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Back Seats for Once-HOIders.

MIR. Fulton, the editor of the Baltimora
american, who is a member of the National
Republican Committee, has given notice,
through his paper, that at the approaching
meeting Of the Committee he shall offer res
olution recommending to the Republicans of
the various States not to elect Government Of
ice holders delegates to the next National Con
veution. He gives as his reason for proposing
such suggestion-for it can be nothing more,
since the people have perfect right TO elect
whom they chOose--the false and malignant
charge that if General GRANT be renominated
it will be accomplished through an arbitrary
and corrupt use of his official patronage, and
not by the free and voluntary act OF the Republi-
can party. BY refraining from sending Office
holders to the Convention, Mr.. FuLToN, who is
warmly in favor of the denomination of General
GRANT, thinks this senseless and unfounded
charge will be effectualy silenced The New
York Tribune gleefully indorses the sugres.
ton, and adds to it the further recommends
ton that all offce-ho!ders be excluded from the
lobbies Of the Convention and prohibited from
engaging in any other business, or interfering in
any way in public affairs beyond the strict du
ties OF their office. When this il done the
next step will be to deprive them of the right
to vote, and make it an ofense, punishable by
removal, for holding any opinion upon public
men and measures. The proposition foreshad.
owed by Mr. FULros is all well Oh in view
Of the motives for which it is made but we
don't exactly understand why a man who is
deemed worthy to serve the Government in al
official capacity may not be competent to rep
resent the people in National Convention.
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would not be simply the increased value Of the
property improved and the amount of values
produced. The rise in oil agricultural property
in the locality benefited would be very great
1t would be in effect equal to transfer of the
land to the vicinity of the city, as every manu-
featuring town of much extent becomes pro.
6tsoe market for whatever the surrounding
country can produce. If the manufacturing
advantages of the State east of the mountains
were fully improved, commission dealers would
find their occupation gone, so far as Pennsyl-
vsnia farmers are concerned; aud we submit
the subject to them, who are the most interested
and suggest the wisdom OF effort on their part
to secure the attention OF business men and
capitalists to whatever manufacturing advant-
ages their respective localities may possess. A
community that resolves to secure the de-
velopment of any unimprovei privileges can
generally accomplish it,"
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The Duty on Salt.

1t is not denied that the repeal of the duty
on salt would destroy, root and branch, every
salt manufacturing establishment in the coun-
try. The salt works Of New York, Ohio Vir-
ginia, aud Michigan, would be abandoned in a
month--one Of the greatest aud most import
ant interests of the country would be destroyed
and tens Of thousands Of people now employed
by them would be suddenly deprived Of the
means Of support for themselves aud their
families.
F.. Is any one, even " revenue reformer," so
shallow as to believe that, without protection,
we can compete with Imported salt Foreign
manufacturers can and would send it here for
nothing, as they have done for ballast, until
they had struck down all our salt works.
Under the prejudice and excitement created
by the cry of thief, pirate, swindler, monopo-
list, and what not, raised by the free traders
against salt manufacturers, they succeeded in
rushing through the last House of Representa-.
tives, without debate, examination, or the
slightest consideration, bill repeating the
salt duty.
Suppose the Senate had exhibited the same
feeling of passion, and also passed the bill,
who can doubt that to day salt would be at
least twenty Eve per cent. dsarsr than it now
10, Now, there is sharp competition be-
tween the domestic and foreign manufacturer
which keeps the price of salt down to its pres
ent low point. Give the English the monopoly
OF oar market. as We shall do the day we de-
stroy protection, aud they can and will exact
their own price. Salt is lower now in New
York than 1t was before the present tariff was
enacted.
Members of Congress will do well to reflect
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The Presidents Message.

