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Ifirit of Icffcrsmi.
Ctrafiefttinrn, Jefferson County, Wctt Ts.
TUKSBAT M0RSI56, SftVKMBKK 11.18T3.
THE BAILBOADS OF THE LOWEB
VALLEY.
The survey of the railroad route from Mar
tinsburg to Charlestown, for an extension of
'tha C. V. R. R. to onnnect with the S. V. R.
R. and B. & 0. R. R., at Charlestown, was
-completed last week. The line passes through
Raleigh Street, Martinsburp, and from the
southern end of that to the farm of Mr.
Sutton, on Snodgrass' run. Descending thia
run on a favorable grade to the bottom lands
of the Opequou Creek, the line crosses that
stream near Newcomer's mill, leaves the creek
bottoms at the mouth of Span's -Spring run
and follows the run to Span's Spring. From
thispointthe line passes near Mt. Zion church,
erossing the Smithfield and Shepherdstown
turnpike at Mr. George Wiltshire's farm, and
on his land a public road, at a jteint within
less than a mile of Leetown, thence passing
nflar Gol. Hito's spring and the main ridge of
?the valley between Col. Hita's and Mrs.
Daniel's. From the summit of this water
divide, the line descends on an easy grade
and in a straight course to Charlestown.
The survey of this route has proven all
that has been claimed for it, of being straight,
?having.easy grades and that it can be built at
a moderate cost. Why the B. & O. R. R.
did not oconpy this route in the location of
their road through this section, can onlv bo
acoounted for, by the fact of their not having
control of the W. & PI R. R. at that time ;
indeed, the present angular location of thoir
road shows the necessity of making a judioious
selection of oj|a of the various routes pro*
posed for a northern connection of the S. V.
R R. with the C. V. R. R. to Philadelphia,
and with the Western Maryland at Hagers
town, to Baltimore There are other matters
connected with this subject in favor of the
selection of the Martinsburg roufe, of which
we may -speak hereafter.
MANUFACTUKES IN THE SOUTH.
A paper has been published by Mr. John
B. Palmer, a manufacturer of cotton yarns at
the Saluda Cotton Mills in South Carolina, in
which ho undertakes to show that ho can
manufacture yarn.s cheaper than can be done
either at Lowell, Massachusetts, or at Man
chester, England. He gives a detailed ex
hibit of his own costs?item by item, exclud
ing labor, repairs, and materials consumed?
and shows that he can make a pound of No.
20 yarn, estimating the cotton at twenty cents,
paying freight and insurance to New York,
for 29 8 cents. The lowest estimates he has
seen of the cost of manufacturing yarns at
Lowell, inducing the same items except
freight aud insurance (the same cotton there
costing 22 5 cents,) is 34.8 cent*. That is,
he at the oouth can make five cents a pound
more than the Lowell manufacturer can upon
the same article, when both sell in the North.
Mr. Palmer further c'ompared notes with a
manufacturer of octton yarns in Manchester,
who gave him the co=t of manufacturing the
same grade of goods there. The result of the
Manchester manufacturer's calculation is that
n pound of No. 20 yarn (the cotton there cost
ing 24 cents) costs him 35.25 cents. Now if
we add freight and insurance from New York
to England to the co*t of the Southern manu
facture?that i*, add 1.5 cents to 29.08, we
find that Mr. Palmer can deliver his South
Carolina yam in Liverpool 4.68 cents a pound
cheaper than the English manufacturer can
offer his own there.
The New York Eoening Pout, referring to
these facts, observes that if the calculations
are correct?and Mr. Palmer is a practical
manufacturer and is in earnest?thero seems
good reason to expect a rapid development of
Ihe Southern products.
CEOPS IN WEST VIEGINIA.
From the report of the Department of Ag
riculture for the month of October, we take
the following statement of the crops in various
counties in this State. It will prove inter
esting :
Corn?Fayette : Not as good as expected ;
good rains all summer. Mercer : Great fail
ure on account of fjrub worms. Grant: Vast
quantities of corn frost-bitten. Braxton :
Mostly cut, and of good quality ; supplement
ed for hog feed by a large corn crop. Berk
eley : Much soft corn, resulting from worms
who.-<o ravages required frequent rcplantings.
Wheat?Tyler : Quality generally good.?
Brook : Injured by wet in the stack ; other
wise it would have been above average.?
Fayette : Plump aud heavy. Jeffersotf : Did
not thrash out as well as was expected ; qual
ity good. Mercer: Ilalf crop; quality in
ferior; injured by midge. Braxton: Yield
generally satisfactory. Harrison: A half
bushel of Fultz yield 3} bushels in spito of
winter freezing ; it stands winter better than
Tappahannock wheat.
Oats?Brooke : Injured ioshock and stack
by wet weather. Mercer : Above the aver
age. Schoncn did well; superior to most
other kinds; yield heavy. Harrison: White
Schonen and yellow Scotland oats both ex
cellent.
Potatoes?Tyler : Not much injured by
bugs. Brooke : Poor crop ; injured by Col
orado beetle. Fayette : About average. Jef
ferson : Late planting did not fill well.?
Marion : Dug early to escapo grub-worms.?
Braxton: Good. Pleasant: Muoh injured
by bugs.
R3T Ono-fourth of the working people of
Newark, New Jersey, are said by the New
York Tlerald to be idle. Three thousand
seamstresses are out of employment there.?
la Philadelphia thirty-two thousand work~
men, it is estimated, have been discharged.
All the iron works in tho country are curtail
ing their number of laborers; nearly all the
cotton and woolen mills are doing the same.
The railroads are using the smallest foroe with
whioh tliey can operate. From one end of
the conntry to tho other our seeming prosper
ity has suffered a sudden and disastrous col
lapse?a sudden wilting. This may not be
felt long by the richer classes, but to tho poor
it means a lack of work, money and daily
bread?a foreboding present and a hard winter
to face.
THE ELECTIONS!
V"Aof:r^^?y t
OLD'VIBGISIA STANDS FIRM!
