Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-07-07

Fsn;an prisoners arrested al Buffalo and
Malone.
In the Kanawha county court there Is
a case Of ,res-pass pending against Hen
~ A. Wise and Others. Judge Policy
presdes in lha, court.
Jas. w. Dunsan. late of The ConieGer'
a,e army, and Of AndersonvlIIe prison no.
ror;ety, recently Ii.d By military com
mi sir al Savannah, Ga has been sem
,,enced TO be confined al hard labor for hi
teen years al F'rl Pulaski, Ga. for muf-
der N violation Of the laws Of war.
The latest thing in paper Is The paper
sock. which is made with q mixture "I
mnsIn, and will last as long as at orIIna-
nv sock will keep clean, while il can be
sold cheaper than the usual cost OF wash
ing. A man has invented paper and
cloth table napkin, formed out OF Ihe same
material as the paper shirt collar.
There are ,wensy-eighs bridal parties
now a, Saratoga
Gsnera, Hooker has been relieved OF
he command in New York in cOnse-
ouence Of severe attack Of paralysis
He is 10 be granted long leave Of ab-
sencp General Pope is TO succeed Gen
eral Hooker. There is also to ba change
in the Middle Department. Gen. Han
cock is to lake command al the West III
place Of Pope, and Gen. Sehofeld is ap
pointed 10 succeed Hancock.
Prof. R. l.. Dabney's Life Of Stone.
wall Jackson" revised in manuscript by
Gen. Lee, is repubishing in London.
The hog cholera is raging TO an alarm,
ing extent in lhe lgthoFhOod OF Big
Lick, Roanoke county, Virginia.
The revelations made in the testimony
hf fore he War COmmilIee, show that
| General Butler is under charge OF having
abandoned the attack on Fort Fisher be-
Irause a friend OF his had three thousand
bales of cotton IN Wilmington, Ui which
Bale was 10 get half. il he would con-
lrive TO "woIk it through"
The District Cour, sitting al Williams
burg has confirmed the decision at JuHkt
MeredIh. to he effect that The bill at The
late session OF the Virginia Legislature
Iegnllzlng higher rars nl interest tEan
SIX per cent. did Dol become law.
The subject is TO be carried 10 The Courl
Of Appeals.
TIE reverand Linh,ley. who whipped
his rhl!d 10 death IN Shelby. Orleans
county, has fed 10 Canada to save lis
life, which he did not deem safe in the
neiyl bnrEood wneIs he resided. Aver
giving rail in the SUN Of $lr.O00, rel
wen, To his fathers house, and hOI itei
inp himself safe. he returned 10 Albion
and offered his living body 10 lie sheriff
Tor safe keeping. but the sher'ti refused
10 srrspl bin. aud LrnG>ley IooS tie hfs'
tram TO Canada. -HOcheSter Gnon.
letter has been received at Washing. !
ton from The X.CUnte"erdie HrhtIa' Ma
p,udpr, row in Mexico, who writes to
friend. assine him TO iniercede with the
Ipoyernment that he may not be arrested
| if he returns to thIs country. He saws
~ want permissinn 10 re,urn 10 tie UNI
led States. The imperial government
has cone 10 destruction, and has no mon.
ey. and we ave to get away from here.
Many have already left. Price and my
:, II and some others ere snIi here. but
we are compelled to look oui for some
o,her place 10 60. There is no hope Tor
any thing more here.
A three hundred pound panther has
been killed a, Bayou Sale, La. tie was
dig killing in gendemsn's yard when
shot.
Gen. Socum bad his pocket picked Of
GOLD watch while gettug off the steam
err Chsuncey Vbbard, at West Point, on
Wednesday.
In the Senate on Thursday Mr.. Antho.
nv. ron the committee on claims. re-
ported Joint resolution granting fifteen
hundred dollars 10 Mrs. Abble Green, OF
Richmond, Va. for aiding Union prison
ers of var TO escape rom lie Libby Pris
on. Mr.. Anthony SAID that through he
instrumenlslty of Mrs. Green one humid /
red and nine. officers and soldiers Of HE
Union army had made their escape from
The Libby Prison. Tie joint resolution
was read three times and passed.
The Freedman's Bureau bill was final |
ly passed by the House on Tuesday. and
i, now awaits the signature OF The Presi.
dent to become law. 1t continues in
force the Bureau for three years, and re.
leases 10 their owners the sea island cot.