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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

1NHE subscribers thankful for pnst favors and
Il feeling disposed 10 further mcriiIlis coniinu-
nnce, would respectfully announce TO tholr old
customers and The public generally. that they
descs iption, and OF teyer latest styles and fnlsh
They are in receipt of all the late tashionable
changes, and their work VIII b shaped aceor-
dinghy. 81 n1al Ge
They would especially call attention 70 ihelr
Turnpike street, Clark sburg, consisting hi part OF
Mahcgany DEssslng Bnreans, Sofas. Cahinss
eheirss ese.s Fs
b j. s E.aB HuRsEY. :.
ClaTkfbpsE, Nov i2lh, lssl--ly.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-We learn that q
family of slaves, numbering some six or
seven, belonging to Mr.. John Crawford,
near Greenville, attempted to murder
Mrs. B., on Saturday last, during the alb
sence of her husband in Rockingham.
The timely and accidental arrival of sew
eral gentlemen of the neighborhood, re-
leased Mrs. B. from her pcrilous situation.
She had taken refuge and locked herself
in one of the rooms Of her house, which
the negroes were in the act of forcing.
-Four of the negroes, three women and
one man, were taken to Stanton and
lodged in Jail on Sunday DISSATISFACTION.
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Or. J. z. CARROLL,
Physician and Surgeon.
BnckhannOn, UPshur CO., Va.
OTTIcE in his Drug Store.
Ian Q8fh lB52-H
Wagon MAILING.

HE undersigned would respectfully Inform
Il the citizens Of Harrison and ndioiESBg eoun-
ties, that he hGs removed 70 his new frame shop
on Mechanic street. south Of the burnt diSsriet,
where be Is prepared 70 do AL work in his line Of
business in . superior manner, such a. WagoA
ordered. Also repairing don" IA Ihs very 6 5-s
style.
FLOWS always kept on hand, OF made =: tbs
shortest notice
Thankful for past fayoTs, ! hopS By giving my
whole and undivided attention 20 my buEnaasb n
still merit liberal share Of The public PetEonags
ClsrksbuYg, Jan. 2sth, 1s52.-ly.
Ps-Ths woodwork Of two h9ras rsTcn,
kept esns.antl! en- hama.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
MARRIED,

On Thursday evening, ths gath inst, by the
Rev. F. Quillin, Mr.. WILLIAM L. IIURSEY, to
Miss MARY ELIZABETH DAVIS, all of Clarks-
burg.
IRy" The printers thanks aro due for tn. re-
membr0ncer which accompanied the above no
tice. May the matrimonial experience of the par
ties be as sweet and de!icious!y favored as the
cake We received.
On Thursday evening tho 25.h inst, by the
same, Mr.. HENRY S. MILLS, to Miss CARO-
LINE HARTON, all Of Harrison county.
On the 18th inst, by the Rev. j. NJ. Roger, Mr.
CALVERT SWIGGER, to EMILY JANE PO-
LAND, near Boothsvillo, Harrison county.
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BARTLETT,S HOTEL.

TNHE undersigned having rebuilt and CnlArS ID
i considerable portion Of his Hotel, winch
was destroyed by FIRE last fall is now prepared 70
entertain travellers and visitors comfortably, and
in manner which win give satisfaction 10 his
customers. In O short time the whole building
will be completed, when he will DO enabled 70
entertain his guests in q style unsurpassed in
Western Virginia.
His HovsE is large comfortable three story
brick building pleasantly located in tho centre Of
the town; contiguous To the Courthouse and the
principal business parts Of the place, and Is pro-
vided with all the ccuveniencei for keeping frpt
class hotel.
uts TABLE viii ba supplied with the best ths
country afford, and
HIS BAR stocked with the choicest Aauors
Every attention will be paid to render the vista
Of those who may favor him with q call comfort
able and pleasant.
J. p. BARTLETT
CLARKsBrRo, March aIth, lss2-ly.
n. B:-The stable is attended BY careful and
trusty bostlers
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

