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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14
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ENonAND AND IRE1AND.-Tho New
York J! Times has tho following .tory from
Washington
The British representative here has
discovered secret circular of the Irish
Emigrant Aid Association, whose object
is to Aid Ireland TO FREQ herself from
England's rule, now while tho latter is
now engaged in the Eastern war. Bd-
tain is seriously alarmed, and beseeohoS
the President to take instant measures
to save Ireland from tho Irish"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

F1onr BETWEEN RATTLEsNAKE AND
HoGs.-The State Rights Democrat, pub.
Iish at EIba, Alabama, narrates the fol-
lowing incident:
1.-Two gentlemen were lately in the
woods, when their attention was attracted
by an uproarious noise Of hogs. Think
ing that something uncommon was to
pay, they repaired to the spot, and found
that the hogs had been in 3 fight with q
very large rattlesnake. The fight, from
appearances, had been long and despe-
rate one. Tho snake WAS torn to pieces,
three hogs dead, and q fourth dying
They say that. as the Last hogs would
groan, the snake would raise his head,
being unable to do anything else. The
snake and fourth hog soon died. They
report that for thirty yards around the
grass and ground were torn up. The snake
was six and half or seven feet long
The hogs in the fight, had demolished all
the rattles except two"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

REVOLUTION IN MoNTEv1DEo.-By the
way of Southampton we have dates to the
1st Of September from Montevideo. On
the 2eth August, Flores was driven from
his position, and on the following day
hoisted the banner of another legal presi-
dency. The British Packet says:
Flores is reported to be at the head of
500 or 600 cavalry, force against which
the town of Monteviedo can easily defend
itself, but force more than sufficient to
form nucleus for a war in the country
districts. The Brazilliaus are snugly shut
up in the barracks. They might have
upheld the legal presidency in the capi-
tai they cannot put down the legal pre-
sidency in the camp. They have placed
themselves in false position, and it may
require many sacrifices and much blood 70
retrieve the error. It appears that the
President of the Senate declined the pro-
visional presidency. in consequence o.
which Don Lui Lamar was proclaimed BY
popular vote. It is said that some of tht
departments have declared for Flores snc
others for Oribe.
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GENERAL CASA visitor to the resi-.

GENERAL CAss.-A visitor to the resi-.
dence Of this vcteral statesman writes:
81 spent forenoon with Gen. Csss,
Tho old man :" still lives" in the autunis
nal glories Of we'll spent life is hale,
hearty and worth four millions. His Ca
reer has, indeed. been successful. He
speaks in fOreboding language Of our na~
tional prospects, and iS strong In The bo-
lief that disunion will yet carry iIs ban
ners over the Republic"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

The EcL1PsE OF THE MooN.-If the ma
ked eye is to be believed, the astrono-
mers were at fault as to the hour OF the
commencement of the eclipse on the night
of Wednesday. It was half past 12 be-
fore the eartb's shadow touched the
southeast upper portion of the moon
Towards two o'clock the observation was
complete, and the phenomenon grand in
all respects. After the clouds of the
early part of the night had passed off,
the moon shone out in peerless beauty.
and brig htness, and the opportunity for
observation was all that the man of sci-
ence could desire.-NatioHaI Lntelligen~
Ger.
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rrincc CIorfNchnIioN.

A London correspondent Of the Nation
al Intellgencor, though favoring the
course Of the allies, says it is impossible
to read the various accounts which are
nearly every day received from the Cri-
mca relating to the last days Of South Sc
bastopol without arriving Mt the conclu-
sion that Prince Gortschakoff is a con-
summate general. II is now clear, "
says the Daily News, " that the cvacua-
ton Of the south side Of the harbor was
not tho result of sudden panic. Arrange
ments must have been deliberately made
some time before for retreating as soon as
it was no longer tenable. AS far as the
safety of the Russian troops is concerned
these arrangements were completely sue
cessfuI. Every man who could be moved
was conveyed across the harbor in the
face of a victorious enemy. The colossal
preparations for inaicting destruction on
great scale upon the conquerors who
should first enter the abandoned forts
happily failed in a great measure but
they were skillfully designed. The calm
foresight of their chief was worLhily Sec
onded by the devoted valor of his soldiers.
The assailants were obliged to fight hard
for every inch of ground on the day OF
the assault, and only in the Malakof were
they able to maintain the positions which
their impetuous onset had wrested from
the enemy. Sebastopol has been won by
fair fighting its late defenders have now
shown that they are no babes to play with
Withall."
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

~ Little Ellen, child Eve years Of
age, and the only one of the family who
had escaped an attack Of the measels, on
being asked, the other day. how it hap
pened that she had nothad them, prompt
iy replied that it must have been 6ecanss
tksrs sOqs nat enough to go rost.a.
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@- "Do you knOw the prl.oner, M.

