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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
The Use of Cotton.

In a recent number of the Charleston
Courier there is curious and interesting
communication touching certain new uses
to which cotton may be applied. 1t seems
that a gentleman of South Carolina by
the name OF Legare. has been for many
years engaged in experimenting upon the
fbres of cotton wood. with view of COM
pressing them into a permanently solid
form. He first succeeded so far as to
create a compact substance, which was
unelastic. plastic under the fingers, and
hard az wood. He called it cotton wood,
and caused various articles Of furniture to
be fashioned from this novel material for
his own use. One or two of these were
exhibited at the South Carolina Institute,
and obtained a gold medal. He next
went one step further, and obtained a
plastic substance, FIRE and water. proof,
and possessing every quality desirable in
the best roofing. From this it was but a
step to the construction of a mate rial suit
able tor the construction Of vertical walls
aud for any amount of moulding or relief
So That if the statements and anticipa-
lions of the correspondent of the Char
aeston Courier are correct, house NAV
be built from foundation to roof-tree Of
compressed cotton, nearly as hard as stone
and quite as impenetrable to the elements;
and it may be built in half the time it
would take to lay the bricks in brick
house vi the same size, and at about one
third of tie cost. The workman has am
pie opportunity 10 give the surface any
appearance he pleases; it may be smooth
or corrugated. plain or wrought into any
forms that taste or fancy may prescribe.
And 10 the preparation Of this material.
all the refuse aud worthless cotton on the
plantation, and even the sweepings OF
cotton factories. hitherto rejected even by
the paper maker, may be freely used.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
Book Notices.

THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER for
July, has been received. 1t is replete
with choice reading. prose and poetry
This magazine is now steadily improving.
is eminontly Southern. and should be in
every family circle in the South.
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for the pres
ent month, one of the best literary jour>
nails in the country. has also been receiv-
ed. We extract from it for our paper
this week most excellent poetical contri-
ton, "What a wretched woman said to
me-"
The KN1oKERBooKER for July comes to
hand better stored. perhaps, than usual.
with useful and entertaining reading, and
with a new associate editor, DR.. J. o.
Noyes, author Of the "Rouma nia," &C.,
and who has book now in press on
"The Gipsies.'' The Knickerbocker is
purely American, and has some of the
ablest contributors in this country. In
the present number appear contributions
from R. H. Stoddard. H. T. Tuckerman,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, ]. G. SAKE, and
T. B. Aldrich.
BLAcKwooD, always able. and always
the agreeable companion of the literary
man, is at hand. We have said much in
its praise heretofore, and feel confident
that however feeble our commentators
may have been. they were meritoriously
bestowed.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
Virginia.:

A T Rules held in the Clerks Office OF tho Cir
IA cult Court of Harrison county on the frst
Monday in July, 1853 Rachael Hooper, Com
plainant, vs.. Eli D. @. Ash Thomas l.. Moore,
and Luther Raymond, Defendants. In Chan
Gerry.
Tho object of this suit is to compel the defend
ants to mako conveyance to the complainant
Of about 80 acres of land situate on Cherry Camp
Run, in Harrison county, and tho Same that
was sold to Nicholas Hooper in his lifetime and
TO the defendant, Ell d. c. Ash, by title bond,
executed by the defendants Thomas L. Moore
and Luther Raymond. 1t appearing by attda-
Wit filed that the defendant Eli d. O. Ash is not
in, it is ordered that he do appear hero within
ono month after due publication hereof and do
what is necessary to protect his interest In this
o jyis 9spy w,ls SoS .oun 81 W. r s s Clerk
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
Rivalry aud jealousy between
France and England.

