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~A suspension Bride is to be- bu,lt

~A A suspension Bride is to be built
across the Mississippi, at St. Ions No,
to be eiehty-four feet above high water
mark, and more than q milo il length,
The greatest distance between toWers
will be eighteen hundred feet Mr.. ~
w. Bissell, Of Rochester, N. Y, has fe.
ceived the appointment of engineers
The bridge is expected not to cost lsss
than two millions Of dollars, es:s.fs
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fected, and the reasonable time within
which it may be completed, we may state
that the companies proposed to be en-
braced in it have made great progress to-
wards the eonsummation of their several
enterprises. One hundred and sixty miles
of the Marietta and Cincinnati and Hills
boro' and twenty-five miles of the Hemp
field Railroads are now in operation
Thirty-eight miles more of the former,
which will finish the line west of Marietta,
will be open for traffic by January. The
residue of the Hempfeld between Wheel
ing and Washington, will be similarly
ready in December
The CHARTERS Valley Road, from Wash
ingten to Pittsburg, is nearly graded, and
can be finished in four months. A large
amount of work has been done on the
Marietta Road between Marietta and
Wheeling, and the whole may be put in
condition to receive the cars by next mid
summer, SO that within year from the
present time the whole line may be in rum
ming condition. Up to the present Pc
riod the total expenditures of the four
companies may be stated as follows:
Marietta and Cincinnati. .$7,767,6 $50
Hillsboro' and Cincinnati. -. l,262,O73
Hempheld 100000
Charters Valley. 100000
Total SltlS9i53
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Proclamation by the Governor of the
State of Ohio.

0GttGS C1 SnlO,
In conformity with custom sanctioned
by Legislative resolves, commended by the
practice of my predecessors in the execu-
tive office, and, in ITSELF highly becoming
to Christian people, !, Salmon P. Chase,
Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby
designate and appoint
Thursday, the goth dag Of November,
Of the current year, to be observed as q
day of public thanksgiving to Almighty
God. Refraining on that day from the
ordinary avocations Of life, let MS keep the
feast with joyful hearts. Assembling in
our respective places Of public worship,
or gathering around our domestic altars.
let us deveutly acknowledge God as the
gracious author of every blessing and ev-
cry benefit.
Let us gratfully thank Him, especially
for our prosperity and for our security;
for our institations of education, religion
and charity; for the products of our agri-
culture and of our arts; for the intercourse
for the preservation of health;
for homes endeared by sweet family affec-
tions; for the mercies of the redemption,
and for the hope of Immortality. Ador-
ing the Divine wisdom by which our farh-
ers were guided, establishing the founda-
tions of united empire in North America
upon the solid basis of civil and religious
freedom, and the Divine goodness by
which the institutions of government which
they founded and transmitted to US their
children, let US give thanks sor liberty,
guarded by law and defended by pnion.
Confessing, humbly, our unworthiness of
these inestimable benefits, let us fervently
invoke our Father in Heaven to continue
them, ,graciously, to us and to our prosterity
forever. Nor let US forget, in rejoicing
or in supplicatlons, our fellow men less
happy than ourselves.
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I(From the Liverpool Times, September IL. ) |
Gloomy Prospect in France Proba-
bllity of a Political Revolution.
The interest of the week centers in France. |
The financial position of that country is |
c,,armed, and belief is current that the
suspension of specie payments is enevita-
able. Public confidence is evidently shak-
en-, and the habit of boarding has become
general-the best proof of the unhealthy
condition of society. The drain from the
Bank of France is serious, and much dis
tress has arisen from the absence of sill
yer coinage to meet the requirements of
society. France is rapidly drifting to-
ward panic, and financial writer of au-
thority gives this gloomy view Of things:
"a few days will determine whether the
evil is about to assume fatal proportions.
Should the next week pass quietly over,
so as to allow the more favorable accounts
from Germany and China to produce an
effect, while the high rate of discount is
checking importations and inducing sales
of produce and manufactures, the crisis
will perhaps be found to have been sur
mounted. Ifthis result should not be wit
messed, and the people in blind confusion
should still rush to the bank, there can, of
course, be NO termination other than a
suspension of specie payments. At pres
ent the Emperor is said to have an insur-
mountable aversion to suspension Of
cash payments"
The population of Paris is in a very
feverisl state. The artisans of the fau-
bourgs are deeply inccnsed against the
government.
The high price of the necessaries of life,
/ the pressure of house-rents and the want of
employment are producing deep and gen
eral discomfort. The long absence of the
Emperor from Paris has added to the CON-
plications, and Louis Napoleon is consid-
cred to be himself the government, this
unfortunate condition of things sorely im-
perfls his popularity In fact matters ap-
pear to have come to such pass in the
| French metropolis that nothing which can
possibly occur there will occasion sur
prise. Hitherto the genius of the EN-
peror has proved strong enough for any
emergency, and the present is the time for
testing the test of his resources. Never
since the coup d'etat was he in such peril
NJ. Mague, the French Minister Of FL
nance, has submitted to the Emperor o
statement in which be paints in very glow
ing solors the prosperity and resources of
the country, and he shows that although
France has been to endure at the same
| time war, cholera, inundatious, and pro-
losged death or provisions, this accumu-
lation Of Gala mites has not induced disor-
der, nor checked trade, nor led to dimhu-
tion of the revenue. If an impatient and
discontinued people could be satisfied with
reasons, this state paper ought to set ev-
erything right, but the difference between
the theoretical prosperity here delineated
and the tctnal misery which exists tells
against the Minister'S assumptions
| prrenIo N, afiou hu tha C0VernOr of tho
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Burned. to Death.

