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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20
mrhere is one consolation to us moo

%There is one consolation to us poor
fellows who have every thing to buy, from
a hay stack to a knitting needle, and that
is, that while -four is $500 barrel and
beef nine pence pound, dry goods are
coming down.
Mr.. Irwin, who has just returned from
the east with new supply of goods. in
forms us that he can afford this fall to sell
some articles 25 cents yard lower than
lie paid for them last year.
Jos. Cork IL Co., who have just opened
store at James Blair's old stand, with
an entire new stock Of goods, seem to be
selling at very low prices.
And Elisha Owens, who is now receiv-
ing new and full supply of ''the forked
gear" says he can "beat the Jews at
low prices.
Give them call
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

a2Et~ We repubiiSh in another column,
to-day, in Justice to its author. a commu-
n;cH'lon which appeared in the Register
u week Or two ago, and which having
been badly written, set up by rather an
inexperienced compositor and hastily
READ, was put to press containing many
errors.
It recommends Wise for Governor,
Jon. NJ. Bennett Of Weston for Lieut.. Go
vernon and Hon. John w. peterborough
for Attorney General OF the first
named gentlemen, our opinion has been
already expressed. In regard to the Sc
cond, we cordially coincide with the wri-
ter of the article. Mr.. Bennett possess
es in an eminent degree the proper
qualifications for the office for which he
is named. He would make an excellent
President Of the Senate, being well vcrs.
ed in parliamentary usagcs, and enjoys
the confidence of our whole people, with
out respect to party. For the Office OF
Attorney General we have no feelings.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20
senator Douglas ut Chicago.

That hot.bed of fanatacism, the Syracuse
of Illinois, whose Common Council few
years ago passed an ordinance multiplying
a law of the United States. andthen back
ed out from their position, under the
sledge-hammer knocks of Senator Doug
las, has this time taken the precaution of
not hearing him, lest they should again be
obliged to confess themselves in the
wrong. They dare not trust themselves
with his arguments or his facts. Just so
the fanatics of an ancient city, to whom
one Of the Apostles undertook to make
known the Gospel Of Christ, drowned his
voice by shouting" Great is Diana of the
Ephesians." From this practicsI demon
stration Of the Ahulilionists, Free Sellers,
and Abolition Wings of Chicago, we learn
what they mean by e free discussion. %
1t is freedom to pour forth their denunci-
atoms whenever and wherever they please,
without interruption or objection, land free
from exercising the liberty Of speech
Everybody knows that it takes but few
mouths. if let loose Rcdam. fashion, to
drown the voice of any speaker, so as to
prevent his being understood and this
is the feat which the Chicago heroes have
performed. The time is not distant when
they will be ashamed of it.
The tolling of the bells is another
achievement for which they ought to
have full credit. 1t has been tried at Sc
veral places in New England. BIZ way of
Iamentation for the passage of law Civ
ing the people Of Kansas and Nebraska
the same power which Massachusetts and
Connecticut have, Of regulating their own
domestic affairs as they think proper, why
should it not be tried at Chicago? The
pulpits of many Of the churches are turned
into rostrums why should not the bells
of the churches be used for the same end?
As to the flags Of the shipping being set
at half mast, that is understood to have
been an expression Of " Indignation" be-
cause the Hon. Senator voted against
wasting millions of the public money up
on river and halb our g improvements" for
the benefit Of spectators in many cases,
rather than for any purposes deserving to
be called national. For ourselves, we
honor snch independence in our public
men, and wish we had more of it.-Jour.
| Tom.
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The IIqaor aaeslI ln---Da oision|of