The Paris correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, writing I'M
der date of June 25th, says the effect Of
the Regina Coeli slavery discussion in
the British Parliment, has been to arouse
degree OF irritation in France which has
not before been equalIed. The writer
adds the following:
ENGLAND, in provision of a war with
France, has made an unnatural alliance
with Austria, for what end? To let
Austria loose on France in case she
should attempt to cross the channel with
an army. The same thing was done un-
der the First Empire, when Napoleon as
at Bologne, with his army ready to cross
over to England. Austria attacked him
in the rear. and he was obliged to leave
Bologne, and abandoned his comtempla-
ted conquest OF England, to hurry to the
defense of the Rhine. But these will not
be all the evils that will issue from the
Pandora's box which England will open
on France in case of a war. By means
of money and promises, the red republi.
cans of France, Italy and Germany will
Join the crusade, and the Third Napoleon
like the First, will not be long in finding
his Waterloo.
at may be asked, what are the real
intentions of France towards England?
1 heard yesterday a counsellor of State
say this:-'lt is not our policy to quarrel
with England, because the interests of
the two nations are too closely identified,
but she has heaped upon us lately insult
to such point that France is ready now
for war, and only waits an occasion; she
will not seek the occasion, but if it comes
she will accept it with delight. England
is counteracting US in every measure we
propose in the interest of the East; she
is leagued with Austria to assist in this
ungrateful work; she insults us gratut-
ously and boldly in her Parliamen tary
discussions on the slave trade and in SIM
gular contrast with her seryility to the
United States; she exercises a most im>
pudent surveillance over our vessels and
our coast; she has just acquitted two
more Of her propagators of assassination,
and she has never yet given the Empe
ror one word of satisfaction on the ref
uge question. Is it curious that our for~
bearance, even in presence of the inn
mense interest which unite the two coun-
tries, should be on the point of giving
way"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

Our PUNCH ON PRINTERS. nice
this being printer. A public servant,
and well the slave of the devil; good
natured fellow, must smile, bow to every
body. must be killingly polite on all oc-
casions, especially to ladies, must always
be dignifed. must never do anything that
would not accord with the strictest sense
ofpropriety of the most precise old maid,
and must always be correct iu everything
he does and says; is always expected to
know all the latest news; is styled Mug
gins if he is not always posted, must OF
course please everybody. and certainly is
supposed never to be in need Of the 'one
thing needful,' must work for nothing
and board himself, must trust eyeryboe
dy. and is thought great bore if should
present his bills, must be ladder for all
political aspirants to step into Office. who
very soon become independent, don't
owe him anything, consider the printer
at best sorry dog, who can't expect
any better treatment than kicks and cuffs
and finally summing il all up, he is ex.
pected to be "a man without model and
without shadow
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
Mathematics while Under the Infin-
ence of Chloroform.

Our readers no doubt remember the
case of dentist in Philadelphia who was
accused and convicted of rape upon la
dy under the influence Of chloroform. the
lady herself being the only witness
who doubted the reliability of the testi-
mony of person as to facts occurring du-
ring the influence of chloroform, and it
was subject of much discussion. A
very singular case has lately occurred in
this city, showing. how little such testi.
mony is to be relied upon. 1t seems
that several of our most eminent physi.
clans and surgeons. including DR.. Dome,
DIR. s. Richardson. DR.. Cochrane. DR.. I.
L. Caldwell, DIR. Colescott, Dr. Hardis.
DIR. Bayless and others. met to witness
the removal. by DR.. Goldsmith, the dis
tinguished professor of surgery. Of the
Kentucky School of Medicine, of huge
cancerous breast from the person Of a
lady residing in the lower part Of the city
While an assistant was administering
the chloroform. aud before the patient
was fully under it's influence. she was OBJ
served to draw the covering over her
breast which was barred for the operation.
Soon after this she sprang up and de
clared in the most indignant manner that
she would rather die than be abused in
that way" And it was only by the ut
most efforts on the part of DR.. Goldsmith
and the lady's husband that she could
be induced to continue the use of the
chloroform. After the operation was
finished and the effects of the anesthetic
had passed off, she was asked if she re,
membered any thing of what had taker
place. She said cher eyes, we are told
flashing with fury that she did not fee
the cutting. but she knew we'll enough
the indecent remarks made and the in
suIting liberties taken with her in hel
helpless state. She said it was no use tc
deny; that she heard and felt all tina
had been said and done; and it was with
difficulty that she could ce persuaded
that her impressions were hallucination
Louisville Journal.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
To-day's Advertisements.
I'm Chancery.
, Goff and Weston rwirr. !.

