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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
IS IT TRUE9

Some one, whom we take to be an. lndi>
vidual with a high appreciation of good
Joke, has informed the ReEiney. A,teltigencer7
that Judge E. B. Hal, of this Circuit is to
90 on the Bench Of the Court of Appeals,
and that Joseph a, Chapiinc, the present
Senator from this District, is to be elevated
to the Circuit Bench. We rather think that
somebody is trying to hoax the LnteAigencer,
but there is no telling what RadicaGsm will
dc. = Ifsthe Gyasticutis is really to become
Judge, we hope the case of Renehan & &ir-
wan Us. Jos. A. Chapline will be finally dis
posed Of before he dons the ermine, and that
he will make some effort to liquidate the
board bill which he has so long owed Nancy
Bowers.
Whilst speaking of our prospective Judge,
We may mention. little incident in connec>
ton with his residence in Iowa, where he be-
came so prominent that lie was allowed to
serve as Lincoln elector in 1860 Soon
after he settlodsin the rapidly rising city of
Samuels, a son of the late Judge Green &.
Samuels of Shenandoah county, who had
| previously located in the far vest and'was en-
joyiug reasonable practice at the bar of
Dubuque. The Gyasticutis being short OF
funds, solicited and obtained from his fellow
Vircinian, the loan Of small sum. Samuels
in 1859 became the Democratic candidate for
Governor, and madea most excellent fight in
LoL,lf IS II,a Constitution md tLe ITuion
but at various places in the State was slam
dered by the unprincipled Chapliue as the
! slave drivers candidate, the latter using his
| ornate style of oratory to defame the State
which had to suffer the disgrace Of being his
birth place, by reciting what he had witness
ed here of the cruel horrors of slavery. BY
this infamous course, Of this and other liza
nous men, Samues was defeated and feeling
the sting which Chaplnes ingratitudo had
inflicted, he ordered suit to be brought for
the recovery of the loaned money. Chapliro
covered, and besought an extension of time,
stating that at the end Of the year he would
obtain funds from Virginia from"an interest
which his wife had in some negroes.
ana tDlS Is INC hluu Vi HdIeIld4 ouC Vi
which it is proposed to manufacture judge
for this Circuit. We appeal to Radicalism,
(and it is the only time we have ever made
an appeal to that party.) to spare our blest
old county, this last browning disgrace. Do
what you please with the rebel element; dis
franchise every mothers son of us; pile on
your taxes till the girth breaks; yankeeizo US
with Northcra:echool marms; fill our pulpits
with radical bible Dangers; levy revenue on
our dogs; fill your Legislature with carpet.bag
and hog thieves, but for the love of mercy, do
not make Joe Chaplino judge. y judge !!
only think oft, and the blood sweeps back
from its natural channels, and the heart seeks
relief in bursting almost.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
SHRRMAN,s PROMOTION.

It. has been alleged by dispatches from
Washington, that Lieutenant General SnER-
MAN, had telegraphed tohis brother, Senator
Sherman, threatening to resign his position
if the President persisted in ordering him to
Washington. "DATA," the we'll informed
correspondent of the Sun, in dispatch da>
ted the 10th, says:
The report that Gen Sherman has tele-
graphed from the West to his brother, Seua~
tor Sherman, that he wishes the Senate mill
tary committee to refuse to favor the nomi-
nation for brevet general, and that if ordered
to come to this city to assume command of
the new military department he will resign
rather than take the command, is probably
incorrect, at least as to the tone and phrase
ology attributed to Gen. Sherman in the al
legged dispatch Up to late hour tonight
the President had not received word on the
subject from Gen. Sherman, by telegram or
otherwise, and it is not believed in official cir
cles that the latter would place himself even
| in seeming antagonism with the President in
zach matter, without communicating direct
| ~ and at once with him.
The order making the Department of the
! Atlantic, or department of some Kind in
keeping with the dignity OF Gen. Sherman's
rank, and with the headquarters'at Washing
ton, was several weeks ago determined upon,
| by the Executive, as also was the brevet gem
eralship decided upon about the same time,
and it was talked over between the President
and Gen. Sherman on several occasions, the
last being the day on which Gen Sherman
left for the West.
There was no indignation manifested by
Gen. Sherman at the proposed compliment,
nor any question raised about the legality OF
the proceedings Gen. Sherman in those
on7ersations did not refuse to accept either
the brcvet appointment or the command of
the proposed new department, and the tenor
of the alleged dispatch to his brother if'cor-
rectly reported, is at Farianee with the tone
and temper evinccd by the general in those
interviews, with the President.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
MR.. THOMAS OF MARYLAND.

