Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-12-02
WEST VIRGINIA LEaIsLATURE.

Bumgsrner presented the petition of NJ. ID.
NJ. Alice and IS others of Wood county asks
ing that the law regulating the sale2of ardent
spirits to be allowed foreman without any4re-
peal or modification whatever: which was re.
ferred 10 the Committee on Taxation and
Finance.
Mr.. Legg presented the petition of p. r.
Pinnell, and others of Berkeley county, asking
that an act, entitled, Gan act to provide,
against the evils resulting from the sale of in.
toxicating liquors in this state,D be not re-:
peaied..p 70 s1s5Ssi eal 's1i .as.t q e;,ssss7s5
Also the petition of VS.. lPenick, and
ESs others ofBerk eleg county, asking that
lAetpassed April 4tb,s is s, providing against
the evils rssulti1g from the sale of int intoxicat-
ing liquors be not repealed, but amended q SO.
sas to make it, more effective 81 wbiehiwas re-
ferred to- the COMMITTEES ron Taxation and,
I Finance 1. il1e9i bad aoittii-eq as asdR
% motion of Mr. Butcher, the following.
Senate billiwas taken from the table and placed
on the calen6ar:sfla,s Of 9si1l 51a31;5Y
60 Senate Bill iNo.a15, ioApbill to amend,and.
%re5ahacs the act passed February %, 1872, !.
Entitled .An act providing for ascert.nipg the
!, amount Of public property and its value, de,
ostroged inithe .stato by 1.-THE Federal army,
during the late civil war. ',"s!isra ef!t d9ep4 I
I" In the Senate, on the goth ultimao,, Mr.
Scot, presented petition signed by William
=Falcouer, and 81 others of Parkersburg, Wood
county asking that the School month be
changed 'froni2 % days to 20 days: The 4i Pc
titifon was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation. go, -
2-7In' the'nSenatc, ION the 22diultimo, on
motion of Mr.. ,Grantham,l Senate lHill
No. 26s,9' t.A bill amending and re! en.aSctiug
sections four, five, six and seven Of chapter
ninetySsixj of the Code, in: relation to money
and'interest,' was taken from the table and
/ placed upon the calendar. o; set c5H ,Gee. {
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id DEATH OF JuDas LEE.-The Clarksburg
Sun announces the death, in that place, on
the 10th Instant, of George H. Lee, formerly
Judge Of the ,21st Judicial Circuit of Viz
g,pia, and afterwards one of the Judges &c the
Virginia; Court of Appeals, whose presence as
counsel at; the late session of the w IVA.
Court OF, Appeals in this place, many Of our
readers will remember .,.., ~
L Since the war;; says the Sum- Judge Lee
applied himself diligently to the practice of
his profession, of which he stood at the head.
He vas faithful co51hhsel for the, Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and managed the difficult
and important eases of that Company with
great zeal and ability. Hisdecsions as j nd ee
Of the Court of Appeals stand very high aad
are quoted as the best authority. He lived
almost exclusively in his profession and was
the. most careful lawyer in, the State in pre-
parius is cases. But he will never again
figure = the Courts of earth His case is
DOW submitted to the chancery on high where
mercy and justice are met together .g'f7,nc .
WAR CIA1Ms.-The Wheeling Register
has7reeeivedl copy of athe list Of claims pre-,
sentedir ito the Commissioners sof Claims at
Washington, under the act of Congress- that
provides for the payment Of. s'loyal, citizens
in the Southern States for stores or supplies
furnished to or taken sby the army. The list,
says the Register, is'qute formidable one.
and the aggregate'amount of the claims runs
away up in the.milliona. The names of the
claimants in VirginiaSfll thirty-threo pages CT
the book, while two pages suffice for West
Virginia There are reported in this State
only 20l claimants in all, of whom l25 re.
side IN j ffferson county and So in Berkeley.
GreenHrier reports bu. Que, Doctor Joseph +.
Caldwell, (the name seems familiar) who asks
compensation. to4the amount off Sl45O. MIR.
John H: Atkinson, of Hancock county.
claims S2{6s, The,largest claim in the State
IS that made Iby Mr., David Il. Strother,1 of
ID Jefferson county, for 500 900, and the smallest
is that of Joseph Deter. OF Berkeley, who
only wants S33. le@s oa']d asS t5ai
g. THE LITTLE TR1AL.-The trial of Oscar
p. Little has occupied the entire time of the
Circuit court since our last issue There is
great: deal of interest manifested in this case,
and the court room il we'll filled each, day
t While the testimony, is pretty much the same
as that given on the trial Of .Lycurgns Little
in Clarke county, there have still been good
many facts ELECTED which were not brought
out,in Clarke. The declaration Of the de-
/. ceased Clinton Little, as to hoy he came by
his death which was sought to be introduced
as dying declaration in Clarke, but excluded
by the court, was offered yesterday on the
ground CT. its being part of the res gestae,
and the question was being deliberately argued
by counsel when we went to press The
prisoner seems to stand the trial we'll. Ho
sits nsar his counsel and takes great interest
in all that is said; though be seldom speaks.
The examination of witnesses for the defense
will begin to-day or Tomorrow. ',ss+f
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