Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-02-12
February IL, 1855.
NEWS AND NOTIONS.

Dakota, having abandoned all hope OF
admission to the Union, turns a cold shoul-
der to the States and sends forth her biz
yards over the land with her accustomed
regularity.
The Ata's New York correspondent stated
very tersely the desires OF the people relative
to Democratic policy when he said: They
want Jefiersonian Administration for doc
trine, and Jacksonian Administration for
executive force and determination" This
hits the nail on the head.
The horse which Col. Clinton II. Meneely
rode during four years of the war died re-
Gently, aged twenty-eight years. At the
battle of Gettysburg bullet passed direct
ly through this horses head, and at Cham
bersburg he was wounded in the neck.
Charley" was very intelligent and was
greatly admired for his handsome form and
spirited step. He did not yield to the stroke
of battle, but old age was his conquerer
The Hudson (N. y Gasette will celebrate
its one hundredth anniversary by issuing a
centennial number, including a fac-simile of
the first issue, on the 9TH of April next. The
Gazette claims to be the Oldest Democratic
paper in the State, having espoused the
Democratic cause when the party was found
ed under the leadership of Thomas Jefier-
son, in 1900, and has continued an unswery-
ing advocate of Democratic principles to
the present time"
A lady living in Cambridge fastens her
sealskin sacque with silver clasp that her
grandfather picked up with an officers cloak
on the field at the battle of Waterloo. The
finder was young subaltern who afterward
became General in the English Army and
fought in the Crimean war. This clasp is
ornamented by the Prussian eagle, and tho
it has been in constant use all these years
still remains in good condition, and is now
quite in style with the oxidized cloak fast
enings ordained by presnt fashion.
Senator-elect Evarts is among the states
men who figured in youthful love romances
He fell in love with his wife when she was
sixteen and he green boy at college. She
was the daughter of Governor Wardner, OF
Vermont, and was as pretty as young Ev-
arts was homely. They became engaged at
her home in Vermont, and Evarts went a
way to New York, promising to return
when he had made enough to warrant the
proposed union. At twenty-five he had
made a name for himself as a lawyer and
was member of one of the chief New York
law firms, then making, it is said, total
of soc, 900 a year. At that time he married
and his wife, after bearing him thirteen chill
dren, is still we'll and happy.
Maj. J. G. Pangborn has compiled 4 very
clever volume in his latest edition Of the B.
& O. Red Book, to which he gives the Ia
king title of "The Revolution Of 81" IT
covers the more important states in the late
struggle most completely, and it would be
hard TO conceive of any data toward a
thorough understanding of the situation
which has not been considered. The book
is we'll worth the sending Of address, with
stamp, to {. X. Lord, Baltimore, for it
In typographical appearance the publica-
ton far surpasses all other political tex
books, all the figure work being clearly
printed and faultlessly set A feature o
reading matter is the data given of the
programme for the Inauguration, which
cannot but prove decidedly interesting tc
those who intend being of the great Ameri
can public assisting upon that occasion.