Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-04-09
or The suggestion would not have been
made / am sure.

Although The Council nave, as lney
ought TO have done, and still ought TO do
r betrayed the expense Of keeping it in or
f der, because Of lis public utility, they
acquired no righ. If property by 50 doing
| have been told by Mr.. James s. Mar
kell that when he was Mayor, some oil
the Council wished 10 withhold the APP
preparation for keeping it in order, be-
cause IL belonged 10 the Church.
The Clock has always been in the pos
session Of the Church aud claimed BY
:hem. By the unanimous vo,e Of the
Vesry it has been removedfrom the old to
he new Church. & any attempt on the par
of the Council or any one else 10 inter.
fere with their right Of property in the
Clock or in disposing Of it as they please
will be certainly resisted.
am more than ever satisfied that the
Veslry did right in ordering the removal
Of the Clock. In the first place if the Bell
was removed, the Clock could not strike
and therefore would have been of no use.
In the next place il would have been very
troublesome, perhaps imprac;icable, TO
take down the Bell without first remov-
ing The Clock as The Bell was immediate
| ly over the Clock land the old Sleeple so
small that it was announcement TO get &C.
cess 10 the Clock for any purpose. The
Clock was so exposed in the old Slice,
pie that i, bad become necessary lately TO
cover il with oil cloth TO protect it from
injury, and Mr.. Sheets tells me he
found things in such condition that
he though! twas moi reno, ell any 100
soon. In fact there always was rlck, and
fears were entertained lest by some accident
the weights should fall, and the people
below might be crushed.
The present steeple is more spacious and
the access TO the Clock for repairs and
winding is much more convenient Than
before. As TO the idea entertained by
some that IN the present situation fewer
persons in Town can see the Clock than
formerly; that is Of small moment.as very
few comparatively could see il when it
was in the old sleepIe, ahd when the work
IS done it can be as well heard from
where it now IS as from the old location.
Surely il is much better 10 have it strl-
king in its present location than
not 10 strike for wan, of bell where ii
formerly was. Yet, the Council, UNI
ders,and, in all its wisdom, has passed an
order TO The fleet, that il the Veslfy did
remove the Clock they you'd Withdraw
their appropriation. This Of course they
have a right 10 do,if they think The public
interest will be subserved thereby; and
the Veslry have the same right TO let The
Clock run whether they will or
not | can, undertake To say, as am but
one out of len of The Veslry. But this !
will say, lha, so far as depends on my vote
the Clock may remain dumb until the
Council shah come to It's senses.
Your correspondent says there is much
excitement about the removal Of The
Clock. was not before aware Of IL, he
must have created it himself. But il
there is do not think il will much dis
Iurb the Veslry. remember some years
ago there was still greater excitement,
when by the improper meddllng of the
Common Council of ShePherdsown with
other peoples business, 5000 was aP-
propriared from the public treasury 10
pay lawyers to try and deprive Mr.. SheP-
herd Of portion of his inheritance, and TO
such ex,en, did il grow that personal vio-
lence was threatened against Henry SheP.
herd and myself. But it did not disturb
US uery much,or prevent our doing what
we thought right. nor will any degree Of
excitement now prevent the Vestry from
pursuing their own course about the Clock
in defiance Of all meddlers who respect
fully recommend to mind their own bust
ness and let the Veslry and their property
alone. r. |. LEE.
HARD TIMES IN CLAY COUNTY, lNDI-
ANA.-The Evansville Enquirer draws a
dresry picture OF the condition Of some
portions Of Indiana. 1t says In pass
ing recently through The central portion
of the State, we heard men everywhere
COM laining of the hardness Of the times t;
every department OF business s suffering
more or less from the pressure OCCASION
ed by The scarcity Of grain and provisions
in the country. In Clay county, in par
lcular, and other parts, many people are
actually suffering. Stock Of all kinds.
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs are lying
dead 10 the fence corners of almost every
farm, and are constantly dying from star
vation. We heard of some men who
we've glad 10 furnish cord wood on their
own lands, cut and pile it, and sell it on
the ground for 40 cents a cord, and take
pay in grain and provisions, in order TO
live until another season. Horses and
cattle were never known 10 I've so moor al