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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
Horrible Murder.

The Blairsvile Appalachian. published
in Weslmoreland county. Pa, gives the
following account of a horrible murder
rerpelrated in that vicinity :
On Sunday morning laat, Mrs. Corrl-
gan, wife of Hugh Corrlgan,a tarmer,who
lives near the turnpike, about four miles
West of this place, disappeared. Her
hus band stated that she had left him and
gone to Philadelphia. They have been
married about two years ,anG II vas known
that they frequently quarrelled. On sew
eral occasions he beat and abused her bad
lIy; so much so that al the May term Of
the County Court she had him indicted
for assault and battery. The case was
postponed until the next term, but IN the
meantime they compromised the affair,
and she again went TO live with hlm, al
though it is stated that they did not al all
times get along amicably since. These
circumstances, with the fact that none of
the neighbors knew anything of the wo-
man going away, or had seen her alter
Saturday night, and also a report that
blood had been seen about the house, led
to suspicious that she had been murdered.
On Thursday morning smoke was seen
arising from an old quarry on CorrIgan' 5
premises, some distance from the road, IN
rather retired situation thatthe woman's
BODY might have been taken there 10 be
consumed. J. 0. Alter, who resides
short distance from the place, went down
to the spot and found large fire, made
of logs, brush, &C., end emitting strong
smell. On raking among the ashes he
drew out what seemed to be 4 portion OF
human skull. lie made the discovery
known, and several other persons went I"
the fire. They found Corrigan working
at it. He asked them what they wanted.
They told him their suspicious. He
said they mightsearch; but again ordered
them off, and said they were trespasslng
on his premises. He picked up a stone
and threatened to hit one of the persons
who approached; but The latter also drew
stone, whereupon Corrigan desisted ,and
shortly went away. They examined The
fire and obtained more bones.
In the meantime information was made
before Thomas Shannon, Esq, and
warrant placed in the hands of constable
Waugaman, for Corrigan's arrest. The
constable proceeded with several others
to COrrigan's house, made the arrest, and
brought him 10 BairdSlown, when an ex
animation as had land the following facts
elected -
The persons who went TO make the ar
rest STATE that they found tracks of sled
from the house 10 the quarrey, and spots /
of blood along the way; also blood marks
on the sled. On entering a room a little !
separated from the other part of the house /
IN the corner, under the carpet, was found
a large stain of what appeared to be blood
washed up-the spot still wet. On other
parts Of the floor and upon The door cheek,
were also spots of blool. Corrigan OBJ
jecled to their entering this room, saying
It was his private room. More bones
were found in the fire; the bones Of the
face were found almost entire-lhree or
four teeth still adheIng 10 the jaw. The /
remains were examined by several phys-
clans, and pronounced to be those Of a
human being.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
Horrible Murder and Suicide.

II Noble Dog--.A Ftendish Man,
We record this morning one Of the most
frightful instances of human depraviIy
that it has ever been our misfortune TO
learn of. The circumstances, which are
briefly these, are shocking beyond paraI-
| lei:
A German shoemaker named William
Ebberhng, living in this city, on Four
leenth street, near Madison, has for long
time led an unhappy life with his wife
Their quarrels and dssensions have fre'
quenIly disturbed the peace of the neigh.
borhood. He has on more than one oc-
casion brutalIy beaten and maltreated her,
and her life was one Of drudgery and
hardship. On Thursday afternoon last,
about 3 o'clock, he was seated on his
bench, working at his trade; when a dis
pue arose between them, and he made
sudden spring upon her, catching her
by the throat, and infic!ag five wounds
upon her with sharp pointed shoe-knife,
which he had in his hand at the time, any
one of which was sufficient to have caus-
ed death.
She is not dead yet, but the physicians
in attendance pronounce her recovery i'm
possible. He then fled from the house,
followed by large Newfoundland dog
belonging to him, and proceeded to the
river AMI jumped i'll, for the purpose of
drowning himself. He was dragged out,
however, by the dog; before he had ac-
compIished the purpose. He then caught
the dog, and with the same knife with
which he had stabbed his wife, and which
he had never let GO, deliberately cut its
throat, and again jumped into the river,
and succeeded IN accomplishing what the
more noble brute had prevented him from
doing at first. d.
The murderer is a young man, about
80 years Of age. His body has been re-
covered, and the Coroner called to hold
an inquest.-MsSouri Democrat, Oct. 6.
CENTRAL AMERIcA.-Col. Kinney's
newspaper organ al San Juan says that
the Colonel and his associates have quiet
possession of their thirty millions Of acres
of land in the Musquilo territory, and are
ready TO dispose Of it to actual settlers.
The Colonel, himself, has a plantation
about three quarters of mile from the
opposite side of The lagoon. According
to The same authority, nine hundred men
from Alabama and Mississippi, destined
for Tie Kinney expedition. were TO leave
the United States on the first of October /
with provisions, farming utensils &c, for
six months.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
tu era antqnte Aoperne Cihroure loro 29r

