Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

1t was NOS all past One enduting ef.
feet remained ever after, 10 iuapfins on
Ellen Stirling. memory, and onithe me-
mories ofsalI who know her, the event OF
chat long night. Such had been her s1t-
fering. anxiety and terror, that in those
few hours. her hair turned as white ~
HoEssFola Words, .s.,sss a II
MADISON uPoS FIR FIR aNKIIS.
The suBjoined anecdotes OF DR. FrenkS
| lin, as far as,we know. have never been IA
print before. They. are from the pen Of
Mr., Madison. and will, for that reason,
become dopbly, Interesting There eAn-
not. we believe, be any doubt as 70 their
authenticity, The original Ms. Is tempo
f@s'y z ia i, II PFssasKLts.Ef aid not 6ssome
acquainted with DR., Franklin till alter
his return from France and election 20 The
Chief Magistracy OF Pennslyaaia Dar
ring the session OF the grand Scnyensions
of which he was member, as long after
asShe lived. had opport tiles Of enjoy.
ing. much of his conversation, which was
always a feast 70 me. neyer passed halt an
hour in his. company without hearlpg sotne
observation or apecdots worth remember;
Among those which I,hSse ,oiIeR toI
peated, aud can, therefore, be sure that
my memory accurately retains, are the
/" Previous to the Convention, and
whilst the States were seeking, by their,
respective regulations, 70 enlarge, as much
as possible, their share in the general
commerce, the Dr. alluding to their jeRl:.
ousies and competitions, remarked that Is
would be best for all Of them to let The
trade be free, in which case il would le:
eIitseIf and leave 70 each It's proper share
These contest, he saids put him In mind
of what had once passed between little
girl, eating milk and bread out of the
same bowl, ''brother," /" cried the little gifl.
:" eat on your own side, you get more than
your share" as,. ..t.f.s. s. -. -
I" Inthe Convention the differences oil
opinion was often very great, and Il 'oes
casionally happened that the votes Of The
states were equally divided, and It6 ques.
tions undecided. On a particular day
when several subjects Of great ihipottaps8ss.
were successfully discussed, and great di.,
versity of opinion, expressed, u happensf
that tho votes Of the States were eqaaIly
divided, and the Questions undecide
On particular day, when several sub
jects Of grsatimportance were successive.
ly discussed, and great diversity Of opin.
ion expressed, it happened that on each
of them this was the case 80 that hoth@
ing was done though the whole day, and
appearances were not little discoutagihg,
as to successful issue tb the unde ertaRing.
After the adjournment, the DIR. Observer
to several OF Us who were near him, ia
alusion to the poor sample which had,
been given OF human reason, that there
was on board a ship, in which he once
crossed the Atlantic. a man who had from
his birth been without the sense Of smell
ing. On sitting down 70 dinner one day, !.
one Of the mess cut of piece of beef
and putting it To his nose, cried out, "this
beef stinks." The one next to him, cut
ting and smelling piece, said l"n not At
all, it is as sweet as any meat ever
smelt." A third passing across bis h9s6
several time, "stinkS. says lie, no, i
believe not yes, l believe it docs re-
peatinp the Opposite opinions as often as he
made the trial. Tho same doubts and
contraristies went round, as the company
one after the other, expressed tlieir opihs
ions. "Now, gentlemen" exclaimed ths
man without the sense Of smelling 9 an
satisfied Of what have long suspected.
that what you call smelling has no, exist
tence, and that ii is nothing but mere faus
cy and prejudice."* Z. W.
In a conversation with him one day
whilst he was confined 10, bis bed, the
subject Of religion, with Tvs various doe
trines and modes, happening TO turn up.
the Dr.. remarked, that no shoult be glad
to see au experiment made OF q religion
that admitted OF no pardon for tranSgF6ss,
sions; the hope Of impunity being tie
great encouragement 70 them. In H.
Iustration. Of this tendency, he said3'
that when he was a young man be
was subject 10 fEs Of indigestion, bToag gut
on by indulgence at table. On con-
planning Of it 70 q friend he feconis
mendsd; as q remedy, q Few drops
of oil Of wormWood. whenever that haps2
pened and that he should carry a little
vial Of Il about him. On trial he found
the remedy to answer, and then said hes
having my absolution IN my pocket i vent
on shining more freely thai ever. otts y
IOn entering his chamber ia bis ext.i
treme age, when he had been much ex'
hausted by pain aud was particularly sen-
sible OF his ws4knessy q Mr. Msgis said5lie
q these machines OF odrs, however admise
rabIy formed, win not last Away Nine,
/ find. iust worn OUT. IEmust have
been u6commonly good one, " obsergedg
to last so long. specially under The painful
maIady which had cotoperateda With age,
in preying on it adding that ] could not
bat hope that he Was yet tpsrenain some
time with US, aud that the Cause of Bis
suffering might wear out faster than slis
constitGtiont The only alIeyiation, he
said, 70 pain vas opium, and tf at be
Eouad a. vel 4 pFei tyli sure one j told