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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

~ We return our thanks to Hon. O..
Kidwell for copy of the Report of the
Board Of Regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution for 1856.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

RE Gov. Wise has issued proelams.
ton offering reward Of one hundred and
6fty dollars for the apprehension Of ellison
D. Stewart, who murdered Archibald
Dunlap in the county Of Highland, q few
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

INTERESTING REVIVAL friend resi-
ding on Roofing Creek. in this county.
writes US:
"a protracted meeting has been in
progress here for 10 days past, under the
charge Of Rev. Daniel Helmick, assisted
BY Rev. Mr.. Dorsey and others, Of the
Methodist Protestant Church. and an In
teresting revival Of religion has been the
result of their labors. About thirty per-
sons have already protested religion, and
the work is still going on. Brother Hell.
mick has been peculiarly successful in his
Iabors among this people; this being the
second revival they have been blessed
with under his ministration. within the
last nine months. At former revival,
fifty were added to the church."
+" Roor1NG CREEK. Nov. 10th, 1857"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

HENRY WARD BEEcHER IN A Mock
AUCTION SroRE.-An exchange thus all
ludes to the unexpected meeting of one
Of his Pensioners by Henry Ward Bee
cher:
Henry Ward Beecber, in his wander.
ings about New York city. disguised. 10
study nature and the different aspects of
society, recently dropped into mock
auction shop. He stood some time when
the auctioneer cried ont, Mr.. Beecher,
why the devil don't you bid 2" He was
astonishedsat finding himself known IN
that place. He retired, and sent friend
to ask Funk how he knew him, Beech
er. :" How do know him WHY, l
have been>a prominent member in his
church for the last Eve years, and own
the fifth pew from the front"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20
MARRIED.

On The Sd inst, BY Rev. S. K. vaaght, D,
JAMESFH. SIMS and Miss MARY JANE
MEEKS, both ofLewis countys -
On the 18th, by The same, Mr.. JAMES "
STEWART and Miss RACHEL V. nEYEk,
both Of Harrison county. ,.5sf
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20
Posting the Books--The next House of
REPRESENTATIVES..

Elections for members Of the House OF
Representatives of the next Congress
have now been held in all the States oil
the Union, with the following result, as
summed up by the Washington Union
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

A MOUNTAIN OF COPPER "A cores
pondent Of tho Richmond Exchange writ
ing from Floyd county, Va. says :
"Mr. Robert l., Toncrey, Of Floyd,
has recently opened copper mine on bis
plantation, which in my opinion contains
the richest mineral in the word-it is a
mountain Of copper. We passed through
the mines in the morning, and though we
felt somewhat fearful in thus passing un.
der the mountain we were astonished at
the sight Of such an immense quantity of
rich ores all around US. There are sew
eral tunnels passing through the various
veins Of different kind of ores. There is
q vein OF red oxide. about l8 feet wide,
the ore of which yields about rs per cent.
There are veins OF the black and brown
ores, about 100 feet in width. The black
ores yields sixty, and the brown from thir.
ty to thirty-fve per cent. He has recent
~ struck on vein of yellow sulphale,
which yielda from twenty FIVE 10 thirty
per cent This vein is about twenty eve
feet wide, going down nearly perpendic>
ularly. To all appearances it is mex.
haustible.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

w We publish, to-day, communi>
cation rejecting upon Gov. Wise and the
Richmond Enquirer, which it is unneces-
ry for US to say we do not endorse, We
have no idea that Gov. Wise has prosti-
tuted his high place to political intrigue.
or that the Enquirer is entirely in the SER
vice of disorganizing political aspirants.
Solar as We know, the Governor is deyo-
ting his energies to the interests of the
Commonw wealth. and the Enquirer is still
doing much good service to the country,
although we have not approved all its po-
sitions. We publish the communication
that both sides may be heard.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

