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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
Ew ADvERTIsEMENTs,
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY,


4 q TIT a.
THE lat Gaia Iogue shove q u Attendance ~ II,
paTtments of structiUn, with full coTps Of com
petent Professors.
The Ancient and Modern Languages; Mathe.
mGtlcs' Pu'e aud applied PsychOIcgy, Ethics,
foh'icaI Economy, Logic. Rhe 'OTie. the Sciences,
&c, cartinlly and thoroughly taught. Practical
Chemistry and PhvSics, ilusti ated by appToDT ate
apparatus. Special advantages Tor the study Of
\ good Library. Extensive Cabinets Of Mineral.
cgy, GeoIngy nd COnchology: together With ms nv
speenens IN other departments Of Natural HE toFy
good society.
Fat TERN begins Sept. 9th. Winter, December
2Olh. '' SN"o
Boarding from 50 TO 81 per week.
IUtrIoS. from s Is to SEA per year
For further particulars, inGuirc nG
ALEX. MARTIN,
President.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29

I CBRICATISG Oil for nDarbiue purposes, fresh
- Sperm and Nesisfsot- haVis p6reIisseJ > Il tie
Shove In large quantities, am prepared 60 cell thea
very low rates. g. q HETIEP
hsrPer'' Ferry. August I. 1871.
VI sale by CT HEITER
HnrPer's Ferry. Augu.t ! 1871.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
J. E. BRADY, BARBER,

has removed 70 the Basement Of fhs Sappingtou
Hotel where SHAPTEG; and H11IR DREsS.
SING will be Conducted To the SAtiSGSCtion Of his
cuatOrneTs- Call down.
ChArIsstovn, August s, 1871.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
HOME INDUSTRY.

yeHTS the WOOlen Factory OF Mr.. G. e. Porter,
is now adding to and putting the hinery in fret
class order for the manufacture Of both coarse and
hne Wooden Goods, such as Sd Linseys and all WOOL
keIseys' cOlored and white maHnO FIanues,
ings, 81 ankets, Yarns, &c.
Having had twenty yesTs experience IN the bust
ness and worked At all its various details he hnpes
BY strict attention TO business and the wants Of bs
customers. to merit liberal share Of public favor
The highest Baltimore prices paid for Wool in
April %. Is7I-tL
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29

A RcTIc SODA WATER. With q great variety
a OF delicious SyrUps prepared from the fruit,
GraSn from porcelain fOuntains-ean be had during
season at the Drug corner Of Shen-
antoEh and High Street, Harper's FeTTv
Nay 2. 1871. &c BELIER
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
HELP WANTEDI

N'AST M0nry 20 carry business. Penssns
~ knowing themselves indebted 70 me mua
come torUard and make immediate seiiieuent
either with she Cash Note.
June -. ISL VS. MASON
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
RIAL ESTATE BUSINFSS.

NOTICE is hereby given that have Transferred
my businessas'' Real Estate GENT % AIessrs
DALaA2S. LUcAs 4 BsOOEg.
Aay ?. lSTI-tf SAMUEL WALTON.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29

Perhapsnoon one metli-
cine Is 50 universally
required by every.
body as . cathartic.
nor was ever any be-
fore 50 universally
adopted into use, N
every country and
among all classes, aS
this mild but efficient
purgRtive I'GII. Tho
obvious reason is,
that IL Is \ more reliA-
bio and far more eE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
FOR SALE,

fUk SALE
4 NO. Eight HorSe power PORTABLESTRAAi
"a ENGINE on wheels. suitable for running .
ThreshinE Machine. All IN perfect order-as good
a. new Will sell cheH p sppIV carly
May a, 1874. wElRICK & WELLER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29
D9- Tho microscope shows the color Of III,

Philadelphia Underwater.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29

ia We are requested by the Committee
60 ask that the business places of the town be
closed from 10 y. NJ, to past 8, F. NJ.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
A Judge Sentencing an Old school
mate 60 be Hanged.

