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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09

SARsApARILLA.-This tropical root has
a reputation wide as the world, for curing
one class of The disorders that sfflict man.
kinda reputation too which II deserves
as the best an,ido,e we possess for scrol-
uIous complaints. Blu, TO be brought IN
ia use, i,s virtues must be concentrated
and Combined with other medicines that
increase its power. Some reliable com
pound Of this character is much needed IN
The community. Read the advertisement
of DIR. AYERS Sarsaparilla IN our col
umns. and we know i, needs no encomi.
um from us to give our citizens confidence
in what he olers.-Organ. Syracuse, ".
York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09

D. Coggswell's Ant-PhIogisuc Sal
for sale al this Office.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09

GRAND LODGE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Tile Grand Lodge of the United States.
|. q. Q. F.. has been in session, in the CT
" of Baltimore, since Monday last. We
understand that the proceedings have been
of The most interesting character TO the or
der al large. Many important questions
have been disposed of. and tits understood
that the session will continue until all the
business before The Grand Lodge has been
acted upon. On Tuesday. the Grand
Officers were elected, as f lows:
p. G. Al. Samuel Creighead, Of Ohio,
Grand Sire ; p. G. Nj. Ed. ii. Fltzhugh.
OF Va. Il. w. ID. G. Sire; p. G. NJ.
James l.. Ridgely. OF. Maryland, r. w.
/ G.. c. and X. Secretary Nj. w. G. VI.
Joshua Vansanl, Of Maryland, K. W. q.
| Treasurer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09
tYPP-o ppABRRT9
S1B c3A. &Aa54 Do
s EPHERDS O w N
Corrected ,eeekty BY Stal:y, Miller & Co.

For the week ending Oct. 9, 1853.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09
MORE I'VE learn from

MORE APPoINTMENTs.--We learn from
the Philadelphia Daily News that D. {.
Taylor, Esq, formerly Of the Neptune
Insurance Company Of that city, has &C
cepred the general agency for the sale OF
DR.. Coggswell's celebrated AniiPhiogistlc
Salt, in the States Of Pennsylvania. New
Jersey, Mary land, Delaware, Virginia,
and North Carolina. DR.. G. is fortunate
in his selection of an agent, an we predict
for his medicine unlimited favor and sue
cess throughout: this agency.
The Boston papers eulogizc highly the
medicine, and lis discOverer holds an hon.
orable and prominent position in the pro-
fession. and his An,iPhlogisrlc Salt is &C
knowIedged to be wonderful and valua'
bic discovery Boston Transcript.
The ABOVE Medicine IS for sale at this
office, 1t is an infaIlible remedy for all
diseases. Come and learn lis healing
qualities.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09

THREE COMETS. -rhere are now three
comets engaging The attention Of astrono
mers.
Donati' Stu the constellation Ursr
Major ises--3h. On. A. Nj. \. f. by
North. Sets--Sh. 44m. p. NJ, n. w
bv North Enck Sin the constellation
Cancer-Rises-lh. I'm. A. NJ, North
east. Sels-6h. I'm. p. NJ, North
west.
Tulile's-In the constellation Perseus
This come, has nst come within the CIR
Gle Of perpetual appariilon. and therefore
does not set 10 US. 1t is on the meridian
above the pole, a, 3h. 34m. in the morn
ing.
The frs, named. however, is the only
one, we believe. visible to the naked eye,
and is now rapidly approaching the
earth. |, will attain its PerIhollon in the
first week OF October, and will then pre-
sen, magnificent appearance. 1t WI
approach within 100000 miles OF The
earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
for the Tafton Seminary. This Institution

