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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17

nT- DECORATION At WNCuEsTER.-
We learn from the Winchester Nrws
that the Floral Decoration Of the Con
federate graves took place at that town
on Tuesday Of last week. We quote as
follows:
We have heard the number of persons
present estimated at various figures, the
most of the estimates stating the num-
Der at from to thousand. In the al
tenoon, after the sun had lost his
scorching powers, the Cemetery was
throngcd with spectators eager to enjoy
the engaging and pleasing scene.
Among the decorations on the grave
or the Brothers Ashby was an offering
Of lady from tie far Pacific slope, of a
portion of rare seaweed and pretty coral.
We regret to say that some Decorating
wretch has since stolen it from Its
place.
An incident occurred during the dec
Grafton which occasioned some remark.
An aged negro man, WHO was the body
servant ola gentleman during the war
of 1912, and who in the late wal, for
some time performed his duty as servant
in the military family Of General Stone
wall Jackson, was present. lie had
driven his mistress up from Berkeley
County to take part in the celebration
and brought his floral offering to place
on the soldiers graves. Uncle Billy
North, for that is the name Of our col
ored friend approaching the grave OF
Gen. Ashby deposited his flowers npon
the mound with the remark Good
bless you, massa youdid good work !"
The engine Of the downward bound
train from Strasburg was beautifully dec
Grated in respect to theoccasion, passing
the cemetery just as the procession with
drums and banners was nearing the
track.
The Time, also contains the follow
ing:
An interesting episode in the Floral
memorial Of the 9th, was the gathering
of old comrades around the grave Of
Capt. Fletcher-the Boy Captain-who
received his death wound in the battle
of Cold Harbor. When the mufiied
drums had ceased their sad refrain, Mr..
II. |. Kurtz, who was by Capt. Fetch
er's side, when struck by the fatal shell,
paid q brief but heartfelt tribute to the
memory Of the youthful hero, whose
management of the slirmish line, on the
night preceding Jackson's capture Of
Winchester, extorted the rare compii-
ment from that consummate General,
that lit was the best conducted Skin
mish he had ever seen" Such deeds
should not he forgotten.
THE SONG OF THE CHEMIST.
On come where the Cyanides silently
flow,
And the Carburets droop DER the oxi-
DIES below;
Where the rays of Potassium lie white
on the hill,
And the song Of the Silicate never is
still
Come, oh, come!
/ Tumti. tum, tum!
! Peroxide Of Soda and Uranium!
While Alcohols liquid at thirty degrees
And no chemical change can effect Man
ganese
While alkalies flourish, and acids are
free
NV heart shall be constant, sweet SCI
cnce TO thee
Yes, TO thee J
Fiddledum dee ,
Zinc, Borax and Bismuth and HOO
IL your Soda Water, at
II. u BILLINGS fountain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17

FRIEND little, ofthe Shepherdstown
Register, please accept our thanks TOR
the complimentary manner in which
YOU spoke Of us in your last issue. We
were much more gratiied with your
compliment on this occasion than we
were with the publication Of that left
handed Christmas rhyme when we
were your "deyil." Between little and
Bittle your devil" was always kept I'M
easy. We have not forgotten those
DAYS, and we recall them now with
many pleasant recollections.-Clarhs
Courier.
E9- Mr.. John O. Crown, editor of the
ClarEs Courier, is the author Of the
above sqnjb. Mr. Crown received his
first instructions in the "art preserva-
tive" from US in Maryland, and well do
we remember his 'left-handed Christmas
rhyme" Although John was a prin-
ter's drriI, he was good boy, and has
never departed from his good qualities.
He has now arrived at the age of man
hood, and is strictly honest, industrious,
truthful, temperate and intelligent, all
of which is owing Of course to the prop
er instructions given him by his old
''Ross." Ahcm
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17

81 There will be preaching in the
Lutheran Church on Spnday evening.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17
ShcpheristOwn, West Va:

StTURDAY............JUNEi 1871.
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Superintendent {. |. c.

