Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-03-29
TIE WHEELING REGIsTER'sOoR
RESPONDENCE.

LII 0O0A-
RESP0NDENOE.
Especial correspondent of the Wheeling
Register, who has been reporting that paper
N Washington the past winter, has made
the occasion of q recent visit to Richmond
an excuse for some vicious and utterly un>
founded filings at the people of Virginia and
the memory of their dead here, stonewall
Jackson, which might accord with the spirit
and malice of q bloody shire journal, but i'll
becomes the leading Democratic paper of our
State. We are both surprised and indignant
to find them published in its columns, and
especially as the writer, "J. F. b." is, as
ne learn, Mr.. j. T. Baker, a kiasman, we
suppose, of the chief proprietor of the Reg
sster. We shall not quote either his vindio.
ave alhssfon to Jackson, or Any of his flip
pant and ill>natured criticisms upon the
appearance or habits of the Virginia People.
Neither the memory of the former, nor the
reputation of the latter, will be affected BY
anything that "J. F. B" may think or say
about them. and We should not notice his
letters if they appeared in a Republican
sheet, where abuse of the South is part of
the capital in trade. We fully concur in the
spirited ebuke uttered by the Free Press.
although some of the letters had not ap>
psarsd when that sheet was issued.
WORTHY ENTERpR1sE.-We were pleased,
en- the occasion of a drive ON the Harper's
Ferry turnpike last week, to observe the
many improvements which have been and
are being made upon the fine estate of Col.
A. Boyd. of Philadelphia, Formerly belong
ing to s. Howell Brown. Esq. y a short dis
tanes below Charlestewn. The main dwell
ling, barn and all the out,buildings, have
been put in good trim and handsomely
painted. The weeds upon the farm, we
understand, were cut down last fall, Just
before maturity, and burned. Tho fine, large
orchard has been trimmed thoroughly, the
fallen brushweed removed, the entire orchard
Eaked over and made almost as clean as a
carpet, and the fencing removed from the
beautiful Usage badge surrounding it, leav-
ing its full beauty exposed to the view of
the passer>by. Besides, the farm is being
rapidly improved with hundreds of panels of
neat and substantial plank fencing. The
tive roads leading from the turnpike into the
Shepherdstown road are about being closed,
in accordance with a proposition made by
Col. Boyd to the County Court and accepted
by that body, and a much more direct and
convenient road is being opened, leaving the
turnpike at a point between the two old
roads and near the summit of tho hill at the
site OF the old fair grounds. This road will
lnure to the advantage of the travelling pub
BIC, and at the same time throw the greater
portion Of the Colonels farm together. We
have heard that it is his intention to erect a
fine nansion upon the summit of the old
fair ground hill, facing the turnpike. If
this is done, he will possess a truly magnif.
cent estate, and one to which we may point
with a just feeling of pride, in that our COM
nunity has made the accession of a gentle>
man of means possessing such fine tastes and
genuine enterprise.
Mr.. j. H. Baumgardner, a worthy farme.
from Pennsylvania, is steadily improving his
small farm near Halltown, and that village
itself has wonderfully improved within the
past several years, neat new dwellings now
being dotted here and there on every sido.
Muoh of this spirit of enterprise has been
due, in a great measure, to the judicious
management of Hon. D. B. Lucas, in placing
eligible building lots on the market at fair
rates.
The Halltown Paper Mill, an enterprise
which has added so much to the thrift of
shis village. is in constant operation, turning
cut its hundreds of tons of papsr>beard an
nually, and affording a coed market for all
the surplus straw Of this and adjoining
counties.
Our entire community was thoroughly
shocked en- Thursday last, by tho sudden
and unexpected death of John W. MoCurdy,
ESQ.,, one of our wealthiest and hast known