Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-31

Carroll was nominated for Governor
Leven Woodford, Controller of the Treas
ury, and C. j. N. Gwynn, Attorney-Gen'
eral. In the platform the fourth section
protests against any increase of circulating
currency, and demands that such measures
be adopted by Congress as will result in
the resumption of specie payments al
the earliest possible moment.........Gen'
Joseph E. Johnston, OF Georgia, has been
elected President Of the Arkansas Indus
trial University......Ove fifty head Of cat
tie were killed by collision between
freight train and cattle train, on the st.
Louis & Iron Mountain Railway, near Vic
tory Station, Mo-. Private information
frem the West states that a three company
post is to be established in the Black Hills
probably two companies, one infantry and
one cavalry. The location is not yet de-
cided upon ......A notice of appeal, by the
people to the general term of the Supreme
Court of New York, from the decision OF
Justice DonOhue in favor Of the six mil.
lion dollars civil suit of Tweed, has
been served upon the defendants lawyers
and was duly acknowledged by them......
The French Musical societies of New York
City contemplate holding grand concert
for the benefit of the sufferers from the
floods in France. Tammany Hall has been
offered free for the purpose. The French
Committee of Relief have $1,000 on hand,
which will be Immediately forwarded.....A
summary of losses of fire insurance cOmpan.
les for the first six months of this year, shows
that they aggregate more than the entire
losses for 1874. The losses this year have
fallen not upon great cities, but chiefly upon
country towns, on property destroyed, in
which insurance companies have paid about
S26,000,000.
Notes from Abroad.
Fresh bands of Carlists have taken refuge
| in France, and the commander of the French
forces at Tarbes has telegraphel to Paris,for
| instructions as to the course he shall pursue.
THE provinces of Valentla and Castelion
are now free of Carlists. The insurrection
is confined to mountains in the Navarro,
Basque, and Catalonian provinces The
headquarters of General JOvellar are at
Sarinena......A meeting has been held in
London, at which it was resolved to open
subscriptions for the erection of a statue of
Lord Byron in some conspicuous place in
London. Disraeli presided, and speeches in
favor of the project were made by the Earl
of Malmesbury, Earl Stanhope, and Mr.. &.
A. Sala, Gen. Wilson stated, on behalf OF
Americans, that they claimed share in
Byron and a right to contribute to the me-
mortal. He was sure his countrymen would
gladly furnish at least quarter of the $780,.
600 which it was estimated the proposed
statue would cost
Advices from South America state that a
terrible riot has taken place at San Miguel
| a town of forty thousand people, in the
Southern part of the Republic of San Sal
vodor. 1t originated from the fact that the
authorities refused to allow a pastoral of the
Bishop of San Salvador, hostile to the laws
to be read in their churches, Prisoners
were released from the cadillac, the small
garrison at that place was attacked, and
nearly all assassinated, and Gems. Espenosa
and Castro were killed. The principal riot
ers, at last accounts were arrested, and n
good many of the inferior oncs had been
shot, by order of President Gonzales, who
had arrived with iroops......Iady Franklin,
widow of Sir John Franklin, is dead..... -.
Don Piblo Arosemena has been elected Pres
ident of the State of Panama....n Havana
news says that the insurgents have captured
two forts near Barfacuas together with the
garrison. -, Count Won Arnim has arrived
at Carlsbad with his health in precarious
condition.. After close contest at War;
burg, the Liberals obtained maiority in the
Electoral College, and IT is now believed the
Liberal ticket will be victorious throughout
Bavaria. The Spanish man-of-war Chur-
rucca chased British schooner into Heyti,
when the authorities found her with con-
traband cargo. The British ConsHl is max
ing an examination OF the matter.
In shooting for the st. Leger stakes, two
hundred yards range, the first day, at VIM
bledon, John Rigby of the Irish Team, tied
Major Fulton, making thirty-five points.
The possible score was thirty-five. The tie
was shot off on the second day. Fulton, of
the Americans, won. In the shooting for the
Albert prizes, Sir Henry Halford won the
first prize, scoring 9S out OF possible 100,
and Col. Gilder-leeve took the second prize
/ with score of 92......ln the match for the
! Rife Association cup, in which each man
has ten shots, at six hundred yards range,
! Coleman scored 10 out of a possible 30, lead-
/ ing the large number of competitors. Gil
/ dersleeve made Is, The excellency of the
Americans craftsmanship causes much as
! tOni5hment...I In the match between the
| House of Lords and the House of Commons,
the range was five hundred yards. The
Commons won, maxim SlS points against go
made by the Lords, out of possible 80. A
| London dispatch says that the disturbances
in Herzegovina are believed TO be serious.
The Commissioners sent by the Porte to
tranquilize the country have reported by
/ telegraph that they are unsuccessful. The
whole district between MoStar and the
Australian frontier, down nearly rs fpr MS
! Raguse, is in n state of revolt, and the in
surgcnts threaten death to all who refuse to
! join them. The Commissioners advise the
Porte TO send troops forthwith.
Major Fulton won the American cup at
Wimbledon. lie made 1873 out Of a possible
score of $50. The challenge cup was COM
peted for by Americans alone. Fulton made
! eight consecutive bulps.eyes, and Garfield,
| six. The following is the score: Fulton, 1873 /;
| Garfield, 1876; Coleman, 1l9, Bruce, III;
Ballard, los; Gildersleeve, l05...... Alexan-
der and VIM. Collie, of the firm recently sus-
pended, have been arraigned charged with
obtaining million dollars on false pretenses.
Bail was fixed at $4,000, which was not
! found, They have been sent to Newgate,
where th0y will remain until bail is pro-
/ cured The prosecuting counsel, in OPEN
/ ing the case stated that from $7,600,C00 to
! SS,500,000 of fraudulent bills of the firm
were afoat, Of which the London and West
minister Bank had s. 100000. After credit
| ing all that could be recovered from the
bankrupt estate, the loss to the bank would
| be from 81 ,0000 600 to 81, 5e0,000.u..n French
customs return. for the last six months
| show an increase in receipts of 23,000,0 900
| francs over the corresponding period of last
year. The total revenue of the country for
the same time increased 100000 francs
over lS74 The number of Carlists cap
tured since the first of July is reported at
four thousand. .... foundations are reported
in England at Leicester, Greenfield, Forest
of Dean, and Godmanchester. In many
places gathered and growing crops have
been destroyed, and railways are interrupted
in all directions.