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platform Objectionable features; and
could not honestly pledge myself "to
adhere to and abide by" all the string
OF resolutions it contains or implies.
Yet, when the Southern Rights men in
that Convention agreed to abide by
IT'S action, and presented candidates
personally urobIcctionablc to us on
the main issue, and it became evi-
dent that those whose interests and
principr the Southern Press rep
resented and warmly accepted the
nominatiDn--t seemed to nc that
the question was narrowed down
to Il choice between tie two parties,
and in making that choice could not
hesitate moment, assuming the fact
that the faith they piigh,cd would be
kept invioIatc. 1t seemed to me. that
a "ma,tcrly " inactivity" would not am
swcr i'll ibis case; and tha, for the sake
of our friends, end the u!timntc tri-
umph Of our principles, it was imp"r-
';snt: promptly and openly to sus,aiii
thc nominees Of the Democratic party.
alld oppose h" triumph Of General
Scott, and the evil Influences which
surround him. Ilis was my ud9-
mrnt. My colleague thought otIrr-
wise; and | cliccriui!y accord him the
same Justice hc will award to me, that
Il strong conviction alone has swaycd
his course. He was ANXIOUS. and in
fact insisted upon PROMPTLY expressing
his views ON the Monday succeeding.
and was only withheld from doing, 50
by my rcmnmStranccs and declarations
Of decided dissent.
!As the proprietor Of this paper he
had the uldoubtcd right to give ii that
direction. rs | had the rich, to avow
my own independent opinions: but VIC
bot, hoped that We might be relieved
from this autayoniSm by tie action of
the Southern ri Yhls men in Congress,
1T whose invitation We came here. and
whose battles we had fought At my
request, we submitted our difficulty to
them. and propose! to resign our trust
into other hands. Tie result Of that
negotiation thus far, has been arcal,
stat, d. aud Mr.. Fisher: as far aS am
concerned, is rcl,a 'cd from any inrcdi-
nrnt on that score. ;n!l free - pursue
amy course he may deem proper |
have done my duty, and more than my
duty, III imtcrp"sin" and mc,iitaling
thus long, and as i; has proved, thu,
far, 50 tiuijIcssly. can 10 no more.
Mr.. Fisher is the proprietor Ut'thr pa
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Correspondence of the Courier.
w AsIIINCToN. July 5.


today, in compliance with the usage
which gives the day to public rcjoicings.
Very little progress was made in bus-
ness last week.
The monster landsbill is still before
the Committee on Public Lands, of the
Senate, and its fate is uncr; ;;tn. That
bill provides for the distribution
among the States, old and new. of sin
ty-tlrcc mi ions of acres OF public do
l,ain. The old States, however. get
but IL small slarc--only $50, 900 acres
for each Senator or Representative.
The quantity oi' public land thus to be
taken for the distribution, is more than
one half OF the whole quantity that has
been, since The formation OF the Gov
cnricnt, disposed Of BY sale and do
nation. The whole number of acres
that have been disposed OF is one hun
drcd and one millions; the whole n,ll-
tIty remaining. including acquisitions
from Mexico, and lands to which The
Indian title has not been cxlinoushcd.
Is thirteen hundred millions Of acres.
/ he Select Committee Of The Senate.
"n the Census printing. have made :,
report against The adoption of the plan
OF publication p,opo*rd Lv Tho r,r.,,.
l}ur,.a,, /, r,,,,,,n,r,ds ',bn u,,,,,,..
sion of IL. >,oii-ti,.uL rc,urns r.nI,.
and rrro,,cm,s and also Tho nn,is.;,,,
of the rrupnso,i ,,rnlrrir:) :,ui hi.,n,;
cal notices OF each State as furnished
in the AIarylouI su,ci,uou Tl;. ,;iI
reduce the y,Imur more t},,u fam
liills in size. The Crus,,s Hurrou has
over nliiIi"n and IL quarter of dvIlars
to obtain these returns and many L.-
Iicvc them 10 be vrry vah,ablr II
they are Valuable they o,"n, NOT ,o bc
suppressed a,ccnuSc Ola few unavoida-
bic deficiencies or inaccuracies in the
collection of facts. The report of the
Superintendent. niadc some time aro
embraced some important statistics.
and The demand for The document has
been immense. More than IL quarter
of Il million Of copies have been print
4
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.5" WE learn from the Darlington
FI"y that thirteen miles Of the Will
ming!on * Manchester Road is com
rlctcd from Wilmington, and Tie work
Is rapidly progressing.
