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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18
The Comfy Court.

The County Court which sat last week
appointed the following School Commits
sioners
BOOTHS Crcck-Nixon Potts.
Coon's Run-DuncI 8. Whteman.
SAinnston-Joiln NJ. Fortney.
Bridycport-Dayid D. Wilkinson.
Boards Run--Geo. Knyser.
jacks Ruu-Jos. J.,Win!er.
Binyamon--Benj. Martin.
Elisha Hail.
Ten MiIe--Alfred Rogers.
Salem--Phineas F. Randolph:
Coburn's Crcek-Edward Pritchard.
Milford--E. w. Patton.
neutrality-suspicious. Golf.
Browns Creck--Benj. Basel.
Lost Creek-SAmuel Sheets.
EIk-JOhn NJ. Shuttleworth.
BrushY Fork-Edward Steuart.
John Varenbery, charged with the MUIR
der Of Christian Bloom, was sent on for
further trial by the Circuit Court.
The suit Of Rachel Ashcraft against
David NJ. Duncan for bastarIy, was de.
cided in favor of the plaintiff and the de-
PENDANT ordered to pay $50 per annum
for five years, for the support of the
child ~
The suit Of Maria Harbert against F.
D. Hardesty, similar to the above, was
continued.
STATE ELECrIoN. Elections were held
last week i'll Pennsylvania, Ohio and the
city of Baltimore. The Know Nothings.
Wings. Anti-Nebraska-men. Temperance
men. de-. all united against the Demo
cratic party. and the effect has been ter
rible. We have. no inclination to hunt
up the particulars. There's one streak
of sunshine. however. in the fact that the
vote for the Know Nothing Wing canIi-
date for Governor was vastly less than
that given Con,ad for Mayor, in Phila-
delphia. There is a good time coming
g the sober second thought of the people
is never wrong"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

is, ssHow does my dearrose look to day2''..
Aud was not Ellen happy too? 1t was
something Kate could not understand
If Ellen had received beautiful roses or
kind looks, they would not have made
her half so happy as she always was when
she thought OF those poor children.
my little sunbeam called her, for
!. like sunbeams her kind feelings went out
gladdening, frightening. and beautifying
all around her, SO that she found glad
ne IS, brightness and beauty everywhere
not knowing how much oft came from
her own loving hearty Y. Evangelist
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

RB- Friend Alfred Of the Weston Her
aid. las been for some time past Dragging
about the great length Of ears in Lewis
county. This is entirely unnecessary.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

EE The :. Grand Dads" is the name
of an association which has sprung up in
Delaware, in consequence of the split
among the Know Notbiugs in that State.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

ONO ELEcT1os. The State has gone
Anti Nebraska by an Overwhelming ma
jority. OF the Whole twenty -ons meme
bers of Congress. eighteen are opposed 70
the repeal of the Missouri COMPROMISED,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

Flour Is selling IN Cincinnati. at 50. so
to Ss.Ts per barrel.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

EV VIM. H. Byrne. Esq has been
elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Braxton, TO gil the vacancy occasioned
by the death OLA. R. Conrad. deceased.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-18

MURDERER HuNe RY A MoR. Dave Tho.
mas the neglo who murdered Mr. VIM.
Isl Butler, in Caroline county, Nd on
che eth nlt., had been tried at Denton.
and convicted of q murder In the second
degree" and that the verdict had caused
so much dissatisfaction as to induce many
citizens to threaten resort to lynch law
on Thursday last, the day on which the
prison was found guilty. The prompt in
terference of the law. however. prevented
the threat from being carried into execu
ton at the time But. it appears, theSen-
geance of the populace was only tempo
rarily stayed, We learn from a letter of
a correspondent we received yesterday.
that large and excited crowd assembled
about twelve O'Clock on Saturday night.
proceeded TO the jail. broke it open. took
the prisoner out and hung him from a
plank which they nailed to window on
the me out side. IN tlae second story of the,
jan oullolngs He was suspended untn
lite was eXIlncS, when he was cur down
and his body conveyed back into theSiaii.
Nor did the mob stop here. They then
released and set at liberty two other pris-
oners, one of whom had been sentenced
TO the penitentiary.
We learn from another source that She
sheriff was seized and tied by the mob be-
fore they proceeded to their numerous
work. This one of the most daring out
RACES ever perpetrated in Maryland.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
DIED.