This gentleman, elected several months
ago to represent the State Of Maryland in
the Senate Of the United States has not yet
been admitted to his seat. His case was
called up on Thursday last, and an acrimoni-
Gus debate indulged in as to his qualifications
for Senator under the tests applied by the So
called loyalists who unfortunately fill the seats
once occupied and adorned by Webster, Clay
and others.
The great congressional emctic, the voluble
Senator from Massachusetts, took occasion to
consume the time Of the Senate ii. one Of the
,aeanest speeches ever made; even by himself.
HIS thimble full cf Brains was laid under
oppressive contribution, and tire production
was a miserable, bastard rhetorical flourish
about Roman virtue, with which he is about
as familiar as Balaan,s ass was with the
designs of the angel of the Lord who confront
cd his master with flaming sword. This
New England hght,house and paragon Of
Puritan patriotism, whose every, day life is,
spent in violation of the Constitution Of his
country, talked much about loyalty, forgetting
his own treason and tho cowardice that has
stuck to him with tho tenacity of the shirt
of Nessus. Verify we have reached the fire
Points in the road to national degradation
when such minded, sefcconceited,
sore headed creatures as tbs Massachusetts,
bug-eater arc permitted to declle upon the
qualification of gentlemen for seats IN the
Senate of the United States.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
ACostly Luxury.

The Philadelphia -AJe thinks that the
privilege Of being governed by. the Radical
party is not worth what it costs. In this
opinion, we doubt not, a majority of the people
of the United States will soon be found to
concur. Says the Age:
THE Radicals increased the national debt
about twenty millions of dollars during the
past month. But twenty millions, almost a
million day, is scarcely noticed Bonds
were issued to that amount The interest on
the bonds sold was at the rate of five per cent.
in gold. At the present rate, this is equal to
seven per cent in greenbacks. We have
added therefore to the annual expenses of cur
government, one million four hundred thou~
sand dollars in single month. The total
debt of the United States to day, is thirty
millions more than it was on the first of Deem
Der last. 1t is ten millions more than it was
on the first day OF July, 1867. The Radical
party is a costly luxury. Can the people Of
this nation afford to continue it in power"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
The Nomination of Sherman,

y Washington dispatch to the Baltimore
Ga=cttc, dated the 18th, in referring to the
Presidents action in regard to Lieut.. Gen.
Sherman, says =
The nomination Of, Lieutenant. General
Sherman to day to be General by brcyct has
created great stir in the Radical camp-
They claim that the Office. of General was
created by special law and dies with the pres
ent incumbent and therefore it is not in the
power of the President to create the brevet
rank proposed to be conferred on Gen. Sher>
man. The Radical leaders profess to see a
vast amount of Executive cunning and pub.
lie evil in the movement. Ono holding a
brevct rank can be asSigr ed to the duties Of
that rank. If confirmed Gen. Sherman may
be assigned TO any and all the duties which
Radical legislation has planned. for General
Grant. Here's the rub. But the question
discussed among the anxious ones to night is
how. can they. dispose Of the nomination ?
General Sherman cannot be easily shelved
and open rupture with him must be avoided
They charge that johnson studies nothing
but deviltry, and that this cunning is only
equaIcd by his power for. evil. 1t is pro-
posed that the Senate shall retd!n the MIMI
nation to the President, with resolution in
forming him that he had no authority to
make it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
GIVES IT UP!

The devils proxy in the House of Repre-
sentatives is growing weary of his task, in
anticipation perhaps, of an early removal from
lis present theatre of action to the warmer
climate of his masters dominion. Having
Ieen'a faithful servant of his majesty, and
piled we'll his vocation in the midst of spooE-
thieves aud cotton-stealers at Washington, he
cOnfcsses himself disheartened at the amount
Of good that yet prevails in the land, and
throws up the sponge in token of complete
defeat. But he yields with Satanic chagrin,
and 'bluck- marks" his rebciIious subjects.
endeayoring to imprint upon them the stigma
of oowardice The New York Worlds cores
pendent has had an interview with him, when
the following took place =
The correspondent asked Mr.. Stevens the
question, "Wcre you disappointed in the vote
oII.s morning by the committee ?" mot a
Dit, sir | know all the towards in this Con-
gress. long experience has enabled me to
black mark every one Of them, d-n them"
What, then, is at last your opinion on the
question whether Mr.. johnson will ever be
impeachedz 2"
Sir" said 1tr. Stevens, with bitter smile,
81 shall never bring up this question of inn
parchment again. [ am not going to daily
with that or my other committee in regard 10
- .py lonEer.'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
Another Revolution,


