Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-05
CARRIERS ADDRESS.

Ills honest WISHES 10 express,
For your long life and happiness;
And hopes you'll think it only civil
To give his dues unto the D#*+l.
Through rain and snow, through frost and
sleet,
Oft has he come with wearied feet,
To bring you news from every way
And now again on New Years day
He gains once more your welcome door
And leaves again one tribute more.
And now for news! Since last we met
On New Years day. what deep regret
Hath filed our breasts for those away.
For those who in youths early day
Have calmly laid them down to rest,
By coffin, shroud, and damp earth pressed.
Perhaps some armchair, empty now.
Recalls the sire with hoary brow.
Whose wisdom guided US in youth
Whose precepts only spoke of truth
Now silent lies within that room
OF dreary solitude-the Tomb.
And some bright infant, fair and gay.
Who sported on last New Years day,
Like some fair flower. too frail and fine.
In this cold world to bloom and shine,
Closed its bright eye as flowers die.
And blooms in fairer worlds on high
And maidens fair, with blushing cheek,
At Hymen's altar too did seek
To pledge their vows to those they loved,
With every trace of doubt removed.
And we a faithful record gave.
Though some now slumber in the grave.
And some young maidens. too. doth dream
Visions more bright than reality seem,
That ere another year has sped.
They will be wooed-perchance. be wed.
And nuptial love and social mirt!l
Will roses streU upon their hearth.
And some false swain who broke his roth
And left his lady nothing 10th,
Now finds the ghost of former rest
Murder his peace-his sleep molest.
And vain he strives in misery
To still the qualms of perjury.
Now we have told. nor long have tarried
OF who were dead and who were married.
Who have proved false, and who proved
true
And, patrons, dear. we leave TO you
70 say il our own land so fair
Does not demand our next fond care?
Our country, then. we are proud to say.
Sill holds her undisputed sway
Her flag, on every sea unfurled,
Commands the homage of the world;
And like beacon guides the way
To freedom's glorious light of day.
We battled long in freedoms cause,
For equal rights and cqua! laws
Our prospects bright'ning every hour,
Though Fillmore holds the reins of power,
ArI CubE scorns his timid sway
And mocks and braves him every day.
But in this gloom a mighty star
Rises to cas-: dark stains affair
Star of the North 10, every eye
Watches thy dawning in the sky
Thy name can Iuell the Spania1ds fierce,
Though patriots watchwcrd. Franklin
Pierce!
We long have fought beneath that flag,
Our patrons, too, would never lag.
But foremost in the ranks they came. Z
And raised with Pierce a common name,
Above what English gold could gain, \
Or FreeSoil voters ere could stain.
The New Year comes, good patrons, all.
May JOY and mirth fill every hall !
May peace and plenty crown your days,
And mirth and music Join their lays y
To bless you more than words can tell.
Till next year, patrons, ali farewell!
From Southern and South Western Scenes
TIE DUEL IN THE DARK.
A True Incident in the History of
.. Ficksburs. -
Every traveller who has descended the
Mississippi within the last twenty-tY
years, must remember Vicksburg, SO sin
gular in its situation for town. on the
shelving declevity of the nigh rolling hills,
with its houses scattersd in groups on