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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

PUNCTUATION PUzzLE.-I The following
paragraph, extracted from the Portland
Transcript, is a capital illustration of The
Importance Of punctuation. There are
two ways of pointing it, one of which
makes the individual in question mon~
ster Of wickedueSs, while the other cons
Verts him into model Christian. Let
our readers exercise their ingenuity ON
the problem and See whether they can
discover its two-fold solution
lie Is AN old experienced man in vice
ana wIcEedneSs he is never found op>
posing the works Of iniquity he takes de>
!lght IN the downfall of the neighbUrhood
he never reJOices in the prosperity of any
OF his tellow>creaturcs he is always ready
to assist In destroying the peace Of society
he takes no pleasure in SERVING the Lord
he is uucOmmonly diIliyen: in SOWING dis
cord among his friends and acuuaintances
ne takes uo.Pride in laboring to promote
the cause of Christianity he has not been
Negligent in endeavoring to s:igmatize all
public teachers he makes no exertions to
su6due his evil passions he strives hard
to build up Satan's kingdom he lends no
AID to the support of the gospel among
the heather he contributes largely to the
evil adversary he pays no attention to
good advice he gives great heed to the
devil he will never go to Heaven he must
60 where he will receive the lust recon-
peuse of Re1Oara.' :,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

War IT Cos7s.-The French, it is said,
have not more than ffty-6ve thousand
bayonets, andthe British seventeen thou
sand, en- ligns, before SebSotopoL This.
however. does not include the garrison at
Kamiesch and COnstantinOpie, or Of the
army OF reserve, nor the sick, wounded
and convaIesceut in those quarters. The
nocturnal fight, the shell q thrown into
the camp by the Russians, exposure, hard
duty, and casualties Of every kind, ocCA-
sion dreadful waste Of life, costing in
killed, sick and wounded, an average Of
six hundred men daily.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03
Gloomy Prospects of the Eastern War

Gloomy Prospects of the Eastern War.
The London Times, August %, has a
very gloomy record of the war. " We
are in," it says, for another winter cam
paign - and it adds of the attack
% So, the great day, that dreadful day
Of which it may almost be said, in compa.
rison with ali the other conflicts Of human
passion and outpouring Of human ven
geance, Dies ira, dies lila, luce Spiendens ct
tav.lla, IS still indefnately Prorogued, and
no body can say in what month it will
come. We only know that the longer it
is postponed the more dreadful it will be,
and still our opinion, one certainty about
it, and that is. whether we take SebastO-
pol or not, aOe ShatL still A4Ve to OinIer in
our present position. Wien 4Se5Istopol
ulls into or hands it 1ON be a mere heaps
Of ruins WiM all tie horrors Of the charaet
house. With the enemy still in posses
sion of the north side, the south side will
only be the front of our own attack, as
bloody and wretched as our present al
vanceI trenches. So that whether we
take SebastopoI or not we shall still have
10 ocrupy the heights throughout the en-.
suing winter"
Tents, we are also told, will not do fol
winter, and the $4,000 huts promised are
not under way, and the army cannot bt
we'll hutted before Christmas. The edi-
tor nevertheless concludes:
." We are still for pressing on the sieg'
with the utmost expedition, and with al
the means in our power, and preparing
with even lavish provision for all the thou
sand contingencies of a winter campaign
Above all, let there be no doubt as to tn
means of communication from the CAM
to the harbor, which must be-as it ha
all along been-our only base of opera
TONS"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03
SPARKLING SUNDAY NIGHT.

