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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-07-14


The IMPRISONMENT OF TUE AMERIcAS
Consul AT AcAPuLco.--Wc stated on Sat
urday, under our tulegraphic head, that
ut Acapulco, Mexico, had been thrown
into prison at that place by the Mexican
authorities.
1t seems that the American Steamship
Com. Stockton had been unawfully seized
by the Mexican authorities, some sir
months since, and Mr.. Rice has been Ia.
boring to get her clear from the Govern
ment ever since. The steamer was nd.
vcriised for sale, and was purchased by
the chief Engineer, on behalf of bimseIr
and some Others of tho crow but not hay
ing complied with the terms, she ,Sa,s
again advertised and advertisements ,yero
posted about the city, which the Chief
Engineer tore down. The Steamship wa
not sold, as no bidder could be found will.
ing to risk his money.
The Chief Engineer lodged a compIaint
against the consul, aud n file of gnTs' ~
armies were sent, who arrested Mr. Ri,o
and conducted him to prison in his unicorn,
and with his flag. A letter from Aeanul'
co says: ''Pu''
l have visited Mr.. Rice at the Juzoodo
and find him in full uniform. in conSn" uV,
with many friends. Her Britannia M,
Jesty's consul is conversing with him
ana In Fact l learn that the British consul
walked with him to the prison.
The United States consular fac ia
struck. and the office is closed. flow
matters will terminate is quite uncertain
There seems to be but little protection 70
life and property Of Americans. at Aca.
pulcO. ~ avs
Two American ships, the Meror, a.d
steamship Independence. are obl;aod anu ~
get out OF port rs best they can. mo Ts
dependence will be obliged to bs as";.,a,I
out ofport by the British consul ana ,So
Merer" will have to wait over nc tho a." 49,.
IhorItles refused to let her 20 until hor no.
pers are endorsed by the United stats.
consul who of course, cannot sign any
papers as matters stand at present.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-07-14
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The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

THE FK1rAIE Sex IN BoHEm1A .-'' I met
lank, ill-clothed women, carrying heavy loads
OF new cut grass, and saw Others out in the
fields, engaged in labor, which, with us, be-
long to men. II may bs pretty sslre 70 our
feelings TO say they are used to It. II was the
executioner aud not the culprit who thought
one might get used to hanging. Their daily
wages are ten kreuzers (seven cents) aud nour-
ishment, such as II IS After all this is not
worse-probably for the physical creature and
the moral better-than the pay and condition
OF hundreds tor th0usandsl) Of seamstresses in
our cities. Still this European sight Of wo-
men doing the work Of our men, though Of
daily occurrence, Is one to which the Ameri-
can sense (of the Northern States) hardly rec
onciles itself. Another German reversion Of
custom has something of the ludicrous. In
the large towns one may always see the signs
Of aooRiea's tail0rS, and, looking through the
window, as an inquisitive traveller is justified
in doing, may see lall-grown men stitching
away at eorsages, bodices, and all the other
delicate elements Offemale apparel. This con-
fusion of sex, as It seems TO us, extends TO the
German cows, who are hitched (neither gender
Is yOked in this eonntry) to all the hard SER
vices Of the sterner bovine sex, instead Of en-
j0ying the lady like leisure Of their American
sisters. ~ Y Tribune.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12
A Chapter on Locks.


IN soribble line on the subject Of locks:
There are those appended 70 musket stocks,
And ioeka for UlOckers,n 3lOckups,n and box,
Are common as measles or ehieken-pox,
While other examples occur In flOcks.
DroYsy folks are said 70 keep
lacked In the deep embrace Of sleeps
Sailors are landiocked In storms or Gains,
And lovers are locked In each others arms,
And a lock you'll and Of different kind
Al every canal boat landing,
And NAV puzzle your btain a key 10 gain
To sLoeke on the Understanding"
There's q safety lock, the tolls 10 mock
or burglars and pickpOckets,
And araVen locks, and "locks OF gold,n
As well as golden lockets.
There's a terrible lock- jaw, so they say
ii wish that the gossipS were troubled that way,
And lawful and awful Wedlock,
BY which q couple we frequently see
Chained by parson, who turns the key
In Hymen's unpickable paddock.
There are locks for windows. and locks for doors
Locks for houses, and locks for stores;
But it isn't Of these that | would sing;
Il isn't a lock Of wool or hair,
To adorn the head Of black or fair;
1t isn't lock for a cell or cellar,
10 faslen up Goals or dissolute "feller;"
But 0! tits a lock Of different kind;
And though theorists say you never can find
A chain to bind the immortal mind,
Their dOgmas are far from truth apart,
For I've found a Locke 10 secure a heart
A lock, Of nature surprising art,
A lock that Hobbs would Otier quick
His Sunday boots for chance TO pick,
But find it a task his patience TO shock,
Worse than picking the BTamah lock;
If you pull loCksmith's shop TO bits,
You never will find primer;
But as guessing its name will but puzzle your wits
I'll tell like good-natured rhymer;
'Tis Locke of the feminine gender, that its
Inventors have christened Jemima.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

