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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25
Another Expose.

ID. Q. Williams. of Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee, has abandoned the know
hothings in lengthy letterex posing their
designs. The following is an extract
from his publication
have thus exposed the organize.
ition because / believe it to be duty
owe to my God and my country. was
ldeceiyed and caioled into the matter, as
many have been, by fla tteHing rlePresen>
tations of its purity and goodness. only TO
find it, base fraud and contemplate pos
litical trick, faet on foot, and still carried
on, by men whose love of Office, power
and distinction outweigh tKeiF deSotion
to principles and the good order of soci.
Iety and the happiness OF their country.
/ have heretofote declared to the vice
president of the order my determination
to war against the order, and expressed
myself fully to the members my abhor-
renee ofits deceit and fraud. its base,
corrupt aims, and its vile hypocritical
pretensiOns.
IS have, not been the first toslift The.
well of secrecy from the order. Many
good men, and great men, of both parties,
have done this. believe it to be- my
duty to do it. and though | have taken
oaths not to do so, still, am not
the periured man the friends of the order
would have you believe.
I" An oath the preservation ofwhich en-
forces the commission OF the blacklist lies
to your nearest aud dearest friends. yea,
even to the father who begat you and tho
mother who bore you. as in know notll~
ing councils, is wrong, and not binding
on any man. 1t is party trick too;
dark vile trick. l have been, am now,
and always was whig. Yet L cannot
consent to see the former principles of
the whig party prostituted to SO vile ends
and aims as to be wholly dependent on
liars, and secret oath~bound clubs of se-
crecy and frauds to carry out its secret
ends and aims. Ills true they have suc>g
ceeded in Lawrence, and elsewhere, in
getting many democrats into the order;
but. what sort of men are they ? You
know-men who want office.
"To the members Of the order who
will lie on, Islander and abuse me, calling
me by every base epithet. would says
You are guilty of the very things you
charge on me, though you may Willy and
abuse me for making this exposures,
Still, feel that all open, bold, frank and {.
honest men will not condemn my courses;
and the day will come when you and your
order will be odious to every lover Of
civil and religious liberty, unless you
come out ofthis vile association as have
DONE
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

IMPRISONMENT OF AN AMERICAN AT CAL.
LAO There has been quite squabblc
gong on in Callao recently between our
Minister, Mr.. Clay and the Peruvian au-
thorities, relative TO the captain of the
American ship John Cummins.. It, ap-
pears that the crew of this vessel mutinied
in port, proceeded TO the captains cabin
and took possession of all the weapons
they cold find then, headed by the boat
swain, they took one of the boats and at
tempted to desert. The captain caution
ed them against the procedure, and on
their persisting he brought up double
barrelled shot gun, which he had conceal
ed in his state room, and fred in the boat
killing the boatswain. The authorities
Immediately arrested the captain, and Mr..
Clay demanded his release, which was
refused. He then ordered up the flag
ship Independence, the appearance Of
which vessel induced the authorities to
succumb, and release their prisoner
Soon after, the Independence sailed for
Panama. via Paita. but no sooner had she
left Callaos than the authorities again sell
zed upon their victim, and threw him into
prison. Mr.. Clay sent again after the In
dependence; and at last accounts she was
on her way back to Callao, Commodore
Merwin being determined to let the good
folks Of Peru smell Y ankee powder ifthey
should give him any trouble.
IT Soc d 2 ~. g. r
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

Coon LUCk.-In addition to his success
IN getting elected, we have heard it sta.
ted, says the Charlottesville Jeffersonian,
that Mr. Holiday who was elected Com.
missioner of the Board of Public Works,
the last election, comes into possession
OF quite alarge sum of money; $50, 600 is
she amount named, bequeathed him By
some person in Louisana. We have also
heard it said, that the Governor elect,
Hon. Henry A. Wise, has been almost. as
fortunate, $4,000 having been bequeath-
ed his wife by deceased relative.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25
A Parry ASH amed' of ftself.

