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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

AGENCY.
1TNHE undersigned, Agent for INSURANCE COM
u PANY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, at
Winchester, and HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE
tCOMPANY of Hartford, Connecticut will receive ap-
IpGcations and regulate Premiums all risks in the
former Company, and Insure Property and deliver
Policy on the property Insured premiums
1ar. paid in the latter company.
SUBSCRIPTIONS received for the following Nevs-
papers aad Periodicals:
DAILY, tri-weely and weekly National Intelgcncer
Do. do do. Baltimore American.
Weekly Episcopal Recorder
Do. IitteIls' Living Age
Monthly Boys and Girls Magazine.
Do. Youths Cabinet and Mentor
B. w. HERBERT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

CAPoN SPRINGS; Walt may be of some Interest
to Batimoreans and others TO know that this elirbt
full and romantic watering place is to be regularly
opened the ensuing season by Messrs Buck & Blake
more, and who, we learn have not been uilninifili
of such Improvements and facilities as viii give II adj
ditional attractions. Bdit Sun.
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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE con.
PANY.
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

= --- bARIFuRI, IONNEC1ICUT.
Incorporated ISI0.--C Charter Perpetual
Capital &15o. 600. with power OF increasing
it to S25O,O00.
DUBLIC Buildings, Manufactures, Mills, Machine
z ry, Dwelling Houses, Stores, Merchandise, House.
hold Furniture, Vessels the stocks while in port
&c, will be insured at rates low the risk will
Applications for Insurance may be made of
3. W. HERBERT,
Agent for jefferson county, Virginia, !
In the absence Of the Agent from Carlestown,
r. BROWN, Esq, who viii attend to them promptly,
Persons at distance address through the mail.
N. B. On all Church Buildings and Clergymcn's
personal property the Agent will present his
sons in reducing the amount of premiums the risks
thus arising.
July Is, 1S52-Iy
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CASH FOR NEGROES.

TNHoSE persons having Negroes SALE can get the
Il highest price by calling on the subscriber at
Charestown Application In person by letter will
&c july jRIlG1ng'y IT, ISL. sIe'iioeo %, =; ''lNAr'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
UNNATURAL ALLTANcr..

1ne marriage OF old tnen to young yfoifienr
are, for the most part, as obiectionablei in their
motives as IN their results; and the mistake d
such marriages Is generally Is great as the moral
nlisieasance. 2. There is no greater error Of age
than to suppose that It can rceeser the enioy-
Iient Of youth by possess itself Of ,gatvosIb
only can ENJOY; and age win neyer appear 50
unlovely as when it IS seen with such an. III
sorted accompanymen
chaplet offorced flowers on yvihiefts i,-,,,v
seems not less inhaFlionious 20 me ss
man the untlraely snow on the green ie%E
For the young women who make such mar
rlages there is sometimes more TO be said fiian
for the old men. When the motives are iiier-
eenary, there IS nothing to be said for tl,ena,.
and but little when t6es case is one. II vol,
consent to the mefcenaTy baseness Of parefit,.
or when they sacrifice themselves lasfliev ,sili
sometimes allegel in rich alliance for the re-
g ief Of q large family Of destitute brotfers and
sisters. These arc but baggarly eonsidera fionA.
and might be eagerly plead IN defence Of n ~
disguised prostitution. But Il ease viii s6fns-
tilnes occur in which a young woman & daz-
lied by great achievements Or fefoyyn ) on1
what s heroical OF illustrious may insn;re J,
feeling which, distinct though n Be from tlat
which youth inspires n youth, s yet not ulnirr,-
imaginative, and may suffice TO - uef1fv fba
marriage VOW And there Is another ease. NOT
certainly 70 be altogether vindicated and yeE
not to Be visited With much harsh mess n con-
sure, In which a woman who has Lad her Iesrt
broken, seeks, IN this sort Of mar ioe. eIch m
asylum as, had she been Roman Cafholic.e
she might have found IN 4 convent
DEATH FROM WA,-T or sLgFP,- ITo,,. aas,1
can one live without sleepl This qrie.,;,5 ~
have never seen answered. But an ant entis.
communication has been made to !. riitiisil -
clety, whose field Of operations are r = -.
scr1ptiye Of a punishment which & & - 4
the original code d. China III aos,esr5 srss,.
this communication. tidt gl.inese SnaFebsnf
had been convicted Of mn, s;;n- 2 sn,i.
was sentenced to die BY heinz feta = lepo;telii,
Of the privilege q going TO sleeD 5;s siSt.s,i.
lar and painful IHOfie 81 ouittin a eaFtIlr- ex-
istence WIS caTied into execution AZ ks,,et,s,,.
der tliefoiloWing cireaI
he condezlaieds s4sas placed n prison iirdef.
the care OF three Of tie police etsra feieFef
each otherey u efnate ll01irafd " 1reterts
Cd the prisoner from ing asIeefJf 4 mos
ment night q day lie thus lived - nine
teet e tlout Jing any Sleep At the
eoIIeiieesnellt cf the eiciifli eIsy- Is s,.er;bqs
were 60 severe tiat he irnplored the authorties
20 grant hiIn the blessed Opportunity d being
straIgulaied, galroted, g1fIlotihed, burned 70.
DEATH drowned, qliartered shot, blown up With
gunp0Eder, or Put to death IN any conceivable.
way which their humanity OF ferocify conIdih.
vent ms viii give rs some ideaOf the horror
Of dlyingg from want. Of sleep.
MAnaIAek CEnEs,osY IL sourH q anorT,,. 2
a case of bigaIly was recently tried m C,e-.,,s.
fo4rtifF strtfTfk ftarrI;,55te
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

