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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

great kindness as if we had been their own
Kindred. We found that we had pulled about
twosthirds of the way through the straits of
Magellan, and were then within sixty miles of
Sandy Point. There. after the third day, the
Eagle landed us, aud the Chilian Governor at
once provided us with everything in the way
of food and clothing we required Hewould
have sent us by The steamer to Valparaiso, but
before she arrived the United States soop>of-
war Ossipee put into port and took us on
board. Captain Robbins, myself, the steward
and five seamen were left of crew of twenty.
one. From the time the Golden Hind went
to pieces we spent 4S days in open boats, with
only the subsistence have named.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
u | f D..

In Cha rIrst"wn. ~ the residence Of her urcI.,
l uh"'- w D'v's- on T""ada7 mo,nine January Il.
months and dave, late of t:mmr. rlsrd. Md j.,
town.
AT tn" residence of Mr.. Joseph Morrow, near
summit po.nt IN ~. county,. on "Wednesday. Jan.
18th. 1873, Miss LIZZIE LEACHE aged 81 years
Ssushter OF Dr. j. Willet Leache, of Strasburg ,
AT the residence of Mira. VIM II. IsIcr, nc,r
Charlestown. on Tnesdav night, January ID 1873
MIR. GEORGE II. ISLER, formerly OF Berryv1Ite.
Clarke county, Va.-aeed about IS vears.
At her residence in vvarrenton Va on the 9Th
inst, Mrs. ANN BRAGG, in the Seth year OF her
age.
At Gengary. Berkeley county. on Saturday. Jam
uary 4th Mrs. ELIZABETH DUNBAR, agud So
years, | months and IS do va.
On the evening of the 18th inst, at the ,esfd.nce
OF her son-in-iaw. VIM. NJ. Kn,re. in Baltimore
Mrs CATHARlNE RASKtN-reIict of tho late
Robert Ra kim of that city and other Of the late
Richard A. Morris. ofthis place aged rs wears.
On the 5th inst. in Martinshurr. Mrs. CATHA-
R1NE THOMAS. beloved wife of Rev p H. Thorn
az, aged as years and 25 day.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
An Important Decision

The Supreme Court of the United States
on last Monday rendered decision in the case
of Pierce against Carskadon, involying the
5constitutionality of.the Act of the West Yir-
ginia Legislature. passed the 18th of February,
1865, and commonly known as the Suitors
Test Oath Act.
Carskadon had in 1864 recovered q juds>
ment in the Circuit Court of Preston county
against Pierce and Williams, upon an attach.
ment against them as non>residents After
wards in September, 1865, the defendants,
Pierce and Williams, appeared in court and
rendered their petition denying the Justice of
the plaintiffs claim, and asking n re>hearing
of the cause, but did not and could not file
with the petition an affidavit as required by
the Act of February, 1865, because they had
been soldiers in the Confederate army The
Circuit Court refused to receive and file the
petition, because it was not accompanied with
such an affidavit denying all participation in
the rebellion, as required by the Act aforesaid.
The case was carried to the Court of Appeals
OF West Virginia by the counsel of Pierce
and Williams, and that court affirmed the de-
cision of the Circuit Court of Preston county,
refusing the rehearing, and held the act of
February, 1865, to be constitutional, and
from this decision the counsel took the cause
to the United States Supreme Court, and it
reversed the Court of Appeals of West Vir-
g'nia and held the said act to be en- post facto,
and also bill of attainder," and for these
reasons unconstitutional and void.
CIarksburg Sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
THELAsToF JOHN BROWNS MEN.