The Lian0r G itesli u-s.D ion Q + z
the Conf of Ap IS.
Mr.. Eeager Of II ason coun applied
to the county court of said county for a
license to keep an ordinary FL proved
character and would probably keep =
house orderly. useful. and such as the
law requires he also produced the She.
riffs receipt for the tax to keep an ordi-
nary he brought himself fully within
the requirements of the law, but the
county court refused the license. Hethen
applied to Judge Summers for manda-
mus. to compel the court to grant the II
cense. The, Judge refused the manda-
mus, on the ground that the county court
was by Law vested with discretionary
mowers. and that he had no authority
to control them by means Of manday
mus. From this opinion of Judge s. a
Sunersedeaas was allowed, and the case
was argued in the Court OF Appeals. by
Mr.. Fisher, for the appellant, ans JuFqSe
Fry, of Wheeling, for the County Court.
The Court of Appeals, on Monday, decl-
ded the following points - Lsegtso1rg
Chronicle.
LIST. By the terms of the law under
which this application was made, the coun-
ty and corporation courts are clothed
with po1Uer and discretion in the matter
of granting license to keep ordinarles in
their several counties and corporations !;
in the exercise of which it is not within
the province of the Circuit Courts to con-
troll them by means of a mandamus.
end. They decide that the terms of the
law found in the Code, does not differ in
effect and substance from the laws of
1877, which says the poWer of grant
ing license shall be tn the respective coun-
ty courts - Of l7O5. which says" and
they (the justices. by their discretion.
shall judge whether it is convenient for
such house to be set up, &c :" of 1884.
which says" if such petition shall ap,
pear reasonable, such court is hereby au-
thorized, and may, if they think fit, grant
words of the act of 1919. are Of similar
import.
3rd. The petitioner showed that he
was IL person to whom the court might
grant license, and may still grant it. but
did not thereby acquire a rigM to such Ii
cense, as places in the power Of the Cir
cult Court to say to the county court,
through the agencies of any civil proceed
ing, that they shall grant it.
4th. Whether the county court may be
proceeded against by way OF information
or indictment, for any willful abuse of
their discretion in refusing to grant a Ii
cense, is a question about which the court
declines to express an opinion.
Il The Legislature has not provided any
mode of revising and controlIng-the dis
erection Of the county court and is Of opin-
ion, that no remedy in such coses exists
at common law, by way of MAndamus,
writ of Error, or Cerlirorai; they there
fore affirm the judgement OF Judge Sum
mcrS.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

country so rapidly as viii. VI no distant
day, place our goyernmententirel under
its control, and that when That control is
obtained. Catholic despotism viii be
erected on the ruins of our now happy
Republic. Such state of affairs. did it
exist, would undoubtedly be alarming,
especially to those who look at the Cath
olic church of the last century through
Fox's Book of Martyrs and the History of
the Iuquisition. when prosecutions were
not only INDUCED by the Catholics. but
also practised by Professionals. and who be-
Iieve that every foreigner that lands upon
our shores is an emissary of. some Euro
pcan priest or potentate. But fortunate
ly such is not now the case, and from all
the calculations our limited knowledge of
figures permits us to make, is never like
Iy to be.
The present white population of the
United States is 1888. O68. of which
2, 24O, 355 are of foreign birth, which gives
about one foreigner to nj natives; and
some Of these foreigners. it must be recol-
ected, came here before the Revolution
airy War, and a large portion, say two
thirds, came as children, and about the
same proportion are now children. OF
the churches in the United States, there
are ,221 Catholic and 6,8l1 Protestant
danger at present Of the United States be-
ing swallowed up by foreigners and Ca
tholics. 1t is estimated that our present
increase of population is about 900 600
a year, naturally and by emigration. OF
this, the last year reported in the census
returns, show 372,725 to have been By
emigration, leaving about double that
amount as the natural increase. With
these facts before them, we would like to
have some Know Nothing mathematician
cypher out how long It will be before the
foreigners CAN obtain the control Of this
government, taking into the calculation
the fact that these Foreigners come from
every quarter OF the earth, entertain as
various religious and political opinions,
and speak as various languages, as the
countries from which they come, and new
er can be made to fraternize. The state
ment that most Of the Offices in the United
States are held by foreigners, is most
alarmingly false. The statement led to
an investigation of Tie subject, and the
result is found to be that there are en-
pIoyed as officers Of different kinds, by the
United States government, not including
Postmasters, who arc known to be almost
all natives, some 1882 natives and 238
foreigners.
But we find that we are again getting
too long, and will stop with the simple re-
mark, that we shall endeayor to keep our
readers booked" in regard to the vari-
Gus transactions of this new party, but
without hereafter devoting SO much space
to it.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

