Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-08-11

j. ID. SHREy will preach in the Lutheran
Church Of this place, on Sunday the lSll
inst, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ.
&5A The Meeting a, Scrabble still con
itnues with unabaring interest. Some &c
or IS persons have proiessed religion
whilst others are seeking. Rev. Mr.
LITrELL, upon whom the whole work
now deNeIves, is uutifiOg in bis efforts in
Winning souls 10 Christ
o. Another breach occurred ii the G..
& O. Canal, about miles above this
place, on Saturday last. causing susprL-
zion III Navigation. About one hundred
boats are now lying al this point awaiting
repairs.
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ia5- The Steamer GreaI EasIem ami.
we'd at Annapolis on Sunday last, and is
attracting many persons there To see her.
The b. K .. Railroad have issued round
Trip tickets extending to the latter part Of
next week. Tie Franklin Coal Compa-
ny, of Froslburg, Md, ore now supplying
her with Coal.
{5.- Another Brilliant Meteor was seen
b. some few Of our citizens on Monday
evening last. JOS, after sunset. The course
seemed liuIe North of West.
{tS- PRACTICAL WISDOM OF WASHING
ToN.-Mr. WALLAcH, The editor OF the
Washington Evening Star, writing from
narper's Ferry,sPesks as follows Of some
of the evidence, oil the manner in which
The work of surveying was done by
WASHINorUN in his early days
when engaged in engineering lower
down the rlver-thai is between Harper
Ferry and GeOfgelowu--i have not un'
frequently hunted up and found beech
marks, made by the hand OF Washington
HIMSELF their position being so distinctly
and accurately Indicated in his notes Of
his surveys tSlill preserved) as that there
was no installing bis paternity. In all,
hundreds, it may be, OF civil engineers,
have IabOred over The routes Of Washing.
tons original survey of the Potomac In
The last lhluy-three or four years, and, one
and ali, they will testify that the eVlden'
ces remaining OF his professional laboIS
prove his remarka able method III all things,
as uncr'insly as his subsequent glorious
military and civil history"
o. NcoRo KILLED.-We learn from
the Independent Democrat that negro
man, George, a servant Of JNo. B. PACK,
BIT, Esq, OF This county, on Friday
night last, attempted to bcrgIaIlOusly On
Ter the Dairy Of SAMUEL WRIGHT Esq,
near Charleslown, and was discovered IN
the act,by Mr.. SAMUEL WmGnT, Jr., who
fred upon him, killing him Instantly. A
Jury of inquest was held on Saturday
morning, and the facts elected proved
tina, the negro came 10 his death by
pistol shot, fred by SAMUEL WRIGHT, but
l1dl Ills IUlCuNOI w DC hN' w h''''
d. The WESTMINSTER ReUieW for July
republished BY L. Scott a. Co., "a Hold
Street, New York, has been received.
containing the following subjects =
7. Strikes their Tendencies and Rem
edies.-lI. The Mil on the Floss.-lll.
Rawlinson's hampton Lectures for 1897
Nv. The Post Office Monopoly.-'.
Ary ScheGer.-Vi The Irish Education
Ouesuon.-Vll. Germany It's strength
and Weakness.-Vlll. Thoughts IN AID
Of Faith. TX. Grievances OF Hungarian
Calhoics.-X. The French PfesS.-Ai.
Contemporary Literature.
Each number is complete and consist
en-, with itself and ia, therefore, far pre-
ferable TO any complication from various
sources which uniies hele ogeneous aru'
cles and combines Inconsistent views.
The present number We observe com
mepces II volume, as also does Blackwood' =
Magazine for July, and we believe one or
two Of the Others, thus rendering the pres
en-, desirable moment 10 commence sub
scrIpGons.
Price of one Review, So year. Price
of the four Reviews, So. "BlackwOod
ID the four Reviews, $40.
a. AT meeting of the Quarterly Con
ference of Shepherdslown Circuit. July
es, 1861 was unanimously Resolved: