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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01
nIGNITY. .oE LARoR.

We have heard among the oilers who
float like drift wood, ON the surface ofaso-
eiety, contemptuons filings at those whose
heritage is toll. They sneer at what
they term the hard and swarthy hand of
labor. but they forget that of all that Is
useful, luxurious or beautiful on this
earth, toll has been the creator that,
from the marble palace TO the white kid
gloves Of the tailor most exquisite walk
ing sign, all has been wrought out by hu-
man hands-much off too, at a painful
cost to human hearts, for more sensitive
to the real dignity OF manhood than the
most bedizened orperfumed of those scor-
ners of labor. 1t is the toll of hard hands
that reared empires in the old, and plan
ted republics in the wilderness of the new
world-that has hewn the rock in the
quarry; built the temples and monuments
of nations-that has achieved whatever
fame belongs to geuius, with the seulp-,
tors chisel, the painters pencil, and the
poets pen-that has winged The ocean
with white soils, and exchanged the pro-
duce of every climc-that has measured
the circle-of the stars, and plumed the
lightning to descend upon wires, and
be the new Mercury of the, world, La
Dor, why man of idleness, labor rocked
you in the cradle, and nourished your
pampercd life; without it, the woven silks
and wool upon your back would be in The
silk worms nest, and the aeeccs in the
Shepherds fold. For the meanest that
ministers to human want save the air Of
heaven man is indebted TO toll, and even
the air, by Gods wise ordination is breath
ed with labor. 1t is only the drones who
toll not, who infest the hive of activity like
masses of corruption and decay. The
lords of the earth are the working men,
who can build or cast down at their will,
and who retort the sneer of the " soft
hand by pointing to their trophies where
yer art, science, civilization and humani-
ity arc known. Work on, thou man of
toll, thy royalty is yet to be acknowledged,
as labor rises onward to the highest
thrones of power. Work on, and in the
language of the true poet, be
a glorious man, and thy rcnown shall be
Borne by the winds and.waters through all timc,
Whilc there's keel to carve 1t on the sea l1l
From cline to cliInc,
For God or6lains that idlencss is criine. ll-1.
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Innneneeso aNeMsnnner.

A School teacher who has been engaged
in his profession, and witnessed tho influ-
encc of a newspaper upon the minds Of a
family of children, writes to the editor of
the Ogdensburg Sentinel as follows: -
1 have found 1t to be a universal fact,
without exception, that those scholars of
both sexes, and of all ages; who have had
access TO newspapers at home, when com
paired with those who have not, are:
l. Better readers, excelling in prcnoun-
citation and emphasis, and consequently
read more understandingly. " 81 o.
2. They are better spoilers, andidefine
words with greater case and accuracy.
8 They obtain a practical knowledge of
geography in almost half the time il re
quires others, as the newspaper has made
them fami lar with the location of all the
important places, nations, and their gov
ernment, doings on the globe - 3
4, They are better grammarians, for
having become familiar with every variety
of style in'the'newspapcrs, from common
place advertisements to the finished and
classic oration of the statesman. They
more readily comprehend the meaning Of
the text, and consequently analyzc its
construction with accuracy. 1rs' s,5, E.
: 8. They write better composition, useing
better language, containing more
thoughts, more clearly andzeonnectcdly
expressed. @
s. Those young men who have for years
been readers of newspapers, are always
taking the lead in the debating society,
exhibiting more extensive knowledge
upon greater variety of subjects, aud ex-
pressing their views with greater auency,
clearness and correctness in their use Of
language. sa L
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01
TO MY MOTHER IN HEAVEN:


I'm thinking of the time, mother,
When, on thy bended knee,
Thy low, heart thrilling voice was raised,
To God in prayer for me
That, were it his all-holy will
That death should call thee home,
He'll guide my youthful steps, as through
Life's tangled paths roam.
could not understand, mother,
Why sorrow should oppress
Thy heart, or cast upon thy brow
Such shades of deep distress,
But now Ii know the agony,
That wrings mothers heart,
When gazing on her darling ones,
And thinking they must part.
My life was like q dream, mother,
A joyous dream of love,
Till thy father summoned thee away
To thy home ofrest above
My eighth bright summer scarce had como
TO glad me with its bloom,
Ere the blghted flowers of spring had shed
Their fragrance o'er thy tomb.
That sad and dreary morn, mother,
Is fresh in memory yet;
That morn that made me mothcrless,
Oh, how can I forget! .-
Yet it were wrong to grievc for thee,
Thou'rt free from life's dark cares,
The widows Hope, and the orphans Friend
Hath answered all tiny prayers.
o, many bitter tear mother,
OF anguish have 1 shed,
As meath hcartless kinsman's roof
laid my orphans head;
And when my heart with grief was full,
thought upon thy love,
Till it seemed as filthy soft blue eye
Smiled on me from above.
Oh, often do look, mother,
Back to my girlhood's days,
And wonder how passed unscathcd
Through life's bewildered maze,
Without mothers holy voice ..
To warn me or approve;
No sister dear-no gentle friend
Thy homeless child to love.
And often do Think mother,
That though thou vast in heaven,
Freed from the tolls and cares of earth,
Still, still to thee given ..
The power to watch thy orphan child,
And guide her from afar,
That mothers holy love might be
Through life her Bethlehem star.
Oh. would that thou couldtst know, mother,
How kind friend is given
Thy child, methinks 'twould glad thy heart,
Fen where thou art in Heaven.
Perhaps tits SOL will believe
Thy spirits lowering near,
Still blessing him who cherishcs
And loves thy daughter here.
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A Touching story of Roman Attach-
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A Touching story of Roman Attach-
"ment. -i-i-- i54f4 Il
Among the great number of persons
who were prescribed under the second
triumyirate of Rome, were The celebrated
Cicero and his brother Quintus. When
the news of the persecution was brought
to them, they endeavored to make their
escape to Brutus in Maeedon. They
travelled together for some time, mutual
ly condoling their bad fortune; but as
their departure had been very precipitate,
and they were not furnished with money
and other necessaries for the voyage, it
was agreed that Cicero should make what
haste he could to the sea side to secure
their passage, and that Quintus should
return home to make more ample provi-
sion. But, as in most houses there are
as many informers as domestics, his re-
turn was Immediately made known, and
the house, in consequence, filed with sol
diers and assassins. Quintus concealed
could not find him. Enraged at their
disappointment, they put his son to torture,
in order 10 make him disclose the place
of his fathers concealment. Flllal affec-
ton was proof in this young Roman
against the exquisite torments. An in
voluntary sigh, and sometimes a deep
groan, were all that could be extorted
from the generous youth. His agonies
were increased, but with astonishing for
titude he still persisted in his resolution
not to betray his father. Quintus was
not far off, and it may better be imagined
than it can be expressed, how the heart
of father must have been affected with
the sighs and groans of son expiring in
torture to save his life. He could bear it
no longer, but quitting the place of his
concealment, he presented himself to the
assassins, beseeching them with flood
of tears, to put him to death, and dismiss
the innocont child whose generous beha-
vior the triumvirs themselves, if informed
of the fact would judge worthy of the
highest appreciation and reward. The
inhuman monsters, however,. unmovcd
by the tears of the son, answered that
both must die-the father because he.I
was prescribed, and the son because he
had concealed his father. Upon this, a
new contest of tenderness arose, who
should die first, which, however, the as
sassins soon decided by beheading them
both at the same time. So much for mi
litary government. Cromwell's was as
bad, and Santa Annals not behind for
prescription and murder. Trust not to
''mere military rulers Tor liberty" is the
warning voice of Clay, and the dying
words Of Webster.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01

An UxoRIoUs MoNsTER.-While lying
in Black river harbor, Jamaica, two
sharks were frequently seen playing about
the ship. At length the female was Kill
led, and the desolation of the male was
excessive. What he did without her re-
mains secret, but what he did with her
was clear enough for scarcely was the
breath out of his Eurydice's body, when
he stuck his teeth in her, and began to
eat her up with all possible expedition.
Even the sailors felt their sensibility ex-
cited by SO peculiar mark of posthumous
attachment; and to enable him to per
form this melancholy duty the more east
ly, they offered to be his carvers, lowered
their boat, and proceeded to chop his bet
ter half in pieces with their hatchets ;
while the widower opened his jaws as
wide as possible, and gulphed down
pounds upon pounds of the dear departed
as fast as they we're thrown to him, with
the greatest delight, and all the avidity
imaginable. make no doubt that all the
while he was eating, he was thoroughly
persuaded that every morsel that went in
to his stomach would make its way to his
heart directly. She was perfectly consis-
tent he said to himself, She was ex-
cellent through life, and really she's ex-
tremely good, now she's dead!'-Nauticdz
Journal.
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KISSING AND ToDAoco.-Fanny Fern, il

KISSING AND ToBAcco.-Fanny Fern, in
reply to an observation by contempory,
that the woman ought to make pledge,
not kiss man who used tobacco; very
pertinently and sensibiy remarks:
So they had but the duce of it is. all
the handsomest men use it in some shapel
and kissing is little luxury not to be
dispensed with ! As to female kiss,
faugh there's no efferescence in I'll
tits as an.unmixed soda powder If ! am
yictimired that,way, l always take to an
early application OF soap and water You
will see women practice it sometimes,
Just to keep their hands in, Clips 1 mean
but it is miserable substitute done hall
the time to tantalizin some of the male
audience q hope to be Pardoned foI
turning States evidence but don't care
a pin II aint- Now kissing is a natural
gift, (not to be acquired by any .bungler:,
when You meet a gifted brother. max,
note ont as Captain Cutler says
There's your universal kissers. who
can't distinguish between your kiss anc
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From Eliza Cooks Journal
CURIOSITIES OF GREAT MEN.

Their Moments of fCOmpOSitiOn,
Among the curious facts which we find
in perusing the biographies of great men,
are the circumstances connected with the
composition of the works which have rem
dered them immortal.
For instance Bossuet composed h S
grand sermons on his knees. Bulwer
wrote his first novels in full dress, scent
cd Milton, before commencing his great
work, invoked the influences of the holy
Spirit, and prayed that his lips might be
touched with live coal from off the al
tar. Chrysotom meditated and studied
whilst contemplating painting of St.
Paul.
Bacon knelt down before composing his
great work, and prayed for light from
Heaven. Pope never could compose well
without first declaiming for some time at
the top of his voice, and thus rousing his
nervous system to its fullest activity.
Bentham composed after playing pre-
Iude on the guitar, or while taking his
{. ante ientaovior,' and postprandia"
walks in his garden; the same, by the way,
that Milton occupied Saint Bernard COM
posed his Meditations amidst the woods !;
he delighted in nothing so much as the
solitude ofthe dense forest, finding there,
he said, something more profound and
suggestive than anything he could find in
books. The storms would sometimes fall
upon him there, without for a moment in
terrupting his meditation.
Camoens composed his verses with the
roar of battle in his ears; for the Portu-
guese poet was soldier, and a brave
one, though poet. He composed others
of his most beautiful verses at the time
when his Indian slave was begginga sub
sistence for him in the streets. Tasso
wrote his finest pieces in the lucid inter-
walls of madness. aa#
Rousseau wrote his works early in the
morning; LIE Sage at midday; Byron at
midnight. Hardouin rose at four in the
morning, and wrote till late at night.
Aristotle was tremendous worker; he
took little sleep, and was constantly re-
trenching it. He had contrivance by
which he awoke early, and to awake was
with him to commence work. Demosthe-
mes passed three months in cavern by
the sea side, in laboring to overcome the
defects of his voice. There he read, stu
died and declaimed. .
Rabelais composed his life of Gargaun-
tua at Bellay, in the company of the Ro-
man cardinals, and under the eye of the
Bishop of Paris La Fontaine wrote his
fables chiefly under the shade of a tree,
and sometimes by the side of Racine and
Boileau. Pascal wrote most of. his
Thoughts on little scraps of paper at his
by moments. Fenelon wrote his Telema-
chus in the palace of Versailles, at the
Court of the Grand Monarque, when dis
charging the duties of tutor to the Dau-
phin. That book so thoroughly Demo
cratic should have issued from such a
source, and been written by apriest, may
seem surprising De Quensay first pro
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01