The LEo1sLATuRE.-It is not improba-
BILE that a recess of some months will be
taken by the Legislature. The reports of
the Commissioners of the Revenue can
not be obtained before June or July, and
no tax bill can be passed until they are
received. Nor can internal improvement
bills be satisfactorily disposed of before
that time. The Legislature is making an
effort to dispose of some of its work
Winchester Rtp.
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MAMMOTH PREssEs.-The proprietors of
the Philadelphia Ledger have contracted
with r. Hoe & Co., New York, to build
Tor them apair of Eight Cylinder Machine
PRESSES, the price of which is twenty
Thousand dollars each, or fifty thousand
dollars tor the pair. A pretty good sum
for pair of newspaper presses, some of
our old fashioned contemporaries will
think. The contract was made last No
vember, and the presses are to be furnish
ed within one year, They are calculated
to print twenty. FIVE Thousand sheets per
hour
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
Virginia House.

ME undersigned being under obligations to the
Il public for the patronage bestowed upon his
exerions to please and give them satstaciion' be-
fore he was burned out Of house and home by the
act of incendiarios, (Which was an entire loss)
informs the same that he has hOisted the flag Of the
Virginia House, on Pike street, the property for
merly occupied by C. w. Smith, short distance
West of the Northwestern HOTEL now occupied
by Mr.. Rust, where he will continue TO use every
exertion to make all who may favor him with q
call, feel comfortable and at home.
n. DENT.
cl.rk.burr, Dee. 81, lesl.-H
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HIGH Nor1oNs.-Under this head the
N. Y. Dutchman has the following anu
sing remarks in regard to the extravagant
living of the American minister at Lon
don. 1t is to be hoped that the first ACT
of the next President, be he Cass, Butler
or Houston, will be to recall Mr.. Law
renee, and relieve him from the difficult
ties of pecuniary loss, and the govern
ment ho disgraces, from the bore of so
much ostentatious "Aummery" and I'M
necessary expense.
Abbot Lawrence, American Minister at
the Court of st. James, says that it is
impossible to live in London on salary
of $4,000 year! How circumstances
alter cases, don't they? This same Alb
bolt Lawrence, who speaks contcmptu-
ously of $40, 900 year, once worked for
eighteen dollars a month; while he has
seen the day when $4,000 was not only
enough for years flummery, but quite
little fortune to retire on. Mr.. Law
renee pays $4,000 a year for house rent
The house he was born in rented fol-
eight dollars a month, with small farm
inclusive. If an American Minister
cannot live on $4,000 salary, it is only
showing that he is not living as an Anne
rican Minister should.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

New ALLv.-We announced last week
that ParSon Brownlow was to be Demo
crat in certain contingency. 1t seems
that he is not the only editor who has be-
come Disguised with the course and want
of principle of the Wing party the Hall
fax IN. G. Republican has seen the error
of its ways, and determined to come into
the Democratic. fold. The Richmond
Enquirer quotes from that paper as fol-
lows:
"The Wings blame us for ceasing to
advocate Wing principles. Have not the
Wing party ceased to advocate Wing
principles. But, say they, you have
joined the Democratic party. What if
we have? What sin is there in associs-
ting yourself with those who agree with
you in feeling and sentiments Demo.
cratic principles are right, and the Wigs
acknowledge Il IN ceaSimg to urge the Qdop-
ton Of their o,On."
There's candid confession. We hope
that we shall hear of some of our late
opponents in this section doing likewise.
They now have fine opportunity to get
on the right track; and if any body finds
fault with their change, let them quote the
language of our Halifax contemporary as
giving good reason.-Romney Argus.
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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
Stat MUTUAL Fire lnsus
rance Company.

HARRISBURG, PA,-CAPITAL SOoo 300
i j. Designed only for the safer Glasses Of pro-
perty, has all ample capital and affords superior
advantages iu point OF eheaPnsaS safety ana Pre-;
owners Of dwSllings and isolated country proPsT-
~. N. l., DORSEY.
No. 90 Main Street,
Agent for Wheeling and vicinity.
N. C. Arthur is also authorized 70 aos a.
agent, and win attend ~ shy bpIinnsS for the
Company at the same Pfiss mAtlIn,;
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

The Locofooo Governor of Maryland
has made clean sweep Of the Wings in
Office, having removed already over t'0o
hauSand, Wig papers.
Do the Wings pretend to say that they
had tao thousand of their party fastened
upon the Offices of one State at a time.
Some boys had better never tell tales out
of school, - Ohio Statesman.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
RenevoIept Institutions.

