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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-02-18
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fresh Water Crackers.
October %. 1875. GUSTAV BROWN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-02-18

From the Proceedings Of the Berkeley
County Court, held last week, as published
in the Martinsburg Independent, We copy the
following:
In the matter of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad Co, the committee appointed at the
December term, 1878, reported, and the
was read, and it appearing from said re>
port that no proper application has yet been
made for the issue of bonds under the pro-
vision of an ordinance ratified by the voters
OF Berkeley county, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1877, and that none of the conditions
of that ordinance have as yet been complied
with, 1t is therefore ordered that the issue OF
bonds under said ordinance be deferred
until proper application shall be made and
the court receive reasonable satisfaction
of compliance with the conditions Of said
ordinance.
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FASHIONABLE MAINTAINING.

IAChIUNA Dill MANI "a dhANV'
MRS MOLLIE L. CARNEY would hereby
IfI inform tue ladies of the town and viciuaRe
that sne is prepared to execute all branches of
Fashionable Manufacturing, and to do all
kinds of Sewing. PlaiTlng done TO order at
short notice. Country Produce taken III ex-
change for work. at market rates. Residence
on Main st. three doors West of Hollis Pump.
October 90, lS7S-tf,
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TAKE NOTICE.

August 10. Is:s-tE
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11

that his name has been mentioned with great
seriousness rs most available candidate lor
the National" party, or Greenback wing OF
the Democracy. The announcement, We hoou
not say, will be hailed with delight Dy an
amusement-loving people. For, funny as MI
Cox fIsjuently is in political debates on tIe
high themes of finance and political economy
he is at his best when running for speaker
He is the liveliest of candidates always. lis
is no hum-drum, heel-and-tOe gait, monot-
OnOusy counting up the miles; he Is
pedestrian who sbipS, and turns sOmerSaults,
and INDUCES in ground and lofty tuh-
bling, and straddles, and walks back
ward, and does everything that comes OF
long experience in the political ring. And he
always wears the cap aud bells, and affords
no end of amusement to the spectators. Ana
he seems so serious about it too. 1t is always
much more entertaining to see Mr. Cox run
for Speaker than 10 see such pedestrians say
rs "the Lepper" or "Old Sport" limp around
the track for gate-mOney. In the last two
Congresses he has been counted at some stage
of the canvass-usually the earliest-a lead
"ing candidate" Al he outset he had every
body pledged to woe for him; then he
tapered off to "sure majority" from this
he came down to "balance of power"
and the "power to make the Speaker" and
ended with share of the gate-money-a
good place on the committees. And all the
time nobody seemed to pay the slightest heed
to him. But he enjoyed it ever so much.
And there were times, no doubt, when he
really thought he was a prominent candidate.
This time he starts as the possible candidate
of possible balance of power, and if there
were only time he would make us n great
deal of fun. He may yet. Lots of people
would Ike to see him Speaker just for the fun
of the thing.
But the time is short. There are only two
recognized leading candidates yet. The best
places on the committees go to the candidates,
and anybody can enter upon the track. Let
us have few more entries and a Hyelier
competition.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11