Osborn p. Anderson died in Washington
few days since. He was, as we learn from
the Franklin (Pa.) Repository, the son of
Vincent Anderson, aud was born in Salisbury
township, Chester county, Pennsylvania.
Afterwards his father moved to West Chester,
where he still lives. A colored blacksmith
named Shadd emigratipg with his family into
Canada, where the distinctions of color were
not recognized, Osborn accompanied them
he learned the printing business there and
acquired quito fair education. Here lie me.
John Brown who induced him to join in the
crusade which was to lberate the slaves ofthe
South. At the head of the little army of
seventeen white and five colored men, John
Brown marched into Virginia and captured
the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry,
on Sunday, October IL, 1859. On Monday
morning, Anderson with five others we're sent
out to stir up the slaves of the neighborhood.
In the evening the Va. militia had arrived at
the town in large numbers, completely invest
ing the arsenal. There had been fighting
going on all the afternoon and only eight of
the seventeen men inside were left un harmed.
Unable to rejoin their comrades, Albert Haz-
lett, white man, and Anderson crossed the
Potomac in the evening to the Maryland side
aud proceeded to the Kennedy farm-their
rendezvous before the fight. Finding none
of their companions there they marched on
over the mountains until about two o'clock,
when they laid down and slept until daylight.
That day they were still in sight Of the Ferry,
but being separated from their companions
they concluded to make their way to Pennsyl>
vania. For forty>eight hours without food,
they then gathered some corn from field and
carrying it into the mountains-their only
place of safety-built fires and roasted it. In
this manner, skulking about the mountains,
they reached the vicinity of Chambersburg
There Hazlett, worn out and reduced could
20 no further. He urged Anderson to leave
him that he would rest until morning, then
throw away his gun and blanket and take the
stage for Chambersburg. There they sepa-
rated, and Anderson reached Chambersburg
about TWO o'clock in the morning. Here he
rook shelter at the house of friend, and
while eating hasty meal, U. s. Marshal
knocked at the front door and Anderson
stepped out at the back one. He overheard
the warrant for the arrest of his friend on
suspicion of harboring him, and waited no
longer. and took to the fields again. TIaz|ett
entered Chambersburg the next morning, and
was soon after arrested and placed in custody
of the Virginia authorities and by them, after
trial, executed. Anderson made his wav from
Chambersburg to York, where good Samar-
iten gave him oil, wine and rament From
York he made his way to station on the
Pennsylvania railroad and then took the train
at night for Philadelphia, where he remained
a short time among his friends and then pro.
ceeded to Canada
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
Nj A Il RI E D.

Al the residence of the BRIDES father. on Thurs
cay: Jan. y; lAIs by Rev J. s. Malone. T. s. RED.
MAN. OF Charlest"wn, Jefferson Co.. w Va IN
Miss MAY b. SFANCLIFF, Of LOUISVILLE XIV.
AZ the residence of MIR. NJ Kreps. IN Williams.
port MO-: on tho 2d inst bv Rev. VIM F. Living.
stone ia MES GORDAN. Of Berkeley county
w. Vs., to Miss ELiZABETH WEYLEY,o f wash.
lnetnn county, Md.
On Dercnh"r 18th, 1872 Mt the brides residence
IN Eaddo rarish. La. nv Rev. A. r. Rsnks r
KIRK to Mrs. VIRGINIA MARKS
y Or ne % Inst lin R"lvsr. nv Rev. A ! P"rdrr,
EDW AID ROBINSON to Miss FANNY RAUSES
all of Harr"r's Ferry
On the 9'h inst in tho ~ r. Porsnnere. Nv m.
same GEO ". CORRESPONDENCE to Mise &. ~
PEARL, all of Jefferson county
IN tn" 1ilh irat-- at the resdc Of the hr;,Ic's
.athr-. nv Rev. W tIanaon w r RAKFR IN
Niles SARAH JANE H%ATT. both of Nlarrirshur
on the 9Th inst. h- Row S.E E-"mcr WV F.
BAKER to Mise ANNIE NJ. SENSEAY, all of Ma r.
tinsturP.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
OUR STATE LAWS,

The Morefeld Adce1iser, in article on our
State Legislature, concludes as follows:
t'There is another subject to which we de-
sire to call the attention of our law makers.
The laws of the State under the new Consti-
tuition are of vast importance to every one of
our citizens. All want to see them, and study
them; and to bring them directly before them,
the cheapest and best mode is to have them
published in some newspaper in every county
in which a newspaper is printed Members
have been in the habit of sending such laws
as they think best to few of their coustitu-
ents. They or the State cannot afford to send
copy to every man in the respective counties.
Hence only a few ever see or hear of important
laws which directly concerns them. 1t will
cost the State much less to have the laws pub
llshed in the newspapers, where every one
will see them, than it does to have them
printed in pamphlet form, which but few ever
get. Let the laws be published, say we, and
we believe we reflect the sentiment of the peo>
pie everywhere in making the assertion"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
WAR MEMORIES.