Sitting in the corner,
On a Sunday eve,
With taper finger
Resting on your sleeve,
Star-lit eyes arc casting
On your face their light;
Bless me ! this is pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night!
How your heart is humping
'Gainst your Sunday vest
How wickodly tits working
On this day ofresG
Hours seem but minutes
AS they take their flight;
Bless me! AMT it pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night
Dad and Nam are sleeping
On their peaceful bed,
Dreaming of the things
Tho folks in meeting said.
NONO SOOIlO huOLASI
Ministers recitc
Bless me DON'T we do it
Sparkling Sunday night
One arm, with gentle pressure,
Fingers round her waist,
You specie her dimplcd hand,
Her pouting lips you taste
She freely slaps your face,
But more in love than spite
o, thunder aint it pleasant
Sparkling Sunday night
But hurk the clock is striking
It's two o'clock, suum,
AS sure as I'm IL sinner,
The hour to 90 has como;
You ask, with spitcful accents,
If" that old clock is right"
And wonder ii it ever
Spanked on ~ Sunday night.
One, two, three sweet kisses,
-Four, tive, six you hook
But, thiusing that you rob her,
Give back til,so you took
Then, is forth you hurry
From the :uir ones sight
Don't you wish EACH DAY was
Only SUNDAY night
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

KANSAS LANDs.-The question is fro
quently asked, "Wheuwil tho vast re-
gions Of fertile land now embraced within
the Kansas Territory be thrown open to
location and settlement ?" 1t has been
ascertained at the General Land Office,
that in about twelve months, so far as that
Office is concerned, the certificate holder
may appropriate a portion Of this rich
country TO his own use and benefit forever.
The question, Of time, however, depends,
in measure on the action of the Indian
Bureau, in extinguishing Indian titles TO
some Of these lands.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

LATEa YRoM EEBRAsKA.-Dates from
Nebraska 10 the 8Gh have been received.
Col. MODuie's party Of government survey
ors were attacked on Platte river by the
PaWnees and dispersed. Col. n. and
Eve others had arrived ct Nebraska City :
othe.s ofthe party were missing. A COM
Pany Of volunteers had gone in pursuit Of
the Indians.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

~ A Pennsylvania editor says =
Somebody brought one bottle of soured
water into our Office with the rec'
notice it as g lemon t,eerv Tt9ittasa lsss @ %
green enough to sell his: birthrigI1t for q
mess Of pottage. if does not prove tbat we
will tell a fotr shilling lie, Tor SIC &c cents.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

MoHuwExr 10 rHE PILoE1Ms. Tho
corner stone of an immense granite mon.
ument, commemorative Of the landing of
the Pilgrims is to be laid at Plymouth on
the first Of August, 1856. Thirteen yeaEsis
the naaximum Of time allowed for ita pon7
.s+raetIon. and It's expected - baeonsi OF
the n,ost magnificent mcaA strnc.
lures insthe world
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03
E% Friend Jones prepare yourself 70

EE Friend Jones prepare yourself for
the news.
Ny gracious-speak-what is it:
Your wife is dead.
Oh, dear how you frightened me, I
thought the neighbors pigs had broke in
to my garden and destroyed my inguns.
EB An old lady. being at loss for a
Plucushlon made one of an onion. On
the following morning she found that all
the needles had tears in their eyes.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

" GE Julius, spose dere is six chick
ems in coop, and de man sells tree.
how many is dere Ief 90 8. What time of
day was it ?" Why, what has dat to
do wild it ?" A good deal, honey. II
was arter dark, dere wud be nun lef, dat
is if you happen to come along dat way. .
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

Ey-" Mr.. Jones don't you think that
marriage is a means of grace ?" :. Ger
Sa'nly anything is means of grace that
breaks up pride, and leads to repentance. -
kcene closes with a m.handle.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

GB The last case of Incidence is re-
lated in one of our exchanges. 1t is that
of man named John Hole, who was SO
lazy that in writing his name, he simply
used the letter j., and punched hole
through the paper
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

