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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
Obituary.

We hardly know whether pleasantly or pa
thOs predomiuates in this clever jeu %espra,
from the Nashville Gazette -
DIED-In Washington City, District of
Columbia, on Monday, May 18th, 1867, of
paralysis, COLUMBIA LIBERTY, after a
severe aud prOtracted illness Of seven tedi-
Gus years.
The deceased was born in 17T6 of poor
but respectable eOuple-Honesty and Patriot
ISM. The first seven years of her life were
a struggle with misery, even as were the clO-
sing seven. But she grew up beautiful lass.
and made her entree into society in 1887,
winning the admiration of friends and the
jealousy OF rivals. at uu early age she form
ed u tender attachment fer Principle y
happy union followed, aud in the course OF
events numerous offspring rose up to bless
her. The duties of maternity, however, did
not detract from her beauty, and as she ad-
vanced la years she Increased in lOveliness.
DevOting herself exclusively to the care of
her numerous family, and sure of the future
lay before her bright as the vision of beati-
tude.
But alas for human frailty! In an evil
hour, elderly matrOn though she was, she list
ened to the honeyed words of an unprinci-
pied young fellow named Radicaism, not yet
out of his teens. She resisted his advances
for awhile, but in November, 1860, lost to all
sense of womaaly dignity, she abandoned the
partner of her youth, and took up with this
young scape-grace. This .tamr pas created a
lamentabe disturbance in her previous hap
Py family. ELEVEN of her most loving chill
dreu refused tO.live with their young step
father. and sought for themselves other
homes. For this piece of contumacy the
wicked step-father dsinheritcd ten of them,
aud dragging the eleventh back to the old
homestead, he Inflicted on her untold barbar.
tiles and outrages. The poor old mother,
heart broken by the disgrace of her house
hOuld, was struck with paralysis, aud has
been bedridden for several years. The ply
sicians who attended her were chosen by he {
unPrincipled husband; and the public opin,
ion is, that they were employed to kill instead
of cure, as the old lady was an obstacle to
his ambitious designs on her property and
that of the chiden. Last Monday, after un-
heard Of suffering aud anguish, she breathed
her last
Can this be death ! there's bloom upon her check.
But now see it Is no living hue,
But "A strange hectic like the unnatural red
W hich Autumn paints upon the perished leaf
1t is the same /! u, God that should live
To lOOk.upOn the dame.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

The traffic in Coolies, or Chinese Iahorers.
1t appears has reached our shores, and several
plantations in Louisiana, il the telegraph is
correct, are now employing Coolie laborer5.
Coolie labor is really slave labor, aud the
traffic is only less infamous than that in Afr-
can slaves. The Coolies are bought by tra-
ders at the Chinese ports, at prices ranging
from $50 to so per head, and they are sold
for from $500 to $500 each in South America
and the West Indies. tbs believed that over
10000 Coolies are annually imported into
Peru and Cuba. y Havana correspondent
says: The number of Chinese Coolies that
died on the Prssage to this port between the
year 1917 and 1866 was IL ,291 out of sc, ,OI9
Coolies shipped from Macao, &c. Out of H.
4G2 shipped this year, from February I'd to
June S0th, the number that died at sea was
1860"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
POETICAL.
THE MOUNTAINS OF LIFE.
BT IAlIEs Q. cLAaK.

There's land far away mid the stars We are told,
Where they know not the sorToWs of time;
Where the pure waters wander thrO valleys Of gold,
And life ish treasure sublime,
sIis the land Of our God. ts she home Of the souI
Where ages of epIendOr eternally roll
Where the way weary traveller Feaches the goal
On the evergreen mountains of life.
Our gaze can not soar to that beautiful land,
But our visions have told of its bliss
And our souls by the gale from its gardens asn.d
When we faint in the deserts Of lhis;
And we sometimes have lOnged for its Eloly repose
When our spirits were torn with temptations aud
woes,
And we've drank from the tide of the river that ows
From the evergreen mountains Of lite.
o! the stars tread the blue heavens at night
But We think where the ransomed have trOd.
A8d the day never smiles from bis palace OF light
We are travelling hOmeward thrO' changes and
gloom,
TOa dOlnwhere pleasures uncha ngibgly bloom,
And our guide is the glory that chimes thrO the tomb
From the evergreen mountains of life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
a Burglar Trapped.

