Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-09
County, From the shepherdstown
Reoister of SATURDAY. we cI;n tba folIov;n,,

CouarY IrEMs.- From the shepherds.own
Register of Saturday We clip the following
sitems: ~ q
Es7 The Board of Education for Shepherd
District met last Monday, and decided upon
Sestab lishing Public School at Duffeld,s.
Resignatson.-sWe learn that Rev. j. It..
Rossiter, who has been pastor df, the Reformed
Church of. this town, has rendered. his resie-
nation.
RoJbe,a.- Store of w. N. Lemrenr was
entered on Saturday night last, by some thief,
VINO took small amount of change which had
been left in the counter drawer
Aa5Saer Serious Break IN tie Cnnal-On
Sdnaay night last another serious break oc>
CURED III the Canal at point about three
miles west Of Harper's Ferry. About fifty
feet of the em6ankment was washed out. pres
senting to boattnehy and others interestedsa
.ffffiightful appearance. AT the point where
the break occurred there is said to have ex.
listed leak for several years, but it was never
considered OF sufficient imp ortance to require
serious attention. A suspension of navigation
for probably six or seven Days, we are in
formed, will occur, which, In addition to the
many other disasters which have happened to
the canal during the present season, will make
~ eAueluSiJ uu9oEtuuaGe IOT= those engaged In
boating and really disastrous to dealers at both
ends of the line who have immense amounts
Invested in businesses largely dependent upon
the seasohsble navigation of the canal :,
CHARGED WITH. MURDER.-Abodt il
o'clock Saturday night George Mallory. en-
gineer Of the tonnage train west. which was
left, Saturday, on the track at Moundsville,
on Wednesday evening, by reason of which
engineer VIM. II. Hendricks, of the Colum>
bus express east was Killed, was arrested by
officers Henry and Exley. on warrant issued
by Justice Holiday, of Moundsville, charged
with the murder of Mr.. Henricks. 1t is said
that Martin Noon, conductor of the tonnage,
has left the city to avoid arrest.
- - Wheeling Reg. Sep. l.
From the Register of the 4th instant we
learn that Mallory had hearing before JUS
tice Holiday, in Moundsvlle, on Wednesday,
and was discharged from arrest. The Justice
held that the conductor, and not the engine
man, was the one responsible for any accident
that might happen. because, under the rules
of the company, the engineer of train must
obey the orders he receives from the conductor.
It was also shown that Hendrix and Mallory
were the best of friends and no malice could
possibly be alleged.
AZ" The Mobile Register asks this delicate
conundrum "Who can form an Approximate
idea of what the next period of hundred
years shall bring with it? Will it bring to
humanity the means of passing from one place
to another at tho rate of hundred miles
minute? Will it find people floating here
and there through the atmosphere, reclining
in howery beds of ease, and reading in wonder
about the jolts and bumps peculiar to travel a
hundred years before? Will.it see in each
vest pocket a minute magnetic instrument
capable of enabling the possessor to telegraph
his distant friends at any moment. not over
regular telegraph line, but by way of the
natural conductors existing upon the earth
Will it furnish mankind the means of mount
ing to the passing clouds and throwing them
to the earth in copious showers so often AS tho
occasion shall require? We don't know ?"
ES- The Louisville Courier ournuz makes
the following comments upon Mississippi pol>
tics: "The contest will be between Ames
and the Administration on the one hand, and
Alcorn on the other. supported by the Lib
eral Republicans, and, no doubt, by the Dem
ocrats. A Democratic convention is called
for on early day in September, but it is not
probable that any regular nominations will be
made, as the impression seems to prevail
among the Democracy that their only hope
from ruin rests in the defeat of Ames, who
can only be beaten by the concentration of
the Democratic vote on Alcorn. Should
Ames BIO elected, the condition of the State
will BE dcplorable indeed, and every element
which is opposed to him will likely oohcon-
trate on Alcorn, who has many redeeming
qualities, and who has thus far saved the
State from the condition of Louisiana"
GENERAL KEMpEn AS SEEN BY AN Enc
MY.-A Radical correspondent of the Balti-
more american writes the following from
Warrenton. Va:
'The Democratic candidate for Governor
is an effective platform orator He has fine
presence, and the evidence of his hard SER
vice under the banner of the Confederacy was
an additional charm to the majority of his au-
dience. 1t will be long time yet before
either in the North or South the crippled
limbs and the scars of soldier fail to COM