Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-07-21
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guilty or protect the black
The Petersburg Inder mentions praisewor-
thy act on the part Of Major Johnson, the ofhcer
superintendiDg the removing OF the r ederai
dead from along the lines around Petersburg
Wherever tie has come across the grave OF a
Confederate he has had tie body dlslntered,
nlaced in coffin, buried in spot adjoining the
Federal graveyard and had the grave marked.
The LEXINGTON WASHINGTON STATUE.-Thc
bronze statue of Washington, which was re-
moved from the Institute by Gen. Hunter, has
been returned and will be re Inauguratrd on
the 10th of September, on which occasion eX-
Governor Letcher WILL al the request OF the
board, deliver the address.
The ladies of Cedar Falls, Iowa, are indig-
nant over report that pedd'er who recently
visited that town, selling corsets and lifting
them on the bodies Of customers, has since turn
ed out to be man dressed in feminine apparel.
The report that the grave Of the little son Of
Jefferson Davis had been desecrated Is contra.
dictcd BY the Richmond Dispatch.
DrFIcULTY TENNEssEE.-Gov. Brownlow
of Tennessee having failed TO get his Leglsla-
ture together TO ratiy the constitutional amend
ment lately passed by Congress, called on Gen.
Thomas TO help him, who tie legraPhed 10 Gen.
Grant, 10 know what he must do, who replied
THAT the facts stated will not warrant the in
reference Of the military"
disturbance is reported to have occurred
at Drummondtown on the Eastern Shore Of
Virginia, on the 10th inst, between the whites
and negroes recently discharged from the ar
my, who have come there fully armed and it
was thought with evil intent.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, the well-known Con-
federaie commander, was III Halifax on The
10Th, en- route to Canada.
Col John S. Nlosby and Harry Gimor were
in Washington city last week,en route for New
York.
In Memphis, on Sunday,a colored woman
was allowed TO kncel al the altar Of Grace Fps
copa Church. between two whites, aud partake
Of the sacrament from the same bread and wine.
II created sensation.
In Newbern they celebrated the Fourth with
gu.to. Among other symbols of Independence
ilay was All Old bureau with the drawers taken
out, and little darkies put in
Gen. VI. D. Corse, Of the late Confederate ar
my, is yisi, 10 his !ilends near Leesburg.
Tic looks well aud cheerful.
Hon j. r. Reagan, late Confederate Post
master General, was married, on the 3lst ult >,
to Miss Mollle +. Taylor, OF Anderson county,
Texas.
The proposition which has been pending in
Congress Tor some time past 10 rob The State OF
Virginia Of the city Of Alexandra, 10y reannez-
IN, i, 10 the District Of Columbia, was defeated
in The Seua,e last week by vote OF II 10 Is.
Rev. w. S. Bowman, Of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church, formerly of HarrisonbuIg, is
pastor OF the Lutheran congregation IN Charles
ton, 5. G.
A colored waiter at hotel in Wheeling shot
and killed the stew ard, another coIored man, III
the dining room " lIic the guests were ealing
breakfast last Monday.
Eleven men caught and ravished a woman
near Wheeling last week. Five OF them have
bt en- identified and are now III jail.
Another child was deyoured near Galveston
OH the 9TH, by an alligator, in full view OF her
father, no was una bic to reach her TO save her
in time. lie shot the reptile and will cut him
open to recover lis Ghild's remains.
The Washington Chronicle says that the Pres
idenl has determined 10 remove Office holders.
especially in the Post Office Department, who
DO not support his policy OF restoration.
Negro labor, which, before the war, in this
section Of county, during the months oil June
and July, commanded from 80, So to So per day
can now be obtained IN any quantity at tl'y
cents per day.-.4israndria Gazene.
Willie Stands. oldest son Of the lae
Capt. L. A. Stands. has received the ap-
ponlmeni of State cadet 10 the Virginia
Military Institute, from The Senatorial dis.
lrlct oil Rockingham and Greene.
Gen. Gram orders ,he arrest OF all per
sons in the late Confederate States who
have been or may be charged with The
commission Of crimes against officers,
agents. citizens and inhabitants of the
UniIed States, without regard 10 color.
General Lee. in reply 10 the invitation
Of Kentucky friend 10 visit that State,
has wrlllen letter declining the invita-.
ton. on the ground thai his parole restricts
HIN 10 The Stale Of Virginia.
The impossibii,y Of finding a sufficient
number of men or women who could take
the oath TO supply the postoffice. has cut
of mail facilities from large portion OF
the Stale Of Mississippi. The ITALIA
hutchian says tina. the mails for that place
are left al Pamela, 80 miles away.
Judge Bowie, Chief Justice Of the Ma
ryland Court of Appeals. has decided that
The Civil Rights bill abrogales all anterior
avs relating TO negroes, and that their
testimony is admissible in the courts.
A Turin paper contains the following i
miss Grant. relative Of the gallan; A.
mericsn general. presented TO Gsribsldi,
an officer Of the lst regiment. the