Nor ASHAMED OF THEIR TRADEs.-Hon
"; w. Pepper one of the Circuit Judges
OF tennessee, was formerly a blacksmith :
and " ioE the fun of it, he lately made
with his own hands, an iron FIRE shovel,
which he presented to the Governor. Hon.
Andrew johnson. In return, Gov. John
son, who was formerly tailor. cut and
made with his own hands a coat. and
presented it to the Judge. The cores.
Pondence which passed between those dis
tngqished and worthy American me.
chanics is published in The Tennessee , ns-.
pers.
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Cholera ut Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Cholera at Columbia, Pennsylvania.
The origin OF the cholera at Columbia,
Pennsylvania. where ravdges have been
truly frightrul, has been attributed to va
rious causes. n letter from that place
says:
" 1t having been found that the parties
who were freighting sheep on the Penn
sYlvania Railroad had thrown, at various
times. n number Of dead sheep into the
5usquehanna river, and as the sluice had
been closed TO supply the canal, it was
suggested that the putrid animal matter
lying there was the cause Of the sickness;
whereupon the doctors nalysed the wa
ter supplied to the town. and pronounced
it the cause. Several persons went down
Immediately to the river and broke open
the sluice. This will no doubt have a
good effect. The citizens are clearing MS
quick as possible, and those remaining
are drinking pump water"
The York advocate says.
Some Of the victims we're seized sud
denly while walking in the streets; they
were racked with excruciating torture by
cramps, and would fall upon the pave
ment writing in agony. and expire in II
few hours. All efforts, however promptly
made, by the crops of excellent physi-
clans resident in Columbia, appear to
have been almost Intellectual the awful
Ucourge seemed to defy all medical skill
There was to have been an agricultural
fair at Columbia this week. 1t will of
course, we suppose, be postponed: Ma
ny families have left Lancaster, York,
Harrisburg, hc.
On Sunday whom the wind changed to
the northeast. HoWing toooard the river, and
the atmosphere become cooler, the num-
Der Of cases, rs well as cases on Sunday
afternoon AMI night were successfully
treated by physicians from Philadelphia.
The wind changed again, however. on
Monday afternoon. to the southwest, WO1O-
ing from the river ; at once the cases in
creased in number, and the disease again
become entirely manageable. Ply
sicians are advising everybody to leave
the place, who can get away.
We learn by gentleman who left Co
lumbIa yesterday afternoon that the num-
Der Of deaths whilhin the last twenty
four hours ia greater in proportion to pc.
pulation than on any previous day. A
committee IL engaged in visiting every
house. distributing money and articles fOI
the sick. They procured lot Of coins
from York yesterday morning.
The Lancaster intelligencer states that
several deaths from the same disease oc
Cured Mt Marietta. and one or two a
cambridge; also q number at Middle
town.
At York the authorities are busily en-
gagged in cleaning the streets, lanes ant
alleys.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

A NAVY CAPTAIN CAsHrERED.-The
Washington Star states that Capt. Sam
uel W. Downing, of the U. S Navy. who
was recently tried by a general naval
courtmartial, at Philadelphia, was found
guilty Of all the charges preferred against
him. with the exception of the charge OF
(" disobedience of orders" and sentenced
TO be cashiered. The finding and sen
tence of the court having been approved
by the President of the United States,
Captain Downing has been notified that
he will no longer be regarded as an Off
Ger of the Navy.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20
PosT- oFF1cEs.-Postmaster Gene

Post, oFF1cEs.-Postmaster General
campbell has established the following !:
Cold Water, Doddridge county, Phil
Up s. Cox, Postmaster Located be-
tween Eink's Creek, miles south and
North OF New Milton. directly on the route
from Weston to West Union. About 100
inhabitants will be furnished with mail ac.
G mmodations regularly. Queens Mills,
randolph county. Armstcad G. Queen.
Postmaster Some 80 families in a new
ana increasing settlement on the Middle
Fork river, will thus receive regular mail
supplies by special service, from the of.
nce OF That name, which is directly on the
pubic route from Staunton to Parkers-
ourg Mr.. John Light is named as the
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