The Clarke Courier says, the Board
of Supervisors, at meeting held on last
Saturday, passed an order for issuing
bonds to the amount Of 100000, IN ac-
cordance with the subscription voted to
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Com
pany, and they furthermore appointed
Nessrs. VIM. d. Smith, VIM. Is. Harris,
and John w. Luke, agents in behalf Of
the county, with power to have the
bonds issued in proper form, and to take
charge of them and deliver them to said
railroad company in such amounts as, in
their Judgment the work accomplished
on the road in this county may require.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17
OUR RAILROAD.
iggg emE-7s EssssiSIiz'iiIs'lsSl
s &c 81: Nif. 81 = Ena !

1t will be perceived, says the Ap'rH,
from the following letter OF Mr.. Collins,
in answer to a note addressed to nm
by Messrs. Travers and Mcdonald, dl-
rectors of the road, that the company Is
ready to proceed vigorously with the
construction of the work all along the
line in the counties of Jefferson and
Clarke, so soon as the question OF the
right-ol.way shall have been satisfacto-
rilv settled. Mr.. Collins expresses the
opinion that with such force as he will
be able to employ, the grading OF the
road in the two counties referred to,Wlll
be finished during the present year.
We trust that the land-holders on whose
property the road has been located WILL
when called OH las they will b. SOON
act promptly and literally on the I'M
portant matter of the right ofwAy. The
progress and completion of this desira-
able work, arc now made to depend IN
great measure on their action.
FRONT ROYAL, June Sth, 1871.
Hox. VIM II. TRAvERs,
MAJOR a. W. MCDoNALD.
Gentlemen Your communication
requesting information, as to The prof.
able time at which work on the Shtnar-
doah Valley Railroad, i'll the counties
of Jefferson and Clarke viii be com
mcnced, has beon received.
In reply, i beg leave to state that it
is not cxpedicnt in the opinion OF the
Board OF Directors, to commence any
portion Of the work, in either county,
until the light-ot.way i'll both has been
secured, but 50 soon as this shall have
been accomplished, operations will be
commenced, and vigorously prosecuted
t. completion. 1t is supposed, that
within three or four weeks, al questions
connected with right-of-way can be set
tied. If this be done, it il probable,
that in less than six weeks, work can be
commenced at several points, and the
whole of the grading in these counties,
completed within the present year
Yours, very respectfully,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-06-17

June ~. 1871.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24

seeming to be at full work. The consumption
cannot be much further extended, and when
we consider the increased average weight OF
cotton bales since 1864, equal to supply on
last years quantity Of 100000 bales, and look
at the present consumption as fully 56, ,00C
bales per week, We may readily understand
that the trade is doing almost all 1t can. In
deed, the buying On Indian account has been
to such an extent that 1t is- almost unaccount-
able, and, we fear, may have been unwisely
extended, as the margin is so much against
the merchant, that such losses must ensue- as
in all probability will bring down many of
the weaker houses and cause serious COM
pllcations hereafter; we can but nope,
however, that such will not be the case
In looking to the future we can but believe
that everything depends almost entirely on
the question Of supply, and as we are assured,
on all sides, that we are beyond any risks on
this head; that from America, India, Egypt
and every cotton.growing country we. shall
have above an average, we may rest contented
that prices cannot ramble from tFeif present
basis, and we look for little or no Improve
mert until the next planting sets In, when
prices will be ruled by the acreage sown for
another years supply. We are rather disposed
then, In considering all the bearings of the
cotton trade, to slightly reduce our range Of
prices, and look for SID. per pound for mid
ding Orleans being full average for the
coming year. At 3d., or undeH we think
prices are safe for spot cotton, and, when
middlings can be laid down below that figure,
we would recommend every confidence.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
TIE PROSPECTS OF COTTON.
A Manchester View Of the Condition of
the Trade.