ACKFRMAN- Ga Wednesday ith inst after lingering Illness
Cufba wife of Alderman in the t5rd year her ~
Tbe friends relatives the family respectfully invited
to attend funeral Friday Jan at3 O'CLOCK nom Aer LATE
residence No. 20 WeEt 1lsts . =. IT.. r -.
AMORY-On Saturday, December 81 Martha rehe1 OF 'A"es
An or, in the 7cth year Of her ago 800, -, -
COT2UT-O the 9TH inst George w Cousut n the @ih year
Of his -, --....,.. ~
respectfully %
eo he fareral non residence No l6 Madison e. on
Thrsday the 5th clock without FUR uyiIstiol
DUNNNG Sd inst the innt OF Jonah and harret
NJ Dunnng aged Is months ,.-,.--..-, ~.
The friends OF family respectfully invited 10 attend the
DANELSON-On Wedlesdsy, JGnuary4, VIM NJ son OF Men
b A. Dan Ion noaths
lhe friends the family and scquaatances are respectfully
invited Lis funeral tIom their esdence No " ocIs
II afternoon. at O'Clock.
FERGUSON-OL "wednesday morning the an met Sath shef
Fergton. he 18Th year OF her age
The friends OF the family invited attend the funeral from
the residence ohe father Henry Ferguson w cor OF osaV
D. A. Sebohsre C. II in hi. State Tuesday
- q 49, 80 o,od a. vears NJ a ,vns naive OF
schchare
mon tic practice the Eminent in his profession he
Independence and retired while yet young man nom
he due OF his urof represented his Dc thsa
responsibility he true gentleman Of tbs oiten
reflected honor the times when he figured most
TIiTKsi0N-op wednesday morning the 9Th Inst Mary wife
OF Joshua ThuTston. aged 0S years
The fiends Of tie family invited attend tie funeral from
her late No % Wyeko South Brooklyn at O'Clock
TOWNsF D-Dec % Aureius Cayugi County, NsvYort,
after painful illness Mrs Nancy Townsend wife OF Dustin
A. Isip L L. on Thursdsy Dec % 1853 B,n,nn
months and ~ days lie WIS months
board jersey Prison Ship in the Revolutionary War
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
Net profits 1883. .

Inerp- OF profits over ls5s s5bO5I y
The receipts and expenditures for the month OF Deem
her are parly estimated The increase will be observed
!, 5000 Ssa s. or over 46 cent The expenses Of 1852
were 81 sesss4 S. or business of ST. s45 ss7 81 So
cent of the gross earnings while in 1888 the expenses
sI7oocc9 part estinsted on business of s2s4sllO
50 cent Of the gross earnings The net profits for the
year 1883 are sl146lO TO- sgains s6l44l2 90 showing
Z On increase Of $3.50 20, or Sc p cent
Dividing interest, &c, amounting in the aggregate TO
s9O2l 4O are payable in Boston within the present month
The Banks of NewHavon for the past six months have
rnsde the following dividends County Bank, cent
Mechanics, 5. New Haven, A. City, d Merchants L.
The Connecticut River Banking Company Of Hartford.
5 g. cent
Tie Waterbury Bank q dividend of y cent The
Connecticut Bank one OF cent The Southport Bank.
one Of cent and The Winstead Bank. Of cent
The Bank of North America philadelphia has declared
seni annual dividend of p cent The Southwark Bank
an extra dividend of cent The Grard Life and Trust
COMPANY semi annual div .dend of3I cent The Life
and Annuity Insurance Company, dividend of cent
The Lille Schuylkm Navigation Company semi annual
dividend of cent.
The amount of coal sent from the Cumberland coal region
for the week ending December "a, lO962 tuus All
went by railroad except 2s3 tuns loaded on three canal
boats one Of which able to leave account OF ice
and the other two are probably fast in the ice somewhere
in the canal
The Philadelphia Ledger says
"Tbe Mint has fully overcome the complaint among
email dealers of want Of srer change. There Is no"
lying the Mint in this city subject to- the can o. al VINO
NAV desire IT, over million Of dollars an s'Irsr com
This coin given out not formerly, only in exchange
for silver bullion, but in exchange for gold
At Philadelphia there is change in the rates for Money
Frstcass paper continues be readily placed Of Oios
q cent For second class the range from Is to 10 cent
At Boston Money is more abundant
BY the terms of consolidation between the Madison and
Peru Railroad the following gentlemen remain as the Drec
tors of the Consolidated Road L. w. H. Ellis f. D. Peck
J. p Drake, Indianapolis E. Cottingham Hamilton Nd
jackson Upton; G. L. Dart, Peru John Brough' D. Il
Crsvens " NJ Dunn, j. G. Marshall, David White Mad
son; Samuel Moore, Mooresville; k. II. Winsow, New
York
The following statement of the property left at Albany
bv way Of the Erie and Chsmpain Canals from the open
ing to the close of navigation in 1885, showing the KINDS
quantity and average value ofeach article
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
MARRIED..