The New York Journal Of Commerce,
which has all along been hopeful that the
troubles which now beset the country, as the
fruit of radical policy, would blow over, be-
gins now to take the alarm So we infer
from the following note of warning which it
places conspicuously at the head of its lead
ing editorial column:
cit looks as if the zeal of those who care
more for party supremacy than for the most
vital interests of the country, and who would
rather ruin the land We love than resign their
rule over it, was about to plunge them head
long into course that must end in revolu>
tions Those who have hitherto been the
most hopeful are now gloomy and respondent,
for madness seems to rule the hour, and the
folly OF our legislators appears to be without
restraint. If the country must pass through
the fire betore peace and unity can be re-
stored, perhaps it may as well come now as
ever"
Speaking of the defeat of the Alabama
constitution, the same paper observes:
Tho political managers who are trying to
reconstruct the Southern States had choice
Of two policies to pursue-one of kindness
and magnanimity, which would have given
the whites a fair chance without.needless hu-
initiation; and the other the policy Of ven
geauce (nickpamed justice,) imposing tests
and penalties which it was we'll known be-
forehand Angle, Saxon pride and efrespect
would Indignantly reject. The new consti-
tuition was framed distinctly in the interest OF
the black man as against the white and that
being the great object which the radical
plotters desire to compass, We may look 70.
al amendment to the reconstruction law
which will make majority of all the votes
cast (instead Of all those rcgistered) sufficient
for choice. OF course that will have the
desired effect. Thus it is that the leaders Of
the radical party stride on from one oppres-
sive measure to another, correcting no error:
in their legislation excepting those that lear
toward the side of moderation and clemencJ
to the vanquished South"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
VIRGINIA Schofeld has issued

VIRGINIA ArEA!Rs:-Schofeld has issued
several orders about registration. One orders
anew registration in Richmond on March 3
Another provides that where voters in the
State have changed their residence since the
last registration, they may register in the dis
trict where they reside. The third is for the
guidance of registration boards, and directs
that where person has held United States
office, and then voted voluntarily for secession,
he is DISTINGUISHED. The holding ola United
States Office is defined as having held an office
to which the holder was appointed By the
President. courts of law, or heads of depart
ments Those who have held county or town
offices, created for the administration Of JUS
tice are disfranChised but not their deputies.
The executive parao2 does not remove dis
reimbursement. Judge Underwood has re-
manded Churchwcll Combs to the custody OF
the military. lie decided that Congress;
which was the law making power, has net yet
declared peace; and the country being in .
state of armistice, the civil courts have no
right to take prisoners out of military custody.
The case goes up to the Supreme Court
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
GENERAL GRANT.

The positicn in which Gen. Grant is left
by his correspondence with President John
son in reference to the War Department em-
broglio, affords us no pleasure. Although VIC
people of the South never regarded him as a
great general, and bitterly blamed him for his
many cruel-evcn inhuman, military orders
issred during the last year of the war, we
could not fail to accord him our respect in
consequence Of his gentlemanly and soldicrly
conduct at Appomattox. His action, during
those days OF our defeat and great sorrow,
was marked by SO much Of knightly courtesy
- our great Lee and his comrades, that he
s:ood before US as the generous victor and
not as the ruthless destroyer.
The difference between him and the Pres
iient in their statements Of facts is not one
of mere memory. One or the other has de-
iberately falsifed; and the correspondence
proves, beyond all doubt, that the General is
guilty ofth deliberate falsifcatiCn-as wsll
as Of, what. is equally dshonorable, treach-
crous deceit. Frue and honorable men, ev-
erywhere, must regard the General as having
fallen from his high estate, and all his mill
tary renown cannot wipe out tho disgrace of
his present perfdy.
This correspondence not only sinks Gen
erul Grant below the pale of gentlemen; but
effectuaily kills him as a Presidential aspirant.
The American people will never elevate to
any high Office any man who has so clearly
shown himself as wanting in those essential
fair dealing; and if tho army is differed by
men of the same high stamp as of yore, the
General will soon see that it is CALLING to the
pride Of his subordinates to be compelled to
dave even official intercourse with COM
maudcr who is not gentleman.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
: The trial of Henry johnson. indiete