eyes. to the bone"
"What is his character ?"
I" Didn't know ho had any"
Does he live near yourH"
I" So near that he has only spent Eve
shillingS for FIRE wood in eight years."
"Did he ever como in collision with
you in any matter ?" -.
"Only once, and that was when he was
drunk and mistook me for lamp post"
"From what you know Of him would
you believe him under oath ?"
"That depends on circumstances. II
he was SO much intoxicated that he did
not know what he was doing. would. II
not intoxicated, shouldn't"
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did the rest.
The foregoing narrative however ro-
mantle it may appear, is nevertheless the
succinct outline of an actual occurrence,
the particulars of which, are shortly
about to engage the attention of the le-
gal tribunals of France. The circum.
stances recall to mind some of the most
picturesque legends of necromancy and
diablery of the Middle Ages.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14
THE LITTLE FRoCK AND SHOES.
BY BENZ. R. MITCHELL. .

BY BENZ. Rs MITCHELL.
a little frock but slightly worn, r.,
Of blue and white delnin,
With edging round the neck and. Sleeves:
Lay 70 lded neat and plain
Beside little pair of shoes
With here and there q flaw,
Lay half concealed among tho things
In mothers bureau drawI
Summer has passed away from earth
With all her sweetest ties,
The birds had left their Summer haunts
For more congenial skies;
Tho twilight breezes swectly played
Among the dews at even
An angel left his home on high
To gather flowers for heaven
The angel near and nearer camo,
Where sister sick did lie;
And gently famed her faded check,
And pointed to the sky;
The morn shone upon tho bed,
Tho Autumn wind blew free, -
The Angel waved its silvery wings, ,>rr..
And Whispered " come with me z" '9HSS
Wo'gathcr'd round her dying bed,
With hearts to weep and pray.
And many were the tears we shed
When sister went away
" No bitter tears had she to weep"
No sin.to..bo forgiven,
But closed her little eyes in sleep,
10 open them in heaven
We laid hcr in green carth's breast,
Down by tho village green,
Whese greatly wecps the dewy grass,
And summer flowers are seen;
And often, when dear mother goes
TO get her things to use,
SEQ her drop silent tear
On sisters frock and shoes.
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a ReantlfnI Trihpte to a WIG.

Sir Jas. Mackinstock. the historian, was
married in early life, before he attained
fortune or fame, to Miss Catharine Stuarti
a young Scotch lady, distinguished more
for excellency Of her character than her
charms. After eight years of q happy
welded life, during which she became the
mother of three children, she died. A
few days after her death. the bereayea
husband wrote to friend, depicting the
character his wife in the following terms:
was guided The observes) in my
choice only by the blind affection of my
youth. 1 found an intelligent companion,
and a tender friend, prudent nounitress.
the most faithful OF wives, and a mother
tender as children ever had the misfor.
tune to lose. met woman who by the
tender management of my weakness,
gradually corrected the most pernicious
of them. She became prudent from af-
fection; and though Of the most generous
nature, she was taught frugality and
economy by her love to me.
"During the most critical period
of my life, she preserved order in my af-
fairs, from the care of which she relieved
me. She gradually reclaimed me from
dissipation; she propped my weak and
irresolute nature she urged my indo-
lence to all the exertions that have been
useful and creditable to me, and she was
perpetually band to admonish my heed>
lessness or improvidence. To her owe
whatever I shall be. In her slicitude for
my interest she never for moment for
got my feelings or my character. Even
in her occasional resentment for which /
too often gave her cause, would to God
I could recall those moments j she
had no sullenness nor acrimony. Her
feelings were warm and impetous but
she was placable, tender and constant.
Such was she whom have lost when her
excellent natural sense was rapidly inn
proving. after eight years. struggle and
distress had bound us together, and mould
ed our tempers, together; when knowl-
edge of her worth had refined my youth
full love into friendship, and before age
had deprived of it much OF its original ar
dor. l lost her, alas the choice of my
youth, the partner of my misfortunes, at
a moment when l had the prospect of her
sharing my better dayS.-HOms Journal.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

LT. GENERAL SCoTT's SALART.-The
Union of yesterday contains the official
opinion Of Attorney General Gushing. un.
der which the President has allowed back.
pay from May, 1847, to 1t. General Scott,
The decision is to the effect that the 9th
section of the act of 1893, creating the
grade of lieutenant general, had been
effectually and finally repealed by the act
of 1921. SO far as regards the title, but as
to the salary it does not clearly appear
that that portion Of the act was also re-
peaIed. The joint resolution Of the last
Congress having revived the grade, il is
held that the statute provision as to pay
and emoluments previously annexed to
the grade or office is, by legal conseo
quence, revived, whether that provision
Of the statute had or not been repealed
Under this decision, therefore, Lieutenant
General Scott receives his back-pay.--
The act OF 1903 allows the following pay
and emoluments
Two hundred and fifty dollars month
ly pay, fifty dollars monthly allowance
for forage, (when the same shall not be
provided by the United States, and for
ty rations per day, or money in lieu there
Of at the current price,"
The act further provides that the Lieut..
General shall have authority to appoint,
from time to time, such number Of aids,
not exceeding four, and secretaries, not
exceeding two, as he may judge proper,
each to have the rank, pay. and emolu-
mcnts of lieutenant colonel.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