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RAILROAD -IMronTAST
DECIsIoN--I Ohm Stratton VS.. the New
Haven Railroad Company. The plain
i purchased Il through ticket of the
defendants, from n. York city to Mon
trea!. The plaintiff retained posses
sion OF his baggage Ga carpet bag) un-
til he arrived at \orth.icld, Vermont,
where the trains were changed, and
the baggage given to the baggage
master, after which it was lost. The
defence was that the defendants had
carried the baggage safely over their
oWn line, and were, consequently, not
responsible for it further: but the
Court decided that the defendants, by
the sale of a through ticket, had under
taken 10 convey the passenger and his
baggage safely to Montreal, and gave
Judgment for the plaintiff.
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\ NEW STEAMER RETwEEN CHARLEs-
TON AND New Yokk.-Ihe Couri,r
says The screw steamship City of
Norfolk, which was recently built for
the line bctw cen New York and Rich
nond, after receiving somo alterations
and improvements went down tho
lower bay Of New York on Tuesday,
on trial and pleasure excursion,
and gave entire satisfaction by her
performance, running the distance
OF twenty miles, against wind and tide.
in one hour and thirty-tvc minutes.
The chief Improvement which has been
effected in her arrangements consists in
Il new propeller that has been substi-
tmcd in the place Of the former one,
OF increased dimensions and better
adaptedncss to the power Of the engine.
The diameter Of the present wheel
is nine feet four inches, with an eX-
pondin% switch Of twcnty-one feet, and
length OF blade two feet six inches,
steam pressure Of twenty-five pounds
to the square inch, the wheel making
siNty-iuur revolutions per minute. The
Vessel will hereafter be employed in
the transportation of passengers and
freight between New York and this
city, and is now loading for this port
at pier 3, cnst river, and will sail to
morrow Mt five o'clock.
W.
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- 7Hc -lmsrjco" wig Ecricm
for July is on our table. 1t is always
Il welcome visitor, notwithstanding ii
gives soinr heavy ihrusts a, the De
niucra,ic party, they arc often well de-
served. Ii contains Il lichar;ic!c upon
the Dcm"c!aiicC Conyrn,ion, showing
np the whole proceedings The Ghost
story al" reads very well. Il Search
after Democratic l'rinciip!co' iSreally
worth reading. |; gives also ror-
trait ol' the Hon. TnoMAs CoEwIH.
Secretary Of the /. s. Treasury.
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GEoRGlA-1'he Union State Con,
vention will be held at Millcdgeville,
July -, 70 consult on tie Presidential
question:
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-18
For " coopor,s clarksbnrg Rogis.er.n

AT special meeting Of Adelphi Lodge, No. II,
l. o. o. F., hold on tho 18th August, 1859, upon
the announcement of the death of Brother Ed
WIN d. WILSON, member of this Lodge, tho
following preamble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted, as presented by Bro. Alexander
Martin.
Whereas, it las pleased Almighty God in his
allwise Providence, to remove from our number
by death, our friend and beloved Brother, ED
WIN D. WILSON, Esq, Of Phillippi, therefore,
be it unanimously Resolved,
LIST. That in this affection VIC recognize tho
hand and bow to tho authority Of that q all-wise
Ruler in whom wo trust" and tender our condo
lence and deepest Sympathies TO tho afflicted IA
mily and to the relatives and friends of our de-
ceased Brother in this hour of their bereavement,
recommending them to the support and grace of
Him who is " too wise to orr-too good to be un-
kind.'
I'd. That in tho death of Bro. WILSON, our
order has lost worthy member and true friend ;
the community useful citizen his children a
fond and afeetionatO father, and his widow n
kind and devoted husband.
Sd. That in respect to the memory Of tho de-
ceased, we will attend his funeral Lodge that
tho Charter and Emblenls of the Lodge be cloth
ed in mourning for the remainder of this term,
and that the Brethren wear the usual mourning
badge for thirty days.
4th. That copy Of the foregoing resolutions,
properly attcsted be furnished the Editors Of our
town papers for publication and copy f,rwar-
ded also to tho family of our deceased Brother.
"A. C. SMITH, Sec'ry, pro tenn.
August l3th, 1859.
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ces. to be spared the modification OF such
false and unpenerous accusations, which
cannot he sanctioned either by the reports
az the general-in chief, or by the lalter's
conduct or language relative to General
Pierce, since their return from Mexico
On the contrary, they have always since,
1 have reason to believe, expressed for
each other much respect and esteem.