time to construct an affidavit which shall have less
personal true goodness in it and moro personal ex
perience among the bad men of Floridaf IDere
must be a great deal on his mind which he w0ult
be relieved by throwing OF and the public woulu
certainly be delighted TO receive it. f nc isn't aOie
TO draw ND an affidavit he Ought to be equal 10 the
trifiug exerion If pouring his experience hio .'o
willing ear of reporter ISM thero lil & H.
sufficient journalistic enterprise 10 B''c Hih 49,
latter opportunity
The Attorney-Goneral of South Carolina says De
has not sent full pardon to Senator Patterson but
adu its that Senator Butler is using all nS Inuencc
to have noiie pros. entered III the indictments
against him. Patterson himself is The authority
for the original report that he had been pardohed'
and he was probably only a little premature IN an
nOuncng it, He has certainly earned Iuii paIuVH,
and the South Carolina chlYary VIII Do ui w, ~,
its name II he does not receive ~ WlthouI AuI'"ei
extOrlOn.
While the Southern Senators have been tonng
down their speeches on the glorious charactr OF
JEFF Davis, the Southern press, taking their cue
from the speeches in their original glow, have been
seconGing them with editorial eulOgics equally @S
rhapsodIcal and lethal. They talk about the
"holy cause Of the SOUTH" about the lgnomIny Oh
"suing for pardon IN the b0ndsman's key" ana
declare that Davis committed no crime" AID has
no burden on his conscience. This Is valuable tes-
timony IN showing with the same startling eject
as the spc ches showed II, that the SOutu IS tAo
same to-day as IL always was; that 1t DoHcNe'
secession was "hOiy cause" and that tle pfihci-
pies which il represented are sacred and as nuch
worth fighting for now as they eyer were. his ls
the revelation which makes the North "stalWaIt
and SOLID in self-dcteuce.
The assistant Democratic, editor who the more
eiiectualv TO accomplish his sinister purpose, hOlaS
the flag Of "independence." has positive genius
for turning things wrong end foremost Thus one
Of the tribe seeks to turn the recent Democratic ont
rage at Kingston into reason for wInking at the
violence and fraud of the southern idozers. " lt
won't do" he says, " to shy stones too freely at
election troubles in the South until we clear onr
skirts Of Tuesdays outrage at Kingston" As II any
other than Democratic skirts needed clearing Ana
as if Democratic outiages upon free ballot at tho
North were a legitimate reason why Lepnblcaus
should f0rbear TO trouble themselves about the
worse because the more extensive and s,ftemauc
rasCaiites Of Democrats at tne South stones must
not be shed at the Southern Democratic luld9zrIS,
because the DemOcratsOf the North ar" Ike tHeW
In spirit and ready upon occasion 90 carry IN el.c-
ton by fraud and yiOlenccl Such i the T. s"ninf
of the assistant Democratic press. BNJ loet hot
this bnlldozng OF Northern Democrats i-i- ilte
the iup0r. ance of preventing the party nom 'hE
control o. TIC Government by the aId OF the SOhu
South Z
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
THE C1BLL,S SILVER WFDDIyG.

The gathering at the house Of 5ir. Cyrus w.
Field last night was a remarkable commemo-
ration of a remarkable event. The twenty
fifth anniversary of the formation of the first
ocean cable company was celebrated by
gathering of every member but one of the
original association and of some of their most
prominent cO-Worl,crs IN the enterprise; and
great number of distinguished people came
together to witness this impressive reunion.
The attention of the company, which was one
of the most brilliant ever beheld i'll NewIO IOrl
City, naturally concentrated itself upon the
man who may, with truth, be called tie
father of ocean telegraphy, and who las, IN
other ways likewise, done much work for
mankind. The liberal spirit and the bound
less enterprise of Cyrus W. Field have made
him rich in most honorable fame
The true significance of the commcmOratiOn,
however, was not in the presence of a large
and splendid company, of course, nor yet i'll
the assembage of the smaller group of now
historic characters; but in the vivid reminder
given to the world Of the amazing growth of
~ system which only quarter of a century
ago WAS merely one mans dream the realiza-
ton of which seemed to the mass of mankind
fairly Impossible.
Twenty-Five years have passed, and there
are today, as Mr.. Field stated in his address,
lover 10000 miles Of cable c.Ossing the
seas and oceansn This anniversary itse If
rs he went on to show, is u witness Of new
and great stride forward in ocean telegraphy
Duplex working across the Atlantic was
proved to be an accomplished fact 10y a DIS
patch which the speaker held in his hand
Teegrams may be sent in both directions on
the same cable at.Oncc, and thus the capacity
of all the ocean wires ia doubled. 1t was IN
the highest degree appropriate that the same
untirIng worker to whose genius in pcrse-
vrrapce we owe the Atlantic Gable should be
the main instrument III completing the tele-
l,raUbc circuit Of the earth, as he has been III
making il. There remains only one link more
to be forged in this wonderful chain, and this
work began also yesterday-that day of happy
cojnciienceS. With the laying of the Pacific
cable, connecting the California coast with the
sandwich Islands, and the Islands with the
great Eastern Continent, the globe will have
its girdle of electric fire complete. Seeing to
what this conception has grown in less than
generation, we may well hesitate even to
conjecture what its progress may be IN an
other generation. Its influence upon the arts
of war and peace, the methods of trade and
the manners of nations, upon language and law
and religion, upon all the processes OF diflusing
civilization, is beyond human foresight, and
NAV well serve as Il theme for rcyercnt
thnupht
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
POLIIICIL NOTES.
thought.

