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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-18

c. Il 0. CANAL,-The Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal employs 400 boats constantly
during the boating season. These baats re>
qure 1000 head of mules, and give employ
ment to 1000 persons directly aud Indirectly
The mules consume at least $500 barrels of
corn, 3, $40 bushels of oats, and $500 tons
of hay. This provender, which is mainly
purchased along the line of the canal, costs
in the aggregate sG0,009 The wages of e,n.
ployees, other than hands on repairs, amounts
to the sum of Sl56, 500.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-18

REV. DR.. LEoNIDAs RossER.-The Stew
ards of the NJ. E. Church South, of this place,
through their pastor, We understand, have ex
tended invitation to this eminent divine to
visit Charlestown aud hold a series of meet
ings in their Church here Should the Rev
DIR. be able to comply with their request, we
have no doubt he will be welcomed by all
classes of our citizens, and surely he will not
lack in material upon which to direct his
mastery efforts in the service of his Divine
Master
Since writing the above we understand that
DIR. r. has signlGed his willingness to visit
Eharlestown, but cannot come until MAY.
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90 Messr.. GRIFFIN & HOFFMAN. New,n.pe,
Advertising Agents. No. South Street, B.ltimor e.
Nd, are duly authorized to contract for advertise.
menus at our lotrest rates. Advertisers in that civ
are requested to leave their favors with this house
90 MocLELLAND co. our only author
ised agents in Pittsburgh, and from them only will
We receive P ittsburgh Advertis esncnt.
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FOR SALE.

A NO. Fifteen horse Power Portable Steam En-
"A CINE, in "erfect o'der, With Saw Mill AZ.
tached. VIII sell sepsrste With Tn. Mill
Jan II. 1873. wEIRICK & WELLER
list received by W. 9. Mason another sunni, Of
- Genuine London rter. wo ID .sp.cfsIIy "a.
commend il TO weak and deIirate femsi.s
GERRE's Pure Grape Wines. u the yin,.r. Of
" 1868, at MAsoS's Drugl,as.
REEF Wine aad Iron Would c.IIthe attention
- OF physietsns to this preparation. especially
adapted to weak aad delicate children
VS. MASON.
A PULL stock of Fancy Goods .Iv.y. on band.
"A Stationery very cheap. W. 8. MASON
our stock of Drug. aud Medicine. will always
De found complete as well as Il. sh nd reliable.
carefully coz pounded at II hours, day and night
according to the latest rules of Pharmacy.
VS. MASON.
GARvIN's ELIXIR OF TAR. for sale by -
VI Feb 4, 1873. GEO r. LIGHT
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ES- A Savings Bank is about to be iosti>
tuted in Martinsburg.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-18
GOOD TENEMENT HOUSE.
TRUSTEES SALE.

A Trustee. substituted ny order of the Cir
~ cult Cour' of Jefferson County. at the Novem-
h ' Term. 1872, in place of Lloyd Lowndes. in
Deed OF Trust executed to him on the 7Ih d,y If
March $50. by WIN. Sch.nkee and wife. ard iulv
recorded in the Clerks Office of the County Court
OF Jefferson, will sell in front of the Court.House
OF said county, in Chariestown, on
WEDNESDA y. tie 1911 dag of MARCH,
1873, the
TTact OF Land
conveyed by said Trust. consieting OF 43 ACRES
RoODS and POLES, more or l.ss known az the
"GRANT FIELD"
situated about IA mile from Summit Point in amid
county and ahJ"inlng tbs lands oil A CoIston, Geo
Bonham, Jno. A Thomson and others
The Land lie without improvements, but is pstu
rally OF good quality. aud woud make a comfort..
bic home for the purchaser.
TER MS CASH
Sa lie 10 Iske place in front of the Court House
at II O'CLOCK NJ l., on the 18th da, OF March. 1873
Ms WHITE,
rep II ISi3-ts Trustee
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PROPOSED NEW PAPER.-The Martins
burg papers of last week contain the pros
pectus of new daily newspaper. to be called
the "N"rt'"sbuy DaMy Independent" which
it is proposed to start in that place in few
weeks, by the Independent Printing Co. We
should think Martinsbur. ought to support.a
daily paper we'll, and wish the new enterprise
success.
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GEORGE P. THOMAS, President
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

