Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-12-16
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Gen. Palmer has issued proclamation
declaring thai slavery has ceased TO ex,,
in Kentucky, and advises the colured pea.
pie to apply promptly !" The Court Tor tie.
dress u owners OF pubic conveyance,
shall disregard their hight Ia travel. q,
pleasure. provided they coLlorm 10 any
reasonable regulations.
Elmo e. late rebel culonel, las bean
arrested al Houston, Texas. charged viii,
bunting freedmen with blood hounds.
lis reported tina, the rrbcl General
! " ilhers. RavOr elect OF Mnble. has oeen
! informed ,hsI he will moi be allowed 10 ~
elcse me iunrllons of bis Office uniI lie
hs. received pardon from 'he prt.iien,.
Ten thousand women and chillren
and crippl and infrm old men. in the
northwestern counties Of Arkansas, are
said 20 te in iratne date need Of assistance
10 save them from sisrvsilOn.
Horace Greeley. who is now in Wash.
incton, has expressed himself snb'lanNal.
IL in accord with the President in tbs re.
construction policy "a announced IN lis
message. and earnestly drirrcalts any dl.
vision of HE IN jointly of Congress.
Ii, understood that Gru'rI Butler IS
preparing rely To the crns"Tc cast ny.
on hrm by Gen.r-I Grant, aud thas II vii
>oan be published.
General Logan has declined he View.
can mission. Iii is minated Tat he does
not consider the policy 1T the government
decisive enough towards Macmillan.
II is now considered settled that So,
600 coo will soon be raised fer RAILROAD
from the Western Mary anG Railroad VIA
Hagerstown TO Cumberland. thereby
opening up another outlet from TIE Mary
land coal region 10 Baltimore. IL Is said
that This road is OF great srageuc s'snItl-
canoe.
Thousands Of negroes are leaving tho
plantations and fockIng inro l.ynchburg.
In consequence Of fears Of negro out
breaks entertained by some OF The people
Of Virgins, a proposition for The organi-
cation OF the militia has been submitted 10
he Legislature OF he State.
The Augusta Telegraph says that Hon.
E. Il. Bruce, formerly member OF the
Confederate Congress from Kentucky,
now banker and cotton factor IN Angus
Ia, Ga has sent TO Gen. John {. Breck-
mridgc, now an exile from the land OF
his birth, a cheek for one hundred thous-
and dallars. Mr.. Bruce is understood to
have sp"ruIar,d largely and successful
during the last year Of the ConledeTacy'
The wreckers have raised large Por-
lion Of The famous rebel iron-clad, tho
Merrimac, which was sunk al Norfolk.
The composition wheel of nine tons, h'ty
feet ni HE stern ald section ol The shalt
were brought up al one lifting. and have
been carried 10 l.e navy.yard.
A Richmond paper says Mat some Of
the leading capitalists OF the NGrlh, arc
visiting Richmond, aud seeing tho condI-
tion of affairs IN Virginia, have begun the
formation OF Loan Associations, with
sufficient capital 10 make Liberal loans.
II is stated that there are now 1000,
900 Roman Catholics IN The United
STATES. In 1903 there was province.
! diocese. 2 bishops, SO priests, 80
church es, and 2 ecclesiastical institutions.
The Nashville Banner contains al sc-
count Of party of guerIllas committing
depreJolions upon the residents OF La
vergne, Tennessee. They bold the town
for an hour. but were finally dispersed by
the military.
DR.. Craven, who is the medical sten-
danl Of ex President Davis reports him
as being lin fair health and in serene
stale Of MINI"
1t is stated that all The Episcopal
CT urchts in Alabama are snll closed 10y
military aulhoriy. 1t Was recently an
nounced, unoflicIaIly, Ibsl he President
had revoked the military order.
Mrs. Jackson, widow Il S,onewall
Jackson, has leIl Richmond for short
stay IN the North.
Nm effort in the Virginia Legislature TO
Inva!IGale Ihe rleclIou 'f Messrs. Under
" God aud Segar as Senators ol tie Uni'ed
States from that Stale, seems 10 have lsiI-
eI, re'o!u ION questioning the Legality Of
he Offices being laid on the table.
The carpet for the House OF Repre-
senlalises eame from England aud cost
7,0U0.
"Locusl Hal" adjoining the wife
Hall Gold Nine, Spollsylvania county
Va, containing 20e scrs, was sold 81
potIlc sale on Monday, al 81 10 per acre.
Jbm.S Knox aud Montgomery Hunt. VI
Baltimore, purchasers.