Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-08-13
SUPERVISORS couHr.-Board met Aug.

LIST, all the members present.
Logan Osburn, Chairman of the Court
House Building Committee, reported that the
Committee had sold the $4,000 of county
bonds issued for the rebuilding of the Courts
House and Jail, and placed in their hands, at
par.
On motion, said report was approved, and
a,0UO of the proceeds of said bonds ordered
to be placed in the First National Bank of
Charlestown, to the credit of the Board of
Supervisors of Jefferson county, for the pur-
pose of rebuilding the Jail in Charlestown.
Ordered, That j. Ell. Haines be authorized
to have the pavement in front of the Court.
House made in the same order as other side
walks on Main street, and under the control
of the Town Council of Charlestown.
Ordered, That $50, 900 of county bonds of
the s. v. X. r. subscription be placed in the
hands of the Commissioners heretofore APP
pointed, to be by them delivered to the said
Company, when the said Commissioners have
proven, to their satisfaction, that there has
been such amount expended in this county,
for work performed and material furnished
and used about the construction OF said road.
Board met August 7th, pursuant to ad-
Journment, all the members present:
Ordered, That the tax for the year 1872
be one dollar on each and every hundred for
county purposes, and that the capitation tax
be two dollars on each head.
Ordered, That Messrs Green & Lucas.
counsel for tho Board os. the B. g. o. R. r.
Co., be requested to report to this Board their
progress, at Its meeting in September, 1872.
Ordered, That, the taxable property of the
Is: q Q. Il. r. in this county being $685.
092, Harper's Ferry township shall have, for
township purposes, the taxes on SSS, O92 of
said property, and the taxes on the remaining
100000 shall be equally divided between
the seven townships:
Board adjourned to meet on Tuesday. the
9th of August
ANOTHER SAD DEAru.-But fortnight
ago, we had the melancholy duty of recording
the death of Mr.. and Mrs John McKown.
and now we called upon to record the
death of their nephew, Capt. Charles Rich
ards, which occurred at their late residence, ON
Saturday evening last, of cholera morbus, the
same disease which proved fatal in the case of
his aunt and uncle. Capt. r. had come on a
visit of coincidence, in company with his
mother, to the family of Mr.. Nick. and had
but arrived the Thursday before he was
stricken down by the hand of death. Truly
these are affecting dispensations of Provi-
dence, but then His ways are not as our
ways. "-Martins6uy Statesman.
The Clarke Courier says of Col (not Capt)
Richards, who was a native of Clarke county:
Col. Richards entered the cavalry service
of the Confederate army as sergeant, from
which position he rose, by gradual promotion,
to the rank of Colonel, commanding the sixth
Virginia cavalry. No drawer or truer soldier
ever unsheathed sabre. He displayed great
gailantry in many of the severe engagements
in which the cavalry participated, and was
twice wounded in battle. Since tho close of
the war he has beeu doing business for sew
eral mercantile firms of Baltimore, and at the
time of his death was connected with the firm
OF Adams " Buck, of that city.
WASHINGTON AND ONO RA1nnoAD.-A
correspondent Of the Richmond Enquirer,
writing from Hillsboro, Loudoun county, Va,
speaking of the W. & o. r. r., says -
AS tho company is not able to complete
their line. acd the road is burdened with a
heavy debt, the Central has mado an ofFersto
take possession Of the road and complete it on
the old route to tho limo of tho Shenandoah
Valley road.
The Central will accomplish great deal if
they succeed in purchasing tho road It will
give them shipping point for coal at Alex
andria on the shortest possible route, in addi-
ton to close connection between two of their
best roads the Baltimore and Potomac and
the Shenandoah Valley roads. Tho limo of
this road will lie WITHIN ten miles of Weav-
ton, tho terminus of tho Pleasant Valley road
running North. If these two roads were con-
nected at some point on the limo, it would
throw all the through travel North in the
hands Of the Central instead of the Baltimore
and Ohio.
LILY OF THE VALLEY MAGAzINE.-The
August number of this Magazine is on our
table, and is richer in contents than even the
July number. Every soldier should read
"From Harper's Ferry to Charlottesville, :"
by W. S. Rohr. 1t is not dry history, but
lively and absorbing story of tho men who
followed the immortal "Stonewall" Jackson.
McNelll's Raid to Cumberland, relating the
incidents of the Capture of Generals Crook
and Kelley, is ono of those thrilling episodes
OF the war that will interest all. The His
tory of the Valley of Virginia by counties is
continued good story is added and tho
Agricultural and Household Departments arc
complete. The South has now, in the LiIv
a Magazine worthy of their support and en-
couragemcnt. Terms $3.50 year; Single
copies, % cents. Address G. Sherry & Co.,
Publishers, Harrison burg, Va.
PEOPLES MoNruLY.-Prompt to time,
comes along the August number of that pure
and beautiful illustrated home paper-the
'Peopie's Monthly" Pittsburgh, Pa. This
number contains seven appropriate illustra-
tons. The "Household," and "Boys and
Girls" department are as full of interest as
usual, whiIo the original stories and sketches
are fully up to the mark. This instalment of
the serial cold Fort Duqucsne," is unusually