Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-12-16
The Legislature-A Glance at it's Com
position.

position.
,ECorrespondece of the Wheeling Registcr.l
'tFor the fun of the thing" have gath>
cred up a few statistics concerning the mems
bers of the Legislature. which may not be un.
interesting to your readers.
In the Senate there are ten lawyers, sight
farmers, two merchants, Que physician. one
boatn,an, one surveyor and one blacksmith as
follows:
Ldmyers johnson, Bennett, Blakemore,
Caldwell. Camden, Custom, Hall of Barbour,
Hall of Wetzel, Scott and Walker
Farmers-Dckiuson, Eastham, Price,
Jacob, McClaskey, Mcdonald, Shelton and
| Sherrsrd.
| -lerchants-Bishop and Grantham.
Wilkinson
| Boatsman Cunningham.
! Surveyor
| Twenty.one of the Senators are to the
manor born one is from Ohio, one from
Maryland and one from England Scnstors
| Caldwell and Hall (of Wetzei) are the young.
est men in that body-25 years; aud Senator
Dickinson (67) is the Oldest Hail. of Bar,
| bonr, is the handsomcst man in the Senate
The House is composed Of nine lawyers,
twenty nine farmers. four physicians, two man.
utacturers, one teacher, one miller, one civil
L,
artist. one broker and eleven merchants, as
| follows:
Lapyers-B Brown, Butcher.
Campbell, Davenport, Knots, Laidley, Nor
| rison and Snider.
| Furmers-Barrett Bumgarner Clendenen,
| Crow, Davis. Beaver, Fisher, Foley, Floyd,
| Gwinn, Hinchman. lively. johnson. Me-
| MILAN, Monroe, Price Prince, Robinson,
| Ruckman, Shirley, Short, Smith, Snider.
Stout, Taylor, Thayer, Triplett, Vossler and
| Withrow.
Mercha"fs-Baker, Ferguson, Fleming,
Knots, Lewis Miller. .Panncll, Spates, Stone,
Taylor, White and Woodell.
Physiciams-Farnsworth, Flowers, Thomp.
| son and Vnson.
Aanmtacturers-C offran and Kantner.
Mr.. Potter is a teacher, Mr.. Hiudman
miller, Mr.. Miller a civil engineer, Mr. Hud
son carpenter, Mr.. Legg an artist, Mr.. Tot
| ten broker and Mr. Reynolds miliwrieht.
Forty-two of the members are natives of
Virginia; three are from Ohio; three are
| from Maryland four from Pennsylvania; one
from Tennessee one from New Hampshire !;
| ole from New jersey; one from Massa-
chusetts and one German
VIM. g. Brown (72) is the oldest member :;
and Tom Rogers (25) the youngest The
Charleston folks say that Albert A. Lewis, of
Lewis county, is tho nandsomest man in the
House.
ED- General n. b. Forrest wrote a letter
to General Sherman, rendering to the United
States Government his services in case of war
with Spain, in which cavalry could be used
The General has forwarded it to the War De-
pattment, to be placed file, giving it an
emphatic and favorable endorsement, and
saying.
II regard N. B. Forrest as one of the most
| extraordinary men developed by our civil war;
and, were it left to me, in the event of a war
requiring cavalry, would unhestntingly ac-
cept his services aud give him prominent
place. l believe now he would fight against
cur national enemies as vehemently as he did
against US, and that is saying enough"
ES- Marshal Bazaine whose trial, on the
charges of the capitulation of Metz and the
army 10 the open field, without doing all that
was prescribed by honor and duty to avoid sur
render, has been progressing at Paris for some
weeks, has been found guilty by the unani-
NOUS sentence of the Court and condemned
to death. Subsequently, however, the Court
united in q recommendation to mercy, and
President MacMahon has commuted the
death sentence to twenty years seclnsion
and degradation of rank
Es- AT the regular monthly meeting Of
the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, held at Camden
Station on Wednesday j ohm W. Garrett, ESQ :,
was unanimously reelected President for the
ensuing year. John King, Jr., Esq, Vice
President of the Company, was unanimously
chosen President pro tenn. Mr. Garrett is still
in Europe but the great improvement in his
health leads his friends to hope that he will
return home in the spring perfectly restored
and ipYisora:ea.