hour TO this have not seen them. With
out food or fire chung to nv dismal o.
bode, till hunger forced me out t. search
for my children. My degraded wife had
been sent 10 Black wells Island, as a va
grant, and alone | went to the Islands, 10
the house of refuge, TO the Tombs, and in
despair | wandered to the Five Points, and
for the last few days have lived in Cow
Bay. among beggars and thieves. To-day
, [ saw two children, who if they had not
looked so clean, and sung so sweetIy |
would have called them mine. Oh
would TO God they were ~
"Tell me the name," said DR.. S,
"and [ will see." In few moments two
interesting little children were led toward
him. At the sight Of this fearful looking
man they shrank back. The poor man
sprang TO his feet, exclaiming-"They
are mine mine My children. don't
you know your poor old father Come
to me my children. Father loves you,
he Won't hurt YOU" He reached out
his hands-the little ones were timld at
first, but they soon climbed up their faith
er's knee, while the tears were streaming
down his face.
kiss your poor drunken father, my
children" But the face Of The man was
so black and filthy, not a place could be
found. Soon they forgot the dirty face,
and remembered their poor degraded faith
er-and each entwining their little arms
around his neck, and londly kissing HIM,
the elder one said, with voice that touch
ed every hearl-"Father, we are so hap
py here that we want TO stay. Won't
you come and live here too, papa What
makes you drink so ! Dear papa. do
sign the pledge, and not drink any more
Mr.. Pease found US in the street, beg
ging, and now we are happy. Do, papa
come and live here, and be good TO US as
you used to be"
The fathers heart was overwhelmed
he sobbed and groaned aloud. For more
than an hour they sat together, till at last
the old man arose, still cllnging 10 his
children, and exclaimed-"The pledge
the pledge will never drink again y
gave him the pledge, and from that
hour he has faithfully kept it. He is now
man again in business, earning ten dol
lars per week, and none could recognize
in the well dressed man-who still boards
in the house-the degraded original,
whose portrait can still be seen at the
House Of Industry, daguerreotyped in lis
striking derormitY and squaIOr.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
HELMBoLD's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
COMPOUND Fluid Extract SarSaparill6

CUHIpUuuu Iluiu LA'l"0' poio" P''iiii
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Ieher, Pimples on the Face, and oil
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This article is now prescribed by some of the
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public. Several cases of secondary Syphilis,
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recovered in the incurabe wards of orr Public
Institutions which had for many years resisted
every mode of treatment that could be devised.
These cases furnish striking examples OF the sal
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of the most inveterate diseases, after the glands
were DESTROYED and the bones already affected.
NOTiCE.-Letlers from responsible Phys-
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and certificates of cures from patients will be
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gw- Prices. F2uid Ertract Of Buchu,
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directed to the Proprietor or Agent receive I'M
mediate attention.
June ?, 1855. 2S-ly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
HtHowoy's Pills are the best remedy
kno.cn in the aeorId for the foHOwing

III Toway's Pills are the best remedy
knoun in The world for the toHowing
Diseases: i.
Asthma Darrhna Indigestion
Stone & Gravel Bowel Complaints Dropsy
Influenza Secondary Symp- Coughs
Debility toms OoIus
Inflammation Inward Weakness Dyspepsia
Fever and Ague Nenereal Alice neadaches
Chest Diseases tons fheS
Liver Complaints Costiveness femaLe 20
Iowness of Spir- Worms, Of all mplaints
its kinds
az Sold at the Manufactures Of Professor
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IL There is a considerable saving by taking
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B.-Directions for the guidance Of patients
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
What Pride Costs.

An Ilinoise farmer, writing 10 Chica-
90 paper about the expenses of a settler,
says, "hls living will vary according 10
The size of his family and their prOpen-
sites TO crafty pride, which is always an
expensive article anywhere" Certainly,
if il is so costly an affair on a Nrairie farm,
it is none the less costly in or great At
Iantic cities, which are full OF The ruin
caused by pride. Thousands are annual
ly beggared, ,and tens of thousands straight
ened in circumstances by this same pride.
It's pride that makes the father dress
his daughters beyond his means. 1t Is
pride that induces the mother TO do the
kitchen work, that Mary Anne may Sit in
the paror and practice music. It's pride
that leads families to live ia houses finer
than they can afford, to give snowy par
ties, TO waste the surplus of their IN
come in summer excursion. 1t is pride
that has French mirrors; French laces,
French china, French knlcknackeries OF
every sort. Ii is pride, in short, that is
al the root of half the extravaganza Of the
age. Truly did the wise man say, "Prlde
goeth before destruction" Embarrass-
meni and ruin are what pride costs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
ParnaruRr LsrEanEHrs.-A IelLe

