Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS,

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will never again be able to leave his. bed.
- General Beauregnrd is expected to visit
Staten Island in a few days.
The widow of Mr. Colt of pistol fame,
has aa income of 100000 year.
- Henry Clews, the largest gold dealer in
New York, made several millions by the late
ad vance.
- In opera eomique, in Philadelphia, Gas.
tie is taking the part of Faust and Campbell
that of Mephstophiies.
= According to tho Trenton True An,eri>
can the New Jersey peach crop will be unu-
sually large.
= Augusta, Maine, has postponed the dec
Grafton of its soldiers graves one month on
account of the scarcity of flowers.
- Brick Pomeroy is proposed as Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin
next fall.
Tile Russian capital is transferred to
Knew, and palace is now building there for
the Gar.
- After the Syracuse police court has dis,
posed of previous arrests, all the spectators in
the courtroom are brought to the bar and
fined as Migrants. H
- Another batch of 1850 China women
were landed in San Francisco on the goth
of May, and were fought for by the male &C.
lestials.
= Silver coin is such drug in San Fran
cisco that leading merchants have signed an
agreement not to receive it at par in sums
above ten dollars.
Two mon and woman, servants at the
hotel at New Brighton, Staten Island were
drowned Sunday evening by the upsetting of
boat during squall. 1t is said they were
all intoxicated.
Now that Forney is specializing in South
ern real estate, he says, in letter to the
Press, ellie and property are to day as safe
in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina as
they are in Pennsylvania" There is no Ku
Kux in the neighborhood of Forney's lands.
"A ''Ioyal" sheriff has resigned in Bruns-
wick county, Va, because very filthy mig
ger was appointed magistrate The course of
trae love never did run smooth. But this
time the white Mongrels smeIers seem to
have been the cause Of the separation.
= The Temperance party: as a distinct po-
litical party, is making preparations for fight
in the coming Fall elections. Conventions
have been called in Maine, Iowa, Wisconsin
aud Minnesota. In all of these States the
Temperance men propose to run Independent
State tickets.
"A South Carolina negro named Isaac
Sanders has issued a call for the negro militia
to assemble and organize at place called
Monks Corner, in Charleston District. The
object of the organization, he vaguely but sig
says, is s'to regulate things gener>
ally"
- Mr. Rice, of Copah county, Miss, was
arrested by the military the other day for
drawing a weapon at a public meeting
While being removed to Jackson he escaped
from his guard. Immediately party of young
gentleman, in no way implicated, who were
ties to the military authorities, were arrested
and are still held in close confinement.
In the township of Woodland, Barry
county, Michigan, on the 10th, ult., three
young ladies, attended by three young men,
a pleasure ride. After getting into deep wa
ter one of the young ladies tell overheard,
and in the effort to save her the boat was cap>
sized, precipitating the whole party il the |
water. One of the young men and all of the |
young ladies were drowned
A singular disturbance occurred in !
courtroom at Greensburg, Ind, a few days
ago. A Mr.. Ewing, lawyer of that place,
in arguing against new trial in bastardy |
case, used language that was distasteful to the |
Judge, whereupon the latter assaulted the
former, iuflicting dangerous if not fatal injury.
The Judge, Bonner by name, was arrested,
and is now in Jail awaiting the result of Ew-
ing's injuries.
= One of the best proofs that ours is "the
best Government ever devised" is the fact
that under it the widow is not allowed to gar
and the grave of her rebel husband, and the
mother is forbidden to cast a token of love
upon the turf that covers the ashes of her
Dixie boy. Let us annex to Austria and have
Grant for our Haynau,-W Wheeling Rrg'sfe7'