Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-02-02

ALBANIA says:
"The people here are quiet and order
lv, sharp aud intelligent "a Ite rough IN
manners, but warm hearts and CORDIAL
This is as fine country as any on the
face of The earth, and the profits of it, pro-
ducuons would far exceed those of the
cotton fields Of the South. All kinds of
grain, grass, clover and hemp yield arich
product. | have no doubt bnl that slave
labor would weld in hemp, corn and
grain at least from thirty to forty dollars
per acre annually. have seen no porr
land ; il all seems to me richer than the
hes Chaltahucha bottom, and mosl Of 1t Is
Just such land ds in the adjoining Missouri
IcnGnlies is now selling al twenty 10 fifty
dollars an acre. Corn is now selling at
twenty cents per hu>hel, and the product
estimated at one hundred bushels al acre;
and hemp crop six rous per hand a, $40
per ton, and you see at once how labor Is
more productive here than al The Soulh
1t Is imP"sssibIe To give an adequate idea
of The beauty and ieruIuy of the soil and
country :. generally rolling, without a
great deal Of timber, but, as understand,
aboundlng in coal for fires, and Stone for
bull ing and ;encngs good wells Of wa
Ter can be obtained anywhere, besides
frequent streams running through The
praIrIes.
HEAVY VERDICT.--The Messrs. Har
Iprr, the book publishers, on Thursday
last, recovered heavy verdict sgains'
ihe New York Cay Insurance Com
panv IN the Superior Court of New York.
! PlalnuG,s in this case sued on a policy OF
IN, urance on their premises, which were
destroyed by fire some tine III 1854, the
defence being that canphene was used for
printing purposes in the establishment
| The questions submitted 10 the Jury were
whether caupheue was in general use
among printers in wuodcuts; and IT so,
vas It's use necessary, or was it used hN
the plaintiff, as less expensive Than other
ihuIdS. The jury found vridIrr--s"L
irrl 10 the opinion Of 'he C0url--to plain.
iuhs for Sll.2T8.76. being HE foil amount
claimed with interest.
JONAH OUrDoNE --'Fhe Petersburg EX
pres, f,hes up the 10 loving paragraph
from a paper published in 1897 -
''On passage 10 Jamaica, with troops
ON board, a lille boy who was a piper,
sitting on the gun-waIe, by a sudden roll
Of ,he ship fell overheard and vas directly
>wallowe ed by a shark. A hook was
baiipd with a piece Of beef and thruwa
over the stern which was seized by the
shark, aud he was presently hauId on
board. On opening his belly, the boy
was found snugly seated between two
ribs, and unconeerned, play ing tune on
his life"
Ell, cts Of Cold Uealher.-A cores
po, d, nj of the Petersburg Express, VII
ung from SpeuyvijIe, Rappahannock
county, January l2Ih, says:
Every mil stream, within iortv or
. fifty miles, is Irnzen mp, and has been for
considerable length OF Time, so that al
grinding by waIrr pnwe, is suspended
Speak of The eXiremnle> Of the Po"r IN
the city, but leave YOU to imagine how
the poor man suffers here. MANY, even
in ,he golden walks of life, Jungle their
dollars IN vain for meal, and are conStraln-
ed to pail their corn from the shocks or
cribs, and grind ii IN co6ee-miHs. This
is the only resort. Money isn't of much
use now IN these paris ; it will do to buy
salt with, but there Is little bread 10 put ii
n."
Cruel Sport Cincinnati Times
Of recent date contains the following
A smaI grl was yesterday induced, BY
seeing other glrls Try the experiment, toI
put her tongue az inst lamp post on
Sixth street, between J I'M and Smirh.-
II was some fiji cen minutes before she
was released from her unenvlahe sltua-
uon, although bot water a alcohol were
brought mo rcqm,luon. Al last reIlrt
va atl'o ded bv gentleman who was
passing, bv placing hls hand over tie
ton. ue of lhe CHI d ana blowing his breath
thereon. The tongue was very much
swoIIrn, and Ihe glrI has MOI spoken since
lie occurrence.
Southern Commercial COnUeHfion.--I
Governor Wise has made OUT a list Of the /
State Delegation to attend the Southern
Convention whirh was held in Richmond
on The 30rh ult He has appointed some
of the ahes, men in the Stale We an
inounre list ot some of the Delegates
Samuel &. Williams, Shenandoah.
WIN. Seymour. Hardy.
Deunuh Penn, barker. Rockingham.
Clement Z. Harris, Augusta.
Angus Mcdonald. Hampshire.
Robert Y. Conrad. Frederick.
Gen. Georgr Bust, Loudoun.
Anhraw Hun er. j. hrrsOn.