PREMATURE ISTERMESTs.-A letter in
London newspaper. describing the fear
Gul ravages of cholera at Florence, Italy,
states lhs, one Of the supposed victims,
who had been buried in The Trespian Cem-
eiery, with number Of others, revived,
and hving feed himself from The hin
covering of sandy earih which had been
thrown over him, managed 10 crawl 10
bis home. when lie declared that he had
fea many Of lie bodies inferred with him
move about. The grave was according
Iy opened, and no less than Ten OF the
eorPses were found TO have stirred, and
some had bitten liIeir fingers, and other
wise muiila'ed themselves. They were
all dead, however when the grave was o.
pened.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
General Debility. III Health.

Many Of the most despotic Governments have
opened their Custom Houses to the introduction
these Pills, that they may become the medicine
Of the masses. Learned Colleges admit that
this med cine is the best remedy ever known
for persons of delicate health, or where the sys-
TEN has been impaired, as its iuvigorating pro-
perties never fail TO afford relief.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
G3O3GB s90B3gg.3a 3 e 8 .
MY MARRIED DAUGHTER.

My married daughter could you see,
I'm sure you would be struck;
My daughters both are charming girls,
Few mothers have such luck.
My married one-my eldest child
All hearts by magic wines;
And my second SO resembles her,
Most people think them twins.
My married daughter spoils her spouse,
She's quite pattern wife
And he adores her-well he may
Few men lead such life.
She meier had fancied mortal man,
Till he had won her heart,
And my second darling's just the same,
They are seldom seen apart.
Her husband oft has pressed my hand.
While tears were in his eyes,
And said, "Ycu brought my Susan up,
"With you the credit lies"
To make her domestic wife,
own was al my aim
And my second is domestic too
My system was the same.
Now, do you know I've often thought
The eldest Of the two,
(She's married, so may speak out)
Would just have suited you.
You never saw her ! how shall l
My eldest girl portray?
0, my second is her counterpart,
And her you'll meet to-day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaints.

Nearly half the hUman race have taken these
Pills. 1t has been proved in all parts of the
world, that nothing has been found equal to
them in cases Of disorders Of the liver, dyspep-
sia, and stomach complaints generally. They
soon give healthy tone to these organs, howey-
er much deransed, and when ali other means
have failed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
Female Complaints.

No Female, young or old, should be without
this celebrated medicine. 1t corrects and reSu-
Iates the monthly courses at all periods, acting
in many cases like 4 charm. 1t is also the best
end safest medicine that can be given TO chill
l-..a of all ages and for any complaint conse-
ntly 10 family should be without it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
Constitutional Debility,

brought on by seli-abuse, most terrible disease,
which has brought thousands Of the human race
to untimely graves thus blasting The brilliant
hopes of parents, and bghting in the bud the
glorious ambition of many noble youth, can
be cured bY this
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
SOUTHERN PROTECTION
] B AN CD co N ? ANY
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
~ Capital orer 100000, and constantly IN
creasing. SO
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.

THE Charter of this Company offers more Ia
l. vorable advantages to the farmer and others
than any other Company chartered in the State,
by insuring with or without a premium note
II the applicant prefer, he can pay, the full "a
mount Of the premium in cash, or by eiiectlng
q cash insurance for two years, the insured saves
one eighth of the amount he would otherwise
have 10 pay or by becoming, member and
giving small premium note, the insured saves
nearly one half of the amount charged by Stock
Companies, when insuring from year to year.
This is the advantage resulting from the COM
hination of the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

THE RoTHscBIL Ds.-These celebrated
finsnciers, according 10 their own estimate,
possess 100000 in personal prop
erly, exclusive of real estate, seignIories,
mines, &c, which amount 10 al least bali
as much more, making over one thousand
millions, or all amount much larger than
the valuation of the city Of New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

! blacksmith, having lost his wife, COM
planned TO neghbor IN terms of the most
bitter Disappointment. "Oh," replied the
latter, "youf case is not so deplorable as
10 excite grief like this | will give you
my living wife, AM barrel of cider, for
your dead one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
These Pills Purify the Blood.

These famous Pills are expressly combined to
operate on the stomach, the liver, the kidneys,
the lungs, the skin, and the bowels, correcting
any arrangement in their functions, purifying
the blood, the very fountain of life, and thus Gu
ring disease i'm al its forms
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
INFALLIBLE REMEDY.

And as a medicine which must benefit every
body, from the simply delicate to the confined
and despairine invalid, no equal is to be found, g,
ACTING BOTH AS A CURE AND PRE-
VENTIVE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
CASH AND MUTUAL PRINCIPLE.

