Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-12-14
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

unusually long, though BY ne means = s.ri.
kingly able document. aad the portion bs.r-
ing upon the South will no doubt meet the
fall approval of ths sta1.arts of his party.
AS our readers, doubtlss.. do not care to
wade through its entire length of fifteen
thousand words, we copy the following sam
mary aud running comments Of The Rich-
mond DspatcA:
The message opens with the congratula>
tions usual as TO srops, prosperity, 30. 1t
makes q reference to the "peacsful trsnsnis>
sion" of the power of the Government from
his hands to air. Garfeld's.
Ar. Hayes libsls the South in reference
to the negroes. We need not stop to refuts
his false assertions on tho subject, nor to
notice his tuaddlo abouta solid South. He
adopts the stalwart programme t%hrougheut.
He substantially recommends the two houses
of Congress to keep a Republican m,iority
in each house by unlawfully and uneonstitu-
tionaliy Hnssating southern member elected
as Democrats. Gould pefidy go furthsr7
The message recon nenas grants of land
for educational purpeses-a good rscomnsu>
dation.
The President %rsvivss the civil service
humbug. or all the men in the world he
should be the last to touch this suhisot-hs
VIC allowed his oGcers ts sturap tbs eoun-
try fer Garfsld-he who appointed scores of
villains TO ofhos that aided in dsfrauding
South Carolina aud Louisiana out of their
vote for President in 1S76-snd who allowed
three several assessments to be made upon
all the clerks, mals and femals, in all the
departments of the GoTernneai to secure the
election of Garfield.
The President touches %polygsny, and, NJ
n Al mRAnR nf aYtIrnnkInr 70 raan4,nS.A Ak.
governing Of Utah By a oormisisn.
Our relations with foreign powers are rep
releDtsd as peaceful aad happy.
The President 10 charmed with tho state
eff the national finances. The receipts of
the Government last year were S333. $685.
6l6.9S; the expenses were 1867 ,642,957 Is.
The remainder, s73, 96s. OS7 Al, was applied
10 the redemption of bonds, &c.
The President recommends the retirement
Of the greenbaeks and the destruction of
their legal tender aaality. He believes 10
a currency Of beth gold and silver, bot wants
the gold dollar and the silver dollar to be
worth 700 cents each, and advisss Congress
to have the silver dollar enlarged.
The President says an army of 80, 900 is
ths leas. the country can get along with.
The President recommends that West
Point be put under officers on the retired
A7b - ~" ~ oVhoiA oViO4aIbt U uOp
to the negro. The President rccen mends q
comprehensive system for Improving the
Mississippi river and its tribatarieu. Also,
the Columbia river.
There is no hsrbor for vessels in The 500
miles of coast between San Francisco and
Oregon. Tbs President want. one. He
also wants a neH building for the War De-
psrtmenk.
The President rsconmsnds tina. General
GRAFT be made a Captain C General Of the
United States, with all that the title i'm.
plies! In his references to postal affairs he
advocates a universal postal system. Good
recommendations.
The President recommends an iaternsGi-
ate court between the Circuit Courts Of The
United States and the Supreme Court. Az
other good Recommendation.
The President closes with the usual 70.
commentators as to the District Of Colun-
bia.
CLARKE I~rEMs.-Frou tie Courier we
copy the following: IS
Mr.. G. r Hardesty recently had his knee
so badly injured in handling some cattle rs
to Recessitate the use of q crutsh.
Mr.. W. T. Ksrfoot, Of. this county, hs.
received frem Fish Commissioner Mcdonald
a supply of that splendid fish kaown as Cor
man carp, which he has placed in a spring
on his father's farm.
The Shenandoah Valley R. R. Co.. il 10
stated, will be a purchaser for the Atlantic,
Mississippi 4 Ohio Railroad, (of which Gen.
Mshene was lately president,) at its sale in
February next. Should thoy become the
owners Of this line, . direct outlet to the
West and South will at once be secured on
the completion of the link between Wayses>
Bore aud Salon.
Ga Saturday last a con of Captain J. d.
Locke, of this place, named Herbert, aged
about 8 years, while engaged in playing
with another small boy in his fathers stable.
slipped through the mow to the ground be,
lew, and in falling struck his head upon the
wheel or some other part of a vehisle stand>
ing in the stable, which knocked him sesss.
less. Drs. Page aud Mccormick, after sew.
eral hours labor, succeeded in restoring the
child to consciousness, and it is hoped ho il
now cut of danger.
BERKELEY CouNTY.-From The Martins
burg Statesrsan We copy the following:
We referred in cur last issue to the ex-
trena illness Of DR.. Charles c.. Boarpan and
this week the mournful tidings Of his death
reaches us through the columns of the Cali.
tornla Amad Ledger. a paper published at
Jackson, the town in which he resided. DR..
Boarmsn was born in this city, and vsa So
years old at the time of his death.
The Berkeley Circuit Court, Judge O. J..
Faulkner, Jr., presiding, has been. in SOS.
sion more than two weeks. Mes. of the time
has been tsken up in the trial Of criminal
eases, and the following have been disposed
of Charles e. Hubbard, indicted fer tho
murder of Charles Boil. Trial commenced
wednesday, a week age, and the jury
brought in a verdict on Saturday morning
last for involuntary manslaughter, fixing the
penalty at one year ia the stats penitentiary.
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