The officers of his personal staff were
intimate friends of mine, and never heard
them speak of him but in terms Of friend
ship and admiration, not only for his cool
ness, courage, and intrepidity when under
the fire of the enemy, but also for his
kind, polite, and unpretending manners,
his warm, impulsiye. and generous nature,
which always prompted him to ascribe TO
others the credit of things which he might
with due propriety have attributed to him
self. fss s..
will now conclude this rather long
communication, which, when common
ced, was only intended to be short one,
by remarking that this has no relation
whatever to his public creed or political
opinions for with regard to that have
nothing whatever to do, besides being, no
doubt, incompetent to the task. Moreo-
yer, his political friends are, suppose, full
ly able to defend him in that respect with
out assistance; at any rate, they say SO,
and | am perfectly willing to take it for
granted, and so long as his opinions and
views only are assaulted, l suppose it will
all be a I" fair fight"
Every true patriot and sincere lover of
his country can but regret the acrimony
manifested and vitupcration used against
each other in their discussions by both po-
litical parties, losing sight too often of the
main question at issue to quarrel and fight
on entirely irrelevant subjects. Not only
does this method weaken the force of their
arguments, but it causes quite distrust
amongst the admirers and advocates of
our system of government abroad in the
stability of our institutions, and fills the
hearts of its advcrsaries with secret Joy
at what they persuade themselves must
before long put stop to our unparalleled
prosperity-not yet havinga clear insight
into the theory and practice of our system
of government, not dreaming that the
American star, far from having reached its
eliminating point. has but commenced its
brilliant ascent, and that five are only true
to ourselves. centuries will yet elapse be-
fore it shall have attained its meridian
splendor
Iremain sir. your OBJ DIT scrv't,
A LOCKER on IN VENICE.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-18

~- We learn that in consequence of
the special terms of the District Courts re-
quired to be held in this month. that
Judges Summers and Camden have been
prevented from making an exchange of
Circuits for the fall Courts as was expect
ed (; but that Judge Edmiston will hold
the Circuit Court of Barbour county,
commencing on the 12th September. in
order that the cases in which Judge Cam
den was counsel, may be tried.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-18
Gen, Pierce in Mexico.

We find it difficult to refuse space ia
our columns to the multitude Of witnesses
most them officers of high distinction, who
rush forward to bear testimony to the
gallant beating Of Gen, Pierce in Mexico in
contradiction to the calumnies which the
easer part OF the Wing press has put forth
ON that subject. Our own Judgment is
that such testimony, however, we'll meant
Is unnecessary, That man is utterly un-
worthy of notice or consideration who
even pretends to doubtthat General Pierce
approved himself in Mexico, to the uni
versal judgement of all who knew him, a
most honorable, gallant and chivalrous
soldier With this explanation we give
the following letter from an officer well
known in the service, with the article IN
tho Louisiana Courier which accompanies
it 7oMs Editor Of tie Union
enclose herewith q copy of the Louisi-
ana Courier ofthe 9th July, containing an
article signed by ga Lookeron in Venice. !"
The object Of tho writer is to do Justice
TO the character of Gen. Pierce against
the untruthful writer's oFthe tchig party.
che respectable portion Of that party, i am
sure would not decend 10 the level Of
those who hope to support their cause by
caiumniaIing the character Of an honora-
BILE man.
"a Looker,on in Venice is himself a
high'minded whig. and belongs to one of
the best and most influential families in
Louisiana. of which State he is native.
He served as an officer ofengineers in the
Mexican war; and for the gallantry. skill
and various accomplishments of the engi-
neer displayed by him, he received high
commentator from the General-in. Chief
and distinction from the government. To
all this l add, especially, that he is low
or of the truth SO that those who read
bis defence of the gallant Pierce may be
assured that there is no preYarcation lur-
king in any link of it,
If the wings hope to succeed by reck-
less aspersions ofthe character ftheir pre-.
sidential opponent, can tell them that in
one State at least they will signally fail ;
for in Louisiana thousands Of wings will
unite with such writer's as "a Looker.on
in Venice " in denouncing such base
means. WIN. II. CHASE,
Major of Engineers.
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mites. Reid B Kerr " Reid d Manly "
Reds maj 81 co.'s $500 RS mai. 5,T5o
Rcid's gain so far 543

THE MASSACRE on BOARD THE AMERI.
