Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-04-30
Letter from West Virginia.

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Letter from West Virginia.
In the sstanibersburg, Pa. TaHg Ssptsr.t
of last week We find the foIIIoRing
CHARlEsTowa, ~ Va. April 20, 1872
Aiessgs Editors The good people of
Vest Virginia begin to feel as If an era of,
prosperity was drawing upon their young:
mountain Commonwealth. The Convention.
has adjourned and the constitution framed by
It viii be Submitted to the neople in August
Tor ratification rejection. There is not
much doubt of its ratification by a very
~, majority of the popoular vote
ihere are many and serious objections to
the present organic law nor is it strange
that constitution framed at the time, and
under the circumstances, should be tissue
OF blunders aud mistakes. The present con-
stltution appears to be sort of patchwork,
made up OF the most objectional features of
the different State constitutions We have
now q prospect for something better.
In addition to the favorable change in gov.
ernmentai affairs, We have other causes for
consratuiatien. Railroads are spriDging ur,
turnpikes are being made and better system
OF agriculture is being adopted In fact, our
people begin to realize that they have every
thihg-soil, water power, proximity to the
seaboard and last but not least-ths brains
to make this beautiful Shenandoah Valley one
of the most wealthy, prosperous and at.rac.
tive spots on this continent
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad, begin
ming at shepherdstown on the Potomac. and
passing through this place is destined to be-
come the great through line from New York
to New Orleans. This road is being construct
ed now, and will make connection with the
Cumberland Valley road. You Chambers
burg folks can't help feeling interested in the
success of this enterprise, as you will be on
the line of this great national thoroughfare.
Now is the time to buy lands, during the
tenn, orary depression in prices and 1 would
advise all having desire to obtain farms to
avail themselves of the present opportunity
Jefferson county offers as many inducements
to this class as any other county in the State.
There is now an opportunity to invest so as to
double the money in from FIVE to ten years.
Lands are not held at half tho rates here as
in franklin county, and yet Jefferson is much
better located with respect to Eastern mar
kets. Wheat always commands from ten to
hfteen cents per bushel more than in CHAM
bersburg or Shippensburg. The market for
small things is also better-such as potatoes,
butter, fruit, sc. Now is the time to secure
good homes at low rate
We have never known the streams to be as
low rs at this season of the year. The wheat
IS beginning to put on a cheering look and we
nope to SEQ good crop. As ever,
OGLETHoRPE.
We cordially second the invitation of
'ogiethorpe," and invite the good and true
men of the Cumberland Valley to immigrate
to this county. Whilst we have no use for
and but little consolation to give miserable,
prylng earpet-baggers; yet We extond the
right hand OF fellowship TO every honest
Northern man, who comes among us with
the intention of identifying himself with tho
interests of our community, and aiding in de-
VeioPing our resources and building up our
waste places. We have a number of such
already in our county, and there is yet room
for many more.
THE LEEsBURa POISONING CAsE-T1e
Pisoner an Her CcU.-From the Leesbur,
A''ror of last week we copy the following -
The prisoner is comfortably CHARTERED in her
coll on the first floor of the jail-and appears
to be perfectly resigned to her Imprisonment
Her apartment is well furnished with her
own furniture, while few pictures hung
upon tho rough walls, and two OF three
lieve tho rooDl Of much of its gloom. and lend
to it an air OF comparative comfort. The mi,
soner seems acknowledgements with calmness
and apparent composure-speaks warmly of
the treatment she receives at the hands of
those who have her in charge, and says, now
that she Is in Jail, she has NO DESIRE TO BE
BAILED. That if released upon bail, and in
her own house, she would have no disposition
to go out, and does not therefore, feel that
she is any more prisoner where she is be,
sides in her present quarters, she is quiet, and
relieved from hearing much that would pro-
baby be disagreesblc, we're she elsewhere.
we have thus far given tho facts liz this
case, with such incidents we suppose would
be interesting to the public, withoa. ex pressing
any opinion as to the guilt of the prisoner
The circumstances attending the entire trans
action have woven dark cloud, that now
rests with portentious fury over her head ::
yet it is possible, that the penetrating eve Of
the law may peer through the accumulated
mists, and in SO doing purify the moral at
mosPhere of the faint that rendered investiea-
ton necessity. Until then, let US not iud 90
too harshly, but endeayor to exercise towards
the unfortunate scon,on-who, if even guilty,
We are bound to pity,-those cardinal virtues
'Faith, Hope and Charity"
MRS. MARGARET D. PREsToN.-We take
great pleasure in transferring to our columns
the following article from the Charleston
Courier of the 10th ultino:
Honor TO a tSouthern Writer IN Englana.-
Recently the Premier, Dir. Gladstone, refer.
ring to the recovery from the late almost fatal
illness of the Prince of Wales, adduced as
one proof of American sympathy in his behalf
the beautiful poem called "Sandringham >"
composed by a Southern poetess, par excel