Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-10-24

A Nur FOR THE ABoI1r1Osrsrs TO CRAcK
AT the last term of the Circuit Court
for this county, two young gentlemen
{ pbysicians5 were fined 500 each. and
sentenced to four hours imprisonment in
the county jail. flor disinterrring the dead
body of negro child. None who heard
the evidence could doubt that the object
of those gentlemen was to ascertain the
cause of the child's death. which was We
ry sudden and attended with some pecul-
iarities that have given rise to interesting
questions among the medical profession.
1t is charged by Northern fanatics that
negroes are not cared for more than dogs
in the South, and in Virginia. partieplarly.l
The Termination of this prosecution gives
a. fact in answer to the. false clamors' OF
the ,eg,o tloving. selite-mansb atihg, disun-
ion. and Black Republican party, who
are an injury to themselves. curse to
the country, and " domination, fore
/! God" psi ~ofia
THE RA1IRoAD.-The track-layers upon
the N. w. Va. Railroad had advanced to
within about 81 miles of West Union,
Doddridge countys on the morning OF
Tuesday last, and ere this, have proba-
bly, reached that place. 1t is .contempla'
ted to run the passenger train through to
West Union. on Monday next. The low
water in the Ohio river having prevented
the transportation of iron to Parkersburg.
for the purpose of laying the track from
that end Of the road also. has SO far re-
tarded the work. that it will probably be
Christmas before the whole road is open
ed. Is
CHEAP CLorH1Nd.- by reference to his
advertisement it will be seen that Mr.
Elisha Owens is ready 10 furnish gentle
men with all sorts of winter clothing up
J. ION the best possible terms. He has {
stock than ever and we RECOMMEND
g or friends to give him call.
Is 9g- Godey's Lady's Book for Novem
r berse received. 1t is filled with its usua
variety of fashions, patterns, DC.
e Presidsnt Pierce and the Methodists.
r. A Correspondent of the Boston Journa
). thus writes from Concord, N. H., unde
} the date q the 9th inst
2. Last MI "a ~ - N1,a FoaVI1lxy ~
is students ofAhe Methodist General Bibli
r cal lnstituteApf this city, paid visit t
a. President Pieee in body. which com
prised Drs. Va. Merrill and Patten, th
D faculty of professors, and ffty-one stu
is dents, consisting.of young men from al
ct most every State in the Union. Th
" event in its everyRssociation was an ex
=. tremely pleasant ops.
% The students were personally introdu
le ced to the President by name, and tn
j. State to which each belonged was an
y. nounced at the same tine /; Che ceremon
= of introduction over, ths President ad
dressed his visitors brieh Tho follow
'e ing is the import of his reharks
lg He referred in few wofls to the haE
n Ply condition of the country aud the IN
parralleled prosperity with Which Prov
dence had blessed it, and exRessed th
hope that the young men before hin
III whom he was glad to meet, woul consit
We er the great Importance, among oher pa
e, amount duties, of obtaining knowle Ig
~ of the constitutional theory of our fsder
government and the duties it imposed
% as these might affect the individual, ii
Up mass, or those interests which belol
al. equally and inalienably to all. He ca
in nestly trusted they would always be four
!" diiigent in upholding and cherishing q
the institutions Of the country which q
p sanctioned by public law.
f" The occasion, he said, was to him o.
ofextreme happiness, which was enhance
by the assurance which had been MAJ
e. to him that the Methodist Biblical ms
vo tute was in prosperous condition a
ding since its commencement he had I
~ ken deep interest in whatever concer
&c ed its advancement and influence in us
w fulness. He was especially happy to 8
)" the proof of its prosperity presented in Il
"A welcome appearance of so many your
- men on this occasion, representing
1e many portions of this great confederac
n Though not connected with the Method
c. denomination, he had at different tim
is attended on the ministry of members
"A this body, and in his earlier years hr
- made acquaintance with families who b
us longed 10 it. whose friendship he had q
as ways highly priced, and certainly woul
not soon forget. Gratitude forbade ii
o. possibility.
I" He remembered with peculiar graf
q fulness the late Rev. DR.. Cookman-lI
ID chaplain TO Congress-who was lost
IN the President steamer. He had attendt
re on the ministry of that eminent man d