THE FAST YOUNG MAN.-He knows no
boyhood, steps from long clothes into
plaids, and before his hair is quite grown,
cultivates a moustache. Asks the Gov
for spot when he wants a dollar, and
if he don't give it to him, steals it,
Thinks his mother ought to be his grand
mother, and calls her the 'old woman
loves to come home limping, because its
such fun to frighten her. Fond of han
ding loaded gun, especially in the pre-
sence of women. Boasts that he can kill
ten partridges on the wing at one shot
When talking of his conquests e. says
she wealy can't tell which ono to NAVY
Thinks forty team entirely beyond
his notice; wants a tandem and a smash
err which invariably smashes him up
before he is through, though he never
has time to die on such occasions.
EMPLOYS four taiIors, unknown to each
other-aII victims. He has learned the
exact color of hair, eyes and eyebrows Of
all its duns, and when he cuts them, gen
eralIy-runs up bill somewhere else
Thinks nothing of signing his employers
name to bit ofpaper; likes champagne
dinners; affects to be the heir of some
wealthy old gentleman, talks of the old
bucks being certain soon. Is exceeding
ly nonplusscd when his father comes
down from the country, and calls him
'SamiviP before the 'bloods;' more non
plussed when he tells him he has sold all
his cabbages; more nonplussed still, when
he says the folks are we'll to hum, and
his mothersent her love and his stockings.
and hopes that Samivil will be good
boy, and not forget his poor old parents
arrives at the height of nonpulsation,
when his father meets him and his fash
ionable iaffinanced, and says, my SON,
what young gal is that % Feels very
bad the next day when said young lady
gives him the nlitten. FINALLY. he is in
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Rlup Beard nndmi. cnstrc.

The ruins of the Chateau de la Verrier
on the bankes of the Erdro, in the depart
ment of the Loire Inference, are, according
to the tradition of the neighboring peasant
ry. those of the castle of the celebrated
Blue Beard, the hero of the well known
nursery tale This formidable parsonage
who is not altogether a creature OF fancy;
was Giles dc Retz, who lived in the reign
Of Charles VII, and was vassel Of John
Duke of Bretague. He was tried at
Nantes, on the suspicion Of having destroy
cd number of children who had been
seen to enter the castle, aud were never
seen afterwards. The bodies. ofseyeral
were afterwards fOund-he having caused
them to be put 10 death to make use of
their blood in writing charms and forming
incantat ons to raise Internal spirits, by
whose means he believed, according 70
the horTid superstitions of the times, that
buried treasures would be revealed 10
him. On his trial he confessed the most
horrible acts of attrocity, and vas senten-
eed to be burned alive; but the duke
caused him 20 be strangled before be was
led'to the stake. This execution took
place December e25a, I440. and a de-
tailed account of IL is still preserved in a
Ms IN the archiyeslof Nantes
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01

4 STORM IN TILE POLAR ,SEA.-One of
the grandcst scenes that can be witness
ed in this world, is storm in the Polar
Sea, and the collision of the mountain
iccbergs, which tower in some instances,
several hundred feet above the surface of
the sea. The ocean violently agitated, is
at all times q sublime and awful sight |;
but when in addition it encounters inn
mensc masses, which it has set in motion
with a violence equal to It's own, its ef
feet is prodigiously increased. AT one
moment says Beecher in his Voyages to
the North Pole, 'it bursts upon these icy
fragments, and burics them beneath its
wave; and the next, as the buoyancy of
the depressed body struggles for the re-
asccndaacy, the water pushes in foaming
cataracts over its edges, whilst every in
dividual mass rocking and laboring in its
bed, grinds and contends with its oppo-
ncnt, until one is either split with the shock
or is upheaved on the surface of the 9th
err. Nor is this collision confined to any
particular spot; it is going on as far as the
sirht can reach; and when, from this con-
yulsive scene below, the eye is turned to
the extraordinary appearance OF the blink
in the sky above, where the unnatural
clearness of calm and silvery atmos-
pherc presents itself, bounded by a dark
hard line Of stormy clouds, as if to mark
the confines within which the efforts of
man would be ofno avail, the reader may
imagine the sensation of awe which must
accompany that of grandeur in the mind
of the beholders.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01

