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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
English and American CITES.

Boston itself forces upon us, III more
than one point, the analogy and the diver
gence of England and America. America
is an England without capital, without
London. A London she could not have
had without king, without an arlstocracy,
without a strong central government, with
out a central legislature, central courts oil
law, without court, without an hereditary
peerage, we may well add, without ST.
Paul's and Westminster Abbey. IT IS
singular, but it is both significant and ~
telligible, that Washington is the only city
in America which has not grown. with
rapidity. -.
In spite of some new public edlIices
built in handsome style Of Greek archl'
lecture, we are struck with the small pro-
grcss made in three years since we were
last here. The vacant spaces are not hll-
ING up with private houses, so that the
would-be metropolis wears still the air OF
some projected scheme which has Jailed
The cities of America answer TO our
great modern commercial towns, Liverpool
Manchester. Birmingham. Many OF these
English towns have boosted and may still
boast of scientific and literary circles, to
which have belonged men, not equal, per-
haps, to those of whom Boston IS now
proud; but still, notwithstanding the nat,
ural flow Of the lirc-b!ood TO the heart, the
gravitations which draws all the more en-
inent talent to London-oI deserved name
and estimation. Yet Boston, New \ ork,
perhaps Philadelphia and Baltimore (NoW
Orleans seems to stand by Itself, with some
faint kindred with Paris arc, though no
the capitals of Inc Federation, the capitals
of States. Boston, in one respect, as like
wise the provinces of Mass chuscttS, anl
indeed. the New EngIWd States in general
may glory in one distinction, Of which we
cannot boast, the cheerful, Unrctuciant SUD
mission to general. and by no means light
taxation. for the purposes of public cduca'
tion.-Londol quaylsr!y RerjStc.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
92OO $500 $1,000

In the above table, the inorganic matter
is not separately considered, it being dis
tributed, among the several organic bodies.
By rejecting the cobs of 1000 pounds OF
dry ears, about 200 pounds of organic
matter is lost, which consists of 49, pounds
of sugar and extract, 1873 pounds of fibre,
45k pounds of matter separated from fibre
bv weak solution of potash, Il pounds
of albumen, O.2Ss of pound of casein,
2.3l pounds of gum dextrlne' !'S pounds
of resin, and IA pounds OF glutnous mat
ter. Hence the cob, although not rich in
putritive matter, can by no means, be said
10 be destitute of those proximate princl-
ples which 90 to support respiration and
sustain animal heat, and those which are
capable of being transformed into nerve,
&C., and the phosphates which
contribute so largely TO the formation OF
bone,-N. Y. State TransaciiOnsfor 40.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

one, and then eyefmore; and lead, and
order, and compel them, under law as just
as Rhadamanthus, and astern too; and on
the whole must prosecute dis business,
as the vitalest of all, and develop it ever
more, year after year. and age after age,
and understand anywhere that It's industrial
horseguards, and not its relocated fighting
one, is TO be the grand institution for the
time coming! What mountains of imped-
iment, what blank, weltering abominable
oceans of unveracity Of every kind, the
complete achievement of this problem I'm
the gradual course of centuries) now sup
pose the humiliation of-all this, alas, IS
too clear to me. But all this, as | compute,
must be done; whether before we have
cred republic" and universal social dis
solution, or after it, that is now the prac'
teal question, and one of the most imPor
tant the English nation ever had before 1t
To see such a problem fairly, in any form
begun, would be an unspeakable relief
like the first emergcnce of solid land agaI
amid these universal deluges of revolution
and delirium.-Cariyle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
A SLAVE CLASS IN GREAT BRITAIN

A SLAVE CLASS IN GREAT BRITAIN
A persuasion is rapidly spreading that pau
perism absolutely must be dealt with in
some more conclusive way before long,
and the general outlook is towards waste
lands and colonies for that object Con-
curing heartily in these two propositions,
both the general and the particular, my own
sad conviction is, that before either pau
pers can be "dealt WITH" or waste lands
and colonies got to turn out other than in
fatuations and utilities for them, Govern
ment must do the most original thing pro-
posed TO it in those times-admit that
pnpers are really slaves, men fallen into
who cannot keep them
selves free" and whom it is bitter
mockery and miserable folly and cruelty
10 treat as what they are not, and accord
ingly must take the command of the said
paupers applying for the means of exis-
tence; and enlist therein, and have indus
trial g colonies and regiments" first
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
Life.