for the Tafton Seminary. This Institution
.nn,lerithe care of Prof. D. Parsons and
Iad,, bears an excellent reputation, and is
attracting considerable numter Of pupils.
it Is in the hands of accomplished aud ex-
perenced teachers, and the interest taken
in it is highly creditable. 4
We spent the night with worthy Yer
mont farmer mile or more from The vii
lsge. We rose in the morning greatly re-
freshed, and as the sun slowly lifted itself
above the horizon, the landscape revealed
was one of rare scope and beauty. On ev-
cry side the prairie rolled away for miles,
with here and there charming groves to
break the monotony; fertile fields all a
bout rs, with farm houses in every drec.
ton; Taiton smiling on the hillside; a
very pretty Congregational church, whose
cleaning spire can be seen far away;
while near by, to the south and west,
were the bluffs Of the Mississippi, blue in
the distance. 1t is but few years since
this was naked praiaie, esteemed too bleak
to live on. Now it is nearly all occupied,
and these trees west Of the house, already
make considerable shade, though the seed
was sown 'ess than four years ago.
Not having mailed the above already
long letter, little more must he ad-
|ded.) 8 ia
Patch Grove, is hamlet some five miles
from Tatton, and of about the same size,
though considerably older. We took din
ner here and had pleasant visit with the
Hon. HENRY PATcH, one of the few dem
ocrats in the last Legislature, who steadi
ly and heartily favored the Land Grant
Investigation and sustained the various
movements necessary to make it success.
fpl. 1t is doubtful whether the ''untetri-
fed will long claim him. He has resi-
ded here for about thirty, years, apd al
ways has been known IS a hospitable, in
telligent, Independent, honest man. Du-
ring the last summer he has married n
fair widow.
Between Patch Grove and Lancaster is
both woodland and prairie. with some
choice farms and superior farm houses
Near the Grant, two branches which are
crossed, the country is somewhat broken,
and the Grant Hills are sufficiently
steep.
On the way we t .l5s three emigrant
trains returning from Iowa to Ohio, and
three or four more from Minnesota to La
fayette county, Wisconsin.
We hear that there has been a good
deal of this sort Of emigration this
year
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
/. VOL. XVI, NO. s26-- sE E Vol. \ NO %

will endeavor hereafter to do my part to-
wards living up to I'll am under obi.
cations to keep my child at home every
Monday and am aware that it is violation
of the correct rules of a school; buff VET
will consent 10 LEI her go as much as she
can, and can manage it SO as to not lei her
Hnsteadiness affect the rest of the scholars,
| will pledge myself that | will not hold
You responsible if She does not learn any,
thing. | know aschool is generally blsm-.
ed for an unsteady scholars not learning
anything. but if you over hear. Inc. blamz
ing You for that as long as my girl goes to
school unsteaiily, then you may tell her to
take her books and leave the school"
REMARK: Of course in such case we
would do the best we could. But it is hard
for both parties. The citizens, neverthe-
less, have rights to prohibit such a
scholar from enjoying any of the
privileges of the school. But the course
of right, is moi always the course of policy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
re- Bad luck is simply a man with hi

BE Bad luck is simply a man with his
hands in his breeches pockets and pipe
in his mouth, looking on to see how twill
come out Good luck is man of pluck
to meet his difficulties, his sleeves rolled up
working to make it come out right. = Elk J
There is deal of truth in the above
Nearly all the empty pockets are produced
not by fate, but Incidence. Every time
Mr.. Swivel earns quarter he spends e,gh'
teen cents for juleps and cigars. He de-,
votes the remainder Of the day to talking
politics and saving the country. Swivel
complains of hard luck, and thinks he
might have been a millionaire if It had ncf
been for that cursed tariff of ls46. Swivel
is a refor.ner and believes in diversion of
property every six months. He is up on
philosophy, but down on labor. He is
violent opposer of taxation, and yet spends
more money for gin cocktails and tobacco
in month than his taxes amount to in 9!
whole year. Swivel is the type Of a large
famiIy---a gentleman who mistakes cigar
smoke for logic, and who runs away witfI
the idea that swearing at Eard luck will
overcome the drawback connected with in
dOl3ncG, ~.sa aft~ fe..NerfM4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
~Tne Hon. E. b. Washburne IS +,

EE Tue Hon. E. B. Washburne is re-
elected to Congress from the lst North
Westerly District Of. Illinois BY. the com
Portable majority Of $500. We believe
this the largest majority given, or to be
given, for any Member of The next House
of any party In any District of the entire
Union. The Hon. Jonn F. Farnsworlh, in
the Chicago District, is very likely to have
the largest majority next to Dr.. Wash
hurne,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
Com m u IN i G a t e d .

