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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

Property SALEs.-The Rcgj,h,r Of last
week reports the following sales in the North
ern section Of the county =
G.. ID. McCIincy Auctioneer. sold on Sa,ur-
day last, the 2ard instant. for Joseph A.
Chapline. Special Commissioner. about s
acres OF land, with the Merchant Mill, Dwell
ling &c, thereon, the property Of John Cri-
der near dam No. !, for 5000 Purchaser,
Samuel Boyer, of Washington county. Nd.
Sold ON the same day, by the same Auction
ecr, for VIM. G. Butler, Commissioner, the
reversionary interest pf the late DIR. v. NJ.
Butler, in tract Of 25G acres Of land, said
reversion being a mOiety thereof, for 81 .SO5.
Purchaser, G. T. Bu'IeT.
Also sold on the same day by the samo
Auctioneer, for Joseph \. ChapEine aud e.
+. Stubs, Special Commissioners trac, Of
l55 acres of land, belonging to the Estate Of
VIM. Grove, deceased, for sGG, % per acre.
Purchaser, +. II. Strobe.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

MECHANICAL lNGENUITY.-It affords M
much pleasure to give place to the following
complimentary notice of one of our young
mechanics from Harper's Ferry, the son Of
n NJ. Kitzmiller, Esq, so well known to our
people. 1t Is copied from the Spartansburr
6. Co. paper aud will be read with satisfao-
ton 10y the numerous friends Of young Kitz.:
-h.ch""icGi Trmmph-In all ages the arts
and sciences have attracted the attention of
the world. The Improvements in every
branch OF industry have been hailed as aux
Hilary to the advancement of civilization
by them, physical comforts have been in
creased aud the social state elevated and re-
fined. The amenities and pleasures of lif,
depend, IN an eminent degree upon the adj
vance OF mechanism and the perfectiops Of
skill. Hence the painting that breathes and
the soul ptured marble that speaks have.
awakened the thoughts of poets and nv. in,
sPired their melodious verses. Hence the
trIumphs of mechanism have commanded tho
earnest attentions of individuals as we'll "a
governments. Hence every skiIlfuI and de-
termIned artist, every one who manifests his
end"wments IN achievements of genius over
matter, should be greeted as beuetaetors and
encouraged by those communities in which
-, my 'SF'NS' ~ lHtSc TcuGCtIOuS are
led by an examination Of a performance bv
Nr. Arch krrzmiler and Mr. Alex. SmytbG
of our town, IL mechanics that are worthy of
record. The facts are these: The lock of
the burglar sale, of McSsrs Foster x Judd
was 50 broken TO be useless They npplie,i
to these gentlemen who jointly undertook it's
repairs. The lock was certainly one of the
most intricate pieces of mechanism VIC havo
ever seen; but wonderful to say, these gen
t!emen manufactured such parts of the lock
as had been broken, aud made new kew
We are assured thai. the whole is now in rer.
feet order. Can such a triumph of mechou-
zeal skill be Par;Eeled in the upcountry. or
even IN many cities, where the facilities for
the execution of such work are so limited.
To get into the safe was herculeaD tax
we should judge, constructed as they are
But the mechanical skill of these gentlemen
accomplished that object We therefore re-
commend them competent for any work.
Mr.. KitzmiIer was employed at Harper's
Ferry for great length of time. and is now
located IN our town. prepared to do any kind
OF work as gunsmith, or in his varied and ex-
iensive line Of business Encourage him.
y FRIESD.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

y NEW GATE.-We have been shown by
Mr.. II. w. CEITTENDEN, the model of an
improved gate. for which he is the agent for
this county. Without pretending to be
Judge m such matters, we can but express the
opinion that this gate will ~ found great
convenience and economy on the farms Of
this county. a description Of it We deem
unnecessary, as the model may be seen at the
Hardware Stose Of b. Humphreys & Co.
Mr.. g. says that the cost Of the irons for this
gate will not exceed twenty-five cents, and
that any person can get out the stuff and put
the gate together. lie is selling farm rights
at the following rates For 200 acres. go 90;
800 acres, 800; 1000 acres, $500. We
advise our farmers to examine the model and
judge for themselves.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03
The y. y. Commercial A1eertiser that

