Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-01-13

w shingtGn There were present atou,
thirty ladies' and some gentlemen. An
election was had for officers. when Mrs.
Senator Wade was chosen president;
Mrs. George w. McCl"Ilsnd. vice pres
ident; Miss Hancock, secretary and Mrs.
Crandsl. treasurer.
The Senate has confirmed the appoint
ments of William Pickering a. Governor
of Washington Territory. and ALVIN
Saunders as Governor of Nebraska Ter
rltOry.
MATRIMONIAL The nup,ials OF Miss
Harriet Lane, The niece OF rX President
Buchanan. and Mr.. Henry f. Johnston,
Of the banking house of Johnston, Bros.
& Co., of this city, will be celebrated to-
day a, one o'clock. at Whealahd. Ian
caster county, Pa, the residence Of the
ex President A large company l'fl here
last evening by the Northern Central Rail,
road to be present a, the ceremonies.
The bridal party will Immediate y pro-
coed north on tour Of pleasure
DuH' 1O"' " ''u"J'
Four years ago a needle woman Of Paris
lost her hu> band, and, in the violence o!
her grief, made vow she would never
mary again. Last October she was re-
married. She went. on the Feast Of the
Dead. to pray on her first husbands
grave; she begged him to pardon her VI
olation Of the vow her excited magma
ton seemed 10 hear a voice from the
grave exclaim, "Neve: y She tainted
away and remained in a swoon six hours,
and died the next day.
Upon late occasion We heard young
lady say to her beau. as she held pot OF
hot water in her hand, "promise TO marry
me OF I'll scald you" Throw the wa
tel, 81 had rather be scalded once, than
every day Of my life"
One of the largest fJrmers in the Uni
ted States is Mr.. B!dwell. Of CaIi(oInia,
the Chairman Of the Committee on AgTl
culture in the House OF Representatives.
lie owns %. 900 acres Of land, and last
year his wheat crop was 80 600 bushels.
But two Revolutionary soldiers remain
William Hutchens, of Penohscot.
Maine, and Samuel Cook, Clarendon,Or
leans county, N. Y the former aged
iOI wears, and the latter 90 years. Sew
eral during The past year. and II 10 proba-
BILE that one year,more will close the list
Of the surviving heroes Of that struggle
which opened new era upon the world
Late Texas papers report that there is
the stronges, evidence that an intended
massacre was postponed throughout the
Southern STATES by negroes and abandon
ed v hires. The uprising was TO take
place during the holidays, but the promp,
and efficient action Of the miliisry has
caused these malc0nlenls To sbandon, for
the present, their contemplated massacre
Pennsylvania asks Congress for near
Iy million dollars 10 pay tho expense
of repeIling Confederate invasions Of shal
State.
The War Department, has given an or
der for the sending Of large quantity Of
irregular military clothing from the
Schuykrll Arsenal. Philadelphia. TO the
Freedman's Bureaus in North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia. The Ar
senal is over stocked with military cloth
ing and cquIpage Of all kinds, the value OF
the goods being estimated al one hundred
and twenty millions Of dollars. Ii is all
carefully packed up. and means have been
taken TO preserve i, from moths and the
effects Of dampnsss.
There will be Eve eclIpses this year.
three of the sun, (partia!,) viz; March l6,
April I5Ih and October 9Th. each invisi-
bic here, and two Of the moon. total,
viz: March 3Olh. visible here, beginning
al 9 &c o'clock p. Nj and ending March
3lslsll.ls A. NJ. and September 24lh,
invisible here.
The Speaker Of the Louisiana House Of
Representatives, Mr.. Gage. was before
The war, one Of the weslhes,, as among
the most esteemed citizens Of Louisiana.
He had crop of fifteen hundred hogs
heads Of sugar, large number Of slaves,
and extensive estates. Among Other
property he had three hundred working
mules. This property has all been
seized and-excepi the land-desirOyed.
Yet he seems cheerful under this exiraor-
binary adversely, and vlndicates. in the
confidence and sympathy Of his fellow Gil.
Izens, the supreme value Of worth and
ability over the accidents Of fortune.
A HISTORICAL FLAG.-Rscendy the
famous Arctic explorer, DR.. Hayes. OF
Philsdelphia. returned To Kane Lodge, OF
New York. the Masonic flag which ~.
lodge had entrusted 10 him, al the Mer-