- The trial of Henry johnson, indicted
for the murder of Thomas Smoot, was termi-
mated on Saturdayin Washington, by the jury
returning verdict of not guilty after an
absence of two hours. The only. question
with the jury was whether to bring ina verdict
of guilty Of manslaughter or to acquit, for
the judge had stricken out the question OF
murder before the case was argued to the jury.
The result of the trial was received by the
large number Of spectators in the courtroom
with marked demonstrations of applause,
which was promptly checked BY the court
Alter johnson had been discharged from
custody, he was congratulated by large num-
be Of friends who had been i'll attendance
{ ring the progress of the trial.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
The New Hampshire Canvass.

The New Hampshire political campaign is
being prosecuted with great spirit, and all
over the State enthusiastic meetings are being
held which are addressed by able speakers.
The Democracy are united and confident, and
will doubtless redeem the State from its
present thraldom. AS an Indication of the
spirit that actuates the people Of the Granite
State, we append the following:
CoNCoRp, N. II, Feb. pa monster
meeting assembled this evening. to hear Hon.
Richard Naux, of Philadelphia, and Col. j.
\. Thompson, of New York. Mr.. Faux
spoke ably on the Congressional reconstruc-
ton policy. as a fraud, for two hours. Col.
Thompson disposed of Radical claims to SOL
diers' votes, &c. a large attendance Of la
dies much enthusiasm. Hon. A. o. Brews-
ter, of Boston, spoke at Tacoma this even
ing to large audience, and expounded we'll
the fundamental principles of the Democracy.
Col. Thos. j. Whpple, of the Fourth New
Hampshire regiment, followed in brief and
pithy speech. a glee club furnished excel
lent music. Among the meetings appointed
for to- day, but from which l have no news,
are that of Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, at
Gambia Samuel D. Clay, of Maine, at Pier
mont; Hon. Il. T. Pillsbury, Of Maine, at
Winchester; Samuel 3. Page, of Warren, at
Antrim Mr.. Vauz spoke on Monday at
Bristol and Tuesday at Enfield. Let our
brethren know by such works as that of this
evening that the New Hampshire Democra-
cy appreciates its position as the advance
guard of the Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
a Washington correspondent says {:

"Mr Summers term as Senator expires on
the 18th of March, 1869, and members of his
party are already intriguing to secure the
succession. There are several aspirants for
the place instend of MIR. Sumner, and some
Of them declare that they will take back seats
no longer, but intend to ''go for him" Cen
erals Banks ard Butler are both DESTROYS of
the position, but Gov. Bullock is said to irave
the inside, and Massachusetts people here
say that the great orator and scholar will ac~
company Mr.. Wade in his retirement 20 pri-
vate life in a twclvemvuth hence"
1t would indeed be triumph of the first
magnitude to have two 'sach pestiferous men
as Wade and Sumner leave the Senate on
the same day. But there would be an ap-
propriateness in it. United as they have
been in their political life, in death they should
not be divided.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
THE DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT.

It is now nearly three years since the Con-
federate armies surrendered, and although
this surrender was complete, and has been
faithfully complied with by the whole South
ern people, we have no real peace. The war,
which was carried on by the North to save
the Constitution and restore the Union, has
not done either the one or the other. Ten
of the Confederate States are still out Of the
Union, and the Constitution is daily disTe-
cxTSlcd That this condition of affairs is
owing to the action of Congress no sane man
doubts. The great radical majority in that
branch of the government has not legislated
for the good of the country, but has gone all
lengths in the effort to destroy the Southern
whites aud to elevate the Southern blacks, for
no other apparent purpose than the retention
of political power in its hands; and in doing
this has paid no moro respect to the provis-
ions of the federal constitution than the in
habitants Of the lower regions to the Chris
tan creed. The President has opposed this
Congressional madness in every possible way
save one aud the public mind is fast awaken
ing to the opinion that it is his duty now to
in;erpose that one. We confess that for more
than year past we have been unable to see
how'tho country could be rescued from the
dcplorable condition into wh;eh it is being
hurled by Congress, by any other mode THAI
Z resort to force; and so now where you will
in the North, you hear sober minded men
say that it is the duty of the President to
sa7c the Constitution and the Union by put
ting the military power of the government
against the destructive laws which Congress
has passed, and especially those which it now
proposes to pass. What is to become Of US
unless Congress is checked in its career
Heaven only knows; but unless the Presi-
don't acts boldly, and at once, and is sustain
ed boldly by the Northern masses, We fear a
future for the whole country worse than ever
ba'ell any civilized people-a future that will
no. only show the ruin of the South, and the
degradation of the Southern whites, but
prove the death of civil liberty throughout
the Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
Baltimore Markets.
SATURDAY, February Is, 1868.