From the Memphis Suns Account OF the
Sentence of the Cuba Murderers.l
"Judge. Flippin then spoke as fol-
lows: Samuel II. Poston, this Is one
of the saddest eras in my life. Our
parents and their children knew each
other. We grew up together, went
to the same school, the same church,
and played Oh hill and valley the
same innocent games in boyhood.
Years have passed since then. Our
roads in life have diverged since then.
You now stand convicted of great,
a capital crime; and /, as the minis
ter of the law, have imposed upon
me the painful duty of passing upon
you the sentence OF death. Were it
consistent with my official duties, /
would that this cup could pass
from me- But / cannot now shrink
from the performance of this sad Off
cial requirement., and must not, and
will not, in the future, though other
victims may fall, to avenge violat-
ed law. 1t is, therefore, the sentence
of the Court, that you be remanded
to the County Jail of Shelby County,
the place from whence you came, to
be there securely Kept until Friday,
Goth day of May next, when you will
be taken by the Sheriff of Shelby
County between the hours Of 10 a.
NJ. and 3 y. NJ, within one mile and
a-half Of the Court House of said
county, and there be hanged by the
neck until you are dead, and may
God have mercy Oh your soul
"When Poston was called, both
the Judge and Poston were very much
moved. Poston shook like an aspen
leaf, and had to grasp chair for sup
port. AT the conclusion of the sen
tence Judge Flippin was in tears, as
were also nearly all the large crowd
gathered there. 1t was a most Affect
ing scene, and will ever be remem-
bered 10y those who witnessed it. 1t
was n surprise to all to know the re-
latiOn that had existed In early child
hood between Judge Flippin and Pos
ton, and it must have, indeed, been
a sad thing for Judge Flippin to con-
sign to death the playmate Of his
early boyhood days"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
No Mother.

"Sle has no motherw What u
volume of sorrowful truth is COM
prised in that single utterance-no
mother! We must 90 down the
hard, rough path OF life, and become
enured to care and sorrow in their
sternest forms, before we can take
home to our experience the dread re-
ality-no mother without u strug-
gle and II tear. But when it is said
of frail young girl, just passing
from childhood toward the life OF
woman, how sad is the story sum-
med up in that one short utterance
Who now shall administer the need
ed council who shall bear with the
errors of the mothers daughter?
Deal gently with the child. Let
not the cup of her sorrow he over
flowed by the hardness Of your bear
ing, or your unsympathizing cold
hess. Is she needless of her doings
Is she forgetful of duty? Remem-
Der, she has no mother! When her
young companions are gay and joy
GUS, does she sit sorrowful Does she
pass with languid step, downcast
eye, when you would fain witness the
gushing and overtlowing gladness OF
youth? Chide her not, for she is
motherless, and the great sorrow
comes down upon her soul like an in
cubus. Can you gain her confidence ?
Can you win her love? Come, then,
to the motherless with the boon OF
your tendersst care, and by the mem
0ry Of your mother, already, per-
haps, passed away-by the fullness
of your remembered sorrows-by the
possibility that your own child may
be motherless-contribute so far n
you may TO relieve the sorrow and
repair the loss of that fair, frail child,
who is written-mOtheric
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
Had His Match.

A young attorney, with q huge
bundle Of papers in hand, appeared
tor the first time in Judge J.'s court
in st. Louis, to make the annual set
tlement of some estate. Handing
the papers to the Judge, he very mod
estly explained his business TO him.
His honor examined the papers, and
then showing them angrily aside, and
looking the young hopeful almost
through, exclaimed:
"Sir, do you take me for fool ,"
"Well," " replied the lawyer, this is
the first time have had the pleasure
Of seeing your honor, and therefore
cannot say from my own knowledge
whether you are fool or not"
His honor was somewhat taken
aback by being thus bearded, and 81
said, in milder tone, "DO you take
the Legislature of the State of Mis-
souri, for fools, then, Sir? >"
Well, as to that" was the rejoin.
der, 81 know nothing personally
about any Of them, your honor; but,
from what / can see and hear, | am
disposed to believe them not u whit
wiser than they ought to be, and per-
haps, your honor, that Is your case,
too" The old judge had met his
match, was vanquished, and yielded
meekly as lamb to his victor.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
Spiritual Religion.

