Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-03-27
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.
Gen and Mrs.GraDt will sail for Europ

-0en- and III RS. GraDt Will sail Tor Europe
in May.
=. Staunton is to have third military or
ganization-the Zouaves.
"A new military compsny has been or
ganized in Harrsonburg, Va.
- Miss Barbara Brown, log years old,
died on the l4th instant, near DanvIlle. Va,
without the aid of physician, and she never
wore spectacles.
II The town council of Woodstock, Va,
has resolved to refuse recommendation of Ii.
cense to any person to sell liquor within the
corporate limits"
1.-The Valley Rangers" cavalry com>
psny from the neighborhood of Lacey Springs
in Rockingham county. Va, during the war,
is about to be re>oreauized.
- Maj. c. b. Luck, of the Spotswood Ho
tel, at Harrisouburg, Va, has gone to the
Grand Hotel. at Cincinnati. and Col. Samuel
Goode has taken the Spotswood.
- The Boston Transcript favors plan by
which the Electoral College will meet as
body and vote for President aud Vice>Presi>
dent, settling all disputes as to the qualifca>
tions OF members.
- Judge Reed. of the Charleston, S. G.
Circuit Court. on Tuesday decided in habeas
corpus case that Chamberlain has no lawful
authority as Governor, and that Hampton is
the lawful Governor.
- Fred Douglass was confirmed. on Satur
day week, as Marshal OF the District of Go.
lumbia 1t is said that Freds skirts were
badly besmirched by his connection with the
Freedmen's Bank swindle.
A new cotton manufacturing company
has been organized in Augusta. Ga, with a
capital of $3.50, 900. The mill begins with
10, 600 spiudles, which will be increased to
sc, 900 as the times require.
- The Georgia Legislature, at its last ses>
sion. passed law to require emgrant agents
to pay tax of five hundred dollars in each.
county where they carry the business Of
soliciting emigrants to leave the State.
= "The GROWING proof Of the ahject vas
salage of the great State of Pennsylvania to
the Cameron family" is what a very partisan
newspaper, the Springfield Union (tep.),
calls the nomination of J Donald Cameron.
- The Charleston Courier says the new
President of the University. Rev. j. r.
Thompson. is already doing effective work on
behalf of that institution. He has been Wis
i,ing various portions of the State with good
results.
The London Standard believes ''the
rule of the Packards. Stearnses, Chanberains
and Ameses to be not only oppressive and un>
constitutional" but ''cxasperating to the
temper of the entire population of their
States"
A recent decision of the Virginia Court
of Appeals. declaring unconstitutional the act
of the Assembly remitting the interest on
debts which accrued during tho war, will re-
open good many old matters that have long
been closed up.
On Saturday evening last Engine No.
27-the oldest engine on tho Is. and o. Rail-
road-came with the mail train from I1arri->
sonburg to Staunton-26 miles-in forty
minutes stopping at every station. Tho en-
CINE was run by engineer T. W Roop-Capt.
Smith Conductor. - Staunfon Spectator.
- Rev. ohm Harmon, member of the
Baltimore Conference, NJ. + Church South,
who for several years has been stationed at
Trinity and Emmanuel churches in Balti-
more, has recently been transferred to the
Louisiana Conference, and is TO succeed Rev
DR.. Munsey as pastor of ST. Charles Church,
in New Orleans.
- John d Ice. who held in his time many
Offices in the Mormon Church, was shot to
death on Friday at Mountain Meadows, Utah
Territory, for the leading part which he took
in the awful massacre twenty years ago If
over hundred emigrants passing Quietly
through the Mormon settlements on their
way to California by the Mormons and their
Indian allies.
- Maj. Doughcrty, with competent corps
of assistants. has commenced the surveys from
Martiusburg to the Jefferson line, for the
purpose of locating the route of the proposed
Extension of the NJ. & p railroad There
seems to he no doubt of the construction of
the road in very short period. We under
stand it will be located on the shortest route
to Charlestown.- MarfinsG"rg Statesman
An Episcopal Conference, composed of
the clergy and one lay member from each
irgiuia parish, is appointed by Bishop
Whittle to be held at Park rsburg on the
18th of April. The object of the conference
is to consider the question Of the cstablish-
ment of a separate diocese for West Virginia,
and if that idea is tavorabIy considered, then
to determine the boundaries of the diocese,
whether the State line shall be adopted or
whether the eastern Pan Handle counties be
allowed to remain with the mother State,
and also to consider whether the new diocese
shall be missionary one, partially dependent
upon outside help, or q full fledeed and
self-sustainiug ono.
- The San deg" C"ions special CORES
pendent at Yuma teIcgraphs, under date of
the Sth as follows: The surveying party un,
der VIM: Hood. Assistant Chief Engineer of
the Southern Pacific Railway. to-day broke
the camp established here three mouths ago,
and proceeded along the south side of ella,
on further surveys for the Southern Pacific in
Arizona. Work is steadily progressing. The
track layers reached point sixty-o miles
from here yesterday, and to day the terminal
station is to be moved to Castle Rock Some