Nathan Golf and Weston Twigg, compl's,
Ann Williams, Vi Phoebe Jane wtliiams, jaime.
Marsh, admir-. of John Williams, deceased,
and Rntha Ann Williams, Dorotha s. vii.
liams, Rebecca A. Williams, Calvin j. Wi.
liams and Mary NJ. Williams, infant children
and heirs atlaw of John Williams, deceased
(who answer by William p. Cooper, their
guardian ad litem,) Defendants.
At the Spring Term, 1858, of the Circuit Court
Of Harrison county 1t was ordered that tho above
cause "be referred to one of tho Master Commits
sion ers of said Court to sottlo tho admlnistra-
ton accounts of tho said J ohn Williams, dsccAs-
cd, and to ascertain what estate has come or will
come into the hands of the said administrator
by the use of due diligen CO, for tho payment Of
debts, and to ascertain the outstanding debts Of
said estate, the lends descended to hehOirs. and
the annual rents and profits, nd tho liens thOrO-
on" &c.
Notice is hereby given that on tho eth day Of
August, 1858, ut my office in ,Clarksburg, will
proceed to execute said order. Therefore all
persons having debts against said estate arc TO.
quirod to present their evidences of dobt to mo
at my said office on or before tho day aforesaid.
lyle 1t n. LEWIS, Com'r.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

The CROPS IN EsoLAND.-The English
country papers uniformity speak well of
the appearance of the crops as regards
nearly every staple production. Last
year the harvest was considered above
an average. and there is an equally good
prospect the present season. There is
generally succession of two or three
years in that country wherein the crops
are above or below an average, aud judg.
ing from the past. we are now in the Sc
ries offavorable years.
In North Lancashire it is stated that
the forward kidney potatoes raised for
market there are found nearly half of
them badly diseased. This does not au-
CUR favorable for the soundness of this
crop, which is found so important that
for the last ten years, instead of aban-
doning it the farmers have sought to
make amends for the loss of large por-
ton of the product by increasing the
quantity of land planted. In other dis.
tricts the potatoes are said to be growing
rapidly and looking well.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
An English View of our National An.
niversary.

ulNtESaI!s
The London Athenaum lately made
striking reference to our nations birth
day. and although it makes the cold
Bay state" little older than she really
is, yet it is so well done, with so clear an
idea of the real spirit of the celebration
of our "one great holiday" that we copy
few paragraphs:
In less than months from this present
date America will celebrate the eighty
second anniversary of her national birth
day. Throughout the whole of the
States, however divided by political Ian
guage and sympathy, by questions of
boundary and color, there will on that
day be heard in each city and county one
confederate banner.
From Massachusetts,, the eldest, to
Minnesota and Arizona. the youngest
born-from Indian Dacotah, where the
sun shines an indistinct light on assigned
claims and unencumbered estates of green
wood. the Spanish San Francisco. where
it haunts along the path of the ocean
steamer, and fings gold dust into the
eyes Of helsman and passenger-through
an aff1uent land which eighty years of Ia
Dor have marvellously urged, strength
ened with ribs of railroad, quicker with
almost vital nerves of telegraph. made to
throb with busy agencies and motive
power of invention and manufacture,
blessed and made happy with appreciable
harvests Of wheat and cotton and rice, no
less than two in aprreciable haryests oil
freedom and peace-during one day bust
apl froIa arI Y0olitioal
pause to keep a common jubilee.
In honor Of that day the wagon on the
prairie will have its arch of leaves, the
lumber raft floating down the Mississippi
will attach to it's rough pine mast July
flag. the steamer far out at sea will hoist
a garland at the fore-a motley popula-
ton, of all hues, German, Indian, civil
and military, will make music in what,
twenty years ago were forest streets, and
along the thirteen thousand miles Of
coast. from every cape and headland,
peaceful cannon will proclaim to the world
declaration Of American Independence.
Nor in less favored climates will the
day be forgotten. Compliment or SYM
patty will deck with American colors the
harbors of montreal. Sydney and Liyer>
pool. Americans will be glad in Rome,
in Florence, and perhaps too in Paris
and in token of political amity and fear
less of clear and open search. the por-
traits of Queen Victoria and President
Buchanan will hang side by side to dig
nifty an hospitable dining room at Rich
mond.
Thank God. that all this can yet be
said with truth of America and Ameri-
cans! And shame to any among us, il
any there be. who are so blinded by their
foolish and wicked cOncets. that they
cannot perceive and enjoy the wonder
full grandeur of this real rejoicing of
whole and united peoplel What other
"nation" rejoices. all over the wide world
at the recurrence of one particular day
in the year? Not onel
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1855
The wheeling IntelIigencer.

