davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

AN EcCENTRGo PGEAcuEB,-M Mutray's "a
q Handbook OF South lmIy". is just pub !,
Ished, and contains some curious stories
respecting Fra Rocco, the celebrated Doe.
minician preacher and the spiritual Joh !,
Miller, Of Naples. On one occasion, it is &
related. he preached on the mule. a'peni-
tcntial sermon, and introduced SO many
illuslraliOnsof terror, chat he soon brought
his hearers TO their knees, While they s,
were thus showing every oontrition, he
cried out . Now all you WHO sincerely
repent of your sins. hold up your hands . :,
Every man in tile vast mulEiLhdu imma.
diately stretched out his hands. /" Holy
ArchangeI Michael" exclaimed Rocco.
" thou who with thine adamantiue sword
standest at the Right Of the JUDI dgemenL!seat
OF God. hewi pe OFF every hand which has
been raised hypocritically" In az in. g
stant every hand dropped, and Rocco Of :
course poured forth fresh torrent Of eld.
quent inYectiye against their sins and
their deceit. He had a great dislike 70
tobacco, and when once preaching 70 = 9
crowd of Spanish sailors he astoupded
them by telling them that there were no
Spanish saints in heaven. A few, 10
said. had been admitted, but they smoked
so many cigars, that they made the holy
virgin sick aud 81. Peter set bis wits u
work TO get them out. AT length. he
proclaimed that bull 6ght was 70 take
place outside the gate OF. Paradise--
rkereupon every Spanish saint without
exception ran off TO see the eight, and 81.
Peter Immediately closed the gates, and
took care never 70 admit another S3a.
piard.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19
WnAr TaEr - g 4efgninch

WHAT TaEY yoqf oRE @funch
saws in bis1'gcket- Boot f5r 1864 = that
tlls-- gfe seYeE4iT TIlngs which y5d can
nefer by any accident ret 4 lady. be ehe
young or old. 10 eonses lo. H.Te ag.
some Of them ''EhaE sile aeas tseht.z
1 hat her shoes are too i6r
That she IS ever tired at B8it. Tf
she Palnls. hat she Is as sd h
looks. lliat she has been mOfe ,a,
hyt; minutes dressing. Thai SIC blu.bed
=. '.nsn eertaill persoh's name was mem
tioned That she ever saws asy, l;,.s ~.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19
CHAPTER II.

ShAflEh II.
Good morning, Mr. Phogie," sail
Mr.. Wyman. liberal minded merchant.
rs he entered tie counting room of the
former
Good morning, sir; anything new TO-
day?"
:" call to see you about young
man who has been in your employ
mean Dixon"
Phogie was all attentian.
&c want book keeper, and he has
applied for a situation. How is he ?'
Phoge did not very we'll like to say he
was competen: man. honest, faithful and
Jealous; he dare not say he was any
thing else: so he was compelled to COM
promise the matter for the moment by
saying nothing.
IL was very much surprised to hear
from him that he had left your service
Anything unpleasant 90
No."
Blot the books %
"No."
Inaccurate ?"
"No."
"OR too much 90
No, nothing of the kind"
"But he was always considered one OF
the most promising young men on the
street p"
Yes"
Wyman was perplexed at the taciLurni-
ty of the other.
Il don't ask from idle curiosity;
want book keeper"
Pbogie was dumb.
Has the young man any fault?" and
there was visible evidences of imPaIience
in the tone and manner of the merchant.
mot that know of.
20. you didn't want him %
No-that is-yes-but-"
Exactly so 90 said Wymau laugh.
Phogie laughed too. he could not help
laughing when he saw what a figure
he was making; besides, a laugh is
sometimes a great relief to man in a
quandary.
elf you must know. wyman, I'll tel
you. gave him Eve hundred for the
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19


