Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-04-22
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county, WIN 10 O"'
8 inches high, weighs i65 lbs, and is re-
markabIy sprgrIy and intelligent.--hs1'-
Mcky Flag.
The stabIing in the rear of the dwelling
Of Rev. James Weems, colored, in Shebro'
near the east end of Church ST., was burn
ed to the ground at l o'clock on Monday
last.
A lunatc in the Jail at Newton, n. j.,
lately suaocated himself. Placing the
straw of his bed around his cell, he Oh
tanned fire by putting a whip in contact
with stove in the hall, and, ignltlng the
straw. placed himself in the centre OF the
floor surrounded by flames.
A Maine Law Convention is called to
meet at Harrisburg, Pa, on the 7th OF June
next, for the purpose ofnominatlng State
ticket, to be supported at the next cleo
ton.
Telegraphic communications have been
established between all the police stations
in New York, and they are said 10 work
admirably.
The Frederick Herald says that the
Jury in The case Of Francis Lamb, who
was found murdered in the stable OF VIM.
II. Fleming, Esq, rendered a verdict that
Francis Lamb came to his death by blows
feIoniously inflicted with fork handle III
the hands of John Hudson, on the morn
mo of the 18th instant. Hudson has been
apprehended and committed TO prison.
The Russian Baltic Fleet, which was
in three divisions at Arvol, Sweaborg and
Cronstaldt, has succeeded, through the
breaking of the ice and the cutting of chan
nels, bv the Emperor's orders, in uniting
in two squadrons-one under the guns OF
IIeIsinglors, the others i'll CrOnstadt
The skeleton of the Maslodon dug up
at Newburgh, \. Y, few years ago, is
in the possession of DR.. Warren, of Bos'
ton, who has erected fireproof building
for its preservation, at an expense of about
ten thousand dollars. 1t is twelve feet
high, and weighs tarenfy-t'cO thousand
pounds.
The New York Courier says: eve
have it in our power TO state that Mr..
Buchanan has received official assurances
from England, that no attempt will be
made to enforce any claim to the services
Of such Of her subjects as have become
uaturaliZcG citizens of the United States.
The Columbia Co. wisconsin, Re
porter dominates General Houston for the
Presidency of l856-and the Wisconsin,
one of the ablest Democratic papers pub
hshed in that state, says that the Reporter
gjyes uuerauCe TO the voice OF tens OF
of democrats in the Badger State.
One of the Fox girls is in New York
holding rapping soirees at leading hotel.
Another Fox girl, it is said, is being edu-
Gated at Philadelphia, as the GUmace OF
the famous DR.. Kane, now in search OF
Sir John Franklin.
The Mississippi has broken through the
levee in Bolivar county, Miss, and the
whole neighboring country was under
water. Damage not less than Sl5O,OOO.
The Ievce on the other side Of the river
has also broken.
The City Council of Savannah has sub
scribed $4,000, and the further sum OF
SIlOO has been collected from private
in aid of the sufferers by the
late fire at jacksonville.
Ole Bull has $50, 900 invested in Chi
cago, Illinois. His object, 1t is supposed
is to take his countrymen who had settled
in Pennsylvania, 10 the West, where ne
has secured employment for them.
A Masonic Lodge of coIored members
was Instituted in Richmond, Ind, on Mon
day evening of last week. They received
their charter from the Grand Lodge al
ENGLAND, and are received as full and ac-
ceplable members.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Charlotte
FrelmghuySen, wife OF Hon. Theodore
Frelinghuysen, President of Rutgers Col
lege, was attended in Newark, on Thurs
day, by large concourse Of friends.
There have been about one thousand
cases of cholera in Paris since It's last re-
turn, Of which one-half have died. Gen,
drin, commends bleeding, even in the
state of collapse.
A tower, thirty feet high, to be used as
a lookout for fire, is now being erected on
the Mechanics Institute, Cincinnati. An
alarm bell weighing 5000 pounds will be
placed IN it.
George Gowen was accidentally killed
near Hagerstown, Md, on Saturday.
The wheat crop in Missouri looks more
promising than ii did few days since,
and now bids fair 10 make a two third
crop,