Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-08-07
For the Reg;Sfe.
CORRECTION.

and 41 minutes, dhu ~ wv :.
onds. This fact will be proved by dI'I-
/ ding the l.77s O29 days by 6O2lO luna
lions, And if we divide l.77S.O29 days
nv , we shall have ss90i4 days and IL
hours, which returns The eclipse 10 our
an,ipodes and agrees TO 30l05 lunallons
and The semicircIe of our system. 1t Will
be seen then thai 90 repelilions OF Coy lu-
nations agreeing TO 1875 days, 81 hours
and 4 minutes exactly frees the great
eoua,ion from all lis fractions and returns
every eclipse both OF sun and moon 1" the
same original msredian on earth. The
ecIipse that takes place to-day OF The sun
will be repeated again in 1875 days, u
hours and minutes agreeing 10 669 10.
nations and will lake place 2 hours anu
/ sc minutes earlier in the day for It's cen
trail time. on the pad Monday in SePIem'
Der in 1923. It will be repeated again IN
1877 in October, on Wednesday, 8 kours
and 80 minutes earlier than to-day IN
1869, Aug. 7,h. 669 lunaions hees the
/ equation from all the fractions OF seconds
/ and gives us an exact division OF measure
for the space oil time which IS 1879
DAYS 81 hours and minutes. II we
make use Of 229 lunaions then the meas
ure of time will he $685. days, 7 hours
! and | minute and 30 seconds. Of this
las, period it would take 27O repetiIons
10 make LIS O29 days exactly. A. I.
THE PLAINS OF MANAssAs.-Although
a.
! agriculture is gradually removing Inc
scars Of war there are many OF lis monu'
ments sill to Manassas. Wherever we
turn the eve rests on some dlsmaniled
! for, or rife pit, now grown over with
wild shubberv and with now and then
small tree grown from the seed OF fruit
eaten by some soldier whose remains may
be buried beneath The sod OF yon cemeie-
| ~.
The FIELDS ramped by the horses OF
General Beaurepsrd's abide camps carry
ing his orders from his headquarters on
The memorable 2lstof july, 1861, are
now covered with fields OF waving grain.
The building lie occupied as his head
/ quarters il a large two story brick owned
then by the late VIM. J. Weir now by
his son Walter Weir. esq. Fort Beau.
regard" thrown mp by the ! llh and I'm
Virginia regiments land the fEsIOne made
and iorls "E7ans," "S,errlt'' and many
others. still stand. hu, instead OF the
frowning guns and the Tramp, tramp OF
the sentinel with bis gIlstenlng bsyonei
as it reflected The suns rays, they are
now The layori,e resort Of the goat and
sheep thai browse upon their parsPe's
and rest in their embrasures. The ditch
es that were once the shelter OF The sharp
shooter are now held by the frogs whose
croakings ere more pleasant to the ear
than tie crack OF the rife as il sent the
leaden messenger on It's erTan OF death.
Editorial BTeVities.
The New York Times says: 1.-The
'drummtrs Tor The business houses OF
this city are returning from the western
States with doIe(uI accounts Of the condi.
ton o. trade. Orders cannot be Obtained,
neither in the dry goods line nor in the
whisky line. or in any other line /; and
even the sharpcsi and most energetic
'drummers' have been unable to make
I 'heit eHPen'e,,,, in heir attempts to secure
orders in the West"
1t is rumored that the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad of Virginia has been pur-
chased by the Union Pacific Company
for the purpose OF furnishing an outlet
OF their own to the Atlantic coast. They
are To prolong Tie road through kentucky.
and intersecI " eastward with the lines un-
der their control.
Ohio X. Pate, youngest brother Of Col.
ii. Clay Pate, killed under Stuart al the
battle Of the yellow Tavern" in 1864,
having qualified al The Theological Semi
nary near AIexanJria, is now pastor OF an
Episcopal congregation in Osensboro,'
Kentucky.
Intelligence was received in Petersburg,
Va. on Monday, Of the death. al the Uni
on Theological Seminary, Prince Ed.
ward Court House. Va, Of The Rev.
Samuel 8. WIl-on. D. D, president OF
and for many years one Of the professors
in tina, institution. lie died on Sunday
morning, at the advanced age of eighty
six.
A man named Frank Browneil. OF
Troy, New York, who killed Jackson Of
Ter he had shot Ellsworth, IN Alexandra,
Virginia, n 1861, has obtained the mus
kel used by him on that occasion, and de-
poslsd il in The New York State Depart
ment. where the coat and hat belonging
10 Ellsworth are kept
Gen. Grants laynriIe trotling mare. Adj
die, died last week, daring the Presidents
absence from Washington. She was
valued al 1000.
Col. II. w. Csrnthers, OF Weilsburg,
has beed appointed Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for the First District Of Vest
Virginia.
A most ingenious piece Of mechanism
has been completed and patented BY Mr..
B, W. Ogburu, OF MeckIenburg, Va. 1t
is scales which in weighing III pounds
sugar al Is cents pound points out what !
The sugar comes to. SO Of any article or
any number of pounds, or any price.
Rev. George W. Carer, formerly
popular Methodist preacher in Virginia,
has been appointed inspector Of beef IN
New Orleans, by Gov. Yarmouth.
At the Walker barbecue, last Saturday,
al Pnsyiysnia Court House, there were