LAWS OF HEALTH.-Children should be
taught to use the left hand as well as The
right.
Coarse bread is much better for children
than fine. 4
Children should sleep in separate beds,
and should not wear night-caps.
Children under seven years should not
be confined over six or seven hours in
the house, and that time should be broken
by frequent recesses.
Children and young people should be
made to hold their heads up and their
shoulders back while sitting, standing or
walking, The best beds for children are
of hair, and in winter, of hair and cotton.
Young persons should walk at least two
hours day in the open air.
Young ladies should be prevented from
bandaging the chest. We have known
three caes of insanity, terminating in
death, which began in the practice.
Every person, great and small, should
wash all over in cold water, every morn
ing. .......... ..r
The more clothing we wear, other
things being equal, the less food we need,
From one to one pound and a half oi
solid food is sufficient for person in the
ordinary vocations of business. Persons
in sedentary emplOyments should droE
one.third oftheir food, and they will es'
cape the dyspepsia.
Young people and others can not study
much by lamp light with impunity.
The best remedy for eyes weakened
by night use, is a stream OF cold watel
applied to them London Lancet.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

CHINA. The following extract from DR..
Gutzlaff's work exhibits the Chinese in a
somewhat new light. Thousands are emigra-
ting to other countries. California is thrOng-
ed with them, and they are, in general, peace
full and industrious people.
Foreigners, who know nothing about the
internal state of the country, are apt to
imagine that there reigns lasting peace.
Nothing is, however, more erroneous; ihsur-
rectiOns Of villages, cities, and districts are
of frequent occurrence. The refractory spirit
Of the people, the oppression and embezzle-
ment Of the mandarines, and other causes,
such as dearth and demagOgues, frequently
cause an unexpected revolt.
In these cases, the destruction Of property
and hostility against the rulers Of the land, -
especially II these have been tyrants-is often
carried 20 great excess there are instances Of
the infuriated mob broiling their magistrates
over a slow fire. On the other hand, the
cruelty Of government, when victorious
knows no bounds; the treatment Of political
prisoners is really so shocking as TO be in.
credible, if one had not been an eye witness o.
these inhuman deeds.
One of the most common evils is starvation
The population is very dense; the means 0
subsistence are, in ordinary times, frequently
not above the demand; and it is, therefore
nothing extraordinary to witness, on the leas
failure of the crop, utter wretchedness and
misery. Toprovide Tor all the hungry mouth
is impossible; and the cruel policy Of tn
mandarins carries their indifference so far a
to affirm that hunger is requisite to thin tn
dense masses of the people.
Whenever such a judgment has come upo
the land, and the people are in want Of tn
necessaries Of life, dreadful disorders 500
arise, and the most powerful government wOul
not be able to put down the rising and rob
berries which are committed on the strength Q
this prevailing misery. There seems to be
total change in the peaceful nature Of the in
habitants, and many patient laborer turn
fiercely upon his rich neighbOr, like a wolf o
a tiger, TO devour his substance. No one ca
have an idea of the anarchy which, on sue
occasions, ensues, and the utter demoralizatiol
Of the people.
"Yet, as soon as relief is afforded, and
rich harvest promises fair, the spirit of Orde
agaiu prevails, and outrages are put stop to
The people then combine, arm themselves
and proceed in thousands to catch marauderi
like wild beasts. No mercy is shown on suct
occasions, and the mandarins, on account ol
their weakness, cannot interfere. Scenes Ol
this description very often occurred, without
giving rise to severe reflection on the charae-
ter of Taoukwang's administration.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