The New York correspondent of the Troy
Times gives the fOllowing:-
was informed of case in which bur.
glar was handsomely trapped few nights
since. The house of resident of BROOKLYN
was entered about midnight, aud the occu-
pant, Mr.. -, awakened. As he arose in
bed he saw standing i'll the room q rough
looking man with bludgeOn in his hand
''What do you want here ?" was the, inquiry
Il want your money or your life, sudden
ly replied the thief.
'You do, eh?" exclaimed Mr.. -, and
he slipped his hand under his pillow aud
drew forth splendid revolver. you do,
eh 20 he repeated, and sprang from the bed
presenting the revolver at the head OF the thief.
Now, sir, Want your money or your life, -
he continued, still presenting his revolver
The thief ''cOmprehended the situation at
glance" and fairly ''shoOk in his boots" as
he stammered, Il will go out, sir ~
"No you won't until you give me your mon.
ey-then you may gOw
The thief drew from his pocket ten dollars
and handed the sum over.
"NOw, l want your coat" This was deliv.
cred. "Now, will take your shirt, boots
ard pants" The thief hesitated. IF YOU
don't take them off instantly will shoot you
dead where you stand aud throw your body
out of the window" The thief complied
and stood naked. "Now you may leave, y
said -, ''by the same way you came
through that window, down the shed, and
over the fence. And if ever see you within
fifty yards of this house again, day or night
PllshoOt you dead-sO help me GodY'
The thief took his departure, and when
- related his adventure next morning tc
the family, who were entirely undisturbed BY
it. he was obliged to exhibit his captured
clothing and money to induce belief.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
Abolishing the Negro.

One OF the the most remarkable publica.
tions which has lately appeared is book with
the eccentric title, ''Nojoque: A Question
for Continent" by Hinton Rowan HELPER,
of North Carolina author of The impending
Crisis of the South" 1t will be remembers
ed that nine years ago great stir, was crea.
ted by the Impending Crisis" which was an
arsenal OF all kinds of abolition statistics, ar
guments, and every description of inflamato>
ry and destructive missile Of hatred, malice
aud tana;icism against the South. The Gu
dursement of this incendiary book by some
sixty odd Northern members of Congress gave
it, in the eyes of many Southern people, the
significance Of declaration of war. and led
to some excited and violent debates iu Con-
gress at the session oil lS5S-'59. No doubt.
whilst the origin of the late war must be look.
cd for IN causes which existed before the pre-
sent generation, no agency of this day has
done more to preticipate the Impending cri-
SIS than the book 50 named; and now, the
crisis having come and gone, leaving the ne
gro the freedom for which, prOiessedly, such
men as Helper helped to bring on, the author,
having abolished slavery, comes out for abol-
ishipg the negro.
thought not to be ut all surprising to see
this representative man of radicalism now
publishing an argument to show that the me-
gro is an inferior race that he must be driv-
en- out Of the land that by the 4th of July
1876, or at tarthest, by the end of the present
century, get somewhere south of that south.
moving boundary" Mexico. OF course. at
this moment, when the vote of the poor ne
gro is needed, Mr.. Helper will not be likely
to receive the endorsement of sixty radical
members of Congress. But who does not uu-
deFstand that as soon as the radical party can
become Independent of their aid, these unior-
tunate creatures, for all that radicalism cares,
may be elbowed into the gulf of Mexico p
At the bottom of all the turhid abolition
philanthropy of the present day lies clear
and welEdetined purpose to substitute white
labor IN the south for blacI, labor, under the
abiding conviction, in the language of Helper.
! that the best system of government ever vet
devised beneath the sun can never fulfill its
promised mission of uncxampled greatness
and grandeur until after it shall have been
brought under the exclusive occupancy and
control Of the Heaven descended aud incom.
parably superior white race of mankind"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
Duel with Pooket-Knives.

Captain Clark, until recently connected
with the Freedmen's Bureau, and stationed
in the Blackwatcr District, short time since
was charged with being interested with
Mr.. Jacob Garrett in working plantation in
Catahoula parish. Captain Clark, however,
cleared himself before the court martial that
investigated the charges, and soon after re-
signed his position in the army.
1t appears from what has since transpired
that Captain Clark was interested in the plan.
tatiOn in the manner charged or that he, i'm
mcd!ateiy after resigning his captaincy, became
partner with Mr.. Garrett; we cannot as
certain positively which. However that NAV
be, Captain Clark left this city a few DAYS
ago, stating before he left, to a gentleman
friend, that he was going up to settle or sell
out his interest in the plantation and he ex-
Pected there would be difficulty in doing so.
On wednesday last, if our information is cor
rect, an Interview took place between the two
gentlemen, during which dispute in regard
to the interest OF the Captain in the planta-
ton arose, eventually ending in mutual threats
and defiance, and au agreement to settle the
matter by means Ot a duel, to be fought with
pocEet-knlves This irighiul proposition
being agreed upon, the two desperate, inf1-
rated men Immediately proceeded TO execute
'SAA AulNSS anu TuSnlnS tO>
gether. We are told that the fearful combat
lasted considerable time, the men grnsping
each other with the left hand, aud with the
right cutting, slashing aud stabbing indis-
criminately in the back and body, on the head
and face, until Captain Clark fell, exhausted
from the loss of blood. Both men presented
horrible appearance, being literally hacked
and gashed over the upper part Of the body
and arms. Captain Clark expired about
twelve hours after the fghtN, o. Times,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
Rlano-Fox tSs.
CHARLES NJ. STIEFF,