An old woman of about SIS, an inmate
of the county infrmary was SO badly bur-
ned on last Saturday that the following
day she died. Her clothes took fire from
CRATE and were entirely burned off before
the fire could be extinguished, Her name
was Peggs. She formerly resided in
Jackson township.
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BurFALo. Oct. 90.

BUFFALO, Oct. ~ =.
A letter from. Rort Washington 25th,
furnishes further particulars of the loss of J
the Toledo. All on board were lost ex- &
cepting two deck hands and one steerage
passenger. They report seeing in the i
cabin three ladies'; two men in the steerage;
a man and wife and four children, and
two men. ~ si6 f.sii
There were doubtless many others. 5
The shore is strewn. for miles with pieces /.
of the wreck. The storm was the most
terrific ever known, and the sea is still
rolling too heavily to make thoronghs
search. 81 sl,i iliI. s.
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TERRIBLE LAKE DREASTERS-
FIFTY LIVES, EJST.
CHi0eeO, ,Oct. 27.

CHi0eeo, Oct. 81.
A great gale on L asae Mirhi9ams fSr~
two days past. News xassrsceive .;last.l
night of the total 10 sas ffther ProqeIlor-
Toledo, of the Trans psuting Company at
Port Washington, OF Hidayvnight. 1t
is reported that fiftsseaa; likes were lost.
and three saved nsn paFtDRl4rs Tie
cargo was m.rchan' lise,. fog srAaawaukie.
Total loss of the. sehooner Bahemian
which was wrecked asithe same time and
place.
The schooner GsusraI' Taylor, with
cargo of 1900 hashels> of,swheat. was
lost four miles RortiE,ss. here. on the same
night. The crew we've, sayed The YES.
sci was insured in, Haa;iso,, and the cargo
was insured in this city.
The schooner. Naakee, loaded with
lumber, also ,sentsto pieces on the same
night. The cremwere. saved,
LATER.-1,he-tsassfue Seadock Trait is
ashore twelve naises> ssom Milwaukie with
a cargo of coaliaad stones.
The propelles Globe is badly injured.
The Milwaukee. propeller Allegheny.
cargo of four-and wheaa, was. foundered
against the pier at Milwaukfe; and was
insured in Buffalo,
The schooner Bohemian belonged to
the Oswego line, (Fitzhugll. and Little
johh,) cargo of: r.. r.: Iron.
No list of the lost on the propeller
Toledo has baenrcceiyed.
& = ls-rs.a e.
MILWAUKEE Oct. %.
Between thirty and forty lives were lost
by the laundering Of the propeller Tele-3
do, off Port Washington on Saturday
morning.
The propellers- Allegheny and Globe
are considerably damaged. -.
No tidings, of the Illinois. ~
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From the Liverpool Times, September H.
Gloomy Prospect in France Proba-
bllity Of Political Revolution.
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'--''. ''.SSExATIoN OF CANADA.-A warm
4 is goins on between the Her
ST..of Mon
San-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
Astonishing Effects of Guano.

