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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
Letter From Con. R. +. Lee 10 Cen. ].
3. Hood.
CANr FrEn's. My OF 1sG

CAMP FEEDS. May 2l.t 1861
My DEAR ENERAL-E pm my return
from Richmond found yonr letter of the
18Th awaiting me. Although separated from
me-, have always had you in my eve and
thon"hts wished for you much in the last
battle, and believe had had the whole army
with me Gen. Hooker would have been de-
mulished. But God ordered otherwise
griPve much over the death Of General
J"ckson-f"r "nr snk"s, not for his lie is
happy and at peace. But his spirit lives with
US. | hone it Will raise up many Jacksnns
in our ranks. i ] RELY much urnn ycu
You must 50 inspire and lead your brave d.
vision as that it may accomplish the work of
a corps. 8 I agree with you in believing
our army would he invncible if it could be
properly organized and Offered There new
err were such men in an army before. They
will 20 anywhere and do anything if properly
led. But there is the difficntv-prorer conr>
mnnders. Where can they be obtained ? y
= Wishing you every every health and hap
kind Providence, l am now and always your
friend r T.. LEE
General j. H. Hood, Commanding Division
MADE MS OWN CoFF1N.-The inuocen,
eccentricities and independence of character
which have marked the life and history of
onr esteemed and excellent old friend, Daniel!
Roadcap, now living near Burke's Mill, Au>
gusta county, still attach to linn like "tho
ruling passion, strong in death" Mr. Rnad>
cap. it is known, has reached very advanced
peiod Of human life. being now in the 9Ist
year of his age. Wishing to give his friends
and the world as little trouble as possible
with his remains after his death. which lie
feels satisfied cannot be very remote, he de-
terrined few days ago, to construct his own
coffin, although he is by no means a coffin
maker. Accordingly he took the necessary
tools at Mr.. Switzer's with whom he is living
and getting some plain pine plank, proceed
ed to construct rude, fat topped coffin for
his own use when dead After making the
coffin. the old gentleman concluded TO get in
and see how it fit ard suited him The coffin
being little too small, after getting in. being
very frnil and infirm he found some difficult
ty in getting out Tie remarked that it had
not occurred to him that the coffin might he
too small; if it had. he should have met the
difficulty by tying a rope to the beams of his
shop and around his body, so that he might
have drawn himself ont
buckingham Register
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
FOR RENT.

IsN5E Store Room OcCTpicd Lv 8. ". Tim
i berlakc. Possession piveu April Isl, 1874.
JAS. LAW. HOOFF.
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Excitement Among Saloons Keepers.

EFcHement Anlohg NHlo0n>hecpcTs.
WILLIAMsPoRT Pa, March 14.-This morn
ing the ladies Interested in the temperance
movement. in addition to the usual religious
exercises, stationed ladies' at the doors of such
places. where liquor is Supposed tn be sold. to
take down the names of those entering. The
saloon keepers are grestly excited at this new
move, and come of them have closed their
places in consequence
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
WASHINGTON & OHIO R. GO.

This company, says an exchange, owns a
line Al miles long from Alexandria, north
west t. Hamilton. The operations for the
Hsar ending Sentember 30 were
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24

FOR SALE.
TWO STANDS OF BEES. i'll tIe latest i'm
proved Hives. Alan,
a FiRST-RATE FAMILY CARRIAGE,
seats. built BY ". J. HlwKs Of ocst material,
and Wink III al TaTticula'B-has shafts, tongue
and IaIncsH. Tor one Two hOIRI.E. Will be sold
low and On easy terms. Apply to
}. J. II. STRAITH,
ICb. IL, lSF-tt. For the Owner.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24

Eg The Postmaster Geuora! has officially
notified heads Of bureaus Of the Pustcliice Dc
partmeut that for the remainder of the Tres
eut official year there must be no increase OF
expenditures, which must be confined to the
actual necessities of tie Department, as at
present. This order is based On The following
act Of congress: That it shall not be law
full for any Department of the Government
to expend in any fiscal year any sum in ex
cess of appropriations made BY Congress for
that fiscal year, or t. involve the Government
in any contract for the future payment Of
money in excess of such appropriations" In
accordance with the instructions issued to the
heads of bureaus, no new mall routes will be
opened or new appointments made Until the
commencement of the next fiscal wear.
Es~ 4 few days since the Virginia House
of Delegates passed " an act in relation to in
terest Oh money" fixing the legal rate at six
per centum per nnpum, and rrnviding that
no contract should be made at greater rate,
and that the penalty for usury shout: be for
fixture of al! interest Charged. This bill was
sent to the Senate, snd by that body referred
to its Committee on Finance This commits
tee has reported the House bill, with subs
stitute therefor, which provides that no con
tract shall be made for greater rate than six
per cent. per anuum, and ':aIl contracts and
assurances made directly or indirectly for the
loan or forbearance of money or other thing
at greater rate than six per cent shall be
void"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
4 H1o1e CITY aroused.