Still ANOTHER MURDER ArTn1nurED TO SpR1se.-
According to the Philadelphia papers Spring not
unfortunate Rink, but is now the suspected murder
er OF Wm hope of fKingsessng, in Philadelphia coui-
~. about twelve years ago. Mr. Hope was the pro-
phia opposite the store then kept by Spring who be-
came intimate with him; and it is said that Hone
who was kind-hearted, honest man, often loaned
money to Spring. The latter paid many visits to the
Hope both there and in Philadelphia One morning
Mr. Hope was found about twenty yards from his own
gate horribly mangled and lacerated with an axe.
which was discovered short distance Off and which
was clotted with his blood. Spring it is alledged
was there the afternoon and the evening previous
but although the murder at the time created intense
excitement the author was never discovered. Mr.
Hope had large amount of money, which he kent
in stove, and. it was not disturbed by the npr-
derer it is suspected that the conversation of Spring
with his SON, touching murder he once committed
by it, had reference to this murder. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
CORN CORN

TSNHE undersigned are prepared TO receive CORN,
Il both at the several Depots IN the County and at
the Old Furnace. They will state ms inyaria
e rule that Mixed Corn win not be taken at any price
or any It must be either White or Yellow,
They viii receive Corn now and win one- half
of its supposed value and pay the balance when it
reaches Market deductng only cost of tTansporta
hon from the price at which it may SELL. - !. +. II =
BLACKBURN s. co.
February i. 1s5sa -. !.
AN APPRENTICE WANTED:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

HoRRyD MURDER -onthe 22d ult., the body of Mar
garet Woodward, aged % years, found in
in Marion county Va, asort distance from her nth
ers residence. She had disappeared the day before,
and as she was deranged in mind and enfeebledi IN her
limbs, 50 as to render her walking from home very
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE VAL
-s' LEY OF VIRGIBIA,
CHARTERED MARCH IT. 1870

Capital 5o,0Go, with power to increase
the same to S2OOy000
3TNHLS Company, having been duly organized is now
L ready to receive Applications and issue Policies
and offers to the citizens of Virginia Of
home Company for the safe insurance OF all kinds of
eToperty, Merchandise, &c, fair and equitable
Eatea The Directors assure the public that this Com
Pany will be conducted with a view to perrnnncticy
close regard economy and the safety Of the insured
JOS S. CARSON, President
C. S. FUNK, Secretary.
O. F. BRESEE, Actuary
Directors
jos s. Carson, William L. CLARK
james p. Ricly, James H. Rnr0eEs
Lloyd Logan, N. ". RichardSon
ss=.se John Kerr.
Winchester, Virginia -'
B. W. HERBERT,
AgcnG for Jeffersoa county.
nE-CHAN4Rs H. sTEWxRr has hr.., arnointcd
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

learn, upon reliable authority, that new and
first class hotel is to be erected in our city
OF the tirm Of Brown, Brothers & Co. bankers Johns
Hopkins and Columbus 0Donnell, three of our veal
tines citizens purchased the square of ground ON Bal
tore street opposite the museum, where they pur-
to De built out of blue eetone handsomely polished
and ornamented from the recently discovered quar-
ries near Cheat river the Baltimore and Ohio
hallroad The entire cost of the building furniture
ground and all, will be from 100000 to Zoo GOO.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