The n. y. Commercial AdUertiscr, that
approves next to nothing what the Republi>
cans do, but still adheres to that party. con.
siders it certain that the present Congress
will take no step backward. In the three
years that must elapse before any change can
occur, the States will come in under the au-
spices and control of the negroes. This will
drive the white race out and produce war
of races. What the ultimate effect of such
demoralized suffrage is to be, time will dis
close. The danger to our form of Govern
ment is in that direction. The danger is
growing imminent"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03
LOOK QUIT

We will regret exceedingly, if the indif,
ference of our subscribers shall compel US to
resort again to the rcd mark. If, however,
there is failure to meet our wants by those
who owe Us, we shall start the mark on its
mission next week. A hint ought to suffice
What has become of our wood paying
friends? Do they mean that We shall suffer
from the cold, chilling winds OF December 2
Come friends, be reasonable, be justl
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

- The Kansas City Adrcrtissr, in reply to
a question about General Sherman's remark
that the hand that drops the musket must
take up the ballot, says: ''If Gen. Sherman
ever made the declaration attributed to him,
he would be compelled to recant before the
Democratic nomination. Otherwise it would
be n most idle and useless ceremony to nomi-
nate him. No true Democrat would support
him or any other man nominated on a negro
suffrage platform"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

The Chippewa, Wisconsin. Times, of the
9th, says: ''Belille, who came down from
his place, 100 miles up the Chippewa, this
week, says that on Sunday last the snow was
twenty-four inches deep on the ground at
Grand Rapids, fourteen inches deep, and at
Flambeau, forty miles up, plenty of snow for
logging. At this place, on Sunday, it showed
nearly all day, but melted about as fast as it
fell"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

The famous Missouri tcsto oath case has
at length been decided. 1t will be remem-
bered that Francis =. Blair, Jr., was denied
the right to vote because he refused to take
the test oath. He appealed to the Missouri
Supreme Court, and that tribunal declared
the test-oath unconstitutional, thus sustaining
Blair. Whenever and wherever the measures
of the Radicals are fairly brought to the test
of law the decision is against them.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

= Mrs. Howell, the mother.in.law Of JEFF
Davis, died at Montreal recently She had
been failing for many days. The deceased
lady was native Of Georgia, and about sixty
five years Of age. She married son Of Gen
Howell, of y. Jersey, Of revolutionary fame,
by whom she had several children, one oc
whom Sarina, is the wife of MT. Davis.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

A young post-ofice clerk was sentenced
in New YORK few days since to ten years
hard labor in the peuitentiary for embezzling
letters.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

"A Charleston Dispatch says that the
impression" prevails there that owing to
lack of the requisite majority of registered
voters the Convention will be defeated in
South Carolina.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

The Staunton Tirginian says three
hundred and thirty four farms in Bedford
county will be sold in short time by the
U. s. Internal Revenue officers for arrears of
taxes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

Hit AT ENGLASD.-Mr. Chandler moved
in the United States Senate, on Friday, n
resolution declaring the neutrality of the
United States in the war between Great
Britain aad Abyssinia. This is aimed, by
way OF retert, at the declaration of impartiality
and neutrality by England in the war between
the Federal Government and the Confederacy.
Being objected to, it laid over for one dav.-
The language of the resolution is the same
with the declaration Of England.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

- Fitz Greene Halleck, the poet, died in
Guilford, Connecticut, on Tuesday night of
last week, at the age of - years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

The Georgia journals are urging upon
the people the necessity Of Organizing for the
purpose Of defeating the new Constitution to
be framed by the Convention.
1t is stated that at Oakland, AlleganY
county, Md, last week, there werc seven
inches Of snow on the ground.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-12-03