WILLIAMspoRr, PA. March, 13.-The
womeu's temperance movement, which COM
wenced here on the 23d ult., enrolled one
hundred and ninety names to-day. and eleven
hundred women are at work Three immense
mass meetings and visits to hotels and saloons.
The Whole city is aroused. Drinking men
are signing the pledge, and dealers, with
scarcely an exception, are meeting the ladies
with kindness.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
PUBLIC EENTING.

Will I've rented on SATURDAY. MARCH
w 4Stm, 1874, at s "Cluc1. 4. NJ, Two Rooms
III IN, new I"wu Hill Binding, aud ad'oruIng
The Market. Time and Terms made known "r
thar ,uv Ijv order ct the
March IL 1874 ct. COUNCIL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
FOR. I3TENT.

TIE Stories over tn" Drug Store If Geo. r.
1 Light, in the building adiriuInR Sappnpton
H"'"'; D"cct communication with Mai street.
and also with the Hotel, If desired.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
TAKE NOTICE.

4 Ii persons iHdeb!" cd to ToIigarc NJ. !, be-
N tween SmIhiieid ard Cnar!cstOxII, must
c;'.i up on or before the 81 of March and set
tie up. or must pnt thcir accounts III tie hands
of MIR. Cpnkiyi for cOlrcfInm.
by Order of rnc President.
Ml1c. 10 1874 g.. JOHN T. WATKINS-
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TIE WHISKEY WAR.
Enstinn and PRAYER.

NV York. March f4-Throughout
Brooklyn to-day there is fasting and prayer
for the temperance cause AT meeaing in
the Hanson Place Methodist Church last even>
ing, Dio Lewis took charge for five minutes
to begin the work as they did in the West.
BE called for all the men who believe in
Christian women sud their work to get up,
aud hundreds jumped to their feet. and the
applause shook the house. He next called
for the women who thought in,emperance a
curse sud were ready to help to rid the coun-
ty of it to rise, and multitude of women
were On their feet Immediately. He then
called for all the men and women who were
ready to unite in tic work to get up. and
nearly everybody was standing. and applause
and cheers attested the enthusiasm.
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SURVEYING, ENGINEERING, &c.
BLACKsMITHlNG AT FLEE7W0OD.

TTNHE undersigned Lavng lcas G<-<=--o1
IL: Bag >"'iitl .CIs',. Mr.. Gre: ~<S?s...ss7
S:ho"I-II"us@. is rr"rarvd 10 DO
BlHck>mtthIng II al its ,arinrs brrchcs.-
HoIEr-Sh""I q az 81. SaarrS nId aud poIatcd
with non at S1.5O; will steel. $500.
JOHN W. STEELE.
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CORN WANTED.

: WILL ray tie hi"hest rate for CORN W:,itc
| aud irI'"W, or Mixed delivered at any of
the De.ots "n tue W. & i. r r.. III this cnunIY.
Mnrcli 10 1s14-4t. fIS ri l. a 20 : 'l' ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-24
REAL ESTATE.
Valuable Timber Land
FOR SALE.

THE undersigned Offers for sale, privately, Two
i Valuable Tracts of TIMBER LAND. The frat
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
New Dry-Goods House in Rock Island

The Fries store, opposite the Rock Is
land House (lately the Boston Bazaar will
be opened on Friday next as a first-class
retail dry goods store, by Messrs. |. & +.
Heinsheimer, Mr. l. Heinsheimer is al
ready very favorably known to large
number of our citizens,--in fact, everybody
who knows him likes him He and his
brother are both first-class business men,
and men of high and honorable character.
They are having the store newly painted
and reftted in good style, and one of them
will go Fast in few days, to procure a
fresh addition to the stock they have now
on hand Both are thoroughly educated
business men. They have the capital to
buy for cash. They know the markets,
and can buy at bottom figures, and are
willing to sell at small advance on cost
We bespeak for these excellent gentlemen
share of public patronage. They invite
the public to call on and after Friday
next and look at their goods. When you
think of dry goods, think of Heinsheimer S
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
The Way the County Coal Goes.