The message of President GRANT to Con.
yres., on Monday last, is one Of the plainest
and most practical and business-like documents
that ever enansted FROM Chief Magistrate OF
the nation. 1t is confined exclusively 10 the
duty imposed upon him by the Constitution,
Ito give to Congress, from time to time. in
formation Of the state Of the Union, and recon-
mend to their consideration such measures as
he shall Judge necessary and expedient.' In
no instance has he gone single step beyond
this simple requirement by an attempt to force
q policy of his own upon Congress. lie sets
forth the state of the Union,' and our rela-
tons with other countries, and makes such
Recommendation" as he judges necessary"
in the briefest, most concise, and most modest
terms. From beginning to end the message is
free from all clap-trap and fiummery, and is
straightforward, frank, and manly in its tone
and character. Though its views and sugges-
tons are statesmanlike, they are in such sim
pie language as TO be understood by the CON-
mopest mind. And no man, whose own de-
pravity does not prompt him to distrust every
one else. can doubr that it emanates from an
honest heart as well as a wise head. Though
addressed TO Congress the message is docu'
ment for the people, and it will meet with
popular favor for its transparent frankness and
honesty accorded to few state papers, or we
much mistake the character Of public senti.
ment
After brief reference 10 the remarkable
degree Of prosperity with which the nation has
been blessed during the past year, and
TO the very satisfactory relations that exist
between Us and foreign nations, the President
congratulates the country upon the prospect OF
a speedy and peaceful settlement of our differ
ences with England, by means of the arbitrators
agreed upon in the Treaty Of Washington, and
recommends such legislation as is necessary for
faal adjustment of the fishery question. de
then gives an account Of the Corean war"
and the punishment inflicted upon that far-of
nation for its murder of American seamen, and
of the Cuban struggle. with the measures be has
adopted for the protection Of the rights Of
American citizens residing Ola the Island. In
this connection he comments upon the dis
graceful fact that quite Q number Of Ameri-
cans, claiming still to be citizens, who are
slsyeholdsrs ia Cuba, and suggests to Con.
eress such action - may rid rs Of this reprossh.
The message also denouDces the bad faith with
which Spain has acted upon the question Of
slavery, having failed to carry out Its pledge
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The Execution Of ROssel.

Outrage upon outrage, murder upon murder
are committed in France in the name Of law,
and, what is worse, the name and form of the
which, for oppression and cruelty, bids fair to
Guido even the defunct Empire. The execu.
ton of Colonel RossEI., and his so-called &C
completes, will produce most painful sensa-
ton wherever devotion to liberty and republican
institutions is not declared q crime, and call
the curses Of the defenders of human rights
and justice on the heads of the guilty. The
execution is described as one of the most in-
human and disgusting butcheries witnessed in
modern times neither King BoxsA, nor Ma
roLEON, nor even the volunteers in Cuba, can
point to any deed of more cold Hooded cruelty.
The volley fred by the soldiers did its work
imperfectly, and the writhing victims were
dispatched with revolvers. From all the in.
formation obtained, it is evident that RossKL
was q man Of genius and high culture, of pure,
spotiess character. heroic, patriotic, and enthu.
siastic, whose greatest wrong was his true re-
publicanism. He took part in the instruction
of the Commune, but no act of wanton cruelty
or destruction, no crime could be charged on
him, save the problematic crime of rebellion
and treason-a crime about as old as civiliza-
ton itself, universally branded as something
horrible, and yet most relative and varying &C.
cording to individual and party convictions,
political creeds, the tendencies of the period,
and particularly determined by success or de-
feat. With the one q man will win fame and
be celebrated as the deliverer of his country,
with the other he will be branded as felon |;
and he, who to-day is ANONYMOUSLY executed,
may be worshiped as martyr and hero by
the next generation, while the tribunal that
sentenced him will be held up to the execration
Of the world. 1t is not required to recall sim
gle instances, preserved by history, which all
combine to teach US the great lesson, that len
iency towards all political offenders is the only
policy never to be regretted.
The horror caused by the recent Satory mas
sacre would yet be considerably mitigated if it
had taken place in those days Of carnage and
passion, when human life had become cheap,
when feelings VI hate, fear, and vengeance were
at their height and ruled supreme; but no such
plea can be put in in extenuation of the present
atrocity. Months have gone by; mems passions
have cooled down. aud q feeling Of security has
returned. 1t has neither been the work of an
irresponsible mob or Q brutal soldiery the out
rage hes been committed under the responsible
ity, and with the express sanction. of TnIfss,
an old man who, in his long public career, has
had ample experience Of the instability of pc.
litcal power in France; man who claims the
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+" What Virginia Wants. and How
Not to Get IL.