CAFRoy BAKER-on the morning of the ih inst in Calvary
ctyleb h. th DR. L. Hswts CT Horace CapFoa Of Snss
Seor County MARYLAND and Margaret daughter Ofas l'Is W"
EssELsIYE- jAv SEIn this cit5, Monday Eolnas ia
r. 49, r. ~. els Mr Robert b. Esselstyn f1rHsIy OF
Hudson to Mis- Sarah T. daushter O. Hamilton JsyHe
Hud~rn and Lons Issns d Ptrs pie ase copy.
PsHEK-ROACH--O ~, day jan By the Rev M Gov an
DR. Henry F.her Mary e0ad daughter OIL '4e As oA''
Roach e.-. -. a.. D., r..a...
HUNTIEGTON-CoX-A ssrslo,' Serop on .se -1s Js'9sy
BY the Rev A II ell Rolln HUM hso0 !" Ne"i'A w
abS Annie NJ. Cox OF the former place. .,,. L.,
MILLER-EICHHOLTZ-In thu City on Tuesdsy eve9ns Ssn
s. ~ Rev H. Hastings We'd Gea hnier 90 NY -
OF tbe Jacob Echbos Esq ali OF the Ch< o' hanS~
PeDnsyly6nis. -. H..
PAKMLY-MOT RIsON-On "wednesday, 4h lust bJ the rev
A d Gillette DAVID Rsndo pm Psrmly 90 Mary ElzaVein e
Frederick M0rson, ESQ all OF tas cry A. p
BOOAE-CAMPBELD-O sundy even ing jan i % US nv
j. b. Gnne Sir. Henry Roone Ms, Mary Csnp5eII BIZ %
this City.
Cincinnati Ohio papers plesse copy. - -
RICHARDS CALEOUH-On Wednecday the IN llst. .,
Rercerst Church By tie Rev. George L. Proais Thoni
Richards. JT, 10 Mar hG Calhoun -, .,,,..-
STEPHENS -MERRIrr-At the Parsonage No u hidison
on Tuesday evening January William O. S-Phensen iofn'
eIIy Of Philadelphia 70 Mary Jane MeIt Of New Yosk Cy
IIMPSON-NOULTON-0o wednesday, Jan T. D. .as KEY. A
Vsnnest w Timpon, OF Baltimore to MISS Ssfsa
j. daughter Of James 7. MontOn Esq, OF tbs City .
NlLD-gUCKER-O Tuesdsy. 81 inst at Newark, n a. u
Trinity Church the Ale 1sndef Mercer Ceosss o
OF Blsis TO Elizabeth b. Tucker ofthe former place
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05

The steamer from Boston to day takes only $4,000 in
gold.
The interest on the New York City Stocks due the lJ
Of February wiz be paid that day, by + w Edm)nds
Esq, City Chamberlain, at the Mechanics Bank.
The North River Bank has declared semi annual divi
dend Olive cent
The annexed crcuarhas been published by the Secretary
OF the Treasury in relation to redemption of Public Debt
TREASURY DEPARTMENT., Jan. l. 1884.
Notice is hereby given to the holders Of he following de-
scrbed stocks Of the United States that his Department
Is prepared to purchase. at any time beween the date
hereof and the 1st of June portions OF those stocks
amounting in the aggregate TO seven million dollars IN the
manner and the terms hereinafter ment Oned 70 W.T.
Ia case Of eny contingent competition within the amount
stated, preference viii be given in the order Of time in
which said stocks may be offered The certificates, duly
assigned the United States by the parties who are to
ceive the amount thereof must be ransn tied 30 this De
partment upon the receipt whereof price will be paid
compounded of the following particulars
The par value amount specified in each certificate.
premium the stock of the loan authorized By the
Get of July 1896 releemable November ~, 1856, Of
cent on The stock Of the loan authorized By the act Of
1912 redeemable 31st December 1862 Of ~ cent on
the stock of the loans authorized by the aos OF 1877 and
1919 and redeemGbe the former the 3lst Dece nbor
1861 and the latter the 3Oh June, 1863 Of 81 , cent
and ON the stock Of the loan authorized by the act Of 1884,
and redeemabe on the 3t Of December 1864 commonly
called the Texan indemnify 10 y cent.
Interest the par OF each certificate from the LIST OF
January 1854 the date Of receipt and setepent at the
Treasury with the allowance foE tie money 10 reach the
owner Of one day : interest in addition
PAYMENT for .aid stocks will be made in drafts OF the
Treasurer of the United States the Assistant Treasurer
oil Boston, New York, Philadelphia, az the parties may
direct JAMES GUTHRIE Secretary OF the treasury
The receipts of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad
Company from freight and passengers were for tibet
months ending December l. 1852 s2ol632 same time in
ls52 sl492s6 increase s52346 or IS y cent The re-
cepts for December show similar increase The net in
come of this railroad for the current financial year viii e1
coed IS 2 cent.
There ia good demand for money at 7 Y cent on call
with fair supply In quarters the market Is quito
easy while other borrowers find difficulty in supplying
their wants First class paper goes at 99l2 cent with
but few signatures below 10 cent The interior con
pues TO pay up quite well as was expected and western
balances are rather increasing here Thewans OF railroads
however are large and absorb much Of the surplus capital
Of the City Their acceptanoes selling at l5Sls
cent
The following table will showth amount OF nted States
Stocks redeemed the Treasury Department during inc
week ending on Saturday and the AMOUNT OF the Pnoe
a. outstanding
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
Id " INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF APPEALS