Somebody broke the lock on the County
coal house, and nobody put new lock in
it's place. The RESULT that what was deem
ed sufficient supply of coal for the county
officers, purchased and put in that coal
house is all gone and several loads have beer
purchased since it gave out. The better
way will be for the Board of Supervisor;
to six the amount of their necessary clerl
hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses,
as authorized by See no. of ART 10 of thu
new constitution, and then if they waste i
or give it away or permit it to be stolen
they can go down in their private pockets
and buy more.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
The Living Telegrapher.

Symptoms are the silent characters through
which the diseased body telegraphs its condition.
But they not always read Alright, and the medi-
cines administered sometimes aggravate instead of
relieving the complaint. seConspicuous AMONG the
instances OF malpractice which are OF daily occur
renee is the habit of dosing dyspeptic and eonsti-
pated invalids with powerful cathartics. Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters in which are skillfnlly ben-
ded the vegetable elements best adapted to the in
yigoration of the stomach, and removal without
violence, of regular discharges from Che bowels
should be taken twice or thrice day as remedy
for indigestion of every type, and for costveness
whether chronic or casual. No other medicine will
be required and the win be rapid and painless
No medicine as yet discovered or compounded
equals Hostetter's Bitters as specific for all aztec
lions of the liver, as well as for diseases Of tue
stomach, the bowels and the nerves,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
What Mitsch says about that Lost Trunk,

Sometime last June one of Mitsch's ex-
press drivers carried three trunks from
the G. r. [, h P. depot to the Peoria de
pot 1t was about 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, and there being no baggage man
there to receive them the driver placed
them on the platform and left them to
await the o'clock evening train for Peo-
ria. Before train time the owners of the
trunks appeared for the purpose of having
them checked. Two of them belonged to
a commercial traveller They were there,
all right, and were then checked. The
other was supposed to belong to man
named Willis, from Geneseo, who was 60
ing to Arkansas. Willis pointed to the
only remaining trunk, claiming it-but or
closer inspection he found that it was
empty, and though closely resembling hi:
trunk, was not his trunk at all. Evident
" some one had stolen his trunk and put
this one in it's place Willis demanded pay
of Mitsch for his trunk, but Mitsch pre-
ferred to wait little and see If it coulC
not be found He knew Billy BlSant was
baggageman on the Peoria road. He knew
that Billy didn't like him, for the reason
that he as an officer, had, some year
previously, detected Billy in stealing ant
aided in sending him to the State Prison
He mistrusted that Billy had stolen this
trunk and he preferred to wait develop
ments The empty and unclaimed trunl
was placed in the baggage room, Mitscl
putting private mark on it, Willis.suet
Mitsch, in Moline, and recovered $75. Mitsc
appealed and the case is still in court. L
the meantime Mitsch watched that trunk
Some weeks afterwards a key to fit it wa
procured and, in presence of the static
man, it was opened 1t contained pho
tograph OF Billy Bisant and his brother
and two girls; also few paper collars
and chat was ALL Still Mitsch watche
that trunk About three months after tn
other trunk was stolen and this one put
its place Billy claimed the trunk and too
it to his room at Young America Hote
Mitsch believes that Billy stole the othc
trunk.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