Advances all Along the Line!
We Democracy in Line Once Afore-!
The results in the various States, holding
elections on Tuesday last, says the Lynchburg .
Regvbhcan, may thus be summarized : The
result in Virginia electa Kemper, Conserva
t,ve. Governor, and the balance of the Con
servative ticket by an estimated majority of
twenty thousand. In New York the Demo
cratic and liberal State ticket is also elerfted
by a deoided majority, while the Republican
strength in the Legislature has been materi
ally reduced. Id Massachusetts no substan
tial change is noticed, the State being Re
publican as usual. In New Jersey the Re
publicans loso in tho Assembly : they also
lose on -the general vote in Michigan. In
Wisconsin the long standing political stination
is reversed, a Domocatic candidate being
elected Governor, after a Republican su
premacy of many years. In Mississippi tho
issue was between two Republican candidates
for Governor?Amea and Alcorn?the Demo
crats supporting tho latter, but the chances at I
last accounts seemed to be in favor of Ames. I
The Kansas grangers worked successfully in
parts of their Stats for legislative candidates;
and in Illinois, where the elections were for
ocal offices, the grange party was equally
act.ve and successful. Arkansas elected the
Republican ticket nccording to tho latert, ac
counts. They only State of the number hold
ing elections Tuesday in which Republican
gains are mentioned, is Minnesota.
| WESTVIBQINULEGlS^A-rnBE.
In the Senate, on tho 29th ultimo, House
bill 60, "A bill requiring labor of convicts
sentenced to county jail?, was read a third
time and passed with its title. It has since
become a law.
In the Senate, on the 1st instant, Mr. Gus
ton offered Senate Joint Resolution 34, "Re
quiring our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to ask tho passage of an act provid
ing for a session of the United States District
Court at Martinsburg," which was laid over
for one day, under the Rules. Subsequently,
on tho 4th instant,-the resolution was amend
ed by adding "That the Governor be request
ed to transmit a copy of this joint resolution
to each of our Senators and Representatives
in Congress. The resolution was then adopted.
The Senate, on the 3d instant, unanimously
passed a Joint Resolution which was con
curred in by the House of Delegates with
only three negative votes, to adjourn sine die
on the Fifteenth of December. AH the leg
islation necessary to adapt the Code to tho new
constitution, it is asserted, will havo been ac
complished at that time.
The Constitution of the United States re
quires a re-districting of the States, by their
respective Legislatures, for congressional pur
poses, within three years after tho completion
of the census every ten years. It is, there
fore, imperative on this Legislature to perform
thia duty. The Senate has passed a bill tolts
second reading for this purpose. It leaves
the Second district as it now is and tho only
change in the other two is the transfer of
Braxton county from tho Third to the First
House Bill No. 181, entitled "An act re
quiring the Executive officers of this State to
certify.the election of tho members of tho
House of Representatives of the Forty-Third
Congress of the United States, for the several
districts of tho State," passed tho Senate on
the 4th instant.
On tho 5th, Senator Grantham introduced
a bill from the Committee on Privileges and
elections, providing for tho election of Con
gressmen in this State on the second Tuesday
in October next. After that time the act of
Congress regulates the election of members in
the various Statca.
?In the House, on the 5th instant. Mr. Legg
presented the petition of Charles James Faulk
ner, Jr., and 283 others of Berkelcv county
aakiug the repeal of tho l:quor law, which
was referred to the Committee on Taxation
What Grant Favors.?The President's
organ, tlio Washington Jtopuhficmi, says:
"Set it down as absolutely certain that
within five years we shall have :
"1. A postal snvinsrs hank.
"2. A Government telegraph.
"3. A bureau of railroads and transporta
tions.
"4. Free banking.
'?The monopolists and the rings may fi^ht
these measures and succeed in postponing
them for a time, but they are certain to come."
These measures Grant will probably recom
mend in his messngo.
iFflT" A Republican paper ?the St. Louis
Glohe?states, on what it calls "the best au
thority," that, very early in the next session
of Congress, one of the Connecticut Sen
ators will introduce a bill to wind up the Na
tional bank?, redoem their currency, and issue
greenbacks in their place. The Administra
tion organ at Washington states that wo aro
to have free banking.
The Staunton Vindicator says that the
late John 13. Baldwin's will bequeaths all his
property?real, personal and mixed?to his
wife, and appoints lier sole executrix, with
the request that the court shall not require
her to give any security. Tho estate was
sworn to be worth 845,000.
JEST" John W. Kennedy, Esq., ha9 been
admitted to tho praotioe of law before the
Circuit Court of Ohio county, at Wheeling.
JCSf Mrs. Lee, widow of Gen. Robert E
Lee, died at her residence in Lexington, Va.,
on the Gth instant.
Dr. Munseys Defense.
His better to Dr. Summers,* <Ts Head Before
Uohton Conference.
We publish below the material portions of
the letter of defense and explabetion from
Rev. Dr. W. E. M annoy, which was read be
fore the Hols ton Conference at its late session
in Marion, Va.
Dear Dr Summers-: It is published from
one end of this country to the other that I
use stimulating, spirits too freely. Their use
I have entirely abandoned, preferring to be
sick, or dead, than to lay myself liable any
longer to such complaints. I used them by.
medical and otherwise respectable advise
ment. Their ubo saved tny life. * * >
In 18C6 I was sent by Bishop Early to Alex
andna, Va. Always having a feeble, nervous
constitution, and never flinching in my life
from the post of duty and danger, my health
rapidly began to give way. Exhorted to use
stimulants, 1 refused During the eighteen
months I was stationed in Alexandria I tasted
ardent spirits'but a few times, and then only
?n cases of real illness ? nev?r as a beverage
1 never todk but one drink as a mere bever
age in my life, and that was when a boy At
the end of my term in Alexandria, I ought
to bave located for one year, but I had a hor
ror of such a step. I was then removed by
BishopDoggett to Baltimore oity. Baltimore
was our frontier work. The membership was
small; I had to make my own congregation.