Herman Lodge, No. 50, of Mas6ns, meets
on Thursday evening, following the first Mon
day in each month.
Eumenia EncamPment, No. 20, Of /. o.
o. F., meets on the frat and third Wednesday
evenings Of each month.
AdeIphi Lodge, No. ~, !. o. o. 7. meets
every Tuesday evening.
Monticello Division, No. Ill, Sons Of
Temperance meets every Monday evening.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
NOTICE.

al TIE training Of the officers of tho 18th,
fh 18th and lSsth regiments Of Virginia Mi
ny litia, viii be commenced in ClNTEsburg on
tho gath day Of May next and continue three
~. days.
The Rcgimental muster Of the nth Regiment
Virginia Militia will take place at Clarksburg,
on Thursday the 9th day of the same month
A prompt attendance Il required.
BENJAMIN WILSON,
Col. nth reg. Virginia Militia,
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A Lot of Very superior
CARDING MACHINES

A RE now being manufactured AZ the Good
IA Intent Machine Bhop, By the propfla.
~ $50 ~ s-A IRA HARP"
Als,, now on hand, acfsw 6fhls auns,irpasssa'
CORN and con CRusARRS. sI h
Carksbarg, Dee. lTth, lSSl.-9s
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

RESTRICTIVE LAW RHPEALED.--The
Senate of Pennsylvania on Thursday of
last week, after considerable debate and
good deal of excitement, passed the
celebrated bill repeating the sixth section
of the act which forbids the use of prisons
for the purpose of OBTAINING fugitive
slaves.
The same body, on Monday last, adop-
ted the LIST section of the Maine Liquor
Law, by vote of 18 ayes to ID nays,
The bill contains provision submitting
it to the vote of the people.
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NOTlCE

A MEETING ofths stoekhsissr. Al si,rst. -
"a burg and Buchanan raFnpiks Road con-.
Pany will Be held q the Court House of .Htffl.
son county on wednesday, fao Ia dayf 0f 'Anrif
sleeting nfhssrB, and u t=ansaet stc6 6fisr bus
si1eII 40 ay b dssmsd hscsssirv.
f 2 STEWART At1
nsfi5 81 Pfos'l.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Board of Public Works,
JESSE FLOWERS, OF Harrison.
WIN. j. WILEY, OF Marion.

For Judge of the Court of APPeals-5th Sectio
Hon. GEO. II. LEE, OF Harrison.
For Judge of the Twenty-frst Circuit,
Col. A. j. SMITH,
Col. G. ID. CAMDEN.
For Commonwealth Attorney,
Col. BENJAMIN WILSON,
For Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Col. GRANVILLE G.. DAWSON,
Col. JOSEPH J. WINTERS,
FREDERICK A. WERNINGER,
JOHN C. Campbell.
For Clerk of the County Court,
JAMES II. BARTLETT,
PHINEAS CHAPLIN,
DIR. DAVID DAWSON.
MATTHEW j. ORR.
For Sheriff,
ABIAH MINER,
WIN. e. LYON.
For Commissioner of Revenue,
JEFFERSON ID. WEST.
For Constable,
n. A. SHUTTEWORTHS
THOS. BARTLETT.
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Wholesale and Retail Store
I'm ROIISburg. Va.

4 GILMORE r. SIMS, has just opened, and will
~ keep constantly on hand at RolsbuTg, Tbs
present terminna OF the baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, on Cheat River, large and Won selected
assortment Of Dry Goods, Groceries, Liquors, &6.,
which he will sell either WhOlosalS or retail 81 IL
cheapest prices in the country,
He will also attend 70 receiving and Forwarding
freight Of all kinds thu Railroad 70 all sasbsfh
cities and towns.
January 18th, ltSi.-tk
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no! for Oregont

