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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
BALTIMORE MtRKET.


Baltimore. Feb. /, 1860.
Flour.-The market for Flour was dull
to-day, and no sales to report. Howard
Street super held al $3.50 per bbI, We
quote Ohio super at $3.50, AID City Mills
at s5,37!.
Extra Flour-We qrote Howard
Street at S5,874a6, Ohio at $5,75a5,87 !
and City at S6,25 per Dol. for regular
shipping brands.
family FIour.-We still quote Welch's
at SO Palapsco and Rcaervor at $3.50,
an4 tie Silver Spring end Ashland brands
a, S7.25a7.50 per biol. OHIO and How.
ord Street Family may be quoted at Sc
$3.50 per bhl.
Rye Flour and Corn Meal We con.
time to quote Rye Elour at &4,37s per
DOL. Corn Meal is steady al S}.62! per
bjj. For Baltimore.
Whoar.-ihe offerings amounted 10
only $40 bushels to day, and We quote
red at 1875 per bush. white 1859 for prime.
Corn.-We quote new yellow at Tie;
white Zoe.
Oats.-We quote Pennsylvania at 45c.
ani Maryland nominal 49,. per bnsheI.
Rye.-We quote Penn! lvania nomi-
nal al GGc per basHeI.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

DsAD LETrERs.-Dsad letters. instead
Of being returned at Washington within
six months, as heretofore. are aow return
ed with n half ,ha, period Of time. TINS
proport ona!ely facilitating the restoration
of valuables 10 their owners, os well as
preventing the inconvenient accumulation
Of such letters al the various pos!ollices.
This new arrangement works well and
the Postmaster General suggests an alter
alton of The law-lo return them within a
still shorter space Of time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
Comics Testimony.

In the II Iuse of representatives, few
DAYS since, in The course Of few remarks
made by lion. Mr.. RoteleE, of this Dis
trict, on the e!Tec, Of Ehe preaching of alb
clifton doctrines, hd the Northern Off,
Gals, and their mis representation o. fac's
relative to the cbniiiion OF the Southern
slaves. lie said L:
II ,.an illustrate Ills By an incident
which occurred in l&y own county the
other day. That pcbr wretch, Coppic, 3
week ur two before his execution, STOOD a.
The window of his Hrison. pressing his
brow against the iron bars across II, look
Ing nut intenlly in The street a, the happy
g,oups of negroes assembled there, and
after some time. he turned away and sob
he'd. "Oh, sir. sail he, 81 have seen,
day after day, the nd groes in your streets,
and they are better q ali than the lahoring
people of the State 4 om which came
they are well cared TOR in every way, AID
see OH ! see how happy !" Said my
friend. "what did ydu expect. or what car
YOU expect o. "Oh! sal he. ii hat
been 'aughtto believe that they were dowr
trndden and oppressed, and were ready 1t
clutch at liberty ba, they refused it wheI
we offered them the boom
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

&C. The Anti Dueling bill Of Mr.. Bran
non which passed the State Senate on
Monday, by vote OF % to 10, is to re-
strain the liabilities Of due!ling to cases in
which duels are actually fought" and
also TO establish the competency Of wit
nesses by making The testimony ola par
ticipan,,evidence against all engaged ex-
cept himself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

