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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

-, The JACKSON (EauEsrR1AN) STATUE
The horse portion of this statue was for the
hrst time opened to the inspection of Wis
ltors on Saturday afternoon last, on the
premises of Mr.. Mills, where it was cast.
The principal object was to test by prac-
tical trial its stability, and the result is, as
believed, all that could be wished. The
line of gravity falls centrally between
the hinder hoofs ofthe horse, and is there
fore precisely where it ought to be-
When the figure ofthe rider is placed up
on it, the stability. from the increase of
weight, will be still greater. Mr.. Mills
will receive the congratulation of his
fellow citizens generally on his success
He has encountered, with persevering pa
thence. series of disheartning obstacles.
and has, SO far, worked through them ALL
Nay all future difficulties, should any a.
rise, be met and vanquished in a similar
way ToSh Lak
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

The PIrTsBURG UN1oN.-This staunch
Democratic paper has fallen into the
hands of Thos. J. keenan, and John Has
tings, in whom We think we recognise two
talented and radical young Democrats,
formerly members of the Pennsylvania Ls-
gislature !; the latter an old hand at the
editorial bellows. Under the control OF
these gentlemen the Union will undoubt-
eddy be one of the most ably conducted
papers in this section of the country
We wish it success.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

MORE OF THE Crescent Crrr ArTAIR.-
1t is stated that official information has
reached Washington, that an existing
law forbids vessels to enter the port Of
Havana in the night. and makes it the
duty of the officers in charge of the har-
Dor to prevent them by force if necessary.
Recently the Crescent City ran in, despite
the warning of the Port-Captain, and the
sentinels on duty at the Moro Castle
have been imprisoned in consequence, for
not hiring upon her as they should have
done. 1t is also stated that the Governor
General of the island informed Mr.. Conk-
ling, the American Minister to Mexico. on
his visit 10 the island, that he had given
peremptory orders that. should an at
tempt again be made by the commander
of the Crescent City to enter the port OF
Havana at an unlawful hour, she should
be fired upon from the Moro Caste.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

AN ISGEN1us FRAuD.-A young man
named ]. B. Green was arrested in Wash.
ington on Monday, charged with obtaining
mony feloniously. The Republic says
that, having asccrtained the drawn num-
bers of one Of the State lotteries, he alter
cd an old ticket by substituting figures to
conform to them; and this he did SO in
geniously as to deceive Messrs. Corsc d
Company (of Alexandria Va, J who paid
him on its presentation the sum of So 500.
Not content with the "raise" thus easily
made, he came to Washington, and, by a
similar device, obtained from Mr.. Daniel
Rowland S212 so. At the first search
after his arrest, but seventy dollars were
found upon his person, but the second-at
the Jail-was attended with more success,
there having been found nicely folded in
the waistband of his pantaloons. secured
by pin, four several drafts Of the aggre-
gate sum of So, $50, which drafts he pro-
cured at the Bank of the Old Dominion,
in Alexandria. He was fully, committed
On Tuesday to answer.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

The JAPANESE ExPED1T1os.-Thise xpe-
dition will sail on or about the LIST of De-
eember, under the command of Commo-
dore NJ. c. Perry. The following is said
to exhibit the effective force of the squad
ron The Vermont, with 90 guns and
800 men Mississippi, 375 men ; Susque-
hanna. $50 men; Princeton, 100 men /;
Allegheny, 100 men Saratoga, se guns
100 men St. Mary's, 90 guns and 1870
men Macedonian, 99 guns and $50 men;
Porpoise, 10 guns and $50 men South
ampton, guns Lexington, A guns; and
Talbot, already sailed, 4 guns. Total,
2O6 guns, and 3O45 men. The TIRES last
named vessels are storeships. There are
to be added to the ships companies, 700
marines, which, with the complement of
the storeships, officers, scientific corps,
and others attached to the expedition, will
make an effective force of 1000 men and
$50 guns, mostly heavy ordinance. The
steamers are each to mount a couple of
Paixhan shell guns of large calibre, and
placed on revolving trucks, so as to sweep
the horizon. These guns are intende d 10
be used for the discharge of shells 80 and
100 lbs. each, and long 9a's. making %
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
ANOTHER CoMMurAr1oS.-Gove