We take the following from Benjamin Whit
worth & Brothers. Monthly Cotton Circular,
dated Manchester, January 8, 1871:
During the past month the Liverpool market
has experienced gradual decline In prices,
and If it has occasionally shown some appear
ance of strength through the heavy buying of
the trade, the enormous receipts at the Amer
lean ports and the threatened heavy arrivals
in Liverpool have Immediately subdned such q
tendency, and allowed values to take their
natural course. The stook-taklng ut the end
of the year showing deficit OF $4,000 bales
less than the estimate has had no effect, as
the deficiency was at once accounted for from
the quantity of cotton taken by the spinners
directly from the ships not having been duly
reported, and as it Is well known fact that the
trade have covered largely either by direct
imports from America or In arrivals, 1t must
naturally follow they will be to that extent In
dependent OF Liverpool; we. therefore, look
for further settling Of prices before 1t is pos
sibIe Tor any reaction to begin. What Is to be
the crop in America is invariably answered by
very full estimates, varying from 3,750,0O0 to
1000, 600 bales. consequently consumers look
very complacenfly on The luture value OF cot
ton, and would buy much more sparingly were
it not that they are 30 heavily in contract, and
the present rates leave them a fair margin OF
profit which they are anxious to make secure.
The war in its effect on trade seems almost
10 have gone out Of consideration, 80 remote
does the end appear. We almost
cease to look tor any serious change in our
position by sudden end to the war, and be-
lieve that any reaction for rise, which such
an event would occasion, would be very tenn
porary; still, In looking to the future, we can
not ignore the tendencies Of such an occur
renee.
The trade In Manchester have not been in 8
better position for many years, every spindle
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
DISASTERS At SEA.
FORTRESS MONROE. January 2;

FORTRESS MONROE. January %.
Arrived, steamer E. s. Terry, from Newbern,
for New York, for harbor. She brought the
crew of tie schooner Sarah Watson, of Phila-
delphia, from Wilmington for New York, which
was sunk by the steamer Sea Gull, from Baltl-
more for Charleston, thirty miles southwest OF
Hatteras, on the night of the 2lst. The Sea
Gull was badly damaged, and threw overheard
the forward part OF her cargo and made for
Hatteras Inlet. She was seven miles of the
bar when spoken to by the Terry, who took
off the schooners crew.
The schooner ]. S. Craig, of Portland, for
Georgetown, has arrived. She reports that
she passed yesterday, P. NJ, FIVE miles north
of Winter Quarter Shoals, a bark sunk, with
all sails set, but torn to pieces. She had about
four feet of water over her decks. 1t is sup
posed that she struck and ioundered. A heavy
northeast gale prevails.
NEw:YoRK, January %.
: The British brig Maria Ferguson, from Mo-
bile for Liverpool, has been wrecked off the
Tortugas. The cargo will be saved.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
WHAT CONGRESS Ig DOING.

WASHINGTON, January e3.
The judiciary committee OF the Senate re-
ported to-day In favor Of Hill. Senators Stew
art and Rice made minority report in favor
of Farrow and Whitley. The Senate, In exc
cutIve session, confirmed the postmastcrs
nominated for Aiken, S. c., Newman, Ca,
and Huntsville, Ala.
meet tomorrow Holden, son OF the Cover
nor of North Carolina, will be the first witness
sworn.
Stearns has taken his seat as senator from
Minnesota. Sumner presented resolutions OF
the Indiana Legislature adverse. to Dominica.
Jewelt presented resolutions from the ST. Louis
Board OF Trade in favor Of widening and deep
ening the channel of the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi. Turnbull gave notice that he would
call up the Georgia question as soon as the re-
port could be printed.
resolution was adopted authorizing the
committee on Southern outrages 10 report at
any time, and giving them leave to sit during
the sessions of the Senate. A bill was passed
increasing the pension Of disabled sailors and
soldiers. bill protecting members Of Con.
gress from the opportunities of otiice-seekert
was discussed until the adjournment.
In the House Of Representatives, among the
bills introduced and referred were the follow
ing To determine claims for the depredationE
of Confederate cruisers; granting lands 10 the
Atlantic and Great Western Canal; for bridg
ing the Mississippi at Bonneville; reducing
the coast correspondence. and connecting the
postal and telegraph service.
william W. Payne, from Georgia, took his
seat. A bill regulating rank in the navy was
reported on and passed. 1t places surgeons
and paymasters on the active list, and gives
them positive rank, and makes other alterat
tions. A motion to suspend the rules to ex
tend to all the States lately in rebellion the
provisions OF the act Of March A, 1864, failed
yeas l25; nays 67-not two-thirds. The bill
gives equal rights to loyal claimants in all the
States. Adjourned.
The judiciary committee will report favor
ably on bill amending bill to enforce the
right of citizens to vote. George L. Woods
has been nominated to-day as Governor Of
Utah
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24