Senator Beck lays ont "A beautiful programme for
a procession 10 the bow-woWs.
The burrowing DAVIS seems to have taken up the
fishing business where Glover left OIL
There will be some original high-shouldered rub
a-,nb when Moses resnInes the editorial quill.
That unexpected Manhattan Club banquet has
not perceptibly boosted Chef-Justice Churc!fs
Presidential chances.
For the first time in several years there is a
Speakersllp contest without timber Mr. ). s. Cox.
Hence it's unparalleled SO!ennlty.
The jeff Davis eulogists will discover presently
that The Congressional Record is not a widely crcu-
lated newspaper, and that the public gets their
sDeecbes hot through other channels.
The Tilden wave is the only protuberance at
present visible the Democratic Presidential sea.
No other candidate is spoken of, but the whole
Marty is swallowing very hard and saying: "Oh,
how tremendously we do Ike 1t, thought"
General Ewiug's shrewdness never leaves him.
He does not believe in accepting Greenbacll nom
ination which can never end in an election, when
by bowng for Grecnhacks and remaining iu-
sIe the Democratic party he NAV IN time win a
corioint nomination on a straddling platform aud
win both glory and Office at the same time.
Wade Hampton is convinced that the last Con-
rress was right in refusing to pass tie supply bills
unless the election laws were repealed, and rather
than yield To the hepuOIcaus on ths question ne
Ill t,vor Cor. grrss sitting forever Tai, opiuion
couiuu from "a Senator who elected by "a tissue
ballot majority Is what might have been expected.
Judge West, who was the Republican candidate
for Governor of Ohio in the last campaign, seems 10
have a poor opinion of the man who defeated him..
He tells correspondent of The Cincinnati Enquire.
that Uncle Dick "has been like clean ch,p IN a
mush-pot-has done no good or harm u his party"
The Judge thinks the Republicans viii run TAFT Tor
Governor and ncIncs 10 the belief that Grant VIII
be- the man for 1880.
There seems to be no doubt but that "A new Tldon
organ is 10 be started III Chicago. 1t Is announced
TO appear next Monday, and Is TO DO called Tie Her
ald price cents. Ii will have a deputy-editor in
Chicago, but the editorial pabuiun viii be supplied
by the revived NincOmpOop Bureau IN Now-lork,
and sent on by mail and telegraph. Ilis Is where
Moses will bring his intellect and trpejOiuted Vo-
cabulaIy to bear The SheChnah letter Will be cut
up and served out first III enticing drlblets.
! How is Woolley Isn't he well enough by this
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11

of Republicans, chiefly black, had had the
audacity to gather on the same day at
church in another part of the town. and were
actually engaged in discussing plans lor
nominating candidates and making an enoI'
to carry the approaching election 1he
fortv-eight citizens declared that tins soi'
of thing must be stopped. IL was noun
ing less than "ngger rising anu
must j, promptly suppressed. Ihey huIi'cU
through the work of their convention COM
pleted their Democratic parish ticket, chose
nc contain their nominee for the Legislature
cot on their horses, and armed WIN rih''
and revovers, which they had prunenuS
brought with them to the Court HOUSE, tleS
moved in a body upon the enemy. tn0
ReDublirans. apprised of the coming OF thlS
menacing force, made haste to adjourn ther
meeting. and sought safety III Hight Inc
forty-eight citizens, among Whom ""s " n,'i
Der of Congress and an eA-neihoei'
made vigorous pursuit. Some Oh 'ne
Republican leaders were causht III the'i
houses. where they were mdlhG, c'nels
were chased TO the woods and maze theH
escape. The men who were cahShC "eIe
escorted out of town ut night, ana tOiu thaV
IN return would he certain death ali save
one. who was killed and his body thrown
into a swamp To make their work cohp'e'e
the forty eight citizens appolnted flSliIhce
Committpe TO keep watch Tor the men
in hiding in the woods, and the local Demo-
cratic newspapers published several articles
warning them that if they valued their lives
thov had better get out of the parlsh ana
=
Republican leaders were accused OF no crihe.
They owned property in the parish, were oiu
residents. had families. and, apart from theH
politics. were reputable persons ohe was d
Baptist minister and president OF an assocla-
tion of fifty colored Baptist churches. Ihrte
were native white men who had formerly
been active Democrats. The only ollence they
had committed was attempting to reorganize
the Republican party in their parish
There was an exceedingly quiet campaign ii
Natcbitoches Parish after thls Disk demon
stration of the fOrty-elght citlz'ns, ana the
Democratic ticket was elected without the
SLIGHTEST opposition. Not Rrpublcan vote
was polled. The bulldozed Republican lead
err. who had taken refuge in New-Orleans.
determined, however, to see whether the
Toited States election laws had any force
and effect in Louisiana, ana they went
before Grand Jury last Winter and
rave testimony against the forty-eight enter
prising Democrats. Indictments were found,
and tle cases came to trial but III spite OF
fine most conclusive evidence, the petit jury
found verdict of acqIittal. It seems that
the verdict was hailed in New Orleans as Il
Democratic victory, and the complete success
of one OF the most brilliant and effective
feats of bulldozing ever attempted in Louisl-
ana was celebrated with brass band and an
artillery salute. Evidently the election laws
are dead letter in Louisiana. Another thing
is equally plain: there will DO no further
attempt to revive the Republican party III
Natchtoches Parish.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
GENERAL NUfES.

