Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-08-01
aCLARKsBURG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st, IS

fashionable world1ipg he would prefer t.
lsee her in an early grave. He knew vel
the shoals and quicksands on which wo,
men were in danger of being wrecked
and very carefully he guarded his daugh
ter. that the evil he knew so well should
not come upon her.
i He began in early childhood to cult.
yate and store her mind. He wished hei
to be an elegant and accomplished wo.
man. bat he did not fear that knowledge
however profound or obtrnse, would de
lstroy her true womenly qualities, and he
knew 1t would be one of the best safe.
Eguards in the midst of temptation. disap
pointment and sorrow. She was familiar
with several languages, and was instruc.
ted in all the learning of the schools.
which is usually thought only necessary
for boys, while accomplishments consider
ed exclusively adapted to women were
not neglected.
But bad and wholly irreligious, and
immoral. as he was himself, the father was
scrupulously careful that his daughter
should grow up. with very different senti-
ments. She was not beautiful. was even
not handsome. but he told her that beau
ty was thing of cultivation; and if at
any time she was moody OF impatient or
irritable, she was counseled to look in the
mirror and see the effect il had upon her
countenance, and the habitual indulgence
of these tempers. she was told, would
make any face repulsiye. She was not
comman led to ecte 1flI, good tempered
and benevolent, for this would have been
sure to increase the evil he was trying to
remedy. but motive was given her that
would be almost sure to influences child
and woman, besides setting forth the
Importance of the virtues themselves, he
was inculcating. 1t was thoroughly i'm
pressed upon her, that kindness, disinter-
estedness, and charity to all. would cause
her brow to beam with a spiritual beauty
more desirable than any nature alone can
confer. that it was continual suggestion
to the cultivation of right feelings, and the
restraining OF bad ones.
The wicked mau, too, understood the
necessity of appearing good in tho eyes
of his child. and 50 well did he succeed
that she honored him as almost superhu-
man, and loved him with the most earnest
affection. When he was absent from her,
he wrote to her every day, and
expected her to write to him, thus ac-
customing her to the expression Of her
thoughts and opinions, keeping himself
informed of her progress in her studies,
and the development of her mind, and
creating the strongest chain TO bind him
to her heart.
Theodosia was the idol and object of un>
ceasing care and attention the man whose
whole life was devotee to schemes of am
bition, aud debasing self. qualification, and
it seems strange that he should not have
attempted to be, what he was continually
attempting to seem in her eyes.
When she became young lady, she
was called handsome. and pronounced by
many Europeans the most accomplished
American woman in her day. Her man.
uers, as well as the expression Of hel
countonance. were characterized by dig,
nifty and sweetness which won the love as
well as the admiration of all who saw
her.
It may seem foolish motive to present
to child. the desire to be beautiful, and
it might be very easily misconstrued and
misapplied. To attempt to cultivate the
expression without the qualities of heart
on which alone it depends would be very
likely to stamp upon the face meaning
less simper, hypocritical smile which
would be anything but pleasing. Our
first impressions of person are derived
from the expression Of the face. and the
manners. We every day hear the ex,
preston "There is a good face !" "I like
that countenance," or What pleasing
Manners" aud these are generally very
af -,
AN IMpoRTAET DEvELoP4ENr.-The
Wheeling IVA Intelligencer, an influen
tial old line Wing journal, promises il
a few days, to give in full, its views of tht
Cincinnati platform and the Democratic
nominees. The Intelligencer says of thu
Platform that upon the great question
at present dividing the country, it is emi
nently national, and proclaims, in its lar
gest sense, the national and constitutions
doctrine Of nou-interference by Congress
in State, Territory and District of Colum
bla. This is the true doctrine, and viii
be the test question at the North during
the canvass. BY it will be tried Northern
sentiment. and by it must be determined
the true position of parties with referenc,
to the union, for on this principle alon,
can its firm continuance be anticipated
Fhe South cannot and viii not consent Il
be considered inferior to the North, boil
in their personal rights and in their right
of property, and this doctrine secures tha
end. But we will defer our remarks a
present, and will at an early day, exam
Inc the whole platform and give our read
. ers the candid expression of our view
, upon it."
AMERICAN HusBANDs.-New York SO
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