THE SATURDAY EVENING PosT.-The
Lynchburg Virginan of Thursday, says;
awe are not in the habit OF reading
this Journal, but several persons who are
have called upon us to warn the Peole OF
the South against it, as y wolf in sleeps
clothing, Purporting to have nothing to
do with parties OF politics, to be designed
for the homo circle and freside, we arc
informed that. in the late negro-robbing
trial in Philadelphia, it has taken posi-
ton and uttered sentiments which enti-
tlei to the execrRtion of all Southern men.
In ordinary matters. variance of opinS
ion between an editor of paper and its
readers is the silliest of reasons for a
withdrawal of support-but for the peo-
pie of he South to contribute their means
to sustain Journal that is feeding the
flames Of fanaticism in the North aud i'm
periling all that is dear to them as oitBens>
and men, would be criminal, il it were
not idiotic. From all that we can
learn, it is doubtful whether any other
Journal has so large circulation in the
Southern States, as this Saturday Evening
Post. It has but little short of huns
dred subscribers here in Lryohburg. and
goes in larger or smaller packages TO al
most every Post-ofice in the country.
We leave it's readers to determine wheth-
er the doctrines it breaches are such as
Southern people should encourage, or
whether, If they need family Journals,
they may not as well support those pub.
lished in the Southern States. We could
name several such. as cheap and as en-
tertaining in all respects as the Post.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

RI Uneasyis the head that wears q
Wig in . gale Of wind.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03
WHOLE NO. s04.

L :. i y.
given my hand who Watc he'd over my
brothers dying form in that last solemn
hour. and buried the dear wan derer there
by the river in that land OF gold-will,
l trust, sustain me in that resolve will
you not, my husband 2''
His glistening eyeshis sad, sweet
smile was her answer. The Judge left
the room, and when an hour after he res
turued, and with more spbdped man
ner took part in the entertainments Of the
bridal guests, no one could fail to read
that he, too, had determined to banish
the enemy at once, and forever. from his
priucely home.
Those who were present at that we'd"
ding can never forget the Impressions SO
soIemnly made; many from that hour
foreswore the social glass. - 0!ips Branch.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-03

CLARKsBURGF, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Sd, Is55.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
The Campaign in virginia.

Much is dependant on the election Of HEX
RY A. WISE. Ifhe succeeds Know Moth
ingism will be totally extinguished in the
South and in the North will soon dwindle
into an observation-disclosures of grumbers and
disappointed politicians. The Richmond En-
qairer writes eheerfIlly of the prospect
The expression of tie public feeling through
out the State, CORRESPONDS with the significant
conduct of the spoting-men in the Know
! Nothing party. Confidence is audible in the
speech and visible IN the eve of the Demoe-
racy in every quartz of the State. The trail
tors in our ranks an. distinguished and emu
merated, and we haze satisfactory assurance
that their detection will be more than COM
pensated by the adhesion of Wings who are
too proud to betray heir party into the infa-
nous bondage of Now-Nothingism With
them the credit of heir party and the honor
of the State are tooprecious to be sacrificed
to grovelling lust br the spoils.
Our columns thismoming bear gratifying
testimony to the zea and energy with which
the Democracy Of tie State are preparing 70
the struggle. Observe with what unanimt,
Of sentiment they sleak. With the same di
rectness of purpose and emphasis of Language
the Democracy in every county assume posi-
ton of nncOmuomsing and unyielding hos
tility to -Eotlingism. No where is tn
great issue evaded. Ii is everywhere con
fronted with the Shirt of men who are re
solved to conquer.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
Amusing.

A New York paper publishes what pJrport.
to be prayer of the Chaplain Of the Indian:
Legislature at the opening Of one Of its ses-
sions. The editor remarks that he is stricken
with thssonvietion that parts of the invoca-
ton are as appropriately applicable to otle,
meridians as to that Of indianapolis.
Until now we had been in blissfuI ignor
ance Of the existence of a Chaplain to our late
legislature, and, Of course, had heard nothing
of the :s'roatio - in question. The state
ment - which allusion is made, however,
bears The senJience Of fact-the prayer pub
lished is pertinantly correct and bears, SEEM
ingiy, hespirit of prophecy as well as Of sup
plication lf never uttered, it nevertheless
should have been, and is therefore worthy of a
place in our columns. 1t is as follows:
co. Lord, have mercy upon our Legislators.
BE with them and bless them, even if they
know thee not. Spare their lives and teach
them to glorify thy name. Hasten them to
their homes, where they may direct their at
tention to good works and general usefulness
among their families and their neighbors-
Nav the people resolve to keep them there,
and in future elect men Of sound morals and
temperate habits, so that good may hereafter
result from legislation; save the good people
of this State from disgrace, which must fol-
low if the same crowd should again come
here to make laws. Hear MS Lord, and
grant our PRAYER. Amen"
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
MONETARY.