w Adversely exaspsrateS fools, de-
jects towards, draws ont the faculties Of
the wise and ingenious, puts The modest
to the necessity Of trying their Skill, aWss
the opulent. and makes the idle indussri-
Gus. Much may be said IN favor Of sd-
vers;ty but the worst Of 1t is, it has no
friends.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

SUBSTITUTE ron BurrEH.-Marry the
girl that you love. You will then have
her TO preside at your breakfast table, and,
unless you are sad dog, indeed, Jon will
not require any BIT her.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

HThe best mosquito bar We know Of
is pretty wife. No intelligent mosquito
would attempt to bore the nutmeg-grater
face Of man, when soft cheeks and rosy
lips we're close along side.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

EThe first step to reason Is 10 feel
the want Of it: folly is incompatible With
this knowledge. The best thing We can
have next TO Wit, is 70 know we have II
not.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

VALUE OF PuHz A1..-Ths noss triafpe
alteration Of the constitution Of the atmos-
phere causes q disturbance Of Cho TeRu-
lar functions OF our organs. Pare aiT is
the bread of respiration.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

INFU1L R1o.-A Cincinnati paper con-
tains an advertisement Of bonnsts and
petticoats for young meme wear, 70 cors
respond with the shaWls NOW 90 uniyor-
sally worn.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

ew"A dreadful little for . shiIlin0. >,
said penurious fellow TO a physician
who dealt him out an emetic I. cant you
rive more e.
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~ OF all the ills which love brings,
jealousy is one for which woman has the
least sympathy.
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cLARKsBURG, WEDNESDAY, NovHMBER
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The Arkansas sVoloano.' y

The Arkansas Herald recently publish
ed an alarming account of supposed
volcano, in Scott county, in that State
A correspondent of the same paper writes
as follows respecting it,
"About one year ago, while travelling
in Franklin county, in this State, my at
tention was attracted by the report OF a
similar explosion, which was said to have
been SO violent as to project rocks and
other heavy substances to a great height
in the atm osphere. Not feeling much
DISPOSED to credit the various exaggera-
ted accounts given of the phenomenon
proceeded to investigate for myself, and
soon became convinced thatit was owing,
not to uoycanic eruption, but to the decom-
position of sulphuret of iron, (aron Pyr'-
,cs one of the most abundant of the ores
Of iron which abound in this region, and
which under certain circumstances, has
been known to undergo spontaneous de-
composition, attended with loud noise
and the evolution of light, heat, and sui
INJURIOUS vapor. Should the account yoi
| have received of the explosions in Scot
county prove correct, they may be ez
planned in the same manner, as sulphur
ct of iron is known to occur there IN th'
greatest abudance."
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Somathing New j
evening.

Fulton perfected the steamboat: some
body gave the world the railroad and To-
comotive engine; Morse actualizea the
electric telegraph, We have now to
announce an invention more important in
it, results, perhaps, than either Of them.
Frof MACLAURIN, an old and we'll
known teacher OF pcnmsuship in this city,
has jayented and brou BIT to perfection a
system by which every person, young or
old, may in a few hours practice, learn
10 write a free, bold, beautiful and rapid
hand writing-rapid beyond belief. We
lave seen a writing book Of the largest
size commonly u-cd in schools, written
through from. beginning to eud, in per
feet uniform and beautiful hand, like cop
per-plate engraving, in two hours, by q
little girl ten years old, after a brief
course of Instruction l. j. miracle OF
kcieDce and art
The system Is a method Of training the
mu-cles, by a series of easy. progressive
and very rapid gymnastic exercises to
form the element and combinations Of
writing. There l. q -: OF his instruction
books, with directions, by the aid of which,
any person may teach himself, and be
qualified to teach other; and the cost OF
the whole system, for SELF Instruction,
with pens and writing books complete
(seut by mail, postpaid, as only One Uol-
lar. We have examined the system aud
its results; We have conversed with the
Inventor, and seen the Testimonials of
the best Teachers and most eminent Ed
ucaiion>ts Of this city, and have 10 ques-
ton that this system will supersede every
other, and make rapid and beautiful wri-
ters "a plentiful as they are now rare
lIc5g York Lcader.
kg- We call the attention of our rea-
dars to the advertisement of the above
System, in our columns, and to the fact
that the Publisher is the respectable, we'll
established and reliable house of CHARLES
B. NoRToX.
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tie itself to the grateful prayers of mill
ions of human beings, now looking with