\Y ith such an inspiration I gathered up all
my feeble powers, and did my bost in the
meantimo helping other charges all I could
My efforts to preach at this time were suc
ceeded by a kind of convulsive -vomit, and ?
this often followed by a severe attack of cramp
colic, which several times threatened my life.
I was told by friends, anjl among them the
late Dr. Thomas E. Bond. M. D. and Presi
dent of the Medical University of Maryland
to use a small portion of whiskey or brandy
after preaching, and if would prevent the
vomiting. T had to do it or givo up tho sta
tion and stop preaching. I tried it and it ef
fected a cure, and countervailed, after a time
the tendency to colic. Tho amount used was
small. The first summer I was in Baltimore
1 was threatened with paralysis, mv health
seemed to give way almost entirely, and I was
released from my work for nearly fourtnontha
I recommenced my work in October, but to
nil the pulpit I had to give up in a great de
gree pastoral visiting. The state of my health
caused mo to accept the position of Secretary
of the Board of Foreign Missions. During
that summer I was threatened with another
attack, and lost about three months from my
work ; but after that, my health, for the first
time, began to recuperate in such a way that
I thought I would have no more trouble ; and
if I had not been put hack into regular work
for a year more, I would not have been inef
fective, as I have been now for twelve months
Our troublo in Baltimore in 1872 kept me
at my post during tho summer, till I fell there.
I stayed, not because I was able to do the
whole work, but to prevent a demorilization.
1 had to use stimulant, or dosert my post In
addition to my threatened attack of paralysis
(Harvey G. Byrd, M. D? of Baltimore, be
ing one of tho physicians who made the diag
nosis). I havo suffered horribly with neu
ralgia. My brain would not bear opiates.?
Again I bad to use whiskey or brandy I
ceased awhile last February, but was com
pelled to resume their use for a while. I al
ways used them against my will ; and one
great purpose of my coming to the country
was tn get my nerves gradually relaxed from
the tensions of twenty-five years, so that I
could live without a stimulant. T wns mak
ing a battle for life, and in me it was no sin
? hence T never concealed it. My intense
horror of paralysis may have caused me, in
my mind, to exaggerate my danger. It threw
a gloom over my soul, and the year to mo ha?
been one of darkness ; though I could feel
the strong hand of God leading nie through
the shadowy ' Hut He knoweth the w?y
that I take : when He had tried me, I shall
come forth as gold." I could havo spared a
leg, an arm, or even an eye but my fault lay
uj't in them. God touched the point of am
bition, and I will abide His time. "He pre
formeth the thing that is appointed for mo ;
and many such things are with Him." I
uever dreamed that I could and would he mis
understood and traduced as a common drunk
ard, or that any of my brethren would ever
have boiieved it. But neuralgia or no neu
ralgia?paralysis or no paralysis. I have aban
doned its use in nny quantity, and in all cirs
cumstances, except the most extraordinary t.
c? it must be a matter of immediate life and
death, nnd never in the sense of atonic, or to
relieve pain, or in any continuous sense what
ever. I? would bo well for all to come, under
God, after careful thought, to the same con
clusion. In tho ond, all stimulants are physi
cal and moral curses. When I am able to
work without a stimulant I will work ; when
I am not able to work without a stimulant I
will rest I sacrificed myself to emergencies
without having the power in nil instances to
meet them. I ought to have taken tho adviae
of friends and gone to a place where I would
have had less responsibility and a better sud
P??- * * health is now better.
lour affectionate brother os ever,
W. E. Munsey.
Jonesboro , lenn , October 17, 1873.
A Conductor Collecting nis Fares
with A Cocked Revolver.?The Twenty
seventh Regiment, M. N Y.. had their
first parade and regimental drill on Tuo.-day
in Morrisinna. This regiment was organized
from tho riotous Third. At G 1'. M. about
hlty of these soldiers, who had absorbed large
quantities of red-eye, stepped on Conductor
Wilds train bound north, and after insultim*
a number of ladies refused to pay their fares,
threatoniog death to tho conductor if he at
tempted to eject them. Tho conductor de
manded their fares, and they attaoked him
with their bayonets He retreated to the car
door and they pressed hiui into a corner. He
smashed his lamp over one of their heads and
then drawing his revolver threatened to kill
the first man who raised his hand. This
frightened some of them and they Ftepped
back. Mr. Wild summoned Baggage Master
Johnson, and then locking the car doors he
with a cocked revolver before him and Mr'
Johnson behind him with a coupling pin col
lected every fare?Ar. Y. Sun, October 30/h.
The Narrow Gbaoe Railroad ?A com
mission has awarded damages on the lands in
and near town, and the right of way has been
secured through this couDty and a part of
Highland county. The commissioners awar
ded D. M. Switzer S12.50 for the right of
way through his land. Work has been com
menced on this end of the line, and will bo
vigorously prosecuted by the "contractor. It
is gratifying to note that the stringency in the
monetary world has not arrested movements
on this line of improvement.
[Rockingham Register.
iCST" We regret to announce that Mrs. Jas
II. McSherry, wife of the proprietor of the
"McSherry House." who was en seriously in
jured at the iron furnace, near Harrisburg,
upon the late excursion, is still confined to her
room. Mrs. McS. has the sympathy of our
entire community hi her untoward misfortune.
[Martinsbury Statesman.
The Railroad Tariff Bill.
fCorreapondcnce of the Wheeling Regwter.]
Charleston, October 28, 1873.? A bill,
considered by its friend? to be of great im
portance, is the bill to establish a reasonable
rate of charges for the transportation of
freight and passengers' on railroads in this
?Mate. 'It bas passed the Senate and is on its
second reading in the FIouso. As it frill
probably pass that body I condense its pro
visions Tor yonr benefit:
All railroads doing business in this State
are classified according to the gross amount of
their representative annual earnings per mile.