Unlettered and known, poor and
pressed down by tolls and cares man
may yet rear structure which will
stand i'm its strength and beauty
through eternal ages. He could not
carve n figure, or chisel u statue, but
he can build living temple. He
could not paint II picture for his house,
but he can hang the living virtues
upon the inner walls of his soul.
He could not number or name the
powers of his own mind but he can
set them all upon their noblest OBJ
jects. He Is bewildercd amid the dis
tinc;ions of philosophy, but home
in the doctrine of God. He is lost, it
may be amid the ignoble throng,
while the great ones of this world roll
past in the splendors of evanescent
life, but u great crowd of celestial
witnesses have him in survey, and
there is crown and u Kingdom
awaiting him above. Our God hides
these things from the wise and pru-
dent, and reveals them unto babes.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
Trimming Apple Trees.

n New Hampshire correspondent
enters the following protest against
the robbing Of apple trees OF what
nature has provided for them in
either limbs or roots, under the falla-
ciOus idea that this is the way To
secure their health and productive
ness, and says: "If, for any reason,
it becomes necessary to remove limbs,
the best way | have ever found, espe-
clally II the limb is pretty larl e, Is to
girdle IL by taking OF a belt OF bark
slime and all, say two inches wide all
around the limb, down as low AS
want to cut it oil, in the latter part of
August. | let the limb remain on
the tree until the next season, when
the wood becomes hard and dry like
a bone; then | saw 1t off, just above
the ring of new wood that will have
formed all around the limb mt the
bottom or lower edge of the girdling,
and then spread on grafiing-waX. In
this way | have taken off some quite
large limbs from both apple and pear
trees, with perfect success; and
have now several limbs that were
overlooked when small, which grid
led last fall in this way, and which
will be taken OFT the coming season.
For small limbs that interfere with
Others, or that for any reason, must
necessarily be cut of, | prefer the
month of August or March In which
To do the work, being careful always
W celasilt eVee tltn n'OulIdssS
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29

A SWEET TEMPER.-No trait Of
character is more valuable in a WI
man than the possession of sweet
temper. Home can never be made
happy without it. 1t is like the flow.
ers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering us. Let IL man
go home at night wearied by the tolls
of the day, and how soothing is n
word dictated 10y II good disposition |!
1t is sunshine falling on his heart.
He Is happy and the cares of life are
forgotten. A sweet temper has "a
soothing influence over the minds of
a whole family. Where it Is found
in the wife and mother, you observe
kindness and love pred0minating
over the natural feelings of bad
heart, smiles, kind words and looks
characterize the children, and peace
and love have their dwelling there.
a sweet temper Is more valuable
than gold; 1t captivates more than
beauty, and to the close OF life il re-
tains all freshness and power.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
THE LOST CHILD.

Tbs found! 'Tis found the little one,
How quick the joyous cry is spread
From street to street, from door to door;
O'creveiy heart II joy is shed.
The weary search ut last Is Ger,
Their aching hearts need thrpb no more
They press their darling To their breast,
Thank God, who ends their trial sore.
An, who can tell the sad, sad tale,
The anguish of the mothers heart:
While thus she mourncd her baby lost
And deemed they were fOre'er apart.
The father. too, in anguish wild,
Bewailed his child In every breath,
Aud almost felt suspense SO great
Were worse than giving the child to
death.
\ bright and joyous little ONE
The mother saw IL leave her door;
A brothers care she deemed enough
Enough 1t e'rr had been before.
But from his charge twas wilcd away;
No clue was found. no trace was left,
Their durling's fate they could not tell,
Their hearts of all hope seemed bereft.
So passed the sad and weary days,
The longer weeks rolled on apace,
And anxious months but brought new
fears,
Until IL seemed hopeless case.
The sad fate OF the missing babe
In mystery was shrOulcd still;
The sympathy OF all seemed vain
The mother's loss II could not NIL.
What Joy. then. In the blessed words
That greet them In their early waking
Thy babe is found! Oh, can 1t be.
With fear their sad hearts yet are quak-
inS.
Too oft, Mas, these words have led
TO naught but disappointment great,
Awakened hopes, in ruins icll,
In mystery still their durling's fate.
Tie father. therefore. goes alone.
His trembling heart Is throbbiHg wild,
He sees the babe! All doubt Is Ger !
alt is! IL ia!" he cries, my chIld!" I
The mother, trembling, hears him come
What fears and hopes now iii her breast
One moment more; at joyous sight
Her darling to her heart is pressd.
Mama maina" IL lispcth forth,
In accent soft us silver bell;
Thus natures wondrous work Is shown,
The babe its mothers voice can tell
All ! none can tell the joy this day
That TO those aching hearts Is given.
We only know that one and all
Our hearts In sympathy are iiven.
NIoLErrA,
New Orleans, Aug. 10. 1870.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
A MAIDEN's sLovE.-Human nature