/" the Circuit C"urt IF .jc6erSon County,
!St"'c Of West Ticyi"i", NoccmLer Term,
1872:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-18

CONGRESSIONAL kELIEF.-Amonga num-
Der OF bills which passed the U. S. Senate on
the l lth inst we find one mentioned for the
relief Of Charity Lodge, A. +. & A. NJ, of
Harpers Ferry. 1t appropriates s767 80 to
said Lodge for expenses incurred in refittiny
their lodge>room, which expense was made
necessary by the occupation of the same by
the United States troops FROM the year 1861
to the year 1864
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-02-18

Paid UP Guarante. Capital 500. 600. De-
posted with the Treasurer OF fhe
State OF NIaryiaut.
, 1873-03-06

Not single bill containing subsidy or land
grant Of any description passed. during tho lato
session Of Congress-. This may bo regarded as
tho legitimate result Of tho Credit Mobllier in
vostigation. Though Congress, domoanod itself
by whitowashing everybody that had boen con-
cernod in the dlsroputable operations of tho
Credit Moblior steal, hore ia palpablo ac]snowl-
cdgemont OF tho evils which aro sure to follow
any Government subsidies, and a confession
that the interests Of the people hnd boon outraged
to tho last limit by bartorng of the public lands
and the public moneys for the benolt OF Congress-
mon and lobbyists. Even tho plausible shnpe in
which tho Agricultural College job appeared did
not enable 1t to reach q successful conclusion.
1t WIS thoroughly sifted by tic prosa and found
to mean nothing moro nor loBs than giving
away about 81, 100000 Of the peoples money,
adding TINT Hum to the taxes for the support of
usoloas Institutions, and dividing among class
Of mon WHO hayo failed to earn their living
without Goyornmont support. both Houses had
virtually indorsed tho job, but, whom 1t came to
tho laHt, neithor dared to take tho responsibility
for ita pasaago, and 1t failed in tho proposition
for q conforonce.
, 1873-03-06

Ono Of the reasons given by Mr. Butler for
the bill increasing tho pay OF members OF Con-
gress was, that hereafter there arc to DO no sub
sidicH voted by Congress, either in tho shape of
money, bonds, Or lands. Tho exact connection
between tho increaao Of salaries and tho STOP
page of subsidies is not obvious, unless, indeed,
it is to bo inferred that 30 long as subsidy moas-
uros arc to DO passed. by Congress 1nombers can
afford to live on loas legal SALARY; md that whom
subsidies aro cut OF, members must
hare IN increase Of pay to enable thom
to 1.-Two. If this was Con. Buffers thought, It
has dialonorable implication In It. Tho man
who will accept money for voting for subsidies
will do 80, no matter what Ills salary may bo,
and VIC do not believe that the addition OF 50, 500
r. yoar to his pay will mako the man honest who
otherwise would not DO 30.
, 1873-03-06

Tho President has givon notice, in his innu-
gural, that, while ho holds Lis "preaent ollico,"
ho will not recommend any proposition looking
to tho acquisition Of foreign territory, unloaH
tho Same hayo tho previous support OF tho poo
plo. Tho country will accept this announcement
with great satisfaction. Thoro may DO thoso
who will not understand wlat tho President
means whom he limits this promise to tho term of
hts "presens Office" What othor Office does ho
anticipate holding, in which ho will bo free to
advocate the acquisition Of foreign territory
1ait to be civil or military Tho torn for which
tho President has boon elected is four years, md
the country will rest III poaco, at loast for that
torn. undor tho assurance that there will be no
foreign territory purchased or seized without tho
previous sanction or direction Of tho people.
, 1873-03-06