Mr.. COVER: aet
You may think it impudenl
10 Inc to address you, but "gran mother
says that ''small fry" is as good as any,
and that in all matters of education
Yshooz-5oys" have right to '.pitch in. -
II is needless TO say that | have been
Giving strict attention to the late educa-
fional featufas of the Herald, to the doings
If the "Grant County Teachers Associa.
tion"-to your editorial "a the close of lis
last session, (but I'll not tell you what
gran.ma said about that editorial, and to
the @Teacher's Column in Particular
Now the Teachers Column" occasionally
contains things ! cannot fully "cipher out"
but gfan-ma is older than | am you know,
! nd | find there is nothing like old heads
for gnraveling mysteries.
Well, one of tie editorials of the Teach
ais Column, l could not faihom, appeared
IN your issue of the 10th Oct. but said L,
aGran-ma, why is the Teachers Column
quoting Mr.. Barney's opinion under the
laws of Ohio as pertineRt to similar ease
under the laws of Wisconsin, LA me =
said she, "rm afraid, child, you will never
make Prof. The editor of the Teachers
Column probably is former resident of
Ohio, and in establishing any thing as
right or proving any thing wrong, like
your uncle Tom, or Davy Jones, must com
mence with ''Now in the State of Ohio
&C., &C." "But gran-ma, why use such
language 10 parents as is used in this and
former numbers on that subject?" said l..
q do not know, child; feel as though
we're dropping behind the spirit of the age"
said she; ''but if there be truth in the adj
AGE that educating child is like filling a
jug-the harder you pour the less goes in,
! should not wonder if il were found e
quay true in regard TO parents" well,
gran-ma," said [, ''can you tell me what
the editor of the Teachers Column means
h schools securing in study, in deport-
ment, in attendance in everything they I'm
dertakc, a REGULAR COURSE OF HABITs?''
81 suppose" said she, "that he means q
course offeg,lar habits, because it is man
ifrstIy mere important for schools to Sc
cnre' the right character of habits than to
sySteratise bad habits into "A REGULAR
COURSE and if such be his meaning land
any other would be an insult to parents),
the Construction of the sentence is certain
y at war with my first husbands rhetoric
book" "Well, now, granma, YOU are get
ting along-criticising the style of the
Teachers Column" Cant help it, child,
YOU asked my opinion" said she.
Bat, Mr.. Cover, there is another matter
further down the column wish You would
explain. What does the editor he Teach
Ts Column mean by ''petrJying Of the
immortal mind2" Now | wvudn't ask
gan-n about this, because | DO not be
Ieye she knows much about stone omar
lies, and | was afraid she might becone
saddened by having her mind drawn toe
often in the direction of her fir t husb}ni :
rhetoric book; but if, in the absence of ali
lromptings and before the arrival of youi
explanation school boy were permitted
to conjecture / should conjecture it to be 9
rfry lard figure Of speech.
School Boy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
The Pork Trade.

The Cincinnati Gazette has an iutelli
gent article on the Pork Trade Of this
season. The conclusions are in brief as
follows:
l. Very light stock Of OLD products on
hand Oh the lst Of December. .ro.
O. An increased CONSUMPTION in 1853.
3. No material difference in. the aver
age weight, as compared with last year.
4. An increase in number in the total
crop of say twenty per cent.
The following remarks are reasonabo
Last year The country was at this time in
the midst Of a panic. Money was exceed
inglv scarce, and every branch of business
was greatly deranged. There were few
cash markets for hog. In the West, far
mers had the alternative ofpacking them
selves, or selling on credit. In some cases
they choose the latter and in others the
former. But in consequence of this diff
Guilty the surplus crop was not brought
out. A large proportion oft was scatter
Jed about through the hands offarmors and
smalldealers, which was not included in
general footing. This year it is diff
ferent. Money is plenty. Business is
settled, and everywhere pork dealers are
actively preparing for operations. On
the Western rivers, particularly, there is a
brisk demand for hogs, and at many points
the contracts already made exceed the to-
tai Of last years business at the same
places. Wherever there is pork trade
there is cash marked. La addition, full
prices prevail, and farmers are in condi-
tion to appreciate and avail themselves Ct
these advantages. They need money
Many Of them are in debt. Wheat crops
are short, and hogs are the most available
thing they have for sale, They will, there
fore, be apt to sell as many hogs as, they
can fatten depending. upon other commoli-
ties for domestic consumption. The infer
ence, therefore, that farmers will sell close,
and that the full surplus crop Of hogs will
be brought out and concentrated at the
packing points is a reasonable one"
The FIRST FAMILIES OF OLD VIRGINNY
The origination of The term the "First
Family of Virginia. is thus explained,
In the early settlement of that State, it
was found impossible to colonize it unless
women went there. Accordingly, ship
load was sent out, but no planter was al
lowed to marry one Of them unless he first
paid one hundred pounds Of tobacco for
her passage. When the second ship load
came, no one would pay more than seven
ty-fve pounds for the matrimonial privi-
lege, except it were very superior article.
Consequently the descendants Of all those
who wore sold for one hundred pounds of
tobacco were ranked as the first families,
while those who brought but seventy FIVE
pounds were ranked as the second families;
and the reason why no enc can ever find
any Of the second families, is because you
can't find a Virginian to admit that his
mother only brought severity five pounds
of tobacco
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
Protestant Trash VS. Pos,sl -e;uitixn.
DEAR HERALD:-