inflicted, even in war. But such horrible
Genes as were described by "a Military Core
spondent," are but too probable In such opera
tfons as the Army Of the Loire has lately been
engaged in, and it Is to be feared they have
been many times multiplied within the course
of the present month. That army has been
executing q continuous "strateglc movement"
of retreat, and fighting almost continuous
battles during some of the severest weather OF
the month. Both armies have been strained to
the uttermost, and have had no time to look be-
hind them. The horrible consequence has been
that the wounded have practically been lett as
uccared for as the dead: They nave, IN some
though there must be numbers who have been
left to perish of cold on the spot where they
iell. But even when carried under shelter
they have simply been heaped together in un-
inhabited houses, and have sometimes lain
there ior days unattended, unfed, and almost
uncovered. The scene at Beaugency, descr1o.
ed by.sA Military Correspondent" is one even
scene Of agony. In house which had once
been Pension de .Jettraes Files "every room,
from cellar to roof, was crowded with dead
and starving men, lying 30 thick 1t was Inn
possible to move among them" 1t was Satur-
day, and many Of them had been there since
the Wednesday, some since the Tuesday. all
that time mot one drop OF water, not one
htUQ VI lOUu, uau pueoCu ehSh hPoS hoi noN
any comforting hand approached them. II
brokenlegged sergeant had been able to throw
his own coat over his more severely wounded
officer, that was the utmost relief any of them
had Obtained, Moreover, the windows
OF the house were all broken, land
all these. days and nights OF almost
Arctic cold they had been lying on the
bare floor with their wounds undressed." all
the agonies of wounds, OF cold, of hunger and
thirst, with all The horrors OF death, were en-
dured for days together by these helpless suf-
terers. The battle, In fact, had been raging
for three days around Beaugency, neither side
gaining such undisturbed possession of the
town az to be able to think OF the wounded.
Even onthe second day German shells burst
In hospitals where French volunteers were
tending German wounded. That night there
was only one doctor In town capable of per-
forming amputations, and there were two
hundred desperately wounded men In one
building alone. 1.-THE dead lay thick among
the dying. and as the former were dragged
out their places were instantly filed. Misera-
BILE objects, with broken jaws or faces half
shot away, wandered about pointing to their
dreadfulMounds and making plteous signals
for water, which 1t was impossible Tor them to
swallow. Officers and men, veterans and
boys, all lay in one undistnguishable mass Of
misery. Every moan that the human voice
can utter rose from that heap of agony" This
was on Thursday. How many more scenes
like the one we have just described might
there have been seen at Beaugency on Setur-
day {? And how many more in the numerous
villages over which the storm OF conflict has
passed between Beaugency and Vendome
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
PARIS NOR TO BE ENTERED.
It's Forts to be Garrisoned-A Strip Of
Territory from Metz and Paris to be
He1d-The Corps Legislatif. to be Sum-
moned.
correspondence of the New York world.l