Tho Staats-Zeitung is much concerned because,
as it says, The TRIBUNE insisted that tho law
should be stayed in the caso Of tho Temperance
statute and the Sunday ordinance, and now in-
aiats that the law ahal bodiaoboyed in the inter-
est Of tho "Railroal Highway Robbers" by a
non-conformance to tho threo-cont statute.
The real concern OF tho Sldats-Zeitung is,
that The TRIBUNE did not counsel tho
resistance to tho Sunday law. and docs not now
sanction tho occasional nttacla that have been
maao on railroad conductors to forco their ac~
coptance Of throo cente n mile, nfter tho courts
havo decided that tho Legislature had no au-
thority to fix this arbitrary rate. The staats-
Zeittn9 will havo constant cause for complaint il
it waita for TIE Tn1nuNE to adyise tho farmers,
or my othor class OF people, to make violent re-
sistanoe to established laws.
, 1873-03-06
C0LTAT AND MERRITT

When Mr.. Schuyler Colfax found it necessary
to tell that he had received $1,000 from Mr
Nesbitt, with whom ho had slight acquaint-
nnco, and at still later day remembered that
ho had received $1,000 from the snmo port on,
ho was intorrogated "a to his rolatioua with
Nosbitt, and said;
hayo no recollection Of Nesbitt obtafppn tho en-
voopo contract while Was Chairman Of the Commit
tce on Postonices and Post-noads. had no conpec-
ton with 1t; 1t was contract given to the lowest
bidder. Hc mover spoke to III 1868 or in any year
preceding 1868, or up to tho day Of ha doath in ref
erence to post-oiice contract. Ho mover asked mo
to do anything, directly indirectly In regard to It at
any time.
Previous to being Speaker, A1r. Colfax was
Chairman Of tho Committee on Post-Of and
Poas-RoadH, mud Er. Nesbitt was q contractor
for furnishing stamped envelopes. Noabitt'o
contrnot run out, but was from time to timo ro-
nowod without any competing bids being asked.
Postmaster General Creswell dismissed Zere1y,
the officer who had been in charge Of the Con-
tract Office, and tho now oftlcer refused to renew
Nesbitts contract. Tho Attorney -Goneral de-
oidod it could not DO dono. Zore1y wrote IN
argument In favor Of Nesbitt and Colfax wrote
letter inclosing this argument to tho Postmas-
tor-doneral, aud atrong1y lndorsed Nesbitt, as
friend whom ho had long known, and, of courac,
urging the extension of tho contract. OF Ill
this Mr. Colfax has no recollection whom before
tho Committee; on tho contrary, doniod it On
, 1873-03-06

aelf Of any credit for this resolve by potulantly
baslng 1t upon tho decision Of Congress- In-
atoad OF his own songo Of official honor,
and by utterly porvortng tho real bearing Of
thfH dooision Of Congross. Ho says It would
prevent meinbora from voting on tho tarifr with
evon Il coat on thoir bnoks, because they
were affooted by tho taxes, md suggcss TINT tho
House DO recruited hereafter from tho nlma-
houses Of tho country, as paupora may DO sup
poaod to DO freo from intoroats Of my kind, and
lkoly to voto with no selfish bas. With all hls
hippanoy, hr. Drooks knows woll enough
TINT :ho was oonsurcd not because
like oil good citizens, whcthor Congrossmon
or not, he had intorosts involved in tho general
intoroHts, mud, with them, Affected by logis1a-
tlon but bocauae, inBteed OF using Ills oluola1
position to amollorato all, Including his own, ho
prostitutea 1t to separate md antagonizo Ills
personal aud Ills public interests, and bocauno,
whom o1octed to represent tho people, ho choBo
to represent hinaolf, and, as Representative
Brooke to voto money to Citizcn BROOKS out of
tho pockets Of his constituents.
, 1873-03-06

otlier mcaaureB Of present Importance to tho
welfare Of tho country, woro not allowed to como
to decision. Titus 1t will DO scon tint oil tho
Investigations and all tho projects which should
hnvo received doolstyo trontmont were paBsod by
In negative manuor. For thcHo and mauy
othor thinga which tho Into Congroas did not do,
1t voted an incroaBo of Hnlarios for its mombors,
to talso effect two yoara back. Tho only poaityo
thing it did Of amy groat consequence, tbon, was
to authorize robbery Of tho Troasury for its
own immediate benefit, mud 1n compensation for
what 1t failed to accomplish.
, 1873-03-06

