Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-09-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

The Polish settlers in spOttsyIv,p;..
county, have had meeting aud adopied res
olutions aud statement relative to their sit
uatlon, to be forwarded to Europe bv Gen
Tochman, detailing the advantages Of VIII
g'nia as a home for European emigrants. and
inviting their friends and cOuntrymeu 10 80.
America. -OF
1t is stated that ''it is probable the el..,
OF Delegates to frame State Constitution in
Virginia will take place on or about the I4tb
of October"
Ten Sehofeld has decided that the State,
Poor Laws shall be enforced with reF.roDoS,.
to the PaUPers to whom the Freedmen's m.
reau has ceased issuing ratious. By tbi. IA.
cislon all the cOlOrSd Migrants who crowded
70 tue cities and towns of Virginia after the
surrender will be returned to-theiy resnective-
counties where they are citizens:
The Detroit Press proposes ,JCssbH,fTol.
Tor President aud Sanford COnover for Vies
President. Are they to .'s1eear in %
The wife of Hon: Beuiau,;o Wood ,,,.,
found dead In her bed on Saturday n be,.
residence near ManhasSet, L. Disease or
the heart is the supposed cause.
"A party of armed negroes one night l,s.s
week went to the house Of Dir. johnson 4.
near Christiansburg, dragged from his bed a
colored man in the employ of Mr.. johnson.
and taking him short distance from the
house, inflicted on him \ hundred and tortv-
four lashes because he refused to Join their
League As he could not be subdueA By
punishment, he was ordered to leave the
county in less than six hours on pain of be-
General Schofeld last week ordered n
Commission of Magistrates in Hanover county
to investigate whether cOlOred military or.
ganization existed. The investigation showed
secret military organization of formidable
strength among the blacks, which is believed,
to extend throughout the State. The fact
created some alarm among the whites. who.
have neither organization nor arms.
"A meeting of the Hunnicut Radicals Was
held IN Richmond Oil Monday night at Hun
nlcutt's headquarters to devise means to keen
the New Nation" newspaper from expiring.
Alter much talking, it was determined to call
on each colOred voter to subscribe twenty five
cents week to keep the paper going. Those
present agreed to pay the sum required.
Ohio and Kentucky are now united, not.
CNJ ~ - OiANSc1 buL Uy morse f0lIfOad.--
Cars run across the great bridge between Gin
Glnnati and COvington, starting every ten.
minutes. From the Ohio side, across the
bridge, through COvingtOn and return. The
circuit is nearly three miles.
The enthusiasm evoked for woman suF-
frage few months ago has singularly and
almost completely died out The constitutional
Conventions OF New York aud Michigan have
both decided against making female suffrage
political issue. In the FIRST, Fthe COMMITTEES
on Suffrage, headed by 70 less Radical n
person than Horace Greeley, reported en-
Phatlcally against it, and the Michigan Con-
vention. which was believed to contain n strong
element in favor Of the innovation, voted
squaTely against it when the test was made
1t will be many years before American women
will have either the right OF the inclination 10,
participate in the stormy battles of politics.
Demagogues may continue to aGitate their
Claims, but the practical aud really intelligent.
women Of the country neither ask nor desire
any higher privileges than those they already,
possess.
In Washington, Rhea county, East Ten.
nessee, on Wednesday, the blacks and whites.
got into fight, when the negroes were driven.
from the town. Getting assistance Of the
Loyal League, the blacks returned TO the town.
and renewed the fight with varying success.