Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

/ claims which have been deferred too long already
for the want of funds. The amount from each
4 being but tIle. i, is expected no one will de-
lay lhe immediate payment Of the same. Per
sons al a distance will please remit their respec.
tive amounts by return mail, for which recelp
will be Immediately returned.
These who have favored US with advance
payments, and beftiended us with various acts o
Kindness and hberalily, have our unfeigned ant
hearty thanks for the same. Nov. %.
Have you Paper I've would PROFOUND
to every family in this section OF The
County, the simple question, "HaUe y0u
a Newspaper 2" The long winter even
Ings are now upon us, and it would be
well for every person TO provide such
means as may be at their command to
pass them pleasantly, as well as probably
TO themselves and those around them.
There is nothing, perhaps, can be sug-
gested, which contributes so much to the
pleasure and happiness of family, (par-
iicularly where there are young children
at this season Of the year, as the weekly
visits of a good family newsr or
which, at the same time, is productive Of
more real substantial good. Children are
fond Of newspapers, for the simple reason
that the articles are generally short, and
Iof such diversity of character as TO at
tract their attention, interests their minds,
and prepares them as they grow older for
more substantial reading, The Register,
we feel convinced, is particularly adapted
10 the wants of such, Tor ii has and ever
will be our aim TO make it q family pa
per and whilst we continue TO give the
public an inkling of the "passiag tidings
of the times" at home as well as from
abroad, we will endeavor to disseminate
wholesome moral sentiments, such as
should be inculcated within the circle Of
every family. 1t is fact, however, al
the contemplation which The intelligent
reader must blush, that there are a. this
day many families, with grown sons and
daughters around them, within whose
walls a newspaper never enters. Such
persons are too far behind the age in
which they live for their own or the pub
lie good. They are, generally speaking,
too Ignorant TO appreciate newspaper adj
vanlages themselves, much less those of
education, and too ntggardy TO give
their children the means by which they
might acquire at least common-sense ideas
of themselves and the world around them.
Nomination. of Henry A. Wise.-ln the
political, as in the physical world, strange
events are constantly passing. The NOM
nation of the Hon. HENRY A. WISE, by
the recent Convention Of the Democratic
party, over the heads of the veterans OF
the party, is certainly remarkable event.
The most evenGul period of his political
life was spcn, in bitter and violent de,
nunciaton of the great Jackson ; not his
political but his personal character consli
:uinglhe Ia rget at which his shafts dipPet
in venom, w,r. nushed. But a short time
since in Pc llical speeches delivered III
Charestown and Martinsburg, he declar'
ed "the administration Of Mll!ard Fillmore
Washing ton-like."
| We must confess that we are pleased
with this exhibition of political charity
Ii is an evidence that better days are com
ing. The Bible teaches us 10 Glove oul
enemies, TO "return good for evil :
and we are glad to see these sacred injunc'
tons acknowledged and acted upon by
political parties as well as individuals.
Graham's agaZine.-This old lavorite
magazine, though now in new hands, con
linues lis attractions Doth literary and pic
loral. The December number contains
another of the admirable series of national
pictures which. as fronlispieces, has &C
companicd Ileadley's History of Wash.
Iington. This one represents Washington
administering the oath of allegiance to hi;
Generals at Valley Forge, and the arts
qives 10 each veteran all that noble manli