The true scholar-and may we not add,
Christian will feel that the richest TO-
nance, the noblest fiction, that ever was
woven, the heart aLu soul Of beatty, lies
enclosed in human life. Itself Of surpri-
sing value, it is also the richest material
Tor his creation.
He must bear his share of the conn., Cir
load. He must work. He must work
with men in houses, and not with their
names in books, His needs, appetites,
talents, affections, accomplishments, are
KEYS that open to him the beautiful muse
UNI of human life. Why should he read
it as an Arabian tale, and not know in his
own beating bosom its sweet and smart !
Out of love and hatred, on: Of earnings
and borrowings and lendings and losses,
out Of sickness and pain, out If woolng
and worshipping, out of travelling and vo-
ting and watching and caring, out of dis
grace and contempt, comes our tuition in
the serene and beautiful laws. Let him
not sIur his lesson; let him learn it by
heart. Let him endeavor exactly, bravely
and cheerfnlIy, to solve the problem of that
life which is set before him; and this by
punctual action, and not by promises and
dreams.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
Female TnVCraC 'ty.

Perhaps some Of orr young readers may
not know that laIsehood or habit OF de-
ccption is said to be feminine vice. This
idea is founded on the general truth that
deception is the vice Of the tmId, and the
practice to which we have been aIIuding
gives unhappily too much seeming ground
for the inference. We are assured that
bows are much less apt to deceive their
teachers than girls Of the same age and
standing, and this is ascribcd to their greater
boldness, which enables them more easily
to take the consequences Of delinquency
But shall we willingly sit down under so
disgracelul an imputatlon! Can the true
that the female mind has less detestaion
of Ealsehood than the male, or that it may
be betrayed by fears into practices which
SAVIOR of vice hated by God and man!
As truth is the basis Of all virtues, so
CaIschood is their destruction, and whoever
lives in the continual effort to appear what
he is not, will undoubtedly find himself
prone gradually to lower the moral stand
ard in other respects, until right and wrong
will cease to have distinct boundaries in
his mind, and the expedient will become
the rule of action. Some great faults there
are which are not inconsistent with great
virtues; habitul untruth, whether Of speech
or action, poisons the entire character. 1t
is a moral cancer, whose seat is in the very
spring of life, rendering the use even Of
the knife, at particular points Of manifesto
ton, perfectly useless. Can we treat
lightly any course which threatens so dire
an evil
A strong desire to please is certainly
characteristic of woman, and here lies an
other snare for her integrity. Unless she
have the rare prudence to take refuge in
silence, every days conversation will try
her love of truth-and thus the sins OF her
youth will prove at once the cause and the
punishment of the sins Other ri per years
sad antitheSis to that growth in goodness
which has been graciously promised as the
reward of each sincere sacrifice TO virtue.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

Mystical THEoLoGY.-The mos, OH
scure theology Of the German mystic. hath
4 dialect peculiarly suited to il, which
makes it ineligible 10 those whom :
palmer system would disgust. There j.
certain peryersiOn Of intellect which can
relish nothing but what is dark and emf,
malical and though many of the snecs
latons of visionary enthusiasts are. VII
accurately silied 10 the bottom, nothing b.,
plain and common truths. yet the momo@.
they arc brought out Of the Obscuri,v ;n'1
which a wild and irregular imagin. lay; ''o
had thrown them. they lose all their ag
cacy, and that which IS thoroughly ce '
pretended ceases TO efect.-MontiIv pa
gieW.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
COMMON SENSE.
By JAMES t. FIELDS,


She came among the gathering crowd
A maiden fair, without pretence,
And when they asked her humble name :,
She whispered mildly, "Comm'a oehS''
Her modest garb dew every eye
Her ample cloak, her shoes OF iea'her'
And when they sneered, she simply sald'
81 dress according to the weather.
They argued long and reasoned LOUD
In dubious Hindoo phrase mystic rlous'
While she, poor child, could not di'ne'.
why girls SO young should be 50 serious
They knew the length OF Plato's beard,
And how the scholars wrote in Saturn;
She studied authors not so deep,
And took the Bible for her pattern,
And so she said, "Excuse me, friends,
find all have their proper places,
And Common Sense should stay at home,
With cheerful hearts and smiling faces"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

