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

rotary.
The report of Colonel NJ G Hartman. Pros.
ident of the Company, was presented and re-
ferTed to a committee, CONSISTING, of NlcSsrs
Christian, Yost, Echols, H. VI. Bell and I
Hayt Bell whs recommended its adoption :.
that the authority asked for be given to the
President and Directors and that the amend
ments to the Charter made by the last Legs
lature be accepted, which on motion, was unsn-
imously agreed to. The old officers of the
Valley RaisroaS Company we're, on motion.
unanimously reelected.
Pertinent remarks were made by Colonel
Bolivar Christian and Mr. Patton, of Rock
bridge.
Ga motion ,oohe President and Directors
were requested to ask the county conr,.
through which the roads passed, to submit ,Ss
question to the people of their counties ..wbetb
er they will pay the State taxes on said road
when Completed"
A eOlsred woman, one hundred and II
years of age, died in Norfolk county dav or
two ago. She had been slave all her life mn
to the emanciPatiaR proclamation, and then
her former muster would not east her off lint
continued to provide for her to the day of her
death. At erdeccase he caused an ele,,,D.
eothn to be provided, and he and his family
followed her remains to their last resting Mace
The gentleman was her seventh owner and If
Is reasonabel to suppose that she was advanced
IN age whOA she first came to him The ne
groes IN the neighborhood are Iond in tboS
praise of his kindness and humanity aud a,
net hesitate to say that their former nasterSS,
are their best friends
Three United States soldiers oa,I,on
Wednesday night last, entered REYNOLDS Tov.
ern, on the south end of the Long Bridge. and
alter drinking as much liquor as thew wanted
Pala Tor the same by knocking down the bar
tender, Iiliam Ray, with billy. and robbinn
MN OF about Fifty dollars a farmer from
houdoun county, named johnson, was also
ana about the same time, robbed by these same
parties OF his coat, containing valuable naners
After committing these outrages the soldiers
entered skitf lying elise by, and crossed the.
river IN the direction of Georgetown il is
thought that the desperadoes are known
Alexandria Gu<cfIc
- Washington dispatches saw that rho
statement OF the Secretary of the Treasury nj
the condition OF the public debt for Nav. will
show large currency balance in the Treasury
and considerable reduction OF the nubii,
debt This result is said to be On account ot
the unexpectedly large receipts iato the Treas.
ury OF miscellaneous character, and from in
ternal revenue
-European news states that King William.
OF russia, accompanied by Count Bismarck
leit Berlin recently TO visit the Emncr,r
Napoleon at Paris. The Car of Russia and
Napoleon have agreed upon plan for I'M,
settlement OF the Crstan difficulty. What il
Is, is not stated.
The disputes between Gov. Wells and
Gen. Sheridan in louisiana have culn,ipated
IN the removal Of the former by the latter
Mr.. Durant, a Southern Loyalist'' appointed
IN Gov. VS. place, it is reported will not
accept. In the mean time. some think the.
President will revoke the order of removal -
There are two factions of the Louisiana uRc
pubIcans '-the Sheridan and the Wells
parties The order of Gen Sheridan re-
moving the Lcvee Commissioners has bee,,
suspended by order of the President.
- The PiHsburg Commercial says that the
principal grain centres ara wanifcsting. iu,t
now, certain significant iuctuation in prIcSs-
sort OF trembling sensation like that which
Precedes the final plunge ug the sinking sbIr,
ne grand prospect ahead for the wheat crop
now within two months OF the murket-ha.
brought some thousands of bushels OF al,
Wheat, and the market from this time lUrwa. d,
is bound to decline. &
- The Directors of the Winchester 4 p.E
tomac Railroad Company met at the ofic. -
the Valley Fire Insurance on Friday week 4
Alter some discussion resolution was adoptccL
appointing a committee to confer with Gtbcr
parties, III reference to a lease or sale of ~.
| road
- SoI. Briseoe G. Baldwin, formerly Of
zen: Lee staff, attempted to take his owl,
. lie by means OF chlorOfurm a few DAYS aon
iecunlary mIsfortunes were the cause He
was discovered in his bed apparently dying
and measures were taken which will ensure.
his recovery. He is brother of Speaker
Baldwin, OF the Virginia House of DELEGATES,
"a few days ago Mr. franklin StearpsJ
sold four acres aud half Of the old Powhatanl
place, on James river, a few miles below Rich.
mond, for the large sum of nine thousand
dollars. The party purchasing represented d. :
company Of capitalists who propose to -
at an early day upon the manufacture
proof bricks at that point, from VIII
ment may be easily made to Rick
1t is a rather notable fact that of ma
just graduating at West Point, eyery man n
the first SIX scholars IS from the South. RYF-
ner, q Virginia, leads, aud Sears. Of Viroini,
Is third then, there are Mallory, Of Alabarn-,
rogers and Haupt, Of Georgia, and Griffith
C % Norm Carolina, In the next six there are
three Tenuesseans
=. The California E,ails bring further intel
ngence respecting the intolerant bearing ofthe
Sa!t Lake Moralons towards the Gentle popu-
iation. The latter are prescribed not only in
their social, but business relations so thai o..
gain means Of subsistence among them il al
most impossible. Those who can, are reroov-
ing, and making whatever sacrifice Of property
Is needful in order to escape.
"A farmer in Norfolk county has soI1
5000 quarts Of strawberries from an acre of
land, for which he got average Of fifty cent,
a quart.