Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-07-23
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| Louis u or COlueu III iOoSo 1S"'S p
vlous to the Revolution.
On, Sunday morning last. ayoung gen
,leman, of Winchester, Va, obtained
quantity of slrychnine, went home ant
immediately swallowed The poisonous
dose. His friends, discovering the rasl
act he had committed, Immediately sen
Tor physicians, VINO with difficulty saVet
hIs f..
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.-ln the month
of June HE dead leuer office sent for de-
livery TO the owners 1925 letters contain
ing bills Of exchange, checks, drafts, notes
&C., 4933 los 100 {S2l9l4O 49, and
9737 francs. Also 100 deeds aud land
llIe>, 32 articles of agreement and powers
of attorney, IN certificates of stock, 1t
pension papers and land warrants, and
about one hundred miscellaneous articles.
o. taese 32S letters were evidently return
ed 10 the dead letter office for want OF
care on the part Of The writer's, 26o being
nlsdlrecled, and 60 held Tor postage
Many were apparent Y mlsdlrecied.
Rev. J. H. Barclay has resigned his
charge al WlIllamsporl, Md. 10 accept
call from the Lutheran congregation OF
StewanSvllle, n. }.
ORDERED AWAY Phil. Herbert. Sam
! Flowers, and some thirty Or forty Amerl-
cans, were recently ordered out OF Her
maslIlo, Mexico, BY mob. Herbert
irwIli he Remembered as The California
| CONGRESSMAN VINO Killed a wales al WE
ards Hotel, 10 Washington city. he was
ABOUT starting for the Gadsden Purchase
BIRTHs.-The births IN Berkeley
county, according 10 the return oil NE
commissioner OF The revenue, were 29o
from tie Isl OF January 1858 10 January
Il. 1859. OF that number los were
whue males, III white females, and HE
residue colored OF boIh sexes.
THANKING PROVIDENCE BY REsoLU-
TIuN.-Ihe farmers OF Dauphln county,
Pa, recently held harvest home, at the
conclusion of which three resolutions
we're passed the first thanking ProvI'
dence Tor the good crops, NE second
thanking the committee Of arrangements
and tie abroad Company, and the lhlrd
thanking HE most and nosIVss OF The occa
sion.
When the coffin containing the body Of
General EspInssse was carried on board
he steam tngale winch conveyed II 10
France, he deck was crowded with Aus
trian prisoners. On sign from Ihelr Of
hcers, tbey all fell INTO line, ard by then
attitude, in the absence of arms, rendered
military honOrs 10 the mortal remains ol
their their brave adversary.
An elegant Bapllsmal Fount has been
presented 10 the Episcopal church OF this
place by some unknown Trend. 1t Is
beautiful white marble, very cbasle, neal
and elegant,-supposed TO have cost
eighty or ninety DOLLARS Clarke Jour-
nal.
The Fourth of July was celebrated al
The Penllenuary of the District OF Colum'
bla by lhe couvicts there. An oraIon
was d, llyered. &c. Tins is certainly d
singular proceeding.
The VAsTNEss OF A TRILLloN.-NOt
lrllnon Of seconds has elapsed since the
creation OF Adam. nor VIII that number
have elapsed until February lsI, IN The
e, ear OF our Lord %, 3S5. For TIIlIon
of seconds there are 3I,6S7 years, u
days, hour, 46 minutes, and Az SECONDS.
the list Of disasters on the Western
walters, during the first SIX months OF Int
wear 1889, is heavier than al any former
period, VIZ: Boats snagged, 81 /; Ooa'S
exploited, 4 boats burned, 20 lost by
collisions, 10 lost by Rock Island
Bridge, | lost by running against bank
2 (; boats lounderod, 8 sunk by lce'
lost in storm, /. Lives lost, 327. Val
ue OF boats and cargoes Sl,77O,02O.
=. The average expense per annum to the
members of The different denominations
throughout The United States, for the sup
port of their different church services, l.
estimated TO be about as follows "A BaP
usl and Methodist about S3,4O; Pres
bylerian, So CongregaulonsIsl' $40
Roman Catholic, SIS, an EPiscoPollan
) SIS Reformed Dutch, S22, and
Unitarian, S23.
INDIAN DEpREDATIoNs.-The Omahi
! Nebyaskian. giving an account OF the deP
r. dauoms recently committed by The Paw
nee Indians, says that $4,000 worm o
property was stolen by item from set
tiers.
Governor black was IN the field at TIT
!, head OF $50 men and 20 dragons. Ih'
Indian forces numbered $500.
Gov. Hicks, of Nd, has lost his eldes
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