Yesterday we commented on the efforts
of p. L. Gable and his associates to estab-
fish through competing freight line for
the benefit of the West. Another man is
moving in the same excellent cause viz ::
John w. Garrett, president of the Balti-
more and Ohio company. He projected
the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago
railroad, which has been located from a
point 80 miles north of Newark, o., on its
Lake Erie division, to Chicago, a distance
of 26O miles, making the distance from
Chicago to Baltimore 81 miles, and to
Washington 1874 miles. This line will be
completed by next month or early i'll
March, thus adding another competitor for
through freights between the Atlantic and
the West
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Meeting of the Athletic Club, to night.
Old Settlers reunion at Judge Grants
tonight.
The weather continues mild, and free
from storms.
The McWade troupe have engaged |
rooms at the Harper House.
See statement of the Rock Island Ma
uonal Bank. in our advertising columns.
"A colored lady, of Davenport, makes
and errand boy of the Blonde Little Sheet.
Connolly &McNeal's new law sign, at
the East Post Office door, is quite attrac-
tive.
Next Monday and Tuesday, Rip Van
Minkle, in Darts Hall, by Robert Nc
Wade.
Engineer Cramer, of the WaterWorks,
takes the conceit out of the Blonde Little
Sheet, this morning.
The Tom Thumb troupe had a good
house In Moline last night They perform
in Geneseo to night.
Capt, }. G. Pepper, the first lawyer IN
Mercer county, is attending our circuit
court. He stops at the Harper.
MIR. Joe Gaskell, of the Rockford road,
arrived in town this morning, having pass
ed over year in Germany on business OF
the road.
Ice wagons may be seen taking their
cargoes to the repositories, but the crystal
is anything but colorless, and not so COM
pact in form as usual
How to bring it in, is the caption Of
two or three articles day in the Daven-
port papers in relation to the Duck Greek
Railroad. Bring it in on shovel.
Mr.. D L. Cunkle, who has been suf-
fering some time from dyspepsia, has gone
to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, to try the
effect of the water upon his stomach.
The revival meetings at the Baptist
church, are crowded every night. There
will be an address to young men this even
ing. Everybody invited. Seats free.
Have you seen my black faced ante
; lope p inquired Mr.. Telescope, who had a
tcollection of animals, of his friend, Bottle
Jack. No, [ haven't. Whom did your
black faced aunt elope with.
"A roadway across the ice-b bridge has
been surveyed by Robert Porter and 9TH
ers. They go upon the ice at the ferry
dock, continue down stream this side till
they have rounded an open channel that
extends from Harrison street to Warren,
and strike across in a south easterly direc-
ton and reach the shore on the other side
near the round house of the St Louis road
The distance is about the same as via the
bridge, and the advantage is that there is
sleighing all the way -Ddreaport Gazette
"A colored couple in Peoria retired ear
ly the other night After the male party
was soundly asleep, the woman left the
marital couch and admitted an ebon Dor
Juan who was waiting outside, and the two
proceeded to while away the hours, revel
{ ing in loves hstings But mindful only
of the happy present, the pair forgot the
husband, who was awakened and entered
the apartment much to the CONSERVATION
of the guilty ones. No satisfactory expla
nation being vouched for the presence o
Don Juan, the husband proceeded to ejec
him with due vigor ornamenting the re
gion of the intruder's eyes and nose with
f many well directed blow
Wherever God erects a house OF prayer,
The devil always builds chapel there
} This accounts for the mishaps of oul
, Christian statesmen" They went in a
the wrong door.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

The Burning of Forepaugh's Great Menager erie,
On the goth of last month, a fire
occurred at Germantown. ennsylvania,
where Forepaugh's great Museum,
Menagerie, and Equestrian Aggre-
cation was wintering, which was very
disastrous Mr.. Forepaugh's loss accord
ing to the official returns from the insur-
ance companies, is $9l ,05O of which
amount the insurance companies, pay Mr..
F. but one third, because his policies were
general and covered the whole concern.
This leaves Mr. Forepaugh loser to the
extent Of over 100000, The following
property was destroyed:
All of the newspaper cuts used in adyer
Using the show, some two thousand IN
number all the wagons and buggies; all
the cages except ten; one hundred pairs of
wooden sleeping blankets, seven large tents,
camp, cook and stable tents, with quar-
ter" and side poles. for all; glass-side
trunk wagon; seven horses, all the har-
nesses, wagons, etc.; nearly all the mu-
scum curiosities, including life size figures
of Napoleon, Won Moltke, Dickens, Bis
marck, King William, Incorporate Family
three figures), Double headed Girl, ST.
amese Twins, Fisk, Stokes, Miss Mansfield;
Mechanical figures of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Crow, Swiss Bell ringers. automatic goat,
drummer, two mechanical gynnasts, etc,
three fine cases of preserved birds, fish
and animals a fine lot of statuary and
ancient armory, all the beautiful gold and
silver spangled silken banners and flags,
entree cloths, saddles and wardrobe; ele-
plant and camel covers, plumes, and an
immense quantity of properties, tools OF
all kinds, ropes, blocks. trappings etc,
William Monroe, the equestrian director
of the show, lost his entire wardrobe; a
beautiful Greek dress, which he had re
ceived the very day of the fire, going tc
ruin with the rest Animals in fire. proof
building all saved, etc. Already workmer
are busily employed erecting new build
ings, and Mr.. Ferepaugh, with his I'M
equaled enterprise, is giving orders for {
new outfit. and we are assured that The
new show will be larger than ever this
coming season, and the best on the road
The entire collection embraces some fifty
cages of animals and museum curiosities
Mr.. r. S. Dingess, the efficient Agen
and General Director of the great shov
has issued circular to the press in which
l he says:
Though the disaster was most serious, i
was not disheartening. On the contrary
it has created determination on the par
of MIR. Forepaugh to Guido all his forme
: efforts Orders have accordingly bee
$ given, and workmen are now employed up
n on new vehicles, and are rapidly replacin
what was destroyed. Fortunately all tn
animals belonging to the estabE shmen
: were in fire-proof building, and are III
= injured Curiosity hunters are now gath
ering material for the ensuing season, an
o MIR. Forepaugh assures me that he Wi
have larger, better and much finer exh
U bition this year than has ever heretofor
k been put on the road. You may safel
|. and truthfully announce that the show {
- Adam Forepaugh will visit your place cal
ly in the summer, and will be more a
tractivc than ever.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