ey-CHAJLRs H. STEWART has been appointed
Agent for Clarke county Letters addressed to him at
Charlestown, Jefferson county, Virginia. will receive
prompt afteaISion or he Gnay be In Berryviile
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

a NEW SECRET Association During the late trial
of Archibald Seaman and Walter Burns. a CHARGE of
burglary in the Lorain county Common Pleas. Ohio.
the existence ofa Secret Society was disclosed the
designs and tendency of which one or two extracts
from its preamble and constitution win sufficiently
explain In the first pledge the member binds him
self to secrecy under pledge of his goods and
chattels lands and tenements and his life and bodyH
are instituted and controlled for the sole purpose to aid
the learned against the unlearned the strong against
the weak &C. DC Pledgethe second contains the fol-
loving clause: pledge further that will disregard
even permit the designing knave to rob the honest or
the unsuspectng, and my influence shall be against
the wealth OF the aristocrat it shall be in favor of
the germ of which thus brought to light in Lo1
rain county, to have branches in every State of
the Union. It is said gentleman who has been
in the Ohio Legislature was at the head
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Cure warranted or no CIiarps

TouNe Mss especially v, who have become lie -
&ims Of Solitary Vice, that dreadful and destretis
thousands Of young men Of the most ,Sate5 ,i.
and brilliant inteilsct who might otiiersis baS ,s
ouence, or walked to ecstaey the living !, I'm
Nth fnl confidence. = - - = - may can
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
fFEw DIE AND NONE RESIGN >,

s'Few die and none resign" is the remark at
tributed to Jefferson, in regard to ofce=holders,
tenacious at once of life and of their clutch on
the public treasury. A well-fxed OK is 10th to
leave the crib at which he has fattened SO long.
And an office-holder. upon whom the idea of
living without work has grown and grown, un-
til it has become chronic disease, cares not for
change of administration, cares not for princi-
pie, is willing to swear to any platform, only
SO that he might still be within reach of the
treasury spoon and the pap bowl. A cat is
said to have nine lives, and some snakes, before
you can kill them, must be cut up into small
pieces, from the fang to the tip of the tail; but
snake an4 cats will die some time, confirmed
office-holder--never! He will die thousand
deaths in the attempt to hold Office, and still be
alive and hungry. AS to resignimg, there is
no such word in his Dictionary; even if an adj
ministration against which he has cliqued, lied
and voted, resigns him. he is still himself by
no means resigned to his fate. Certainly the
Wandering Jew must have been a confirmed
office-holder; for that individual, if we NAV
believe all traditions about him, could not die
and would not resign. --Nat. Dem.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
Marriage.

Married persons, or those contenorast;, ,...l =
being aware of physical weakness soi,Isl
eOnsslt Dr. and be restored to perfect calth.
o. the left hand side, going from Itn,r . S
doors trom the corner, Be particular in ~
number, or you VIII mistake the place -, . s4'e
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

The following are the returns from the
adjoining counties. as far as heard from :
BARBOUR COUNTY. Lewis has about
l21imalority. E. D. Talbot. DEM. cleo
It'd delegate over D. NJ. Auvill. Dem, by
about liz majority,
UpsHuR.-Lewis has 229 majority
Summers. Dem. is elected Delegate over
Rvrne, Wing. by at least 100. The
contest for clerk of the Circuit Court is
very close between Poundstone and jan
merry.
LEwIs.-Lewis has 10 majority
Brannon, Dem is elected Delegate.
A. ]. Roger. the Democratic Senator
for this district. is reelected by large
majority.
DoDDRlDGE.-Lewis has 2O3 majority.
Charter has 1879 majority for the Senate,
and Randolph is probably elected Dele
gate.
TArLoR.-Sh Shields. Wing, elected De-
legate over Warder, DEM, by 81 MAORI
ty.
MAR1oS.-A. 5. Raymond. Wing, and
Barnes. Dem. are elected delegates.
MoNoNcALIA.-John B. Lough and H.
F. Combs are elected delegates.
DR.. Kidwell. the Democratic candidate
for Congress in this district is undoubted-
ly elected by large majority.
WooD-Lewis 81, Snodgrass 1873,
Sterrett, 449, jackson elected delegate by
LOG majority.
RlrcHrE,-Lewis IS, Snodgrass 969.
Sterrett TO- James Malone has malo-
rity of 70 over Dilworth for Delegate.
We copy the following from the Par
kerSburg Gazette:
JAoKsoN.-No definite returns from this
county. Mr.. Snodgrass reports Jackson
giving him six or seven hundred majority.
MAsoN.-Three precincts in Mason
county heard from: Lewis 1873. Sterret
lie, Snodyrass 81. for Congress Tho
mas elected to the Legislature by 80 maj
KANAwHA.-Fourp precincts heard from
in this county; SterreLt 372; Lewis 295
Snodgrass 95. for Congress Patrick and
Smith elected to the Legislature.
WlRr,-Snodgrass ia, Sterrett 81
Lewis 16. and one precinct to hear from
as to Lewis vote.
As far as heard from, E. J. Armstrong
the Democratic candidate for Commits
sioner of Public Works. has met with n,
opposition, and is undoubtedly elected.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