Glass A includes railroads whose annual earn
ings per mile s'hall be $10,000 or more ; class
B those whose earnings are 88,000 and under
810:000-; class C, over 84,000 and under
S8.000 ; and class D, thoso under 84,000.
Railroads according to this classification are
limited iD their passenger fares as follows :?
Class A, 2j Cents per mile, for any distance^
class B 8 Jo* 'class C. 4Jo ; class D l5 Jc.
These rates are required to be kept con
stantly and conspicuously posted in the vari
ous ticket offices and depots of the respective
roads, together with a table oi' distances be
tween each and every station on the road, and
a statement showing the class to whioh the
road belongs. For a violation of any of these
provisions the party aggrieved may recover
the sum of 8500 from the railroad company,
together with all costs oi suit and a reason
able attorney fee.
Freights are divided into six classes, and
the charges for distances of over fifty miles ?
shall not exceed the following amounts : 1st
class, 3jc per ton, per mile; 2d class, 3}c per
ton ; 3d class, 2}o per ton ; 4th class, 2o per
ton j double 1st class, 7?c per ton per mile ;
one and one-half 1st olass ; 5|c per ton.?
For shorter distances than fifty miles, and for !
quantities less than one ton a Blight increase |
over the above rates is authorized.
Many of the members of the Legislature
do not feel themselves well informed upon the
Tates fixed in this bill, whether tliev are gen
erally just to both the shipper and the public
carrier, whether a reduotion or increase in the
price of freights will be the result; and they
would be glad if those who are posted on the
subject wonldfavor them with proper infor
mation. I would suggest that communica^
tions on the subject be forwarded to the Reg
ister for publication, Bnd their suggestions
will thus be brought prominently before all
the members of both houses. It has been
sugeested to me that the fares for passeneers
have been reduced by this bill, and that the
rates of freights are increased. If so, I pre
sume it was so arranged by the keen?witted
author, because every one knows the price of
passenger fnre as well as he knows the prico
of a pound of coff*je, but does not understand
any more about the rate per ton per mile on
freight classified in the most complicated man
ner, than he does the price of fancy goods or
furbelows. How this may be, I, for one, am
entirely iguorant. ?
M4JOR I. GllEKNE.?An 'article having ap
peared in tire October number of the South
ern Magazine, upon the subject of the John
Brown Raid, in which tbo writer failed to
take any notice of] the part Major I. Greene,
of Berryville, played in that historical scene,
Captain Win. N. Nelson, of Ciarke county,
sent the following communication to the editor
of the Southern Magazine, correcting the in
accuraties-of the writer referred to :
Eihtar Southern Magazine :?A friend
calls my attention to a i-taienient in the Oc
tober nuu-her of the magazine, paire 446,
which is incorrect, and docs injustice to a gal
lant -fr;end of mine. It was and is so noto^
rious that Major Israel Greene was the lieu
tenant of marines who captured Jf.hu Brown
in the ensine-hou'-'e at Harper's Ferrv, that
it is impossible to understand how an account
could be uiven of that al??>r without any men
tion of his name. 1 do not now recollect to
have heard of tlm name of Lieutenant Stuart
in connection with it. W hoever may have
called on Brown to surrender, Major Greene
led the attacking party. I have frequently
spoken with him on the subject, and h:s ac
count? reticently and modesty civen was,
not that the door was battered down by the
ladders in the hands of the assaulting patty,
but that a hole was made in the doorj proba
bly a-panel broken in, through which he im~
mediate'y forced his way into tho engine
house; ho struck Brown on the head with
his dress-sword, inflicting a wound not ve.ry
severe, when Brown surrendered without fur
ther resistance. This corresponds with the
account current at the time, and long before
I knew Major Greene. Major Greene lost
everything by the subsequent and belter or
ganized invasion of Virginia when ho left the
United States Marines for service in the Con
federacy. and the credit of his gallaht condbCt
at the Ferry should not be taken from him.
Wm. N. NeLsom.
Prospecting for Ocmi..? Wo hud the
pleasure of meeting in our oitv on Wedoes
day last, 0. W. Chamberlain. Esq., son of our
friend John Camberlain, of Jefferson, who id
now engaged at the Laclede Iron Rolling
Mills, St. Loaisj Mo. Mr. C., in company
with other gentlemen, made a visit to Meadow
Branch, in this coqnty, for the purpose of ex
amining the quality of eoal which has been
discovered on the lands of Mr. Sharff, and
others in that section of the county. Mr. C.,
secured a number of pare speciiuehs, which
he means to carry with him to St. Louis. It
is his opinion that fine anthracite coal exists
in quite a laruo vein at this point, which only
needs proper development to make ?t val
uable.?Martinsburg Statesman.
Presentation.? One of those pleasant
affairs which show the good feelings which
exist between employer and employe, took
place at the B. & O. R. R shops, in this city,
yesterday (Tuesday) noon. The departure
of Mr. S B. Crawford, Master Mechanic, to
Parkersburg, to which station he has been
recently appointed, was made the occasion of
presenting him with an elegant gold watch
and chain, by the engineers, firemen, m><
ehinists, carpenters, boiler makers and la~
borers belonging to this station. The watch
and chain were presented by J. B. Moore,
foreman of the turning shop.
[ Wheeling Register, Nov. 5.
Bear Kilt.ed.? Our friend, Mr. William
G. Shaver, has handed us a portion of a large
black bear killed on Col. George E.Dencale's
farm, near Harrisonhurg, on Thursday morn
ing of last week. The bear was crossing Col.
D's. meadow, in frnnt of his dwelling, when
first discovered. He was chased by Georse
Hall, and was soon treed by Mr. Shaver, with
Col. Deneale's dogs. He was then shot by
Jacob Hall, w'th a shot-gun. The women
acted with wonderful courage, following the
bear with axes, clubs, tic., until it was killed.
The animal was a large one. about two years
old, and in good order.?Rockingham Reg.
E3T The venerable and esteemed Bishop
John Early, of the M. E. Church South, died
in Lynchburg, Ya_, on the 5th instant, at the
advanced age of 87 years.
