Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-05-05
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soak ed in salt water, will, II is said, keep
m;It sweet in the middle of summer,
while iolting over a railroad to market
! Mrs. John c. Hppnaa.-lt is rumored
tho, Mrs. John &. Heendn. wife oil The
Brnicia Boy. and late Mrs. Ada issacs
Menkin. is shortly 10 visit Baltimore c''y
in her professional capacity Mrs. nee
nan is an actress Of some note.
Bv recent wreck, man los! IN one
night. lis wife, four children, his sister
bro,her.in.ls law, three nePhews, ana all "'S
fortune. lie has since been The inmate oi
lunaric asylum.
Deputy U. S. Marshall Arms, was shot
a, Topeka, X. r., on the 2lst ult.,by one
John Richie, whom he tried 20 srFes' 0"
an old charge of robbing the post office
A fugitive slave, the property Of B. w.
Hansborough, of CuIpePPer Co., Va
was ruscued by mob at Troy, n. Y.'on
Friday last.
The recent trip Of the Vanderbilt, was
The quickes, voyage from Europe on re-
cord: nine days, twelve hours and 'hir'y
minutes
Mrs. Burdell- Cunningham and family
were passengers by the last steamer from
New York to Aspinwall, en- route Tor
California.
Gov. Houston has disbanded two COM
panics Of Texas rangers.
Admiralty executed counterfeit half
dollars are in circulation in Baltimore.
There is young woman living in Al
stead, N. who weighs over 700 pounds
and it takes about 20 yards of calico Tor
dress.
It's stated that 10000 Swedes and
Nowegians are preparing to embark IN The
coming summer for the United States.
The General Assembly Of The Presby.
terrain Church %. S. will convene a! 10
chester, N. Y, on the 18th inst.
Qpire number of counterfeit gold dol
lars are in circulation. They can readily
be detected by the absence OF the word
'Iiberly," which is on the Indians head
dress.
The Boot and Shoe Company, Of Win
Says the Virglnan.) heretofore
referred to in This paper, has been organ
Ized by the appointment Of Joseph ii.
E.q as President; J. Tipping
Isaac H. Faulkner, SuPern-
lendent; ond ID. G. Wallace. Of liolls."n'
Mass, as Director Of Mae hlnery. The
thus inauguraled. starts undef
lie most favorable auspices.
Hon. G. l.. Vsllandie cham, Of Ohio.wl
address the Literary Society OF the VIr-
yinia Military institute on The 4th OF July.
The Court of Appeals Of Virginia de-
.ided, or the Gath uIt., the case OF Tim I
,erlakc ct. ais. VS.. Tin.bctlake's executorj
md others, involving tie question decided
n Baily VS.. Pondtxler, Williamson vs..
Juslter, &c, and affirming The principle
ha, a muster cannot give, in any degree,
he opt on Of freedom TO his slave.
The .Terpeisn Rock" which, with b
he opposite wall of rocks. ioIms mar {
ow chssm through which rnna single v
rack Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, I
ust above The station, at ElIIcolts d
Mills, is now being removed Ivy the con- q
rsctors, under the superintendent OF The g
engineer. r
The Winchester 20. s Preshytery,
ylich commenced lis session al H4rrer'o
Ferry on The 18th uIl., adjourned on tie
list Rev. l.. F. Wilson was elected
Moderator. The next session will he &
leld IN Romney next October.
Hon. Edgar G. w iIson. distinguished =
awyer in Northwestern Virginia, and at
me time representative in Congress
rom the Wheeling District, died at his
esidence in Morgantown on Tuesday =,
.venins last. Mr.. w. was a brother 10
Rev. Norval Wison,n the NJ. l.. church.
The Pony Erpress-The new ctle- il
,raed pony express,b by which intelligence c
3 obtained from San Francisco in ten
laws, iraverses 1900 miles of a wild and !
country, infested by powerful d
ribes of warlike Indians. Nearly one h
hundred horses are employed. and only
birty.six couriers, each riding about 6fiy e
niles.
A despatch has lately been received 4
rom Mr.. Harris, stating that our relations T
with Japan are now in The most salislac a
ory condition, and that every disposition
s shown by The Government 10 carry the
treaty faithfully into effect.
Letters from Europe slate that the hos
tile feeling between England and France
is growing more intense, that European