tie itself to the grateful prayers of mill
ions of human beings, now looking with
anxious hopes to US and to them.
Resozred, That the monument to Wash
ington, now being erected in this city, is
one alike due to his illustrious services,
and to the national honor, and ought to
be finished by Congress, with all conve-
nent speed.
Rcsolted, That such of the Old Thir-
teen States as have not acted in relation
to the proposed construction OF the monu-
ment to the signers of the Declaration OF
Independence, in independence Square,
in Philadelphia, be respectfully requested
to take the necessary steps to carry that
patriotic object into effect
RcsoEted, That copy of our proceed
incs be forwarded to the President OF the
United States, as we'll as to the President
of the United States Senate, and to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
with request to the two latter to lay
them before their respective Houses.
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Eclipses in the Year 1866.

There will be this year four Eclipses,
two of the Sun and two of the Moon.
The First-A total Eclipse of the
Moon. May lst, at 10 o'clock, SO min
utes in the evening, visible.
The Second-A partial Eclipse of the
Sun, May 18th, at 9 o'clock, 8 minutes in
the morning-visible here-only visible
towards the North Pole, Greenland, and
the north part of North America, latitude
90 and 81.
The Third-A total Eclipse of the
Moon, October 24th, at 2 o'clock, %
minutes in the morning, visible.
The Fourth-A partial Eclipse of the
Sun, November 8, at o'clock, 80 minuts
in the afternoon, invisible here, and only
visible at the South Pole,
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1n1itor's Notirc.

Tn the matter Of the account Of Solomon
Walter, administrator of the estate of Barnet
Walter, late of Middle Smithfeld township,
Monroe county, deceased.
The undersigned, auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court Of said county, to examine and
il occasion require, re-settle the said account
and distribute the remaining assets amongst
the creditors entitled thereto, will attend to
the duties of his appointment, on Monday, the
fifth day of February next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
at the house of Jacob Knecht, in The Borough
of Stroudsburg, when and where all persons
having claims are required to present the
same before him. or be debarred from coming
in for share of such assets.
JAMES II. STROUD, auditor.
January 4, 1855
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Hob Law in NOrthampton County.

Tie EaSton ArguS, Democratic, pub
fishes an exciting account Of a mob which
collected at Mooresburg, in that County,
and broke up meeting Of Know Moth
ing Lodge. The members of the secret
organization assembled quietly in an up
per story of public house, and while
transacting their business, the mob Of op-
posing politicians gathered around the ex-
feror Of the house, armed with 6fty-six
pound cannon, which they fired off unit
1t broke all the window glass in the house
Every man in the mob, not engaged IL
loading and firing the cannon, was armed
with some noisy musical instrument, such
rs horn, bugle, trumpet, bass drum, with
which they all kept up such defeDng
noise that the lodge was obliged to dis
perse.
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The Iocpsts.

Doctor Gideon b. Smith, in letter to
the Baltimore Pattiot, gives notice that
the seventeen years locusts will appear in
1855, in the following States, viz
Massachusetts,, about Barnstable and
adjacent towns. This is very small dis
trict, but the locusts will be very numer-
Gus in the groves. They will not, how
ever, "bend down nor even break by their
weight the limbs of trees, as Dr. harr's
remarks they do,
Maryland, the whole OF the Eastern
Shore, -,
Windsor Mill roads, commencing about
: miles from Baltimore and extending TO
Carlisle. Pa. They will appear also ali
over the State in very small numbers.
Virginia, in Kanawha county. This is
very small district, unless it is connec-
ted with the next district, in Kentucky,
&c
Kentucky, about Lexington, Frankfort
Flemmingsburg, and extending to Meig,
and Gallia counties, Ohio.
As you will perceive, this will be very
interesting year to those who Pay atten
ton to such matters, as it will afford aY
opportunity for many observations. The
object of giving this early notice is to en-
able persons to lock for them n05c. The,
can be found in ali the above places
wbere~er trees, $truJJeSy or forests grew il
1888, by digging down one or two feet
They will be found in their cells, inside o
Jumps OF earth of the size of the fist o
larger; and when these are broken by tn
spade or otherwise, the cells will be cx
posed and the locust grubs in them, On
IN each cell.
YOURS. &c.
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piaht Of Colored Persons to Vote.

Dr. NJ. l.. Smith, Representative from
Alleghany county, in the Pennsylvania
Legislature, has reported bill which de-
cIares that ''all colorcd male persons OF
Africa or mixed extraction, who are now
or may hereafter become residents OF
Pennsylvania shall be considered free
men, and are hereby entitlad to all the
civil, religious and political rights, as fully
and amply, to all intents and purposes
as the same are enjoyed and held by any
person or persons, citizens Of this Com
monNealth."