Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-06-06
Editorial Brcyities.


that place on Wednesday the 10Th day OF
June.
The election in Oregon, June lst, re-
suited in democratic triumph. A dem
ocraGc Congressman is elected by 1000
majority. The Legislative and county
officers are nearly all democrats. AT the
last election the State was radical.
The House of Representatives, by
vote OF so to SO. declared Mr.. DeIano'
radical, entitled TO the seat to which Gen.
Morgan, democrat, Of Ohio, was elected
Mr.. d. was sworn in.
The list Of names canvassed for the
democratic nominations is Horatio Sey'
wour OF New York; Thos. A. Hendricks
Of Indiana; Geo. II. Pendleton OF Ohio
Geo. b. Mcclellan OF New Jersey; Gen.
w. S. Hancock of Pennsylvania; Chief
Justice Chase Of Ohio; Admiral FSrragu'
OF Now York, and Jas. A. English OF Con
necticut.
L The Washington county, Md, papers
are urging the name of Jacob S. Grove,
Esq, of that county, for President Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
iE the place OF Alfred SpaIes, the present
incumbent.
The jeff, Davis trial will be postponed
until Novembar,by agreement, as already
stated, OF counsel. Among the new wit.
nesses summoned in the case are Gems.
Harlranlt, Wilcox and Sharp. OF the u
Mon army, and Gems. Filz Lee, Cooper
and Gordon, of the Confederate Amy.
Burton N. Harrison, private secretary Of
Davis, is also on the witness list.
On The night OF the 22d the granary OF
Col. A. w. Hartman, near Slounlon, was
struck by lightning and consumed, to-
gelher with about $50 bushels Of corn,
oats, clover seed, farming implements.
The Buffalo Courier says : Gran, is
said 10 be locked in his room several
hours each day preparing his letter Of &C.
ceptance. His only companions are a
copy of Websters Unabridged Dicuona-
ry. "Frosts Original Letter Writer" and
"Rarey's New Method" Washburno
stands by the door, and Grant was heard
to ask him, through the key hole. wheth-
err Chicago was spelt Chica'rgo or Chi
cOughgo, as Webster, by some oversight,
had not put that word in his dictionary.
Gen. Schofeld, late commander Of Nr-
GINA, has received the appointment of
Secretary Of War, by President Johnson,
and has entered upon his duties. Gen.
Sioneman takes the place Of Gen Soho.
field as commander Of Virginia.
Rev. DR.. Gecrze Junkin, one Of the
most emiueu, ministers OF the Old School
branch Of the Presbyterian Church, died
suddenly at his residence in Philadelphia
recently. Or. Junkin was formerly Pre-
sideni OF Washington College, in this
State, and was the father Of the first wife
of Stonewall Jackson and Of Mrs. Pres
ton, the Poeiess.
The Columbus, Georgia S,m says that
the farmers commenced three weeks ago
harvesting iheir wheat in that Stale. The
same paper says that while the Southern
wheat is good, the Northern wheat sowed
in Georgia "is not worth dime"
A small 10, of new Georgia wheat sold
in Baltimore on Wednesday at So per
bushel.
Col. Forney, writing TO one Of his pa
pors, during the impeachment Irial, said:
Should the Senate of the United States
fail 10 convict Andrew Johnson on the
accusations of the House, not an electoral
vote, with the exception of the vote Of
West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee,
will be given TO Gen. Grant in the South
eastern States next November. SO Ste
vens propbesied That if the President
was not convicted, the Radical candidate
would carry but two Northern States
Massachusetts and Vermont.
When the cholera last visited this coun-
try with malignanCy, il will be romem-
bered tina, It's advent was prepared by an
extremely wet May and bo, June. The
cradle Of the pestiIence was found in the
organic decomposition induced by such
unnatural conditions. Common caution
would lead us TO look for the same con-
sequences 10 follow this year, and TO pre-
pare against them by extraordinary yIgi-
lance and hygienic precautions OF all
kinds.
The Dsnville (Va.) Times says: "For-
~ blacks have left one neighborhood in
Henry county recently, and gone to the
Valley. where they can get something to
eat. This comes OF Radical rule. a few
more years Of such, will s;arve Us all
white and black"
Several northern men were in Fincss-
tie, Virginia, last week, seeking profitable
investments in land.
A Bill has been introduced in the House
by Mr.. Phelps OF Maryland, for the Pur-
pose oil colonnizing in Liberia the negro
troops now or hereafter enlisted in the u.
S. service. A par, Of their pay is to be
reserved for the payment Of their trans
porlaiion and settlement, with that Of their
fsmilie.. They are 10 enlist with the IN.
derstandrng tina, they will emigrale on be-
ing discharged, and they may claim dis
charge at the expiration Of one years ser
vice.
In the Circuit Court at Fredericksburg,
Va, Judge Criicher, few days since de-
cided that debtors TO the Farmers Bank
can pay with notes of the Bank, whether
the notes were purchased before or after
the assignment OF is assets.
Twenty-sevon Republicans and five
Democrats have thus far been elected 10