The press and public men of Virginia pro-
fess to want larger population, and are con-
stantly clamorng for emigrsnts. But the
people of Virginia, by their daily acts, give the
lie to their professions. They not only show that
they don't want them, but that they will drive
from the State all who are loyal to the Gov
srnment. They make life among them intoler-
able to men having any sslfrespect and indie
pendence. by their mean and vulgar prejudices
and insolsnt arrogance or open persecution.
The Norfolk Journal Of late date is amazed
that mere emigrauts don't rush to that State.
1t says:
1t seems strange THAI the old State Of Vir-
ginia. settled 90 long ago, and possessed OF
natural advantages unsurpassed In the world,
should be 80 far behind other States less
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Book Notice.

SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS on INDUS.
TRIAL AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS. To which
is added an introduction, together with CO.
pious notes and an index. By William D..
Kelley, M. G. In one volume 8vo, 544 pages
bound in cloth. Price SO. Published by
Henry G. Baird, No. 406 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. Received direct from the pub
fishers.
To such as would inform themselves ON the
questions now engaging the attention of the
statesmen of the country the above book will
be found Of incalculable advantage. 1t. author
is one Of our most true and earnest members of
Congress and takes high rank among our ablest
political economists. His book is filed with
facts, the knowledge of which will be found
useful to parties discussing the questions to
which they relate.
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1t is not so strange, perhaps, that the rebel
masses or their traitor leaders at the South
should continue as incapable of learning any
thing from the rebellion as they ara unwilling
to forget the chastisement it brought upon
them. Bourbonism is bred in their bones, and
they cannot learn and will not forget. So We
shall expect them to persist in beating their
thick heads against the reconstruction beams"
which they won't bend their stubborn neoks to
avoid But one would suppose that the severe
penalty which is imposed upon their railroad
companies and other common carriers for re-
fnsng to eolored men equal rights with other
citizens, would have taught them, ct least, to
have bowed to the laws Of the country and save
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title of statesman, a historian, and philoso-
pher, and whose mind in this instance has been
as inaccessible to the dictates of higher justice
and true craftsmanship as his withered heart is
incapable Of the inspirations of humanity and
kindness With him, and his colleagues in the
Government of France, the Republic differs
only in form from the Empire. but not in es-
sence. They are the true heirs and successors
of NAPOLEON, and like him, will have their day
of Sedan
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-10-17
Supervisors Court,
CuAnLrsrowN, W. Va. |
October 0, 1871. I

Tho Board met pursuant to adjournment
present Logan OsbOurn, II. Roderick, j. j.
Kern aud j. j. Ramsburg.
Logan 0sbourn was elected President, pro
tenn, in the absence Of the President.
Ordered, That G. NJ. BCltzhOOvcr, Prose>
cutting Attorney, DO notified to attend tho tu'
turs meetings Of this Board.
The Board being satisfied Of the good moral
character of the persons hereafter named
Ordered, That license to sell liquor be grant.
cd to ]. B. Brown, Charlcstown, given May
lst, 1871, and to expire April 3Oth, 1872;
to X. X. Lucas, Harpers Ferry, for same
time; to Matthew Quinn, Harper's Ferry T;
to j. X. p. OF, RiPpon, j, Il. Eusterday,
Jacob Starry and W. D. Jones, Charlcstown.
Ordered, That the license Of Matthew
Quinn be transferred to Edward Murphy,
Hnrpcr's Ferry.
Ordered, That Jas. Law. Hooff's account
rs. Poor House farm and Court House, be
paid-amount $3.50; same, for rent Of
room when used in trying State cases, s25.
Ordered, That the following bills DO paid !:
S. Il. Brown, $50; Wilson o. McArthur,
sl.75, for I ton Of coal to Mrs. Robinson /;
+. V. Miller, $50; George Bender, 81; w.
B. Daniels, S2G.5O; DR.. Mix, SIS.
Ordered, That james N. Earnshaw be au.
thoriSed to mend ClAy street, III llarper's
Ferry township.
Ordered, That s3l.S6 be returned to Al.
cxandcr Murphy, he being sufferer by tho
late rreshet on the Shenandoah river.
Ordered, That J. G. Holmes be paid sG.75,
the amount Of his bill.
Ordered, That G. W. Eichelberger be APP
pointed Road Supervisor of Charlestown
township for the remainder of this year.
Ordered, That J. n. Earnshaw be paid the
amount of bis road bill, SlSO.52; S2S.l2 be
paid to W. ]. Moler, to be credited to j. N.
Earashaw; $50 be paid to Towner Truman,
for keeping paupcrs to j. W. YOntz SSl,25;
II. Colbert, Sill; j. II. Strider, $3.50; j..
W. Ncer, $3.50.
Ordered, That Stump & Hawks bill, SIG,
for moving records, be paid.
Ordered, That L. Osbouru aud the Clerk
be appointed a committee to settle with the
sheriff.
Ordered, That the Board do now adjourn
to meet in this Office tomorrow, October IL,
1871.
1.-THE proceedings of the 10th were of little
general interest. The Board granted license
to all who applied from shcphcrdstOwn and
IIarpcr's Ferry. Supervisor Staley was d.
rccted to furnish the Jail with all ncedtul sup
plies. The Aims House was ordered to DO
insured fol- $4,000. After passing a resOlu'
ton as to the sufferers by the flood, and pro.
vdiug for the remission of taxes when the
proper vouchers have been presented, the
Board adjourned to meet on the 10th inst,
Irnstnrj,U I
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PR0CLA NJ ALTON.
by the Governor.