StS~ General W. J. Hardee, of Selma Ala.,
a distinguished leader of tho late war, died at
Wytheville, Virginia Thursday morning.
Republiean Sentiments.
The Wfieeliug Intelligencer, (Radical,) in
its issue of the 5th instant, indulges in the
following oomment on the recent elections
The returns from New York, Virginia and
Wisconsin, as far as received, indicate that
the Democrats have carried all-three States.
The llepubliosnB carried them ail last year.
We are not, of course, surprised at the result
in Virginia. We have already expressed oar
anticipations of Such a result. The Repub
lican majority for Grant last year in that
State was not a true indioatinn of 'publio opin
ion. He carried it by default, because the
Democrats were panic stricken oVer the result
in Pennsylvania at the October election.?
But in New York Gov. Dix had Over 50,000
majority last year, and it looked 'is if there
ought to be an evfen'chhnce 'thiB year anyhow.
The Ohio epidemio, however, is abroltd in the
land. The Congressmen who voted them
selves rich are hearing something or somebody
drop on every occasion. This statfe of the
publio mind is still more forcibly 'shown by
the returns from Wisconsin where Grant had
18,000 majority last year, and Washburn,
now defeated, had over'9,000 in 1871. And
equally bad are the returns frntn Massachu
setts, where instead of 70,000, as last year,
w* have ten thousand this year. ^Tbis is the
worst case of shrinkage we have seen Bince
the panic set in. It indicates tha't if we had
about one more "salary grab" and another
Credit Mobilier to encounter it would re
quire a search warrant to discover *the exis
tence of a Republican party.
County Items.?From the Shephefctotown
'Register of Saturday we clip the following
items :
Fair Notice.? The Southern Methodist Con
gregation have determined to hold a Fair du
ring the approaching Christmas Holidays to
assist them in raising the debt off their Ch urch
propefty.
I'ro'h'acted Meeting ?Protrftted services
hB've been held in the M. E. Churoh-, South,
Rev. A. A. P. Neel. Pastor, during the past
week. Rev. Mr Wade^ of Charlestown,
pleached on Sunday morning and every night
since. He is a very able minister, and ad-,
mired very much by our people. We trust
that this congregation ms'y meet with sucaees
in their endeavors to do good. We under
stand that Rev. Mr. Carson, of Winchester, is
expected the latter part of this week.
Raid on Sheep.?Last Thursday night
the dogs made a raid upon a dock of sheep
belonging to MK P. M. Pierffe, grazing in
Mr. E. C. Marshall's field, immediately east
of town, and out of the 80 sheep composing
the flock, killed and wounded 18. Seven dead
Bheep wero found lying in our streets the next
morning, whither they had been pursued and
killed by the dogs. Several dogs about town
believed to have been engaged in this attack-,
were subsequently killod. Mr. Pierce's loss
is not much under S100.? Clarice Courier.
Rencounter.?A rencounter occurred on
our streotB on Monday evening between Bob
Crow and Spott Brown, both colored, tbout
polities. Brfb noted for awhile, as ilf ho had
a brave heart, but bis cowardly legs carried
him out of harm's way as .Spott seized hold of
a brick to mako use of it. Henry Brandy's
timely arrival prevented the shedding of blood.
Our Colored fellow-citizens were divided in
their support of tho "independent" candidate
lor the Legislature.? Chtrf.-e Courier.
Fibk.?On the nifiht cf the SSth ult., a
tenant liouso on the farm of C:i;t. Win. N.
IvTelson, near Millwood, fem consumed by fire.
The hnuso had just been finished, nn-1 a fen
ant (Mr. Fletcher, of Knppahnnnoek,) taken
posession of it on that .day. The lire proba
bly originated from thn stove?n warning to
every one at the openine of winter to look well
at their flues, and see that their chimneys are
bnrned rpc'ilnily.? ChirJ.-r. C">iri'-r.
M A RKIftO.
At "FnirVMV," An.nTtirl'1" eon?'*y. Va.. on
Wedoesdin-.(ie'">".r ?OVi. 187*1. hv Rev. Dr. C. T
Davis, .TAMES W. SHIRLEY, nmm'^r nf the
Houho of X).?li?r"i+'>s from JofVrson ennnty, W.
Va.. to Miss JULIA T.. daughter of Tnonias O.
Bowen, E>q., of ttie formor county. [No Cards-l
In the Presbyterian Onrch. in Clinrlesrown,
on Ti'e?"':'v mornine. Nnvnniho- 4th. 1873. br
Rev A C. Honkins. D\NIET, HEFLEBOWER
t-i* M**s FANNIE SCHAEFFER. daughter of
Wm. Schnefler. Esq.,?all of tnis county.
In Clarke conntv. Vs,. on Wedne?dn<\ }f*ve*Ti
Jier 5th. liv R.'V. T F. Martin. CHARLES HAR
VEY. of RnHimore, Md.. to VIRGINIA MAR
SH ALL-daughter of Thornton P. Peodloton.
Esq., of Virginia. [No Cards.]
At the residence of the hride'o fn1 '? t*r. on the
SO'h ?it? ?iV Rev.Wm T. Piire.HENRY A. CON
VERSE. Esq.. of Louisville, Ky.. to Miss MAG
frlE ELIZABETH, daiiKhten of David Rear,
Esq.. of Ri ckineham eonnty. V:i. [No Cards.l
On the 30rh nit.. in M'TtniKburtr. bv Roy. J. W.
Hoeo. CORKIN O. TABLER to Miss JESSIE C.
VANMETER?all of Berkeley county.
On the SOtN n't., at the resid'-nee of D. C Rv
erp, bv Rev. J. W. Howe. OEORGE W.EMRER
SO^J to Miss MARY BRILHART?all of FalliuB
Waters, W. Va.
In Martiiislmrr. on the 2f>rti nit., by Rev. J. F.
