Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-04-30

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TUESDAY MORNING. apRIf So 1859.
Sir Julian Panneefotes the new
British Minister has arrived, lin Wash
mgton.
Prohibition by constitutional a
mendment is Overwhelmingly de-
feated in Massachusetts,.
Mr. WiLiam. n. Clements, general
manager of the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad east of the Ohio river, has
resigned. Nh. j.. T. odell, formerly
of:the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
will become general manager of the
entire b 8 O. system
The.organized militia force Of tie
United States, in large part highly
disciplined, numbers 101, 071, rank
and fie; the aggregate Of the Terrf-
tories, including the District of Co
hmbia, is 1925, making the total eff
fBctive force of the country LOG, 5O6,
while the number of men available
for military duty, unorganized, is
over eight millions.
Hon. E. John Ellis, of Louisiana,
died suddenly at his residence in
Washington City, last Friday 1Ir.
Kills will be remembered as one of
the brilliant Democratic orators who
spoke here on the day of our barbe-
cue last fall, addressing a large au-
dience in Washington Hall whilst Col.
L. Victor Baughman was speaking in
the courthouse.
The committee Of the West vir-
ginia Legislature on The gubernato-
rial contest met last Wednesday at
Charleston. The committee sat with
open doors, and Gen. Goff was pres
ent at the beginning. Judge Elem
ing was not present, but was repre-
scented by Judge Okey Johnson aud
j. F. Brown, his attorneys. The
committee on. Thursday adjourned
over until May s, at the request of
counsel on each side.
Guthrie, oklahoma, in one after
noon, from an insignificant station in
the backwoods, became city of 15,-
600 inhabitants, thus beating the rec
ord Of Western Z" progress" Within
six hours of the beginning of its.ex
istence the new citY~elected a mayor
and city council, polling nearly TO-
600 votes. Within a shorter period
It had lain off number of streets
and avenues, and had in operation a
bank and other business institutions.
The steamship Missouri, of BaIti-
more, rescued the passengers and
crew Of the abandoned steamship
Denmark of the Thingvalla Line, at
SEQ; March 9th, and throwing over
portion Of her own cargo to accom-
-.todate them, landed $40 passengers
and 40-of the crew at the Azores, and
continued on her voyage to Phila-
delphia and Baltimore with the re-
naming $40 passengers. Those left
At the Azores were taken to Lisbon:
Portugal, by another steamer.
The Washington correspondent of
the louisville Gourier-.1our1aal says:
John Mason, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, has been less than
FIVE weeks in Office, but during his
short incumbeney he has found time
to ask for the designations of every
Democrat in the bureau, from chief
of division to laborer. In other words,
he has dismissed them. His prede-
oessor, Joseph S. Miller, made no re-
movals and appointed Democrats to
I'LL vacancies caused by death only.
The audience to hear Capt. VIM.
Page Carter's readings at Wash
ington Hall, on Thursday night,
was thinned by the rain storm then
prevailing. Those who were present
however had an unusually pleasant
hour. The program, consisting of
quite number of original selections
and pieces, was so made up as to in
terweaye the pathetic and the humor-
Gus, prose and poetry in such rapid
succession that the hearer was kept
constantly on the alert. Some'of the
poems were very striking, especially
'4r am dreaming, / am dreaming, .
in which the dead generals of the
South were marshalIed in rapid pro-
eession, before the mind, each COM
memorated IN lives OF aft and terse
description. Briley joe and other
pieces in prose and poetry in the ne
gro dialect were exquisitely humorous
and at the same time true to nature.
The "Flve Angels" was a unique
specimen of true pathes.