The HARMONY OF EpLoyMENTs.-
There shouldbe good fellowship between
all occupations. They art in close con-
nccton; each can learn something of the
other. and supply defciebnies by inter
change ofthought and friend Y communion.
The man of contemplation Is ncighbor to
the man Of action; abstraction leans against
reality; exact science IS nearly related to
practical circumstance; speculation falls
back on the experience Of working days;
out Of the dust and turmoil Of noisy life
spring beautiful things, over which senti-
ment may anguish, and poetry become
frantic. Differences of condition arc acct,
dents: men get into wrong places, but
there is such affinity in the labor of all,
that mistakes arc rarely recilfcd the
world logs on, and things settle item
solves. Over all conditions, from the ma
turc too ciherealized TO think of dinner
down to The fragment Of clay that thinks
of nothing else, there rests the philosophy
of facts, an agency which reconciles ali
discrepancies, and enlightens mankind nv
sober development Of human progress-
RuSseFs Grafton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
AGRICULTU RAJ.
Value of Corn CObS.

It is well known that the manure OF an
animal varies in quality with the 1000
which it eats and that generally manure
is richer in nitrogen bodies, and less rich
in -nitrogenized matter than the food
consumed. Probably greater proportion
of 100 pounds of nitrogen bodies would
be assimilated by the system, if it were
mixed with 500 pounds of non-nitrogen-
lied matter, and more if mixed with 200
pounds, than if taken into the system UNI
diluted or alone. 1t should be borne IN
mind that it is as essential for food TO con-
tain bodies destitute Of nitrogen, (such as
starch. sugar, oil, &c. or those which 60
to support animal heat and respiration In
the body, as it is for it to have nltogen
compounds to nourish or supply the waste
of the living tissues. Hence, food, suited
best TO Sustain animal life, is that which is
made up of these two classes OF bodles'
mixed in the proper proportion. And a
deficiency in the one is equally as delete.
rious to the healthy existence of the animal
as deficiency in the other; therefore we
can hardly say that one Of these classes is
in reality more essential to the maintenance
of life than the other. They both seem
to perform equally important offices. If
this view be taken the cob cannot be re-
garded as deficient in those bodies which
contribute to support respiration and nutrl'
ton.
The table below shows about the amount
of the several proXlmate organic bodies
thrown away in rejecting the cob, calcula-
ted from the analysis Of the small white
flint variety. 1000 pounds of ears contain
not faffrom 219., pounds 81 cnh-and 500
!. lands of grain. These Eontaln the iol-
towing proportions, expressed IN pounds
and decimalS of a pound:
200 lbs. 500 lbs. 100 lbs.
fs Cobs. Grain. Ears.
Sugar & extract 1881 1890 l2S.9O2
starch O.OO2 4S7. 39l 497. 1897
Fibre l27.6o7 LIZ 1872 59o
Oil 1881 1854
Zein 3l.o56 3l'ooo
Matter separated
by potash from o,o
fibre 45.4O4 5l.954 97'?oo
Albumen I.5lS 37.l36 1861
Casein O.2SS O.ooS o'9Io
Dextrine or gum 2.3IO 2S.224 3O.534
Resin l.oO6 l'oOo
Glutinous matter 1902 7.4O2
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

THE SULTAN OF TURKEY, whose manly
decision in behalf oithe Hungarian eXlIcs
has been the admiration of tho world, has
given new interestto the description OF
his person. Christian men ar; put to the
blush by such an example of Mahomedan
hospitality, and yet we know that true
Christian hospitality has been one Of the
crowning virtues of the so.calIed uncivil-
lied nations of the East. In his expedition
to the Red Sea, Lieutenant Lynch thus
speaks of the Sultan of Tmkey:
g He is a man YONG in years, but evil
denlly of impaired and delicate constitution.
His wearied and spirltless air was unre-
lieved by any indication of intellectual en-
ergy. My feelings saddened as | looked
upon the monarch, and | thought of Mon
tezuma. Evidently, like Northern cline,
his year of life had known two seasons
only, and leaped at once from youth TO
imbecility.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