EA The undersigned offers for sale bis
Wtstl cntire property IN DOddTldg0 county,
Iiitip ste Va, consisting OF a FARM, STOKE
&sssl15l and TAVERN STAND, preparatory
to startIng for Oregon.
Tho Farm contains 400 ceres, about on acres
Of which Rre cleared. II is situated 36l[ miles
west Of ClHrksbufg, and 4s1 cast Of ParkOFfJurg,
on the North Western TnInpIko, and within one
mile Of where the Railroad must pass, Cai
Tho Tavern Stand and store are dsSiFAbly sllp.
utsd on tho Turnpike. ifs.
I havo also several otlinf tracts Of UNEHs
PROVED LAND, which win 10 sold low Tor
Cash, or anything that win pay a debt
There arc several other GOOD IMPROVED.
FARMS, In this section Of country, which 1.
am authorized TO sell, one Of which IbthrOe miles
west Of mine Oh the Northwestern Turnpike, 81
$50 acres, which Il tho most desirable GiiuAtiOh
OIL the road, and known as tho "ChapmAu Farm"
AS my object in selling, lS 10 pay my debts aud
cmigrGto to Oregon, any bsrSO6 wishing TO puF,
chase land In DOddridgo or Richie COUNTIES,
would do well to give mo call soon.
w. W. CHAPMAN,
January 2sth, lsB2.-M
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

Mr.. Richie, late editor of the Wash,
ington Union, is engaged in writing the
history of Gov. Pownall, Governor of
in 168O-one Of the most
men of that day.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

EE The National Inteligencer learns
by Telegraphic despatch from New Or
leans that the Mexican insurgent leader,
Carvajal, the nominal instigator of the re-
cent discretionary movements on the
Mexican side of the Rio Grande, has been
captured on the American side Of the ri
yer by Gen. Harvey of the U. S. Army,
and taken prisoner to Brownsville. He
will be tried, we presume, and we hope
justly punished, for having violated our
neutrality laws. His followers, it is sta
ted, have been all dispersed.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
Northwestern Virginia
Academy.

TTNHE Summer Session of this institution will
l. commence on the last Monday, (tho 96th) of
April. and continue twenty-five weeks. 1t is OK
ceedingly desirable that those who propose to at
tend should be present on the first day, when tho
classes are formed.
ALEX MART1N
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

How TO JUDGE CATTLE.-In all domes-
tic animals, the skin, or hide, forms one
of the best means by which to estimate
their fattening properties. In the hand
ling Of oxen, if the hide be found soft
and silky to the touch, it affords a proof
of tendency to take meat. A beast hav-
ing perfect touch, will have thick,
loose skin, floating, as it were, on layer
of soft fat, yielding, as it were, to the
slightest pressure, and springing back
towards the finger like piece of soft
leather. Such skin will be usually
covered with an abundance of soft glossy
hair, feeling like bed of moss-and
hence is ever termed messy skin. But
thick set, hard, short hair, always
handles hard, and indicates hard feeder
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DIR. j. Il. CarrOII's

WTHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG EEB
w MEDICINE STORE, BUCKHANNoN,
UPSHUR Co, Va.
DT. c. keeps constantly on hand and for sale,
a large and general assortment Of fresh and gem
uine Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, DyS-Stuhs
Paints, Oils, VarniShes, Patent Medicines, Dem
tai and Surgical Inatrnments, Soaps, PeTfumsTy.
Physicians, Dealers, FullsTs, DyeTS, Hattsrs,
and others, will DO supplied with every article ia
he line al the lowest market rates.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31
NOTICE.

NOTICE lie horoby given 10 the StockholdofG
In Of tho ShinnSiOn Turnpike Company, that
the annuHl meeting Will DO held At the School
house nOar Elisha Halle, on the right hand fork
of Ten Milo Creek, ON tho second Monday In
April, at II o'clock, 500. D,.r,.,
March 10th, l95a--lt, PrssT.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

