Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-04-28
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on. one OF The slgneIs OF the DeclarailON
of Independence.
Lusus Naiurae.-The New Orl-ans
DtlIa OF The l4,h inst, says rat IN thai
"ity recently gave birth TO four kittens and
a puppy, and vouches for The truth OF the
occurrence.
Judge Psrker.o Virginia, is announced
IS candidate for e-elecliGn 10 the Judge
hip.
Green peas, says the Norfolk Herald
brought to Baltimore from Edenlon,N g.,
via Norfolk, bring So 90 per busheI.
The Louisville Journal says that no
President of the United States was ever
elected when he was a member OF the
United States Senate.
Macready, the ,rag edian. has again en-
lered The state conhabial. having been re.
Gently married in Lonton.
The census Of clerks just taken in
Washington, shows this industrious lItle
army 10 number in all 90s men, within a
fraction of full regiment.
Fourteen Judges are to be elected in
this State on the 4lh Thursday Of May
next.
The amount Of money in the U. S.
Treasury. subject to draft, is nearly 81,
900. 600, an increase of upwards Of half a
million dollars over the sum on hand al
the close of The previous week.
A lady Of E!mira, N. Y, has preserved
piece Of her wedding cake forty years.
OF welded bliss bards DO not always sing
amiss then.
Governor Walker, OF Kansas noloriety,
has sent a challenge to Judge Black Of the
Cabinet, because he, Judge B., had ex.
pressed the opinion that Mr.. ". had no,
in his possession a letter from President
Buchanan, of the character alleged by
him. Judge b., ii is said paid no alien
lion 10 the challenge.
Hon. H. A. Wise declines having his
name brought before the Charleston Con-
vtnIon. We see i. stated that President
Buchanan also declines the use Of his
name for denomination.
The Baptis, General Association OF
Virginia, is TO meet III Stanton on The
3ls. day OF May. 1t is supposed that
large number Of PERSONS will be present
On The OCCASION.
Col. Ware. as Presden, of the Valley
Agricultural Society, has issued an excel
lent address to the farmers OF The Valley
and the adjoining counties. urging the I'M
Portsnce and practical benefit OF agrlcullu'
raj societies and lairs. He especially aP-
peals 10 The ladies' 10 lend their influence
10 the annual competitions for premiums.
IL think must say writes the Paris
correspondent of the Boston Traveller,
"lhal there are indications that crinoline
is less in favor than it was. Ladies have
appeared al COur, altogether without erin.
ollne, and the iavorilo beauties OF those
harems of the town. the public balls, have
discarded crnoline for pelllcoas frilled,
and large only a! the extremity OF sheI
skirt"
The thieves who recently stole the safe
OF Adams Express Company, on the
New Haven Railroad, made an unlucky
choice. as far as they were concerned, IN
ejecling the safe containing $4,000 from
The car. for ri gh, by It's side was another
safe in which was deposited $4,000.
They NIGH. have had one just as we'll as
the Other.
The Legislature al its las. session, au
thorized aud required Col. Geo. w. Mum
ford, Secretary OF the Commonwealth. to
prepare new edition of the Code Of Vir-
gina from The old. He was TO abstract
all obsolete and eYlraneOus matter, and to
tie new, aud all laws since passed and
now in force.
The heavy verdict Of So 600 damages
has been given against the Hudson River
Railroad Company, in favor Of Mrs.
Thompson, Tor injury to her by an acct.
den, on the 18th Of January last. The
amount has been paid.
A firm OF Savannah, Ga, has received
an order for two hundred thousand fee, OF
lumber, which is to be shipped to Beyru,,
in Syrs. Portions of the cargo is said 10
be intended for Jerusalem.
Mrs. John Weeden died in Columbia.
Horain county, OhIo,on last Friday week,
in the 93d year oj her age. She was the
last survivor of,he Wyoming massacre,at
whi.h period .he was Twelve years Of age,
and escaped from The for, where every
male had been put TO death by the toms-
hawk. With her father and mother. and
a younger sister, she escaped from the val
icy. and ,he party travelled through The
| the N dense forest 10 a locality within forty