ts-HEREAs, II appears from the certificates re-
w turned BY the Commissioners experimenting
the taking Of The pols at the Court Houses u tho
,uyer.l countless with the exception Of the eouh'
tirs Of " yomjuc aud Mcdowell. from which no 70.
turn. have been received that at the election held
ON the fourth Thursday OF August ,iot thepur'
noae Of king The sense Of the people Of the sateon
the question Of calling Convention to alter tho
Constitution OF this State, there wcro Tor Conven'
lion thirty thousand two hundred and twenty votes
given, and against a Convention. twsnty seven
;houIand six hundred and thirty eight votes wete
giveni 1.....,,L.
State Of West Virginia, do DECLARE that al nc elee
ton held az Ato esAit, InSjOFtty oil tue votes ca1
were 10 favor Of a ConventlOni
AndI do hereby require tho supervisors and IN
spectors Of election Of the several counties Of thb
State TO cause polls TO DO opened and held every
mace Of voinS In their respective counties on INC
fourth Thursday Of 0etobdr next, for the election oil
delegates 10 said Convention, according to the ap'
por,ionneu, and dIttricts prescribed BY law as
"Each county and Delegate Diltrict as may be
prelcrIbed y law at the Imc Of holding said cleo
lion, shall elect the same number OF delegateS re-
spectyeIy as they may DO entitled to elect as dele,
rntes to The House Of Delegates and each Senatorial
DstTic, as may DO prescribed by law At the time oil
holding said election, shall elect two delegaies,
{ ~ act my hand, and caused the aeAl Of tue
}L,sS State 10 DO affixed At Charleston, this
a.S 18th day OF September, In the ysar
ISL, and OF the State the ninth.
JOHN J. JACOB.
BY the Governor:
JIM. PMELPs,
Secretary OF State.
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Trust What Time has Sanctioned,

The maxim that the voice of the people is
the voice of the divinity may III some cases.
DO open to doubt, but the testimony OF honest
and enlightened witnesses extending through
a series Of years, aud all to the same purport,
is worthy Of credence, admits of no question
Upon such testimony the reputation OF Hos,
letters Stomach Bitters rs an antidote aud
cure for many ailments is based. During the
twenty Years that it has been before tue world,
iunu,ncrable preparations intended to compete
with It, have gone up like rockets, and come
down like ex,iuguishcd sticks. Meanwhile
the progress Of that Incompatible tonic has
been swift aud steady always upward and
onward like the eagles fight. Its introdac>
ton produced a revolution in therapeutics,
and i. proved to be one OF those salutary rev.
olutions tina, cannot 60 backwards To-day
lIOstct,er's Bitters is one Of the most popular
remedies in christendom, and commands a
larger sale tlau any other medical preparation
domestic or imported, on this side Of tho At
lup,ic. As cure for dyspepsia, bilious dis,
orders nervous Affections, general debility, and
as a preventive OF epidemic tcyers, i takes
I preccdsuce Of every other remedy. This fact
should teach the ambitious country dealers
Who endcayor to fOist their local abOrtions on
,be public in its stead, how futile their small
attempts to cpjolo tho community must ne
cessarily be. Where the game hsh nave
failed there is no chance for the "sucke's'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-10-17

