Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-09-14
Editorial BFeyiiics.


lure is wholly democratic. =
The cashier Of the First National Bay
Of Washington adverlises in the Nat;Ct
al MieHgsnccr Of Friday last, that Ee
bank has an order for moderate amouJi
Of eight per cent Confederate bonds, AID
until flleG will buy all tha. are Offered Il
bes rates.
The political effect Of the amnesls
proclamation is already known and fel! :"
be highly favorable 20 the speedy restoi :;
ton Of The Union on firm and LASTING
basis. In the Southern States il will -
hailed as an evidence that The day is pass
cd Ion the inAiclon upon their people g
vindiciive penalties, in The form Of coz
iscaIOu, prescription, acknowledgements.
or baHishGep,. amnesty will also give
confidence to the great mass Of the people
of tins country in their business affairs. I
The Bedford (Vs) Chronicle says :
full grown hyena is at large on the south
side of Bedford, and is committing depre3
datons upon the graves in that section
having removed the earth from several o.
them down to the collins. II is supposed,
TO have escaped from some menagerle.
+ Governor Helm, the recently elected
Governor Of Kentucky died on the SIN
instant. The powers sPPerlaining to hIs
office will be discharged by 1t. Cos.
Stevenson, (5on Of ihe late .2ndIew Sc
yenson, Of Virgina.) until .7Ugusi next
when new election viii occur.
The Fenian Congress is now in secret
session at Cleveland. .fboal 1000 dele
gates are in attendance.
The oys,armen Of Virginia ere about 10
wait upon General SchoEeld in reference
to the Virginia oyster law, in order TO
/ have a correction made in the system Of
iay collections, which they End operates
10 their serious deuiment.
/ People ale apt 10 get tired Of living in
st. Louis. There have been thirty sa.-
cides there this summer, tW O Of them last
week.
The Presidents Proclamation is re-
earded by The Baltimore american as "an
/ attack on Gen. Grant and by the
Washington Chronicle as "a gross il.
suit!
! according to the Savannah Republican
/ the enire relief fund amounts TO % ,65G
! 500. OF this amount $500 600 cane
from Louisville, 1921 900 from New,
I York, 500, 100000 from Maryland, FROM
Boston $40, 1877, from st. Louis S347,.
375, from Philadelphia $4,000, and
from Chicago $ll,3O6.
The Governor Of Louisiana has made
application 10 the Secretary of the Inter.
or, for the retain 10 Louisiana Of the stat,
ne of Washington, conveyed" from Ba.
ton Rouge during the war, and taken t.
the city Of Washington.
General John G. Breckinridge, lat
commander in the Confederate army an
Vice President Of The United States, j.
now living in Paris. The feeling geneg
ally expressed among american. in Pan.f
IS that he should be called ioaa bv lhG
Ccpe.no.,u, u tie United States.
lis now generally understood and ad.
mi,led that Gen. Grant will not attend
cabinet meetings, except when matters
relating 10 the War Department are under
consideration.
The National Inlelligencer says tina.
ait has been determined 10 furnish TO eve
ry official, civil aud military, under The
government of the United States, a copy
Of the rec ,ni proclamation of The President
with suitable injunciions OF loyalty and
obedience to the constitution and laws"
A recent editorial in the Richmond va,
Ne'0 Nation (Huunicun's paper,) closes
as follows 4: 1--WE now warn you, friends,
every one Of you, white and colored, that
unless you come quickly 10 The aid Of the
Ncv Nation il will close up forever. We
have done our duty will you do yours
We shall see. May the Lord help You -
"A witness being cal ID to give evidence
in court in Connecticut respecting The
loss Of shirt, gave the following
"Mosher said that Ruth said, that Nell
said that Poll told her. that she see man
that see boys shirt all CHECKER, checker,
checker ; sad or gals won't lie, for
mother has whipped them thousand
times Tor lying"
Cvl. Henry s. Bowe0, has sold his
land IN TazeweII coun,y, for the sum of
$4,000 IN specie. i was purchased by
German company.
The bronze statues Of Lewis and Mel.
son, for the Washington monument in
Richmond, have arrived in that city,
The "GIengary" farm, situated about
two miles northwest OF Winchester,
conIanlng $50 acres. was sold las! week.
by Colonel f. ". NJ. holiday and L.
Holmes Boyd, special commissioners, 10
Mr.. James Lewis, for $50 per acre.
For tie week ending Sunday 249
deaths occurred in New Orleans from
yellow fever. During Sunday and yes
terday 100 deaths from the same disease
were reported.
The Rev. ]. i. Fitzpatrick recently
delivered en- address at Romney, the el.