Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-12
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Wheeling. Intelligencer. the editor Of
hich vas ia attendance. as a Juror. at
the last Federal Court Our town was
blessed upon that occasion with three
strange editors MsssFs. Taylor Of the
Intelligeneer; Drinkard of the Fairmont
True Yirginian. and Alfred of the Wes-
ton Herald; good, clever fellows. as edi-
tors all are. While such men are select
ed as jurors, justice must be done.
A Few DAYS IN TIE MouNrA1Ns.-We
have come to the deliberate conclusion
that Clarksburg, Harrison county, Yir-
gina, with its environs, is considerable of
q place, 1t otmore'so. With three other
of our tcitizens. We were notified that
our services were wanted to aid in theiim.
partial administration of justice in the
"Great Federal Court for the Western
District Of Virginia, and Notwithstanding
the pressing demands of many duties at
home, we set out for the performance of
the duty required of us abroad. We left
in the train conducted by Captain Hoo
yer, and wegIeturn ourthanks to thatex
cellent and gentlemanly conductor for our
safe and pleasant transit to Fetterman.-
Arrived there, how our party were cha
griaedHto find that the coach for Clarks-
burg had left. leaving US. like Gilpin's
wig, on the road, 10 follow after. or
choose the pleasant alternative of waiting
until the next morning at tavern, which
we regret to say we don't wish to say
much about; how We heroically determine
ed to walk TO Pruntytown, and how we
did walk to that pleasant little village.
knapsack ON back. and shillaly in hand
how the good people along the road who.
we were informed, were on the look out
for band of vagabonds who had been
counterfeiting Uncle SANS coin, setting
houses on fire, committing depredalions
on hen-roosts. and performing divers
other tricks against the peace and dignity
Of the Commonwealth, eyed US coYly;-
how mine host Mr.. a. Smith-not Alex
ander Smith the poet-but whose swing
ing sign. bearing the inscription, Enter
tainment by a. Smith, is MS inviting as
his neat, clean house and excellent table
are refreshing to the way.worn >traveler
RECALLED US with repast which was
much better suited at that time to our
keen appetites than the poetics of his
namesake; how we negotiated for u con.
veyanCe from PruntyLuwu TO ClarkSburg;
how the assembled cilizens-for it was
court Extraordinarily favored US with
some very useful admonitions respecting
the strength and solidarity" of the vehi-
Giles in question as compared with the
load they had to bear: how our friend.
the exdelegate Of Taylor county. Mr.. j..
S. Burdctt, kindly came to our assistance
with his Rockaway carriage; with what
brilliant hopes Of reaching the scene of
our high mission, we started; how the
aforesaid Rockaway. under the ponderous
weight of an Congressman. ex.dele-
gate, and live editor, broke down. leav-
ing US to walk in the cool twilight like n
funeral train after the vehicle, reduced 10
such melancholy condition; how Mr..
johnson, OF Bridgeport most kindly fur
nished US his carriage to complete our
journey, and how we reached our desti.
nation, one hundred and twenty miles
from Wheeling, lin safety on the same day
that we started, are all matters of an ex-
citing nature, and remembered by US
with peculiar pleasure.
The Federal Court. which was in ses.
sion at Clarksburg. last week, had u large
amount of business before it. and al
though his Honor, Judge Brockenbrough,
presides in a manner peculiarly adapted
to the faciitation Of business, the Court
was unable to reach many cases before
the time prescribed for II journment. The
gases disposed of were mostly of a local
nature. and possess lit:le interest to the
general reader.
ClarkSburgis the fairest specimen we
have met with in the West Of true Vir-
gininn town. Astounding in whole souled
hospitality, gentlemen Of fine talents and
cultivated taste, and ladies whose charms
would WOO a synic. or command thu ad
miration of the enthusiast.
"In those visions to the eye disp laying
Forms which lie sighs but to have only dre=med.'
To Harrison county, Virginia is iudebt.
ed for many OF her most talented and dis
tinguished sons, and in al! the advanta
ges Of rich natural resources. we'll cul
tlvatcd soil. an enterprising and energetic
population, she justly occupies high p0
sitIOn among the priceless jewels Of the
loyal Old Dominion.
The sojourner in Clarksburg will and
Bartlett's Hotel conducted BY gentle.
man Of the true old Virginia school, and
that he will spare no pains or expense TO
make his guests feel at home within hi,
hoSpitable mansion.
A pleasant consumma,ion of our plea
SAINT visit to the mountain counties, WA,
supplied by Captain Dukeheart. the popu
lar conductor ON the Baltimore and Oh;
Railroad, who is provcrbiaI for maxim.
time up TO the minute. as he did on GU,
return.
If our young friend with keen appre
citation of the beautiful and pathetic bal
lad in which these lines occur
"Ltdy N lncy, she died. as it might be, today.
Lord Lowell, he died tomorrow