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

The la,es, novelty in New York is a
"to1rding house bureau" where they
promise TO furnish people with first class
board a, all prices.
Ellsworth, Kansas, is nearly depopula
ted in consequence Of cholera. There
were irrm three 10 ten deaths daily for H.
days. -. .:
BABY Bates, kentucky giant, nearly
5 feet high is TO be seen in Quincy, Ill .
A son Of the Prince de Joinville is al
the Brryorl House, New York.
! President Johnson has requested Sec
rotary Stanton to resign his position as
Secretary of War. In case Mr.. Stanton
goes out OF the Cabinet, General Grant
will be appointed 10 perform tie duties
of Secretary Of War uni. the President
shall have time TO consider who he will
name as the successor of Mr.. Stanton.
The people Of Maryland are now serl-
ously considering the question OF cedlng
that considerable portion OF the State
known as tue eastern Shore 10 Penn
sylysEia.
The Ri. Rev. Richard Wilmer, AS
sislanl Bishop Of ihe Diocese Of Alabama,
formerly Rector Of Grace Church in Ber-
ryville is now on visit TO his frieds in
Clarke.
The Rev. J. NJ. Atkinson, D. D. Pres
idenl of Hampden Sydney College,
preached in the Presbyterian church IN
Charlesiown n, Sunday last, and will re.
main shor, time in the county.
Eighty cases of yellow fever are re-
ported a, Galveston, and twelve deaths
from the same disease e. Corpus Christi.
The Republicans leaders in Richmond,
Bolts and Hauxhurst, have quaTreled.
The latter has refused TO serve on the
jury with the former.
An editor thus INDUCES his delinquent
subscribers ave dont want money
desperately bad, but cur creditors do, and
they no doubt owe you. II you pay US,
we'll pay them. and they'll pay you"
Col. Mcdonald, OF the Chair Of Miner
ology and Geology, V. NJ. |, is in The
lower Valley collecting specimens, and
will make tour Of the State this year
with The view 10 discover and exhibit the
rare mineral wealth Of Virginia.
The corner Store OF the new Masonic
Temple, a, Bridgewaler, Rockingham Co,
will be laid on the 18th of August, by
NJ. W. G. NJ. Of the Grand Lodge OF
Virginia, E. H. Lane, assisted by others.
UoI. II. A. Wise is expected 10 deliver
an address ON tia, occasion. A Fair will
be held and a Dime. PREPARED in the af-
teynoo2.
An old lady in Krax county, Tennes'
see, on reading Governor Brownlow's
bulletin, stating his health to be in IA
vorable condition, burs, out with. "WeIl,
folks, tell you wha! it is, if Brownlow
don't die soon, he'll go to hell alive"
A German writer estimates that an
acre of good buckwhe will yield four
teen pounds of honey daily.
"Hsve you not mistaken the pew sir ?
blandly said a Sunday Chesterfield TO
stranger who had entered ii. 81 beg
pardon" said the intruder, rising 10 60
out, al fear have; / took ii for
Christians"
The human heart IKE a well, if utterly
closed in from the outer world, is sure 10
generate an atmosphere Of death.
Driving tandem is described 10 be the
driving Of two or more horses one ahead
the other. Ii is Latin word, which means
"a, length" and has rather far.fs'ched
application.
BY order Of the post commander at
Houston, Texas, the captain Of steam
boat from that port gave "frst-class ac-
commodatons 10 three colored men COM
prising board Of registrars, but not until
after 'grea, excitement
Major Whiting ,q1artermdster in charge
Of The work, reports that up 10 this time
10000 bodies have been re-burled in the
cemeteries embraced within operations OF
the Army Of the Cumberland.
On the 3lsl OF October next ii will be
three hundred ard fifty years since Lu-
Their nailed The nine,y.fve Theses on the
door Of the Castle Church at Wiiienoerg.
|, will accordingly complete the seventh
Jubilee OF the Reformation, which hlslor-
icalIy dates fran that day.
Ex.Gov. Brown, OF Georgia, ia writing
letters in favor Of recons !rucIlon unter the
military bill, and against The policy adyo-
Gated BY ex-senator Hill. Ex-Governor
Perry OF South Carolina, has written an.
other letter advising opposition 10 recon-
slruclon on the Congressional plan.
Freedmen who have recently returned
10 Charleston from Liberia give dlscour-
aging accounts from that country, and let
tiers from other parties warn their lriends.a-
ganst immigration.
Father W. H. Holman, the Oldest
Methodist minister in Kentucky, died al
Cenueyille, Ind, on Friday.
Last week the Connecticut Legislature,
in the lower branch, passed the negro SUI.
frspe amendment 10 the Constitution o!
the Slate by vote Of 100 to so.