There is general but unconscious .ac-
qliescence among the. Know Nothings in
the idea entertained by itheirEopponsn
that there is something unmanlv and re-
pulsiye in, their SO. called order. Indeed.
the best evidence that tile new party is
intolerant and proscriptive, narrow and
contracted, is to be found in the deport>
ment Of its own members. Who that has
seen one of these men suddenly charged
with being Know-Nothing especially
if he had formerly pretended to be gov
erned and controlled in his relations to
others by principles Of fair dealing and
has not been disguised at his confusion
and iprevarication ?? I'VE have heard of
democrats calling others to account who
had been caught in the tolls of the order
until the latter were overwhelmed with
shame and remorse. Nothing can be
more significant than these unconscious
confessions that the new order is IN
worthy of the countenance Of upright and
honorable men. And again lit is signifi-
cant that while the general and emphatic
voice of the order has declared in favor
Of the most ultra religious intolerance,
most of the leaders deny any such senti-
ments for themselves. Each seems TO Sc
lect some ground upon which to make
objections. Mr.. Patton, of Virginia, acts
with the secret party, and yet repudiates
most of their sentiments. Would have
been Governor Flournoy rejects a por-
ton of the creed, and is now, no doubt,
heartily sorry he has ever been in con-
neXion with them, Kenneth Rayner shouts
himself hoarse in repudiating religious
intolerance, even while he insults the
Catholics and abuses the Pope. The
now-Nothing abolitionists of Ohio are
anxious to prove that they do not ap-
prove the anti-emigration clause Of the
platform those of Wisconsin take the
same ground while in Pennsylvania they
are quite willing to take in every foreign
er who is not Catholic. The broth
ers' in Maryland, California, Louisiana
move off in solid column against the re-
llgious element of this pious party. There
is prevailing sense of revulsion at the
idea Of swallowing the whole creed
Every one has some mental reservation,
until it is apparent that the whole party
is ashamed of some one or other of the
doctrines all are SaOorn before God TO obey.
1t is sort of tacit understanding that
each shall violate the particular principle
he dislikes, and that in the mass of moral
perjury there shall be no one to throw
stones at the glass house of the other.
Without touching the point that no
party thus differing in itself-thus torn
with factions, and paralyzed by the am
bilious views of reckless leaders-can
ever hope to become permanent or lasting,
the idea occurs that a0here an organization
thus proves ITS oaOn innate contempt for it,
self, its own distrust in its policy, its own
hatred of its leaders, it must speedily end
in becoming a mockery and a by>word
among all honest men, Wash. Union.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

BLACKBERRY AND WINE CoRD1A1.-This
is the season of blackberries, and. we
avail ourselves of the kindness of friend
to publish the following excellent recipe
for making cordial. 1t is recommended
as a delightful beverage, and an infalibIe
specific for diarrhna, or ordinary dis
eases Of the bowels 7'.'
Recipe.-To half bushel of blackber-
ries. add / ID of allspice, ozs. cinnamon,
2 ozs. cloves. Pulverize well, mix and
boil slowly until properly done. Then
strain or squeeze the Juice through home
spun or flannel. and add to each pint of
the juice one pound of loaf sugar. Boil
again for some time take it off. and
while cooling, add half gallon of best
Cognac brandy.
Dose.-For an adult, half gill to a
gill for a child, a teespoonful or more,
according to age.
We also append the following excel
lent recipe for the manufacture of su-
perior wine from blackberries
Measure your berries and bruise them;
to every gallon add one quart of boiling
water. Let the mixture stand twenty
four hours, string occasionally; then
strain off the liquor into a cask to ev-
cry gallon adding two pounds of sugar,
cork tight and let stand till the following
October, and>yOu will have wine ready
for use, without any further straining or
boiling, that will make lips smack, as
they never smacked under similar in
tluence before.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

