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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Plentiful.

Never within the recollection Of the
coolest inhabilsnt' hss there been, in
this section, Black5erries so plentiful as
at the present season, Our Citizens have
been gathering them by bushels. Make
plenty Of jam and Wine-such things are
good for sick people, and well ones TOO.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
lmportan, to Paroied Rebel Prisoners

Important TO PaToied Rebel Prisoners
Colonel Woolley has received orders
rom Majnr General Hancock, 10 again
issue orders 10 paroled rebel prisoners IN
regard to reporting and registering at The
Provost MarshaPs office. Ii is also or.
dered iha, no psroled rebel prisoners will
b. allowed TO come TO this city or Stale,
" no we're not residents OF the State pre-.
yious to he rebellion, unless they have
the privilege from General Hancock
The pass or consent given by any com,
mander or provost marshall in any Of the
SouiLeIn States, 10 visit or come 70 Mary
land for permanent residence, will not be
recognized by General Hancock, and all
such persons will be sent back, unless
they obtain the special permission Of The
Secretary of War, or Presiden! Johnson
General Hancock announces that Lieuie n
an, General Grants conditions OF parole
10 those prisoners was, that they return TO
their former homes and there remain, &c
and that they have no right 10 come into
This department, unless by special per-
mission, and tina, the commanders In
those States south Of Maryland have no
power TO extend them that permission
All Marylanders who fail TO report and be
registered ARE 10 be arrested and imprison-
ed. So says the Baltimore Sun.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Died.

We learn that Mr. Samuel Wright, re-
siding near Charlestown, one OF the
wealthiest and most influential citizens
Of this County, departed this life during
the first Of the week, leaving many irlends
10 mourn bis loss.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Our Merchants.

Our merchants are receiving supplies
OF new goods, pretty. good and cheap
They are an accommodating seiI OF TEL
lows, and will sell you any thing in their
line OF business, al low prices, for money
or produce. They are old hands at the
business and know how 70 serve cusie-
mers. Examine our columns fol- their
adveriisemenls-all who advertise IN the
Register sell the cheapest.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

e. We are requested by L. H. Sesr-
ing. ESQ, 10 state ihsi this will be The
only offile opened in the Couury. FOR The
collection OF lsxes due IN real estate. con-
sequenIly all persons 10 he County " Ill
be required to come TO iris place 10 pay
their hXes
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

hr,dOe. Washington, who was msking
reconnaissance in the neighborhood' de-
,crvinp the Vnginians in the distance
oslioped up TO meet 'bem; ana when
Captain Stephenson, esIudng him, re.
noT,ed his company "from the TlsH oanS
81 The Potomac" the Commander IN
chief unable to resist the impulse, sPrans
from his horse, and beginning WIN Inc
canrajn. went from msn to man. shaking
hands with each, tears OF JOY r'i'ins
dnwn his cheeks. as. he recognized ms
friends aad ieIlow-sOIdieTs no" 'ne
South.
Norsan's ri1rmen reached the camp
day or two after SIephenson.snd tresaP
company. from Western Maryland arrlV'
ed lev days after Morgan.
con the l7lh of July, 1925, there
were but four Of the rihemer living VIZ
Mai. Henry Bedinger, of Berkeley coun,
~: his brother, Michael Bedinger' oil
Blue Lick, Kentucky; Peter l.auck' OF
Winchester, Va; aud one other, whose
name do not know-ihe BedIngers and
Lauck only met according TO sPPoIn''
tnent
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Fashionable.

Why are The ladies Of Shepherj"owu
like the Chinese Z! Because they love
rats and mice. They are also fond of
waterfalls and ssdfOams. Query II
the rats and mice should disappear, will
eat-aracis bscome Ia mode ?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