The PENNSYLVANIA BANK RELIEF BILL
The bill for the relief of the banks pass.
ed by the Pennsylvania Legislature le'
galizes the present suspension of specie
payments. designates as the lime of re-
sumption the second Monday of Apri
next, and in subsequent sections makes
the following provisions:
Sec. 4. Authorizes the Collectors Of
Taxes and Tolls, &C., and the County
Treasurers, to receive for State purposes
the notes of solvent banks, though not
specie paying. 3a5a,
Sec. 9. Reserves the right Of the Legis-
lature 10 alter, revoke or annul the char.
ter OF any bank accepting the provisions
of this act, whenever in their opinion the
same may prove injurious to the citizens
Of the Commonwealth.
Sec. 10. Prohibits Banks and Savings
Institutions from purchasing the notes Of
other incorporated Banks at less than par.
Sec. II. Prohibits the sale, Of stocks,
bonds, promissory notes and other securi-
ties that have been hypolhecated from
being sold for period Of six months with
out the consent Of the debtor being FIRST
had.
The time fixed for the resumption is
the second Monday of,ApriI, tho same as
it passed the Senate originally.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

IEag Worth makes the man, and the
want Eft, the fellow.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

Disastrous F1RE.-The store of F. ".
Martin. including the pOst-ofIice, together
with the residence of John Hood, at Ro-
mines Mills, in this county. was entirely
destroyed by Gre on Sunday evening last,
the 18th inst. Mr.. Martin saved nothing
Of his books, papers or goods except his
Ledger. Mr.. Hood saved a considerable
portion Of his household goods. The fire
is supposed to have been accidental
There was no insurance. We have not
heard an estimate of the amount of the
loss.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

AgThe first snow Of the season fell
on last Friday.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20

R Merit wins the soul.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

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The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15
s.Eirst-Ratc Notices."

1t is one of the more pleasant incidents Of
editorial life to bestow public commenda-
ton on deserving objects, but it is also one
of the more unpleasant incidents to have
them extorted by those who have no claim
whatever on the public sentiment. News
paper Immortality is so cheap, that one can
hardly understand the avidity with which
it is sought, much less why editors should
pou- out so lavishly, where the effect is to
DESTROY al the value of commentator be-
slowed on worthy objects.
The immediate text for these comments
is in notice we find in an exchange OF the
fact that Mr.. So-and-so haI been promo
ted to the position of station-Gaster at
little village on the Central road. OIe pa
per, at the town he leaves, makes him nj
for superintendent of the road, besides be-
ing good Democrat, Sand sound on the
goose;" while another-a city paper of
large circulation-echoes it all, and ear
nestly congratulates Genessee county on
this important addition to its population.
We may look with forgiveness on the
good naturcd facility which dictated these
foolish eulogiums, but how much good does
such puff direct accomplish for Mr.. So
and-so, compared with the loss of tone and
character in the press which without dis
elimination, bestows such praise on sta
tion-agent as would be too fat for a newly
elected Governor Of the State? We admire
business enterprise, and honor the energy
which is constantly building up fortunes
from small beginnings. When man builds
a great mandatory, employs hundreds of
men, and feeds thousands of mouths, we
are willing and anxious to honor him; but
spare us from the necessity of blowing a
persistent trumpet for the small guns of ora
tors, fiddlers, and saloon-keepers, who are
every day put forward as public benefac-
tors.-Bufalo Com. Ado.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

The emancipation movement in Missouri,
has had an effect on the growth and pros
pcrity of the State, which is opening the
eyes of the people, as they were never open
Ell before. They begin to see that in this
great question, as in other things, materi-
al prosperity has direct connection with
moral rectitude. The St. Louis Democrat
calls attention to the great increase of the
land sales, since the impression had gone
abroad that Missouri was to be a free State.
In the Springfield district, within the last
sixty days 1000 acres have been entered,
almost exclusively from the free States, an
amount which exceeds the entire entries of
three previous years. In the Warsaw dis
trict 100000 acres had been entered in
about the same time and in the Jackson dis
trict about 1000 acres a day were taken up.
The prospect of Missouri becoming free
State, is settled conviction in the minds of
the people of the north, and to this signif-
cant fact, that State owes this unparalleled
activity in its land markets.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