CAN SHIP ROBERT BRowNE.--We gave,
some time since, an account Of the mas
sacre of all but two of the crew of the
American ship Robert Browne, by Coo.
lies, on the passage from Annoy to San
Francisco. The crew consisted of l9
men, and the passengers of 140 Chinese.
Joseph Valentine, the steward, and a
man named Smith, are the names of the
two men whose lives were spared; and
we find in the Hong Kong papers the
deposition of Valentine, in which he de.
tails the particulars of the massacre, as
already published, and gives the follow
ing in addition, which led to the out
break:
"The captain. in order to maintain
cleanliness, cut of the tails of a great
many of the Coolies, and obliged them to
come on deck and be washed all over in
cold water, the men scrubbing Thorn with
cane brooms. The Coolies evinced much
concern at losing their tails, many of them
crying"
On this. the Hong Kong Register thus
comments
To Chinese, although the tail is
originally badge of servitudc, no grea-
ter injury or affront can be offered than
the cutting it of. This is known to eve
ry one in the least degree conversant with
the Chinese manners. But it is not so
generally known that the offence which
goes in the next strongest degree to the
heart of Chinaman, Is the striking or
menaeing him with a broom. Ali ma
tons have their prejuciees. and they de-
serve to be respected more or less.
"a respectable Chinaman would far
prefer being logged by common tailor
to taking the risk Of bad luck which he
believes is sure to follow the degradation
OF being beaten with broom. II is sin.
gular that the Captain Of the Robert
Browne should have fallen upon the two
punishments of all others the most exas.
Perating to the feelings of Chinese. . We
hope the shipmasters will be taught
lesson from this, as well as from the many
other cases Of a similar nature which have
lately been made public =
An eye witness of the catastrophe. at.
the close Of his account, published in the
China Mail, says; l forgot to mention
another elreumstance-one Of the Coolies
came across the medicine chest, or rather
the place where the medicines were kept,
and thinking he had fallen in with some
thing very nice, took one Of the bottles
containing some liquid, set himself down.
and emptied It, eating biscuit with it,
2 about three hours afterwards he turned
t.ft arr ~ sr1a ID
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-18
The Merchants, and Farmers Bank OF
CIarksburg.

The undersigned being a majority OF
the Commissioners appointed by an act OF
the General Assembly, passed 18th May,
1859, entitled can act to incorporate the
Merchants and Farmers Bank Of Clarks-
burg" to open books at Clarksburg in the
county Of Harrison, for raising by SUBJ
scription in shares of one hundred dollars
each, the capital stock of the said Bank,
do hereby select the following additional
places for opening books Of subscription
10 the stock Of the said Bank, and under
the superintendent Of the persons here
in named and hereby appointed for that
purpose. viz:
At Pruntytown, in the county OF Tay-
lor, to be superintendent by James K.
Smith, Mortimer H. johnson, VIM. IL.
Shields, Edward j. Armstrong and Cha's.
w. Newton.
AT Phillippi, in the county Of Barbour,
TO be superintendent by Lair ID. Morrall,
Isaac H. Stricken, Peter zinn, John H.
Woodford and John R. Williamson.
At Buckhannon, in the county of Uu-
shur, to be superintendent by Richard l..
Brown, Alvin NJ. Bastable, Adam Car
par, Clinton G. Miller and David s. Has
eden.
AT Beverly, in the county of Randolph
under the superintendent of David Golf,
David Blackman, Charles G. See, Jona-
than Arnold and Adam Crawford.
AT Romine's Mills, in the county of
Harrison, under the superintendent of
John II. Shuttleworth, Melville DAVIDSON,
Edward Stewart, Robert Young and An
drew Radcliff.
AT West Milford, in the county Of Har-
son. under the superintendent of Eppa
T. Bartlett, E. w. Patton, Robert Jack
son, Thomas Ramage, Hiram j. Lynch
and William Burnsides.
At Shinnston. in the county of Harri-
son, under the superintendent of Rein
K. Shinn, Ferdinand Y. Horner, Seth
Shinn and George Higginbotham.
AT Cyrus Ross, in the said county, OF
Harrison, under the superintendent OF
John Golf, Cyrus Ross, Jedediah w. GofI
and John B. Lowe.
At Bridgeport, in the county of Harri-
son, under the superintendent of Joseph
j. Winter, Simeon Lang. DR.. VIM. Dun
can, John II. Stout and John Gawthrop.
w. p. GOFF,
BURTON DESP ARD,
AARON CRISS, Com'rS.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
b. j. BASEL,
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New Curs ron TIE scorr PIcruRE-
BooK.-ln our last lumber we quoted
from the Scott picture book, which the
wings are sending over the country, those
thrilling passages, which relate how the
bank robbcr would not steal his medal.
and how the head thief" sent him back
his money.
