Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-01-23

for the warm reception we have met al
their hands and especially to our gener-
Gus host, (Mr. Jacob Entler, who has
placed at our disposal an elegantly fitted
up and comfortable room, led Us sumpiu.
ously, and made US feel al home IN the
bosom Of his lovely family"
Vest Virginia and the Baltimore
and Ohio Raiiroad.-Undei the charter
given by Virginia originally 10 the Bal'i,
more and Ohio railroad it was proVloeo
tina, the company should be exempt from
taxation within The States limits until its
earnings were equal TO six per cent on
i,s cost. A question had, therefore, some
time ago arisen as to the company 8 Ia
bilty 10 tax. and the supervisors OF Mar
shall county. Yves. Virginia. brought suit
against il. An opinion in The case was
delivered by Judge Maxwell, OF the so-
preme Bench of this State. las. Saturday.
The Wheeling Inellgt ncer states mat the
cour. decided all The points in favor OF The
people and sgsIns. the corporation and
adds,
THE company claimed that. under
their charter, they were exempt ron all
taxation ill .ha, par, OF the road within
The State yielded six per cent net profit
on its cost, claiming also tue right to IN
clude in tina, cos. the five millions paid
for the Northwestern Virginia railroad.
The court decide that this FIVE millions is
no, part of The cost of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad as contemplated BY its char
ter that its exemption does not depend
on the income on lhs, par, OF the road in
the State by itself, but lhai,in ssceriaining
the income with reference 10 the exemp-
ton granted in the charter. the capital
invested in the whole road from Bari-
more 10 Wheeling is TO be The basis Of
calculation. They decide that as mat
ter Of fact, the net income on this capital
invested did exceed six per cent. the year
Marshall county levied her taxes. 1868
and for several years before and further,
that the net income OF tina. part OF the
road in this State separately exceeded that
figure, no, counting The purchase OF the
North western Virginia railroad as part
of The cost so that, even on It's own ba'
sis, The company is subject taxation.
1.-THE company claimed that if taxable
at all j, IVES only for State purposes. re-
lying on the term general tsxali"n' IN It's
cbarte, for this construction. The court
correcls such construction, holding that
the term has precisely opposite meaning
subjecling the road 10 taxation Tor al pur'
poses as conlradislinguished from specific
or special taxation. The court therefore
holds that the road is taxable for all purpo-
ses precisely as the property Of natural
person."
DEATH OF A MINISTER. Rev. Is.
Newton Brown. associate pastor OF tie
Foundry (M. E.) Church. died at his late
residence on Thirteen street. near L.,
Sunday morning, at an early hour. his
disease vas typhoid pneumonia with
which lie was attacked about five weeks
since. Mr.. Brown was about 6l'y-nIne
years Of age. His connection with tie
ministry began about forty years SINCE
when he was ordained 10 Virgins, and al
though not actively engaged in the pros
ecu,ion of The Divine profession during
the whole of the lime. yet there has been
scarcely an interval that he was not re.
garded as a member Of either The Virginia
or Maryland Conference. under which Ju-
risdic,ion he has always lsbored. For
The pas, three years he has been scceP,a-
bly, filling the position of as'oris'e pastor
OF the Foundry Church. the principal
pastor Of which church (Rev. b. PeyIon
Brown was converted under his ministry,
sbou, twenty years since.
The funeral will take place from the
Foundry Church to-day. a, ~ o'clock.
when the sermon will be preached 10y re-
quest Of the family by Rev. DR.. William
Edwards. Of Baltimore. assisted by Rev.
DR.. Butler, of the English Lutheran
Church, and also Rev. Or. LsnalIan. OF
New York. should he arrive in time all
OF whom were old and intimate friends oil
the deceased. From the church the re-
mains will be conveyed 10 Oak Hill Gem
etery, Georgetown, where they will be
deposited in the chapel. to await the final
intermeni 9, The wish of The family. The
pail bearers will be Rev. Dr. Green, Rev.
Messrs. Emory and Hoover,and members
OF the Masonic fraternity. Of which order
he had been promin'n, member for
years past.-Washington Nafional In
teligencer. Jan. 10.
John II. SurraT 10 Write a Book
The Washington correspondent of ihs
Boston Herald says:
"Surrau 10 now in South America, but
will return here in month. learn from
one Of his friends that he has prepared
full and explicit statement Of The consPlr-
scy which resulted IN the death Of Presi.
den, Lincoln. In this he denies all
knowledge OF any assassination plot. bot
confesses freely that Booth and himself
and others we're in plo. 10 -abducI Mr..
Lincoln. He declares that assassination
was never spoken Of to him, and was not