1T IS strange Inconsistency of the southern
people that while csamorous for burial of
the dead past they themselves do SO much to
keep alive the memories of the war;
philadelphia Press.
This is the first sentence of an article CEN
surfing movement for raising funds to COM
plete the Lee monument. We had not ex.
pected, says the Richmond Dispatch, to see
such thing in the Press, which has become
smartly liberalized of late We are sure no
reasonable man at the North would urge
single objection to building a monument to
General Lee and it is a violent construction
that looks upon this act as keeping alive the
memories of the war.
There is enough in the action of the Fed
eral Government to keep those memories fresh
without the cooperation of the people of the
South, who are in sentiment and in interest
favorable to the burial of the dead past. But
in almost every southern neighborhood is a
Federal cemetery, neatly arranged and pre-
served, with the Federal flag flying over it
from sunrise TO sunset and the whole super>
intended by an officer with handsome salary.
Does that not keep alive those memories all
over the South. We have to pay our part
towards sustaining these monuments of the
bitter rancors of fratricidal war, while the
bones of our own poor Confederates who per-
ished in the war are bleaching in the sun on
many fields. Put yourself in our place!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
RARPER':J FERRY,

In the Lowe: House of Congress, on the
1lth instant, an adverse report was made
upon the Senate bill for The relief of the pur-
chasers Of houses and los at IIarpcr's Ferry
We regret exceedingly to see this action on
the part Of the Congressional committee.
The close of tho war found IIa"per's Fcrrv-
which before that unhappy period had been
the seat OF the u. S. Armory, upon which
her people depended almost en,ireIy for subs
sistence-desolate(,a and her people financially
crippled, and when at last the General Cow
ernment made provision for the sale OF its i'm
mease property at that point her people were
infused with high hopes for the future. A
number of citizens in moderate circumstances
in life, believing that with the sale of the in
mense water power there, extensive manrGac-
tories would be put on foot bought Yelling
houses and lots Of the Government. not bav-
ing the least doubt aHout being able TO nav for
them within the tirne spec fed in the sale
should such he the case. Instead, however.
Of this valuable property being utilized to the
advantage of the communitv, it has FOR wears
lain idle and dormant. the purchasers of it,
having failed in an attrmrt at grand spccu-
lation on the i. & @. Il. L. Co for which
purpose only and <o7".y it was in all proba>
bilty bought-and having f:.lcd to paw
single cent of its purchase money. they have
thus deprived the people Of I'arper;s Ferry
of almost even living, and the purchasers of
these houses aud lo's of:an opportunity to Sc
cure the means to pay for thcnl-by driving
off those who would have bought the water
power and long ere this have made the adj
joining bills re>echo with the hum Of busy in
dustry. That the time for payment should
not be extended to these purchasers, under
the circumstances. is an act most grievous to
be borne, and we yet trust that our Senators
and Representatives in Congress will give
such attention to this mater as will secure the
favorable action Of that bod. Should they
do so they Will not only add to the prosperity
OF HarPers Ferry, but to that of the whole
adjoining section of country, comprising por>
t'ons of West Virginia, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. We have not, however, seen copy
of the bill thus adversely reported upon, and
1t may be that it is only paving the way for
bill that will be of more substantial benefit 70
the people of the Ferry as a whole. We
await developments.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
. we have to chrnnicle tba do..h ae

= We have to chronicle the death of an
other employee of the B. & o. RR. On las.
Thursday night, David Baker, a citizen of
Martinsburg, and brakeman on the Railroad,
was engaged in moving the switch at Cherry
Run, in order to back off some cars. His foot
became entapgled in what is termed the
''tros," and before he could extricate it he
was run over and killed. The deceased leaves
wife and three children to mourn his loss,
and need the husband and fathers support.
Berkeley Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

Jacob Hanger, living near Swan Pond
in this county, has had for some time past in
his employ man named VIM. Lee. who
hailed from Harrisonburg, Va, ard between
Sunday evening and Monday Morning Mr.. Lee
took an excursion without leaving any infor-
nation OF his destination. The sudden de.
Parture looked suspicious, and on examination
Mr. Hanger found that about seventy dollars
in greenbacks that he had in the house had
also very unnecessarily taken trip. Rather
surprising elopenent, that
Berkeley Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
JUIU1DRA
WE CLERGYMEN
WE'RE -@