The editor of the Intelligencer. in re-
ply to the remarks in our paper of the
25th ult., not only Gowns up" on the
charge Of having strong niger afinities,
and decided penchant for African wool,
but actually glories in his infamy, as one
devoid of shame. sEr
Any person who has stomach sufi.
GENTLY strong to read the frothy ebulli.
tons that spume up daily and weekly
from the columns of his journal would
frankly say. if questioned, that the editor
of the Intelligencer and that greasy, man
united African. Fred Douglas, were
working together,
GAS two yoke devils, sworn to others purpose
We are sorry we were mistaken as to
the origin of this woolly editor-neveI
once supposing he could be Virginian,
but some venal scribbler who had been
purchased out Of Yankeeland, as is the
manner of some to procure slaves in the
South, for the uSe Of his masters.
If this editor really sOas born on the
hallowed soil of the Old Dominion-al.
though he admits his origin to be rather
tortuitous-tben, we do protest.
Maugre his strength, youth, place, and emil
nence,
Despite his victor Sword, and fire-new fortune
His velor, and his heart-HE Is A TRAITOR:
False to his gods.
A MOST ToAD-sPoTTED TRAITOR"
And if he will come out into this
Hoop-pole region" as he terms one o
the oldest ard wealthiest counties il
Western Virginia, we have our eye jus
now on big, skinny niger, whom We
will procure. at an expense OF three shil
lings, current money, to Undue his lanl
digits in the ample folds, of the editor
cravat, and give him such a general anc
thorough shaking up as will send terro
to his jaundiced heart. paralysis to every
bloodless limb, and scare out of him eve
ny idea of being a nigger>stealer again.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

MARRIAGE MAx1Ms.-There is no grea-
ter plague to married woman than when
her husband discharges on her back all
his jars, quarrels and passion, and reser
veth his pleasures. joys and company for
another.
Let men obey the laws, and women
their husbands.
Unhappy is the man who marrietb,
being in poverty.
Old age and marriage are alike. for
we desire them both. and once possessed
of them we repent.
Give thy wife no power over thee; for
if thou suffer her to>day to tread upon
thy foot. she will not stick to morrow to
tread upon thy head.
No man suffers his wife much but he is
bound to suffer no more.
A good wife must be grave abroad,
wise at home, patient to suffer. constant
to love, friendly to her neighbors. provi-
dent for her husband.
Silence and patience causes concord
between married couples.
A chaste matron. by obeying her hus,
bands will hath rule over him.
The first conjunction of mans society.
is man and wife.
1t is better to marry quiet fool than
a witty scold.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
HEA1rH OF Ex.PREs1DEsr PIERCE AND

HEALTH OF Ex-PREs1DEsr PIERCE AND
LADY.-A correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Press. writing from Boston. says:
"The friends of Elk President Pierce
will be glad to learn that, by late arri-
val by ship from Madeira tidings have
been received from him. His own health
was perfect. The health of his excellent
wife had been improved by her sojourn
in the island, but the causes of her sick
ness were not removed. They were to
leave Madeira on the FIRST of June, for
Lisbon; thence. avoiding the larger Euro
pean cities, for Yeyay. in Switzerland,
where he will spend the summer. Mr..
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mr.. John How
ard March will be with him in Switzer.
land. 1 hear. The period of his stay in
Europe will be controlled by the health
of Mrs. Pierce.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

WEARING THE BREEcHEs.- last
weeks New York Ledger. that audacious
daughter Of Eve Fanny FernIboldly con.
fesses that in the recent rainy spell,
which made walking in skirts impractica>
bic. she donned a full suit of the male
Ferns habiliments. and thus equipped
took long evening walk, to her eminent
comfort and delectation. Her husband
indeed. accompanied her, but whether in
her cast off integuments the record saith
not. Be this as it may, Fanny avows, in
the face of sneering world, that hence
forth she will wear the breeches. So
says the New York Times.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
A stranee Admission.

