Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-05-25
sHEpHERDAsD POTOMAC.

Committee, the Democrats ana Conser-
vatives of Shepherd and PotomacTown-
ships assembled in the town'hall, IN
Shepherdstown, w. Va, on Saturday,
the 18th inst, to send delegates to the
Convention to be held in Charlestown
on the 18th of this month.
On motion, J. p \. Entler was elect
ed Chairman, and J. S. Bragonier Sec
rotary.
On motion of John H. little, Com
mittee of five from each township was
appointed by the Chair, consisting OF
John II. little, John keplinger, VIM.
Riohtstine, Geo. w. Yontz and j. G.
Ruckle of Potomac Township; and
Capt. Lee II. AIoler, IL Lloyd, John
Foley, II. NJ Billings and J. 7. Hill OF
Shepherd Township, to select ten Dele
gates from each township to attend the
Convention to be held at Charlestown
on the 25th of this month.
The Committee appointed retired, re-
TUNED and reported the following gentle
men as Delegates:
Shepherd IOwnship.-H NJ. Billings,
J. ). Bragonier, ID. ). Rentch, j. =. a.
Entler, John p. Hill, VIM. J. Knott,
Capt Lee II. Moler, Alex. l.. OSburn,
Geo. VI. Beltzhooyer and John Foley.
Potomac T0wnshiP.-Wm, }. Nc
Quilkin, b. +. Harrison, Jas. 4. Hurst,
VIM. Rightstine, John G. Ruckle, John
II. little, X. \. Lucas, {. I. Butler,
John w. Osbourn and John keplinger.
On motion oil John H. little the re
port of the Committee was adopted.
On motion of Capt. Lee II. Moler, it
was ordered that the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the county
newspapers.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
J. p. \, ENTLER, Chm'n,
J. S, BRAGoNIER, Sec'y.
MEMORIAL CELEBRAToN.-The annu
al memorial celebration and decoration
of graves of Confederate dead took
place at Hollywood Cemetery, near
Richmond. on Wednesday last. The
Dispatch says
Yesterday the decoration was unequal
led, if they did not sTpass those of
any former occasion, and when night
settled over the City Of the Dead the
moon shonc Oh u mass of flowers. y
new feature in the celebration was at
forded by the presence of the military
in unifOrm-most of the companies hay
ing been organized during the past year,
and many of them hearing the names
of those a number Of whose members
sleep in the cemetery. The crowd on
the grounds was variousl y estimated at
from twelve t o fifteen thousand.
THE LARGEST CLAIM YET-Col W.
w. Warden, as attorney for Mrs. Anna
VI. Fitzhugh, to-day filed the largest
claim ever filed before the Southern
Claims Commission. The demand is
for $4,000 for wood and timber taken
for supplying the United States army
during the war, from the large estate of
Mrs. Fitzhugh, in Fairfax county, known
as "Rayensworth." Among the papers
is safeguard in the handwriting of
General Winfield Scott, dated June II,
1861, which reads as follows Mrs.
\. VI. Fitzhugh, Of Rayensworth, a lady
of great excellence, connected with the
family of The Father Of his Country,
is. with her family servants, house and
property, placed under the safeguard
Of the army. "-U'ashmgtOn Star, Nny
20.
Ex-senator Allen, of Ohio, veteran
statesman, and lifelong Democrat, has
lately been interviewed by n reporter Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and inresponse,
Mr.. 4. thus expresses himself:
II am certainly in favor of the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley by the Demo
cratic Convention From the beginning
of the movement considered Greeley,
of all the candidates named, the one
around whom the masses Of the Demo
cratic party could most easily rally,and
they would, with rare exceptions, rally
around him and elect him, il the leaders
pursued the part Of wisdom by avoiding
a nomination at Baltimore. | know
Greeley personally, and know him to
be n man ofkindly disposition, humane
nature, and filled with popular synpa-
tines lie is, perhaps the only Repub-
lican in the United States who has a
deep and abiding sympathy with the
great mass of the people.
TIE BosroN JUBILEE DEUM.-The
bass drum for the Boston jubilee in
1869 was a child's plaything when COM
pared with the one just completed at
Pennington Falls, Maine, for this years
testivitv. The diameter of the first one
was eight feet that of this monster Is
twelve feet, while its circumference is
thirty seven feet and eight inches, and
its width five feet 1t is made of maple,
requires twelve boards, each fifteen feet
long and thirteen inches wide, and con
tains one hundred and ninety five square
feet of lumber, 1t is the largest drum
in the world, and was taken from the
factory only by tearing away part of
the building.
We learn that the Church investiga-
ton of the charges against Rev. l.. ID.
Huston will positively commence in
Baltimore on to-day, (the 2lst) Rev.
Stephen Roszell will appear as counsel
for the accused and Rev. DR.. Gardiner,
of Fredericksburg, Va, as counsel on
tho nart Of the Church The inYestira.