CAICRDa1, February IL, 1910.
GoLD.-14O5.
FLoUR.-Was quiet to-day We heard of
no transactions. Receipts have fallen off aud
the stock of medium grades, which are most
" inquired for by the trade, and for West
India shipment, is very light. Holders re-
tons: Super 85Oas1O.0O, Extra 9.75asI1.-
rs, Family 12.50aS13OO. Rye Flour, 775
as8.25. Corn Meal, 5S7asG.O0 Buckwheat,
No. 1 per 100 lbs, 5.50aSG00.
GRAIN.-Receipts of Wheat light, 100
bushs white and 1864 bushs red comprised
the offerings we report sales of $50 bushs
good Pennsylvania red at S2.55; 600 bushs
prime do. at S2.60; no prime Or choice South
ern offered. Corn-market steady for white,
but little off for yellow; we quote white
1.14aSl.22, and yellow 1.15aS1.2O as to
quality. Oats, 7Sa8l cts. Rye, no receipts
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
MARRIED.N

On the 18th inst. at the residence of the brides
Mr.. MAYBERRE MCKEE, of Berkeley county, TO
hiisa ANNIE NJ, eldest daughter of aIT. John KEEP
liuger.
On Wednesday evening. 18th lust. by Rev. w.
G. Coe, the residence of the BRIDES father near
Leetown- Mr. E. c. WATSON to Mics MOLIfE c.
ALLEN, both of this county.
On the 4th inst, in Martinsburg. by Rev. J. J.
Kahn, MIR. ASSuN ID. VISCEL, OF Loudoun coun-
ty, Va, to Miss ELIZABETH ROSELLA BLoN-
DEL, of MartinSburg-
On the 3Oth ult. by Rev. is. Housh, Mr.
JAMES FAULKNER, of W iuchester, and Mis-
HANNAH CATHARINE HUNTSBERRY, of Fred
erick county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18

A REMARKABLE SHOT WITH a PisToL.---
n gentleman residing in Westmoreland
county, near White Point, on the Potomac
river, made remarkable shot with pistol a
few days since At distance of two hundred
yards, swan which was floating past on a
cake of ice, was struck and instantly killed.
The weapon used was one of Colts army
pistols, and the gentleman who made the shot
could scarcely realize the fact. It's matter
of question whether this shot has ever been
equalled with pistol. 1t would have been
good work for Sharp's rifle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-18
Baltimore Live Stock Market.
TuURsDAy Feb. 13. 1S6S

IHURSDATT Feb. IL, 1868.
BEEF CATTLE.-The receipts of Beef Cat
tie at the scales this week amounted to 72O
head-25O from Ohio, $50 from Chicago,
100 from Southwestern Virginia and 134
from South Branch Virginia, by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, and sc from Mary
land on foot OF this number $50 were sold
to Washington butchers, 50 to Philadelphia,
10 to graziers, 20 left unsold, and the bal
ance AIS sold to Baltimore butchers, at the
following prices ScaIawags s5.75a6.50 /;
common Beef Cattle s7a7.5O; fair Beef Cat
tie s7.75aS. 25; good s8.5Oa9; prime 1925
a9.50 e 100 lbs. /; no extra offered.
HoGs.-In the early part of the week,
Hogs were very scarce, and the price mate
rally advanced, sales being made as high as
s13 per 100, but today the supply is better,
and the prices range from Sill 75a12.50 per
leo lbs. gross.
SuEEP.-The supply of Sheep about equal
ed the demand market remains firm at s5a
per 100 lbs.