This glowing production, SO filed with
pictures OF Gen. SCOTS sayings and do
Ings' has suggested to us few new de-
signs which we mention as good matter
Tor the next edition, in case few of the
" million copies " shall yet remain to be
Among those good and historical sub
Jects which occur to US arc
Zen. Scott " fred with indignation :"
against adopted citizens .ltasH
Zen. Scott drawing up the address To
disfranchisc them ~. -.
t;r Gen. Scott supporting the bankrupt
Gen. Scott wishing 70 vote for the ma.
uonai bank bill and the distribution bill
zen Scott abolishing the veto d
den' Scott putting tho three new planks
into the wing platform z tl"1
Gen. Scott at the head Of the " Galphin
tail y 90
Gen. Scott urging abolition petitions ND.
on Congress 10 be referred and reported ont
Gen. Scott refusing to- write before his
nomination
This last should be large picture
On one side should be the .fpublie -
whom Gen. Scott fears to Z" disgust" ifhe
take pen in hand. The General himself
may be represented as talking freelv /"
TO Mr. Bolts, out Of whose "breeebes.
pocket /" peers e pTy small letter 70 Mr.
Native American Archer; while, to bal
anee the picture, on the other side we ,,,av
have the Wing Convention. under IN
lead OF Messrs. Johnston, striking nm, that
" bargain |" which is to get Gen scot.
nominated by few southern.votes IN 49,. en-
change for the pIatfoynll Besides th;s
should be seen in the distance the Office ~
the New York Tribune, with its editor n
the act Of expectoration. T -
We cannot doubt thatthe Scott picture.
book furnished with these alde,ada and
sent out by the million over the country.
VIII produce very salutary. expression
on the public mind. In fact those addi-
lions would Introduce really political ele-
ment IN that valuable work which as now
published it entirely wants.- Union.
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How 10 Detect Counterfeit Notes.

l. Examine the appearance of bill,
the genuine have a general dark, ncat APP
pearance. 1iIag m
2. Examine the yignettcc, or picture in
the middle of tho top SEQ If tho sky or
back ground looks clear and transparent,
or soft and even, aud not scratchy.
8. Examine well the faces, sec IL the
expires sions are distinct, easy, natural,
aud lile'likc. Particularly tho eyes.
Z. See If the drapcry or dress fits we'll.
looks natural and easy, and shows tho
folds distinctly. g.bsI yie,.t XXI
b. Examine the medallion ruling and
heads, and circular ornaments around tho
figures, DC, see il they are regular, uni.
form. and not scratchy. This work IN
the genuine looks as ii raised on the pa.
per, and cannot be perfectly initiated.
o. Examine the principal line OF letters
or name of the Bank, see il. they arc all
upright, perfectly true and even : or IL
sloping. Of uniform slope. ~ .f..iao,
z. Carefully examine tho shade or
parallel ruling on the face or outside OF
the letters, DC; sec il il is clear and looks
as II colored with a brush. The iine and
parallel lines in the genuine are Of equal
as if done with Gle, q 20
8. Observe the round hand writing en-.
grayed on the bin, which should be black.
equal in size and distance, Of unfEorn
slOFe, and smooth. This Is, in genuine
notes, invariably well done, and l6oks yc.
ry perfect. In countcrfcits il Is sedan
SO. but often looks stiif, as IL done with a
pen. m VT
Q. Notice imprint or cngraver's name,
which Is always near the border OF end
q The note, and Is always alike letter,
small, upright, and engraved very per.
iectiy, Coupterfeiters seldom do II 20
NorE.-It was remarked BY s.eblIen
Burrows, before he died, that two tl,ings
could not be perfectly counterfeited, one
was the dye work or portrait. f1edailion
heads. vignette, de-; and tie other thc
shading or ruling above Che letter.! oaiP
as j. BeHk Not Ifeporfey.
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.Con',,s.

NORM CAROLINA ELEcTIoN.-Wc have
returns from all but 10 counties in this
State, and there can be no doubt of Reid's
reelection by about $500 majority. In
addition to the Wing gains reported in the
House of Commons, they have gained
another member in Lincoln and one pro-
badly in Person, which would seem to
give them the Lower House. The fol-
lowing is the vote for Governor: