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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
To Wheat Growers!
IS EGCeZsSD9so . -
Containing Ammonia, 6 per EepI
Super-Phosphate equivalent to -
Bone Phosphate of Lime, o7
Potash and Soda,

AATE again call the attention OF the farmers OF
Wv Maryland and Virginia to our EXCELSIOR
composed of 7O0 pounds of No. Peruvian Guano,
and 800 pounds of Soluble Phosphate of Lime
(bones dissolved in SuIphuric acid) potash and soda,
Fprming the most concentrated, universal and dur
able fertilizer offered to the farIner-combln-
ing all the stimulating properties of Peruvian G$.
rno, and the durable fertilizng properties OF
Ground Bones.
Excelsior is in fine dry powder, prepared express
~ Tor drill ing, and can be applied in any quantity
per acre, however small: and it is the opini1n 0I
many close calculating Farmers. alter ELEVEN
experience in testing it side by side with other
popular fertilizers that an applications OF 100 Pounds
pr Excelsior is equal TO 200 to SOO pounds OF any
oihcr fertilizer or guano offered for sale, ercfore ID
fully 100 to 200 per cent. cheaper.
o. fhe very best evidence we can otel OF the
value of Excelsior > crop grower and tertil-
jzer is the fact of its being initiated and coGDtCEs
fcited in this and other cities
OSt- Farmers should sec LFat tae ANALYSIS and
camc of ]. TURNER Z CO.. arc branded ON evesy
bag az RED LETTERS. All others are counter
PRICE $40 PER TON.
j. J. TURNER e. co.
42 Pratt Street, Baltimore. Md.
For Sale by JAS. LA w. HOOFF,
CHARLEsTowS, WEST VA.
1m
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

SWEET Conn FOR WINTER.-A Tennessee
correspondent Of Hearth and Home gives the
following directions in reference to putting up
green corn for winter use. Shave it from tho
cob, and pack it in an open vessel with layers
of salt We never haze fears of getting too
much salt, as we 10 not think large quantity
Injuries the corn. In preparing it for use, do
not soak it in cold water, but have vessel of
boiling water ready, and throw your corn into
it. Let it simper few minutes, then pour
off and refill with boiling water. Do this
three times, and your corn will be ready for
cooking Tho hot water cooks the milk in tho
corn aud prevents its soaking away whereas,
if cold water was used, the milk, and, conse-
quently, the richness and flavor of the corn
would pass away with it. Corn put up and
treated in this way will bo just as good, after
having been kept five years, as it was when
first cut from the cob.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

= The correspondent of the New York
Tribune sends the following to that paper
from Washington
The President informed the Texas poli-
tIcIans during his late visit here, that the
Administration would not give its influence
to aid their people to full restoration before
Congress meets, unless they elect persons to
Office who can take the test oath, choose q
Legislature that viii promptly ratify the -Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution, aad make laws securing most
complete equality and protection to all classes
of citizens The President has not, so far as
is known, expressed preference either for
Davis or Hamilton as Governor.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
TROPICAL MIDNIGHT.

B@ The New York Tribune is losing pa
tience with Boutwell, and his political instru-
ments at the South who are rObbing the gov
crnmcnt, and working for " Boutwell, for next
President" Recently, the Tribune said:
We respectfully suggest to the proper au-
thorities that the latest reports concerning
the alleged frauds upon the government IN
New Orleans only emphasize demands that
have been more or less earnestly made for a
long time past for final and peremptory deal
ing with this whole subject. Either great
many officers at Now Orleans have been Sian.
Iuite a number, including some now holding
high positions, which involves them in the
prossest malfeasance in office. If the govern
ment has this evidence tits its duty to use it;
if not, it is time the SANDER should stop,
Let US turn from the merchants who eyaued
the laws to the officers who broke oaths to
execute them; and let US have something
done!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
Hon. Jesse R. Grant for Governor of
Alabama.