II. will be seen by reference to our ad'
yertisiug columns that Mr.. james NJ. Hanson
Of Jefferson county, will sell a large number
Of his pure bred shOr. horn cattle on tho iss
of November. Mr.. Ransom has long been
known as one Of the most successful and re,
liable breeders Of fine cattle in the Valley, and
many Of our farmers will, doubtless, be glad
to avail themselves Of the opportunity thus
afforded to improve their stock by purchasing
some Of these really valuable animals. We
are Informed that some Of the cattle which
Mr.. Ransom proposes to sell will be exhibited
at our Fair IPiachester Times.
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The last week was the most favorable
one of the season, for the catch of Bass and
Eels. rthc latter au immense quantity was
secured in the fish pots of the river, and on
Evi,.'s run Mr.. VIM. Isler caught some Of
the largest ever drawn from our waters, lie
sen. one to tOwr weighing s lbs. neat
In this connection, We desire to return our
thanks to Supervisor KERN Of II. T., for a
Bass weighing 4 lbs. lie sent to his friends in
town several of the same sort.
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ps- We refer our readers to the Card of
JAMES 7. BRADY 4 Co., Bankers, cor. Wood
Street and Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
They arc an old aud reliable House, and will
exchange your Government Bonds Of the issue
Of 1862, or buy them, paying you in Coin or
Currency. They also receive deposits Of Coin
or Currency, subjcc, to check a.auy time, or
psy interest on time deposits.
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NOTICE.

The uncx,mplcd sAtHE!actiOn that SATrhSS
CRYSTAL DISCOVERY has given in thIa riiy "A
evidenced by the repeated ordcrHUs some OF the hrss
drurgsE, induce us to direct especial aud pnrtlc-
uIar attention to the great fact ihuthy iause you
gain all tho advantages claimed for tho many
poisonous Crmpuunda in usc, tn'~it: tbs restora-
ton Of the color ard growth Of tho hair and tho
speedy removal Of dandrutl, without the least pos
sibIc injury .us CrystNl Discovery Ia positively
warranted to contain poisonous neither
Lead. Sulphur Or Silver.
Its perfect cleanliness ia reHaon not lightly to
bo overlooked, II will utilhrr -tain tho skin or
clothes In one sentence, ills exactly what has been
wanted for lDng while, Rrstur'rui th' Hair that
may be usr withnu, the fear that you are going to
have Neuralgia, Paralysis, Lead Coils and various
other complaints, the fesg Of the use Of lead prep
araiiUnS.
As simply dressing for the lair, mhas also been
found to be unrHcellcd.
Lcttcs in our possession might he published BY
the Scoru all recommending II in the heat terms,
Of which VIC PROMISE to give you some in future.
by all mcaus Try It, az We are sa.,iicd twill give
you entire sa:isiNction. Price 81 per bottle For
sale by dIuggsts generally.
Inventor sud Proprietor,
Washington, D.
To whom AddrcTa!l orders,
To he had in CharIestowH, ". Va, of GEO. +.
LIGHT h co.
To be had III Iiartah Ferry, ". V"roic E.
BELLER, ant Druggi1S generally
June ~, Is1l-ly.
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HANDSOMELY DoSr.-Nlnj. Kelly, the
editor Of the Fredericksburg Herald, having
been nominated for reelection to tho House
Of Delegates, aud highly compimentcd by
the press Of Richmond, Mr.. Little, OF tho
Macs. collects all these complimentary notices
of bis brother editor aud ncighbor, and pub
fishes them with very tlat,crins remarks
This is tho true spirit for the press to maui
fest upou all DECISIONS Winchester Times.
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