~The lines of " R. S. T." are declin-
ed because the authors name does not ac-
company them. We know nothing of the
circumstance alluded to, and having been
hOaxed on one or two occasions we have
become cautious.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

JUDICIAL EXCHANGE We learn that
Judge Camden and Edmiston have ex-
changed circuits, to take place on next
Tuesday. Judge Edmiston holds the bal
ance of the term here and the courts of
Barbour, and Randolph and Marion coun-
ties; and Judge Camden holds the court
in Writ, Gilmer, Doddridge and Wood.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

"SrRAws Snow. &o."-No circum-
stance indicates more plainly how unpop-
ular the Know Nothings haN become late
", than the fact that the Philadelphia
papers, of the past week, contained nu
merous affidavits made by candidates for
office, that they are not members Of any
oath. bound or secret political society:
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

y" Amp" AND :" OR."-DaYid Parkinson
was found guilty of counterfeiting, and
sentenced few days ago. in the Brooke
circuit court, to two years confinement in
the Penltentiary. On application Of his
attorney, an arrest of judgement was
granted by judge Thompson. ON the
ground that the use of the word q and,,
instead OF OF. " in particular sentence
of the indictment, formed sufFic;elt ss ,.as
son ior granting new trial. Parkinson
:, I'll On pau and no doubts are entertained
~ "netner ne wlllrun the hazzard of anotEl-
Z 81 l[lai. The word (" and has afforded
a nun hols g creep out of the penitenti-
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vi /
the forms and ceremonies Of the Ameri-
can Order of Know .Nothings, but as we
have given nearly all the ritual, We think
the most curious, even Of the Treasury
Eaters, ought 10 be satisfied. We prom
ised to furnish some other Information
relatiyeto the Order which we expected
to receive from the gentleman who fur
nished us with the ritual. That we may
give all, we will Just repeat the con-
yGrsation which passed between US
/" The order appears TO be quite numer-
ons, sir 90 we asked.
q Yes, it,seems So" was the reply. @
sIs the Organization not spreading
very rapidly in the West ?"
i" Theyssay So"
I" Are theyrnot very numerous in this
city p"
s'Don't you know 2"
No. sir. !"
"Neither do 10
"Well. how are they throughout the
State ?-yod certainly are posted there. !"
"Well sir, if must tell you. don't
tnoW."
"Do they think Of running separate
candidates, this Fall, from the old par
ties 2"
p" can't say"
"Well, have they any idea of carrying
the State?"
"Tdon't know."
Why, we thought you were posted
in regard to the Order. Will you be
good enough, sir, to give us what infOr-
nation you can about them 81
"AlIow me to answer you, sir, that I
bnow nothing. Good day, SIR"
And the gentleman thereupon evapo-
rated as suddenly as he came. We hope
the gentleman will call again Cincinnati
Dollar Weekly Times.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

TT Gen. Webb, in letter from Eng
land to. the Conrief and Enquirer, writes
"that the wheat crop, now being rapidly
secured without the slightest injury from
the occasional showers which have fallen
in certain districts and slightly retarded
the work, is not only the greatest in e1
tent, but the most productive per aero
that has ever been produced in the Uni.
ted Kingdom"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

BI The wife of Hon. Thomas Il. Ben.
ton died in Washington city, on Sunday
last, in the sixiieth year of her age. She
was a native Of Rockbridge county, in
this State, and was either q Mcdowell OF.
a Taylor. we think The Globe says
that the ruling feeling in her heart, and
strongest TO the last, was her devotion to
her husband.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

EpMr. LANE, the daguerrean, has re-
turned to town. and yielding to the soli-
citations of his friends, has consented to
remain at Bsrtlett's for the balance of the
week.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

E9 The Wild Gaeumber plant is used
for making vegetable shades for meteoric
wires, can be made into cordage, and it
is thought also into paper. II is Ofrapid
and ldxutiant growth, single seed pro-
ducing more than a thousand feet Of vine.
One seed, in one year, will produce a
thousand seed, and from the seed may be
manufactured oil or starch
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