Oekerman, LEWIS WEBER, of Cnmbe-land,
Md., to Mi?s VIRGINIA BRADSHAW, of Mar
tinsburi!, W. Va.
On the 23d up., et the rosid-n'ee of Etn<inn?-1
Gross, bv Rev. G. H. BeeV'y, JOHN W. VIOLET,
of Jefferson ronniy, W. Va., to MARY ELIZA
BETH READER, of Washington county, Md.
In Martinslmri'. on the !Sth nit.. by Father P.
J. O'Keef-.Mr.JOBN HIKSH to Miss SALLY C.
HOUSEWORTH?all of Berkeley county
At the residence of the b-ide's father, J. Wnvt
Belt, near Staunton, V;i.. Oet. 30t.h, V,y Ri-v. W.
E. Baker, S. D TIMBE RT, AKE. foi.nerl" of
Frederick conntv,to Miss NANNIE D. BELL.
At her residence near Knhletown. in tills conn
tv. on the nigh c of tho 3d inst.. Mrs- LUCY
WTTHEROW, aced about 83 years.
Near Pheoherdstown. on the 15th nit., Mrs
ANG KLINE MUCK, aeed 85 years.
On Tiisoarora. Berkeley county, on the 22d
ult., ANNIE, dancrhter of William F. and Eliza
J Amey, azed 3 years, 6 months and 22 days.
NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS.
ESTKAYJMEEP.
ESCAPED from the farm of John G.
Shirley, Esq.. rear Middlewa.v,
the 5th inst... SIXTEEN SHEEP, of t\injE?zfS^
Improved Cotswold breed, among them a larzo
Cotswold Buck?a portion of tbem with a slit in
each ear, and the remainder slit in the left ear
abd a bit out of tho right. A liberal reward will
be Riven for tneir capture and return to the un
dersigned, or for information that will lead to
their recovery. GRIM&BROTHERS.
November IX. 1873?3r.
2WtXXJXJITNT2?a?l.-^Z'.
MARY E. DAVIS invites au elimination of
her FALL AND WINTER bTYLES-the
Latest ont?which she is n.?w opening.?
She returns thanks for paat patronage, and so
licits continued custom.
November 11,1873?3t. [F. P. copv.l
dentaiTnotice.
DR. McCORMICK will visit CTharlestown,
professionally. on Monday, November 9 tti,
and remain a week. Office at Sapnmgtou Hotel.
November 11,1873?3t.
Wasted;
A GOOD MILCH COW, for which a fair price
XI will be paid. Apply at thn
Nor. 11, 1373?3t. SPIRIT OPFICE.
LAMPS, Lanterns and Lamp <Joodajo?t rrceir
ed and for sale by CEO. T. LIGHT.
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SELLING OFF
? ft
AT COST!
*U1 o^r -ontil the Zil day of jiiuary,
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
tiry Goods;
CLOTHING, BOOTS, S^ES, HATS,
AND
? ? ' '
Fancy Goods,
AT COST,
TO *CLO$!E BUSINESS.
Partieiwi.hinptolayin their supply or Good*.
.nhOW. t*le,0"P0r'un>'y of doinp .a, ?? we leave
?ere the l.t of January, and our eni're .lock mail
w *d?u'- J- ROSE ? "RO .
NovemberJ I, IS73 Under Free Preea Office.
PUBLIC SALE.
count \, \> . Va , on the Opequon Creole, on
IVEDNESDA Y, NOVEMBER 19,1873,
ALL MY
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
ConpiBtinir. in pan, of
Five head ?f CATTLE
Two BROOD SOWS nu'd PIGS,
ONE WHEAT FAN,
One Cattinc-Box, One Rnllin? Screen;
One Horse-Cart. feprW Wagon ; '
bet vf Carnasre Harness.
One Revul?ii.fr and Ono Wire Rake
A Set of Cabinct-Maiker's Tools,
Lot of Soasoned Cherry Plank.
bintfe. Double and Triple Trees
Two JIout Tnbs,' and many
other articles not necessary to enumerate
TERMS.?A credit of Nine Months wi'l h?
given p.. sums of Ten Dollars and npwanls. bv
IS ? ,r-ci?a*er R'V'"K bond aud approved secpri
J^i7 i1..1"CU!'0St *rom date; if paid within ma
tunty the interest will bo remitted All " nuts
under J on Dollars, Cash. No piopert v to ho
i 41,0lollu8 n,e complied with.
?=? t,ji0 to commence ut loyclock. A. M.
November 11.1873?2r. ^
SPECIAL REPORT,
O ROWING tho relniivo condition of Fir-t Na
O tioii.it l.anK of JefleiKon at Clip lesion o nt
close ot businoss OctoberI8M1 andKovembVrlsl^
IlJiSOURCES/
jVonnm.i Account 9.524.t3 S t-.J sa
k?*nl Estate, * urciture and 63
Fixtures 9 *01 0= <*?<>*?.
Expend net. U Taxcn Paid 1 ,'lk.04
Prolcnt Ac't. Overdra/te. 76 67 ' c?j*m
I)u? from Other Hanks 7.357V> r
Ca.honHaud 11 ,314 39
? 1M.M9.4-1 $ 162,725.76
1IABIUTIES.
Capital Slock Paid In 76ViniM'iQ ^sTlOlVno
&JSSZ
gurn.ua & Dividend; UupJd WJS
Ssftwtsiarr.: :sx 8S?
Out (o Other Hankd 295.43 ' *371.^6
(f 169,590.44 $1*2.7:15.76
l..^SanifUV,,?OWA1'-C"!;i'-r,p' ,b'Fir.t National
ewe^r tK.^h!r*KD " Ch*r,?'ftown. do Mlemnly
ewear that the above account la true, to the but of
my knowledge and belief
N . ,, SAMUEL HOWELL.
November II, 1S73?It. Caahiir
BALTIMORE ANB_OIIIO RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE of PasscngcrTrainsarriring end de
parting at Harper's Ferry Station :
TRAINS GOING WEST.