"A sheep killing match for 81, 900 side.
came off at CODmunipaE, New jersey, on
Monday; two young butchers Killing and
dressing one bundled and twenty-five sheer
in four hours and thirty three minutes, beat,
ing their opponents by two sheen
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

sOt the spunk afre, and funk hit out, he
sWallered hit at wun jerk, and sot ter gittiu
away fer doin hit. hearn noise like
sumthin Dustin. and his tail lit atop Nv my
ha'. His head were way down the hill
and tux deth holt onter root. His fore
laigs were fifty feet up the rode maxim run
min moshuns, and his hine ones q straddil
over the fence. His innerds were hangin
in links ontu the cabin ehimly, sept about
a yard in MANS bussnm. AS ter the dog
bisself, as dog, I never seed him agin. Well
dad flung five or six hundred onder my
shurt with the dried skin often bulls tail,
and gin me the remainder next day with
waggin whip what he borrowed frum fel-
ler while he were watterin his hOsses /;
the wagginer got sorry fur me and hOlleTed
ter me ter turn my beggin and squealin in
tn fust rate runnin, which imejautly did,
and the last lick missed me bout ten fut.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

mencing proceedings in bankruptcy. : Ia
voluntary bankruptcy is declared liable to
ensue under the following circumstances /:
First. Departure or absence from the State
were debts are due with intent to defraud
creditors. Second. Concealment to avoid
process for the recovery of debt. Third.
Concealment of property to avoid seizure
on legal process. Fourth. Assignments
to delay or defrsud creditors. Fifth. Ar
rest and detention for sevsn days under
execution for a debt Of one hundred dollars
and upwards. Sixth. Actual imprisOn-
ment for seven days in a civilization found
ed on contract for one hundred dollars and
upwards. Seventh. Assignment, gift, con-
fession of judgment, or any other act by
which sny creditor, indoFser OF surety is
preferred. Eighth. DishonoFiRg COM
neFciat paper, or saspending and not Te.
suming payment for flurteen days.
In any of these cases ons, OF more oFedi.
tors whose debts reach two hundred and
fifty dollars may petition for an adjudica-
ton in bankruptcy. The petition must be
brought within six months after the act oi
bankruptcy is committed. In involuntary
bankruptcy, the proceedings are severe,
the penalty for fraud OF concealment, direct
or indirect, being imprisonment with OF
without hard labor for a period not exceed
ing three years.. --n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22
snt Lovengood's S Dog.

When l were a boy, and my legs not
longer than John Wentworth's, dad fotched
home dad drapped, wuthless, NANCY,
feabitten, grav old fox dOgg, good for
nuthin but to swaller up what orter lined
the bowels Nv US brats. Well. naturally
TUX distase ter him, and had a sorter han
KERN arter hurtin his feelin's and discum-
furtin Nv him every time dads back were
turned. This sorIer kept big skeer alters
before his eyes, and an orful yell in his
throat reddy ter pore out the fust moshun
he seed me make. So he larnt ter swaller
things as he run, and oilers kept his laigs
we'll under hisself, for he never knowed
how soon he mought want to use EN- in
trotting his trifiing carous beyond the reech
NV CRATE fyin rock. He knowed the
whiz Nv a rock in moshun as well, and he
never stopped ter see who flung hit. but
| iist let his head fly open ter gin a howl
room ter cum-and sot his laigs to gwine
the way his nose happened ter be pintin,
He'd shy round every rock he seed in the
road, for he looked on h.t as a calamity tel
cum arter him sum day. Ef he left home
sum nabor's dog tanned his hide, and il
he stade at home, was alters arter hit tel
tan hit; 80 he dident see much more peace
Nv mind nor surkit rider dus in a Baptis
naburhood at sacrament time when tht
river are up in good dippin order. AnC
in al my born days 1 never seed hin
sgwins the same way waz be made tha
an onbrakable ruil think got my fus
uoledge NV gittin away frum imagunar.
trobul and commun tribulashun, fFum him
and with the vantage Nv holsum par u
laigs aud the power NV usin EN-, 1 aller
> found his plan ter work well. I tell you
Georgy, that runuin are the creates
invenshun on yearth when used carefully
Wizard been ter by this time ef hadn'
relyed ontu these here laigs? Dye &c
EN- Don't they mind you nv q psr u
cumpusses made to divide a mile into qu
artsrs They'll do, I'll be circumstanshul
ly dad drapped ef they don't. Well, WI
day tux pigs bladder nj on ter Ii
: size uv a duck aig and filed it with POwdC
and corked it up with piece Nv spunl
rolled hit up in thin seulp Nv meet, an
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22
Make Corn.