A matron, engaged in active household
duties, gave the baby in charge of her little
girl, to keep quiet. Soon the girl came in
with report that the baby was crying
"Well, spank it," was the maternal answer.
Back she went, but soon to return, stating
that the baby was crying again. swell,
spank it again, then!' was the prompt re-
ply. "Yes man, have, but it wont stay
spanked"
So it is with Chapman--hc won't stay
spanked! He has given out, and has caus-
ed it to be given out by his friends, in ad-
vance of the canvassing of the votes, that
he intends to contest Judge Ferguson's seat
in Congress. Not satisfied with having
usurped for two years seat in the Councils
of the Nation, he insists upon it that the
people of Nebraska shall be again repre-
sentcd (?) by him. No MAN will contend
for an Office, that the voice of the people
has emphatically said he is not fit to fill.
In, case Mr.. Chapman carries out his
threats, and contests the seat before Con-
gress, will his case not look little suspi-
cious in the eyes of members? Will they
not be apt to ask each other why it is, if he
is so popular in Nebraska and so fairly
elected, that he always is obliged so appeal
to them?- Omaha Times.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

Our facetious neighbor Of the Omaha
Times, Il his issue Of August 9th, tricd his
hand IN the above science, evidently 70 his
ewn satisfaction. In speaking OF the late
election, and the vote in Omaha, 10 says
sswe now outnumber Council Bluffs BY sew
eral hundreds.' Now, what are the facts Of
the case? By comparing the vote polled in
this city on the 18th Of June, with that
pollcd at Omaha on the Sd Of August, We
find that Council Bluffs polled $40 votes,
and Omaha 1O34-an excess in favor OF
Omaha Of 1872. It is from this fact that our
neighbor makes his logical deductions. The
Times says ssthat in an older section of the
country, this (vote Of lo3s) would indicate
a population Of 5000; but here, where there
are so many single gentlemen, as well as
persons whose families are in some other
part Of the country, this does not indicate
population Of moro than 1000"
The rule which the editor very truthfully
says will not apply to Omaha, is literally ap-
plicable to this city, as an older section Of
country-therefore, counting five inhabit-
ants to every voter, Council Bluffs has about
1000 inhabitants larger number thar
Omaha has in fact. We cannot see that
Omaha ssoutnumbers Council Bluff by sew
eral hundred"
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15
A Democratic Dasuerrco,ype Of the Democratic
Party.


Carpenter, of the Madison (Wis.) Pat
riot, gives us the following specimen of his
off-hand method with his brother Demo-
Gratis:
Why is our party to-day on its knees be-
fore the world? It requires no soothsayer
or sorcerer to answer that question. The
party has played with edge tools, as duh as
old hoes at that-and has got cut; it has
hirted with political cyprians, and got Tilted;
it has slept with pilfering shavers, scoun-
drcls and knaves, and has caught the bar
ber's itch. 1t has breathed the residential
malaria Tuning from the lairs of old rotten,
unprincipled, scurvy-headed, milk-and- wa
ter, broken down, cast of, lep o Is. pukes,
cancerous thieves, superanuated pickpock-
ets, treasury plundering, refuse Abolition
Office seeking, whisky soaked, double distil-
led buffoons and Penitentiary scallawags-
who have preyed and gorged upon the party
and the people, until the substance of each
is almost exhausted, and they look as lean,
lank, thin, savage and cadaverous as twice
starved hyenas, confined in the Dismal
Swamp of terror and adversely, through a
thousand eternities of snow, sleet, hail, rain
thunder, lightning, tempests and irretrieya-
BILE famine.
Such is the fated malady that has over
taken the Democratic party of Wisconsin.
1t has been laid on thick and fast, with dou-
BILE coating-shingled, mortared, tarred,
plastered and rubbed in, until the party re-
semblcs more the ghost of a spring colt
dead, demised, deceased and done for. with
out skin, flesh or bones-than anything,
having life, longevity, elasticity, vigor, Vi
tally, or wide awake component parts.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15
HORACE EVERETT,
Dealer in Land, Land warrants
and Exchange,
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA.,