a WOMAN IN GALIFoRNrA.-We have
before us, says the Boston Traveller, a
private letter from q LADY, though hard
working woman, in California. 1t would
interest our readers, we have no doubt as
it has us, were we at liberty to publish it
entire. The writer appears to keep res
taurant or eating house, in a mining VII
lage. Among her visitors she accident
ally discovered the son of an old Connec-
ticut acquaintance, and finding he was
endeavoring to induce his father and mo-
Their to visit California, she writes this let
ter to encourage them forward. After
an Introductory explanation of who she
was, and whore they became acquainted
with each other. she goes on to say -
al have madel$18,000 worth of pies
about one-third of this has been clear profit.
One year ! dragged my own wood off
the mountain and chopped it, and 1 have
never had so much as a child to take a
step for me in the country. $1,000,
baked in one little iron skillet, a consider
able portion by a camp fire, without the
shelter of tree from the broiling sun
But now have good cooking stove, in
which l bake four pies at time, COM
Portable cabin, carpeted, and good many
Il" Robinson Crusoe' comforts about me,
which though they have cost me nothing,
yet they make my place look habitable.
| also hire my wood hauled and chopped.
l bake on an average about 1900 pies
per month, and clear 5000. This, in
California, is not thought much, and yet
in reality, few in comparison are doing as
well. I have been informed there are
some women in our town clearing $50 per
week at washing, and cannot doubt it.
There is no labor so we'll paid for as wo-
mans labor in California. It's hard work
to apply one's self necessarily to toll, but
few years will place you above want,
with a handsome INDEPENDENCE. I intend
to leave off work the coming spring, and
give my business into the hands of my
sister-in-law. Not that I am rich, but /
need little, and have none to toll for but
myself. expect to go home some time
during the present year, for short visit,
but could not be long content away from
the sunny cline of the yellow land. A
lovelier or more healthy climate could not
be, and when 1 get few friends about
me, 1 think shall be nearly happy agar"
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BLANKS!

PLANK Dssds, Deeds Of Trust, Summons,
ID Erssa iOpssBonds, Se-fcr sala a. Iris q
49,.
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A CARD.

M RS, TAYLOR presents her sincere thauka'tS
Itl the citizens OF bridgeport aud vicinity, for
the liberal patronage With which they have n.
vored her, and bOgA leave 10 inform Them that
she viii teach 1--WE months term Ia thia place,
commencing this 18th Of April, 1853 Prices aS
follows:
9rRH, including PHILeEOPHT, AsTRONong, aud
BoFANY pOr scholar, $500
PAINTING and ENBRotDERT, 500
LATIN, al"H Hr 600
Young lAdiSs froIn the country aud noighbQripg
villages, can DO accommodated with pleasant
boarding houses, ct cheap rates, aud viii 30 ~
all tu,oS under tho immediate care Of the telehSF
All applications must be made before the loih Of
April
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-03-31

Prof. Gilb.ssAoA, A, n. D. D., RS.sOa,
VIM, Hartman, A. b.
l.. T. Robertson, L, L, D.,
n. Il. An assistant Il engaged. %
BRIpoEroRr, March 10th, ls62.-tt
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For Judge of the Court of Appeals-5th Section
Hon. GEO. H. LEE, OF Harrison,
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For Judge of the Twenty-6rst Circuit.
Col. A. j. SMITH,
Col. G. ID. CAMDEN.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-08-07
Mr.. G. w. CHTLDs.
slave Decision In Texas.

A case has been decided in the district court
for the county of Bexar in Texas, which, if con-
frmed in the Supreme Court, will operate, it is
soid to declare several thousands Of blacks free
who have been held heretofore as slaves. A
slave woman was carried from the United States
to Austin's Colony, in Texas, in 1926 Slavery
was not recognised by the laws Of Mexico at the
time. The constitution of Coahuila and Texas
was proclaimed early in 1927 and the woman,
the subject of suit daughter Of the original slave,
was born on the Brazos, about the middle OF 1871.
When the constitution Of 1886 was adopted py
the republic of Texas, slavery was estaonsneu;
and the mother slave was Of the class enumeIa'eu
in that constitution rs slaves. Inc daugh.er,
having been born in the country, was not lnoiu-
ded by the provisions of the constitution.
In the suit involving the question OF tne iree-
dom of this girl il has been decided tnat tne
condition of blacks in the country during the ex-
;stence Of the Mexican law was that OF freedom,
and that the act Of sovereign power IN Remaining
them TO the original condition OF slaves, which
thew held when imported from the United States,
aid not affect their offspring born in the country
before the adoption Of the constitution OF the re-
public, who are consequently free.
Ns,o Orleans Picdyane'