AYFAlss * TExAe-Fron Texas iir
news Is 70 tie Bah. The Snulhwe.iem
telegraph is open from Galveston 10
Shreyepori. Louisiana. and CONNECTIVE n
viii soon be made lo Ilek-burg. Missis-
sippI. and CsmdrD. Ark. BosioHians cen
'heB send iir,ugh dspslches sl over
Teyss New wheat Is selling NJ Wsey
iOr seveniy.6ve rsDis. and will soon 70
down 10 6iw. The FeAIsns ere quiet. and
ihe United States 'roops rapidly movleg
TO her positions throughout The Stale.
The army on the RIO Grsnde has five
h0adred beeves Jaily. huI the Mexicsns
wOn'i permit Ibe ,enrrIss 10 dance witt
our officers. From over the border We
learn Ilisl the Confederate fugitive Gen
erals and Governors had arrived al Mon
teFey. where Ihey expected 10 be joined
by some seven or eiabI hou, end follow
ers. Governor Marah Was robbed Vi
%. 900 near San Antonio.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

~ A correspondent from Harrison
burg, Va, TO the New York Times
states that the wheat of Rockingham
county is being ihreshed ou' as rapidly
as possible, as Sheridan left but lew
barns in which to stow it, The yield is
a little more than hal a crop, and The
qualify ia poor, The growing corn bar
been looking very promising, but Is now
suffering from drou,h. A fine GA! crop
has been gathered.
The farmers have begun 10 prepare for
rebul ling their burn, barns. Many,
however, from want Of means will have
TO content themselves with stable and
granaty, instead Of the large barn des-
uoyed for them. House building, too,
IN The burnt district" near Dayton, is
going on rapidly, but on small scale.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Public Speaking

We are requested 10 state that Cover.
nor Stanton, Of Ohio, and }. r. HOke,
ESQ OF Berkeley County, will address
the Convention 10 be held at the Courl
House, IN thIs place, on Thursday l01h
of August, at 2 o'clock, p NJ Cons
one, come all, irrespective Of polnc'.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05
Arrested.

Major II. X. Douglas, Of this place,
and late Of The rebel army, was again ar
rested On Sunday last and taken to Har'
per's Ferry, and thence, report says, has
been sen, 10 Fort Delaware to serve ou
two months confinement for an alleged
violalon of military order, in going 10 I
Photograph gallery with his uniform on
shortly after The surrender Of Gen. Lees
army,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

To- rhe Hon. n. 8. Foote. under
date OF Mopneal. Canada, July 25'h, Is
on, in long letter 10 favor Of aeg'0 sui
frsge. .
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

b- Governor PIerpon, notifies the
Justices Of The County Courts OF Virginia
he has been informed from trustworthy
sources that in number of the counties
of this Sale, persons have been elected
recently to various Offices who were dis
qualified from holding them by clause
IN the Alexandra Constitution, which
excludes from voting or holding office, all
those who have held office under, or who
have been members Of the Congress al
Richmond. or Of The State Legislature
whrch held It's sessions during The civil
war. The Judges are instructed, IN all
such cases, to declare the offices vacant,
end to proceed forthwith 10 ill them by
neW elec Ilune.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

aa We call attention 10 the advertise
men. headed "S.lrersmiIhing" in today q
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-05

army.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17


EVERY neighborhood has its man to
tell big stories, and we are not behind
in that respect" says an unknown CORES
pondent. "Old John Mitchley Is known
in all this neighborhood as one who de-
lights to 'astonish the natives by his
'recollections'
"On one occasion, when crops had
nearly all failed, and people had begun
to talk of hard times. old John, being in
company with several of his complain
ing neigh bors, thus consoled them:
"'People have little cause to grumble
nowadays, when we recollect how 1t
used to be. When / was yet in the Old
Country, we had famine that was one
Why continued he, hundreds of my
neighbors actually starved to death and
Oh opening their bodies, it was found
that they had been so pressed by hunger
that they had actually filed themselves
with grass r4s
why asked by-stander, were the
bodies opened after deathT
why replied. he, TO find out 'rhd
they starred to death on, Of course.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
Vorf,Iriug Prisoners.