The .stdanton Hindieator. which is edi-
ted by oursola friend. f. ] Alfred. Esq.
in its last issue. furnishes itsreaders with
a lengthy LEADER upon the propriety of
squaring accounts with theprinter. But
the argument used by the editor to en-
force the truth of his position certainly
furnishes most excellent plea to the
patrons of that paper to avoid the pay
ment Of the "Two dollars per annum.
invariably in advance" he says: "In-
deed, we. believe that the failure tospay
up has resulted, with most Of them. from
want of consideration Now we have
been taught to believe that a failure Of
consideration always constitutes good
legal as well as equitable defence.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
News OF the TeIegraph Fleet.

We published dispatch yesterday an
nouncing that the steam.tug Blue jack
ct. at ST. Johns. N. f.. in twen.y.eight
days from Liverpool, reported having
seen on the 24thsof June large and a
small steamer. both British. is lat. 5l.3s
north. long. SO west. and the same even
ing large steamer (probably the Maya
ray bearing down upon the others. An
other dispatch from ST. Johns says:
"The captain of the Blue jacket says
that one of the steamers was. large
double deck friga:e, with cogwheels fore
and aft, (she passed within mile, and
the other was large paddle steamer, and
was distant half mile from the other.-
A large steamer was bearing down upon
them in the evening. when they were lost
sight Of The Blue Jackets log of the
Goth of June reports strong breeze
from s. w. by South. and weather hazy.
with westerly swell: latitude by obser-
walton 52.12. The weather continued
moderate and thick till the morning of
the Sd inst, when there were strong gales
from s. w. by W.. with high sea-"
Surprising, as seems probable, that the
steamers met by the Blue Jacket belong
ed to the telegraohic fleet, they were four
teen days out, and were within half de-
gree of latitude north. Tor say thirty
miles. and rather more than degree OF
longitude to the eastward Tor say fifty
miles) of the designated point of junction.
The point where the vessels were seen by
the Blue Jacket is on the usual steamer
route, and. as near as may be, half way
between Ireland Newfoundland. Nine
teen days have elapsed since these yes
sells were thus seen. since which time the
weather is reported moderate and thick
until the Sd instant. when there were
steady gales from the Southwest, with a
high sea. The progress of the Niagara
in laying her portion of the cable must
necessarily, therefore, have been quite
slow. though SO long period has elapsed
since she must have started from mid
ocean that the prospect of the success OF
the enterprise is rather discouraging. Ii
successful we should at all events hear
of the Niagara's arrival at Trinity bay
by the close of the present week.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16

Her PLAoE.-Petersburg must be the
hottest place outside the dominions of
Ibis satanic majesty" The Intelligent
Ger of yesterday speaks of the ''mercu-
ry" standing at about 1000 dogs. in
the shadeS and states that one of It's "car-
riers," whose duty compelled him to re>
main in the sun until 10-o'clock, return
ed to the Office with "both heels burnt
off" The local editor dares not venture
in the sun, even to his meals and is con-
tent to subsist. meanwhile, upon the cold
est substance ice. old love letters, and
charity. If Belzebub should ever CON.
clude to visit this terrestrial globe, it is
reasonable to presume that he would
abide in Petersburg.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-16
I'm Chancery,

f. G. Bridge. Complainant
D. H. shumaker, and others, Defendants.
BY virtue of decree of the Circuit Court Of
Upshur county, pronounced In The above cause
at the spring term, 1858, Of said court, the un.
dersigne commissioner therein named, will on
the 9th day Of August, 1858, (that being
land in tho bill and proceedings mentioned as
my be necessary to pay the debt in the bill mem
toned. The land (3716 ncres) Is situate on the
Staunton & Parkersburg Turnpike about four
miles east Of Buckhannon. A credit Of and 2
years will be given with interest from the day Of
the payment Of the purchase money, aud lien
will be retained as further security for tis pay
ment of the same. Us. FISHER, Com.
July 7th, ls5s.-l64t