Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-09-25
oLARKsBURG, FRIDAY, SEPT. e5, 1857.
The UsurY Laws.

Laws of this State is being agitated in q
number of quarters. The reason given
for is is the capital OF our State is being
drawn to other places where Usury Laws
do not exist and the rate of interest is
higher. thereby depriviag our people of
what capital naturally belongs to US.
| If this proposed change means a
repeal. or such a modification Of our Usu-
sury Laws as will allow aShylock to take
advantage of the desperation produced by
the distresses of an unfortunate and over
sanguine trader, and demand Of him even
more than the pound Of aesh." zoe are
dead opposed to t.; because We know. as
well as We can know anything that has
not already taken place. that the distress
it will cause will be equal to the plaques
of Egypt. The experiment has been tried
in number Of other States with the
most disastrous results. and we warn our
public men who have any regard to their
future, to be cautious how they yield to
the requests Of money>lenders.
Ifmoney was an article Of merchandise.
like yard of cloth or bushel of wheat.
instead Of being the measure that governs
those articles. the popular argument that
it should be left to be regulated by sup.
ply and demands might do. But such is
not the case, and we imagine that our
farmers have no desire to pay 80 per
cent. for money aud get only rs cents a
bushel for wheat and 81 hundred, gross.
for their cattle. It would hardly pay. II
is we'll known that when aoney is plenty
the price Of everything else advances. but
the reverse of the proposition is not Sc
correct. o. is proven to us at this very
time. Our crops are abundant, and oul
pasture has been luxurians, giving us q
large yield Of grain, cattle, aud the staple
products of our country ); and is money
more plenty or easier got? Such is moi
our experience, and we doubt if it is that
of others. at least in an equal ratio.
The argument that the high rate of in
terest paid in some parts of the west is
} one reason for the scarcity Of money here
: may be more correct, but it is no induce,
ment to US to make the proposed change
Some people may be willing to pay two
, per cent. a week interest, but we are not
We shall probably revert to this sub.
. ject again.
A Coon HousE.-We are requested BY
number of gentlemen of this place who
' were at the late Fair at Wheeling, to re-
commend to our citizens visiting tina
place, the house of Mrs. ]. J. Hoge, No
lao, Market street, just above the Mcclure
3 House. 1t is private boarding house
and represented to be in all respects
equal to the best hotels in the place
while the carges are not near as high.
BANKS Brownsville Cincinnati Safe
ty Fund Bank Note Reporter, of Septem
Der lst., quotes the following Virgins
Banks as broken:
Monongahela Farmers Company,
Virginia Saline Bank,
Western Bank Of Virginia.
o. no You don't say? Not for the
last thirty years. any how.
LAST CHANcE.-J. H. Murphy's Gal,
lery of Ambrotypes, Photographs, &C.,
will be open for taking pictures until Sat.
urday. the Sd of October, when it will be
permanently closed. Those wishing pic.
lures had better apply at once.
~ J. & w. P. Irwin are just recei.
wing and opening their Fall and Winter
stock of Dry Goods. Groceries, &c. II is
the first arrival of the season, and will no
doubt be disposed Of on accommodating
terms. Call and see them.
Eg We return our thanks to Mr.. E,
Cummings for lot Of fne peaches. They
are the best We have seen this year. As
they are very scarce in this county. the
present is very acceptable one.
MINNESOTA CossrrruT1oN.-Th follow.
ing are some Of the provisions of the new
State constitution which has been agreed
upon by the republican and democratic
conventions of Minnesota:
Slavery or involuntary servitude shall
never exist in the State-that the liberty
of the press shall ever remain inviola.e-
that the trial by jury shall extend to all
cases at law-and that NO religious or
property teste shall ever be required to
qualify man for holding Office or voting
Every male person Of the age of twenty