Below we give a report Of the Citizens Coin.n &C,
which appointed 10 fix the value II Free Bank a.
These gentlemen were selected frOal among ecsi
business men, There is mpOrtaLt Inference bew
this classification and thai made ~ the Association 81
Free Bankers at the aie meeting. There Is very gen
em feeling among all classes people in the eiiy =,
country be governed by unil,f rate for Free Bank
money: and, Ear ssFs- the following list
gives satisfaction.
In regard To an Agency tn Committee. la view Of
the appointment Of DePaUw and Defrees. by the Fee
Bankers for the purpose contemplated by the ciii-
zens. have concluded 10 deter that NATTER and Il sails.
factory allow the Bankers Agency 10 supercede the
the Committee was directed 81 establish
REPORT.
The Committee appointed al a public meeting OF the
Business Men OF indianapolis held nj the Conn II
December Both. 1854 10 examine the securities 'ftic
Stock Banks OF Indiana. and classify Them according to
The value Of the bonds deposited with the Slate AUDITOR
report as follows and recommend that the bills be rs
ceved at the prices named should any of the Banks
named la the first class refuse redeem in coin the
value of the securities OF the second aud third elias
change, the classification will he altered accordingly:
GEO. r. BROWNING. Sc. y.
indianapolis. Jan. IL, 1855.
MESsRs EDITORS Owing 10 the depreciation IN The
value Of Louisiana State Stocks the II Board Of Control
the second 90 the Third class and valued accordingly
viz:
Bank Of coyington. Gown. Farms 4 Mecks Bk Rens
Bk. Of Rochester. ROch-r. Stock Bank. Marion.
Bk- OF Rensselaer,. Rens. Shawnee Bank, Auica.
Eikhau Co Bank, Goshen.
And. also. State Stock Bank at jamestown, being lnl
SIS, Mo. 6s, and Va. Us
You will. therefore, make the necessary alterations 10
the published lists. GEO 4. BROWNING. Secy.
/ lndiauapolis. Jan. 20. 1e1J.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
Prospects of Democracy in England

L
A correspondent of the New York Herald
has the following remarks on this sub
ject:
Grave men are every now and then found
to be shaking their heads and predicting that
mighty changes in England will follow in the
wake of this war, and that the aristocratic
classes will rue the day that ever they adyis-
ed it. The changes which must take place
in the army will, they say, eventually affect
all constitutions. Your system of primogeni-
ture, OBLIGATED Episcopalianism, of aristocracy
and Pluticracy everywherecannot live in
presence of the rights of merit acknowledged
in the army. A French gentleman, distin-
guished both in the craftsmanship and litera-
ture of his own country, writes" Nv mind
is continually dwelling with painful interest
on the situation of your brave army and in
terest inspired by admiration for the ar
my itself, rs well as by the concern which
| feel for the honor and credit of your itsti-
buttons. If you do not succeed in repairing
the mischief, and that quickly, (Which indeed
seems to me next to impossible, } England and
her government will assuredly come out of
this struggle somewhat discredited. What
ever may be the alternate results of the war.
dor, / have difiic lily in believing that
this will have considerable influence, though
one perhaps little foreseen upon the futne
course of your domestic affairs. Iexpect that
it will accelerate the pace at which YOU ap-
pear to be departing from the character of
government, according to the old |
of that term. Your army can |
hardly avoid undergoing a sort of revolution, |
and revolution in the constitution of the /
army will surely not be confined to the army
alone.''
Yes--the real conquest of the Emperor of
Russia will be, whether he physically win
Or loose, the alternate revolution of England
Surprising be be beaten Frnch, and England
will, in all probability, go to loggerheads in
The settlement, and then the Gar viii, like
Richard be himself again. Already men,
before anxious for the war-begin to Vince
about this talk of French army to the
Rhine, and another year or two may see the
cobden and Bright Peace Party very different
o what it is at present
UNIVERSITY CLUB.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15
Courts of Claims.