Ledge Of the other. unless the parties %.
habit after knowledge Of such fuct: vbers
either party willfully abandons the otber
for hve years. divorce may be decreeJ
10 the party abando1ed where the wife
ssthe time of marriage. was, without the
knowiedge of the husband. enciente bv
another or notoriously a postitu.e. a dt.
yorce may be granted to the husband mn.
less the husband cohabit win har go
knowledge of these facts. Jpr;sd;s,;a a'
divorce case shall be in the .hs" 20
courts. The suit shall not be ma anosy
able unless one of the parties is a rss;dan,
suit and such suit shall be brought IN M.
of the state at the time of bringing The
county or corporation where the parties
last cohabited or Cat the opinion of the
plaintiff) where the defendant resides. if
q resident; if not, where the plaintiff re-
sides.
The court may decree. in cases OF adult
terry. that the guilty party shall not marry
again in which case, the bond of matri-
mony shall not be dissolved as to such par
~. but such decree may be revoked or an
nulled for good cause. at any future
time. by the court who rendered the de-
cree. - - g.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01
The Election.

We publish, to-day, as far as heard
from, the result of the election held on
Thursday last.
For Commissioner of the Board oil
Public Works. there appears to have
been but one candidate, E. J. Armstrong.
the Democratic nominee of the Winches-
ter Convention, who is undoubtedly cleo.
ted.
The contest for Congress has been I'M
usually warm between Messrs. Lewis and
Snodgrass, and although there is no GER
tainty of the result. Lewis is probably cleo
ted. Sterrett appears not to have been
very well supported by his Wing friends.
For the Senate. Turner. Wing. with a
majority of some 800 or 1000 votes
against him. is undoubtedly elected by a
very respectable majority. The cause of
this is too disgraceful to the Democratic
party to be given much notoriety.
The result for Delegates has been
scarcely more creditable to the Democra-
cy of the county. With a clear majority
Of two or three hundred, we have elected
only half the representation. If the ba:
lance of the State has done as well as the
county of Harrison. 1.-The Old Dominion is
relieved from the thraldom of locofoco
sm %
For our own part. we acknowledge
ourself Observation-Disclosures
ned. and we hope we may never have
occasion to allude to this election again.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

Eg The Boston Pos: says. "that Chas.
Fernald. Esq. a talented young printer.
who four years ago WAS compo>lior up
ON the B 'ston Post. has been appointed
by the Governor of California. county
Judge for Santa Barbara of that State
The position to which he has been eleva-
tad is an extremely responsible one, en-
bracing criminal, civil and appellate ju
risdiction. The appointment is very ju-
diciouS, and displays a commendable APP
preciation of merit. It will be recollected
that George H. Campbell. Esq, another
Boston printer. was made judge of Calve-
ras county. California. year or twosince,
and this latter appointment is another
compliment to the intelligence of the
craft"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

AKEcpoTE OF THE PREMrER.-The hard
pressure for appointments 10 Office under
the new administration at Washington,
gives rise TO some amusing incidents. The
following is told of the Secretary of the
State: ASS
i" Among the host of beseigers in the
pursuit of place. was woman who WAS
extremely anxious that her husband
Shouts be made postmaster in some coun-
try village. She was most:perservering in
her solicitations. in season and out of sea-
son. She stood at the Secretary's door
when he came out of his room in the
morning she intercepted him on his way
to his meals she followed him to his lodg-
ings at night. On one occasion she re.
NAMED there unusually la.e the Score
tary listened to her as long as he could.
when he requested her to excuse him. but
she fingered. At length every gentleman
but one had gone, and the Secretary took
off his shoes. Still she stood her ground.
quite unmoved. Growing desperate. tho
Secretary finally rose from his seat. and
proceeded TO strip off his coat; then turn
ing to the women, he exclaimed -
Madam. am going 10 bed. and il you
don't withdraw, shall write TO Mrs. Mar
cy about you.' The lady Immediately re-
tired-from the room" a lrl
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01
slayery in Yirginia.