While the Government is trying by
military commission a man who in his
capacity of TAILOR treated prisoners OF war
contrary to the rules of civilized warfare,
and the claims of humanity the agents
of our own War Department are perpe-
trating similar atrocities upon prisoners
in thier charge. DR.. Mudd, one OF the con-
spirators, condemned to the Dry Tortu-
gas, attempted to escape, proceeding
not at all unnatural, but which prison
discipline requires shall be duly punish
ed. Not content with Furnishing him
for the offence by putting the prisoner at
hard labor, wheeling sand under trop-
ical sun, his jailors we are informed put
him TO torture, using that refined instru'
ment. the thumbscrew, to eXtort from
him a confession that should implicate
some other person in the plot to effect
his escape. Under the pain OF the tor.
ture, Mudd accused quartermaster
named Kelly of befriending him. Kelly
was arrested on this extorted evidence,
and condemned to imprisonment with
hard labor for six years. 1t is full cen
tury since every country that pretended
to be civilized, abolished torture as a
means OF eXGOrGluS CoulCooloho A.ooA r.
oners. Humanity revolted at the instl-
tuition of torture, and it was discarded
To Secretary Stanton belongs the honor
of reviving it, under the "freest govern.
ment in the world" in the latter half OF
the nineteenth century. The thumb
screw which was selected by the Tortu-
gas iailors, is one of the most villainous
Inventions of the middle ages, when in
penuity was taxed to infict agony upon
unhappy wretches. .,
1t was cotemporary with the rack, "
the "boot," and the "auto da fe," and we
recommend the latter to Secretary Stan
ton and his Tortugas torturers as deslr-
able mode of putting condemned prison.
crs to death. Hanging is too refined ana
gentle a punishment for their tastes
roasting to death over slow fire would
DO fitting sequel to the revival OF the
thumbscrew. If we are to go back to
the Dark Ages, let US have all the hor-
rors of rack stake and wheel.
Ifagents of the government are Justl-
fed in inhicting whatever torture they
please upon helpless prisoners, 1T is a
monstrous farce to put Wirz on trial tor
his life for cruel aud inhuman treatment
of Union soldiers over whom he held the
same jurisdiction that the officers at the
Tortugas exercise over the prisoners held
there. SO
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
Episcopal Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-The General
Convention of the Episcopal Church re-
assembled this morning. This Is the
tenth day of the session. Rev. DR. Alb
erton offered the following:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty
God to restore to our beloved Common
wealth it's old relation of brotherly atfec
ton and ecclesiastical duty, and thus to
enable us to Join in the great work OF
preaching the Gospel Of Christ in a
church not only apostolical, but one in
heart and in ordination throughout the
whole land and, WHEREAS, it is fitting
that we should set apart specific and
distinct occasion for this distinct and
surprising mercy, therefore,
Resolred-That, as house, We respond
most gratefully to the invitation of the
House of Bishops to meet for the pur-
pose of such thanksgiving tomorrow
and will Join devoutly in its services.
Mr. Brunt objected to the reception OF
the resolution.
The Chair stated that similar resolu.
ton had already been adopted in the
preamble aud resolutions of Rev. DR..
Wharton, and was then accepted and
placed on Tue reCOru.
The Committee on Canons report
cd an amendment for the purpose OF
removing the ambiguity of the Canons
in reference to the dismission of cler.
gymen from their parishes without
the consent, of the ecclesiastical authori-
ty. The Committee on Canons also re-
ported series of amendments in regard
to the election and jurisdiction of Mis-.
sionary Bishop.
The committee on the provisional sys
tenn reported, recommending the follow.
ing canon: 1t is hereby declared to be
lawful for the diocese now existing. oil
hereafter to exist within the limits Of
States or Commonwealth, to establish
for themselves q federative convention
representing such diocese, which may
deliberate and decide upon the common
interests of the churches within the
State, and exercise any delegated pow,
ers not inconsistent with the constitution
of this church.
Hon. B. Ruggles moved that there
should be special meeting on Wednes
day evening of this week, for the pur
pose of considering the provisional sys
tenn.
Rev. DR.. Hare moved the reference OF
the proposed canon to the committe on
canons.
The report on Missionary Bishops was
then made the order of the day for Tues
day
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17

"a MAN from the rural districts was
dining at the st, Charles recently, and
not being posted as to the customary
forms respecting the allotment of certain
guests to one servant, was continually
hailiDg the servants to bring Ian yari-
Gus dishes, principally oysters. Thus:
1 say, strange, have you you got any is
ters 2 No response Repeating loudly,
l say, You stranger, have you got any is
tiers = At last an old caiied pGsse.
turned around. with quite determined
cast OK counte2ance, and, looking dag
gers, replied, Iisu't stranger heah Tse
lived heah sarvent for i've years :;
and this isl. { al oyster-osilar. but spec
table fust-ciass hotel Amidst the
laughter of the party the man retired 20
look for the ister-house.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17

