Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-12-21
Editorial Breyities.

egates from Richmond 10 Inc Oonsn'u.
al Convention, WAS formerly slave G'
John Minor Bots.
Tue Dispatch says marble noun
tam has been discovered in tsuqule'
county"
One OF the dtlegslea TO The Virginia
Convention is absent from his seattle Is
in jail for horse s'"aling.
The democratic conservative party o!
Berkeley county, held meeting IN Mar
,inrburg on Saturday last, AMI appointed
full SET Of delegates 10 attend the State
Convention, v hch assemblies in Wheel.
Ing, on the 9Th Of January next.
Ate, prolonged debate, lie till Of
Mr., Steven, in relation TO reconstruction
was amended and passed, by yeas lO4'
! nays 80. Ii alters the provision requl-
ring majority Of tie registered votes Ter
the new constitution 10 a majority OF The
votes cast. The second section provides
for the election of representatives. al the
time OF the election on The constitution,
who shall take their seats al Ihe session
succeeding The one al which their States
are admlled In this form i; was passed,
the third section, providing for represen'
talon, having been stricken out.
Thad. Stevens powers are failing rapidly.
His voice, which al The last winters session was
powerful enough TO be heard in all parts Of the
Representatives hall, is now so low that It Is
with difficulty he can be heard in the reporters
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what subject, members gather about him from
all sides Of the House, and remain until be con-
cludeS.
Jefferson Davis has been spending several
weeks with his friend Col. Lloyd, on the East
ern Shore Of Maryland. On Monday he return
ed 10 Baltimore, and will soon leave for Msss-
sippi where he will spend the winter.
A terrible railroad accident occurred near
Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday. One car
containing so passengers fell over PreciPice OF
one hundred feet, of whom only two escaped,
the remainder being burned TO death.
A practical farmer Of Yves. Virginia
Gays that the usthas made its appearance
in the growing crop Of wheat this fall,
thing never before known in tina, section.
John Browns son has just been placed
( in an Ohio Iunalic asylum.
I Northern white laborers are beginning
ito arrive al Fredericksburg. and are super
sedlng the radical blacks. This will soon
/ be the case al through The South, and the
negroes will then learn from sad expert
ence that politics don't pay.
Bristol Mines, well known farm on
the Rappshannock river in Weslmoreland
county, Virginia, has been sold for SILL
900 cash. TO Mr.. Bishop, Of New Lon.
don, Conn.
TIE Orange, Alexandra aud Manassas
Gap Railroad has purchased two fine en-.
gines from Rogers & Co, Of Patterson,
New Jersey.
A man named Edward Moore, while
under the influence Of liquor, kicked his
wife to death in Portsmouth, Virginia. on
Monday last.
The Baltimore Post tells OF girl
brought in as a drunken, bssphemous va.
grant before The police court Of that city
an Friday, who, five years age, was the
beautiful heress OF one of the wealthlest
Baltimore families. She fell under
promise OF marriage which was never full
filed.
Tie dwelling house OF Mr.. G. ".
Eddy, in Frederick, was burned one
night this week. Most Of HE furniture
was saved. II caught from the chimney.
Loss not s,cerIalned.
Iron Ore Of an excellent quality has
been discovered near WaynesbOro, Au-
qusra county, in close ?roxjmit? to the
Virginia Central Railroad.
The radical party Of Virginia are be.
coming alarmed, and are calling upon
Bous TO save them. They see that there
is danger Of defeat al The next election.
During the prevalence Of the late snnu-
lar eclipse an enthusiastic colored indiyId-
ua 10 Norfolk, became greatly eIated'
Dress de Lord" said he, nlgger's lime
hsb come a, as-he's, and now gwine 10
hab Llack sun-surely HE master Oh
glory am wild The coored folks"
The Spsrsnsburg $50 papers speak
hlghly OF me WeCDdhlcdl ekhl VI MI
Arch Kirzmiller, formerly oil llsrper's
Ferry. lie entirely replaced The pieces
of Burglars Proof Safe, that was bro.
ken 10 pieces.
An Irish agricultural paper says the
best way 10 Isten geese is 10 Puithree or
four in dsrkened room, and give each
bird one pound of oats daily, thrown on
pan of water. In fourteen days they
will be found almost too fat. Never shut
up less than two together, SIS they pine il
left alone.
Mr.. Eggleslon introduced bill in the
House (Which was referred 20 the Com
mitiee on Commerce) TO charter the Wash.
inglon and Cincinnati National Railroad
/ Company. The amount Of stock is So
600 shares, al $50 per share the road
to be laid out beginning a, the most con-
venienl point which may be selected al
the city OF Washington to cross the Poio-
mac river; thence through tie State OF