Correspondence Of the New York World.l
VERSAILLES, December 81.
His Majesty has given up entering Paris
Neither he nor the Princes and polentates-
unless H. R. Il. of Coourg (')-nor the army
will march into the city on Its capltulaiion.
When that transplres the forts of the capital
will be strongly garrisoned and proVisioned
for full two years. Orleans and other towns
not in the territory to be annexed will be evac.
uated, the German troops Withdrawing TO
Alsace and Lorraine, both to be strongly oc-
cupied, as also strip serving as line oil COM
munlcation with Paris Beltort and Bitsche-
which latter has been recently reVlctualled-..
must be taken.
The surrender must be unconditional, but af-
ter Its consummation arms will be given to the
Garde Rationale, to be made answerable Tor
order. The Corps Legislatii will be reassem-
bled. Most of. the members Of the de tacto
government belong to 1t, and may there show
their influence,
It NAV vote to dethrone the Emperor, the
Regency, the Prince Imperial may set up 9
new government, with an Assemble Nationale
CoRstituante, or what not; may determine to
continue the war.
The power which calls it together must per
force accept the work ofits hands. 1t believes
itself prepared for the task. Almost at home,
ing or supported by the forlresses of Metz,
Strasbourg, and the host of minor stronghOlds
far longer and in very different manner than
the French have done.
Pay for the war the conquered must. The
territory wanted is already administered by
German governors.
It Is believed that this substitute for the ear.
ller plan to send three armies through France,
and which is considered settled thing among
the troops, will be hailed by both officers and
men as grand change for the better. Theil
sentiments were, to be sure, not asked for
No more was there reason tor 80 doing, as they
are now pretty well known In the upper cir
cles of the hierarchy, even though some mani
iestatlons OF them reached those superior re.
glons by o roundabout route.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24

eighty building lots in the edge OF the town,
and within ten days from the completion OF
the survey, sold forty-seven lots at s75 eacn.
Other parties familiar with Western land ope-
rations have done equally well, and the proba-
bility is that within year, from four to seven
hundred new houses will be erected in and
around the city. A large Cincinnati firm are
only waiting upon the water power to con-
struct mandatory OF furniture, agricultural
Implements, &C., and are now engaged In cut
ting and drying lumber for the purpose. West
ern men who are here state that Columbia pos
sesses every element OF growth, and predict
population of thirty or forty thousand inhabl-
tants within ten years. They have visited At
lanta, and gay that there is no reason why that
thriving town may not find rival In the capi-
tai of South Carolina, especially when the rail-
road communications are complete. Speaking
Of these, by the way,
THE GREESYILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD
has transferred to the South Carolina Railroad
an immense amodnt OF cotton from the up
country-on several days as many as twenty
four car loads. Three new engines-the James
l.. Orr, Robert 4. Scot. and 81. q. Kimpton-
have recently been brought from the North,
put on the road, and are doing giants WORK.
Thew are said to be among the most powerful
locomotives in the country, and make no
bones of trim of thirty loaded cars Inc
road is being daily improved under the man
agement of President Bush and snperinten-
dent Moore, and the company propose 10
show the people that they will, in good faith,
carry out their early pledges to make 1t q nrst
class line. Of travel. Bridges, tresties ana
cars are being repaired, new iron lud, ana
every means adopted to insure safety and
comfort. The average rate Of speed is four
teen miles an hour. A night train will prooa-
blv be nut on the road before spring. The
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad are
pushing their branch line from Sumter to Co
lumbia, and are expected here without fall.
When completed the competition will be hot
and lively.
ITEMS.
The readers of THE NEWS may remember
Ly Brand, the leader of the fine Post Band
which used to dispense music on the Battery
Wednesday and Saturday. He has recently
made South Carolina his home, and opened
music store here, with fine assortment OF
pianos, organs and other instruments.
Miss Eugenia Orchard, a rising young drttste
and native of Columbia, has on exhibition
handsome copy OF one of the heads of Titan.
She shows q wonderful aptitude for coloring,
and seems destined for distinguished career.
BoMBAZINE.