A MAIDEN's IovE.-Human nature
has no essence more epure-the'wOrid
knows nothing more chaste-heaven
has endowed the mortal heart with
none hOlier, than the nascent aiiec-
tion OF young virgins soul. The
warmest language of the sunny south
Is too cold to shadow forth even faint
outline of the enthusiastic sentiment.
And Providence has made the richest
language poor in the same respect,
because the depths of hearts that
thrill with loves emotions are too
sacred for the common contempla-
ton. The musical voice oflove stirs
the source OF the sweetest thoughts
within the human breast, and steals
into the profound recesses of the soul,
touching chords which never vibrat-
ed before, and calling into gentle
delicious hopes, till
then unknown. Yes, the light of u
young maiden's first love breaks dim
ly but beautifully upon her, as the sill
yer luster of n star giimmers through
II thickly woven bower and the first
blush that mantles her cheek, as she
feels the primal influence, Is faint and
pure as that which n rose-leaf might
east upon marble. But how rapidly
does that light grow stronger, and
that flush deeper, until the powerful
efIulgences ofthe one irradiates every
corner of her heart, and the crimson
glow Of the other suiiuses every feat
ure of her countcnance.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29

FINE DRESSES. The costlest dress
es of the winter, says lady cores
pondent at Washington, have been
sported by Mrs. John Morrissey and
Mrs. Fernando Wood. Mrs. Morris
sey wore black thread lace dress,
over heavy white moire, with soli-
taire diamonds only for ornament, al
the Corcoran ball. Mrs. Morrfsey
has never oeen in general society III
Washington. The rarest dress no.
ticed this winter has been worn by
Mrs. Fernando Wood. Take up your
finest collar, my lady reader, cold
point" by the way. Now imagine II
whole dress, with any quantity OF
ferns and palms running over it
waist, sleeves, skirt, all complete, with
pink silk underneath. Could any
thing more equisite In the shape of a
dress be conceived? ?
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
WHOLE NO. 9,15S.
Death I'm the Pulpit,

The Rev. Benjamin Eaton, first
and only rector of Trinity Episcopal
church, Galveston, was stricken with
death while standing in his pulpit,
Saturday, the 18th inst. The Gal
weston News thus describes the affect
ing scene:
He assembled the pulpit. An
nouncing his text, There IL yet
room,' all trembling beneath the
weight of his last message, he refer
red to one after another of the friends
of his youth and the communicates
Of his church that had gone before.
He painted death entering the church
door, passing up the broad aisle, lay
ing his bony hand to the right and
to the left breathing his cold, clam
my breath on the cheek of beauty,
and waiting the silver hairs of age.
Now touching the father, then the
son; here the mother, there the
daughter. AS the spectre so plain to
his entranced vision advanced to the
chancel-rail, and as he saw that his
ii me had come, his words struggled
for utterance. He faltered. His
weakening limbs staggered. A gen.
tleman who advanced to his assist
ance was waved back. For ten min
utes more lie spoke, his words, only
audible to those near him. The eX-
element Of the audience was fearful.
Three times he struggled to continue,
saying: am very sick, but I must
say Again he staggered. He fell
into the arms of Mr.. G. II. Hughes,
as he raised his hands to pronounce
the benediction. Like Moses, that
other servant of God, lie was too
weak to hold up his hands which was
done by Mr.. Hughes, as he said his
last pulpit words-'To God, the Fa-
ther.' His tongue refused to speak
further his hands dropped. He was
carried to his rectory, where he died."
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
Game Chickens,
LU MI I'd "a LG
FINE STOCK, ETC.

THERE will bc found at Sailors Rest
Station, on the Memphis, Clarksville and
Louisville Railroad, Il mil \ below Clrks-
willie, the following strairs or breeds ol
Chickens: Tarters, Strichnines, Clippers
crossed on Cat Bird Hens, Bob Mnce Shuf'
ticrs crossed on Cat Bird hens, Earl Der
bvS crossed on Cat Bird Hens, pure tal
Bird Chickens, the finest game chikcns IN
the world; prices in accordance with the
number, size, etc, purchased. Poultry
rais.'rs would do well to have exclusively
game chickens; 1 have from hvc 10 SiA
hundred on hand, all the timc. and have
never seen u ease at cholera among my
chickens. do not know what II IL.
All kind OF building lumber IN hand al
I, e time; sawed yellow Poplar shingles
also sawed Lathcs.
\ fine thOIough-brrd stallion, sired hI
Marshal Denmark, James e. Jo!inSUn'S Olu
horse, and was purchased Of j. &. Johnson
will be four wears old next spring. Pur,
White Chester Hogs. OF assorted Sizes
Thoroughbred Devon Bull, the finest form
in the country. i. ID. WEST.
Nov, ~, '1O-iy
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
AN INTERESTING CASE OF CON.
SCIENCE.
In 1866 merchant received through
the Post Office, letter, written in a
disguised hand, as follows:


