Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-06-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. Summers speech, about which we have
lately heard so much. on the cession of Rus
sian America. 1t is of stupendous size, and
is doubtless the best account in existence of
the subject in question. 1t begins with the
discovery of the country, by the navigator
Behring, and goes down to the treaty of an
nexation. 1t It's illustrated by numerous CLASH
cal and poetical quotations-by scraps from
Cicero, Webster, Milton, Byron, Campbell,
Goethe and numberless others, only less great.
1t offers us hints in mental philosophy, botany,
mineralosy and international law All per-
sous interested in these or collateral topics. or
in our new acquisition of Russian America,
will doubtless be anxious to see the speech.
We regret that its length renders it impossible
to give it to our readers. 1t would Gil some
thing like sixty columns, and the Times con-
tains but fifty six"
A young girl named Bridget Gleason:
cook at hotel in Detroit, came to her death
recently in singular manner. She was en-
gagged in preparing breakfast. and left q sharp
butcher knife lying on the table. 1t so hap
Pened that heavy stone, used for pounding
meat on, was also left on the table. The blade
of the knife projected over the edge of the
table several inches, in such position that
the butt end of the handle lay against the
stone, so that anything coming in contact with
the projecting point of the blade could not
easily move it. The girl having occasion to
approach the table for something, and being
in hurry, did not notice the knife, and ran
against the sharp point with great force. The
blade entered the thigh, seyering the femoral
artery, which of course bled profusely Be-'
fore surgical aid could be made available, she
had lost large quantities of blood, and no
skill could save her.
Last Thursday morning two ohildren-
one two years of age, daughter of Mr.. Renu.
living at Sixmile Switch, near New Albany,
Indiana, the other four years old, the child
OF man who works for Mr.. Renn-straved
from the house into the woods, and were not
found until Saturday evening" having been
lost for ffty-fve hours When discovered
they were sitting near little rivulet, four
miles from their home, engaged in throwing
pebbles into the stream The Oldest child
says that all they had to eat during their
wanderings was green leaves that they pluckcd
from the bushes. Both children complained
OF being tired and hungry, but were quite
well, with the exception OF colds they had
taken. They lodged both nights they were
out in the woods, lying down close together
beside log.
= Gen. Pope has issued general order on
the matter fregistration. The States of Ala
bama and Georgia afe redistricted, and one
negro placed on every board of registation.
Registers are compelled to take the test oath.
and are bound to explain to voters their rights
and privileges. Any illegal interference with
the freedom ofregistration, or any oppression
of the freedmen on account of registration or
voting, will subject the guilty party to arrest
and by military commission. In case of any
disturbance at the places of registration, or
the polls, the civil authorities are to be called
on to supprcss-it and if they fail the military
will be called in, and the civil authorities who
so fail Will be arrested and tried by the mill
tary.
Ono CT the Connecticut Senator's this
year, the richest man, it is said, in that body,
Is son of the Emerald Isle, who, not many
years ago, owned small farm in the Nutmeg
State. He afterward sold out, and went to
Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm for So
500. The owner asked 81, coo, but the now
honorable Senator thought it was too much
and beat him down to $4,000. Soon after
that petroleum came into public use, and it
was found that this farm contained one of the
most valuable oil wells in the State. Today
he is said to be worth S2,500,0OO, and to
have an income of 81 900 day Besides all
this nc is Democrat OF the straightest kind
"A woman named Mary Spooner has re-
covered damages from the Boston and Proyi
dence Railroad Company to the amount of
SlO,OUO for the death of her husband. The
accident occurred at Pawtucket, where the
platform for the purpose of accommodating
the passengers, as the plaintiff alleged. is so
carelessly and negligently placed that the cars,
as they pass, overlap the same two or three
inches. The deceased, not being aware of
this circumstance, was standing near the edge
Of the platform, and the cars, as they came by,
swept him beneath, and the wheels passed over
him and mangled him so severely that he died
in two hours.
- -Leiut.-Gen Sherman will not fulfill his
recent intention of going to Europe. on ac-
count of the Indian troubles This he ex-
plains in letter to the citizens of New York,
who have offered him public reception in
view of his departure. With his usual practi-
cal sense, the General concludes to remain in
his Department, where it is momently feared
that the Indians may combine and do infin>
lite mischief" and Where our commanders are
daily called upon ''for protection at hundred
places hundreds of miles from "each other"
The suit of DR.. Mather Williams against
the New York Central Railroad COMPANY for
alleged damages done to his property along
the line of East Washington street. in Svra.
cuse, was decided recently and the damages
estimated at s19,6OO This case was com.
meneed about thirty years ago. and involved
the question of the right of railroad compa,
nies to use the streets of city or village af
terpermissiOn has been granted by the authori-
ties.
= The registration of whites is an uphill
business in New Orleans, though negroes of
the most vagrant and nomadic character are
accepted without questions. A young man
who came of age since the war was rejected
the other day simply because he had been
notary public,s clerk