The following dispatches will be read with
interest by every truly loyal man in the coun-
try, and must attract the attention of tbe pao-
pie of the whole nation. 1t is a movement
in the interest of peace, and must be attended
with most salutary results:
SELMA, Ala, Aug. 3.
To Hon. Jesse e. Grant, covington p o.
S;a; Is there any truth in the rumor that
you will refuse the nomination of tho loyal
Conservative men of the truly National Re-
publican party of Alabama, as candidate for
Governor? The people are unit for you,
regardless Of race, color or previous condition.
Your assent to the spontaneous voice of the
loyal masses will mark the return of an sta Of
peace and prosperity. S. +. RIoE,
ALEX. WHITE.
CovINGToN, KY.
To S. f. Rice and Others, Selma, Ala.:
GENTLEMEN-No truth in the rumor to
which you allude. am gn ardent admirer of
peace and prosperity and would make a good
run, think :, for the office of which you speak.
am truly national Republican, and agree
with my distinguished son in every word he
has said concerning the situation. My motto
is, be sure you are right then 20 ahead and
devil take the hindmost, which have called
the attention of Ulysses to time and again
when he used to play marbles with tumble. bug
balls at school. Let us all join hands in this
new movement. l am confident Ulys will
not object to my running.
JESSE r. GRANT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

w The marriage of Princess Louisa, of
Sweden, to the Crown Prince of Denmark,
was celebrated in both countries With great
popular rejoicings. Marriage presents wero
sent from all the principal Scandinavian cities
and tosns. Christiana presented several ino
paintings, Copenhagen a piece Of silver plato
representing the four Danish Queens, Stock
holm magnificent Bible, and SchlesRick
characteristic landscape painting. The royal
family vas everywhere received with cordial
manifestations Of loyalty, and at both Stock
holm and Copenhagen a series Of fc.es were
given in honor Of the occasion
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
POETICAL.
(" wROsoEVrR WILL LET MN GOMEZ

BY WILLIAM II BURLElGH.
Oh. come who will : though wide and far
Ye wander darkly from the right;
Nor doubt, nor fear, nor sin can bar
From souls that seek, the heavenly light;
Still for your guidance doth it burn,
And Heavenly Love still cries Return" +"
Oh. come who, will from lordly hall,
From squal;d hut, or sad, or gay,
Haste to the Eount that flows for all,
Whose watgrs wash all stains away
Twas oped fer thee by Grace Divine,
And all its bIGssiL gs may be thine
Oh. come wh3 will! though slave to sin
And bowed Sts heavy yoke beneath,
Though almost quenched the light within,
Haste from she thrall whose end is death
Thy needs arc great; but Love, that pleali5
For thee, is greater than thy needs.
oh, come wis will nor ask the price
OF what Gods goodness doth impart;
But pay to H:ll thy sacrifice
broken and a cOntriIe heart
And henceforth shall thy spirit know
His Loves dlvinest overflow.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

A man Of sixty and woman ofeigbteen
got married in Chicago, and started on brl-
dal tour. On arriving at Milwaukee the
wife told the husband she had got enough OF
married life, quit him and returned home by
next train. She had divorce before he
knew what allied him.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

At the arch Street Theatre, Philadel-
phia, on the night of the 18th, Lev. Benedict
received the last 500 of the $4,000 which
he was obliged to raise before he could mar
ry the daughter of a New York millionaire.
He telgraphed the fact to his breyet father
in law
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

The first chapter of WessernuOvel con.
tains the following:
All of a sudden the fair girl continued to
sit on che sands, gazing upon the briny deep,
on whose heaying bosom the tall ships vent
merrily by, freighted-ah who can tell with
how much of joy and sorrow, and pine-lumber
and emigants, and hopes, and salt fish.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

Under the above caption Appetons' Jour
nat gives the first of what promises to be a
timely series of sketches relating to Cuba
The one before US is pleasantly written, and
full of useful information. We make two or
three extracts
TIE SIZE OF CUBA.
The Island Of Cuba in size is nearly equal
to England proper, (without the princpaIity
of Wales) being seven hundred and eighty
miles in length and about fifty two miles in
medal breadth, containing a superficial area
of forty-three thousand five hundred square
miles, being nearly equal in extent to all the
other West India islands united. Columbus
supposed Cuba Cat the time he visited ihe Isle
of Pines, associated with Cuba) to be a CONT
nent, and it was so regarded until circum>
nayigated by Ocampo, in the year 1903.
IT'S MILITARY Pos4T4QN.
Its importance, as the "key to the gulf"
will be more perfectly understood when We
recollect that Cuba is Linety>five miles from
the nearest point of Jamaica fifty miles from
Hayti one hundred and twenty miles from
the coast of Tabasco and Yucatan, in Mexico;
and ope hundred and fifty mil2s from the coast
of Florida.
JEFFERsoN's OPINION OF CUBA.
The importance of Cuba does not, there
fore, arise solely from its great productive
wealth, nor from the demand its inhabitants
make upon the productions Of other peoples,
but it is largely founded upon its admirable
position in commanding the entrance to the
Mexican Gulf, Havana being situated exactly
Iaere the carriers of commercial enterprises
must cross each others paths in their inter-
course with Mexico and the Southern United
States. It is wonderful instance of the
sagacity and craftsmanship of Thomas Jeffer-
son that he should have written nearly fifty
years ago: "I candidly confess that l have
ever looked upon Cuba as the most interesting
addition that can be made to our system of
States, the possession of which with Florida
PoinD would give US control over the Gulf Of
Mexico and the countries and isthmus border.
ing it, and would fill up the measure of our
political well>being"
TROPICAL MIDNIGHT.
The atmosphere of Cuba, as everywhere
within the tropics, is so unpolluted, SO thin,
so elastic, so serene, and, save by experience,
so inconceiyably transparent, that every star
and planet in the heavens seemed to be boldly
defined you can see around and behind them;
they actually stand out in the clear blue, while
the heavenly consultations are more brilliant
than in the temperate latitudes. In this night
watch we saw the north star and the great
polar bear skirting along the horizon. And
there were consultations unknown to northern
skies, with the myriads Of stars forming the
milky-way, making not dim, just perceived
light, but absolutely flaming through eternal
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24