iIoversy made Oh the Agent of the Amer
lean Bible Society, he denounced the Eng
hh Bible held in such veneration by all
PfOtestants, as san incorrect 0ersion, a.
bounding in errors committed by design to
smthe Protestant creed" aud that they
had "corruptedhe original tert," i. g. the
Hebrew and Greek, for this purpose.
Ia every article have written l have
c1llel on him to justify this assault. Be
yOnd his complaint of our rejecting the
Apocrapha, which of course we do, he has
bot made any attempt to make good his
! iccnSanons. He may endeavor to avoid
ids issuFej which he himself made, but
shall continue to cai on him to meet it.
tlli either he makes the attempt, or takes
1t back.
That thare are uuinportant errors, no
Protestant will ever deny; no translation
an equal the original. But so far as the
Substantial meaning is concerned no fault
has been found or can be fonnd with the
English Bible. The learned DR.. Dovle,
/ nc. Bishop of Ireland, when before the
Elementary Commissioners said of tie
English Bible. Though it has many err
NN, | consider it one of the NoBLEsT
1 dVOrks-one of the ABLEsT translations
'Aat has ever been produced"
/ Mr. Miner, the great controversialist Of
@aGhurch of Rome, whose book The "End
"controversy" seems''to be the srmory from
'nenee "A Catholic" draws his resources,
%lwhlch lies before me, says: Sin his en-
!dNy, (viz: a perfect translation( the
'aOrch of Rome herself can afford no Sc
"ty' Twenty years after the IafaRa-
Council of Trent had deemed the Vul-
~ edition to be the pure Il maadu'tera-
%ucte, and none other was to be used
pam OF eternal damnation, it was found
: ~ 50 incorrect. and the copies so vari-
:, aud no copy to be relied on as stand
'Aat Pope Sixtus 5th sent forth rec
~ edition, accompanied with Bull de-
! ers IN the plentitude ofapostolic pow
4 lS 'uo from his certain knowledge ':lhat
II
ls3 a' certainly the pure article, and as
4 ~ ""s to be received. Two years had
!. 's :. elapsed, when so many errors had
u, discovered, that Pope Clement 9Th
TIE copies, and put out another.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
Notes of Travel.

From the Travelling Correspondence of NJ. PAGE to
the Madison journal
Beetown-0ut Of our Reckoning cassville-its
Improvement - The pfairis = Ialten = T atch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20

GERRrr Smiths VoTE.-Mr. Smiths
vote in fifteen counties in New York, a.
mounts to 2,l76, and he will probably, get
5000 in the State. His apprehension.
that Mr.. Morgan would draw off enough,
votes to defeat him seems to have been
well founded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20

To this we gave the following reply:
Union School. Wed. p. M.
The Nevada journal., 1858-04-23
WHOLE NUMBER 396

Mr.. FillmOre's Sabbalh Habits.-The
New ork Obserrer, in noticing the fine
health of ex-President Fillmore in his
vigorous old age, thus alludes to one Of
the secrets of his longevity. 1t furnish
es an important hint for public men, and
for all who are pressed with cares: II
owe my uninterrupted bodily vigor,"
said President F., "to an originally
strong constitution. to an education on a
farm, and to lifelong habits of regulari-
ty and temperance. Throughout all nv
public life l maintained the same regular
and systematic habits of living to which
| had previously been accustomed. |
never allowed my usual hours for sleep
to be interrupted. The Sabbath | al
ways kept as day of rest. Besides
being a religious duty, it was essential to
health. On commencing my presiden-
tial career, / found that the Sabbath
had frequently been employed by yisi-
tors for private interviews with the Pres
ident. l determined to put an end to
this custom, and ordered my door-k eeper
to meet all Sunday visitors with an indis-
criminate refusal While chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means in
Congress, and during my entire Presi-
dental term, my labors were always
onerous and often excessive; but / nev-
er suffered an hour of sickness through
them all" Men in active business, all
others, cannot be too careful of their
Sabbath hours. Health and wealth, and
prosperity for both worlds, arc more de-
pendent on the proper disposal of cne
seventh part our time than many are apt
to think.
The Nevada journal., 1858-04-23