Will the South ever learn anything !? A
French cynic, upon the restoration Of the
Bourbous, remarked: "They have for
gotten nothing-they have learned moth
ing" Shall we be subject to the same
sarcasm a? What can we do without corn
In the old times, just before the great
crash of '36-'37, when everybody was run
mad on the subject of cotton, just as we
are now, a team-a poor, lean, mule team
was staggering up Main street under a
heavy load. The owner, in sort of apollo
getic way, remarked to lot of friends, Up
on nv word, wish did know what would
fattsn my mules. I've tried nur VO1aica
and assafoedita, and every sort of thing,
and it don't seem to do particle of good. :"
''Did you ever try corn ?" quietly asked
the Diogenes of the party. ''If not, per
haps you had better try it,
We would warn the people to make corn.
Lessees don't seem to care about it-they
come to suck out the substance, and then
like wild geese, emigrate North with their
craws full. See to it, you lessons make it
as sine qua non that your lesees shall raise
corn. Your country demands. it. A full
crib is better than full crib of any other
kind. Chickens, mules, darkies, and every
living thing rejoice in it. Who have been
the most successful planters in old times :?
| The menof corn. 51sFs1-- -1f-
We are astonished to hear sensible men
advising people to make cotton to buy corn.
Even the old Indians have got drunk. We
know some large plantations that haven't
got enough shucks to make horse collars.
OF course the owners of such places ''ain't
worth shucks." -
The startling announcement was made
in town yesterday, that there wasn't a sack
of corn in town. Are we to have famine?
It seems SO. If we bow down to cotton,
and worship it and neglect corn we are
bound to end in, famine. Would that some
Joseph could give us lecture on the sub
iect He is the only statesman, of whom
we ever heard, who got cor7aed in the right
way. Look at your situation. You are
now IN military parlance, in euE du sac,
made of gunny sacks. You've got to bor-
row the money to buy corn you've got.to
pay the driver to drive the mules to haul
the corn; you have to grease wagon, etc,
and you can run on in the style of the "cow
with the crumply horn," and pile up the
disasters that spring from empty corn cribs.
Don't be satisfied with ordinary crops,
because wen have to begin to suck roast
ing ears before the moustsche is of. oi
| them. sr.- ..-
Let all the editors in our land raise the
corn song, and let all the people join in the
chorus, "raise corn r. 5 ID hos
Let as do it quick before uncle has 3
chance to tax US. It is the only thing tina
isn't stamped-thst's one consolation. .t'f-
It's time for us to speak out and war;
the people, plant corn ! May God bless
US next season with a cornucopia of corn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22
Cotton Cron For 1857.

The following article from the Memphis
Ledger contains some very pertinent inqui-
ries, and should awaken Southern planters
to serious reflection.
The cotton crop of the South for 1866
rescued the North from bankruptcy, besides
paying the Government about twenty-five
millions on account of the cotton tax. Now,
it occurs to US, and occurs, no doubt, to
Southern men generally, that for all the
South has done for the North, and for the
Government, very singular return has
been made. Utterly destitute of gratitude
for benefits conferred, and utterly blind to
the consequences of possible change of
Southern industrial policy, the cotton States
have been divested of their traditional SOW
ereignty, and, by bill, swept into anaF-
chy and confusion. Meanwhile, gold, the
pulse by which the condition of the nation
al credit is ascertained, beats aud futters
and futters and beats. Wall street bro
kers are as frisky as troop of ballet girls,
or young widows emerged the first time
/ from their weeds Of woe. The States
which grow cotton and give employment
to three or four million pets of the Freed
mems Bureau, are unstated, demolished,
and the fragments turned over to the sole
government of three or four Brigadier Gen
erals. And the North, that commands this
policy, expects from the South for the year
1867, at least three million bales of cotton.
In the language of the poet, ''will they be
forthcoming ?' We shall see-we shall
if one million be made. As the military
| billinvesIs the Brigadier Generals with
despoLic powers, may they not, as they will
have the po yer, take possession of every
bale that is made, and hold it for themsel-
selves, or for Congress What assurance
can planter have tnat he will be permitted
to sell his cotton aud pocket the proceeds
None whatever. Then, in all seriousness
why attempt to grow cotton Why expent
money and labor in the production OF thai
which may be included in a schedule q
coDfscated property? The bill providing
for a system of general confscation in thr
South, has already leapt like a Minerv
from the brain of Thaddeus Stevens.
will follow the military bill as inevitably a
one calamity follows another, or as one bill
low ohases another to the shore. It is fol
ly to think of collecting upon a plantation
lot of negroes, providing for their subsis
tence, and planting cotton for the yea
1867. What little cash the planters have
should be kept in their pockets, for the
: will need it. There is tronble ahead, an
no man can see the end of it. Abando
+. cotton, for it is, at this time, q perilou
, business. If for lack Of it the finance
, break down, whose fault will it be ? M
: the South's. What will it care for the 6
3 nances or credit of a government that denic
to it's white inhabitants those civil Tigh
9 which it accords to the negro What OF
= legation is it under to uphold the publ
g debt, or prop the falling fortunes of its Ell
= slavers
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