| Spr.KER ELECrCD On Wednesday
last. after long ard weary contest, Fen
nine,nn Of New Jersey, was chosen SPea'
ker of The House Of Representatives,. The
hnal vote was as follows ~
Vbo,s nnmber ol woes 232-nt which
Mr.. pcnffTng,on received ~, 5ir. Me-
Clernand So, Mr.. Gilmore Is, The re-
mainder were scattering.
The clerk derlated M. Pennington ia
he elected. aud appointed Mr.. . sc 'han
and Mr.. Bocock 10 conduct him ID '"e
chair.
The Speaker said:
Gentlemen of HE Honse OF Represen-
I,atiyes-I relurnRlo You my grateful avn
wedgemenls for the distinguished t"u-
or vou have hs en- pleased t" confer np"a
me in elecline ne the Speaker "i 't'S
Ho Sc. Coming here for the hrsi IiNe Al
The pre enl session to be associate" vim
Won ~ = member, no event could ha'e
heen more unlocked for than that should
he called upon to preside over your ue'io-
CREATIONS. And nv friends VIII do ''e 'he
'ips,;Ce 10 saw thai have no' songh' 'le
positinn, and certainly never desired H. /
,,r nevertheless as conscious Of the Gl2ni-
~ AMI importance of this high Office ~
any eeulleman can be; but should have
been better pleased had its duueS been en-
trusted to other and more experienced
hands.
After witnessing the utmost lnsnrmonn'
table obstacles in tie way OF the organiza'
,jnn Of this House. came to the con"Iu-
sion that any gentleman Of any party who
could command a majority of votes for
Speaker were bound, in Difference to he
public exigencies, 10 accept the respon''-
bll,v as an ac, of patriotic duty. whether
agreeable to his present feelings or not.
As that choice has unexpectedly fallen up.
on me. hive not htsitatcd TO accept II.
n lhs execution Of This high trust ny 90.
icct will BE to do my duly 9Th Impartial
~ and insjice to all. shall have grea!
necessity, gentlemen, for Your intelligence
in tie new position in whir., am placed
apJi feel en,ira confidence | shall receive
i, at sour hands.
4 representative (rom the STATE Of New
Jers ", on whose soil 80 many brilliant
achievements were accomplished in 'he
war, and whose people
have ever been Distinguished for thet de-
voion to the constitution and The Union,I
pray the Great ArbiIer Of orr deSnnies
that NAV DO no act TO impair ihes'"'eg-
rity of either, but that by wise and pro-
dent counsels peace and order may yeti
reign in oar midst. and our free lns'i'n.
ions be perpetua,ed to our descendants.
feel | have national heart, Embracing all
parts of our blessed Union.
Again thanking you for your Kindness
now enter upon tive discharges Of the a.
luous and mplicated duties OF 10Y sta.
lion. Applause
Mr., Pennington was then sworn in by
Mr.. Phelps, (who is the Oldest c"n'ec''
i've member.)
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The CHEsApEAKE & ONO CANAL

The CHEsAPEAKE & ONO CANAL
The annapolis correspondent OF the Bal
timore Sun, under date OF January 81,
says, that many persons interested i'll SIC
Canal, are expected 10 be at Annapolis in
few days. The scrip owners aud bond,
holders are both actively at work. 1t ap'
pears TO be the disposition of parties IN
terested and The Legislature, TO listen to
the recommendations of both Gov. Ligon
and Gov. Hicks, to seperate the State
from its control in the work, and to leave
the canal TO private management.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

TEMPERANCE NESTING -R'v. {. ~.
.iaireUs will deliver Temperance Adj
dress in the NJ. f. Church, Of this town,
on Monday night, 9Th of February. OH
er ministers will also be present TO ad-
dress the audience. The Public general
ly are respectfully invited TO attend.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

JEFFERSON SoCIErY.-The following
question will be debated on by the J fer
son Society, on Friday night next: IS
the Lsgat profession a morol one? De-
baers A. s. Sionebrsker, James Me-
MdrraI, Edward tIessey, William A..
Chapline. Affirmative John Byers, E.
G. Lee, John. II. Zit'e, Morgan Mem
dree, n 'gative.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN
FURNITURE

consisting in pan % one fiIstrare Sofa. i
Large Mirror, Pailr Fables, Sldehosrd,
Tables, Chairs. Bureaus, WarJiobes.
Wash Stands. Hat Rack. Seiiee, . Cock.
ing Stoves. D Air-Tishl. 2 Tempt ne and
Franklin do, 2 Hal Lamps, aud many
"'hef oriIrIes unnecessary Ia ennmeraie.
TEKMS.-A rtedi of Six Months
"IlI he gwen on all sums Of SO and up.
wards, The purchaser giving his bond sirh
approved security. For al sums under
$40 the cash will be reqDi Ell.
~ Sole 10 comnrn:e al 10 O'clock,
A. II.
~ 10 property TO be removed until
he terms OF The sa!e are complied with.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

