Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-05-30
War CoUsrr-The Democrats have


carried the county of Writ by storm
They elected g. c. Hopkins. Sheriff. by
sl6 minority. r. S. Brown. Common
wealsh's Attorney by i45. and Isaac
Enoch. Commissioner of the Revenue, by
90. Well done for Writ.
DoDDRIDepE CousTYIn Doddridge
county the Democrats party has routed
its opponents. " horse. foot and dras
goon.'
g. j. steuart is elected Commonwealth
Attorney by ei5 majority.
sGhas. O. Davis is elected Sheriff by
100 majority. . & + I. sss 49,
R. A. Jeffry lis elected Com
missioner,of the Revenue by about 100.
majority. So '. .,'. 15.,s
The Magistrates elected are for the LIST
District John Smith, Th6s!stG. RNnlter,
James F. Kelly and John SDotson.
I'd Dist.-rT.lsK. Knight. NJ. Allen.
Ralph Smith andrE III. Davis. Boa
Sd Dst-Wm, Rand olph, y acob, snider.
a. Lowther and j. K, Ghilders. sf
4th Dist.-s. Pc. Randolph, 7. S.
Gray. jesse cLowther and AllisonaBa
OF the above. Kelley Dotson and
Childers. only. are the Knew-Nothings.
Doddridge has acquitted herself nobly.
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TAYLOR CouNrY.-rh e election in Tay-
lor county resulted in the election Of Mr..
notwithstanding candidate, for
Commemorative Attorney. by SO MAORI
~. and z. Shields. KnowsNothing. was
elected Sheriff, BY l92, majority. H. 7.
Sinclair, Democrat, was elected Commits
sioner of the Revenue. A majority of the
Magistrates elected are Democrats. +
H The New York Evening Express
calls attention.; to gratifying fact, says
When the practice OF inhalation for the
treatment of consumption was FIRST estab-
lished here, by DIR. Robert Hunter, of
this city, and lis success and availa>
bility strongly advocated in the leading
journals. the assertion was made by Dir.
Hunter that {" il every case of consump-
lion in this city were placed under judi
cious treatment by Inhalation. within two
years the mortality from this disease
would be diminished one half"
The opponents of the new principle Of
local application of vapor for the cure of
the lungs. appealed accordingly to the
bills of mortality, predicting the most dis
.couraging consequences from the wide
prevalence which the new system had
suddenly gained. After a careful exami-
nation of facts in connection with the sys-
tenn, we ventured to give our voice, with
others, in favor Of its fair trial. We are,
accordingly, rejoiced to see the repeated
assurances ofevery good result to the af>
hicted. from what appears to be the broa-
dest basis OF judging in the premises. Of
the results. Dr.. Hunter. in answering
the appeal to the bills of mortality. regu
larry published in his journal. the Medi-
cal Specialist, points OUT further decrease
in the deeths from consumption in New
York, reaching now to the extent of thir-
ty one per cent. decrease for 2compati>
son of the three months just past. with
The corresponding quarters of the previ
Gus years. For the three months ending
March, 1854. the number of deaths from
this disease are given as SAG. for March
1855. the number was 766. and for March
1856. the number is $50. decrease Of
two hundred and sixty-Lhree, or more
than one third.
AN EXCELLENT eREMEDrAwe acknow-
lege the receipt OF quantity Of Dir. s..