The Norwich (Oonn.) Bulletin haa boon aold
for sA5, ,oco to stock company.
from Boston Saturday for Liverpool. took out
mont mont Of this fruit tic present aoaaon. M H. S'''
No stoam whietlos are permitted to be blown:
manufacturing establishments aro putting In
gong8 that can bo hoard two mileH, and which
knock 2 nervous individual OF his pima when
-;;s The editor Of s ths Now Athons Gl) Era gets
excited oyor a trifling matter. Hear him:
"When man will como Into tho post office end
hand tho Postmaster lottor to mail all covered
with smallpox, and only two or tlroo days out.
Of boa ga was tho caao IN our Office laat Friday,
measures wcro adopted to put stop to it, un-
loss our citizons with this loathsomo diaoaso to
remain in this community all wintor."
"a Htrange, story is published Of how two
men, by Ingenious deception awndGd two Pro-
Aseayor out Of a largo amount Of money, by rop-
reAenting that, by secret process, gold would
DO obtained in large quantltios from iron pyEites,
ouch party paying $4,000 to ace tho thing done.
cato that gold waa thus produced. None OF tho
gentlemen could produce gold, however, and,
when looked for, the alchoiaists, Woolman aud
Quiltlor, 1t was learnod. had suddenly loft for
-No aro requested by AIr. William Elrod, thof
Superintendent Of President Grants farm, to-
correct nh improsalon that Inns gone abroad that
Homestead, whoro the Superintendent rosidos,
and uear which tho Presidents valuable stock IL
kept. The building burned was tho Gen. Fred
Don't brick mansion, oh the Hrayois road, three-
fourths Of milo from tho first mentioned, and
was the house tho President irtondod to remodel
or rebuild for his future residence, It was dam-
agoa to tho amount Of 81 900 Or 90 600. No in-
euEauco., Tho tenant, Pator Simon, Lost tho
largor part Of hla fuyniture.-S!. Louis 0!ooe,
M1t:ch4 4
, 1873-03-06

In commenting upon tlo Russian movement
in Asla, tho st. Petersburg correspondent Of
tho Independence Belgo brings ont fact which
has not boforo figured In tho complications Of
tho Eastern qncation. It olaims TINT Russia hnn
no othor object, in hor Aslatio expeditions, than
to protect hor subjects from brigandago,
and TINT tho really dangerous moyo-
mont is among tito ndhoronts Of Islam,
particularly IN Asia. Tho correspond
dent saya: "This movement o1tonds from Con-
stnntlnoplo to tho 1ndios, and oven as far rs
China, tho wcBtorn portion Of which forms o
great Mussulman ompiro, undor Sultan Bulei-
nun. This empire Ia menacing tho existonco Of
tho Coloatial Empire. Tho Mongolians, tho Tar
tare, and other N1alomotan tribes composing
this empire, aro tho Hworn oncmioa Of tho Chi
noso. This movement haB it's qualifications In
India, and England knows wall how terrible nro
tho rovolta Of tho Hindoos. Againat this COM
mon danger, not only good understanding, but
oven m alliance between Russia and England,
would appear to DO the best and only romedy.
mean an offensive aud defensive alliance, bind
ing Russia to assist England in caso Of an inaur-
roction In 1ndta, and nlso binding England to
aeaist Russia in caso Of q rising Of tho Mahon1-
otRns IN Central Aaia."
, 1873-03-06