Cincinnati Express via Washington.. 10 26, A. M.
St. Louis ?? %# ?? 10 04. P.M.
Mail Train ?? ?* " old tr'k 12.00, M.
Winchester Acc'n " ?* " " 8.08, P. M.
TRAINS GOING EAST.
Cincinnati Express vis W>*hine?on.. 8 04. A. M.
St. Louis Exprea* via Washington... . 7."S, I* M.
Mail Train via Old Track to all points. 1.06, P. M.
Winchester Ac'n " ** .... 6 45. A.M.
Trains od Main Stem make close connections at
Harper's Ferry wi'h trains running on W. p. & 8.
Division toStrasburc and points farther South,
At H?gerstown Junction with trains for Hagera
town, &c.
Through Tickets to all promiuent points West,
South. East and North.
Tictcet Office open for all passenper trains, day
and niarbt. Comfortable facilities .for waiting pas
sengers. A. B. WOOD, Agent.
Harper's Ferry, Nor. 3, 1873.
LAMPS, LAMPS!
CALL and examine onr stock of Lamps, just
opened, comprising-all styles and varieties?
beautiful pairs of Stand Lamps, exceedingly cheap,
also House's Patent Safety Lamp, which renders
kerosene oil as safe as any fluid burned; in fact
they are perfectly free from danger.
November 11 . 1873 W. 8. MASON.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
rAM obliged to go below in a short time to re
plenish my stock, and call upon all my friends
to come forward.and settle their accounIt. All will
be furnished with a statement during the next
week, and I hope all will heed.
November 11, 1873. W. 8. MASON.
PARLOR LAMPS.?Half dozen paira splendid
Parlor Lamps for sale by
Nov. 11, 1873. GEO. T. LIGHT.
/ \IL PAINTINGS?The finest kind of Oil Paint
* ' ings now for sale by GEO. T. LIGHT.
SCHOOL BOOKS.?My stock of Books is com
plete, comprsing Histories, Readers, Arith
metics, Grammars - English and other languages.
Will sell all School Books on time to responsible
parti *. <3EO. T. LIGHT.
*T*OB ACCOS?Pride of Virginia at 75c : Durham
-1 Genuine at 76; Dogtail70 ; Gravely Chewing,
Heathen Chinee at ?1. The l?eat Tobacco in town.
Oct. 7. 1873 GEO. T. LIGHT.
(11G A RS.?The very best Cigars sold in town and
y at prices from 5c to 15c each. No cheap or dam
aged stock on hand, Will sell by the Box at a dis
c nt. GEO. T. LIGHT.
\/T USIC.?I constantly keep on hand a supply of
i'l Music, and will furnish any piece pnblished
on the Globe in 3 days, at Publishers' prices. Dis
count in fnror of Teachers. GEO. T. LIGHT.
COAL OIL.?A a Winter approaches Coal Oil ad
vances. Will make heavy discount on ten gal
lons for Cash. GEO. T. LIGHT.
PEARL'S White Glycerine.?This preparation j
penetrates the akin without injury,decolorizing |
| all a pots, and eflectually removes the various faults
of the complexion. It bleaches the skin to marvel- I
| lous whiteness, eradicates all spots, freckles, tan,
| moth, patches, black worms or grubs, impurities
j and discolorations of every kind. For sale by
Charleetown. June-17. C. E. SELLER.
MONEY, Time, Labor and Leather Saved, by i
using Jaequot & Co.'s Celebrated French
Blacking. Buy no other. For salt by
July 1,1873. C.E. BELLER
\JLJ ASHING CRYSTAL.?Flannels and delicate
* * colored articles become beautifully clean
when washed with the Crystal. For sale*by
Chsrlestown. C. E. BELLER;
CARBOLATE of Lime?the best Disinfectant
Pow/er in use to prevent or stop decomposition
and all noxious odors, and to destroy insect life and
germs of disease in Xh6 tit?tor sale by ....
July 1, 1873. C. E. BELLER.
HSW ABV-EETISEMENTS.
FOU S AT.E.
Stock of Goods.
T OFFER for Sale, entire, the STOCK OF
I GOODS lxioiiui-iC to the Kst.itp of W. C.
Smerer. dece ased, and the STORE-ROOM will
be RENTED to the puichascr of etie goods if
de.siicil. . ?' . .. r .
It seldom occnra that snch an opportunity pre
sents itself of doinsr at onxtk an extensive and
profitabi,- business, as this establishment has
always commanded a large share of public i>a
t milage- E. N. SHEKRER.
Oc >her 1", 7873?tf. Exi-curnr.
CONSTABLES NOTICE.
"IVTOTICE is herei'3* ?v?n totlieTiix-Payers of
Osburn District, JeffersouCounts, that the
DELINQUENT LIST t.f said 1 >istrict for the
vear 187a bus been placed in inv bands for Col
lection, by order of ttie Conuty Court, and that
I will, from this data, cliarpe Interest on all
Taxes Unpaid ; and I will rurther say to all who
mav be c.iucerned. that after the 1ST Day of
Novkmbkh, 1873,1 will commence to seize and
sell the property of all parties who nealect t6
avail themselves of this notice, ns this is the
last- I will be oomi<elled to make retnrn to the
December Term of the County Court.
MICHAEL C. ZOMBRO.
Countable ot Oaburu District.
Oct. SI. 1873?tD3.
" FINE TOUIffi HORSE FOR SALft
?<OR sale. afioeTonnjtHORSE?abglifc
Bay, 17 bands'hiab, five years old this*/
L works well in siuale or doable box-A .
ness, and is a brisk and stylish mover under tb
saddle. Warranted sound and t-en tie. Price. fl5,
one-third cash, the balance in 6 and 13 months,
secured by negotiable note witn Rood ? Vttdoreef. -
Enquire at the SPIRIT QHKC?.
November 4. 1S73?3t.