TAKE THE NEwsrAPER.-Win.e is CO.
ming with its long evenings and cheerful
firesides. The bowling blasts drifting
SHOWS. and other concomitants in the
reign of the ice king. will soon shut up
the attractions of the outer world, and re-
viye the endearments of the domestic
hearth. The family circle that. has been
broken by the deranging influence of the
business season, when toll and fatigue
have courted an early response, will again
be united, and season of recreation for
the intellectual and social powers will en-
sue. The mind must have food with its
amuscmcnts or else it becomes morbid
and senseless. and what never failing
fountain for its improvement, is provided
in the newspaper. .la3s -- .-,..-.. 8"
Take the newspaper and you do more
to secure the morals of your children, and
prepare them for future usefulness. with
single dollar, than by FIVE times the
amount bestowed upon them fn any 9TH
er way. 1t is duty which every father
owes to- his family and his country. to
take a newspaper. 1t cultiyates taste
for reading, and spreads before the minds
of the rising generation chart of the pas
sing events of the age, which they will
consult, and by so doing, add weekly to
their stock of knowledge of its doings,
that secures for him intelligence and re-
spect. We say to every man, and every
man should say to his neighbor, take a
paper
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-01

yIEws OF GEM PEHcE oS PUBIC Po-
LIcT.--A Boston correspondent OF the
New York Tribune statas that Gen. Pierce
has announced views Of policy by, mo
means ,discreditable TO him, and has sig
niied his desire and determination 70 adj
minister the Government upon national
rather than parizan grounds. The same
writer adds; --,e.,,i 81 a. snt
Upon one thing Of importapeel he
has expressed decided views :; these are,
that the tariff question should be, taken
out of party politics and be settled upon
a satisfactory basis, by the yielding of'ex-
treme views upon all sides. The Senate
rial committee on The Revenue frauds,
appointed at the last session, consisting
OF General James, General Shields, aud
Mr.. Bright. have lately been here, and
of course visited The President elect
That committee VIII not reporr 10 favor
Of any revision Of tlic tariff ~ this session.
Il IS not unlikely, however, that Mr..
Pierce viii, in his inaugural address inti-
mate the opinions we have here ascribed
70 him, and foresbsdow the policy indica-
ted by the declaration 70 which we have
taithuSos ~ .il IA tnn ss57s5ef - ,3..-
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grandmother's; there is your 'philosoph-
ical, stranscendental kssers, who goes.
through the motion in the air then there s
oh, my senses ,wthey say there is
such a thing as snnwritten music and
unwritten poetry Il have my private
suspicion that there are unwritten
kisses. f,s.v u a,,,ils..,s.,Y ..-.., :
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g1 Tie MilwauIie New 4 responsi

E1 The Milwaukee News is response
bic for the following. IL has tbe air Of
truth, andsis funny enough 70 last a fort
night; ~ 81
YTA friend Of ours, who possesses a
quiet vein Of lIumor, was recently. on a
visit 70 Maryland, and relates an amusing
account Of a 'colored chorus Witnessed
by the rclater at one Of the African cbur-
ches- The masculine, darkies were ar
ranged Ike -four and twenty bIackbirds
all IN arcw,s ontone side, and the females
on the other. The latter commenced The
chorus with oh for man-oh for a
man-oh for mansion in the Skies, TO
which the former responded Send down
sal-send down sal-scnd down salvation
to my soul. -"
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dignant when an officer calls him from
the ball room, and politely informs him
he is under the necessity of arresting him
for forgery. efs=v ~. -