disguised hand, as follows:
81 owe the firm Off =. which stole,
aud am anxious to pay. / hope 90 tell you
OF II personally, some day. In the mean
time will mall you ten dollars ~ week,
commencing the first of July, TIL paid
Interest and principal will be two tn usand
dollars ....;,.Do not try to discover me,
send one dollar now IL you accept please
advertise In the Herald Personals, aud
aud sign yourself X. w.
The merchant replied as requested.
Every week, from that date, an en-
velope was received through the mail,
enclosing ten dollars, with no other
writing but the number of the pay
ment was received, with the follow
ing lines written in the same disguis-
ell hand:
"Twu uHUNDREDrH PAYMENT. I send two
dollars more; II you have got them all,
please advertise in the Herald Personals,
Ii not, please advertise how many are lost,
and Will send them"
The merchant replied, "The two
hundreth payment Is received. All
right. Come and see me, and your
name shall be sacredly confidential" ;"
A few weeks after this, young man
met this merchant ON the sidewalk
and handed him u copy OF the New
York Herald, pointing out the adver-
tisement under the head of Person.
ais, and with II trembling voice said,
~ am the person who wronged you
while in your employ, and have been
making my week ~ payments to you
until l paid the debt, which l hope
God has forgiven"
Never was my surprise greater,'
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
THE GRAVE OF PRENTICE.

A writer i'm the Louisville DaHy
Commercidl has been visiting the
beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery at that
city, and, among the resting places
of other distinguished men, he de-
scribes the simple grave Of George d.
Prentice, the poet and journalist, as
foliows:
AS we walk to the hillside, we stop
and look with feelings Of sorrow at
the humble spot where the Nestor
OF the press, the man of princely in
tellect, George ID. Prentice, lies.
The poet and journalist, whose pen
evoked the admiration of the world,
whose name was Synonymous with
everything brilliant and poetic in lit
eratllre, lies an humble and almost
unnOticed grave. a little Grecian can
opy, resting on four columns, with
an urn in the center, and on top a Tyre
with u broken string-sO sadly eX-
preSSive of the music that has been
lost TO the worlds all that repre-
sents in material substance the illus
trious dead. On the grass which is
springind up green and fresh over the
lowly grave, Is II broken goblet, in
which, sometimes, was placed some
iiowery tribute by grateful and low
ing hand. This is all that indicates
the resting place of the man that
Kentucky should be proud to honor.
The remains OF CORTLAND Prentice
lie near by, and are more distinguish
ed in their outward adOrnments than
those OF his father.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29

had camped short distance below
me. In rough way he dressed my
wounds, and 1 was kindly cared for
but it was three weeks before could
walk. My arm healed, but its scar
red appearance will always remind
me of that terrible encounter with
the Rocky Mountain lion.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29

Somebody advertises for agents TO
sell II work entitled Hymeneal In
structor." A cotemp0rary adds I:
" The best hymcncal instructor we
know Of is II young widow. What
she don't know thefs is no Use IN
6asl@iFSS =
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29

THE drum major what ran away
from Chickamauga when reproached
with cowardice, replied: "pd rather
be called coward all my lie, than n
corpse fifteen minutes ~
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
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MILLRlGHT AND ENGINEER,
CImrksyiIIc, Tennessee.

MILLS. of all descriptions, cd and
vi repaired. Mill Machinery OF the latest
Improvement ordered. also IN" celebrated
butch Anchor Roltiug Cloths furnished,
ready made, Mill-StOnrS balanced on u
new theory, both running and standing.
Iunc.ll '1Otf
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-04-29
WOOD! WOOD !
G.. B. G R A H A M

rs now prepared To take orders for wood.
i Ityou wish wood delivered with prompt
ness leave yolr orders Win JOHN W.
BOWLfS, H., Agent, at the iost Once;
You will get good wood, good measure, and
save time in uuniing for wood. orders
must hr left at the Post once 10 insure
dispatch. Now n tho time to lay In wood
for the winter. Guu can rely ON your or
ders being promptly nllcd.
Give me . tIinl,
luly ~. lA,U-tl