POKE RooT.-R. I. TaIliferro commu-
nicates to the Christian Advocate some
facts concerning poke root, which will
interest the reader. Two of his little
grand-daughters were taken violently
i'll, and it was assertained that they had
been eating of this root some two or three
hours before. In his alarm, he says, he
resorted to various remedies, such as
castor oil. with julep. which the stomach
Instantly rejected. He afterwards, tried
cool, sweet milk, just from the cow,
which Immediately allayed the vomiting,
and the little girls recovered from their
stupor. The thirst, OF which they COM
planned, was relieved by using slippery
elm water alternately with the milk.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

AN ALLY OF KNOW NorH1Nes.- lea
ding abolition paper Of New York. thus
rejoices over the recent action of the
Pennsylvania State Council:
1.-The State Convention of Know-No-
things in Pennsylvania has molly Jepudi.
0ted the Pr0-slaVery platform, and taken A
LONG STEP TOWARD FREEDoM.-N Y. Zri-
6une Of Friday.
"Of the 1856 delegates who voted on
the main question, 1874 repudiate the pro-
slavery platform, and STRIKE BOLDLY FOR
FREEDOM. ~ Y. TriBue of Monday.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25
CLARKsBURG,W WEDNESDAY, Is, 1855;
Democratic nIeeting in Barbour county.

There will be meeting of the Democracy of
Barbour county, on the LIST day of the Septem-
Der term of the County @ curt, for the purpose
of organizing for the approaching Presidential
campaign and also for the aPpoin tment of
Delegates to q State Convention to be held in
the city of Richmond, during the coming winter.
A full attendance of the true and unterrifed
is requested, as distinguished speakers are ex-
pected.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

REGISTERING 1ErTERs.-W are advised
that postmasters should make no record
or marks upon registered letters by which
the fact Of their containing money or other
vaIuables may be suspected or made
known. It has been ascertained that, in
some instances. postmasters are in The
habit Of marking the word 50 registered"
on the outside of such letters, together
with the amount of money enclosed. The
practice is unauthorized and impolitic,
and is forbidden by the department.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

RAILROAD TO THE Ou1o.-The engineers
charged with the exploration of direct
route from the Manassas Gap railroad to
the Ohio river are understood to have
made their way through Hardy county,
and to pronounce the ascent of the Allie
ghany by that line perfectly practicable,
as we have always thought and said it
would be. Moore6eldis point on the
survey.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

RELIGIOUS Commemorative copy the
following paragraph from the celebrated
Sunday Mail Report Of Col. Richard NJ,
johnson:
Extensive religious combinations to
effect political object are. in the opinion
OF the committe, always dangerous. This
first effort Of the kind calls for the estab-
lishment of principle which, in the opinion
of the committe, would lay the foundation
for dangerous innovations upon the spr-
it Of the constitution. and upon the reli
gious rights Of the citizens. II admitted
it may be justly apprehended that the flu
ture measures of government will be
strongly marked, if not eventually con-
trolled, by the same influence All reli
giouS despotism commences by combina~
ton and influence and when the influ-
ence begins to operate upon the political
institutions Of country, the civil power
soon bends under it; and the catastrophe
OF other nations furnishes an awful warn
ing of the consequence"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

EDITORIAL CoNvENr1oN.-Wc observe
that number Of papers are advocating a
State Editorial Convention, to devise
means Of guarding more effectually against
the many impositions practised upon
them. Ii anything can be done towards
accomplishing this object, we say let the
Convention be held by all means.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

DISMISSAL OF FoRz1as ScHooL TEAcn.
ERs.-The board Of trustees of the public
schools of Louisville. Ky. have dismissed
several teachers of foreign birth with
Catholic prOcliyities. Their action has
occasioned much feeling and meets With
general condemnation.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25
Out ut Last!

