Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-01-20
FROM WASHlNGT0N.E


eiec,op in the District of COLUMBIA. al
which the negroes shall vote, to DECIDE by
ballot wherhrr Ihe white men oi the DIS
,ricl shorl Id be aIoved The right OF sui
frsee. The resolution orcariuned con-
s,drrsbIe laughter on the -four. and WAS
finally laid on The table, by a vote OF yeas
1873. NAYS IL.
Mr.. Garrer, President Of the BasiI'
more and ONO Railroad Company. states
III al i, is The inIenuon OF the management
to run the content PLACED branch from The
Point Of Rocks straight iniu Washington
On Seventh or Fourth street. The sur
veyIng party Is now III the neIshoorhoou
OF Carroll Cottage, some eight mhes
thence. The idea Of reaching The cI'y
via Bladensburg is abandoned.
Washington, Jan. l5.-lris understood
that another delegation OF radicals have
visited The President TO convince him vi
the error OF his policy, but the executive
was very determined IN the uuersnce al
his views, and erIIrely CONSISTENT With
what he has heretofore expressed-ln iaci
their visilslIUns cannot tut be offensive.
The President is not subject for posrIy-
tism. Ssgacious men think that the body
of the radicals have determined 10 be un.
yielding.
The Washington Star Of last evening
saws, lhe fashionable circles of Wishing
ton are just now very much interested an"
excited over lhe soun 10 take place wed
ding OF Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas to Ma
Tor Williams, u. 5. A, and Assistant Ad'
iulant General on HE regular staff. MIS-
Douglas Is net more signaIIy one OF me
handsomesi and most brilliant women Il"
America than MAJOR Williams is one oI
the fines, looking and most fascinating
men i'll the country; so lie match Is o."
all sides looked upon SO singularly lelici'-
Gus and fit TO be made.
According to a contract made by The
Governments, the theatre building aud Ihe
Two adjoining buildings Zone IN front, The
other in tho IeaJ ore 10 be purchased
With the ground, for one Hundred 'h"us'
and dollars, by Feb. lst, 1866, or 'h'
property restored as it "as 10 Mr.. Ford
The price i, not deemed exorOIishi, snd
II is stated by reliable builders shat SIM
lar buildings, on ground equally as ehg'-
Die, cannot be erected al Tue present Tune
for less amount.
/, appears from an official statement
that The total number OF men who have
received respectively $500. $500 or SlOO
bounty during the Wal, Was 73O, 34O-
amounting in the aggregate TO nearly
1901 500, 900. The total enlistments
durlnp tbs war we're 246l 600 men, of
whom upwald ol 73l 900 received no
bounty.
AN lNFERNAL MAcHINE.-Judge Field
OF California, received by express on Sat
urday snail box with printed address
which came from San Francisco by tie
last steamer. Not Knowing IT'S purPori
he proceeded TO open IT, with HE ordIna-
ry cauiiOn which curiosity inspires, IN HE
presence OF Judge Lake, whoIS also TEN
pOrAGily here. Upon unscrewIng and
raising The Ind sbout half an inch, Judge
Lake caugh, sigh, Of several lille copper
wires. Further operations were suspend
ed, and The box placed IN tub OF water
for day or two when ii was taken 10 The
w ar DEPARTMENT. where it was opened,
and Nv Give large metallic cartridges with
heavy ball, nicely adjusted. with iulmina
ling powder so as 10 explode Upon The
raising Of the lid, we're found. There
as single line written upon the inside
flhe lid, ss follows: Last October you
decided The Puebla case" The affair
las greatly increased the excitement. al.
ready iell IN certain circles here in con.
sequence OF The growing frequency OF
hese belllgereni occurrences.
A letter has been received here from
Alexander II. Stephens, in which he
states that the condition and Pr resolutions
IF Union men III Georgia, are al this time /,
vastly worse than duriug the days OF the
,ebelion.
! he Washington correspondent u lnt
Ledger writes that II appears
o be now pretty well settled MAJ The
Joint Congressional CoDmirlee vii
merely send Tor persons and pspr,-lhe
orner TO include generals -~ho served
Turing The war. loyal and di,loyal ciuzcus
IF the South, correspondents Of the press
have visited the South since The Gee.
,slion Of The war. Government agents.
such as Carl Schurz, and. in short. all
who would be likely TO sGord eDIlghirn.
nent on tie suhjrct. Meanwhile, HE
Tennessee members will be compelled
% remain uut in Tire eolJ, as HIS quite
certain now that no acllon upon any vi
he Senators or REPRESENTATIVES from The