GEN. BANKS LAST RETREAT.-A letter
from New Orleans says that Gen. Banks
has been requested to vacate the private
house he has been of late residing in, the
owner, Mr.. R. H. Short, claiming it as
his property under the act of pardon
which he has just received from the Pres
ident.-C Boston Paper.
The sequel to the story, as we have
heard it told, is that Gen. Banks. not
having been accustomed to that sort Of
thing" of claiming private rights under
his Louisiana administration, laughed at
Mr.. Shorts request to have his residence
restored to bim, and declined it. But Mr..
Short was armed for the encounter, ard
had something in his pocket besides the
pardon, ,to-wit: an order from Washing
ton for the delivery Of his property. He
quietly exhibited his document at head,
quarters, whereupon Gen. Badks walked
out. The first method Of evacuation pro-
posed would have been the most graceful
in q civil, as we'll as the most mastery"
in military point of view.-New Orleans
True Delta.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17

THE CHoLERA.-The State Depart
ment is again in receipt of voluminous
dispatches about the cholera in Europe.
The consul OF Port Mahon writes that
on Sept. 20 there were 137 deaths at Pal
ermo, and that the average since that
date is from $50 to l60 per day The dis
ease was introduced at Palermo by con-
traband merchandise, and wherever it
appears the people are panic stricken
The consul ut Constantinople writes that
the cholera has entirely disappeared
from there. The consul at Genoa writes
that owing to wise sanitary measures it
has entirely disappeared from that
place also.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
RaiIroad Accide mt.

A terrible accident occurred on Satur-
day, to an eastern bound express train
on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
four miles from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
An axle of one of the passenger cars
broke, tearing open the bottom OF the
next car in the rear, making an open
ing large enough to drop through the oc-
cupants of six seats, who fell under the
train and were horribly crushed: Nine
persons were killed, among them Mrs.
BARR, wife Of JAS. P. BARR, of the Pitts
burg Post. Nj. BARR was himself Sc
yerely inju red.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
" aEELING REGISTER.
TUESDAY MORNING. OCT. II, 1896.
Ser TeIsgraphic Summary and l. aiesi
Market Reports by Telegraph, See
Fourth Page.
From the Louisville Democrat.
The Friends OF the Soldiers.

Ii is very annoying to the legal-tender
loval;sts to SEQ distinguished officers Of
the army Democratic candidates IN sew
srai OF the States, and II shocks ,4-;:- ~
,e returued veterans voting the Demo
cratic ticket The stay-at-home patriots
rho have had nothing to do but to nurse
their LOYALTY, and who have, therefore,
kept it in a high-state of preservation,
can't abide this semi-traitorous conduct
of these officers and soldiers.
It is s,lrmised that the South is bad
atlnosphere, and that men who have been
there have contracted something of tie
prevailing distemper in that locality
Generals Morgan and Slocum are a good
deal suspected, and if they stand long in
the way of the virtuous party they may
be amenable to q military commission.
Loyalty is not to he shown IN the field
A man may risk his life and shed his
blood to save the Government; but that
doesn't make him loyal He may prompt
IL obey all laws and orders, and still lack
the one thing. He must worship at the
Abolition shrine, and keep its high and
low priests in office. The faithful want a
life tenure in the offices, not for their
own sakes, but for the sake Of the coun-
try They could well suffer the loss of
ali that makes life desirable-power and
pelf; but how could the country get
along without their distinguished and
valuable services
The man who makes opposition to
their rule nov and in all times to come,
must have sinister meaning. 1t IS i'm
possible to hold him above suspicion
One must vote for the party and work
for the party, or, at least, he must not
vote or work against it. Let him be
right on this point. and nothing else is
material 1t win add something to his
merit, perhaps, if he has served his coun-
try in a profitable contract, and if he
now enjoys the fruits of his perilous ser,
vice, with some additions in the way of
stealings Generalship, valor and hard
service in the field can't he q set Oft
against the sin of opposing the party in
power indeed, they are rather aggra-
yatious, and render Democracy less par
donable.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17