We have frequently heard it asserted
gan for Northwestern Virginia, the Whee
ling Gazette, was Free Soiler, but we
have been reluctant to believe it. We
End, however, that the charge is true
In his weekly edition of the 10th inst, he
boldly avows free soil doctrines, and says
that he " may FALL on ii, but WILL NEVER
LEAVE IT !" He defines his position in
the following emphatic language
Allying ourseIf to neither north nor
south, on our own hook we adopt the fol-
lowing platform as our platform on this
question, from which we never have and
never will recede. We may FALL on it,,
| but WILL NEVER LEAVE IT.
The severance of the General govern
ment from slavery.
Tile REPEAL of the fugitive slave law.
Tile REPEAL Of the Nebraska Kansas bill.
No more SLAVE territories.
The PURCHASE AND MANUMIssIoN OF
SLAVES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR
THE REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
TO FREE TERRITORY.
This is in our opinion the only national
platform, the only one on which the ques-
ton can be settled, the only one that ex-
presses the nature and character of our
government and institutions, and on that
we are willing to sink or swim.
We really hope we have raised no ones
ire by this candid expression of our opin-
ions for it is too hot to indulge in hard
words or works and We should pity any
one who had it to do"
What think our Know-Nothing friends
who have been exulting over the nations
aIity Of the Philadelphia platform, of this
startling announcement by their organ?-
What do democrats, and all sound, cons
sentative men, who are devoted 10 the
Constitution and its compromises, think
Of this Ought any party to "live, move
and have. being" anywhere, much less
in the State of Virginia, whose organ ad-
vocatcs the reasonable doctrines that the
people of the different localities shall not
frame their own local laws, as is avowed
more slave territory? This places the
Know-Nothing party in more odious
position than has ever been asserted by
its most Jealous opponents: The worst
that has ever been said of it was that it
was abolitionizcd at the North, but it
proves to be infected with the same dis
ease at the South, and in our own State,
and section of the State. Will not all
sound men abandon party which ac~
cepts such doctrines, and unite with
those who have ever opposed them, in
sweeping them away, that our own sec
tino Of country may not rest under the
imputation Of being traitors to the Consti-
tuition, and traitors to our interests
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

T. L. BRouH, Esq.-Several writer's
speak very highly of the zeal, efficiency,
and talents displayed by Thomas L.
Broun, Esq, of Charleston, Kanawha, in
the late election. Mr.. Broun was former
" a.resideHt Of Middleburg, but IS now
practising law in Charlottesville. Sent.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

The CREW OF THE UNITED STATES FIR
GATE CUMBERLAND.--Thc payment of
! So, 900 to the crew Of the United States
frigatc Cumberland, at Charlestown, Mass.
a lew days ago, created, high expectations
among the land-sharks," but they fail
cd to reap the harvest they anticipated.
The Boston Chronicle says
Commodore Gregory, who had effec.
tuaIly prevented all intercourse of the
land sharks with the sailors from the mo-
ment of the arrival of the frigate, took tile
precautlon not TO admit an individual of
that class into the yard. The expeGients
OF the sharpcrs to gain admission were
rather smart. Some of them sought to
gain admiLtance by changing their dress
and assuming the characters Of verdant
men from the interior, but the ruse was
to no purpose. Com. Gregory, who was
himself once ca man before the mast u
was disposed to protect the men from the
operations Of the land sharks. All of the
crew were perfectly sober. They were
men OF all ages-from twenty 10 sixty
Many of their relatives were present, and
provided them with carriages to convey
them to boarding houses and their homes
" Some of the men received eight and
nine hundred dollars pile larger than
they lad ever seen before in their lives.
They had been absent in the Mediterane.
an three years and three months, and re.
celved of course Sl8 per month. One old
sailor informed US that on that station a
man could enjoy himself in por: whole
week fora single dollar. He did not, how
ever, define his idea of enjoymenf. Cap
tain Harwood stood by and saw all his
men paid off, occasionally giving few
words of wholesome advice. IN the af-
ternoon about 200 of the crew proceeded
to the Old Colony depot to take the cars
for home"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