Recently in one OF the Lowell Baptist
Churches the Bell telephone apparatus was placed j.
the pulpit on SUNDAY, and the service heard DIS.
tincty Dy people having connection with it IN all parts
of the city The singing. both tune and wOrd was
heard al FoKbOruugh ht,y-iyc miles distant, and, wa
FoxbOrough ~ Boston, eighty milo, away.
a peculiar and very sad case OF klcpt0manla
Is reported from Rochester In the person Of bavus
minister who han preached for tAity wears List J'nu
ary he took from show window IN china store vase
valued at about $40. The Was one of ptr' an"
Last Friday ho entered the store and took tn other lie
went away unmOrsted but at tue depot he was met by
two officer. who asked hm what he mad in his vise.
Atbi. question he was much overcome that he came
,car fanting and a chair brought to support him.
At trt lie denied that he had taken the vase. aud sand
hc n,, m il ot a man the street On the way to the
olce station ho continued TO protest his Innocence
Bat when he arrived there hs confessed that he had
taken both vases said he could not tell why he had
taken them only that ne could not help doing 80. lie
ya- terribly frightened aud begged for uclp IL Is said
hs Las peeu III fur tme ana Is now uhuef pl
cans care. This circumstance is citcd IN tAPanaAlOh
on his ,transr conduct lac has long been known Us
man OF upright aud correct life.
The Oxford aud Cambridge crews expected
fortnight ago to begin training with Lent aud 10 reach
Putney about the middle Of March. writer IN ne
PqH M1H GaEete who has them both, says the OK
ford men have found themselves suddenly without one
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
yOKyY-rJGHT CITIZENS.

An Associated Press dispatch from New
Orleans printed on small type i'll a corner Of
Mondays paper announced that torty-eight
citizens OF Natchitoches who had been cleared
by iuiy Of charges OF conspiracy during the
late election were escorted Saturday evening
TO the steamboat on which they left for their
homes by a volunteer military company with
a band Of music and that salute was fired
in honor Of the event.
These forty eight citizens were all Democrats
and white men. One day last October they
were assembled III the Court House OF the town
of Natcntoches holding Democratic conven-
tion. Word came to the meeting that u body
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
THE NEVIS THIS NOENING.

FoErIGN.-Princc Bismarck says that Germany
cannot he The first 10 heyI partial disarmament
60 A new transatlantic cable is beng made
- Predatory bands are looting villages around
CapdqLar. =- Wallace Ross, of st. John, \. b.,
beat Frank Emmett iD the boat-race on the Thames.
= The Moderate Republican papers IL Paris are
opposed To impeachment
DoNreTIC-A building in which town meeting
was ciug hold at North Berwick, Me- broke down
yesterday and drorped 500 people into the base
,nent many were injured. -- Yesterday was the
last dv for taking testimony the Court Of SoutL-
erD CLAIMS. ard evidence was presented
in over 100 cases = The city elections
in Maine show Republican majoritics generally.
- 1t i denied that there us yellow fever III
Memphis - The State Assembly yesterday or
derod the AppOrtonment bill to a third reading.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The twenty -hfth ami
versary of the formation of the first Atlantic Cable
Company was celebrated at the residence OF CYRUS
w. Field: many distinguished guests were present,
and messages were received from large number of
persons here and abroad - Charges were
preferred against Mr.. Talmaee before the Brooklyn
Presbvtery; public trial will be held. == de-
oison of Judge Barrett sustains the taxation Of the
New-Yolk Elevated Road as real property. =
Rowcll scored the first hundred mules in the
walking match, with Hartman second end VLeary
third. =- The sale OF tie Brnley library was be
,,,p. -- The liquor trade protested against the
new revenue laws == Gold value of the legal
fender silver dollar l412l2 grains), $3.50 cents.
Stocks generally dull, but closing firm.
Tar WEATHER.-TmBUNE local observations in
dieatc clear or partly cloudy and warm weather,
with slight chances of light rain toward the close
Of the day. Thermometer yesterday, 41o, go.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
rocKErIcuAEDsoVs HAMLET"

