Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-05-06
Lee and Longstreet.

Longstreet. General Pendleton said that to
his personal knowledge, derived from Lees
own lips, Longstreet had the night before the
battle received from General Lee in person
orders to advance at the dawn of the next
morning; that he General Pendleton) had
made reconnaissance in person, and declared
to Gen. Lee the perfect practicabiEty of inn
mediate assault upon the then unprepared
enemy; how he had waited impatieutiy till
twelve o'clock how Longstreet at that hour.
rode up to his side aud sat upon his horse.
useless aud inactive, until o'clock. p. M
then when the head of his column did 90 in.
his soldiers were futile against the now massed
and concentrated enemy; aud still Robert E..
/ Lee, General Pendleton said. refused to lay
the blame upon the shoulders of the man who
had fought so often and so we'll for him.
A NEW CoINAeE Aor.-The new coinage
act went into operation April LIST. The mint
OF the United States is established as bureau
OF the Treasury Department, embracing under
its control all rnints for the manufacture of
coin aud all assay officers for Stamping coin.
The chief officer is to hold his Office for five
years, unless removed for cause. The term
''branch mint is abolished, and the mipts at
Philadelphia, San Francisco. Carson and Den.
yer are to be known as separate establishments.
Those who are now directors of the mints
ents. The Offices of the Treasurers of the
mint in Philadelphia, San Francisco and New
Orleans are to be vacated. and the assistant
treasurer at New York will cease to perform
the duties of treasurer of the assay Office
The duties of the treasurers will devolve on
the superintendents, and the treasurers are to
act only as assistant treasurers of the United
States. The other assay officers are at Char
lotte, N. O., and Boise City, Idaho There is
no change in the gold coin. but in the silver
COINS there is to be new trade dollar. The
two,cent piece is abolished, the minor coins
being five, three and one cent pieces.-Er.
Our INDIAN P0PULATIoN-Our Indian
population Exclusive Of the 20, 900 in Alaska)
is estimated by the Indian Bureau as number.
ing in all about 900 OF these l3O, 900
are selt>supporting, "a 900 are supported in
part by the government, 81 900 are entirely
supported by the government, and 55, 900
live by hunting, maranding, Sc. One hun.
dred and eighty thousand are living under
treaties, 10000 live on reservations, bnt are
with out treaties. They are thus classified as
to civilization: Civilized, 81, 900; semicivi.
llzed, l25 600; wholly savage, 7S 900. The
Indians are distributed as follows: In Minue-
sofa and States east of the Mississippi river.
81, 300; in Nebraska, Kansas and the Indian
territory, 70,650; in Dakota, Montana, Wy
omiug aud Idaho, G5,0O0; in Nevada and
the territories of Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Arizona, $4,000; in California,
Oregon and Washington, 1880 Tho
Indians of the United States are now on
reservations of land amounting in the aggre>
gate to 137 ,846,97 acres or about 400 acres
for each man, woman and child.
How TO BEGIN AN Article FOR PUBL.
cATIoM.-A great many people are apt to hi.
upon happy ideas in society, and when they
go home they write them out for publication,
and most of these good folks know how hard
it is to begin an article satisfactorily. a word
to them: Commence with your very finest
writing and most beautifully rounded sem
tences. Introduce yonr subject in yonr most
elaborate style, be poetical rhetorical, didac,ic,
as your mood may be. and when you think Ct,
gradually drop into the discussion of the SUBJ
ject>mat.er. When the article is finished, be.
gin ut the opening sentence, and read it until
you find you have commenced to say some-
thing to the point Stop at this place strike
begin just there: You will then probably
find that it commences well, and that by colt
lecting all your labored composition in one
place where it can be readily stricken out, YOU
will have saved yourself all the trouble that
would have been necessary had il been SCAT
tered through the article.-Frdnk r. Stoc-
ton, in ,ScriGner's for Nay.
D1sTIwGuIsuED CsIMrNALs-Th Rich
mond Dispatch says that within the past
twelve months individuals bearing the follow
ing distinguished names have been brought
before the police courts aud punished accord
ing to their various offences:
Ethan Allen, Thomas Jefferson and Ben
Mccullough, >for fighting; John Randolph
and John D. Alley. for theft; John Adams,
for felony; Henry Clay, for besting his wife;
W. G. Bryant, for an unfortunate on,owr
Samuel johnson and r. +. Lee. for yagrau,
cY; j. j. .Cri'tenden, James Madison. Thos.
PAYNE and John Randolph, for being drunk;
and Charles j. Fox and Edmund Yates, for
using profane language the streets Ma
poleon Bonaparte has been three times brought
to the bar of justice, and eleven persons bear
ing the name of the Father of our Country
have occupied the prisoDer's box.
TRUST CHILDREN.-Never accuse child
of fault unless you are certain he commit
ted it. Children should not be treated with
suspicion. We should act toward them in
this matter as we feel we ought to act towards
others, only with greater tenderness-not less,
as is usually dome. We should always put
the oest construction possible ppon tbeIr cons
duct that is unless you are sure child is
telling lie, and can prove it, do not show
the least hesitation in believing what he
says. Far better that you should be de-
ceived, than run the risk of showing
truthful child you do not trust him. Your
simple trust may make lying child truthful
Your doubt of his truthfuIness may make a
truthful child liar
An applicant for pair Of boots, at one
of our shoe stores, was asked whst number he
wore, aud replied, as soon as he could recoy,
er from his surprise. why. two, of courseip