OF Chronic and Acute Rheumat ism, Neuralgia
Lumbago, Seiatica. K dney and Nervous Diseases'
after year, Of ssaering. BY taking DIR. FitIer's
diseove.y of > r Fi.sr, NJ regular graduate
cd who has for 80 yesrs trented these dfseases eI
clusively with astonishing results. We believe ia
our christian duty, after de'iberat to conscien
tiously request sufierers to lIy
In moderate circumstances " no cannot afford 40
waste money and time on wsrthIess mixtures. AZ
clergymen we seronsly feel the deep
resting on us in publicly endorsing this medicine
bic merit s;. u,y jus.ies our zion. Rev. C. H. E-
h hop ps,;. Rev pboHa. Murphy: g. D.. Frank
Jersey: Rev. }. s. Buchanan, Cisrecce, Iowa Re-,
g. &. Smith Pittsfeld, New York. Rev Jo..nh
Beggs, Fsils Church, Pbiinde!phIa. Other test,rpa
mails from senatoys, Governors, Judges, conors.s
men &c, forwarded gratis ith n, nnh
let explaining these diseases. one thousand Dol
ars VIII be presented to any medicine for same dis.
eases showing equal merit snder test, or that e..
produce one fourth as many living cures ANY me-.
son :ending by letter description affection Vii.
receive gratis a Legally signed guarantee p.min.
me number OF bottles to cure, agreeing 10 r.fnn
money upon sworn statement of it's failure IN r,,s
Ahiicted invited to write to DR.. Filter Phiis A..
his valuable advice costs nothing.
Sole Agent for Harrer's Ferry.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

Gr Mr.. Butcher has introduced into the
House of Delegates bill requesting SherifFs,
or their deputies, to reside at the county seat
of their respective counties during their terms
of Office
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

ray In the House of Delegates, on the
loth instant, Mr.. Legg introduced, on leave,
bill to establish County Court and Board
of Commissioners for the county of Berkeley,
under the 34th section of article s of the
Constitution of the State, which was referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

G A proposition is before Congress to
reduce postage on letters to two cents, and to
require postage on all newspapers Except
upon country papers, circulated in the county
where published.) to be PREPAID.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

re- The revival at the Braddock st.
Methodist Church, Winchester, is still in
progress, Rev. DR. Rosser preaching nightly
to large congregations.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

GS~ From the Cumberland Ne,cs we learn
that the d Il o. II. r, Co., has decided to
construct third track between Baltimore and
Cumberland.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
1i8 Acres, 2Roods and 81 Percbes,
julius y hoLhEs-J tHErty d. Ros7
7olne@ &c Trust
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.

CnaFiesto"n, Jefferson Co., W. Va
AFISC formed a Co-partnersbip for the mr.,
- pose of theoretically conducting the bnsipss.
OF House building and Carpenterinp genersII1
hereby notify the citizens of the county of Jeerson
that they are ready for and solicit oEders and bn
prompltude, faithful work and moderate cb.11eS
them. CA ~ employ
January 81, 1S73-rf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

x On the evening of January 10th, as Mr..
Joseph Rudy was returning home from chor-
ping wood carrying his axe, he slipped on the
ice, and falling on the axe. cut himself severe
y across the chest, almost severing one of his
right ribs. The cut was nearly eight inches
in length.-Berhelel Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
NOTICE.

'ENhERE will be a meeting of the Stakeholder of
town Turnpike Company on the an Tn..dsY ss.s
OF January, at the Court House in Chsriestown at
Jan. 81, lS73-st. 49,.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
THE AMERICAN FARMER

mis- old standard mon ~ journal of apricuI,u,s
t!n,; oeelns new volume January ist Special at
Ito stock Breeding. Fruit Growing, the D.iry. Ge.
some OF the most successful of American agricui i
.sts contribute to is pages. 1t 10 praefieai J., sud-
stantiat, Isitabe! Subscription 81 so a year To
clubs OF hve or more. only 81 each. Very band
sotne prem pms ior clubs. Specimen Nos. Tree
SAML. SANDS < SON Publishers
Jan. u, Ts73-2t. BaltimoIs Nh
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

ES' BY to-day's mail we forward letter
to Mr. Albert Menet, 81 Park Row, New
York, to which we ask his attention at once.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

- Why is the sun like good loaf? Be-
cause it is not light until it rises.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
FARM FOR RENT.