ANOTHER CoMMUrAr1oN.--Gov
johnson has committed the sentence of
the slave Lucy, to transportation for life
beyond the limits of the state. The
Richmond Republican says:
"This decision, at once just and hui
name, will, we are sure, meet with the
hearty approval of every one acquainted
with the facts elected in the trial of the
girl"
ufacturs of political capital out Of commu-
tations by Gov. Johnson, pay? Perhaps
the Richmond Wing can tell US.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

Two BRoTnERs IN CoNGREss.-E. B.
Washburn, Esq, just elected to Congress
in Illinois, is a brother to Israel Wash
burn, recently elected in Maine. They
are the sons of Israel Washburn, Esq, OF
Maine. This is probably the first instance
of two brothers meeting together in Con-
gress from two extremes of the Union,
both Wings, and printers by trade, and
both highly esteemed for their talents and
moral worth. These are my jewels, -
truly the father might exclaim.-E:r-
change.
The above case is something similar to
the brothers William and John Bigler
the former of whom was elected Governor
of Penns 7lvania, and the latter Governor
of California, simultaneously, last fall
The Biglers are both Democrats and both
printers, and have only their own indomi-
table energy and integrity 20 thank for
their success in the world being the sons
of poor widow who was compelled to
sell cakes and beer to obtain the common
necessaries of life, and of course she was
wholly unable to give her sons anything
like a liberal education. These are the
kind of men Americans delight to honor.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

LATER FROM HAvANA.-The steamer
Black Warrior has arrived from Havana,
bringing dates to the / 18th inst.
The difficulty regarding the Crescent
City had been revived by some old Span
iards who worked upon the feelings and
prediudices of the Captain General
They had persuaded him to declare that
the understanding with judge ronklin
had reference to only one voyage Of the
Crescent City. A Spanish war steamer
was cruising off Moro Castle, wi h posi-
tive instructions TO prevent the Crescent
City from entering the harbor Il; all ha-
yards.
No further difficulty had occurred i'll
regard to other American vessels. The
American steamer Antelope, which put
into Havana for coal and water without a
bill of health, received every facility in
obtaining supplies, and sailed without
molestation, although she had violated
the quarantine regulations.
The Captain General was moving an
army of 10000 men from point to point,
organizing them for immediate action
Four companies of infantry and ono of
lanccrs had been stationed at Cardenas.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

HA correspondents fthe Galena ILL.,
AdVertiser, writing from Saltwater, Mine
sofa, communicates the following unplea-
SAINT intelligence:
1.-The fires on the prairies have been
very destructive. Between this place and
the Mississippi the loss in hay alone
amounts to hundreds of tons. One man
lost sixty. Mr.. Bissel, some ten or twelve
miles south Of here lost his fences, crops,
stables, every thing but his house that
could be burned, amounting in the ag-
gregate to large sum, and several of his
neighbors suffered in like manner. On
the Wisconsin side of Lake st. Croix the
loss has been fully as great. The beau
tiful valley of the Kinnikinik. with its flou-
rishing settlement, has been literally swept
all the settlers have lost something, and
some all. One man who had made farm
last spring, had his fence around 60 acres
of land burnt, together with his stables
the small grain in the stack and the corn
in the shock in the field. These are but
few instances out of many. The right
side of the st. Croix, including Lower
Apple river, has been swept of all the
hay stacked in it. Mr.. Doe, q teamster
in the employ of Mr.. Fox, at the Falls,
had gone to the meadow with wagon
and yoke of oxen for hay. After he had
loaded he discovered the fire coming, and
before he could escape he found himself
surrounded by flames. He unhitched his
oxen from the wagon, and holding on to
the bow of the nigh OK dashed through
the flames, which he says were twenty
feet high. One of the oxen fell and was
lost, together with the wagon, hay. DC. !;
the driver and the other OK escaped by
the bow breaking, which separated them.
though badly burned.
This will be hard winser on Nine
sofa. Supplies are very high, and money,
owing to the last years logs not coming
down, is not to be had and the majority
of the settlers do not get produce enough
to supply their own consumption, so that
what little cash there was realized from
the sale of the few logs that were sold,
has gone to pay for supplies for the lum
bermen the present winter"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

