity for National Convention, to adopt
such measures as will thwart the schemes of
the traitors who are endeavoring to subvert
the Constitution and Government of our
fathers.
There are such things as apublic con-
science, and the power of truth, after all. No
two men are more thoroughly despised. even
among their friends. than Butler and Holt
and no two names are more thoroughly re-
spected, even among their enemies, than those
of Stonewall jackson aud Robert E. Lee
Mankind are yet akin.