nFFERS EOR SALE, THE FOLLOWING DESIRA-
~ BILE Lands in Mills Comfy.
Use and N W s L X, Sec 10, Town II,
r 4l-l2O Acres one mile from Nishnabottnny river,
SEN N W X, Sec 8, Town II. A-40acres bot
lom land on Silver creek miles W OF white Cloud
SwkSE Y, Sec 10, and W y, Sec 81,
Town =, Range Aleo acres fine prairie and timber,
NEkNw X, s %, u, 41-40 acres; W X
NwA N E y s W y, and " \, Sec3a,
n, l1-l20 acres near white Cloud, and adjoining
Mr.. Hsrgin's farm.
SW&Aw 1sEk,s n, IT, r Al, '1o aeres'
lies nile north OF White Cloud. Most q the above
y Al, lies about mile north of Mcssrs SUM
mcr's farm, is second bench bottom, within mile
ton and Mo Railroad and Is unsurpassed by land in
Western Iowa, and will be sold on reasonable terms.
r SW X and W X, Sec %, u, II 60 acres 9
miles Z Of Tabor. $5 per acre.
iso acres timber, miles n " Tabor 80 per acre.
EKNEk, Sec "a, T H. $50 acres q mile
east Of Mr. Stringers farm, on the road from Genwoo
to Tssor. 45 per acre
4, tn. 42--2oo acres miles N Of GIenwood, and
two miles north Of Fayette. - per acre.
VIZ Swh and s EN- $ WV and wksEk and 10
acres off the East side Of BY VIZ n EN-, Sec Is, T
70, II; ny N WV, Sec 2, IL, r. II; SEX n EN-,
Sec %, H. Ril-267 nifty three hunredth This
tract lies about mile west Of Cotton's farm y
mile west Of the Nishnabottany river and miles North
Of the Railroad40 acres Of it is excellent timber
81 Ell and ES EN- and VIZ, Sec 8, T "a,
$3.50 acres lies Keg creek mostly bottom land,
and miles north Of Glenwoad.
sE E = ss' :, IS IS : 4. y 100 acre.
lies on Kes creek about miles south Of the Stage road
east from Council Bluffs, and miles north Of Glen
For price and Terms, apply at HORACE EvERETf'S
Once Council Bluffs Inl5-u
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

The Washington Union, few days since,
charged that the people of Lawrence pro-
voked Gov. WALKER to his late course for
the purpose of creating an excitement in
the North, that would elect BANKS in Massa-
chusetts and WnMor in Pennsylvania. This
is the latest democratic political dodge
Query-Why was WALKER not smart enough
to detect the trick and foil it, by leaving the
Lawrence people alone? If the trap was SO
easily detected, he must have been great
goose to walk right into it. The organ at
Washington is evidently sick of WALKERS
course, or it would not resort to such a
pitiful excuse us this.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

The New York Tribune says, a report has
reached that city by telegraph, Simplifying
that THOMAS j. RusK, U. S. Senator from
Texas, shot himself on the 25th ult. Mr..
RvsK was an orator, speaking briefly and
infrequently; in politics he was Pro-Slave-
ry Union Democrat; personally, he was
kind hearted, amiable, and would rather
have done a good than an i'll turn, even to a
political adversary. Few Members of Con-
gress enjoyed wider personal popularity
He was eminently good-humored, and the
very last man we should have suspected of
a tendency to suicide. If he has taken his
own life, liquor is the melting cause of his
destruction.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15
rg- Oregon is convulsed BY SLAYER,