The LETcHER CADETs.-Tbi. is tie
name new military organiztL"n which
has sprung into existence in Charlesiown,
during the last few days. The company
is composed of YOUTHS varying in ages
from 70 ir,een to twenty. TIE officers
elected at a meeting OF The company on
Saturday, are {:
Caplain-E!,card H. Campbell.
lsl l.ieulenant-J. H. Hurst.
81 Lieu,ensn,-JOseph Crane, Jr.
81 Lieu,enanl--B. ". Moore.
o. Sargeaul-B. S. White.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

PARDod ED.-Governor Wise, during
the last t~I 70 years of his term IN Office,
pardoned 4ne hundred and sixteen con-
vlcts, com nuted Ihe punishment Of twelve
and repriek ed four others.
The BID sion publishers Of the Life Of
Captain John Blown" sent 20 Mrs. Brown
last week a check Cor S 900, as her share
of the profits of that book thus far.
Hiram Powers, the sculptor, is reported
10 be loud in expressions of sympathy for
John Brown among the literatl at Flor
ence.
The Marshall House in Alexandra.
was sold al auction, on Monday last, for
$1,000. Purchaser-J. Randolph Grigs-
by.
CnMPLIMENTARy.-A movement, is on
foot in New York city TO tender public
dinner TO Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ant
hon. Roger A. Pryor.
The Committee in the Virginia House
Of Delegates, to whom had been commit
led the resolution 10 consider ine need of
sricler laws on The adulersuon OF liquors,
have expressed the conviction that il is
impossible 10 prevent the sdulleration of
liquors.
There are about three millions Of dol
llars in the possession Of the POST Office
Department, but which cannot be paid cot
1ul! an appropriation bill be passed by Con-
gresS for that purpose.
An abolition lecturer named Coales,
was ordered 10 leave the Town Haddon,
field, n. j., last Saturday.
/ Geo. w. Bowman. editor Of The Wash.
ington Constitution, was elected Printer
to .he Senate on The l7lh ult.
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a discount Of twenty. five per cent, from the
5oye prices, will be allowed 10 CLuB3 order
hg four or more copies of any enc or more Of
he above works. Thus: Four copies of
Slackwood, or OF one Review, will be sent 10
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reviews and Blackwooi for $50 ani so Oh.
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

4 MEETING Of Ire Democratic party
* of Dis,rI No. ) and u. al Suep-
nerdstown, viii be held at The Tom
Hall IN SAID town, on Saturday,. February
An. al2 o clock. p. NJ, Tor The purpose
Of appointing Delegates 10 The CONVEX.
ions 10 he held respectively ID Richmond
and Winchester. A pnncnal attendance
Of sne party is earnestly requested, rs II!
is proposed 10 decide in tia! meeting
" heher a majority Of the Voters are IN
favor OF making nominations for County
,tii,r,s. &c. or not. Jan %
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
Observation-Disclosures.

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contained ~ stFec'
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of@H anu 'Ye"'y--"ere oil VINO were 'ei'
l" Keep 'heI 'rns'' Sno oe '"I'ili'' 10 '!e
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were 'Leacl1inS on 'ne "oIn r 'i, MS
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greer 'hP"' !" '''e C''"P ''"' ""e" nc
"a" Their c1Pfa'n' MS Ola communicating
aFmS' sep VehSoil' VINO 500" oy Oi' sue
al me Cfe' Aleao'"S' on Dra0oocN Ia
'ai heio' a" III many all l"u'aH ca''P'ig"
-and VINO reported hluiSS!' 70 ms con-
III n ihdef As [Jf0" me fS"' 0"t" y me
['f0"'ac hg sP''nS from DIS morse ana
c'a'Pe1 MS o'd iFl'na ana c"mpa"'"n''h
arms WIN pom hahoS. ne SP0"e no
WOrU 0i welcome Oul ite elOqNtUce Oh
silence told what his tongue c""'a fo' ar
'c0i''e' "oVed along 'ne F'hAS' sha-
''ns we Ia pa o. each' 'foH' "laL 10 man,
ana all The FhIle-'S my lhio'me' 'oid
ne--'he ol9 Tears were seen confsIng
Town his mfhIy coeeRs'
Ay' SIR washington Tepi ! Ana why !
ia HE gloF - soul OF Washington swell
win emohd r why dId ne "erP Be q
'ausS ne sa Y 'nal NC cause ~ N 4ssag'"- !
sets was PhcHcdiIy me cause o! Virgin
la; hecanse| he saw thai her ti"z7ns rec e
'gn'zen 'nf great principles ir,olved in l.
ne contest These Virginia volunteer,
'aa come spontaneously hey mao
;nme IN Response 10 lie ""F"S 81 yer /
Iiehry 'haI were lfaPIh9 ''He i've '"""uer
n'""sh 'hY l""o' 'e'I'hS we people 81
or Afassach usf1ls. They had come To
ally by Wasbn<ion's side. to defend :
our falhet IS fresidc, to project their
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
BL.aCKWo0D'S EDM. REVIEW, (Tory.