Tho second inaugural address Of tho prosi-
don't was not D auccesa, oithor in tho choice of
subjects or in thomannor in which thoy worc lsu-
cuaacd. Tho Presidents roforonco to himnolf
betrayed unusual wonknoBs. In declaring that
tho voto Of tho poopo at tic 1aHt election was a
eufllclcnt defonso Of himself agninst what l,o
calls "abuHe and B1nndor scarcely ovor oqualod in
political history" tho Prenidont must have had
painful remembrance Of what lad boon said Of
him, and Il gropt dread that tho public Ind boon
impressed unfavorab1y, else ho would not havo
vonturod to claim tho Inst election Us yindica-
ion Of himself, or Of his policy, or Of anything.
He must havo known that tho yoto ut that olec-
tion, instoad Of being vinacation Of linn, wap,
II ithad any personal Significance, silent protest
Of great majority Of tho nation against him
and bis advieers aud Immediate followers.
Tint tho President must haye felt that hia 49,
sumption that tho verdict Of tho election waa a
vindication Of himself WAS not truo In point OF
fact, and that tho pooplo boforo him know 1t was
untrue, is shown by his having mado anothor
and, undor tho oircumstancos, extraordinary
vindioation of himself. Notwithstanding ho
assorts that his recollection was IN amplo vinti-
cation, ho showB want Of faith in his own atate-
mont by giving m account of hiB services from
the "oventful firing upon Fort Sumter" to tho
preaent day. This being, perhaps, tho
1rHt timo in tho history Of tho
country that President has made
q porgonal dofouso Of himself in lis
inaugural address, 1t ia to DO presumed that It is
tho first timo President has folt that such O.
dcfense WAS necessary. Had tho President con-
aidcrod his own review Of his long public scr
vices sufficient vindcation from what le calls
" ISLANDERS" ho would not laye claimed TINT tho
election had yindicatod him, and his resort to
both the "yordot" and his record shows TINT
he did not considor either sufficient His doc
1aration that ho fools lo can Is disregard" shat
has been said Of him is nogatived by the anxiety
ho displays In hiu addroHu to claim, and havo
everybody understand, TINT ho has boon acquit-
-vindicatod.
, 1873-03-06

In convention at Galesburg, yesterday. A club
wns formed, and several speeches woro delivered
upon the conduct Of tho railroads towards tho
turner's. Ono Of tho epoakeps recommended
TINT Tho club should appoint purchasing ngent
groat saving upon tho prices they aro now
compelled to pay mfddlo-mon. Another gont1e-
man mont1oned as an instanco Of tho dlscrimi-
nations Of tho railroads, TINT tho farmers of
Kewaneo wore charged 81 cents bushel for tho
transportation Of their corn to Chicago, while
from Peoria to Chicago only it cents wore
charged
, 1873-03-06

In their SECOND biennial report, tho Commits
eionera ef Public Charities state that thoro are
now thitteen public institutions in this State Of
correctional, educational, and charitable cht,r-
ncter. Since 1889, these Institutions, excepting
tho Penitontary, hayo cost tho State s5.062,-
9oo.79. Tho Doard recommend tho appropria-
tion Of 3447, 900 this yoar to complete buildings
now being orectod. Other appropriations, to
tho amount Of e725,0o0, arc needed for new
buildings. Tho Ego and Ear 1ufir1nary, Of Chi
cage, ask s2S,00o for now building, and tho
Board favors it's appropriation. All tho public
institutions Of the stato are said to bo managed
with scrupu1ous integrity, although the system
Of accounts ia defective.
, 1873-03-06

Tho moral furnished by tho results Of tho re-
cent Congressional investigations eoemB to bo
thet thore is nothing criminal In cheating Gov
ornnont, wLcther National or State. Out Of all
tho casos Of fraud, corruption, md swindling
which have boon proven, not one has beon pun
isAed. Tho only case which promises to meet
with penalty ia that of Judge Delahay, who la
to bo ilnpeachod for intoxication. no material
charge Of fraud or corruption ia made against
him. we may therefore accept it. aa the Con-
gressional standard OF morality, that drunkon-
noss III crime; fraud and corruption arc not.
, 1873-03-06

