Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The House has passed the s'silver BILL"
providing that silver dollars of 4I23 grains
shall be coined and be made legal-tender for
all public and private debts except where gold
coin is Tow required by law.
Senator Davis, of this State, introduced
bills making appropriations for continuing the
improvement of the Great Kanawha river in
West Virginia and the MouOngaheIa river in
West Virginia aud Pennsylvania. Referred.
VALLEY RA1LRoAD.-At meeting of
the Valley Railroad directors in Baltimore.
Wednesday, full board being present the
National Security, Iron, Coal and Improve
mens Company renewed its proposition to
lease, with the addition that on the compIc>
ton of the road they would lease it for fifty
years from January l, 10, at $3.50, 1000 per
annum for the first ten years, $40, 600 per
aDnu1n for the second ten years, and $780,
COO per annum for the remaining thirty years
Hon. Wm. Mines, President of the Shen.
sudOah Valley Railroad Company, asked for
tine to submit a bid from that company, which
was granted, aud the board adjourned to give
the time asked. The bid of the Shenandoah
Valley Company was afterwards offered, and
both bids refused blythe Valley director. It
is understood that the Shenandoah Valley R.
r. Go. has given the stipulated notice of
thirty days for the termination of the lease of
the Valley railroad on the 1st of January next.
a correspondent of the New York Herald
furnishes some interesting election figures
showing the following losses to the Republi>
can party in its majorities as compared with
the election four years ago: Illinois sc, 900,
Indiana % 900, Iowa 10000, Michigan 5o,-
600, Wisconsin 1000, Connecticut ,OOO
Maine $4,000. Massachusetts, $4,000, YER
mont 10000, New Jersey %, 600, New York
$4,000, Pennsylvania $4,000. On the
Pacific side California shows a Republican
loss in four years of nearly 5000, and Oregon
of 5000.
Charles O'Couor. in recent letter, says:
"fhe drunken Democrat whom the Repub-
hcans dragged out of the Galena gutter, be-
smeared with the blood of his count1ymen
slain In domestic broil and lifted to a high
pedestal as the Mo!och of their worship.
we pAOSHEaLe OF w 1SdluE-
toms republic. That republic persisted on
the day that Mcdowell moved on to Rich>
mond."
Mr. William Orion, President of the Great
Western Union telegraph monopoly, resists
the process of law by which he is required to
produce copies of the kilograms sent to and
from Chandler pending the Presidential cleo
tion and the pretended counting of the bal,
lots, and the matter has been laid before the
House Judiciary Committee.
Mr. BOrst, president of the Washington
and Cincinnati Air Line Railroad, is actively
a. work in behalf of his proposed road. He
addressed the merchants of Georgetown re-
Gently, with the object of inducing them to-
subscribe to the undertaking.
The Lynchburg Press sewers its connection
with the Radical party, and comes out square
ly for Tilden and Conservatism.
The West Virginia Legislature meets in
Wheeling on the second Wednesday in jan
uary next.
The complete vote of West Virginia gives
-ETi1den- az 565 ueves Al ooe Coo..1 oo1