Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-09-14
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

- The National Democratic Committee
has decided to urge upon the two wings of
the Virginia Democracy the necessity for a
speedy consolidation of their electoral tickets.
= Charles Bell, the young man who was
shot few weeks ago by Charles Hubbard.
died from the wound on Tuesday morning
It was thought that no would recover, but
for several days prior to his death he began
to grow rapidly worse. Young Hubbard is
in Jail awaiting the action of this Grand
Jury.-NarfinSJ"1g Statesman
Ga Tuesday morning, between 3 O'Clock
and daylight the barn and shedding on Mr..
9. Erb's farm were discovered to be en- fire.
and owing to the inf.mnable material 10
them they were soon DESTROYED Tho She'd
ding contained from SO to so tens Of hay.
and near by stood his straw stacks, all of
which we're consumed, leaving Mr.. Erb with
no provender for his stock except that which
his corn fields contain. The Ere was un-
doubleday the work of an incsndary.
Clarke Courier
The West Virgins Grand lodge, Ksigbts
of Pythias, was 10 session at Newhurg last
week, and eIeetsd The following es6cers for
the ensuing year: Grand Chancellor, J. T..
Stuck, of Newbere; G. Y. c., W T Logan,
of Martinsbure; G. P. W r. H.aton, of
Parksrsburg; G NJ of j.. j. T. Smith. of
Middleway; G. X. of r. aud s.. j. Rufus
Smith, of Berkeley Spriags; Supreme Rap,
Manor jenkins, Of Piedmont; g. II. OF A :,
J. II Moore, Of Wheeling; G. O. C Geo.
Biaksley. of Berkeley SPRING.; G. I. G.,
George L. Warner, Of Key.sr. Ths Grand
Lodge adjourned to inset again on the frat
Tuesday of September next at Berkeley
Springs.
- The steamer City of Vera Cruz, of til (.
New YORK and Havana line, was lost 10 the
terrible sales Of August 2Sth aud Goth. Tie
steamer, altar brarsy buf;atiug with the
Wind and waves for twenty -four hours, foun>
dsred about daylight on Sunday morning and
ct the seventy persons comprising h.r pas
ssnser list and crew, only thirteen re.ched
the Florida coast. Ths scenes on board dur
ing the night presiding her loss must have
bssn terrible. Every attempt to launch n
boat proved futile, as they ware imnad
atsty dashed to pisces against tbs vessel,
side, and ZACH succeeding wave, az it breks
over the desk, carried ono or moro of the
tsrror>stricken wrctchss who vanly sndsav>
orsd to lash themselves to the rigging. But
thirteen persess survive the disaster out of
total ct seventy who were on board. Gan
Terhsrs vas among the lost
- Referring TO tho fact that Republican
papers are paradins before their readers this
expression iu Wade Hsmptoa's S,aunton
speech: ''Pause before you east your vote.
Think how Lee would have voted; think
how Jackson would have done before he cas-.
vote calculated to divide his beloved Vir.
ginia, the Pittsburg Post remarks that
"thsrs is nothing in tho expression that any
Denoerst. or any patriot need fear, or wish
to recall 1t is not only certain that Lee and
jackson, it living, would vote for Hancock,
but it is certain that great many distin-
gulshed Union generala and Northern pstri,
o'a, including Judge David Davis, of Hi
nols, tbs personal friend Of Abrshsm lin
coils, will vots for him, and it may BIO addsd
that one surviving mel ber of Mr. Lnesln' g
Cabinet, Hon. Montgomery Blair, will vote
for him; and a majority of the members of
Mr. L'pssln's frat Cabinet wsuld. if living.
vote for him; and that Mr. Lincoln himself,
1t living, would probably vote fer him"