Near Raleigh n. c., some fue Plumba-
go mines are to be worked.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
Something About Cuba Its History
It's Climate People.

Under the above caption Appletons' Jour
nal gives the first of what promises to be a
timely series of sketches relating to Cuba
The one before US is pleasantly written, and
full of useful information. We make two or
three extracts
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-08-24
COMMISSION BUSINESS.

We, the undersigned, would return our thanks to
0- old friends Tor tie very liberal patronage ex-
tSudcd to us in the past. and would assure them
ihlt in the future, every effort that fidelity and
prOmptncss can dictate shefl be made to promote
th" interest of all who may co2sign to US.
Our MIR. Langdon's long expeTtc as practical !
aiTlcr, gives superior advantages in the sale OF
FLOUR and GRAIN.
;srrnard Hough, I HOUGII LANGDON.
NathI r. Langdon. l24 south Eutaw Street
lima
The New York herald., 1869-01-29


Frauds OF this kind to the extent OF several hum
ured Thousand dollars have been perpetrated, 1t n
believed by those cognizant o. all the facts IN the
TINS state OF araIrs was brought 20 light by the
investigation OF District Attorney Tracy. in the ofce
OF tile Filth Auditor. 10 examine whose records he at
once proceeded upon learning the facts set forth
The records OF that offlcer furnished evidence sui
Gent 70 prove that frauds had been committed and
20 make assurance doubly sure Mr.. Tracy brought
back some OF the bogus papers 20 compare with the
records Of the Custom House In this city Convinced
made the following affidavit and on saturday iast
applied TO Judge Benedict, or the Eastern District
AFFIDAVIT OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRACY.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURr-Edsteyn District
Qf New Yogk,-Benjamin =. Tracy, bong duly sworn,
United Stares IN and for said district and deponent
further says, upon information and belief that In
March, 1851, the parties hereinafter named con
spred and confederated together to cheat and de-
fraud fhe United states ont Of large sum OF money:
that In pursuance Of such conspiracy, claims were
States for drawback for the amount OF taxes PAID
on goods, wares and merchandise manufactured
after 1865 In this country, and on which the internal
ance 81 said conspiracy and % effect the object
thereof receipts showing that the taxes have been
s so91s ns
ing that the goods wares and mefchsndise therein
York to foreign country, and certain other papeY
expcrsr ss sss oopd nsd been vs9 . sad
not be again landed within the United State. And
0,sponent Iursner shows, upon information and BE-
Lief that rom the month Of February, 1851 TO July
sened 20 the proper onicer OF the Treasury Depart
ment for drawback by the parties Aforesaid,
amounting e am EP.sras q ana ihs same
further says, upon information and belief that
said claims were all fraudulent, and The papers
showing fhat said goods had been exported were
forged and fraudulent; that deponent has inyestl.
gated the CLAIMS so presented and allowed end now
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

read BY DR.. Farley, showed the following
heures:-Balanee from last annual report s2s7a So;
ooneetioW nom subscribers, t4S5o os; donations
during the year. e6l2 s8 articles sold az the Home,
$l8; admission fees OF new inmates, $500; receipts
$2C0s legacy nom Jonas Smith, So $50; legacy from
ms. John Reid $500; legacy f0m Rachel Berry, $40;
legacy from Maria LeYerts, $1g9 o.; from the HaQar
entertainments, s244 n; interest 81 Soo Total cash
resources for the year, $l9O55 ~. Expenses for
maintaining Home for tho year. 472 70; other ex
penses, $327e 40-ieaving . balance IN treasury Of
&6,306 30 A Ilst Of the names Of the managers Of
the Home for Tie ensuing year was read, and after
short address BY the Rev. DR.. Seaver the meeting
adjourned.
The New York herald., 1869-01-29
FRUITS OF RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION.