factories, their trade, their arts, because they
greedily grasp all that tillage and husbandry
produce, aud give nothing back to renovate
the impoverished fields Of the planter and
farmer.
The true condition Of American agriculture
is not understood. Statesmen, innocent Of any
knowledge Of the science, expect impossibili-
ties both Of the soil and its cultivators. Farm
ers are required to give for indefinite ages to
inland and foreign commerce unlimited guam
hties OF human food, and the raw material Of
clothing takeu out Of thesurface Of the ground,
and receive nothing but Try goods, groceries,
hardware, farm implements, and house furni-
ture in exchange. Such is our present sys-
tenn Of rural economy. It makes the land sup
port all classes and all interests, while it does
nothing whatever to maintain the enduring
truitfulness Of arated and depastured fields.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

A COMPLIMENT TO IRISH TAILoRs.-Three
young Irish tailors was brought before the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House Police
Court, London, charged with having disturb
ed the neighborhOod Of Catherine wheel Alley,
by fighting on the Sabbath. In delivering
Judgment in the case, the Lord Mayor said
! confess do not know what to do with these
Irish tailors, who seem to be class of men
distinct from all others. They seem to me to
live upon fighting and drinking, strange as
the diet may appear to be, aud wherever they
herd together they contrive to elude the police.
There is no evidence that those defendants
gave blows, though there is proof enough that
they received them, and | consider that
shall do perfectly right in binding them over
in their own recognisances to keep the peace
towards all her Majesty's subjects for six
months. The mildness Of my decision arises
from the fact that they are the only sober Irish
tailors ever had hered. Laughter.)
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

THE attention Of the public Is respectfully called
i the superior facilities afforded at this nstitu.
tiou, for qualifying individuals in thorough, prac.
itcal manner, f0r the Counting Room, and business
iNsTRUCTi0N.-BooK KEEPING BY DOU
BILE ENTRY.-A complete practical Course of In
Bucton is given in the art Of keeping, scientifically
Double Entry Books In the different departments d
Trade, Commerce and Manufactures, comprehend
ing the best forms in among the most eminent es
tablishments engaged individually in partnership
in business, whether prosperous or adverse, in thC
purchase and sale Of merchandise at wholesale and
retail, importing and exporting on their own account
on commission or on joint speculation, including spec
ulations in Stocks, Real Estate, &c., with Steam
boating, Bank, Insurance, Railroad and Books o.
Joint Stock and Chartered Associations generally.
COMMERCIAL IALCALCULATIONS embrace eveTy
variety of commercial computations pertaining tC
business operations, being taught according to the
most improved msthods-lnteTest, Discount, Eqna
tions, Arbitration Of Exchanges, &c.
MERCANTILE CORRESPONDENCE - Such
exercises are introduced this subject calcu
lated to impress business habits and genuine busi
ness style Of Correspondence upon the mind Of the
student as well as familiarlze him with Commercial
Tschnicalites and PhraseoOgy, including pro formo
Invoices, Account Sales, Bills Of Exchange, &c.
PRACTICAL PENMANSHIP.- One hour s de-
voted 10 teaching a sytematie style Of Business WF
ting, combining freedom with thorough command o.
hand and pen, accuracy and elegance with ease and
rapdity, and perfect legibility with beauty of con
COMMERCIAL LAW AND POLITICAL ECON
OMY.-Daily Lectures are given on these impor
tant TOPICS connected with the aVocatiOns Of the
merchant In the operations Of commerce and practical
workings Of trade, embracing the subject of Partner
ship, Principal and Agent, Negotiable Instruments,
Sales, Debts, Guarantees, &C.; also on the laws oi
Wealth. Currency, foreign and domestic Exchanges
Credit, Profit, Interest, Wages, International Trade
&c.
The course can be completed in from eight e
twelve weeks.
Terms for the Full Course, go.
Expense for Stationery, Diploma, &C., IS.
Instruction being given Individually, applicants car
enter at any time.
A knowledge Of The ordinary English branches Il
all the requisite preparatory qualifications.
The business acquaintance Of the Principal snablel
him 10 render assisancS TO those wishing TO procure
situations on graduating.
Good board can be obtained In the city at from
". so to $3.50 per week.
Diplomas under seal are swardsd the GFaduatss.
iuno Ig 9m
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