GERMAN REVOLUTIONARY FUSD.-lt will
be remembered that about year since,
Professor Kinkcl travelled through the
United States delivering speeches and
raising money for German national
loan. The treasurer of the loan, Oscar
Riechcnbach, now announces from Lon
don that the scheme has utterly failed,
and calls upon the COMMITTEES in this coun-
try, through whom the money has been
paid, to come forward and reclaim it,
minus of course, the expenses already
incurred. The total receipts of the loan
are stated at $6,716 35, Of which $685.
35 were contributed in Baltimore, ST.
035 81 in st. Louis; S1,83l Al in Gin
cinnati, and $500 in Pittsburg. The ex-
penditures, including Sl,1oo for Profess
sor Kinkel's travelling expenses, were
$l,7o5 81; balance on hand S5.ol2 35.
This sum Mr.. Riechcnbach is ready to
pay back, proportionately to the contri-
butors, on the return Of the certificates.
Sums which have been paid into the
hands of others, he, of course cannot re-
pay. He desires to hear from the COM
mittees in their respective localities as TO
the will of the contributors in the matter.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

BuRGLARr.-On last Wednesday morn
ing about o'clock, Lloyd Lowndes, Esq,
of this place, was awakened by the cries
of one of his children, and upon getting
up to attend to it was surprised to find
the door of his room, which he had care
fully closed upon retiring, open. After
attending to his child, Mr.. Lowndes re-
turned to his bed, and having previously
had money taken from his pockets during
the night, he lay awake reAesting upon
the matter, and in short time heard
something under his bed. He rose, and
upon examination, found secreted there a
negro man named Isaac, belonging to
Hon. Geo. H. Lee. After some difficult
ty he was driven out, when he made his
escape. He was arrested early on We'd
nesday morning and committed to Jail
The County Court being in session. he
WAS Immediately tried. found guilty OF
burglary, and on Monday last. sentenced
to be hung on Friday, the 91st of Janua-
ry next. He was, however, commended
to executive clemency by tho Court. We
believe that the general feeling here is in
opposition to any Interference with the sem
tence of the Court, under the impression
that an example is needed to check the
lawlessness of our black population.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

NORM CAROLINA u. S. SEgAToR.-It Is
stated that a caucus OF the democratic
members of the Legislature of North Car
DINA has nominated the Hon. James c.
Dobbin for United States Senator, in the
place of the Hon. Willie p. Mangum,
whose term expires on the 4th of March
next. 1t is supposed that the Wings VIII
unite upon the Hon. VIM. A. Graham
The democrats have one majority On
Joint ballot.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

LOVE, REVENGE AND ATTEMPTED MUIR
DER.-A young man, named Christian
Becker, was shot, at the residence of his
parents in Philadelphia. on Monday, by a
girl named Marilena Messer, to whom he
had been paying his attentions for four or
FIVE years. 1t appears he was committed
to Jail last July that to get him out she
paid $50 out of her own hard earnings,
and that, in September, he borrowed sac
from her-subsequently seduced her, and
then refused to marry her, and that he
took up his abode in some place unknown
to her. On Sunday night she went to the
residence of his parents in search of him,
and remained all night, surprising that he
might come there. In this she was not
mistaken. He made his appearance there
about daylight, and she accosted him
He refused steadily to tell her where he
lived, and told her to go away, as he
wanted nothing more to do with her. He
babe her good-by, and as he turned to
leave her, she leveled a pistol at him,
pulled the trigger and he fell. The bali
struck him on the hard bone behind the
ear, glanced upwards between the scalp
and the skull for several inches. Had it
gone one-half inch lower down he would
have been instantly killed. The woman
was at once arrested and taken before
Alderman Buchanan, who committed her
to prison. On Monday afternoon the
wounded man, being able to walk, pro-
ceedcd to the alderman's office, whereup-
on the magistrate sent him to prison to
answer charge of fonication and bas-
tardy.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELEcr1oS.-The
following are all the returns received of
the special election to fill the vacancy in
the congressional representation caused
by the resignation of Hon. G. w. Thomp-
son, late representative from the fifteenth
district:
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