Last Thursday night our readers VIII remember,
q negro named Wash Henly LEFT the neighborhood Of
Bartlett station the Memphis and Louisville Rail-
road, eleven miles rom Memphis, and carried with
him white girl named Ellen Jones, daughter Of n
blacksmith, FOR whom he had been working. The
father came TO Memphis; the guilty pair went 70 Ger
mantown, on the Memphis and Charlest0wn Rail-
road by travelling acrosS the country In the night
The girl stopped or was detained at Cermantown;
her colored escort ned on to Collervtlle, eight or
nine miles farther and about twenty miles from
Memphis. At C0lIiervflle he was overtakcn BY q
party OF Mr.. Jones' nefghb0rs, six young men,
who got ON the right track aud followed the fugi-
town and returned sadly with his daughter TO his
home, six miles southeast Of BARTLETT The persons
who captured the negro found 500 on his person.
The girl by the way, Is seventeen years old says she
gave him that ont OF the $500 or $500 she stole from
her father, to take her away from home. She was
convey her. Her leading idea seems TO have been to
get away from the restraints OF the parental roof.
The negro wns conveyed across the country towards
BARTLETT to be examined on whatever charge might
be preferred against him. Six men had him In
charge. when within about two miles Of Bartlett,
Just amer dark, party Of twenty-nve men, ali
masked, rode up and demanded the prisoner, who
refused TO give him up, but were 90 entirely sur
rounded that they saw resistance would be useless
One Of the maskers rode up and was about to shoot
the negro on the horse. The young man h ffont OF
him demonstrated and was struck over the head
with the butt Of pistol The end Of the matter was
ward several shots were heard By the SIX young
Saturday the body Of the negro was found, riddled
with bullets c0rOner'a inquest was held, and the
Jury rendered verdict that the dcccased wae shot
and killed by unknown persons.
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

wants friends claim knock down. Referee grants
the first knock down to Donovan. Time, half
ROUND a--Boyne Is bleeding badly, but comes to
time cheerfully. Donovans friends keep up cease
less gable aud clam0r and rally B0yne with his
bloody appearance his breast and clothing being by
this time covered with blood. A few harmless
passes, 2 clinch and fall was the result Time,
round 7.-Bcyne runs Donovan 70 his corner.
Donovan takes the offensive, follows Boyne back,
catches him an instant slightly on guard, ana ~
quick as wink improves the advantage, getting
blow on Boyne's cheek, who coses with Donovan
and both 60 down, Boyne underneath. Time, three
ROUND s-Donovan got Boyne in chaucery, but by
dexsercus IAN got tito 70 the ground q Foul
ROUND 9.-Boyne took the 0f1enstve. Donovan,
too confident, retired carelessy, smiling the while,
Donovans nose and cheek that made Donovan quiver
IN every nbre, and caused copious now OF blood.
e es c ccod
general compliment paid the . 1Sssra s man" s TIM Time,
ROUND -Donovangot in his left on Boynes right
cheek; they cautiously felt for advantage. They
nnally cIInched and Donovan fell heavily upon
no advances that he might make use o. te s tune 1 fos
and rsaS Boyns r%s cnshs nnss SSssa
ROUND l2mBoyne bleeding considerably, seemed
cov os ana BBos !"
down. Time. One-quarter minute.
ROUND ls-Bcyne planted . powerful blow Just
behind DonOvan's ear; they clinched and fell Dono-
van underneath. Time, 0nequarter minute.
ROUND 1&-Boyne allows Donovan TO get his
head In chancery; by . dcxtcrUus movement he
escapes and goes 70 ground, Donovan standing over
him and laughing. Time, three-quarters. minute
Round 1s.-Boyne again gets in chancery and by
the same dexterous movement goes TO ground.
Time, one minute.
HOUND ls.-Boyne gets in with his right on Dono-
vans LEFT ere, and Donovan returns with q heavy
blow upon the left side OF Boyne's head. Donovan
forces grapple and both 20 down, Boyne under
meath. Time, one and quarter minutes
ROUND 17..-Boyne puts In his right 10 advantage
on Donovans LETT cheek. They 20 down, Donovan
falling heavily on Boyne. Time one-half minute.
ROUND IS.--Both weak and cautious Donovan
very weak. Boyne steps into an opening and plants
The New York herald., 1869-01-29