Although some people may be inclined
TO doubt the truth of the following yarn,
we can bring forward any quantity OF
vouchers. An old Salt, Of our acqualn-
tance, says that when he was in the guano
trade he sailed as mate of an old brig
which might have been tender 10 Noah S
ark. On return trip, with load OF gu
ano, the hatches we're left open one night,
and a tremendous shower wet the guano
in the hold, and produced the most sur
prising effects.
The tmbers of the vessel sprouted and
grew in all directions. Between decks
was a complete bowery. The forecaste
became an almost impenetrable thicket,
and the cabin beautiful arbor. The
rudder post being made Of white oak,
grew up into 'ive oak" tree, which af-
forded grateful shade 10 the man at the
helm, though he was sometimes annoyed
by the acorns rattling upon his tarpauIn
hat. The masls became very imposing
with their evergreen foliage, and, strange
TO relate, the loretopmast, which had been
carried away in gas, grew out y,
and the aIlitud'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
A Mothers Love.

Think of thy childhood Hast thou
ever tasted pleasures sweet as those p
Were ever garlands so faira as those ell
twined by mothers hands among thy
clustering rnglets When rebellious
passion reused the demon in thy nature,
naught quellsd the tempest like her whis-
pered chiding. Wien agonized by burn
ing fever, the fragile form tossed 10 and
fro, in convulsive effort for relief, no hand
but mothers could soolhe the throbbing
brow, or prepare the cooling draughi
which seemed real nectar to the psrched
lips. Pause, then, young man, in thy ca
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
n o Y Y T. S :.

T HAVE just received some valuable novels,
L among which | will enumerate the following:
High Life in New York, by Jonathan Slick !;
Captain Canot, or Twenty years in Africa /;
Leather Stockings and Silk, Story of the Val
lev of Virginia Ten Nightsin Bar Room,and
What Saw There; Eventide, by Effie Alton /;
Lost HeiresS, by Mrs. Southworlh; Totemwell ;
Virginia Comedian, or old days in the old Do
minion The Dodd Family; Planter S Northern
Bride Heir of Selwood; Dashwood Priory ;
Hidred Haunted Shadow; Mirth 81 Metre
Country NeghborS Masonic Offering; Sec
oud Love; Don Sebastian; Arabian Nights En-
tertanmept: Diary of Physician in California
or Lsnd of Promise Black Bess; Jack and his
Bride Belle of the Bowery Donoley and
Daughter The Image of his Father New
York by Gas Light; A man in search of
Wife The Maid Of the Sarinac Female Blue
beard or the Woman with many Husbands :;
Tyburn Tree; The beautiful Cigar Girl; Clip
eey Bess Julia Mansfield Orphan Seamstress; !;
Virgin Queen {; for sale by
Nov 10 &c. WILLIAMS.
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liant form, apparently struggling to gain
admission 10 her chamber through the
open window. Ii struck her at once that
the intruder had been caught by the rear
ofhis unmentlonables, by nail or some
other sharp instrument, as he seemed
struggling with stern determination 10
enter. Her first thought was 10 faint
her second, TO give the fellow push
her third, TO jump out Of the window as
soon as he jumped in--her fourth, to
scream, which was Immediately y carried
into effect. The whistle of the locomo-
tive on the Iron Mountain road, when ii
gave lis first snort on the 4th Of July, was
but whisper to the screams of the young
girl. The whole house and half the
were awakened by the out
cry.
The old folks, three female servants,
and two big brothers rushed TO the res.
cue, and broom-sticks, mop-handles and
boot-iacks flashed in the gas light. as the
entered the chamber of the
frightened beauty. An examination of
the figure in the window dispeIIed the
fears of all, and changed the screams Of
the young lady into shouts Of laughter.
The imaginary fat man was only her
own darling hoOped skirt, which she had
hung near the window, and which the
wind had inflated and set in motion. There
was no more sleeping in the house that
night.
The happy termination Of the adven-
ture put the family in such good humor
hat they laughed and talked until breSk-
fast time. Young ladies should be care
ful about the disposal Of their hoops when
they 90 10 bed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23

