Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-05-09
NEWS ITEMS.

admission OF twenty five cents charged.
NEWS ITEMS.
Some thirty blacks. men and women.
recently had difficulty with Mr.. James
Martin, an .0yerseer on plantation IN
Barnwel District, ). &. They pursued
him. surrounded hin, and brulSlly mur-
dered him. Fifteen OF The men have
been arrested.
The newspaper report favorable ex.
hibm OF last months Treasury operations
receipts and expenditures reduction
OF ten millions IN government Liabilities.
decrease Of War aud Navy expenditures.
and receipts from customs increasing.
The Moorefcld Advertiser Of Friday
las, states lho, large numbers Of cattle
sent to the Allegheny Mountains to gaze,
have died in consequence OF the inelem-
eni weather for the lasl ten days, II being
impossible togeI anything 10 cat
Henry Ward Beecher in his latest Sun
day morning sermon, said that II he was
a merchant and wanted TO sell goods. ho
would advertise in the newspapers.
General lllndman was taken to Liuls
Rock, Arkansas, iew days ago. on Sn
Indictment for treason HIS case was
continued TO the next term Of the United
States Court. liz gave bad in the SUN
OF $4,000.
The funeral Of Gen. w. II. Stevens,
formerly Chief Engineer OF Tie ConleJcr.
ale army OF Northern Virginia. Who died
al Vera Cruz, Mexico, lssI November,
took place at Rchnond on Sunday last.
The deceased was buried with Masonic
horors aud large a'-emblsge Of ciUz ne
attended.
No mans spirits were ever hut by
doing hIs duly on tie contrary. QUO
good action, one temptation resisted snd
overcome. one sscIIhco Of desire 90 lnler-
est, purely for ConscIeuCes sake. Will
prove a cordial for weak and low spItIIs,
FAR hey ond what eIlter indulgence or q.
version, or company, can DO for them.
The Supreme Govt Of Louisiana, ha,
decided that the grand jury drawn uader
General Hsncock's order. composed en.
lirely Of wbiIe men. is illegal. and orders
The discharge Of tie jury.
An ambition fellow IN Connecticut sp.
peaIs, over his own signature Too
thee mlchannlcks and IsburnR men Of my
native town. will reprizeul you IN Tho
Sisii assemblies irrespecni Of PoIlyucs,
reIljlon or eJdicsshun"
A high strung correspondent Of tho
Philadelphia Press Ihus refers 10 tie birth
and trlngIng up Of Mr.. Senator Den
Wade. Of OHIO: "MsssachUsells spared
hin room to be born. but the grest West
nourishrd him upon her broad bo.on,snd
there his mind drank in the grand land.
scape Of dlmpled lake and sunny dew
kissed prairie, and there he le,roed, IT,
re'pecuye OF color or eek, devotion ~ bis
race"
General Meade has notified tie Ss-
vannsh Daily Advertiser 10 cease pub.
fishing ncendIsry snd innammaiory sni-
cle.. OF II will be suppressed"
A French paper announces the death
Of Colonial Jomsrd, the last survivor Of
Nspoleon's battle Of The Pyrsmid'. al the
age OF eighty eight year,.
The controversy between tie i~o
branches Of the Episcopal church. which
was aggravated by The recent uial Of MIR.
Tyng. will receive douoiIsss sn sddiIion-
al impulse IRON the riusli'iIc features OF
The celebration Of the fret snnOsl meeting
q
~ church. New York. on Thur.dsy.
Horse ihievipg is still gong on 10 ihs
Valley Of Virgins. Several new 'cs'es'
have recently occurred.
Tie secrets OF health are FRET keep
warm. Second, eat regularly and slow.
~. Third, maInisIn regular daily bodily
habits. Fourth. take esIly and very lieh,
.uppers. Fifth, keep clean skin.
Sixth, get plenty Of sleep at night.
Congress. at present, has among its
members thirteen major generals. fifteen
bfisadier:. SIX cOluntls and eleven officers
oflower grades.
A traveller through country iown IN
Maine where lhere are no hotels. obtain
ed lodgings with fsrnen The next
morning. when he inquired for bis bill.
iAe farmer ssid. "65 cents Tor meals and
lodging. and rs csnis for squirting ,Obae.
co Juice over ibe floor"
A movement is on foot 10 ihc South 10
erect monument TO Gen. Patrick X.
Cleburne. one Of The brsvesI soldiers in
the rebel army, Who was. killed at the
baltic of Franklin, 10 November, 1864.