Messrs. Bisant and Fancher will be tried
tomorrow, according to present advices,
for the express robbery lately committed
As to Bisant. the case is clear from his own
admissions, which are the strongest evil
dence. 1t seems that although Bisant is
of respectable parentage, yet he, himself,
has heretofore not borne the most spotless
reputation.
Fancher's antecedents, we believe, stand
pretty fairly. He formerly livedin Wash
ington, Tazewell county, but we understand
his parents live out furtherea at present.
His mother was back at Washington on a
visit about the time this robbery occurred,
and had telegraphed to him to come and
visit her, but the reply she received was
that her son was in Jail for robbery. Tits
reported that she tainted while she was
reading it in the paper, and had spasms
the whole day.-Peoria Democrat, 1871
The Democrat probably means that they
will have an examination to see whether
they shall be held for trial, They canno
be tried until they shall be indicted
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

j. NJ, Chesney, who some time since
killed a negro named Knox, at Abingdon,
was tried and acquitted by Fulton county
Jury last week. Chesn1y was drunk when
he committed the homicide Speaking of
his acquittal Tie Canton Register says
that, after discharging the defendant,
Judge Higbee addressed himself to the
Jury and remarked 1T is your province
to pass upon the law and evidence in cases
of this character and your decision is final /;
but / regret to have to preside at court
where such great injustice is sometimes
done.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

Total, $4,000 Gifts all Cash, amounting to$ 100000
The chances for gift one to five.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets, $50; Halves. So; Tenths, or each
coupon, S.; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500; 221z
Tickets for 81 900; lib Whole Tickets for 5000
227 Whole Tickets fol $4,000. No discount on less
than $500 wo tn of tickets.
The Fourth Gift Concert will be conducted in all
respects like the three which have already been
given. and full particulars may be learned from
circulars, which win be sent free from this office TO
all who apply for them.
Orders for tickets and applications for agencies
will be attended to in the order they received,
and it is hoped they will be sent in promptly, that
there may be no disappointment delay in filling
all. Liberal terms given to those who BUY to sell
again. All agents are peremptoriaily required 10
settle mp their accounts and return ali unsod tick
cts by the Goth oil March.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Ag't Pub Libr. KY, and Manager Gift &C neert,
Public Library Building Louisville, Ky.
Tickets at Z. Breunert's Smith s. Bonney's
Drug SO
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13

A Rock Island man proposes to establish
a cotton factory at Clinton, provided the
citizens will subscribe enough to make, with
his means, capital stock of $50,000.-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
He is a brother of the man who said that
he and Deacon Dana kept fifty COWS. On
being asked how many Deacon Dana kept,
he modestly said-forty nine
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-13
LOCAL COLUMN.

ROSADALIS is used in the practice of, and en-
dorsed by some of the leading Physicians through
out the land. They induced to do this from the
fact that its formula is published around each bot
tie, so that the physician knowing its component
parts, and being already acquainted with their
properties, prescribe it with all confidence.
NICHoLAsvILLE, KY, Feb, II, 1869.
Gentlemen:-I have seen the effects of 'Rosadal-
is patiente in my own practice, and take plea
in attesting to its merits very powerful al
terative. In cases of Scrofela, Rheumatism, Sec
ondary Syphilis &c, always recommend it.
Very truly, yours, j. S. SPARKS, NJ. D.