Raw hair, after its release from the canvas bag
above mentioned y unlimited 10 manipulation By
not leas than twenty different processes In s cleans
ing, &C. before considered suitable for selection
- the stamina OF wig. And, speaking Of wiga, We
are again reminded that the same eminent statstican
puts the wearing OF wigs upon about q nfty-thou-
sandh part Of our population and their cost yearly Of
about half million dolIars The finest piece Of hair
and Longest In this city ofNew York well - claimed
o the American Continent, n owned ~ hair mer-
cnant Of Broadway. It measures fully my inches "
leuGth. Hair n considered unusually long when Of
thirty or thIrty-two inches. Even hair twenty-five
inches In length n not cavilod at.
There II but altght change In the faanion depart
nent OF har--mCre Of q and worn less high on top
OF the head consequently far more generally becom-
Ing, n about the only change worth mentioning Curs
OF al sizes are In gtill greater demand. wonderful
novelties are limited at BY the several Dtdrcnund
De cheuelr as 70 radical change In the arrange
mcnt OF their most marvellous adjunct 10 lady's
toilete-faise hair. Nothing ri al calculating has,
as yet, escaped their sphinx-like lips. since all
fashions are exhausted the wonder and doubt still
remain as to how on cart, ladies' hair IA TO he
dressed for the succeeding winter OF 1SGp-70
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

PERs0NAI---General Paez vhose name IL 10 Inti-
mately ana honorably connected with the struggle
fhat led 70 the independence Of south America, has
been promoted 10 the rank OF Brigadier General In
the Argentine army. go spontaneous and gral ious
a compliment must have been parficulArly hattie ring
TO the distinguished veteran.
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

as rock. This hair is OF every conceivable shade
and variety, and is collected by European agents
from all parts OF Europe, Asia and AFRICA.
In this country, although wig wearers, the Ameri-
can people as well as the English have great hor-
ror OF parting with their own hair. The Germans
and French, on the contrary look upon 1t rather
an honor to supply the Parisan market with their
bewildering locks. Most OF our hair comes In raw
state from Paris Much more than is imagined,
especially since the late war; comes from the South.
ern states.
great deal is also brought packed away In the
recesses OF the pedler's packthe legitimate result
OF his tramps among the New England farmhouses
or through the west This Is usually OF all the
shades OF brown, and sells TO the hair dealer low
az i've to eight dollars per pound. the most beauti
fu shades OF red and auburn hair come from ireland.
The darkest hair In market, and coarsest well, is
from France, Italy and Spain; the finest and blonde
In color is from America England and Germany.
The country supplies every shade OF naxen hair,
also all very light cheueur. The English and Amcrt
can hair H. the finest in quanty and most lustrous
In sheen. Hair from the Orient IS OF the greatest
length. All European nations sell their own hirsute
adornments. One OF the principal yearly sources Of
income In Catholic nunneries Is the selling OF the
hair OF It's nuns.
A careful statstician gives in tabular form sche-
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

THH FRpNCH CApLp--whils the parties that pro-
cured charter n New YORK last winter for landing
the French ocean cable are mutually trying TO cheat
each other in the approved New York fashion, the
for the privilege Of landing II at Duxbury where t
has bought land for the purpose, as weemc ntoned
some time ago. Under proper restrictions we hone
II viii be granted. We cannot have too many ocean
cables and II will be convenient 10 have terminus
OF our own In sgnt OF Plymouth rock.--SprsnQaeId
Republican, Jan. "A
The New York herald., 1869-01-29

SEDDoNs AND THE BOSTON PRIZE FIGHTERs-A
BUNsBY vBRDICT.-In the Municipal Court, Boston,
on the 27th instant the jury in the case OF George
Seddons charged with completely In the recent at
stated that they were not satisfied as to where the
arrangement for the fight was made. The court
request they again retired and were unable to
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-06-03
Good Il References Given.

1a-Call on DR. EAsTON of Manitowoc Wis, whom
you consult free, and he will give You candid
piilioa when cure is or is not possible. 1913
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-06-03
Chemical Ink Powders,

By the quantity or single ounce paekaoa
One ounce sufficient to make a.quart of good
urable ink. Country dealers supplied. CsII
the Franklin Bookstore, ai'