Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-05

Gen. Fi;zhugh Lee and other late officers
Of the Confederate army have issued a call
Tor the organization of the army of Northern
virginia, for the purpose of preparing its
history in the late war, and taking steps to
have monument erected to the memory of
the late Gen. Il. +. Lee.
The FIRE which broke out at Williams.
port, Pa, Sunday night, consuming the Wa.
verIey House, ex Governor Packers residenc.
the Mulberry-strect Church, aud many stores
and dwellings, was one Of the most dcstruc.
tive confagratiOus that has ever occurred in
the city.
"A cargo Of fresh beef, from Rockport,
Texas, arrived on Thursday in Philadelphia,
The meat has been kept bY n new process
It is apparently in perfect state of prescrva-
ton. There is no smell Of putridity about it :;
on the contrary it seems to be fresh, moist,
aud in all respects like the best beef TO be
found in eastern markets.
The population of London is greater
than the combined populations of New York,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, st. Luuis, Chicago.
baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, New Orleans.
San Francisco and Buffalo. The numbers in
these last named cities is 3,S25 SIS. The
population of London is 3,SS4,76O.
: What whiskey may do is shown by the
St Louis Democrat, which describes how a
Deputy United States Marshal got drunk. lost
prisoner, was himself arrested by the police.
was dismissed by the Marshal, was put of a
train OF cars, and was run over and killed, all
in ono day.
The Census of Japan was taken in Feb.
ruary last. The population is Bliss .O5l
souls, living in Z ,093 900 houses. There are
4
family counts 20, and the daimios or princes
3,lS6. There are 245 900 Buddhist priests
and l6S, 900 Sintoo priests.
The Welsh colony in Patagonia is the
modern Utopia. They have no lunatics, blind,
deaf or dumb, and no paupers or poor law
There is no taxation, and the currency con.
sists in ostrich feathers.
One man in hundred reads book :
ninety>nine in a hundred read u newspaper.
Nearly century ago, when the American
press which is now spreading oak. was in its
| green twig, Thomas Jefferson said he would
rather live in country with newspapers and
without government than q country with a
| government but without newspapers. The
press, instead Of being the fourth is the first
estate of the realm.
The latest attempt to hurt the feelings
editorial is in this current story:
Are you connected with a paper here p
asked a cOuntryman of an inmate of the In.
dianna Insane Asylum. "Oh, no" was the
reply; 81 have been to the insane asylum aud
been cured; \ man never runs newspaper
after he is cured.'
A newly fedged Philadelphia doctor
recently settled in Havana, Ill, ,'and the FIRST
case he had was boy, who, while shelling
popcorn got kernel in his windpipe. The
doctor examined the case carefully, looked al
the patients tongue, and them told the father
of the boy to build up hot FIRE. When thai
was done the doctor told them to take the boy
and hold him over the ERE until the kerne
got hot enough to "POP out" The old mau
went mp stairs and got the shot gun, but while
he was loading it the doctor escaped.
els your brOther-iu.law really such ,
lazy man." asked one gentleman Of another
Lazy" was the reply. why, he's so lazy
that he has an artist employed by the monti
to draw his breath with q crayon."