A very Intelligent correspondent of the
New York Times. who is evidently as con-
sientious as he is intelligent. has been uri-
ting series of letters in Virginia upon
Slavery ms il is here. From one of his
letters we take the following passage.
." have seen the one Intimately and
from what have at presentseen of the 9TH
er, / must declare that the Virginia slave
is more happy, more comfortable. in some
sense free. and in better and more manly
relation TO his masters. than the Irish
peasant or the English agricultural labor
sr is to the ..highest classes" of those
countries. / wonder not that the London
Times moves against "Uncle Tom" lie
has a cut backward which It's hundreds
of thousands of English readers will not
loose. 6andsa .e
Slavery will not die until the world has
humbled itself TO learn lesson from it,
Oh. God who are ne that condemn our
brother No slave ever killed its own Off
spring in cool calculation of saving money
by it, as do English free women. No
slave is forced to eat of corruption. MS are
Irish tenants. No slave freezes to death
for want of habitation and fuel, ms have
men in Boston. No slave reels off into
the abyss of God, for want of work that
shall bring il food. as do men and women
in New York. Remember that Mrs.
Stowe. Remember that indignant 81 mpa-
thizers. ai Ei 50iisili 81
Oh, Christian capitalists. free iradersin
labor there is somewhat TO be built up, as
we'll as somewhat To abolish before we re-
pose in the millennium s.5sl
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

-fora shilling" for LIDO think. except wet
bricks, green corn IS about the heaviest
hauling ever undertook. But. SIR. do
feel exceedingly in tets matter, and hope
to see in your columns the views of far
mers. more experienced than myself, in
relation to it; for if points above alluded
to are settled satisfactorily. lean only
for myselfsay that would save twice as
much good fodder as now do, and at
least a fortnight of good October weather.
Iueed not tell wheat and tobacco makers
whatthat is WORTH" r7r.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01
~we understand that some of tn.

~ We understand that some of the
candidates at the recent election found
fault with the manner in which they Were
spoken of in the columns of the Register.
We supposed it was generally known. but
as it appears not to have been, we again
announce that whoever feels himself ag.
grieved by anything appearing in the
columns of the Register" is per-
fectly welcome to reply through the same
medium, provided his reply is short, to the
purpose. ard respectful.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01

SMALL Pox At DIoKIssos CoLlEeE.---
We regret to learn from the Carlisle
Volunteer. that this dreaded disease has
made its appearance at Dickinson College.
Some half dozen of the students, we learn
are now suffering the tortures incident to
the disease. Most of the students. be-
coming terror stricken, have fed for their
homes, and the College duties have been
suspended. The disease thus far, is con.
fined entirely to the students of the Col
lege. ras
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-01
Mr.. soule,s Appointment.

The London Globe. the organ of Lord
PalmerSton, the British Minister for
Home Affairs. thus alludes TO the APP
puntment of Mr.. Soule, AS Minister TO
Spain:
The selection of the Minister to re-
present the United States at the Court of
Madrid is So peculiar. that unless the in
tentions of President Pierce have been
unsupported, it carried with it unusual
significance. It would seem to imply
that the new government of the United
States intends very energetic courses in
regard to the European State of which
Cuba is 50 important an appendage."
After noticing the entire disorganiza-
ton and anarchy that prevails in that
kingdom, and expression that Mr.. Soule
will not find the time very favorable
one for the cool consideration of his pro-
position. or the powerful maintenance of
It's own interests, it concludes thus:
Z" Mr.. Soule, who is announced as the
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Madrid, is the gentleman who not long
since, proposed in the Senate at Washing
to place at the disposal of President
Pierce, before Gen. Pierce had entered
office. large sum of money. 10 use in
case of emergency. and it was under
TODD in this proposal that Mr.. Soule had
reference to eventualities in Cuba. 1t is
reported that he made it a condition in
accepting the embassy that he should
have power to treat for the cessation of
that island by purchase. Whether that
report is true or not, his appointment to
the embassy in Spain is one that attracts
considerable notice.