Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-10-06
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RESUME DIS IOsluciCO III bho"N l"'n' -
is rumored that the place thus to be yaca- |
ted has been rendered 10 Adam j. Clos
bIonneI, Esq, late sergoant'at-arms OF Ihe
House of Representatives.
At meeting Of the board of trade OF
Norfolk, Va, committee was appointed
10 act in concert with similar committee
TO be formed al Richmond, 10 open rela-
tions with the Direct Trading Company
of Belgium.
The Cumberland (Md.) Bulletin an
nounces that thecontraCt for furnishing
tho United States government with coal
at tho Washington Maryland has been
awarded to the Froslburg Coal Company.
| MIR. Shaw, the inventor Of percussion
caps died OF Bordentowr, n. J. last week.
having auainlcd tho age of oIghIy'sN
years. lie was born in England. lie
has achieved considerable commence az an
artist A few years ago our government
granted him lnilo largo sum for hls III
venGon for loading guns.
Jhe Fusioa in Nc'o Ioyk.-lt may
now bo set down as a fixed fact thst "ll
the elements OF tho Opposition in New
York Ill bo united in November against
Lincoln. Tho committee OF fifteen MP
pointed at tie great Union moeIlng have,
it is stated, agleed upon an electoral tick
ct, which will bo announced to-day, and
upon which the Opposition may unite
with hcarlness-if SO, "good night to
Lincoln" The ticket which Madame
Kumor fixed upon yesterday contains The
names of eighteen Douglas men, ten Bell.
Eyorclts, and seven BlcchnEidgcrs.
Mrs. SickIcs.-A New York letter to
the Buffalo Commercial says :--"Thc Ia.
dy who was the loading actress in the
Key tragedy, il may be added as an item
Iof ncwS, is again mother. lEvor since
her return from Washington, and her re-
cancellation with her husband, sho haa
been living in soclusion; and II is certain
Iy TO her credit that Tho Sunday noWspa
per stories, awhile ago current, that she
was daily promouadOr of Broadway, arc
| fictitious.
A man named Corbcn appeared on
| Thursday nt a grocery store in New York,
and offered az q wager To eat four pounds
Of damaged ham, two loaves OF bread, a
pound of tailow candles, and drink two
quarts Of common brandy, pint Of gin
and pint Of lamp oil, Ills offer was ac-
cepted and he won the wager, and otter
swallowing the aforesaid mess, wanIcd
moro.
On Wednesday evening lock-tcnder
on ono of the lower locks Of tho Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, about six miles
from Georgetown, was accidentally drown
cd. He was on his return homewald
from Georgetown on canal boat, from
which he fell, and could not be recovered
before life was extinct,
Ii is said that ox-presidont Tyler, now
rs years old, and looking moTO robust and
younger than when he occupied The Whi,O
House. has an infant daughter only two
months old.
Tho Chcsapcako and Ohio Canal is
said to be in excellent order, and last
months tolls are expected to reach SO
900.
Another caso Of resistance TO the FJgi-
i've Slave law occurred at Iberia, Nor
row county, Ohio, on Thursday last. AZ.
ter negro had been captured ! by the
United States Marshal and his deputies,
and, after examination, had been remand
ed 10 the custody of his master, ,one of the
deputies was assailed by crowd Of arm
ed negroes and white men, his clothes
torn from his body, his warrant and mon
cy taken from him, and an attempt made
10 hang and shoot him. Finally his hair
was cut short, and he was allowed 10 de-
part, leaving tho negro behind him.
Charles VI. Kcyser. Esq, having de-
clined the nomination for Mayor of BaItl-
more city, on account Of i'll health, ten
dered him by the Union party, Samuel
Hindes, Esq, has received and accepted
the nomination. The Reform candidate,
VIM. Geo. Brown, Esq, is also Bell
man.
The Hon. James French Slrother died
at his residence in Culpeper County, on
Friday morning last, about 8 o'clock. Mr.
several years since, represented
in Congress, the 7,h Congressional Dis ;
trici of Virginia. y
1t is stated that two tea.spoonsful Of
finely powdered charcoal. drank in a half
lumbler Of wafer, will in less than fifteen
minutes give relief 10 the sick headache,
when caused, as in most cases ii is, by
Of acid on the stomach.
II is reported that Capt. Meigs, owing |
10 an order just issued by the Secretary Of
" ar relieving hin from duty on the Wash {
ngton aqneducI. and transferring him TO 4
I-I.,;J, - III ,csion his nosition IN Tho