MANUFACTURERS OF First Premium GRAND
4Il and SQUARE PIANOS. Factories 81 and So
Camden street, and IS and a Perry street, near
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. WARE ROOMS,
NO'7, North EIbertystreet, above Baltimore, BAL
TISIORE, Md.
Has always on hand the largest stock of PIANOS
IN the city My new Grand Scale Over-s,rung A
grahe Treble Pianos are pronounced by the anna
teurs and professors to be the best Piano manUiac
tured- We warrant them free Of every fault for
five years. and the privilege of exchange within
twelve months, il not entirely satisfactory the
purchaser.
SECONDHAND PIANOS.
always ON hand S5O to S3lJ. MELODEONS and
PARLOR ORC ANS GIum The best makers.
We have permission refer u the ftilOwing per
sons who have our Pianos usc-DS Rentch, VIM
Rush, w G Butler. Richard Williams, Dennis
Daniels. BenisIn F HarTIsGn, ia jefferson county
AID James l. CuunIn ghain. G Cunningham, ia
cob Scibert, Benjamin Speck. Andrew Bowman,
George HOke, Jacob Miller, Charles Il COc, James
Denny. Lemuel Campbell, Rev SIr Hair, in Bcrke-
b ley county.
Co For further particulars, apply to L BFHA E
RlSON, Agent, Shephe rdsIcwn.
TerIns liberal. call is solicited.
October ,, IS66-Iy-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
The Most Beautiful Hand.

Irecollect that once there was a dispute
between three ladies' which had the most beau
tIful hand. One sat by stream and dipped
her hand into the water, and held it up :;
another plucked strawberries until the end Of
her fingers were pink and the third gathered
violets until her hands were fragrant. An
old haggard woman passing by asked oWho
will give me gift. for am poor ?" All
three denied her, but another who sat pear.
unwashed in the stream, uDstained with fruit.
unadOrned with flowers, gave her little gift
and satisfied the poor woman. And then She
asked them what was the dispute; and tley
told her, and lifted up before her their beau
tiful hands Beautiful, indeed" said she.
when she saw them; but when they asked
her which was the most beautiful. she said.
'.lt is not the hand that IS washed clean in
the brook; tits not the hand that is tipued
with red it is not,the hand garlanded with
fragIant flowers; but it is the hanl that gives
to the poor which is the most beautiful hand. -
As she said these words her wrinkles fed /;
her staff was thrown away, and she stood be-
fore them an angle from heaven, with author
ity 70 decide the question in dispute.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

ASEcnozE OF MR. SEwARD.-I remem-
ber when FIRST entered the Senate that
Senator was deDouncing the antisIayery men
of the country. and talking about '.nigger,
nigger. niger" Mr.. Seward turned to me
and aaid That Senator will never be Pre-
sident of these United States" He was an
aspiraut for the place, and everybody knew.
it. 1 asked him Why, in my simplicity
'sOh" said 3Ir Seward, '.the people Of the
United States always intend TO elect eentle-
man President, and the man who spells negro
with two g's Is not gentleman, and the peO-
PIE viii never make him President "-Ssa
for JVlzsoR at Saratoga
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

CadetsAip at Vest Point near Forty Years
GgO-Wy Distingwshed FeILo,C- Cadets
bob Lee, Sidney Johnston, LeOnidos Polk,
Charles NasOn, Ben Brice, Joe Johnston.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

Two married ladies at Independence
serenaded their husbands, one moonlight
night last week. The instruments were a
brace Of twins for each Of the liege lords.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

= An Exchange paper says there is lady
IN that town so modest that she will not al
low the Christian Observer to remain in her
room over night.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

"A lady about to marry was warned that
her intended, although good man, was. very
eccentric: "Well," she said, ''if he is very
unlike other men, he is more likely to make a
good husband
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

~ See sbe RED MARK. It means yous
time Is up, aud you are liable to have yozr
paper stopped at any time. Do not SUBJECT
yOuEseives to such a calamity.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
CO-PARTNERSHIP.

TYNHE undersigned have entered into Co Part
L ncrship unocr the 6rm of STARRY s. LOCK,
for the purpose of conducting the Produce COM
mission and Forwarding Business at the Charles
tOVn Depot. D. STARRY,
Jan. Is, 1861. JSO. J. LOCK.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06

when isalady's neck not a neck? When
It is 4 little bear (bare.)
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
ENTLER HOTEL,
GEA

SHEPHERDSTOWN WEST vIRG'IA.
July H. IS66-t IT,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
To the Farmers, MiIlers and Others
E IN THE
COUNTIES OfJEFFERSON & CLARKE.

n AEING associated ourselves in business for the
4sS1l purposes of the above Card, will pay for
Flour, Corn and all Other kinds of Produce
.e le'shet market Prices in Cash. will receive
tll or"nFd on Commission, making sales and re-
furns in the shortest time,
PAarlsstOwn Depot, Jan. Is, 1861. : -',s-.'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Southern O7iniOn.l
ReCOlleotions of Army Life.

BY AN OLD DRAGON.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One Square. Three Insertions, st.so
Each Continuance. 50
One. Square, one Month, 400
One Square, Three HOnths 500
One Square, Six Months, 500
One Square, One TeaF, 1899
Ten Lines or less, constitute Square.
Yearly Advertisements By Special Contract.
The New York herald., 1867-04-01

NATIONAL STEAM NAyIeArIoN COMPANY.
(Iimted.)
STEAMERS WEEKLY TO LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN,
leave pSer n North river follows
ESf;r AND Saturday, Arm
rrowse. Saturday, April l3
IllLvETIA Thompson. Saturday. April 70
PENNSYLVANIA Lewis. Saturday. April 27
rabn passage to Liverpool Queenstown 320 10 gold
steerase passage 70 Liverpool or Queenstown sw in
rency. -
or Queenstown for 937 In currency
through passage 20 Paris Antwerp Hamburg. Bremen.
&c, al low rates. ~ !. .... :. =.
Drafs issued for any amount. payable n any bank in
urcaf britain the Continent.
For freight and cabin passage apply at tho ONCE Of the
company 81 Broadway
nd for stecrase tickets lhe pasas. once OF the
PAY" 1'''1"-' ~ W.. HURsT. Nanasss
The New York herald., 1867-04-01

= ONION AND NEW YORK STEAMSHIP LINE
Passage London BresL siio SO and so currenc
reduced rates available Tor SIX months
pFILoNA Cant. Dixon, from New York April l3
CELIA Capt Gleade, from New York April H.
WM PENN. Capt Blinge from New York May II.
ATALANTA, Capt Pinkham from New York Nav Is
Tho elegant British iron steamship BE LLONA will leave
pier No North river for London calling at Bres on
Saturday April 49, at12M. .
s prest 10 land Tickets sold through by rail
Paria at rs per less than regnlar. rates.
Freight viii taken and throucls OF lading gwen 70
Uayre Antwerp Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dunkirk.
ror passass 'pr' ROBERT n CLARK 6 Broadway.
Vc~ freight apply At 81 South street,
=" ROWLAND AsPINwALL. Agents.
The New York herald., 1867-04-01
NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, APRIL !, 1867.
HOUSES. ROOMS. Sc. TO LET.

ITO LET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FLOOR 65 THIR
= avenue tsix roosns) with all modern improvement
Kent si5 month";
The New York herald., 1867-04-01

L,OR HAVANA, VIA NASSAU. n p.
T. The British and North American Royal Mall Steam
Packet Company's new steamer CORSICA. Captain I.o
essrier viii sail for the above ports from the Companys
wharf Jersey CITY, on Saturday April 70 Saturday, May
ID, at noon. -.
Payable in gold It's equivalent
No freight received day before sailing
For freight or passage apply 70
The New York herald., 1867-04-01

HoUsEKEEPERs OR PERSONS GOING TO HOUSE
IL keeping win be supplied. and pay by weekly O.
monthly payments, for Carpets Ocloths, Furniture Bed
ding, &C. at BENDALL SCoTrS. corner OF Canal ant
Hudson streets.
The New York herald., 1867-04-01
aOARpERs AND LoDGERs wANTED.