A FARM lying between SUNNI. Point and B.,-
"a ryvIlle, on McAdamized road /. for rent -
session to be given Let Of March next Far,, 80
Apply 10 b. C. WASHINGTON.
Chsrlestown, Jefferson Co., w. Va.
r AMPS, Lanterns, chimnev,- w;ct. p..---
~ Porcelain Shades. Lamp Burners. seis,or.
snd All goods for Lamps, for sale by
oe.. 10. lo12. GEO II. LIGHT.
oSi received. another lot of Michigon Fine.f.r,
= Chewing Tobacco, in bulk. 3
J.B. HAINEs
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

Fancy business-Wo of the inaeiua.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

. The piece iestival-A quilting party.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21
EoNApARTIsT AGITATION

N. HUME BUTCHER, Eso.-A Charleston
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
writing on the capital question, says:
among the champions engaged upon
Chariestons side. R. Hume Butcher, of JEFF
terson County, stands first and foremost. His
action through out the entire struggle has been
bold and fearless. A member from the raost
extreme Eastern county, and therefore less
interested in what concerns this part of the
State than, perhaps, any man in it, his frank
mind has, nevertheless, comprehended the in
justice attempted to be perpetrated upon this
community, and with zeal both of his high
sense of right, he has thrown into the conflict
such force of eloquent rebuke and warning
that, had his opponents been possessed of
either wisdom or sense of justice, would
have gained for him that success which his
efforts SO strongly merited. Mr. Butchers
name will be long and gratefully remembered
by the people of this city for his disinteres.ed
exertions i'll their behalf.''
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

10 DS kun~ " iu q nd
1chte, tAiIrpnte and thoroughly destroy NIL poison
Qua substances in the Blood nd will iy d,-
pei oil prehIspOsitiun to bilious arrangement.
is Hrre ,cnnt Of action yop Lirer and Spis<n p
Chl"ss relieved the blood becomes impure Nv dele
t"rl0us secretnns producing or AZ in dis
eases. Bl"tchcs, Felons, PustuI.s, Canker PIN
ples. &c, &c.
Here you a Dyspsptic Sfomrch2 Unics. digestion,
IS promptly aided the system is dcbiiua nh nov
or OF the Hood. Dropsical Tendency, Genera
W"akocss md inertia
HUE yOu 1renEnrss Of the Inicstincs? you ,,. T..
danger of Chronic Dar rhOea fla IN ton Of tho
Bowels. - ~
Haze you trenkncu Of the Eterin. mr. Urinary d.,
gnns? You are exposed to suffering in its most a.
gravatcd forrr.
14r. go" d.jscfcd. drowsy. dull, sluggi.h or de-
pr Sod in spirits, with head bac ache coated
tongue and bad tasting mouth?
For a certain remedy for all OF these dise,.es
weakncsses and troubles: for cleansing nd pur Nv
ing th" vitated blood nd impa rtng vigor 10
vital forces: for building up and restorin1 III,
weakened constitrtion USE
JURUIDB
which is pronounced nv he I.adin, ,n.d;..i
ties of London and Pars ..the most power mi ton;o
and Alternative known to the medical worIdn yTb;.
is new and untried discovery but has been jnn.r
used by the leading physicians OF other coup,rics
with wonde, fol remedial resurs.
Don't trcaken and impair the digestive orp.p.,hx
cathartics and physics. they give only tempornTy
'eiief-Indigestion, fs tu!ency and dyPpepsa witt,
S.'
Keep the blood pure nd health 10 assured.
JOHN @. KELLOGG, IS Pia,t ST, New York.
Sole Agent for the United State.
Price One Dollar er Bottle. Send for circular A.
January ID, 1851.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-01-21

"A sound judge-A musical critic.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-07-26
FROM PNlllPSDURo.
0eal llaaee II - VSeiaaoy.

kas1os NV Noo1a-WN1-
This place reminds mo 1T % oh ship that
has jass been In for paints and repstss-she
10 GINNING out 10 flying colors. A number OF
minses Just In from Willow Greek. about
~ miles west from this place, brought iu
some of the finest specimens Of gold with
them that ever came out of the GrOund,
which shows that We have something In our
vicinity besides silver quarts. The boye
say they can work their placer mines In
summer and their quarts In winter and
''stand pat" with the quarts speculators.
Mr. Brown. . merchant from Pioneer he's
just brought In 1ne lot Of goods and p
selling ss low figures, which has never been
done 10 this camp before. TIE miner sud
raochess feel happy again. and arc ready to
gamble that they have - rich quarts here
and ~ we'll defined lodges - any outsider
dare show. Hsying aud potato harvesting
10 our vicinity has just commenced and II
proving satisfactory.
G. W.. T.