7, ,vos said of Queen Charlotte, we thinA'
,bot che was sentin the world TO show no"
unlovely virtue may be; and her influence
>, least on portion Of her children was
such as might be expected from sucn an
oxon,nle II is not enough for parents 10
no severely virtuous or devout. lhey
.ho,Id also cherish whatever things arc
lovely. and be not only objects oil reVer'
orco on account of their Christian virtues
-, ot;ec,. oC affection on account OF theli
Christian qraces. 1t is especially impor-
fan, thu, they should make home attractive
10 the Young. Many young woman mas
been thrown out upon what's called socl-
ETY. till she has neither heart nor s0ui ie'''
and many young man has been url'e"
70 banpts of dissipation and vice simply
Nv the dulness of home. Innocent diver
s;ors music. reading, small social gather
mos. when pleasant people are brought
together without constTalnt, arc among 'Hc
means of making home attractive. lhey
NAV come in occasionally to afford zcS'
and variety to what otherwise might DC
monotonous. But if family would be
happy, they must be able to find their re-
sources mostly among themselves. lherc
,rust he constant kindness of feeling and
the absence Of envy and dlstrust. bU'
there must also be something more, OF the
domestic paradise will be distasteiuI to the
vounr. 4 flow of spirits is great thing,
if narents can only have 1t. \ ready SYM
pathv even with youthful Iailmgs and iol-
bles may help us TO correct the faults OF
our children and at the same time secure
their confidence. We must not only re-
member that we were ourselves young
once; but we must kccpup the freshness
Of our feelings and be young always h
ar affections. We must take care not to
be selfish, or cxacting in our demands
and especially not try TO make the whole
ruIc of the household bend so rs to suit
our individual comfort or convenience
Orr religion must be so true and come out
50 spontaneously through our lives that 1t
nav commend itself as living and beau
Glul spirit. hallowcd and graceful ema-
nation, a understanding incense dllluSlng
itself I&rc"~h al ihc place and making
wha,cr,, a5.ncctcd with ii lovely and
divine. Oar domestic picty is too much
something bv itself or something con-
strained and put on, instead Of being as 81
shonI he, like the fragrance of the rose
something tha! of itself eXhales from us
>ar1 90, us lnrUugr ,y,y- whole aim0slphs res
that wc carry with US. !! should ST \
our characters, give gentlencss to our man.
ncrs, and tenderness 10 the very tones in
which VIC speak. When we look upon
our homes rs nurserict for heaven, and
regard orr children as watched over by
angels whose compani'ns they hereafter
NAV be. and as dear nov 10 IcSus and 10
him - whose will it is tlIa not one Of these
little ones shall PERISH the alTectionau
warnings of our hearts towards them
must flow out in words ard acts that lar-
monte with the spirit fDm which they
come: and while 4 new nd higher mean
ing is given to every domestic act and
work, a purcr cnjoymer is impaired to
all the relations Of home.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
Misuse of Wealth.

1t does appear to me, that there is GER
tain staidness and sobriety, a certain mod
Grafton and restraint, certain pressure OF
circumstances, that is good for man. His
body was not made for luxuries it sickens,
sinks, and dies under them. His mind
was not made for indulgence. 1t grows
weak, eheminate, and dwarfsh, under that
condition. 1t is good for us to bear the
yoke; and it is especially good to bear the
yoke in our youth. l am persuaded that
many children are injured by too much
attention, TOO much care; by too many
servants at home; too many lessons at
school; too many indulgences in society.
They are not left sufficiently to exert their
own powers, to invent their own amuse-
ments, to make their own way. They are
often inefficient and unhappy, they lack
ingenuity and energy, because they are ia
ken out Of the school of providence; and
placed in one which our own foolish fond
ness and pride have built for them. Wealth,
without law Of entail to help it, has al
ways lacked the energy even 20 keep its
own treasures. They drop from, its imbe
cile hand. What an extraordinary revolu-
ton in domestic life is that, which, in this
respect, is presented to us all over the
world! A man, trained in the school of
industry and frugality, acquires large es-
tate. His children, possibly, keep it. But
the third generation almost inevitably goes
down the rolling wheel of fortune, and
there learns the energy necessary to rise
again. And yet we are, almost all of us,
anxious 10 put our children, or to ensure
that grandchildren shall be put, on this
road to indulgence, luxury vice. degrade
ton, aed ruin !-Dewey.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