A PRIVATE FAMILY WILL LET A SECOND FLOOR,
"A handsomely furnishe separate entire with full or
partial Board; references exchanged 80 West Twenty
seventh street
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-05-17

The Lewiston Journal reports . case tried
at the present term Of the 8. J. Court at Au-
burn, which 70 Of especial interest to livery
mea. Mr.. Cobb OF Mechanic Falls Vas applied
to BY Miss Hathaway for |. team % drive ~ 70
horse rsn away vith the ladies and Misc Hath
away Was thrown from her carriage and sus.
tained severe fracture Of the LEG. She sued
for damages and recovered e7s7. so. Judge
Walton, In his charge to the jury. said, sub
stsntialiy, that It's the duty of livery men to
keep sale horses. and Il must be asked u .
borse TO be driven by woman. should not be
more docile than one to be driven by man.
The horse, carriage and harness must DO ssita-
BILE and safs, and II . person lets horse he
knows to be unsafe, the law holds him to DO
r,spousible, The osre to be exercised ID the
csre which prudent men ordinarily use. .
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-05-17
THE UNION & J0URNAL, AZ =

THE last ssntsses In DE sbove letter Of
our corespps1 spe shown if - win sxense
US for s.yinsh ~. whils b writes with
tho best Of motives, he ID unacquainted
with tho subject under discussion that ID.
the value OF the present law and It's pro-
,isiops.- Next week we shall conclude oil
we have to say upon The suIject.-ED
Particular attention d directed to the sdver-
tisement Of O. C. Clark 4 Co., In another col.
umu, they are daily receiving new goods and
have one OF the lareest assortmenh OF Clothing
and Furnishing Goods TO be found In York
County. Their Clothing being Manufactured
expressly for them they arc enabled to oner
the very best ofvork At the cheapest prices,
and oil Of their goods have been selected with
great osrs With especial rsisrsnos - the style,
quality price and wants Of their customers.
Give them call.
The folly of people going out OF town TO
purchase articles iustssd Of buying them ct
home was practically illustrsted . short time
since. A lady Wishing 20 purchase carpet
pr,osd then q home and then went 10 Boston
and paid S2.25 per yardf or ons-ust getting
quite enough she went to DAIs store In Bidde
ford aud found . piece Of the same pattern
snd quality which hs had and was then selling
for 81 .95 She had only to pay 30 cents more
on yard and the expenseiof freight, &C., oy
going to Boston. .yIlHr. SO
There was exhibited In front Of our once
on Thursday last . very large and costly
Leather Belt. manufactured BY James Beatty
4 Co. ,Saco, for the Lsconia Co. Of this City.
This Belt Was doubled thickness iiSi n.
long and Is inches vide and for its manufao-
turs there ere USED the centres Of Is whole
hides. ''" ~.
Tho Msssrs. Bestty have acquired the rspu-
ts.Iou OF making the best Belts In New Eng
land and judg Ing BY the quality Of this Bslt,
w should say their reputation 10 we'll de-
served. ..r .... ....r .f... ...r
Tho Firm Of Twamhly L Smith Of Sseo 10
now Chas. Tvambly l. Son. ..... -r
Tho contract for. the Stone and masonry
work for the Portland & Rochester q. r. from
Bar Mills to Alfred-i4 miles-hss been award
cd to Ira Andrews Of this city.
The Catholics OF this city will hold Fair
and Levee In City Hall on the evenings Of 10Th
4 3oth inst. at which prizes will b awarded
&C.. 10. ,'
Spauldiug Brothers Swiss Bell Ringers Vo-
calists. Hsrpists aud Violinists, will perform In
City Hall next Tuesday evening. Their long
stiysrtisments ordered 70 b published have
been .mialsid In the chaos OF moving; but we
remember that they present one OF the most
tempting programmes ever offered here. From
the notices Of ths pres Hhero they have been
We should judge It to be treat rarely pre-
scented 10 our people 10 have an elegant enter
tainment 70 rT.." F..H I
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-05-17

:, Dzxosssa's MiRsoR OF FAsuIoHa-This
beautiful and iavorite periodical, comes to Us
with al the freshness and fragrance Of the
June rosss. Il improves With every Issue, and
We ere not surprised that ladies. find II the ,in-
dispensabls companion OF their working q
we'll % thsir leisure hours Its varied con-
tepts embrace almost every topic Of interest
In the parlor, kitchen and nursery, while Ito
sensible tone and the amount Of valuable IN
brmatiou turnished, not 70 speak OF the mon
sy value Of ito excellent patterns, render II
capital investment Of $500, without the PREM
INN which Is sent for every subscription.
N. Jennings Demorest, "a
; .r o. 473, broadway,