Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-09-02
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Sratltuue OF repuDlcs! Ii IS nothing to the
Inconsistency of Republicanism.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The Wheeling Register suggests to mem-
bers of the Legislature that during'their pres
ent vacation it would be we'll for them to en-
deavor,to gather the sentiment of their CON-
stituents as to the propriety of making an ap.
preparation of two or three thousand dollars
for Geological Survey of the State During
number of years past an effort has been
made in successive legislatures to provide for
geological survey, but from ono cause or
another it has heretofore failed of success
In some counties the people are fully alive to
the importance Of such an enterprise, and in
some cases companies have been formed to de-
fray the expenses of thorough scientific ex-
animation of their own lands.
We second the suggestion of the Register,
and are almost sure that the people of this sec.
ton of tho State would cordially endorse any
proper action looking toward the attainment
of the object above named. West Virginia
abounds in mineral wealth, from one end of
her borders to the other, and to utilize this
vast wealth we must place practical informa>
tion of OUT resources properly before the cap
italists of the country.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-On Friday, the 18th
inst, in the neighborhood of White Post, in
this county, man by the name of Cievinger
shot another named Hathaway. The dif1icul>
ty, we understand, originated in dispute
about some sumac. Clevinger also accused
Hathaway of using some improper expressions
in regard to the family of the former. Hatha-
way denied the charge, whereupon Clevinger
stepped into his house and got shot>gun and
tired upon Hathaway, at a distance of about
thirty steps. The gun was loaded with small
shot, seven of which penetrated the leg of
Hathaway, scattering from his foot up to his
hip. A warrant was issued for the apprehen-
sion of Clevinger, but up to this time we havo
no information of his arrest, he having dis
appeared.-ClarAe Courier.
ACCIDENT ON THE b. & o. r. R.-An
accident occurred on tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, four miles from Cameron, in Mar
shall county, on the 9th uit., by which four
passengers were severely, and some eight or
ten slightly injured. The accident was caused
by the spreading OF the track, which threw
the tender, express car and one passenger car
down an embankment, and all the coaches off
the track.
Re- The State Oranges of Wisconsin held
meeting at Watertown on the Goth ult.-
What they want, they state plainly. They
demand the opening of the Fox ald other
rivers, SO as to cheaper water transportation,
and declaration by Congress and State Leg.
islatures that railroads are national highways,
subject to the control Of the Law. They re-
fuse to indorse any candidate for office who
has accepted the back salary.
pD- In discussion at Warrentou, Va, on
Monday of last week, Gea. Kemper and COL
Withers, the Conservative candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the old
State, met Hughes, Chandler & Co., and
iayed them alive. The Conservative camp
fires are burning brightly, in the Old Dominion,
and tho route Of Radicalism at the ensuing
election, from present appearances, will be
overwhelming.
ES- The Washington authorities having
approved the finding of the court martial in
Oregon, six of the Modocs will be hanged on
the Sd of October. The other Indians now
held by the troops on the Pacific coast will
probably be given up to the State authorities.
So vanishes this vexatious tribe, although
their name, like that Of the Mohawks, for
merly, will long linger as symbol of cruelty.
William Duncan, an employee on the
ballast train of the b. & o. railroad, attempted
to jump off the train at Cherry Run, while in
motion, on Monday evening, and fell, three
cars passing over him. He Was turned over
two or three times under the cars by the brake
shafts, and fortunately escaped with his col,
lar bone broken, and some slight injuries in
addition.-Martinsbmrg Independent.
"THE VIRGINIA PREss"-The above is the
title Of new Republican paper started at
Hamilton, Loudoun county, Va, by Messrs.
Sourbier & Lehman, the first number of
which we have received. The Press is a neat
and sprightly paper, and, barring its politics,
We wish it success.
ES c. l.. Vance, the "Indian Doctor"
who visited the lower Valley several years ago,
has been sentenced to the Pennsylvania peni-
tertiary for seven years and seven months, for