- Samuel AmoTy, &c, sg Martha Annoy ana o.hers.
This suit was originally commenced before the ChGucel-
M by b q complaint filed in the year 1916 deter the val
dig ote viii OF James Amoy deceased sud PARTITION sse
OF b al tse The trustees uuder will and
ell the hessaw aid descendants the deceased made
PeItts and they al appeared In the suit answered the bill
The cause vas teierfed 10 fho Rugge Esq NowYork
toe referee 90 me issues embrace thereby his report
entered the seth Of July 1851 agag he ia will
Invalid ard void In certain respects and deetnS 10
tain reVo he rights Of parties the premise and heher
partition fthe same Sss practicable among them
reported that actual division proi.es aonv
he parties able, and that Of the whole
sbeceeTy and the Court the N December 1851 orre5
The PREMISES DO sold They sold and sale samuel
lord Others became the purchasers the snd the 20
Lord been confirmed By the Court the referee required
10 pse bis purchase which he DO motion was
thsfeuron made TO compel him
me Ca II special ordered the said Samuel Lord CON-
pes purhsS From this order he appealed to the general
term the general term reversed the order made special term Mr.
gse delivering elaborate opinion overriding the de-
cisn The referee deciding that the will Of Mr. Amory
ssx From this order made general term, the plaintiff appealed
TIE Court Of Appeal aud the Court Of Appeals the December
term the decision ohe Supreme Coa the
Sv smips hs correctness Of referees original decision
xiaoon property nearly halfs million OF doA and
q seeir d..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
BROOKLYN SESSIONS.


At the Kings County Sessions on Tuesday, Terence
Connolly convicted selling number Of hogs e in his charge
eonsrcve grand larceny brought o sentence On the
Court qurns the prisoner heretofore Innate OF the
states Prison, be replied he had but only or LADY, crime ~
Btng 1ked explain be stated that be had married
and convicted Of hgmy The Court conceived his present
ofnso did not ca. for the highest Punishment and sentenced him
three and five months imprisonment AZ Sing sing
John Hamilton and J. Mckinney, convicted Of grand larceny
stealing cattle valued at S2ls from nclosure In
Misuburgh, sentenced each months
Imprisonment Sins Sing portion OF the
ly taken 81 in consequence of mercy
Each Of the parties made snghenea
IN assertion Of innocence the variations eondctag
particulars.
we're convicted Of assault Policeman Williams
Of made the station House Of noise
Proceeded 70 the spot where the second story OF the house they
found room full people-men and Women dsncss no. ths
light eosLt all kinds OF lr.h s and Sainnsan Ante, ons
on two arrests but the more heree and
nexobe empty held On TO the eosttss of the
lords and bachelors and declared for hsh Such implements
could be found bTandhed and some assaults not o. a.
sTrSvted Character penetrated Several however OF the &C
ssd were The defendants not idenihed AZ ths
Informed the Jury that they we're present
.eeuinE they were o9aA
v The guilty and the sentence vas deferred
Es6re Judge hocRE and Justices SrILwELL and srkfkt
Ycsterday W. c. Moss and Thomas Donovan were
on trial OF indictments charging them with msnslaughte
k onh degree killing Cornelius heCae on the va OF oo'e
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05