The following memorial to the Presl-
dent in behalf of Jefferson Davis, was
signed by nearly all the members of the
Alabama State Convention, and forward
ed to Washington;
STATE CAPITOL, MONTGOMERY, Ala,
September q, 1865, )
To His EIcellency ARdrelr johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States:
Tho undersigned, delegates TO the Con-
venticn of the people OF Alabama, now
in session, respectfully and earnestly ad-
dress your EIcellency in behalf Of JeHer-
son Davis, late President of the late Con-
federate States.
i Mr.. Davis is IL confinement, as we are
advised, under charge of treason
against the United States; which if sus-
tained, must be sustained upon the
ground of acts performed by him as Pres
ident of said Confederate States, or as
Commander-in-Ch Chief of its forces
Mr.. Davis was by the unanimous voice
of the members of the Provisional Con-
gress called to the Chief Magestracy, aud
By the unanimous voice of the people of
the States composing said Confederacy
was elected to the Presidency and for
a considerable portion of the term of his
service he was sustained by the people
with almost entire unanimity.
We do not propose to argue the ques-
tion of the right of the States to secede,
and to maintain that right if necessary
The argument on both sides is exhaust
ed the appeal to arms has forever set
tied the question, and the people of the
South are daily giving unmistakable ev-
idence of their acquiescence in the deci-
sion. State after State is wheeling into
line; the authority of the United States
is everywhere admitted and willingly
conformed to; and the Southern people,
with as great unaniuity as they en-
deavored TO dissolve the Union, are now
willing and desirOus To resume in fra
ternal spirit, their old relations
In view of these facts, we respectfully
submit thatlany additional punishment
inflicted upon Mr. Davis is unnecessary
to deter others from like course A gov
ernment and people which overcame
the united forces of eleven States can
well afford to be magnanimous.
Respectfully aud earnestly we entreat
that whatever power the Executive and
Government of the United States can
rightfully exercise may be used in favor
of the eminent citizen in whom this ap-
peal is made.
b. FITZPATRICK, Pres't
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
Negro Equality aud White sms4maiiiy.

The Tribune, in behalf of the arlstocrat-
ic protectionists OF the Loyal League,
comments with admiration on the Brit
ish system of elections to Parliament, be
cause it gives wealth an indisputable
control over legislation" 1t shows that
no man can be elected to Parliament un-
less he can afford to pay at the very least
FIVE thousand dollars in gold for the priv
ilege, and to serve without salary. And
after setting forth the great advantages
which revert to England from this state
ofthings, it adds significantly enough:
Possibly we may find it possible some dayito
get laws made little cheaper than at pres
ent."
Oh, indeed 'Say'st thou 50 old true
penny" Introduce the New England
factory system into the South, drive of
the southern whites by giving political
power to the blacks, get the blacks into
the factories, make them vote like Low
ell operatives, as the mill-ownern think
best, and we shall then have leverage
for the restriction of the right ofsnHrage
at the North which shall give wealth
an indisputable control over leglsla-
tion ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17

THE immense benefits accruing 70 the
negroes enticed away from their homes
in Missouri, during the four or five
past years by the good people of Leaven-
worth, to enjoy the hospitalities of freed
men in free Kansas" are exemplitied in
the following from the Times of that city
of late date
On Sunday lady living i'll South
Leavenworth went to the poor-house on
Tenth street, where about fifty negresses
are kept at the expense of the county,
thinking there might be some who
would like to work On entering, she
saw several stout, able American wo-
men of African decent" and soon made
known her errant. None of them 'ron!d
work-"we don't want to work any more
we've got as good thing as we want
right here'-were the answers to the ma
nv applications for help. And taxpay-
ers must support them while they refuse
70 work
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
EOhi0 Election.

New YORK, Oct. 16.-A special to the
Tribune, dated Columbus, Ohio, 18th,
says: Returns rom all the counties give
Cox majority Of % ,2S7, while the aver
age majority on the State ticket is about
10000, The Legislature stands Union
25, Democrats 10 in the Senate, and Union
20, Democrats IS in the House The sol.
diers vote will not be counted till next
month kA- ss.1 i1ssa 1l,-ct4 - &