EI Our readers must excuse us for
the lack of editorial matter for this and
the past few weeks. There is really but
little to write about, the weather is too
hot, and it is absolutely necessary for a
man to keep cool'' these days.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

ET The /" American Organ" at Wash
ington, in giving an account of the recent
action Of the State Council of Pennsylva-
MIA, places the Know Nothing Order in
the light of an eminently dangerous Or
ganization. Witness. the words we itali,
else in the following
"TnE Pennsylvania Son1sM.-It has
usually been considered that a party
which accepts a representation in com
mon convention, is bound by the act of
that body. tits moreover known that the
members ofthe american order haze incur~
red solemn obligation to abide By its de-
crees. In 0iolation as we conceive, of
both these principles, large section of
the American order in Pennsylvania has
separated itself, and whilst it has adopted
the greater part of the National platform,
it has repudiated that clauSe achich proposed
the settlement of the most dangerous question
that has ever presented itself to the Anne
rican people,"
1t is here held up as criminal viola
ton OF a solemn obligation, to disregard a
decree of the National Council.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

&c We commend to the attention of
those, who like King George the Third.
are endeavoring " 10 prevent the popula-
ton of these States for that purpose OBJ
structing the laws for naturalization of
foreigners" the following lives of the
poet:
1" What constitutes State
Not high rais'd battlements or labored m ound
Thick wall or moated gate
Not cities proud, with spires and turfets
crown'd
Not bays and broad arm'd ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride;
Not starr'd and spangled courts,
Where low brow'd baseness waits perfume to
pride.
NO-MEN, high-minded Men,
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and, knowing, dare
maintain"
Here lies the grand secret. Ages, ago,
at creations dawn, this broad continent
then, as now, bore in its bosom every ele.
ment of greatness, except that without
which all its vast resources were counted
dead, all its exhaustless treasures nothing
worth. MEN MEN MEN These CON
stitute State.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

w During the past week, we have
had succession Of showers which has
seriously interrupted our farmers in their
harvest. If the weather does not clear
up soon, great damage will be done the
crops.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

MORALITY OF Know NorHrNGs.- The
Pennsylvania says that it did not publish
the proceedings Of tie late Know Nothing
National Council. !" not because the mem
bers were not purcbaseable, but on ac-
count Of the high price one-half the mem
bers at least held themselves at The
smallest sort of creatures in the National
Council demanded one thousand d02iurs for
their notes of the proceedings from day
to day-but they were written SO imper-
fectly, for want Of education. that we re-
refused to purchase at that exhorbitant
price. The Tribune, Herald and Express
had secured the cream of the Council, and
we were not disposed to purchase the skim
milk. This accounts for our New York
contemporaries furnishing the proceedings
of the National Council instead of ours
selves. Those who preferred their SER
vices to US. for heavy compensation,
were hang dog locking scamps, smooth
as oil, which made ustthiuk of the razOr's
sharpness"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

The OLDEST INHAB1TAx1 rs BARYLAEus
The Annapolis Republican was honored
with visit on Friday by Mr.. Richard
Crandell, who was born in Anne Arun-
del county, on the 10Th July, 1747. and
was. therefore, JOB years of age the
18th of this month. He has not The ap-
pearance of man of more than 80, and
even last fall he sowed nearly all the
grain on his farm. He is in the eniov
ment of most excellent health and spirits :;
and at one hundred, he says, he had net
a gray hair in his head. He served as a
private during the revolution, and relates
many Interesting facts connected with the
struggle for American Independence.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

R Roger A. Pryor. Esq, of the
Richmond Enquirer. has been appointed
on special mission to Greece, charged
with the duty, if possible, of settling the
difficulty with reference to DR.. King.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-25

OFFICIAL VorE OF V1RG1xrA.-It is
stated that the official vote of Virginia
has been received from alLbut Is counties.
and counting the unofficial from these,
Wise has majority Of 1879.