CoNGKEss1oSAL.-We copy the follow
ing from the Western Bulletin, spirited
little paper recently started in Mason
county. The idea that Taylor county is
not the whole Congressional district may
be new to some of our neighbors.
@The editor of the Central Standard,
through the columns of that paper notifies
a certain gentleman spoken of as Il candi-
date to represent this district in the next
Congress, that he intends to use all homo
rable means to defeat his election. We
can but admire the honest frankness of
friend Morris; in these days of political
intrigue he is arare exception. The same
paper contains several communications
suggesting the names of several gentle
men, as candidates, all qualified and COM
petent no doubt, but we think the agita-
ton of this subject at this time premature.
However, when the gentlemen from lay
lor county get their arrangements made
to their own satisfaction, perhaps some
other parts of the district may have a
word to say. Wen see.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

CnocTAw CATTLE.-A drove Of cattle
from The Choctaw country and the plains.
some 800 miles distant, passed through
Winchester, Va. Their unusually largo
frames and size Of horns attracted many
observers. They were destined for the
Faquier pastures, and belonged to Messrs,
Armistead and j. Marshal. The Yirgi-
MAN states that eighty of this breed OF
cattle. and not of the largest size. fatteR-
ed last year by Geo. Ii. Burweh, Esq.
of Clarke county, Va, averaged one hun
dred pounds of tallow to the head.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
Another Act of the ss Model Adminis-
aRnainr

Another Act of the IS Model Adminis-
troaiOn.'' :
We learn by the Baltimore Sun that
John Amber, of Fauqaier county, has
been appointed U. 8. Marshal for the west
ern district of Virginia. In place of James
Points, deceased. In selecting a man
from the evzssern district as Marshal for the
,cestern, the President has offered direct
insult to the whole State west of the
BlueRidge. He has practically said that
there was no man in the western district
fit for the office. We know nothing Of the
qualities of Mr.. Amber, but presume that
he is gentleman well qualified to perform
the duties of the Office, and he has our
kindest wishes. But it is another matter
with those who have sent him here over
the heads of the competent and respecta-
BILE gentlemen who were applicants from
this district. The selection of Marshal
from without the district for which he was
appointed, is unprecedented to our knowl-
edge, and the act is Of a piece with nu-
merous others of the present puerile ad-
ministration. However,
s'There's good time coming, boys,
Wait little longer"
until Frank Pierce is inaugurated, and
then Mr.. Amber will have to an.6le out
to make room for some good Democrat Of
our own district.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

A SINGULAR Observation-Disclosures 10
o'clock last evening the citizens residing
on Gay street, near Second, were thrown
into state of no inconsiderable pertuba-
ton, by loud cries of watch issuing from
the door Of Mr.. Crawford's public house.
On making inquiry rs to the cause of the
excitement, we found that two men, both
strangers in the city, had, according TO
their own stories, fancicd that they were
followed by each other, having heard sto-
ries of frequent assaults and robbcrics
committed in Pratt street. near the bridge,
they supposed themselves about to be-
come victims 10 some act of violence
One of the parties overlook several gen.
tlemen near the corner of Gay and Pratt
streets, and communicated to them lis ar
prehensions, when. they all started in
pursuit of the supposed robbgr, who ina
ginning that his would be assailant had
fallen in with party of friends, and thus
reinforced, would doubtless do him some
serious injury, started off at the top of
his speed, and sought shelter in the es-
tabliShmenC of Mr.. Crawford. The 9TH
or party on coming up to the door cndea-
vorcd TO arouse n Waterman and procure
his arrest. In this, however, they were
foiled, for although they called watch
number of times, no watch arrived; and
after recovering from their fright an ex-
PLANTATION was had, and laughing heartily
at their foolish timidity, they separated
good fricnds.-Bah. Patriot.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
$4,000