THE AMERICAN FARMER
BEGINS a new votarae January 1. This is an
old established standard Farmer's Pnpei*,
devotee to agriculture and its interests. Spo
cial attention is itaid?besides that uiven to tho
staple crops, artificial and home-made manures,
&o.,?to Live Stock. Fruit Gmwinn, the Dairy;
&c. Some of the ablest of Amerioau agricultu
rists wnto tor it. It is Practical. Substantial;
Reliable. 81.50 a year. To clubs of live or n.oro
only fl each. Very Liberal and Ham-some Pre
miums for Clubs. Last three numbers of '78 free
to all new names reoeivod before Dec.SI. Spec
imen Numbers free. A cents wniiietl evoi-ywhere.
SAM'L. SANDS & SON. Publishers.
November 4.1873-Su , .Baltimore. aid.
SURVEYING, ENGINEERING, &C.
TT A VINO resumed tbe practice of LAND SURi
I I VEXING, ENGINEERING AND CONVEY
ANCING. and haviuK iwsoe'atedmvson. J. M. D.
BROWN, with me in tue business, wo offer our
services to my old patrons of Jetiorson, Clarke;
Fredeiick, Berkeley ondLoudoun. and all others.
I will also teach Phonography wherever a class
can be formed, or to individuals, on retainable
terms. JAMES M. BROWN.
Sefrt. 30.1873?tf.
FALL MILLINERY !
(\<TRS MARY HENSON lias just received from
i'-l Baltimore-her Fall Stock of Goods?HON
NETS and HATS, BONNET and HAT FRAMES I
RIBBONS, FLOWERS, &c.? and invites the la
dies to call nud examine. Will take some Coun
try Tiade. Residence on Congress street, Lear
the residence of Thos. C. Green, Esq.
Ohorlestown. Oct. 21. 1878?'in.
I Wbcot;
rsr# & to a^ ?* & $*.? tlio
_ Nov. 4,1878-tt. E. M. AIK^TTrmr gr
^icfc
bquare.Jv.V. Uli? 181 Chaibaiu
* ?'? Oiiliw.
REVERSE ^Rtlp,'AN-~i-"^
?Medicine* thai proatr?te?hI^?i T" Bnd violc?t
Wlouri Purifier, try M A Mil Ste'*' "nd for "
Dandelion whicft act. on^eKMr. Bu' h" ""?*
Bowel,, and Jemove. the ;ldpc/*-and
by opening it. outlet*. P "* o1 ,he ?Tatem;
02Hw. W" c ;HAB*ILTON ft /CO.;
?????? tJ.uriDn.tf, Ohio.
G Si.UmlrLVMi"i't,,C?iMn,?1D' Th?
accu^atr. ]ll,?.,r,,.d pri( c? ,u?rl,\/f,d "" n,0,<
~~1 i (i214 w
P^^^-enJu. ?r.:
without it. M..? I-'1& ,t".VV- *?*
Humbup. KKNN K,, yj, CO.. -<1*
PS?itb'r ' r x (1 C??rmlnir "_ II,, w
affections of an v P?r??n ih? k ff??n this love ft
aiinnle mental arqu?r?m,*7 f??la.ttly. I bjJ
'">11. for VAc. (,l;,hI"1""'". ?"??, Hr
for
COUGHS, COLDS, HOAESFWI rh
ahd all thhoatSm 8'
* U8R
WELLS' CABSOLrc TABLETS
Put uj> only |? ,,|u<1 J^jr
Pombr ???uuND 8U1<KReM?or.
r * out*.
^?
Nlw ???
Th? Highest Medical Ant^oritfe. -r
Europe ?J the atrongei* Tonic, Purlftif auti D
obstruent known to the nwdlcal world (,
? Ju 3a. ubeje a
tL&i &',r,bbV^7 ?
clean.,., ritlatrd blood, rcf?0?il . , feb"l'?t?d,
ph"" 'if "" d'r?t'T on Hie L?r,r?nJ*??1V,"uc
Price ?j.,w"r. JOHN <1. K^Lo^?^~
R BUkJg'tn**!!1Edhoro0/"J "V!
tilolly illluatrated. I hi. book L mefE??*' b,"U*
Jarge -.ie. Dr. DEEMS belt..- ^ H w,"> "?
Southern p-jple.hi. bookwdi?? * '"end of
here. Sold ?&'-faMtad lor
pointed by tbe Publisher. t* . ?g?nl. ap.
and the Grand Pictorial J?U>r'r for ?*!?
ROUND THE WORLD' a^dre.. Tr*V*,f "AL^
C2.4wCN,TJ>|Dt8,T3AurF8 P"B"'"H.NC CO.,
I e?- |3 LDI?r?ity Place, N.w York.
ONLV KNOWN MKDICINE
P?rKe., P^ine^anTVuenijttfei.. tbe
getber ; the one. tbron b ita m ^ " f "et f0^
? nbatancea, purify,?? d DorJf'* .?rt-7"? 0,her'
la atrtDfthenirjr the ayatem F-r?f ' 7ubile ?J? other"
?1 the .irae time a ton^c .^d ,TL"' ,h'*e P?l?
/atom long aoorbt for by mlli i t' dealde-*
beforediarovered. Inol^erwofS* ISe?V. 1 B,T?r
of two nu-'lieinee and do It m u i ' do the work
two We know of 'for they 'L och''ban .,y "
?Tatem but imsuritie. ao 2!^* "ifi'i * ,ro? ,h?
<be chyle before ,M.Mn,ert^ In? S* Yf", ,rom'
^MssussL' S
rTe?Lh~';h
? Co-tJandt Sr, Kew%b"l"'r,,?,?'- D?P?*
October 21.18T3-4w.
mSL".L?S-?!"- ?" ?->r
Aug-ojt 12,1873. GCO.T. LIGHT.
?yiOUNS^? Excellent VJoIJn., for nle bw '
-p .NGRAVING neatly done by L' D,NKLE
^ Aogn,t ? L. D/NKLE.
^S'?i?as?SSi0a?:
-B5',S73- GEO. T. LIGHT.