II is not easily possible TO deduce iroin
rail-, sncc a recital Is not an unp'rsonaton->ihc la'
r,urei. precise aud accurate ideal OK " character "cH
n may be- the intention of rcciter to convey IA'
aeal d.. Hamlet which suggested IN Mr. Rth r.7o"'
rcr,tal-iyen yesterday afternoon III thc Union 'So
,rlcntre before a numerous and brilliant auueN'--
seemei ragged in outline indefinite IN spif' """ d"
complete in form, as well as somewhat uuc'"'' ''-a
,,ior,rr IA execution One cause Of :nis checi. no
dornt WAS that the ARTIST had felt obliged IN Gun
densinr the TRAGEDY into his mOnoloSue' To Top away
and discard 50 many essential parts OF H. FRO" -,
commentary ON the play, howcVor-"A'eu "p'io1 -
tbrougn tbs reading and formed with II Ah 'h'u"o'o
and pleasing mosaic OF lllustraton-il "As
that he intended 10 interpret Hdn'!e' Us NO''' "-
New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
MUSIC AND mr. DRAMI.
THROUGH TIE DARK.

In recording the production of Mr.. Mac.
,ove', drama OF Through The Dark which was pro-
duced last night In the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and wit
NJ ssed By large assambaee OF representative persons
III may at once be said that the piece enjoyed the
favor of knd welcome, and achieved Respectable
success The author called at the END OF te Iooih
NET and similar civtes were extended 10 the manager
n, Hatkins the scenic artist Mr. c. W
Wi;halo and the stage machnis Mr.. Bensen Sherwood
Mp Hark1ns elected special plauuits by his act
uc and there were excited calls for him aud for
Mr. Joseph Wheelock. The public recognition OF Mr.
Charles Fisher and Miss Ellie wilton pdrtoOk ot 'ne
character OF enthusiasm and the proceedings OF hF'
Frank Hardenberg. Mrs. Louise Allen, Mss Henrette
Irving and Miss Geraldine Maye evoked expressions OF
iiy,v interest and pleasure. The representing
Waterloo Bridge in a sn0WstOrm, aroused lumut Oh
tea.urc Glad sounds, indeed, we're frequent hOid tp-
ucs were abundant. and the occasion maintained I" inc
last an air Of excitement and OF success iL'rV
il much N the drama 70 warrant saeh result a
particular specification OF its contents. when ."ou"
probably til two of this Journal, cannot no" DO
nodcltasen The curtain did not tai ill loo. Ino
cor OF the drama is indicated. not obseurey by s
t.rc Ui@tne picture Of painful ordeal II actuai me-
IFS fayorite characters are conducted through s'HOe
and sorrow To that condition Of pacMc malilh"Nd.
,.i,pce winch "a commonly regarded as "A haven OF
bappmrss The author has ald '"o '"'F'
prsr ON interest of complicated Story . 'neh
tuadtllHu tlt4A'ioh' "'"
,n,cted analysis Of the reaction OF conduct ana Oh
cr.u.n,,ances upon character. Probability Is mDch
-, n, fue Mol so that the play seems less lAo
,,.,., man ike the -ynop>g OI some oon''"'ioH''
,,., novel; The materials are not new ana the
.,,,,t p. not brilliant. Examination OF the cha''c-
-rr,. much discrepancy betwixt motive ana con-
,t ,rn.ra A. however, central purpose 81 h"inAn''
,,, fresh ,!iGacuc.sn the drama, aud TINS sNeS
=, ,,.,l and moral worth higher than us worm"
.,,.r, Tine Iiece indeed, contains 80 M"'I
ii ,.t mo- careful observer OF II VIII
Tu to regret that It should be oVeiWu
with pr,x detail, and that h should lack 'Ae anl''.
ot,.it, of ptopul-iva dramatic movement. I"e "o''
,iIi.,oI, review og Thtough the Dark would per
Inn. ., the .tatemenl of lis plot 10 see IL "''o" -
49,, ,,liur one # AInswOrth's novels hy telegraph
=. r,,, IA the category with After DARK A"' Lon
,... r,.. Henry Dunbar" aud other Weil->ho"u
Ir,inas of the lark, romantic. but also domestic
.ul exemplary kind. That Kind was never reI'i'u'""
,.l or OF enduring value The pres at specimen go"'
r il crrditablc for much excellence of construct 'o"
d, ,sarlu human sp ri, and duc mcio-raGiuc Pi'l''
l. WAS acted With vigorous earnestuess ana m-IA1N
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