Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-06-18
GENERAL NEWS TIE Ns.
: The EvansyiHe (Ind.l \ D,,;1, q

raj army during the war, has double -leaded
leader In favor OF GAneral Robert =. Lee for
president In 1868 The editor says : s'Gen-
eral Robert e. Leo 5 the first choice of n
| grand army Of Dem0eFhts In the North who are
not afraid to urge hiB claim before the country
for that position fof which God especially
endowed him. Thy timid men of the. party
may trem6ie when hs pane is spoken, but the
brave applaud"
Lopez, the bosbnfriend of MaximilIiap
is now said to have soil Queretaro to the Lib
erals for 4S, 900 piecesof silver! Telegraph
news two days after he surrender says the
Emperor was we'll Egle surrendered uucon>
ditionally, asking only three favors: Not to
be insulted, but treated as prsouc. Of war
that if any person was to be shot, he should be-
first; and that his body might not be abused.
The last request is not creditable to the Mex
leans.
One dispatch says the Emperor will be shot,
anotherthat he will no.
"A Georgia paper says that as the result
OF the recent Radical mission to the South,
the confidence of the people is DESTROYED, i'm
migration to Brazil and Venezuela increases
bonds, stocks, and real estate go down, trust
IS staguant, money scarce aud high, northern
credits are cut off, and southern merchants
fail to meet their obligations In Atlanta
store rents have fallen more than one hall, and
northern capitalists refuse to make invest
ments.
= The Richmond Wfg estimates that the
number Of white persons disfranchised, in
Virginia, by the Reconstruction acts, will ex-
ceed 10000! 1t further thinks that at least
10000 more will fail to register from dissatis-
faction, disgust, or Indifference. 1t further
says that the "white Radicals" claim great
many more than IL, ,O0Ovotes. Its conclusion
is, from these premises, that every white
citizen who can, ought to register
- Messrs. Wilson aud Kelley, who have
lately traverscd the South, arc compelled to
report, upon returning home, that in the
South there is full freedom to the colored race.
tuIl freedom oFspeech, and general submission
to the laws and authority Of the U. S. The
next thing, they say, in effect, is to '.radical>
lze the white PopuIation,-they feel secure
OF the biacks-and then they will be content
- Ex- President Davis, accompopicd bv
Mess1s. Mason and Slidell, arrived at Prescott.
opposite Ogdenburg, New York, on the morn.
lng OF the 18th from Montreal. At Prescott
they took the Steamer for St. Catherines.-
Their presence created considerable sensation.
II is SAID that Mr. Davis intends to make St.
GATHERINGS his home for the present.
= Paris is, just now, more than ever, the
capital of the world The gathering of the
European sovereigns, and the congregation of
people Of all nations, entitle it. in this month
nj =ln2e<,.e-sert Its MAJ rnI,etl-.~ ~
Inc prediction that there would be no war
while the disposition" was going Oh, seems
likely to be accomplished.
= The following is one of the new articles
of the Maryland Bill of Rights: .'Article
u. That slavery shal not be re established
IN this State, but having been abolished nu>
der the policy and authority of the United
States, compensation in consideration thereof
is due from the United States"
"A widow who. for some time, lived on
charity at Bryan, Ohio, and was buried a few
days ago at the town expense, it has been
ascertained owned the house she lived in, had
live hundred dollars in greenbacks, one ihous-
aud dollars in gold and silver, and a quantity
Of new goods, laces, shoes, etc.
- The Fredericksburg Herald saws that
the Radical policy Of the North has paralzed
business IN that place, and that numbers Of
carpenters, etc, left last week, and that others
intend leaving this week, and still others lust
as soon as they can make arrangements.
- 1t is said that in digging we'll in PEN
sacoIa few days ago, some negro laborers
came upon subtcrraneau vault containing
S340,OUO In coin, supposed to have been
buried during the Spanish occupation of the
The New York Gazette saws: sPresidept
johnson complains bitterly of the restrictions
placed on him by Congress. Said he recently
to gentleman, L am like bird in Il cage
and all that can do is to bite the wires"
The finest cherries ever seen. are selling
in the Norfolk Market at 2 and 8 cents per
quart. Strawberries, s to 10 cents per quart
New potatoes begin to come in treeIy-S5
per barrel.
The introductory exercises" Of the Rad
ical meeting in Washington consisted in
singing JOhn Browns body" John Browns
name and memory have become great favor
tics lately.
= The Warrenton Ilde.r speaks of Rev.
W. E. Munsey, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, as the most eloquent and pow
eriul preacher in this country, if not in the
world.
Gov. Wells having refused to vacate the
Office of Governor of Louisiana, Gen. Sheridan
sent an officer to eject him. He then retired
with protest, and MIR. Flanders, the new
appointee, took possession.
A U. s. Judge at Charleston has decided
that private teiegraPhIc messages are not
privileged communications and that telegraph
companies are bound to exhibit them in Court
when required as evidence.
The first important case under the Gen
eral Bankrupt law was filed at New York on
Saturday week. The bankrupt is Chas c..
Duncan, of the firm Of Duncan & Kemble, who
estimates his debts at 100000.
= Amongst the Americans who have cross
cd the channel to visit EPSON Downs is Gem
eral John G. Breckinridge who has accented