Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-09-02
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( Conn, by whlctI persons WV,
and 60 others terribly mangIed and 'caId
ed.
A man in Illinois has invented horse
shoe which needs no nails or shoes and
which after being fitted, can be tsken on
and put on by any one.
The Hon. Preston King, late Of the L.
s. Senate, has been appointed Collector
iof Customs for the port OF New York.
Hannibal HamIln, late Vice President
has been arpoinIed 10 a like position at
Boston.
One hundred coorpd persons Of Lynch
hue, Va, will he sent To Liberia by the
/ Colonization Society in November.
The cholera continues its ravagrs at
Ancona: and al CunslaurlnopIr il had in.
creased TO 3S4 deaths IN one day.
There are in the oil regions class OF
men called soil sn,IIers' who for Slo IN,
dcale the place 70, boring.
Hiram Kenny has been arrested at New
York for being too much married. as tour
women claimed TO be his Lawful wed.
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Il is stated that all The colored troops
/ are TO he mustered out of service, and HE
number of whites retained for lhe regular
army will number about l95, 600 men.
The belle of the Cape May ball was
dressed in crimson silk, diamond drops
and gold dust Gorgeous attire.
Beef, in Raleigh, North Carolina, sells
at ten cents per pound; meal al one dollar
per bushel.
The Secretary of War has ordered Gen.
eraI Terry to reduce his force IN Virginia
to 5000 men.
The citizens Of ST. Louis have raised
$50, 600 TO purchase n residence for Gen.
eral Sherman.
The Confederate General Barksdale's
fed-gass, found on the field OF Ge1Iys-
burg, has been presented TO MIR. GrAtlen,
of the Philadelphia press.
Lieutenant General EwelPs petition,
the Washington corresp ondent o! the New
York Uorid says, has been denied by the
| President.
is reported that Price and several
other rebels have been made general Off.
GERS in MaxlmiIan's army.
Gen. Wade Ham,on OF South Carolina
has applied for pardon.
DEPARTURE OF VIRGrNIANs FOR En-
RoPE.-Among the passengers who sailed
a iew days ago from New York for En-
rope, in The steam ship Scotia, were Mrs.
IA. NJ. Saunders, Mrs. James Chalmers
and three chiiLtcn, Mrs. Bette Dudley
AMI two children, Mr.. Pollard and daugh'
ter, Mr.. jameson, Mr. Langhorne, MIR.
Chalmers and Miss Johns, all Of Lynch
burg, Va,
Harris the keeper Of the bIoodhounds
at AndrrsonyilIe, was recently arrested by
/ General Wilson and forwarded under
guard 10 Washington. lie Is now in the
old Capitol.
VIM. II. Johns, a well known Goa
operator, died lately al 81. Clair, Pa
aged Sixtv years. His estate Is estimated
at So, 900, 900, which is inherited by two
sons and three daughters.
Mrs. Lincoln has taken lodgings at the
/ Chnon House, Chicago.
Frederick Smith, youngest son Of Elk.
Gov. William Smith, was married to d
Young lady in New York last week, and,
with his bride, Immediately sailed Tor
Europe.
Information has been received Of the
cru"l treatment Of negroes at Fayetteville,
North Carolina. They are strung up by
the thumbs and lashcd. Female school
/ teachers for the negroes have not been
permitted to enter tie city.
The London Daily News says, there
is no prospect whatever OF any lnIiher
paymen, of dividends or principal OF The
( Confederate loan.
I A destructive fire occurred in Lynch
! burg, last week, destroy ing property to
! the amount Of $3.50, 900. The fire orig.
mated in the agricultural warehouse Of
NeesoD d Cots origin Is unknown.
There are two IltIe boys at camp Cad
walader whom the Commanding officer
does not know how 10 dispose OF. One
of them is about eight years old, and says
he followed the soldiers from Balumore.
The other is twelve years oId,buI he says
he has been so long from home Nat he for.
gets where il was. These lads probably
will be sen; TO the Northern Home tor
Frlendless Children.
Capt. J. Henry Hines one Of late Gen.
MoTgan's staff officers, took Tie oaih o.
allegiance al Detroit recently. II VIII Dc
remembered that Capt. Hlnes ou! l-e