Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-07-11


follows
"Whereas the lsmentable civil war has
long since altogether ceased, with an &C
knowled cement by the States of the su-
premacy OF the federal constitution anu oil
the government hereunder, and there no
longer exists any reasonable ground 10 ap-
prehend renewal of the said civil wal,
! or any foreign interference, or any unlaw-
full Resistance, By any portion OF the peo-
pie of any OF he States, 10 the consuiu-
ton and laws Of the United States and
Whereas il desirable 10 reduce the
standing army and to bring TO speedy
termination military occupation, martial
law, military tribunals, abridgomeni OF the
freedom OF speech and OF the press and
suspension OF the privilege OF the ha6eGs
corpus and Of The right Of trial by jury
such encroachments upon our free Ins''-
lu,ions in time Of peace being dangerous
10 public liberty, incompatible with the
individual rights Of the citizen, contrary
TO The genius and spirit OF our republican
form Of government, ahd exhaustive OF the
national resources and
Whereas il is believed that amnesty and
pardon will tend 10 secure complete and
universal establishment and prevalence OF
municipal law and order, in conformity
with the constitution Of The United States
and to remove all appearances or resump-
tons of re,alaiory or yindcilVe policy
| a., II IL, attended
b. unnecessary disquaiificstlons, PAINS
penalties, confsca,ions and dlsiranchise'
menis and on the contrary, 10 promote
and procure complete iEaternal TeconclIIa-
ton among the whole people, with due
submission 10 the constitution and laws
Now therefore, be il known, that |,
Andrew Johnson, President OF the United
State, DO, by virtue of the constitution
and in the name OF the people OF the Uni
ted States, hereby proclaim and declare
Internationally and without reservation
to all and every person who directly or
indirectly participated IN the late Insult
reciion or rebellion, excepting such per
son or persons as may be under present
meni or indictment in any court o! the
United States having competent JurIsdIc-
ton upon a charge OF treason or other TEL
ony, full pardon and amn' sty for the Of
Tense of treason against the United States,
or of adherng to their enemies during
the late civil war, with restoration OF all
rights OF property except as to slaves and
except also as TO any property oi which
any person may have heen legally divesi-
ed by the laws OF the United States"
Surgical Separation Of The ,S!amcSe
Trims. The New York Tribune Gays
,ha, tie scientific world, and especially
that portion o il who have made the study
of medicine and surgery their profession
cannot fail to DO interested in tho fact OF
the determination Of Chang and Eng, the
Siamese twins, TO submit TO a surgical
operation for the purpose OF discovering
the onderful link that has so long bound
them together. Each of them Is now the
the father OF nine children. The reason
Ter their determination, al tins late day,io
call in the art Of surgery 10 produce an
entire physical separation, is that having
reached such an advanced age 80 years.
they are fearful that one may become the
subject of disease which may prove fatal
to both The interesting question arises,
What arc the probabilities OF successful
operation being performed The twins
are held together by quite massive link
Of thoroughly normal and perfectly vital
lied integumeni, some 10 or IL inches IN
circumference, situated near tho vital or
gans, and in close proximity 10 the heart
and lungs and the connection is so init
mate that each seems TO be thoroughly on
organized portion Of the oihors. as much
30 as any Of the ordinary members OF
naturally constituted human body"
To Preumtthe Hyfom Getting in
TO Hheqt An intelligent, farmer has
given US what he sage is an inialIible pre-
yent.ve Of the fly in wheat. 1t is as fol-
lows: Use from to 10 bushels OF lime
and asher to each acre of wheat, drilled
in. II ashes cannot be obtained. use the
raw lime. lffarmers have no drill, they
can SOW the lime and ashes hroaJcas, IN
damp weather, upon growing wheat.
This can ba done whenever there are
signs Of the fly IN the wheat, either in the
fal! or spring. There is no mistake IN
this remedy. as the farmer who gives the
information is prepared 10 testify from lis
use for a number Ct years. Besides the
inevitable destruction Of that pesIiierous
and destructive insect, the fly, the lime
and ashes constitute one Of the best fer
iilizers that can be applied TO land
Rockingham Register.
o. Mr.. RingIer, editor of lI''lo four
by six newspaper entitled the Union
Tanguard." published at Fcierman,
Taylor County, W. Va, pays US the fol-
lowing compliment for which we are
much aJieege. II also seems from the
following exusc, that he knew some
of our citizens "some twenty years
ago :"
THE Shepherds,own Register is
good-sized and well edited journal. We
would be very glad to keep /, on our ex-
change list II II can be so without doing
violence TO its proprietor. We recognize
in It's advertising and local columns the
names Of persons familiar TO US twenty
odd years ago, among whom are the Bill.
myers, Euilers. FOuke's and others.