Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-12-29
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spot where he fell. !, is minated lha
the Freedmen's Lincoln Monument AS
ISOLATION will apply for permission &c
place bronze statue Of Abraham Lincoln
in the cemetery.
Governor Fletcher has stationed thirty
four companies of cavalry and infantry ir
Jackson and Lafayette counties, Me-, anc
proclsims that they will he Withdraw
whenever the people will enforce the
law, and prolecl law abiding citizens.
The Virginia House of Delegates has
by unanimous vote rejected resolutions
looking 10 a reputation Of the Stale debt
The Petersburg. Va, Eapress says il
is safe TO estimate that from 5000 10 TO-
600 negroes will die in Georgia this " in.
ter, from exposure and starvation. The
white people canno. supper. them.
The history Of his campaigns, by Gen
Jubsl A. Early, is in The hands Of the
publisher. q, Toronto, Canada West, and
will shortly be out. The edition is TO bc
published a, Gen. EaIly's expense and is
limited 20 one thousand.
Among The arrivals at Barnum's City
Hotel Baltimore, "O Saturday. are the FOL
lowing distinguished persons Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and sister. Richard o..
German. Charles O'ConDor. Edgar 5.
Van Wrinkle. Benjamin D. SlIiman and
John Z. Burrill. counsel for Jefferson
Davis.
The Washington Star says: 1t is un-
derstood that the advocates of the iefrlln-
rial government measure for rebel States
have been canyasslpg the Two Houses,
and doubling their ability TO carry II 'h's
session. have concluded 10 postpone The
matter until next session, when they ex.
poet 10 have strength 10 push II ihIougA
without .a:i.
TIE owner Of TIE richest oil we'll in
penns, lvsnia is Dulchmau, who has
bis sreenOarks corded up ~ his cellar.
A New York correspondent says: "a
large aud iashi"n-bie party given al
Twenty -secoud Street. " ednesGay even
ing, was enlivened by whs! promises 10
be- popular innovation. The lady guests
were all FURNISHED wnh American flags,
ard as often as sets were made up for lh'
dance, they would wave them in 'front.' OF
.he gentleman they desired to be their
partners. The ,h,ng took immensely,
and created much su.usement.'
LEE AND GRANT.-Ai, the Masonl"
Fair in Washington city, plclnres OF Lin
coin, Grsnt and Lee are being voted tor
81 a dollar lHket. The first night The
votes Tor lee we're nlne times a. many IS
for The others. Last night .te discussion
ever Lee superiority was so great 'ha'
il almost amounted ~ not.
A Windham (Ct couple last week sp
FLIED for divorce alter only lor'nig hi OF
married life. The Judge refused lhrlr
request, saying that The hadn't YET gwen
mslrlmuny lar Hiai.
A good nsiured coIoreJ woman was
beaslns the other day 10 her i"rmer pro-
pris,o Of the progress which her son.
dark, bright nIchin Of ten, was making
al school. She sand he was in "de
modification table,
The Old and New School Presbyterian
Churches OF fiarllsouburg, Va, have uni
led.
General Howard, as one Of the rus-
tees, has purchased grounds and buildings
for a university for colored men on Sew
en,h street, W sshinglon city, which will
be opened about the lst OF February nex'.
The object is to educate colored men tor
preachers, doctors and teachers.
The bronze statue of Chief Justice
Marshall for The Richmond Washington
Monumen, is on lis way 10 New York,
and on It's arrival will be reshiPped 10
Richmond, and is expected 10 arrive about
Christmas. The statues Of Nelson and
Lewis, and The allegoricsl figures and ,ro-
phies designed as ornaments Tor the lower
portion OF The monument, will likewise
soon be shipped 10 ibis country from Mu-
Mich.
case Of peculiar interest will, it is
stated shortly be brough! before the VIZ
GINA courts The sui, Of Geo. n. Lee, lor-
merly Judge Of the Supreme Court OF APP
pesls, who a, the breaking out OF the war
left This Stale and located in West Virgin
ia, and al the close Of the struggle return
cd and pu, in claim for his salary, which
being refused, he has instituted suit a.
aims, the State for the recovery OF The
amour, so claimed. MIR. Neeson will
represen. The plaintiff, and HE State Al,
,oIney, the Hon. Thomas Bowden, viii