THESE periodicals ably represent the three
/ great political parties Of Great Britain
Mig, Tory and Radical-but politics forms
uuiy one feature OF their character. As Or
cans Of the most profound writers in Science,
Literature, Morality aud Religion they stand,
as they ever have stood, unlivaI!ed in the
world Of letters, being considered indispensa-
BILE to the scholar and the professional man,
while to the intelligent reader of every class
they furnish more correct and satisfactory
record of the current literature of the day,
throughout the world, than can be possibly OBJ
tanned from any other source.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

SNow.-Snow fell on Tuesday righr
last to the depth of.severaI inches, winch
has caused Tue merry jinsle Of the sleigh
bell TO be hearl once more.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

Crawford's bro"ze statue OF Governor
Na-dn was raised on the Richmond mon.
uncnt on Wednesday last. Gov. Mason
was the author OF the Virginia Declara.
ti0n Of RigHIs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

BuRNBD-The stable of Capt. Charles
Bnr,uan, Of Marliusburg, was burned on
Saturday night last.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

ApoL cy.- fhe editor being Suddenly
called away. from bis post by the death o
relative, will account for he limited
amoun, of reading matter and all iDper.
feclions, in this issue.
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4 7 - q L ~ ~.
- 81 ~ - - 20

At his residence, in M,idIetown, Md.
on Saturday. the 28,h uil TtfOd0re L..
Burkhart, aged 50 years, ? months and
7 days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
Remarkable Presence Of Mind.

The following incident. connected with
the recen, burning Of the Western te-
male ColIege, at Oxford, Ohio, is related
by correspondent of Cincinnati paper /:
"The escape Of Miss Sa'Ile +. Moore
from the college, is unparalieJ fof daring.
and seems almost miraculous. She room
ed in the fifth story, and returned the sec.
oni time 20 hcr room r9- s"'"- '"""".--
On opening her door she discovered that
the ball was dense with smoke, and the
stairway was in flames, and all means OF
exi, in that direction, hopeless. Closing
her door, she deliberately tore the bed
cIouing Into strips, knoued them firmly
together, aud, tying them To her bed post.
she hopefully stepped from her window,
AMI made successful descent TO the
ground, distance of forty.dve feet"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
JouN BRowS. IRA corresp pendent c

JoHN Brown, A cores pendent OF
tive Congrega'l"nslist, writing from Aus
linburg. Oaio, describes public meeting
al tina, place, al which an address was
made by John Brown. jr. Mr.. Brown is
constantly harrassed with rumors thai
warrants ars in the hands Of U. S. Mar
shals. and with threats OF arrest. But he
empha,icslly declares that he VIII never
be taken 20 Washington or Virginia alive,
and irom what | know of the state Of feel
ing in ibis country. and the preparations
made to prevent his abduction, 10 not
believe il possible 10 remove han without
serious blond.shed. | learn that bis
ynunces, and only surviving brother is
also in ,his vicinity. he and lis COM
rades were thee weeks IN ihe road f ON
Harper's Ferry and for The first four day 5
subsisied entirely upon dry corn. gathered
from The fields. With the north star FOR
thei, gui e. they travelled by night, and
lay concealed during the day.
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For Blackwood aud three Reviews, %
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Money current ia the State 'ohere issued
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The receipt of ADVANCE SHEETS from the
British publishers gives additional value 10
these Reprints, inasmuch as they can now De
placed in the hands of subscribers about as
soon as the original editions.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