THE BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD. -
A correspondent Of the journal Of Commerce,
writing from Pittsburg, gives the annexed ae-
count Of the extent, progress, and character
of the great Baltimore and Ohio railroad:
From Baltimore we took the railroad to
Fairmount, a village on the left bank of the
Monongahela, about 80 miles south of Pitts
burg, and Just 303 miles from Baltimore
For years this road had been completed to
| Cumberland, 179 miles from Baltimore
| Within few weeks it has been opened to Fair
mount. We found the scenery through which
| it passes from Cumberland to FairmO1nt, some
l24 miles, to be remarkably fine. The road
runs up the valley of the Potomac some SO
miles, then up the valley Of Savage Creek. II
then passes over to the "Glades, or interVen-
ling table lands, then it descends into the val
ley Of the Cheat River, where there is some
stupendous scenery, and a tunnel Of mile
IN length; thence it passes over into Tygart'
Valley, which it descends TO the point where
the "Tygart's Valley River" and the ''south
branch unite and form the Monongahela, a
few miles above Fairmount
Next year the road will be completed Ia
Wheeling, some 76 miles from Fairmount-
making its whole length, from Baltimore to
the Ohio, 377 miles. And certainly il will
not be possible to find road in the United
States which passes through such fine scenery.
1t will become one Of the favOrite routes from
the East to the West. From Wheeling a rail
road communication with Cincinnati will
soon bescompleted.
A branch from this road, commencing near
"Fetterman's," 20 miles east Of Fairmount.
will soon be made to Parkersburg. on the
Ohio, whence railroad will be made to Gin
cinnati. This will, if am not mistaken. be
the most direct, and consequently the SAortest
route from New York to the "Queen of The
West" Nothing has so much astonished me
as the number Of railroads now making in the
upper part Of the "Great Valley''-iR West
ern Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. | had no
conception Of their number, or Of the advanced
state Of several which are now making. II il
indeed wonderful.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

FREE DELAWARE Memo IN A STATE OF
SLAVERY The suit Of free Delaware ne
gro will take place in North Carolina, in No
yember next, under the following circum-
Stances: William Tilliscl as sold BY order
Of the Court Of Kent county, for some crime
or misdemeanor in 1910, fol two months and
one day. Hewas bought by Jacob R. Griffin.
Mr.. Griffin sold him to somebody; however,
nothing was heard Of him until It was found
he was in the possession Of Mr.. T. A. Vestal
of Waynesburg, North Carolina, who pur-
chased him about eighteen months since fol-
$l70O. Tillison ran away from Mr.. Vestaal
and was caught again. Upon Mr.. Vestal ask.
| ing him why he ran away, he insisted he wal
free, which led that gentleman to write tc
| Dover for the facts, and found, sure enough
| that it was as Tillison, whose name had beer
changed to Tom Hyer, had stated, that h
was legally entitled to freedom. This negro
for this last twelve years, has been unjustly
held in slavery.
We are informed by those who have the bes
opportunities of knowing, that at least ne
gro a week is sold out of the State of Delaware
1 As the law forbids the sale out of the State
unless by an order from the court, and as or
ders from the court for such sales do not reacl
I 1.-THE of that number, the excess are eithe
kidnapped or sold illegally. This informa
ton We do not get from any abolitionist bu
:, from a gentleman who is a Shareholder him
self. and whose frequent visits to slave prisOn
in Baltimore and o'her places have given him
the very best opportunity Of information
| From all we have heard we have not the leas
doubt great many slaves who have had the
credit OF running away from this State have
been conveyed on the back track Of the under
| ground railroad-going to the South instead
Of the North.-Dekapare Republican.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

To TAKE INK OUT OF LINEN and
clerks wives will learn with pleasure that to
take piece Of tallOw, melt It, and dip the
spotted part of the linen into the melted tai
low, the linea may be washed and the spots
will disappear without injuriDg the linen.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