soyernl members Of CongroaB, and especially
Mr.. Hoar, Of Massachusetts opposed tho dis
continuance Of Congressional bookmaking and
publishing, on the ground that such publications
aro absolutely necessary to protect tho reputa-
tons Of public mon from obstruction by tho
press. It was nrguod that tho independent
newspapers Of tho country had 1t in their powor
to control public opinion, and that, unless there
was MI official publication to countoract thom,
that public opinion would overwhelm Congress.
1t will 10 noted that, in a1l tho discussions on
this subject, nobody seemed to pay tho slightest
regard to tho influence Of tho party newspaper
press. Republican Senator, speaking
on tho subject. namod hnlf o dozou
independent Journals, aud claimed that, unlesa
their influence was offaet by an Official publica-
tion. thoy could destroy tho regulations Of every
public man. No ono Of these gontlcmon aoo1uod
to value the dofenao by tic thousands Of party
organs as Of tho loast coucorn, nor that such
organs had tho slightest control ovor the popular
Judgment. Tho only newspapers dreaded woro
thoso who llabitually speak Of men aud moas,ros
without reference to their party afliliations and
who oxpoHo aud brand fraud and corruption with
out inquiring whether 1t will hurt ~ tho party"
or destroy party candidate.
The value Of IN ofticn1 record dopouls upon
its truthfulnoas and ita Justice. When a conf
mittoo Of Congress- endoavors to l,ldo corruption
or sti1o investigation becauBo tho persons i'm
plicatod arc high In party councils, then such
reports fail to win public. confidence; and, whom
such reports become the rulo, then public CONT
donco In all such Official publications is lost, aud
tile poople look to tho newspapers for tho truth.
Tho report Of tho Poland Committee, aud Of tho
Committco in Pomoroy's case, aro examples OF
this kind. It is not beloved TINT tho Poland
Committee did more than skim tho surface Of
the great corruption; and tho report Of the
Committee in the Pomeroy caso has not even
that MORT. Tho pooplo havo looked to
tho independent prcaH-thoBe papers that
publish tho whole truth, and scroon
no person-tor information. and, having
tho truth poforo them. make up tlaoir own judy
mont. Tho expectation Of countoracting tho in-
tluoneo Of tho independent pross, by Official pub
ltcat1onH mado to order, is III idlo one. Tho
whole powor Of the proua depends on its truth
and fairness. To tho extent that 1t sworyes
from tho plain truth, to that oxtont 1t becomes
partisan, and sinks to tho level OF tho moro party
organ. or tho whitowashina report Of a partisan !
, 1873-03-06

Tho fourth annual report OF tho State Bureau
Of Statistics Of Labor in Massachusetts con-
tainR many interesting facts relative to the cou-
dition Of tho laboring classes in that State. The
classification Of wagc-laborors Shows undor tho
class Of agriculture, malos, 92,855; fornalcs,
81; undor professional and personal service, In
Guiding clorks, laborers, sailors, DO, males,
52,847; females, 1,o40; under manufacturing,
mechanics, and mining industries, malos 218,-
250 fcma!es 70,8G1. The total wagoH paid in
tho industrial and mechanical employmants was
e117,7s5,0 ,091; uvorago wages Of mules por day,
ao.42; femalos, SLOT; youth and children,
GO conts. The average yearly expense
of family Of about tiyo pornons
ia e0o7.71. Ono Of tho most interesting features
Of tho report is tho information furnished rela-
tive to savings banks. Tho tables show that
the numbor Of deposits during the past year
was 500,615 the deposits amounting to m avor-
ago Of a84.8A to each dopositor; that of 85 COS
depostors in 80 banks, q, 900 arc wago-laborors;
that In 90 banls, LIS, ,495 deposits woro made Of
$50 and under; aud that 70, ,2O3 deposits wero
mado between $50 mud $500. The report
strongly condolnna tho employment Of children
Of tondor years, from 10 to u years Of ago. aa
barbarous, md also arguoH for still further re-
duction Of the hours of labor, III which con-
motion return from ono Of tho largest manu-
featuring corporation Of Lowell shows q roluc-
tion In timo OF 1906 por cont, ,--a gain Of 20 per
cont, and an increase in wages Of mon OF 40
cents per day, mud women 90 conts.