Total for Fierce, SlZ ioo'ooo
This is the greatest popular and electo-
raj vote ever given at a Presidential cleo
ton.
~Thc Electors are chosen by the Legislature.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

CIRCUIT CouRr. court was open
ed by Judge Thompson on Monday last,
and is slowly progressing with the trial of
the jacques.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

.rIvers TO attribute my sriccess i'm business 70
any one cause, tiiorc than another, L. would be 20
Indicious systeii Of advertising, by which nform-
ID the whole community w hat WINS turing
and what I had FOR sale. ''---Abbot Lawrence.
AS n general rule, those who adrertiLe, sell
lower tinH those who do not Their Increased bu-
sincss enabling thea to sell . smnller per cent.
profit, and maEG much greater aggregate profit"
WEALTH OF NATIONS.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
c. NJ. CUNRAD,
Acting Secretary

To George Law, Esq, New York.
There is nothing like this to be found
in our diplomatic history since we took
respectable stand among the nations Of
the earth. Only fancy Andrew Jackson
or James K. Polk making such response
to citizen who had been outraged on a
foreign shore
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

PErkRsos's MAGAzrsE.-This Magazine
is to be greatly improved in 1858. The
number of pages will be increased; the
literary contents made better than ever.
1t should be recollected that this it now
the only Magazine that gives original ar
ticles exclusively, or publishes colored
fashions. Its terms, too, are the lowest (:
viz: $500 year for single copy, or
eight copies to club for $40. 90. With
such inducements, the circulation. for
1858, will probably reach 100000.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
The Final Result.

The following is the result of the Pre-
sidential election in each OF the States
with the estimated majorities:
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
WAsn1NeroN, Oct. 95. 1959.

SIR Your letter of the Sd inst. has
been received. AS no intelligence has
reached this department from Cuba since
that which was brought by your steamer,
it has no means of knowing the intentions
of the authorities of the island other than
what you possess yourself, and cannot
therefore inform you whether mails or
passengers will be permitted toland there
or not. 1t may, however, be inferred
from the past proceedings Of the authori-
ties. that mails and passengers conveyed
in the steamer Crescent City will not be
permitted 10 land there in case the indi-
vidual named William Smith, should re-
main on board of her.
am, sir, very respectfully your obedi
ent servant
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

TIE ADMINISTRATION AND CuBA.-The
executive has, after all, put up in the
most shameful manner with the Crescent
City insult. Notwithstanding all its pa
rade in the shape of sending war steamers
to Cuba. it has declined either to demand
reparation.-or to give the owners Of the
ship any assurance whatever Of protec
ton in the pursuit of their commercial
business on the discharge of their mail
contract. Here is the letter of Mr.. Con
rad, in reply to their misrepresentation.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

guns to each steamer. Each ship IS pro
vided with two brass 24lb. field pieces, u
be used for shells or canister shot.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

counties and cities, 1885
LEE.-Reported majority for Pierce,
$50.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
HARRISBURG, WEDNESDAY, NOV, "a, 1883

Equal Rights and EaHai Lava"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
The Vote Of YirEinia.

The following is the official vote IN
no countiaa and cities.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24

Clemens majority, 14eo
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1852-06-17
Bragg's Linirnent.

II A person in st. Louis, by The name of Mclean,
affecting to be acquainted with the ingredients of this
celebrated medicine, and well knowing its great vir-
tues, has attempted something like counterfeit He
adopts speclous name and sells article possessing
none of the properties of the original. In ad,er-
tisemen in todays paper will be found the expose Of
DR.. Bragg on this subject. Every will agree with
us, that the Doctor pours the grape into this fellows
pretensOns with very signal effect We learn from the
st. Ions Signal that Braggs Lniment still retains its
deserved popularity. The entire sales during the last
year amount about one mil lion bottles. All of the
best houses in the city, certify TO IFS great excellence
L Salem Weekly Advocate, May 20, 1852.
See advertisement in another column.