by lad at school at Providence, r.
who soon after died, and they are pu
lished at the request of relative of Il
My friends, you fatter me too high,
If really you think that 1
Fer felt the poets fame,
For though the muse I've oft assayed
To WOO, yet flies she TO the shade,
Quicker than the New England maid,
And leaves mo still the same.
But by the Lyceum's resolves,
The task tonight, on me devoIves
To try my skill at rhym,
And if from me, (us much l fear,)
Nothing OF interest appear,
Still, may you something b'tter hear,
And have "grand 60 cd time.''
There's joy depicted on each face,
Each maiden's churms-each manly grace,
Before my vision shine;
The 'stution girls, with eyes so bright,
And happy boys, are here tonight,
And joyous as the summers light
Your faces turn TO mine.
Full we'll know the cause of this,
For oh ! the thought of earthly bliss
You soon will visit home,
You go to be by parents blest,
BY sisters welcomed, friends caressed,
And joy shall thrill each beating breast.
Within fathers dome.
Oh how each thought Of other years,
OF chiIdhoOd's hopes and chiIdhooJ's fears,
And all ofjOy below,
Cluster around that one dear word;
That 'home,' by which if only heard,
The. fount of feeling oft is stirred
Till tears begin TO flow.
No wonder then that from each brow
The shade of grief has fallen now,
Or that each heart beats high:
For e'er has passed another week.
Each ono his fircsdo shall seek,
And taste of joys, 1 may not speuk,
Beneath his homes own sky.
But oh! though all SO happy be,
The cup of joy is not for me,
But feelings of regrets.
To those who far away do dwell,
Whose word my pen can never tell,
And that sweet hons love 50 we'll
may not see them yet.
Full many week must pas; away,
And many dark and lonely day
With lowering sky above;
Before my fathers hall seek,
Or hear his kindly accents speak
Or mothers kiss upon the cheek,
Shall leave the dew oflovc.
And must part from you SO soon,
You who have been 10 me boon
By Heaven itself bestowed,
All cen as round the boughs cntwino
The tender branches of tho vine;
So close has cIung this heart of mine,
TO you in TINS abode.
The thought that wo must sundcrcd bo
So quickly, ali! it burdens mo
With grief that's felt in vain;
And us l turn to you mine eyes,
Visions of friends before mo rise
From Carolina's sunny skies
To wintry forests of Maine.
But stay, would not damp one heart,
Nor one sad feeling would impart,
Nor cloud ono laughing brow:
No, no, 1 wish you ever free
From every caro- that presses me,
And that through life you all may Ee
As full Of joy as now.
Yes, may each guardian angel bless
And pour on you such happiness,
As tongue can't fully tell;
And when you muse some future day
On years that long have passed away,
Then send one lingering thought, pray,
To him that bids turer1eiI!
THOMAS WHITE.
PROVIDENCE, r. 1.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

"I AN Az AMERIcAE c.BrBo Bosom :" bE z
lecture recently deIiEfs told the foll6wiSs
Mr. Geo. WsdTdibg to the Transcripts:
anss'a4s49s whilst sailing down the Da-
nube In steamer, he was approached by
q stranger-a Haugarian-of noble al.
Pearance and impressive manners, Who
sccosted Mr. Curtis as an EngIishman !.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19
WHOLE NO. 1875.

rican. he whispered ia his ear Will. .marhs
ediemphasiss; t''Ehen thank God for yotl
are protected by the greatests mos pow
erful, aud the only free nation easthe
earth" o lis
Russia. Henry Bedinger. Mi
mister TO Denmark. writes asfollows 10 the
lCharlestown Spirit Of Jetfersons sss eit.l
e The plans of Russia are deeply laid
and well matureds her robjeetis possession
and poweEsin the .Easts aud that, Object
will not be abandoned without q Struggle
think we need no further proof of Ihis
than her alliance with the Persian Co.
vernment. Through tkat door she hoeeS
to open her way 10 the British possessions
in India, and you will have perceipetli
that the Old Lon has at length ceased to-
'snore, opened wide his eyes, aud absos
lutely seems preparing in earnest for ass
ton. - la.fr.a.a asi aaa
- Russia is, and always has been, ssfrs
of AustriR-s counts upon the neutrali:
ty, at least of Prussia--she is intriguing
hard with Sweden. and not mach regard,
to the minor Powers Of Europe. But9
her great hope, her main reliance i upon
the calculation that the soldiers of0
the armies Of France and England can
never be made eordially aud seaioaslk 10
fight side by side against herself or any.
other Power She knows well the rooreda
antipathy which had existed, aud still exsg
lists between the people of France and 4
those OF England. She knows that al..
although the French hate The Cossaeks. !,
they delest still more the nation whose
gold transported them 70 her capital, apdf
that the memory of the retreat from Mos,
COW does not inspire them with one 1.-THE d
of the thirst for vengeance tfns is ava -
kened by tire bare mention of the name ot
Wa eri0o." II
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