PLAUDITE Praise the wig that has
never been found out; praise the brandy that
has never given you headache: the Chance
ry suit that has not ruined you; the sermon sf-
ter you have slept well; the doctor when he
has cured you, the cabman that has left YOU
without impOsitiO or abuse; and the railway
that has carried you safely to your destination
without bruise or an accident.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

VII en- your wife begins to scold, let her
have it out. Put your feet up eOzily over the
fire place-lOll back oa your chair-lighto one
Say nothing-make no answer to anything.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

A SHORT ARGUMENT.--A gentleman
was railing, few days since, at public
table, against the law of Massachusetts,,
as depriving men of their natural rights to
buy and sell and get gain and turning to
his neighbor, asked him if he did not think
it high-handed oppression. The gentel-
man replied:
"Sir, call it oppression if you please, !
will state one fact well known TO myself.
A tax bill was recently brought to me on
my city property, of $500, for which ! gave
my check. carefully looked into the
subject, and found that $3.50 OF it was for
the support of drunkenness. Now what is
this but oppression? But | suppose
have no rights. Rumsellers have all.
They may tax me to support criminals
and drunkards they make, $3.50, and |
must be still" "SiT, )" said the gentlemen,
" Massachusetts, is right. It is the best
argument ever heard. Il has over
thrown all my theory about free trade.
| will say no more but go the whole with
uyo."-Temperdnee Courier.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

WkeH young men have nothing to live upon
but love, they commonly fall in love and get
married-just as il hugging and kissing were
a substitute for mutton chops, or as if terms
Of endearment would supply the place Of mash :
ed taters aud frieased mackerel. The philos-
opher who said that love was beaSific mad
ness, was not far from the mark,
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

One Of Stewards clerks undertook to COM
nit suicide last week BY shooting his daguer-
reotype. He fired four shots, when his en-
ployer rushed in and saved him from his rash
ness. This is the third attempt he has made,
on his life within the last two months. Cause,
broken. sleep, brought on by intense devo-
tion to young lady with auburn ringlets
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

The Beard.-ApersOn meeting an old man
with silver hairs and very black bushy beard
asked how it happened that his beard was not
so grey as the hair of his head. Because
said the old gentleman, "a IS trOeHty years
Vouf1er, -
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

GEdnctng over page of BIackwood, recent
ly, we met with this observation: There is
but one way Of being correct and agreeing
with everybody: it is to say nothing that can
be of any possible use to any one.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

Mr.. Fegg says he never knew genius who
ever came TO much. When he sees boy con-
structing steam engines out of coffee-pots, OF
saW-mills worked by white mice, he sets
down that boy as an ASA boy that will grow
up among cog-wheels and spinning jennies,
and who, for the sake Of giving his name to
new tangled jiggering iron, would be willing
to live and die apoOr devil 1t is unneeessa-
ry for us to add, that FOgy is strict cOnser-
vativa
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

Il Penman.-A London witness having de-
scribe1 himself as sa"penman," was asked in
what department Of literature he welded his
pen, and replied that he Penned sheep in
Smithfield Market.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

SINGULAR METHOD OF FINDING DRowEEr
Persons. late London papers relate that
on Saturday, the 29th ult., an agricultural la.
borer named Solomon Dudford, left the Crown
public house, opposite the Fountain Hotel
West Cowes, Iale Of Wight, for few moments
leaving his basket and pint Of beer, parity
drunk, but did not return. On Monday oi
last week, at noon, the body was discovered in
the water near the Fountain Quay. The fea.
lures did not present the same appearance al
Is usual in drowned persons, the face being en-
tirely black. A "novel process" was used fol
the recovery Of the body by one Of the coast
guard. On Friday morning the circumstance
being made known to him, he assured the by
ISLANDERS that if the party was drowned in the
neighborhood he would discover the body BY
means Of "new loaf Of bread, in which ht
should deposit three ounces Of quicksilver
when the loaf would float till It rested over
where the body mightlay." However extra
ordinary it may appear, the experiment was
tried, and on the loaf becoming stationary, a
boathoOk was put over board beneath it, and
brought up the body. The man states that
this Is the fourth instance in which the expert
mentbas been tried by him with success.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-11-12

A warm heart requires a cool head,
courage without conduct is like fancy
without judgment all sail, and no ballast.