CT Oregon is convulsed by Slavery
agitation, in spite of her northern latitude.
Briefy-the @National Democracy is full
in power therein, and is there, as everywhere
a Pro-Slavery party. 1t has chosen Con-
vention to frame a State Constitution, and
that Convention is about as strongly Pro-
Slavery as Democratic. Little doubt re-
mains that the Convention will frame a
clause making Oregon Slave State, and
submit it separately to the people. By them
however, it will pretty surely be voted down
all the Republicans and minority of the
Democrats voting against it. The Demo-
cratic leaders, will, however, have accom-
plished one Of their main objects they will
have commended themselves to the favor Of
the ruling power Mt Washington, as eminent
~ conservative and "National'' and they
will probably secure some fat Offices as the
reward Of their jealous. though unsuccess-
full efforts.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

The following article should be read and
pondered we'll by every man who takes a
newspaper without paying for it:
The result of my observation enables me
to state as fact, that the publishers of
newspapers are more poorly rewarded than
any class Of men in the United States, who
invest an equal amount of labor, capital, and
thought.-They are expected to do more SER
and "dead heading" to puff and defend
more people without fee or hope Of reward,
than any other class. =.
They credit wider and longer, get oftener
cheated; suffer more pecuniary loss; are Of
tener the victims of misplaced confidence
than any other calling in the community.
People pay printers bill more reluctantly
than any other, goes harder for them to ex-
pend dollar on a valuable newspaper, than
ten on needless gewgaw yet, everybody
avails himself of the use Of the EDITORS pen
and the printers ink.
How many professional and political re-
putations and fortunes have been made and
sustained by the friendly, though unrequited
pen of the editor? How many embryo
towns, and cities have been brought into
notice, and pulled into prosperity by the
press2 How many railroads, now in sue
cessful operation, would have foundered
but for the assistance of the clever that
moves the world" in short, what branch of
industry or activity has not been promoted,
stimulated and defended by the press?
And who has rendered it more than mis-
cradle pittance for its mighty services? The
bazaars of fashion and the haunts of appe-
tite and dissipation, are thronged with an
eager crowd, bearing gold in their palms,
and the commodities there needed are sold
at enormous profits though intrinsically
worth less, and paid for with scrupulous
punctuality; with the counting room of the
newspaper is the seat of jewing, cheapening
trade, orders, and pennies. 1t Is made a
point of honor to iquidate grog bill, but
not of dishonor to repudiate a printers bill.
Still pearls are found, but small, invalus-
BILE ones, not worth dollar each, and you
have to open fifty to get one Of these. A
pearl the size of a pea is found in one mus.
Gle out of seven or eight thousand, and from
seventy to one numbered muscle can be pro-
cured in one day, with considerable labor.
The pearl thus found may be worth fifty
dollars, if its shape is perfect and its hue
unimpeachable; if it is extraordinary in these
particulars, it may be worth hundred dol
lars; but the jeweler to whom you may carry
it will offer you fifteen dollars for it, and ask
you to consider yourself well paid.
It has been calculated that out of ten tho.
sand persons who three months ago engaged
in the Jersey pearl fishing until such time
as they got Disguised, which was seldom
more than two days and hardly ever exceed
ed three, only fifty found pearls Of sufficient
value to pay them for the time and labor
expended in the search. But the story that
Tiffany, of Broadway, had given 81 500 for
pearl as large as a boys marble was eager
ly snatched at and retailed, and the brooks
for scores Of miles were robbed of their
shell fish,
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-15

CTA case Of bona .fde yellow fever has
occurred in Philadelphia. The victim was
JoHS DAVIS, mate Of the bark +. K. Kane,
from Havana, which vessel passed Quaran-
tine on the Oath inst. DAVIS died on Mon
day morning, in the city, having the black
vomit and all other indications OF the fever.
The Board of Health was notified, the
case was Investigated, and the bark was
sent back to Quarantine. The building in
which DAVIS died is the same in which the
pestilence Of 1858 first made its appearance,
and the neighborhood is a very bad one.