Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-11

The colored people are to have
grand emancipation celebration at Stars
Grove, New Jersey, on the 18th. The
Centennial managers will avail them
selves of the opportunity to bring them
into connection with the anniversary Of
1876.
Rev. Newman Hall was among the
foreign arrivals at N. York The great
English divine comes on tour of pleas
ure and profit. The lectures which he
is to give will undoubtly return him
considerably more than the expenses Of
his trip.
Hiram R. Revels, (colored,) former
ly q. S. Senator has resigned his Office
of Secretary of State Of Mississippi,
probably intending to confne himself
in the future more closely to the dis
charge of bis duties as President of Al
corn University.
The Democratic State Convention
met at Worcester, Massachusetts, yes
terday, and nominated William CASTOR,
of Boston, for Governor. The party is,
of course, in a minority, in Massachu
setts-- but they stand up manfully to
their cause,
Steamships arriving yesterday at
British ports, from New York, report
having experienced a terrific hurricane
during the passage. They were tossed
about so violently that much of their
glassware and crockery was broken.
The Minnesota Farmers are the first
to nominate a State ticket. They
have placed full list of candidates in
field and framed a platform for them.
Of course the most prominent feature
of it is the right Of the State to legis-
late the railroads into proper tariffs.
A terrible fire is raging in the wes-
tern part of East Surrey in Maine in
piece Of woodland. A large force of
men are fighting the flames, but if the
high winds continue a great number of
dwelling houses will be burned, as the
wells are all dry and hardly any water
is to be had. ~
Mr.. Vanderbilt, it is said, controls
2,150 miles of railroad, representing
$2l4, 100000 of security, with a gross
income of $45,OOO,0OO. This involves
the mastery of the trade OF the three
great States of New York, Ohio and
Indiana.
BAYoNNE, September At is amour
ced upon authority that there are now
about 10000 Carlists under arms in
Spain. They are making arrangements
to establish cannon foundry near the
town of Tortosa in Tanagona.
The colored people who, are opposed
to 'black mans party" in Maryland,
held their meeting in Baltimore last
night. They made replies to the meet
ing of the other side last week, and fin
ally resolved that they are fully salts
fed with their existing status as voters
and officeholders.
FoRT MONROE, September 1.-The
steamer Ironside, belonging to the
Potomac Steamboat Company, which
has been running between Baltimore
and Wilmington, went ashore on Hog
Island shoals last Friday night during
a thick easterly gale and rain storm, and
has gone to pieces. Her crew was tax.
en- off. Cobb Brothers saved the fur
nitlre and tackle Carter has gone to
Norfolk to get wreckers to try to save
the engine and boiler The Ironsides
was side wheel iron steamer of about
1000 tons.
SALT LAKE, September 4. -Returns
so far as received from Sante Fe, New
Mexico, indicate the election of Hon.
Stephen B. Elkins, Republican candi-
date for delegate to Congress, by pro
badly 1000 majority, over Jose M.
Colleges, late Democratic candidate,
Santa Fe county, which went Demo
cratic two years ago, has gone Repub-
lican by more than $40 majority.