last year; he wants six for the next.
won't give it,
"No 2" .hs
Yes, that is the whole story
''Wait minute till have secured
him, and then will talk with you," and
Wyman moved towards the door.
gle, not little astonished to find his
neighbor so eager to complete the en-
gagement.
!" Yes. seven. if he demands it."
81 can send you half dozen in an
hour, who will engage for three"
+" Will you give bonds for their integ-
rity and fidelity ?" asked Wymau, with a
sneer.
"Pooh p
Pooh The fact is 1 have suffered
enough from cheap clerks. Assure me
that young man is honest and true to
nv interest, and never will let him leave
me on account of any reasonable differ
ence about salary. All that Solomon
said about virtuous woman believe
in with regard 10 an honest and faithful
clerk"
II can't afford to pay these big sola-
| AASSb odiO q AOO'S MS
business when you pay him too much"
Nonsense He will respect himself.
which every man must do, in order to
keep himself honest"
You are transcendentalist.
81 am common sense. You say you
cannot afford to pay high salaries. Can
you afford TO have semi.annuRl deficit
in your cash account of three hundred
dollars botched up with false entries.
lying balances and the like ?''
Mr.. Phogie had never been troubled
in this way, and there was no probabili-
ty that he ever should be; he looked out
for his business himself. and he should
like to see the clerk that could bamboozle
him.
Mr.. Wyman thought otherwise. and
took his leave, wondering at the stupidity
of his friend. 1t occurred to him as he
left the counting room, that it was not ve-
ry strange after all, that clerks on three
hundred year can drive $40 horses and
go to the opera three nights in week ;
not very strange. either, that petty dcfal-
cations were discovered occasionally; and
that young men on small salaries got
ahead amazingly fast.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

~ Mrs. Harris says. foreigners re-
semble each other SO much that She can't
more than half the time tell an ourane
Uutang from Frenchman. The lady. s
not only getting impatient. but pe-s
who poyerns
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
Wyman engaged Dixon and Phogie
procured the services Of an i'll looking fel-
low at three hundred dollars. The next
time he saw Wyman he indulged in lit
tie innocent raillery over the fact that he
paid his new clerk but just half the salary
Dixon received. and Phogie thought he
was even better book keeper than Dix
On-wrote palmer hand. and could run
up column Of figures rather quicker
AS 10 the new clerks honesty, he had a
testimonial as big as the invoice book; aud
his maternal uncle was president of The
Soap and Candle Makers Bank-of
course he was honest
Things went on swimmingly for six
months. The new assistant was q Jewel,
and when Mr. Quildriver, the head book
keeper was taken by the rheumatism,
which proved TO be chronic, Mr.. Phogie
had SO much confidence in this notable
nephew of notable uncle. that he gave
him the entire charge of his books. and
in the Iiberaity of his big heart. advanced
his salary to lour hundred doll ars a
year.
On the first of January, however. when
Mr.. Phogie called for the balance sheet.
it was not ready. The trial balance did
not come out right, and the profit and
loss account looking thunderingly
strange" rs Mr.. Phogic classicaIly ex
pressed. Three days were hupelcs>ly
used up in taking stocks but the thing
could not be figured out.
Mr.. PhOgie began To be alarmed. The
General-a noted expert in unravelling
Complicated and difficult accuunts-was
called to examine affairs but no sooner
did the smart nephew Of the President of
the Soap anh Candle Makers Bank see
the well known grey locks of the expert
bent over the obstinate folIios, than he
stepped out to lunch. and by some singu-
lar oversight forgot to return.
The upshot of the whole matter was
that the General discovered an absquatu-
lation of some fifteen hundred dollars
just enough to keep the dapper little
book keeper in opera and 2.4U's during
the season.
OF course the thing went up and down
the street. and the little ragged boys in
State street beloved it at the tops of
their lungs into the ears of the passer by.
why. Phogie. how's this ?" said Mr.
Wyman. meeting the supporter of the
cheap clerk system.
Mr.. Phogie used very hard word
which only ministers are permitted to use
in very stirring sermons.
"Pay 'cm well. Phogie, and they
won't steal; and when you get faithful
servant don't part with him.
Phogie scowled and ed sed of.
"By the by. Dixon has brought every
thing out as square as brick. Trial ba-
lance, balance sheet, everything foots up
without the variation of a penny" con-
tinued Wyman maliciuusIy, as Phogie in
creased his speed.
Poor, penny wise. pound d-foolish mer-
chant he learned better after that.
For the satisfaction of the reader, we
may as well add that Dixon got thou
sand for his next years service, and thai
he is now engaged to his employers pref
ty daughter. with the prospect OF immvdi-
ateIy becoming partner in the concern.
.4HsyieaD Union.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

