Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-22
Tears a Mark Of Power.

0t deep contrliiOn, oil OnspeaKaple lOPe.
Ii there We're wanting any argument to
prove that man WAS not mortal, | would
look for it in The strong convIlsIve emo
lion ul the breast when The soul has been
aglls,ed, when the fountains OF feeling are
rising. ant when tears are gushing forth
ia crystal streams. Oh speak not harsh
! ly Of the stricken one weeping in silence
Break not the soemnity by rude laughter
or intrusive footsteps. Desplse not wo-
mans tears ; they are what make her an
angel. Scof not if the stern heart Of
manhood is sometimes melted into sym
pathetic tears : they are what help to ele-
vate him above the brute. | love to see
tears Of affection. They are painful TO-
kens, but still most holy. There is plea
sure in tears, an awful pleasure. II there
were none on earth To shed tears for me,
| should be 10th TO live. ; and if no one
might weep over my grave, could never
die in peace.-Dr. Johnson.
We announce with peculiar pleasure
,ha, William and Mary College, which
was leveled 10 the dust by the rsvaging
FIRE on the 9Th Of February last, now
stands erect and completed, clad in the
unique beauties Of the Italian style of ar.
chilecture, ready and thoroughly equip
ed to enter upon her usual course of use
fuIness and honor.-UiNiamsJmrg Ga
zette.
Tie election in Maryland, for members
Of Congress, &C., takes place OH the I'd
of November. Q
Last Sunday morning the First Baptist
Church of Chicago was in debt $4,000.
In iorty.fye minutes after the fact was
syied, the congregation wiped out Sl2,-
500. and were prepared TO cancel the re-
naming $l,500; bu, The pastor begged
Ilhem not 10 do so, as several friends were
Iunavoidahly absent, who would aot he
pleased if nothing was left for them to do.
The Directors of the proposed New
School Presbyterian Theological Semina'
ry 10 be established near the University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, have elected
rhe Rev. A. II. II. Boyd, d. d., of Win
chester, Professor of Ecclesiastical His,
tory, &c.
A Washington correspondent says Mr.,
Buchanan lives very economically. The
same writer estimates his savings from
his salary at fifteen thousand year.
Surrendered at LdSt.-The Hon. Ohn
Cochrane, the New York bachelor Con
gressman, has at last surrendered. The
following is the announcement: Married
on Wednesday, oept 7, at the residence
of Mrs. James p. Allaire, the brides sis
ter. by The Rev. Harry Finch, Of Shrews-
bury, John Cochrane of New York, to
Sarah NJ. Youngest daughter of The late
Noah B. 'rompkns, of -6reenburg, West
chester, New York.
On the 18Th Of September the Bank Of
England had in circulation notes to the
amount Of S2I, ,Oso,3o
SERIOUS CHARGE.-L. A. Bargil, for
merly editor of the Southern Statesman,
paper al Portsmouth, Va, and the ora
tor on the occasion of the presentation of
bible 10 Rev. Mr.. Haley, The friend OF
Sickles, has been arrested and held TO bail
TO answer in Washington, upon the charge
of obtaining money on false pretences.
The bears are committing such ravages
in The wild parts of Wisconsin that the
settlers are lying from their homes. The
newspapers declare that the animals no
longer conine their visits to farmers pig
pens, bHt boldly approach their dwellings
and apply for admlItance at kitchen doors
and bedroom windows.
The SHIRT TREE.-The accounts Of
travellers have made US well acquainted
with the BREAD Tree" and the Button
Tree" but il remained for the indefatiga
HE Humboldt 10 discover, in the wilds OF
South America. tree which produces
ready made shirts. We copy his account
of this tree &:
We saw on the slope Of The Cerra Dui-
da, saws NJ. Humboldt, shirt trees City
fee, high. The indians cut off cylindrI-
cal pieces two feet in diameter, from
which they peel the red and hbrous bark,
without making any longitudinal incIslon.
The bark affords them sort of garment
which resembles sacks of very coarse
texture. and without seam. l he upper
opening serves for the head. and two lat
eral holes are cut to admi. The arms. The
natives wear these shirts Of marina IN The
rainy season they have the form OF the
ponchos and ruauos of cotton, which are
so common in New Grenada, at Quito,
and in Peru. As in these climates The
riches and benificence of nature are regard
ed as the primary cause of the Incidence
of the inhabitants. the missionaries do not
iail to say. in showing the shirts of mari
ma-"in the forests Of the Oroonoko gar