Our readers. are already aware that the
NEsToR Of Indiana iurisprllaesse, Judge
BLAcKFoRR has ben appointed one Of the
Judges of the new Court. This appointment
is an unsolicited testimonial to melit The
duties which the Judge has been performing
for so many wears lave given him the very
kind q experience md skill which are want
ed in the Court ofGlaims. The Judges OF
the Supreme Cqpt s-ep have had a
- Ill M summation OF
facts and the discriminating Of truth from
conflicting and heterogeneous masses of testi-
mony The huge bills of exceptions, setting
forth all the evidence in the court below, and
the mountains Of dispositions in Chancery
cases which Judge BLACKBOARD has for so many
wears waded through YEARLY and drearily we
dare say, but vet honestly and earnestly, have
made him every way competent to investigate
facts, as well as law.
We heartily endorse the lively remarks Of
our friends of the Journal Oh the value Of the
new Court.
Spectators who have bought bad claims
for the chance of winning, will feel very little
disposed to press them when they have t.
pass the ordeal of three cool, clear-headed
cold fogies," who have mortal aversion t.
acting upon anything till they know all abou
it, and when every step must be substantateC
by testimony, instead of being established il
n half fnthiled Con0ressman's brain By tn,
summary, but satisfactory process of bottl,
make great difference. Private claims
will have passed into oblivion along with pein
forte ct d,tre and other modes of legal torment
as soon as the Court of Claims gets fairly nm
der way.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15

persisted in urging an election. The demo-
Gratis refused to elect without law whereby
the rights Of eighty-six thousand voters should
be maintained against the claims Of a union
of factions, none possessing over thirty-thou-
sand votes, and because of this, SAYS the fl-
sion press, the responsibility of the failure to
elect is upon the democratic party. The
responsibilityof preserving the integrity of the
Senate,-the responsibility of securing to it
I" all the powers necessary for a branch of the
legislative department of free and indie
pendent tate,'-the responsibility of titus
preventing the election Of an abolitionist or a
know nothing to the United States Senate
these responsibilities rest upon the broad
shoulders Of the democratic party-a party
which never shrinks from responsibility wher
the questions at issue involve the constitu
tional rights Of the States, or the individual
rights Of the people.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-15

The Ohio Statesman comments on the fal
of Kentucky, in the following strain
We find in the journal of last evening
the following ticket
The Louisville Courier, of yesterday, gives
the following as the State ticket of the Ken
lucky Know Nothings:
Fo' Gorspor-Wm. NJ. Loving, of Warren,
Wing.
Lieut. Govonor james G.. Hardy, of Bar
rem, Democrat
T'easwo-R. c. Winterworth, of Frank
In, Wing.
Au1itor--Thomas s. Page, Of Franklin,
Wing.
President Board Of Internal improvements
r. ID. IIaggard, of Cumberland, Wing.
Superintendent Of Public EastrUction--Rev.
J. ID. Matthews, of Fayette, Democrat.
Register of Land 06ice-Andrew McKin-
lev, of Jefferson, Democrat.
And has the great old Wing party of Ken
lucky come to this low estate The once
proud party that rallied under the lead of
HENRY CLAY, now so far lost in the whirl of
politics that they dare not meet in public to
make their nominations They hide from
the face of day, make upa ticket, and even
then dare not bring out a full Wing team
but sprinkle il with Democrats to make it
palatable and go down with the people But
Democratic salt on such poridge will not
sweeten it TO the palates of sober thinking
people.