Prof O. S. Fowler will deliver the first OF course
lectures on PhrenolOgy this evening at the Reformed
Dutch Church
Jersey HospIrAL-On Tuesday evening, just as the
Jersey CITY Common Council about to adjourn, some
one handed resostion to the Clerk, by way OF joke
which he read as follows;
Sso 70 nS mace ale out Of the United states
T lst thew would not venture within the reach OF
Eew-JeBey Justice without sspec'ai invitation.
The resolution was lost almost unanimously
Tax CoURrs-Yesterday the Hudson County Court Of
Quarter Orphans Court adjourned ae session Of
three das during and days This week Justices Grit
Ssl aS1f e G Sw iHs @ tsd @ term
Lawrence Gsey indicted Tor assault and battery on John tagn
Jail Or three months and to flee OF 80 and the costs
JosePh Banlen indicted charge Of assault I'D battery upon
Jsitmab Grady ior assault aud battery Daniel Nc
EsnaIs. fined s. and costs
Of John Ludaw at Wehawken with intent to steal was sen
seneea 70 lai ior 9V Gays ahu 70 pay the cost ~
quantity sesinr &C. pOpey Of the nalroed Com
ihs State for six months and the costs Of Court
Nottingham cony,ed aud Sentenced to the County jail
' s fsl snS n * s on hss Of larceny in stealing from Ar
thur PoPe lumber yard ia Hoboken and fined 81 and
Johr Miller indicted for assault aud battery ThOmss Stanton
Frtderk Norman was larceny,
Comfy for thirty and the costs of
@Tsat @cdyin found guilty assault and battery liza
BsleI Earl selling liquor sunday find SO George sae
for the came otense. hucd SzO
TnE LIQUOR LIcrvsE-At the meeting Of the Common
City Tuesday much of the Liquor
Ordnance required the publication 10 the CORPORATION for
OF the the freehodswhO recommend
be licensed keepers Of inns aud tavern revoked
NEWARK COMMON CouxcrL-Tbe Common Council
organized tho evening Of January by the election
Of Aid Baldwin Precedent Isaac NJ Tucker ected Clerk
unanm ously
SPECIAL ELECTION or AssEMBLYMAN--The special
election for membr Of the Assembly, place Of thu l4.e Wn. n
SeHIles In the fnh Dic OF Essex County which hold
Tuesday resulted the choice Of James n JoGoa Dsmocra
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-05
BROOKZ YN ITEMS.

,.a.x evening 1863 paws in Plymouth Church the
Ward Beecher pastor rented for the year
nc, ,no,- 9s-hehest price s5O-ncudng the premiums
80 amounted to $1,000 50 per cent more premium IMAM
There are 1876 pews left which, whom rented
xl be at the adjourned sale on Saturday evening"
mr.te the whole over $4,000
g.. III ne seen BY notice in our advertising columns
..,,he Rscbsbitss in Brooklyn to hold public Tenn
90 meeting this evening, at the Centenary NJ T.
- corner of johnson and Jay sts to commence Of u
.s,.t The Rev Mr. Hatfield ofthe Fleet st NJ E Church.
y. THOMAS scbnebley editor Of Tie Union Ark, and the
%, Mr. Whitecar, Of the Centenary Church are to
he he principal speakers.
svovv on LOEG IsLASD-SToPPAGE OF THE RAILROAD
,-n.r,s-The recent storm was more severe a. the
,sr end of Long Island than for many years previous
ZONE places slong the route of the Railroad IS RON
r 10 ak feet deep completely stopping the trans oeyond
TsLe Road q distance OF 80 miles from brooklyn. Oh
saturday ast the Company started Two passenger trains
~ fonr locomotives which proceeded a. ta as ePstoad
800 where one of the tenders gave out and was sent
hssE for repairs The passengers stayed there all night
"a ,e,t morning the pillow was put into requslt0n,
"a ds tract again cleared between the Branch and ia
s;cs and thence TO Hempsted village, when the iocomo
80 ,sn Of the track md several of the passengers pro
~ a. their destination in sleighs The track cleared
:" Tste Road on Monday night beyond which the trains
cs,no proceed Two trains only have reached Brooklyn
; vel but from the excrtions made by the Company it
4; obable that all distractions viii be removed in the
course of dGy or and the road reOpened the entire
length.
VALUATION OF REAL Estate AND Personal PROPERTY
~ PRooKLYs-The following statement of the Valuation
- Poi end Personal Estae of the several Wards OF the
Ca ~ Broollyn for the years 1852 and 1883 ap
ded 10 the Message Of The Mayor which was read to
he Cannon Council on Monday night last;