Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-07-09
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

.u PuUHc aHalrs IN Virginia for the last
thlrty>hve years, has enabled him to form
pretty correct estimate of the financial affairs
OF the State, that the aggregate loss of Vir-
ginla oy the war, including the loss of slaves.
&C, Is nVe hundred millions, besides third
OF her territory, which is now comprised in
West Virginia She lost by the Confederate
government in cash loaned SIS 600 OOO -
Guiding $4,000, 900, the amount of her school
fund, which she had been zealouslv. onarIino-
and trsaSurlng up for years She paid MI
her own soldiers up to the lst of: July 1851
and advances to the Confederate government
out OF her funds raised by taxation in 1850.
every available dOllar.she could command
she had at one time in the field force OF ions
hundred and thirty>nine thousand men. of
winch at least fifty thousand had fallen in
battle or died from other causes. II Ilthhs
be perceived that the Old Dominion suffered
her share by the war.-Richmond E.r4D1iiaer.
Letters from Washington state that f,,.
members of the Judiciary Sommi,,os ~
Boutwell,, Williams, Lawrence and Tboro.S
are preparing report on the impeachment
investigation, to present to Congress- ~ ;,s
present session. They are of the on;r;o-,
that the evidence taken by the committee i
sufficient to warrant the impeachment az The
President, aud will urge upon Congress ~
take the necessary steps. 1t not the iptenS
ton Of these members to push this matter at
the July session, but they will ask for a SEES.
sion in October for the purpose. 1t is ex-
pected that Messrs. Wilson, Woodbridge and
Churchill will make report merely ceusur-
ing the President.
The alumni of Washington College,
lexington, Va, on Thursday night of week
before last had an elegant supper in honor of
their Alma Mater, at which General EChOls
presided, assisted by Colonel Bolivar Chris
tan. Around him were clustered Gen r
+. Lee, Rev. DIR. Plumer, Rev. DIR. NJ. ID.
Hoge, Rev. DIR. CGeneral) Pendleton, Rev.
DR.. b. NJ. Smith, Gen. f. II. Smith Rev
DIR. kirkpatrick, the Trustees of the COLLEGE.
the Faculty of the Virginia Military Insti'
tute, Ex-Governor Letcher and many other
distinguished guests. A number of speeches
were made, and the evening passed off most
delightfully."-.
The food crisis has nearly passed in the
South. The cry of distress that recently
came up from nearly all Of the Southern
States is now alleviated BY the gathering of
the early crops. The absolute necessaries are
within the reach of all, although the poorer
classes of the population have experienced
terrible hardships in the last few months. and
there are yet many THOUSANDS of helpless wo-
men and children depshdent upon the chari-
ty Of more fortunate neishbors.
Judge Wayne, of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, is lying at the point of
death IN Washington. He is nearly eighty
years of age, and was appointed to the position
from the State of Georgia. In the event of
his death, there will be no vacancy On the
bench, as the law provides for reduction of
the number of Judges to six.
Judge Wayne drcd on Friday last
The various Manufacturing establish
ments in and around Fredericksburg have
paid out one hundred and ten thousand dol
lars wages to employees in the last twelve
months; rs much as the whole of last wears
corn crop in the immediate neighborhOod was
worth.
Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin, who was chief
oil ordinance on General Lees staff, has been
appointed manager on the division of the
James River and Kanawha Canal. extending
from mouth Of the North River to Lexington
and Buchanan.
In Norway and Sweden there is reported
to be perfect mania on the subject of emf
grafton. All who can gather together a suffi-
Gent sum TO pay their passage to America
make start. They go chiefly to Minnesota
and other parts Of the Northwest
OTIS white voters who registered in the
4th MHgisterial District in Smythe county.
whose name commenced with &, % of them
were COpenhavers. What family for one
neighborhood, to say nothing about the wo.
men and children!
"A Geor0ia Doper s,,,Ds 49,, H. A..
Generals opinion thus: Everybody can vote
that is registered. Everybody can register
that will swear. Everybody can swear that
has mind to. Every negro has mind to
swear"
The National LHteIliyemcer thinks the
next move of the Radicals will be TO render
the Military Commanders in the South en-.
nreIy independent of, and out of reach of in.
struetIons from the President, who, by the
Constitution, is Commander in. Chief.
1t cost $4,000 a day to register the
Southern voters. In other words, it will cost
from ten to twenty million dollars to Raii'1
calize the Southern States. and keep -
Forney & Co. in Office.
The great tabernacle of the Saints b
Salt Lake city is now finished. It is two
hundred and fifty feet long, and one hundred
and fifty feet wide, and furnishes comfotta-
bic sitting room for ten thousand persons.
Mr. Glass, editor of the Lynchburg Re.
publican, who was SO shamefully assaulted and
shot down in the streets, by two young men,
is fast recovering.
: The total number of Morgan raid claims
filed IN the clerks Office of Harrison county,
Indiana. to the present date, is four hundred
and sixty. Amount of claims, $50, 265 46.
There are over twenty thousand acres of
land in Alabama planted in sweet potatoes
this year, and which will produce eight hun
dred thousand bushels.