last year; he wants six for the next.
won't give it,
HNo ?' ha
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-19

R;Hs
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
Railroad Festival

1t may not be generally known to our
citizens that OH Monday next, our city is tc
be visited by large party of distinguished
persons from the cities of the Eust, on thei,
way to the Falls Of ST. Anthony. Among
them will be Ex-President Fillmore, who
Is now in the city Of Chicago.
A special train will leave Chicago at s
O'Clock A. M. and reach here at A o'clock
L. NJ. Five steamers have been chartered
for the occasion and will be in readiness at
the Rock Island wharf to receive their
guests The name orthe boat and number
Of their state room is furnished on their
tickets, 50 that they will Immediately 60 on
board and take possession.
Dinner will be served on board the boats
soon after the arrival Of the train, and after
a display Off fire works from the foot Of Rock
Island in the evening, the boats will start on
their trip up the River and return to Rock
Island on Saturday morning
The Chicago Journal of last Thursday
says that the hotels of that city are taxed to
their utmost for the accommodation OF those
who had already arrived, and suggests that
private houses be thrown open for their
The Press of yesterday
says that number Of citizens have ''signi-
fed their willingness to entertain the mem
bers Of the railroad festival"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
Excitement at Boston.

The people Of Boston have at last got
something to excite them in the way Of a
fugitive slave case. Abolitionists appear
to BE- enraptured at the prospect it gives
them Of revenging themselves upon the adj
yocates of slavery for the passage OF the
Nebraska bill. The telegraph accounts Of
the progress Of the trial are SO voluminous
that we are forced to abridge them. Such
scenes can result in no good to the country,
unless it be esteemed good to keep the
cauldron Of slay r. boiling; and experience
shows US, that the more the subject is agi-
tuted the wider it spreads itself.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
Saturday, June 8, 1854.
The Temperance Question,

The Dubuque Erpress, true to its instinct
and ofthe party whose sentiments it reflects
is down upon the recent Temperance Con
venton for passing a resolution to interro
gate the candidates for Governor with re.
gard to their Temperance principles. 1t
asks, where Is the sound sense or Justice oil
this! II is found in the fact that our next
Legislature will be elected upon the Tenn
pcrancc question, and where would be the
utility of so much cxertion to elect men
sound upon this question, If at the same
time Governor be chosen who will veto
any bill they may pass look ing to a temper
ance reform in our State! We don't know
whether there are any Temperance men in
Dubuque county, but if there be, we shculd
suppose such sentiment as the following
coming from the Express would have ten
dency to cause them to repudiate all sup
port to such men az the Democrats here
"The men who have been selected in this
county by the Democratic party for the
over House of the General Assembly, are
men OF highly exemplary department and
habits, yet we know perfectly
we'll, that they would resist to the death the
idoption of such law as disgraces the state
If Maine"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
WHOLE NUMBER 574