BERKkLrY ELEor1oN.-T The third trial
for the election OF a sheriff. in Berkeley
county, took place on Thursday last.
Barnet Cushwa Democrats nom nee) was
elected over Christian Newcomer (volun,
teer Democracy by the following vote:
Cushwa GA. Newconer9I9. The result
on the first trial between those two gen
tlemen. on the 25th May last. was for
Cushwa $40, Newcomer 858; thu second
trial, on the 81 Of August, Cushwa 1913.
Newcomer 896. The election was twice
set aside by the County Court, on account
of informalty on the part Of the officers
who conducted the election. No County
election in this State has ever given rise
to greater excitement between the friends
ofrival candidates. The contest, tits be.
lieved, is now finally settled,
This was contest between the Demo-
cratic party and combination Of "fishey"
Democrats, Know Nothings and Wings,
the latter Of whom supported Newcomer:
and we are pleased t. see .hat tie afIilia-
ton has Eccn defeated.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

re- Christian. the young man charged
with killing cadet Blackburn at Lexlng-
ton, Va, has been tried and acquitted,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

SEVERE PustsHssEsT ga negro man
named Morgan9was found guilty OF bur-
glary IN Ranawha county, last week. and
was sentenced to receive 1t7s Stripes 80
at three instruments.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

Gg We have received the FIRST mum
Der ofthe Virginia Chronicle. a new pa.
per Just started at R1yenswood. Jackson
county. by w. P. Frost. The Chronicle
is of fair size. and makes good appear
ancs. We regret that it is neutral in
politics, but hope that Mr.. Frost will be
well supported by the people Of Jackson
and the adjoining counties.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20


A SUNDAY Rror AT NEw oR1EANs. A
riot of most fierce and sanguinary char
acter broke out on the evening of Sunday
last, between party of Irish and Amer
leans, in the lower section OF the city, and
the number of the combatants soon swell :;
ed to such an extent as to defy the police
for time. The Irish were armed with
muskets and the Americans with pistols,
and the fight lasted more than an hour.
during which there were more than one.
hundred shots fired. Four men were
killed and a number seriously wounded.
The military were called out, but the
rioters had been dispersed by tho police
before they reached the ground.
/ The riots were again renewed on Tues
day evening, and two more were killed,
and the number of the woundedaconsider-
ably increased. The military were again
called out, and soon checked the rioters.
and still retain possession of the scene or
the riot. The excitement has now some-
what subsidized.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

R Eighty-three deaths have occur
red By cholera in Columbia Pa.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-20

The CHOLERA AT MARTINSBURG, VA
We learn from the Spirit of jefferson that
tho FIRST case Of cholera at Martin&hurg,
Va, occurred on Thursday night last,
when Mr.. Thomas w. Turner. formerly
merchant Of Shepardstown. was taken
i'll, and died at daylight the next morn,
ing. During that day there were some
eight other cases, among whom were Sc
veral old and estimab!e ladies. among
them the mother Of Rev. John Poisal,
one Of the most eloquent Divines of the
Methodist church. From Friday until
Monday. that there had been 40 cases
and 81 deaths embracing some OF the best
citizens OF the town. Col, Edmund p.
Hunter, the commemorative Attorney,
and Grand Master Of the Masonic Order
of Virginia, left MnrtinSburg for Berkeley
Springs on Saturday, and died there a few
hours after he arrived Horace Wood
ward, who was seized with the disease
at Martinsburg. sevcrai days ago, is said
to be recovering. A large nuul2cr oil CT
tizens have left the place.
SER1oUs R1or AT WAsu1NGToY, Va
On the 9th inst. y riot occurred at Wash
'ington, Rappahannock county. Va, be-
tween some citizens and those attached to
Barnum's Menayerie, growing at first ont
of the fact that slave boy, as is alleged,
was found with them, having been pur-
suaded to leave his owner-and secondly
in reference to the charge of admission.
The riot became so serious, that the mill
tia had to be ordered out to restore peace.
Several persons were injured, among them
B. Estham, Magistrate. Thirty -seven of
the showmen were arrested and others
tlew to the mountains, subsequently four
or five of them were committed for trial.
and the rest discharged.