Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-08-10
Editorial RreYities.


Their orders.
General Sickles has suspended all Jury
trials in North Carolina, on account Of
non.comp liance with General Order No.
80 ordering revision Of the jury lists.
Dispatches from Tennessee state that
the troubles down there between the
whites and freedmen still exist.
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens speaking OF the
beIligerens rights on the part Of the South,
by the Yankee Government, said that
"lhe hanging Of Mrs. SuuatI was cruel,
unnecessary murder" but it is no use to
find fault with il now. II cannot be help
ed, and | suppose was done 10 crafty a
morbid appetite for blood on the part Of
some excited people North"
o. P. Baldwin, Esq, OF Virginia The
well.known and popular writer and gen
ieman, it is said, is now writing the ed.
iorias in the Baltimore san.
In the counties Of Clarke, Frederick,
Rockingham and Augusta, the number Of
whites registered is 9,O3l, and the mum.
Der OF blacks, 2,502.
Secretary Stanton refuses 10 resign his
position in the Cabinet at the request Of
the President.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and daughter,
passed through Baltimore on Tuesday last
en- route for Canada.
The Surrslt case was given 10 the Jury
on Wednesday last.
General Sheridan has removed the
Mayor and Alderman Of The town Of Lake
Charles, Louisiana, and appointed others
in their place.
4 recent letter from Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens 10 Radical friend in this city
states that bill will be presented a. the
opening Of the November Congressional
session for confscating the property Of
all Southern ex-slaveholders who dismiss
the freedmen for voting the Republican
ticket. Senator Wilson, il is understood,
strongly favors this course. The names
of such ex-rebels are to be collected by
the military commanders for reference.
A Methodist exhorter recently, bewail.
ing the GOODNESS of his flock in religious
matters, said very CURLY the church mem.
hers Of late attended TOO much 10 the con.
version Of seyen-;hi!ties.
One thousand dollar confederate bonds
are used as newspaper wrappers in Tex
as.
A knocking bird was sold iu Nashville,
Tenn, for 5000.
Agassiz says the Florida reefs were
10000 years in being formed.
Cholera and smallpox are ravaging the
English army in India.
In Nevada and Colorado, female ser.
wants receive $50 month. The supply
is limited, and some one writes 10 the
Boston Transcript 10 "send the girls
along" No distinction made in regard
10 color.
On one occasion Mr.. James T. Brady,
Of New York, was defending a case,
when The judge made several rulings very
much against the defendant; whereupon
Mr.. Brady blandly inquired MAY it
please your honor, who's engaged on the
other side of this case besides the judgs =
The New Orleans mint, which has
been idle since the commencement Of the
rebellion, is about TO resume operations.
1t will commence by coming nickeIs.
Edward ] Royce, the colored man
who is believed 10 have been chosen
President Of Liberia on the 7lh of May
last. was barber in Ohio previous 10 his
emigration 10 Liberia in 1916, and is said
10 be very intelligent.
The port Of Wilmington is threatened
with distractions which may seriously
impair its usefulness. Immense banks OF
sand have been discovered in various pla.
ces, carried thiiber from the mountains
By the temeEdcus rains Of last month.
A well-dressed. clean looking colored
man was recently driven from the table
Of first class hotel in Niles Michigan.
Nature will Tell, even in Radical Yankee
land.
Swinton, the Northern historian OF The
Army OF the Potomac" expressly fixes
the responsibility for the non.exchange OF
prisoners upon the Federal Commander
in-chief, who, he says, for eighteen
months refused TO entertain proposition
looking 10 such an exchange.
Ex-Governor David Il. Porter died al
his residence al Harrisburg yesterday ar.
ternocn, in the 7aIh yeaE Of his sge.
The Banum, Van Amburgh & Cssiel-
10 combination is now giving exhibitions
in the Valley Of Virginia.
The Grand Master of Maryland has
accepted the invitation to lay with Mason
ic HOnors on the l7lh of September, The
Cornerstone OF the Monument 10 be cree
ed on The grounds OF the Antietam Gem
eery.
A merchants advice in selecting a wife
was, "get hold OF piece Of calico that
will wash"
The original meaning of chiguon is
cabbsge-oh, ladies'