ton Their acts as public men are subject
to the scrutiny and animadversion of their
constituents. They cannot divert public at
,entlon from their own conduct by attempt
ing to make up false issues with me. 1t
has not been my fault that they voted for a
bill, which in the language Of the venerable
and distinguished Statesman Of the West
Col. Benton
SIS burlesque upon sovereignty. 1t
gives to the people instead of receiving from
them an organic act! One in which they
are denied every attribute Of sovereignty,
denied freedom Of elections, denied freedom
Of voting, denied choice Of their own laws,
denied the right Of fixing qualifications Of
voters subjected to q foreign supervision
and controllable by the Federal Govern
ment, which they have no hand in electing.
and only allowed to admit and not reject
Slavery. Their sovereignty only extends
to the subject of Slavery, and only to one
side Of that--the admitting side-the other
half Of the power being held to be denied by
the Constitution which is extended over
them, and which according to the reading
of the supporters of this bill. forbids any
law to be made which will prevent any citi-
zen from going there with with his slaves.
This is squatter sovereignty, non.interven-
tion, and no power to legislate in Terrific
ries upon Slavery. And this is called
principle of non-interven-
the people alone to settle the
question OF Slavery for themselves"
1t has not been my fault that they have
voted for bill, which in the opinion of that
able and accomplished lawyer, admits Sla-
very into the Territories, but denies the
power to exclude it. 1t has not been my
fault that they have voted for bill deny
ing the elective franchise to foreign born
citizens, under the pitiful assumption that
the House OF Representatives would strike
that obnoxious clause out. 1t has not been
my fault that they have driven away north
ern men from the support of the Iowa Rail
road bills, by always following the lead and
doing the bidding of the extremists Of the
South, and with full knowledge that Rail-
road grants are carried by Northern instead
Of Southern votes. It has not been my
fault that they have always been found sup
porting Southern interests, rather than the
free labor interests of their own consti-
tuents. And | can assure them that it
will not be my fault if they much longer
continue to misrepresent the true interests
and desires of the people they pretend to
serve.
Having refuted the false charges prefer
red against me, leave the Senators from
Iowa to the consideration of an intelligent
and rejecting public.
JAMES w. GRIMES.
Burlington, May 23d, 1854.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08

LUMBER SElzURE.-The short-horned,
pot-bellied, slow.running steamer Berlin.
late under command of Commodore Estes,
OF the United States lumber seizure service
was in port yesterday She is about to en-
gage in more laudable business, her late
Commodore having been arrested in his
/" mad career" by the determination OF the
authorities at Washington, to take other
steps. than those lately pursued, to protect
their timber lands. This determination
loses the government very Industrious
officer, knocks the Berlin out of contract
bv which her owners were making fifty dol
lars day. and relieves lumbermen OF the
necessity of committing homicide in defence
of themselves and their property; tor az
of which we should be profoundly thankful
We would suggest to our Representative
in Congress, the propriety OF obtaining
from the proper Office at Washington a pal
ance sheet, setting forth in good CONNER
cial style, the receipts and expenditures-
The profit and loss--of the Burlin's cruise
The curiosity Of the public, on this poln''
should BE- gratfed.-G Galena Jdfersonaon.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
Grimes on tho Senators.

We surrender considerable OF our space
to-day 10 the able reply Of Mr.. Grimes to
the systematic effort made by our Senators,
through the columns of the Iaton newspa.
per, to weaken his prospects in Iowa Mr.
Grim IS triumphantly vindlcates himself ana
shows up our Senators in no enria0'e light.
Men who will lend themselves the tools OF
such = toudy as Curtis Bates, deserve to be
placed in that position most favorable TO
astronomical observations
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08

Coop BLoop.-One day last week, Mrs.
Horton, who resides about three miles from
Oswcro, saw large pine tree fall across
the railroad track. She instantly laid
down her baby, called her husband from
his work, and they both ran to the railroad,
= distance of some hundred rods, taking an
axe with them. But the tree was sound,
and no less than two feet in diameter where
il crossed the track, the spot being at
short curve in the road, and out OF view
from any considerable distance. Worse
than all, the time for the train to pass was
close at hand. Probably at the sugSes.iou
of the wife, as women are always pest az
expedents, Mr.. Horton Immediately took
of his red flannel drawers, tore them IN
two and ran up the road with one leg
While his wife ran down with the otner.
n a few minutes the mail passenger tram
,nnroached at full speed, when It was A.
rested by Mrs. Horton standlhg On -"
rack, waving the red flannel drawers On
mullen stalk. The tree vas soon cus sho
rnlled off the track with the aid o. the pas
senoers, who proceeded on their Journey;
many lives and limbs doubtless having osen
saved by this kind and nohle act q M's'
Horton.