This Company commenced issuing Policies
against loss or damage by fire, on the 10th day
0l March, 1854, siuce which time over Eight
hundred persons have become members oil lhe
Company, and are increasing their business dal-
ly ; and feel grateful for the liberal patronage
bestowed upon the Company thus far, and for
Its hat'erlng prospects Of future usefulness. The
Directors hope and believe, that by prudence,
oauttcn, and rigid system of economy, they
will establish for this Company a reputation for
cheapness and safety, not surpassed by any
Company in the United States.
All differences In settlement of losses NAV
be determined by three disinterested Arbitra-
tors, of the County where such loss happened.
TO be mutually chosen by the insured aud the
DIRECT TORS:
Il. w. THOMAS, CHRIsToPHER NEALE,
CU.s. +. STUART, w. ID. MASSEY,
s. ). MASTERS, GEO. a. IAyENNER,
w. L. HARPER, 1. /. HILL,
JAMES L. CLOSE, SHoLTo /: STUART,
UrvRy SuaCKELFoRp, EDWARD SANGsrER,
OF FICERS:
II w Thomas. CHAs. Z. STUART,
President. Counsellor.
w. d. Massey, Geo. a. IA'ENNER'
Jice President, Treasurer.
JAMES L. CLOSE. Secretary.
4 ~ Applications for Insurance can be made
90 our Agent, at Shephcrdstown, Va.
}. 7. a. ENTLhR, Agent.
June lG 1855. 3O-iy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
PILLS !
WHY ARE WE SICK?

TT has been the lot of the human race to be
l. weighed down by disease and suffering.
HOLLOW.4YS PILLS are specially adapted
to the reliefof the WEAK, the .NERTOUS, the
DELICATE, and the LNFIRAI, of all climes,
nges, sexes, and constitutions. Professor Hol-
loway personally superintends the manufacture
of his medicines in the United States, and offers
them TO a free and enlightened people, as the
best remedy the world ever saw for the reno
val Of disease.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
AGEN T s e..

VIM. II. PE1RE, Sun Iron Buildings, BaltI-
more; GEORGE A. CRoFUr, Successor to Lay 4
Brother,) 73 south 4th street, above walnut
Philadelphia; V. B. PALMER, Tribune Build
ings, New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
The Greatest Remedy Ever Known.

1t is a medicine perfectly pleasant in its taste
and very innocent in its action, and yet 80 thu
rough that it ANNIHTLATES EVERY PAR
TICLE Of the rank and poisonous virus OF this
dreadful disease and, unlike other remedies, 1t
does not dry up the disease IN the blood.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
FEMALE SEMINARY !
Shepherdstown, Va
REV. J. l.. FRARY, Principal.

Teacher Of Music and French.
HAVING obtained a large and convenient
Ill House, we are prepared to accommodate
boarding pupils The year is divided into two
of months each commencing on the
lst Monday in September and February.
Terms per Session Of Five Months:
Board. Tuition, Fuel and Lights, $500
Instructions on The Piano, -o'oo
Preparatory Course, io'oo
Academical Course, Io'oo
Classical Course, ~o'0O
FreLch, wv
July %, 1855. 'o-"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

On Monday of las, week there wse
snow ,u the depth Of ten inches in ths
town Of Lexington, New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

u est quality Rice, Green and Black Teas, Rio
ID a,,d Old GOV. Java Coiteos, ior sale hy
l,,rr If Joka III. .l.cEndrce.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
An Irishman was asked at dinner If he

At IIIsHman was asKtu sI dinner n ne
would take some spple-pie p
SIS it houlsome p inquired Teddy.
ITO be sure 1t Is. Way do yon ask Z
because said Teddy, Il once had
an uncle that was kill with sppIe-plexy.
and sure enough | thought II might be
something OF the same kind"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

PUnciualiry begeIs confidence, anu i:
the sure path 10 honor and respect.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

from whatever cause they may have originated
and no matte! of how long standing.
If you have CONTACTED the terrible disease
which, when once seated in the system, Will
surely 60 down from one generation to another
undermining the constitution and Sapping the
very vital fluids of life, do not trust yourself IN
the hands of Quacks, who start up every day IN
city like this, and fill the papers with g'arlng
falsehoods too we'll calculated to deceive the
young and those not acquainted with their tricks.
You cannot be too careful in the selection OF a
remedy in these cases. THE FLUID En-
TRACT BUCHU has been pronounced by en-
mort phys sicianS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27

OURE Brandies, Wines and other IL
A quor, for sale by Darid Bi!ln,yer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-27
HELMBOLD'S
c I g IyI PRIPARlfl0DS!

HELMBoLD's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU,
For Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, distractions Of the Urine,
Chronic G0ROrrhRa, Structures,
elects, ,Weaknesse8, and all Dis
eases Of the Sexual Organs,
WHETHER IN MALE OR FEMALE,