Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-04-21
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lust returned from Mexico. lie denoun.
ces the Imperial humbug and scheme of
American colonization. He aiy:: 1.-The
Emperor, Carlol.a, Mor any one oil Euro
pesn nationality, canno, 60 three miles
from The city of Mexico. or anv other
large GENRE Of population. wl'hou. a
strong body guard for protection they
would be killed al sighs, among The peo.
pie. without II"
General Gran, and the Presiden, are
represented as Of one mind upon the sub.
ject of general amnesty. aud 10 This par.
ty Secretary Seward may he added. The
matter is said TO be under AMUSEMENT,
There Is to be no proclamation in ref.
erence to the Fenisn scare in Canada and
New Brunswick, as ills not believed the
necessity for it exists. Mr. Seward
laughs al the whole proceeding, and de.
clares that il will end in smoke.
The amount now in bank, deposited as
the proceeds OF the late great Southern
Relief Fair in Baltimore, amounts TO
100000, and il is supposed thai oy the
lime The receipts are all handed in it will
fall but llllie, if any, short of $4,000
The entire expenses are estimated within
$4,000
A son Of DR.. Peters, who shot the reb
ell General Earl Van Dofn, eommlled
suicide al Memphis, on Saturday lasl,
while temporarily insane.
Thousands of freedmen in Georgia
have broken their labor contracts. ratified
by the bureau, and left their employers
for higher wages.
An old gentleman remarked the other
day tina, in l776 we went 10 war on ac-
coun. Of The stamp act, and COZ the mig
ger while in 1851 we went TO war
about The Niger, and got the stamp act.
TIE BaItnore and ONO Railroad Com
panv hos comn.euced live construction at
Grafton. Yves, Virginia. OF an immense
eugine house. The new building is de
signed TO hold al least sixteen engines.
and will besides be provided with lbe ne
cessary accommodations for workwer,
machinery, &c.
tie ladles ol Charles county, Ma i
helo Southern Reliei Far AT PORT To-
bacco last week, and on tie irsi day real
lzrd seven hundred dollars. The coutr-
buttons are Represented by The Times to
have been very liberal for the people OF
that county, in sisw OF The losses they
sustained by The war.
An ex.Confederats officer named
Wheeler was arrested al Toronto. on
Saturday last, and commission d, lieu
enaul colonel in the Fenlan army was
ound on his person.
Philadelphia, April l7,-GeusraI
Meade aud s,of len n.re for EasIpur',
Me-, to-day, supposed 10 be IN connec
Ilon with the Fenlan movements there.
The third ailenptto lay the Atlantic
;sb!u looks well. All he ,iucS taken u,
aud nineteen miles Of cable Manufactured
daily.
1t is reported that ex-senator Gwin
Iateiy had narrow escape trop death. |
W hIle writing a. one Of TIE New Orleans
Iurls, leaf oi his manuscript flew off,
aud Dir. Own started Tor IL upon The ran,
forgetting The sentinel upon duty. TIE
legro drew his musket upon him and
pulled The trigger bu. luckily the cap fail
"a TO explode.
The Macon, Ca. Telegraph says tina,
there are four hundred and thlrty-sOur
thousand negroes 10 the Southern States
at Ills time, who are fed al the expense
vi HE Government.
The name of Hon. Henry s. StansbU-
ry an eminent lawyer oi Ohio, was yes.
lerday sent 10 The Senate for con6rma.
Ton 10 a judgeship upon The Supreme
Court bench, TO fill The place formerly
occupied by Justice Canon.
The "Basliple'. farm Of s66 acres,
near Cslle,l's station, in Fauquier county,
Va, has been sold 10 DR.. Henry r.
NOEL. OF Baltimore, al $40 rs per acre.
A Sycamore tree was cut down near
Norfolk the other day. and inside Of i'll
was found lsdy's dress, which had ap-
paren'y been placed there over half a.
century ago, and the opening gcu5el out
for the purpose tightly plugged up.
The Civil Rights Bill is the sixth in
The history Of The country. which the
Presidential veto failed TO arrest in lis
enactment into law.
Persons having recently visited the
mines on The borders of the Potomac
River, near lhe Grea, Falls, bring cheer.
ing news. Several leads have been dis
covered. aad some show OF gold TO the