reer, if the path thou art lreading evoke
one lingering blush upon thy cheek, one
emotion Of shame Bethink thee it is
ploughing deep furrows in thy mothers
heart. But, after firm investigation, con-
science upbraid thee not, walk proudly
on in thy manly independence, heaPing
untold wealth of JOY upon that dear ones
head, who watches Ger thy pathway all
the liveIong day. Ii worldly wealth be
thine, how happy wilt thou be to sur
round her with the luxuries all-powerlul
gold will command : if poor, redouble
thy earnest attentions, and this will give
greater Joys than The wealth of the Indies
could purchase. If disease has fastened
lis deadly grasp upon her, be thine the
task 10 cheer the way Of the sufferer let
thy voice whisper comfort and support.
Thy love shall win to partial forgetluiness,
or nerve her to endurance. Maiden, in
thy careless glee forget not her who loves
the best. The world offers many gay
pictures whose vivid colors will entice
thy lively fancy take heed, then, lest
they so absorb thy judgement that selfish
ness ensue, and, devotee to pleasure,
thou hast scarce time or disposition 10 re-
turn a share of the same gentle offices that
made thy earlier years so like happy
dream. Be warned in time of these seem
ingly trihing temptations, which lure the
brightest and best from mothers SIDE.
When she suffers. be thou, in turn the
nurse pillow the aching head upon thy
bosom and, while busy memory recalls
the time when her arms held thy tender
form in close embrace, renew thy resOn-
tions Of better future, and keep them
while there yet is time: before the ear is
closed TO the repentant sobs that burst from
full heart-belore the eyelids dIooP for
ever Ger the eyes that have met thine so
oft in loving pride--prove thou art hu-
man. Give back some love for the wealth
she has poured on thee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23

we stolen any thing,
or lieo 10 mt, 1t will knock you down"
why, master" said the boy, 81 nev-
er lied or stole anything in my life."
"Well, take hold of this - and no
sooner had the lad received slightshock,
than he fell on his knees and bawIed out,
."Oh, master !. | did steal your cigars and
a little knife, and have lied ever SO many
times ;please TO forgive me-
The same experiment was tried with
like success on half dozen juvenles.--
At last an old negro who had been look
ing on very attentively, stepped up.
MASTER said he, "let dis nigger try.
Dat lnasheen is well enough to scare de
children wild, but dis nigger knows bet
Ter"
The machine was then fully charged,
and he received stunning shock. He
looked first at his hand, then al the ma
chine, and al last rolling his eyes, MAS
ter said he, "it amt best TO know 100
much. Oars many a soul gels to be
damned by knowing too much. an it's
my 'plnlon dat de debI made dat masheen
just 10 ketch your soul afoul somehow,
an | reckon you had best jes. take an
burn 1t up an have it done gone"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
4 Night Scene in a Young Lady's Bed
Chamber.

Last Tuesday night, which will be re-
membered as one of the warmest of the
season, young lady at the West End
was excessively frightened by little cir
cumstance which transpired about the
hour of midnight. This young lady,
whose beauty is only equalled by her
modesty, and whose "eye's dark charm"
has caused more than one waistcoat TO
paEpitate, had retired to her chamber,
where, after laying aside the greater por'
ton of her wearing apparel she commit
ted herself TO the tender embraces OF Nor
pheus. whose soothing influences were
aided by the gentle breath Of Zephyr, who
came in at the window and famed her
cheeks with his seathery wings. In a
word she was snoozing finely-or, 10 use
the language of modern bard
"Sleep on her velvet eyelids lightly press'd,
And dreamy sighs upheaved her snowy breast,
While starbeams thro' the window softly creep
ing,
Stole to her couch, and trembling there stood
peeping."
1t was, as we said, about midnight,
when the young lady was aroused from
her delicious slumber BY bearing a noise
at her window. Half unclosing her eyes,
she was startled by the sigh! of a corpu-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
A Tnnch;np Scene.
cOquetrY.

The Norfolk American OF last Saturday
mentions the following affecting incident :
A gentleman we'll known in our CITY,
was the other day walking in one Of our
cemeteries, when hesheard sobs and halt
uttered exclamatiors, rendered indistincl
bv emotions. The voice was evidently
that Of a young person. Turning in the
direction OF the sound he beheld small
girl, leaning over one of the graves made
last summer, weeping as though her little
heart would break. Every moment al
most she would cxclaim-"Falher, o
Father, why don't you come. am wait
ing for you" The gentleman could not
for some moments speak 10 her, the effect
upon him was electrical, and tear began
TO form in his eye.
He conquered his emotion however and
learned from her that "lhey had placed
her father there. and she wanted hin" "
Through the long cold winter she had moi
forgotten where her parent was laid and
she had come TO seek han. This history
needs no comment from US. hs simplicity
and beauty must 60 right to the heart oi
all who read it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
G@03G5g :90g9Eg.5;ss 3 3 3 ,
THE DREAMS OF YOUTH.

