Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-11-12
AGNES ST. CLAIRVILLE; Or, the
RcvcrSes of Fortune.
JAMES REES.
CHAPTER
" This noiselcss sorrow tells the fate,
That the strings of the heart are brokcn''

"Ihis nOselCSs sorrow tells the late,
That the strings of the heart are broken"
-. j. o. Brooks.
Ms. St. Clairville was the widow of
a once eminent merchant of that name,
whose misfortuncs were the result of a
great commercial rcvulsion which laid
PROSTATE the whole country, and so COM
plctely established an agrarian system,
thatthe followers, and advocates of the
doctrine, universally rejoiced at the cause,
hover much it may have affected the
who'll community. 1t may not be out OF
place to remark here, that if all the dis
trcss, whether it be of an individual, or
communities, and which at all times and
periods of the worlds history could he
traced Its origin would be found among
that Gass of men who look upon labor =,
we man the labor of Il mechanic, and the
husbmdman, as beneath their notice; and
whose system is to live upon the ingenuity
of the one, and the production OF the
other. 1t is from such men, and bodies
of mcl, that the spirit of the levellng
system arose, and from which the agrarl-
an doctrine sprung Pallas-like, fully arm
ed, to contend against the honest industry
and enterprise of the thinking and intel
| lectualportion of mankind. In the coun'
try Particularly, all such communities
should be frowncd down, and yet, as WI
shall have occasion to show, the spirit o
them exists in our midst, and many of on
institutions, established for one purpose
have been basely perverted for another
Mr.. S.3Clairville experienced sadly tn,
effects Of a wild speculation, into whicl
he had entered at a time when the coun
try presented an appearance OF wealth.
and its accumulation was so easy, tina
reasonable men, men of age and eXperl
ence, wcre all alike deceived. This ven
ture failed, and the consequence OF whlc
was, that it left the once opulent mer
chant q Jekgar! The event so attecte
his heath, that he shortly atterward
died, leaving his wife and daughter
contend alone, upon the ocean of life
with virtue for pilot, and true rchglo
for an anchor.
After the sale of all their effects, whic
were seized upon by relentless creditors
the widow took small house i'll Feder'
street, and sought the means of suppol
for herself and child from the needle
Our readers, and there are many OF then
no doubt, can bear witness TO the truth
the remark, that constantly must tn
needle ply" upon the fruits of which d'
pend the means of supplying the demanc
of even so small family as the wldo
St. Clairville. Even this failed, busine!
became so dull, that the "slOp shops
discharged their hands, and the regul'
tailors iessencd the number of their
more than two-thirds. Once more throw
upon the world, her means of suPpo
cut off, Mrs. St. Clairville looked anxious
" about her, and as she watched the mi
tions of her daughter, tears trickle
down her cheeks, and the widows hea
, came near bursting with grief, The SO
rows of widow are great. Winter WI
now setting in, the cold wind whistle
around their humble dwelling, and ga
t the surest indication that nature did II
intend to postpone the operations OF h
) works, but that seasons should succe'
seasons, and so on, until the great ma
composing the fabric of the world shou
/ melt and pass away, and like the basele
texture of a vision, leave not wreck b
hind.
/, About this time several societies ex
ted in the city, purportingto be of che
: table order, many of them had gro'
Z, rich, and the managers were among t
!, wealthiest in the land. These instlt
tions, ESTABLISHED exclusively for the po