Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-11

~ the place made the loan. which IL Now paid
"f, and Gardner & Co are now. weekly. turns
ing out Ii freight cars. which Weld them,
clear OF royalty. the net amount of $500 each.
In other wo'ds, this single establishment
brings to Carlisle. weekly, in cash, SIC, 400
gross, or about So, 900 per month, or up
wards of half million of dollars a year.
The firm had, last week, an order for Is more
cars.
The REVIVAL IN WINCHEsTER.-The re
markahe revival of religion is still in progress
in the Braddock street Methodist church,
Winchester. Rev DR.. Rnsser. says the Neus;
is still preaching. and nj ght'y draws large con
gregations to hear him So far there have
heen two-hundred and thirty conversions,
with. up t" last Tuesday night about thirty
tive penitentS at the altar. He expresses the
opinion that this is the greatest revival of re-
i'g'on thar he has ever witnessed. In Staun-
ton the revival continued through nine weeks
and there were two hundred and forty-seven
conversions. In Winchester the revival has
been in progress FIVE weeks and the number
OF conversions are two hundred and thirty.
We append the following from commu. i
cation in the Baltimore Episcopal -Ne,hodist
from the pen Of DIR. Rosser. 1t is we'll
meritcd tribute to an old and tried soldier of
the church:
''Aud here is Rev Norval Wilson-one Of
those, each of whom "can chase thousand"
| love and veurrate him His couusels guide
No weather keeps him a, home. A smile
from him in battle at our side is equal to the
shouts of the hO1e arD,v .roun,} II.
seems t. have almost reached the portals of
'the glorious city, or was about to enter. and
heard the old wal shnnts and battle songs be-
hind him, and turned around and come back.
to h.ht one more great battle Just outside
heaven, gliding all a'ng their lines in their
familiar warfare. This tent Of the warrior is
pitched in the very heart of the battle field
now, from which he is calmly waiting s.to de-
part, and he with Christ; which is far better
nevertheless willing Ito abide in the fesh as
more needful for" us. And it is So"
JOHN W. GRANTuAM Eso-The Charles
ton Baptist Record pays the following tribute
to our able representative in the State Sem
ate, from this C"unty:-
There is man who sits near the centre of
the Hail, who is tall and large in proportion.
u
than any of his heshy brethren. If he had
lived in the days Of chivalry he would have
been made kuiyht-tor his manner is so
pleasant. his words are few, well chosen All
teel free in his presence. Our friend is not
lawyer, but he knows how to make laws for
the lawyers to interpret. Before the war he
was j u>tce OF the Peace in jefferson COUNTY
with many others he was dl>iranchised for
his sympathy with the South. When the
tIIck Amendment was adopted he was elected
ny all overwhelming ma j"rlty t. the Leyisla-
ture. he took high rank in that boov as
man Of ability Last year he ran against E.
w. Wilson. the regular nominee of the party.
and was elected by quite handsome MAJORS
~. We have made the acquaintance Of no
public man here VIII" has impressed us more
tav"rabiy than Senator Gran,ham. He is net
Young enough t" he rash nor old enough t..
he childish or whimsical. but is in the prime
of life, a noble man. a valuable aud able rem
resentative Of the people.
ENCOURAGE Your MECHANICS. mt
says an exchange, send abroad for help if YOU
have work to do when it can be done in your
own town. Encourage your own honest in
dustrious, faithful mechanics. They need all
the work they can get. BY such course you
keep money at home, assist the worthy. and
have just as goud work performed 1t is the
way to make your town prosper-to support
your own schools. churches. and press. Where
there is disposition to send hundred miles
for an article thar, to say the least, could be
manufactured as we'll at your own doof. there
will always be little or no business done in
that place. The churches will be thinly at
tended and all kinds of labor extremely dull
Wherever mechanics are the best employed
prosperity is seen, the social virtues predomi.
nate, and kindly, brotherly feeling is expe-
per'enced, which is the source Of unspeakable
happiness
Ex5~ 1t is stated that the ..Poipt of Rocks
railroad" will soon be completed. The work
is being pressed forward with great vigor and
on the 30th ut., only six miles of track re-
manned to lay. Through trains on the Ball
timore and Ohio road, between Washington
city and the west, will pass over this route.