LOOK ON THE FIELDS. - But thea anothet
thought comes-socicty is sadly out of order ever
yet and this tinkcring and patching, here a lit
tie, and there a little, acccr'' -'.- no great
amount of good compare, '.. .tainous
evils to be removed. What IS IT, u 30, ; Why,
we must all do whatever our hands find to do
trust in Providence, have the patience Of faith
listen to all plausible plans, think consult and
sec if there cannot be found some way to apply
the axe at the root of the tree and the tap root
we take to be what the Apostle meant, if you
give his words good broad Interpretation, by
the Glove of money" Just as fast as the idea
is inculcated that souls are worth more than
bodies, and men more than dollars, Just so fast
will evils vanish-all the beauty, glory, wealth,
enterprise, civilization, luxury of the world re-
main-under the care of love and justice, direct
ed by wise and intelligent Christian faith The
little leaven has done wonders already; keep it
at work, and "vires acquirit eundo the good
time will be coming, quicker and quicker The
powers Of this world, and of evil, are not always
TO own the steam-engine and the electro-magnet
ism; Christs truth shall yet make them its SER
wants.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
How to Em'grate.
Ocean,.

In Bulwcr's recent novel of THE CaX-
TONS in letter of advice from shrewd
statesman to Young man. occurs inns SEN
tence Don't dream of emigratng, II
Won want to make million, OF the tenth
mart Of 4 million. Don't dream OF emIgra-
ting. unless YOU can enjoy It's hardshlPs--
10 bear them is not enough :! Here -
counsel that might answer for text 10 Il
LONG dissertation. But now we would
only saw, this is an age, and this the land
of emjgration. Providence intends that
North. America shall be sUbdued and sett-
led. The older States must give OF their
Young men to form new States, even unto
the shores Of the Pacific. 10 move Oh
more and more West, is, and is to become,
more and more the fashion. The fashion
, will not be bad one, if followed only by
those of all professionalism excepting the
clerical-whO have taste for active HE,
for the exercise of a good influence, who
would grow up and grow up well and
worthily, with growing communities be
amonr the founders of COmmOnwca,ihs
for the common veal, who are moved by
large, generous and comprehensive views
and can enjoy the hardshlps OF pioneer
work, find satisfaction in the consciousness
of being bold, wise, good and Christian
builders, laboring to make the wilderness
blossom with promise Of the rich fruits OF
intelligence and virtue. Those who have
only a sordid and selfish desire to get gold,
or a wild passion for freedom, that is only
another name for RIGHTEOUSNESS, or an aim
less and objectIess love of rowing, will Go
best TO stay at home, restrained within
bounds of responsibility by the conserve
rsm of established manners. Home is the
place, also, for weak bodies, and timid
hearts, and lastidious tastes and characters,
which are not the product Of high princi-
pies. Good blood is needed TO start new
communities on new soil.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04

AEouKrbF COlS II nE WoRLD
estimated filat the whole amount Of -,
in the world al lhis time, is s525, Ooo o oo,h
Of which 3s0,OG0, 600 is circulalir,,' ouV,
2l5. 600. 900 is in bank. As the go. - a',p
population is set down at 500, 0Oo nno :
each individuals share OF coin, If d. ,Ipg'
were esuiaIly-Agnfd, would be @Ho6
S 'tpiv,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-04
DEMANDS OF THE AGE.

The examples before us bid us work,
and the changing present affords ample
opportunity. Around us, every where,
the new crowds aside the old. Improve,
ment steps by seeming perfection. Dis
covery apsets theories and clouds over
established systems. The usages OF our
boyhood become matters of tradition, ier
the amusement of our children. Innova-
ton rises OH the site of homes reverenced
for early association. The school-boOks
we used are no longer respected, and 1t is
not safe to quote the authorities of our col
.lege DAYS. Science can scarcely keep
pace with the names of publications, quail
flying or abrogating the past. Machinery
becomes old iron, as its upstart successor
usurps its place. The new ship dashes
scornfully by the naval prodigy of last
year, and the steamer laughs at them both.
The railroad engine, as it rushes by the
erumbing banks OF the canal, screams out
It's mockcry at the barge rottipg piecemeal.
The astronomer builds up his hypothesis.
and is comforting himself among the neb-
.lse, when invention comes to the rescue !;
the gigantic telescope points upward, and,
10 ! the raw material of which worlds are
manufactured, becomes the centres of.sys-
Rtenls< blazing in the Infinite heavens, and
satcd theoriZer retreats into space, with
fculstloa, to be again routed, whe IA
nsagsQuity shall admit US one hair
b into creaiion.-RusssW $