The Virginia Il Tennessee Railroad
Directory Say that of the thirty eight en-
giaes on their road, sixteen were built in
slave STATES, md the rest By national men,
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04

A few herring. the frs, If the season,
we're caught near Potomac creek OH Fri
day last.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-04
A Brave MAN.-Co'. Lockridge, in

A Brave MAN.-Co'. Lockridge, in
his Official report Of the late fgh, on the
RIO Grande. with Corlinas, says:
Col. Ford IS mpet brave man, and nn-
ques;jouably the bes! ranger captain lv'
ing. He rode up to within few yards of
III mouth Of Corlinas' cannon, an1 four
times the cannon was fred at him. each
time w0unding him, bot not severely a
yiGce Of one finger was taken off, and a
Iri"ce CT iron from the cannon struck him
in the groin, but abopk and belt that he
bad in the pocket of his blouse, no doubt,
saved him from an ugly wound. Corli-
mas canister shni was made Of buck-shor,
rocn,! iFen balls, ard ot iron mails, no
doubt made in Maismoras. Colonel Ford
deserves we'll Of lis country he is no.
hH specimen OF man and a sodier.
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AAG navEs Price = 90.
, 1860-08-30

gentleman living il. ST. 1'su'. Minnesots,
atler travelling extensively through the coun-
t'y, las become fully satisfied that Lincoln will
be the next President n~7i1g heard some Of
tho Douglasites Of this city claim Illinois and
Minnesota for Douglas. aad also assert that
Dour1ss will be elected, he has concluded 10
test their sincerity By offering them the follow
ing bets, viz:
81 100 that Abraham Lincoln will get the cleo
toral rote Of llliuoia-
$500 that Abraham Lincoln will get tue
electoral vote Of Minnesota.
&e,0uo,hat Stephen 4. Douglas will get fewer
electoral roles that auT man rrnning for The
Presidency, except Houston.
Theae bets all 10 be taken together. The
necessary securities hare been deposited Ut the
fremont 11oase.
We object ia betting au elections in toto, but
there ecms to BE- no other method to aileuee tie
blo~ers and strikers Of Douglas than By eudan-
ge-ing their pockets.
Great Mars meetInC In Wheeler, Ind.
The Republicans Of Porter ard Logan couu-
ties, Ind ere to hare great rally to-day at
r. H., at Wheeler, where shey will be addt essed
BY cur friend, Mr. Julius Kune Of this city, who
ID doing good work for the cause Of freedom
by bis tour in this and neighboring States.
, 1860-08-30

4 correspondent Of the n. O.. Ptesrune,
writing from Tampico under date Of August
s!h, sayB:
The eonducta arrived from The interior .o,ne
few days a9o, bringing ea,o47 .l5o. TIE drought
IL ssported a. very severe; md this, together
with the nasraudiug bands which infe4t a. in.
s+rior, will rerJ soou bring the country to utter
ruin. Great ieart Of famine art entertained
in the Interior, - there is not Z single buahel
Of corn Or wheat in the erpna.y which formerly
supplied The wants Of the people. This state of
thinGa IL. no doubt, the consequences Of ths In
tesnai s,ruRg.s which has lastsd slnce Couaon.
Tort lstt the country. The population IL eithe,
coerced into the ranks or compelled to flee tron
thsis oppressors into The mountains, leaving i
tue meantime tba crops. il any, 70 ~ 70 Ute,
was'e. The men who brought down &hs COR
dueta Eufercd tevsrcly from ths scarcity o
uAttr, and Thirty four ~rstches we're left on ID
road to pertsh-
Cora is excessively high, 10 tnuch 10 that th
municipal council have tesol red to buy up a
tbAt is brought to market. with the object q
re:se1iing it to the poor people It moderat
Prize. 80.