New York Prayer Meetings.--An ex-
change says: The rule of New York is
to allow clerks and others to have from
II 20 l O'Clock for refreshments, and this
hour is allotted by these young men to
daily prayer meetings They come with
bank books in their hands-pencils be-
hind the ar-memorandum books just
peeping out of their pockets, and other
marks of trade about them, and Join
heartily in the service. Carmen and
wagon men drive up their teams to the
curbstone, in their frocks, with the marss
of their employ on them; come into
the meeting-join heartily in the song
of praise-kneel down and pray, and
then pass out, jump on to their teams,
and drive off to their work.
The Nevada journal., 1858-04-23

The POtatoc.-Potatoe were first
brought to Europe in 1888. After fifty
nine years the potatoe rot broke out, and
after eighty years there was no seed fit
for planting to be obtained. In 1896 the
Spaniards brought good seed from Peru,
which gave healthy tubers for forty-five
years. In 1879 the rot so far destroyed
the potatoes that no good seed was OBJ
tanned. In 1896 the English brought
new seed to Europe, but it was not until
1929, that seed generally spread
throughout the continent and was in gen
eral use. Fifty years later the rot again
appeared, and again decreased in 1856.
From this it appears that potatoes are
liable to suffer this disease every fifty
ycars.-Sale0s Observer.
The Nevada journal., 1858-04-23

SEnAToR BRoDERICK is making his
mark at Washington. He is far from
taking the subordinate position that his
enemies predicted after his election.
The same qualities that made him
prominent leader of his party in this
State, enable him to take leading po-
sition in the Senate. By some of the
Eastern papers he is called Douglas
right hand man, and in the collision of
debate has not yet failed to hold his
own. Below we give a letter sent by
him TO the Mass Convention of the Dem
ocratic party adverse to Lecompton
held at Columbus, Ohio, in answer to an
invitation to be present:
WASHINGTON. D. c., March 6, 1858.
GENTLEMEN Your Invitation to be
present at meeting in Columbus, Ohio,
the object of which is to protest against
the passage of the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, has been received, aud | much re-
greet that duties here will prevent my
attendance. | will however, take this
epportuniiy to say, that it affords me
great satisfaction to perceive that the
Democratic masses are waking up to the
Importance of the issues involved in the
Kansas question, and to the encrmity of
the fraud which the Administration is
seeking to force upon the country III
their name. 1t might seem surprising
that the people have not exhibited this
interest before, but when it is considered
that they had n"ihing to attract their
Attentions to the Kansas question but the
common cry Of fraud, and only looked
upon it rs the opening of an apparently
new chapter in the slavery topic, their
long repu%nance to its discussion is the
more easily understood. Now, howev-
er, it is rapidly becoming known that
slavery is not the material feature Of he
present contest. The real issue is, the
light Of white men to govern themselves
and to lave a voice in the adoption Of
the Constitution under which they are
tn live. When this shall he thoroughly
understood, we shall doubtless receive
All earnest response There cannot pos
sibly he any Indifference in the public
mind on such an issue as this i ave
graf confidence, Notwithstanding the
Democratic votes in Congress. which, in
the cuI Ipablc silence Of their constituents.
have ranged themselves with the Presi-
deut in his Kansas tyranny, that the
day Will soou come when 10 Democrat
can be found to acknowledge that he
ever couutcrancel the moustrous doc
trine, that fraud can be rendered ac-
ccptaa!e by any forms or legal techni-
caliiies, CT t'aat a free people should he
obliged to accept a government which
they wc.e denied the right to reject or
lailty. Trusting that your meeting may
be speedily followed by others ofa sim
liar character am, gentlemen,
Fe.y truly yours, e:c,
ID. G. BRoDERICK.
To Henry B. Payne, Charles j. Eos
ter, \. l.. Miller, and Others.