1he following touching lines need no
cmment--every Southern bosom will feel
their application, aud sigh of sympathy
will be heaved for him wEo is still Lam
gushing in prison:
Stop, soldier, stop this cruel act
Will ring through all the land,
shame on the heart that planned the deed
Shame on the coward hand
That drops the sword of justice bright,
To grasp these iron rings
On them, not me, dishonor falls
To them this dark shame clngs.
Manaced Oh, my Grd my God .-
Is this Christian landl ..-.
And did our countries ever meet
And grasp each others hand
Oh, Mexico on thy red fields
battled midst the fray
My rifemen, with steady aim,
Won Buena Vista's day.
Nanacled far down the South
Let this one Eord speed fast,
G Ny country, thou hast borne grrat wrongs;
But this, the last, the last,
VIII send thrill through thy high heart,
Despair willspurn control La.
And these hard irons pressing he1s
VIII enter thy proud soul. 600
Manacledi Oh, word of shame
Ring it through all. the world
Ny cOuntEymen, on you, on you .-. .r
This heavy wrong is hurled.
sWehung our banners to the air RI .s.. rr
We fought as brave men fight;
Our battle cry rang through the land:
a. Home liberty! and right! r.h hs---s
Manaeledl for this I am here, .l
Clanking the prisoners chain, -. o..
We fought-and nobly did we fight
We>fOught, but fought in vain. lTs r5t5s
Down in that billowy Of blood
Went all our Jewels rare, - -ft3 --.
And Hope rushed wailing from the scene ,-.-.
And took herself to prayer!
Manacled manaeled words Of woe,
r'' But words Of greater shame
I've that within ne which these wrongs
Can never, never tame
And standing proud in conscious worth, q
/ represent my land,
And that Lost Cause for which she bled
. - Lofty, heroic, grand I e aaa +
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

On the 9th. the Supreme Court sitting
at Nashville, through Judge Hawkins, an
nonnced to the bar that there would be no
further call of the civil docket during the
term. The franchise question hes oger.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

Commenting on the Sherman bill the
New York World quotes the fifth section
and says: There are contingencies enough
in it to keep the Southern Safes out Of the
Union until doomsday, which, of fcourse, is
what Stevens & Co., have in view,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

TIE excitement among the Fenans ia
New York over the Irish news is immense.
The headquarters is thronged, and great
hopes are entertained of success. A num-
ber of prominent Irish Americans have
rendered pecuniarY aid to Gen. Gleason
here, but not in Ireland Several men
were booked Friday for the Fenian army.
Stephens is ascertained to be still resident
of Brooklyn, having nothing to do with the
the struggle in Ireland.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

Senator DOOlittle says the military bill
should be entitled "a bill to organize hell
in the Southern States" That being the
case, tha organizers must be FIVE brigadier
devils.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

The lower house Of the Missouri Legis-
lature passed bill on the 9th inst, to
amend the Constitution Of that State SO as
TO allow negroes to vote, by vote Of 76 TO
AZ
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

George Tucker, the Radical and negro
candidate for Mayor at the late election in
Alexandria, Va. called Friday morning on
Mayor Latham, who was declared elected
by the judges, and demanded the seal Of
the corporation aad the books of Office
Latham declined to yield them up.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-22

Gen. Howard has ordered prosecution
to commence against Col. Beaumont, the
SuperinteudentOf of the Metropolitan Police
of Memphis, for arresting negroes and en-
ploying them to planters for stipulated
sums. 1t is reported that be arrested
many, and released them from Jail without
trial, by employing them to planters from
two to fifteen dollars per head.