My youthful dreams are fading fast
Their brightness wanes away,
Like evanescent beams, that gid
The golden close of day.
But like such golden prospects,
They leave a ray behind,
That oft will send a cheering thought,
To soothe a care worn mind.
Though five and twenty years have cast
Their shadows DER my heart,
The gIadness of those joyous hours
Can never all depart;
Nor would wish to drop ONE link,
Within life's lengthening chain;
Since memory still will yield the JOY,
And soften all the pain.
Tho hopes TO which young love gave BIRTH
Were quenched in bitter tears,
And none can know what fate may have
Reserved for future years,
I'll care not what life's ills may be,
The worst VIII end at last,
Ais welcome, so they never bring
Oblivion Of the past.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
Uses of a nooncd PctticOat.

A handsome German girl, who has been
for some time noted in Broadway for the
vastness of her skirts, the cOpiousness Of
her hounces, the beauty Of her face and
The grace and coQuetry of her manners,
was lately arrested for theft, her room
searched, and an astonishing amount OF
dry goods. jewelry, and money, found on
the premises. 1t seems that this beauli-
full and gay purloiner has been inthe hab-
it of visiting dry goods, jewelry, shoe, ,and
other stores, and secreting under her
hoops, and carrying of, almost every.
thing movable that would pay for trans
portation. Under her ample skirts, and
securely attached 10 the stout hoops, were
ingeniously arranged hooks, on which she
could fasten pieces of silk and satin, rea-
dy made garments, handkerchiels, laces,
shoes, &C., also, pockets, in which she
could safely stow jewery, stolen purses,
port.monnaies and other small but valua-
ble articles. She had accumulated quite a
large stock Of goods and jewelry, besides
handsome capital in cash, when her occu-
patton was thus unceremonousIy INFER
rupled by the authorities, and her enter
prise blasted. The last that was heard of
this industrious but unfortunate belle, she
was reposing in the Tumbs, preparatory
to a summer excursion to Sing Sing ".
T. Lei
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23
with shruObe-
req

with shruobe-
Jose resembled a
,use. Crab apples grew
..ump-handle, and cherry-table
in the cabin bore fruit. Perhaps the most
remarkable circumstance occasioned by
the stimulating and fertilizing influences
of the guano was that the cockroaches on
board became SO large that they could get
up the anchors and make sail on the
brig. One of the owners of the craft ia
cetiously remarked that she went out a
fulI-rigged brig and came home half bark.
There is nothing like guano TO make
things grow, and for strict truth and verac-
ity give US an old sailor when he lays
himself out on big yarn.--BoStOn Her.
aid.
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Jim, did you ever study grammar 2

Jim, did you ever study grammar p
Il did
What case is Squire C-r
Hes an objective case
How so 2
Because he objected TO paying his sub
scriplion that he had been owing Tor five
years or more
What is a noun =
Don't know but | know what re-
noun, is
We'll, what is it 2
Running off without paying the prn-
lers and getting on the black list as a de-
Iinquent.'
Good. What is a conjunction ?
A method of collecting outstanding
in conjunction with con-
stable. Never employed by printers un-
til the last extremity
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23

Astronomers expect HE appearance.
this year. of The comet Of 1850, eaAed
Charles v, and so named from having.
according TO some hislnFians, caused thai
monarch TO abdieste and retire to the con-
vent OF St. Just. Ii is thought to be the
ideniica wandering star whieh appeared
in 1854, in 995. and in $50 f; its return
was fixed for ls48, but it failed 10 ap,
pear.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23

A Jockey who was selling nag TO
gentleman, observed that he was an hon
est horse. After the purchase the gentle
man asked him what he meant by an hon
est horse. "Whv, sir, replied the sell
Ter, "whenever rode him he always
threatened TO throw me, and he certainly
never deceived me-"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-08-23

One of the IodstS.-We think this
sentiment, aBd think il better even than
the standard ''dsy we celebrate" toast =
The Women Of the ReyolUiion--molh-
ers of men and patriots The women OF
!o.day--H Hoop hoop hurrah y