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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
RObinsOn's Circus.

A correspondent Of the Petersburg Ex-
press, writing from Green Plains, North
Carolina Junder date of October 10, gives
The following account Of the outrageous
conduct of Robinson'S Circus Company,
at Gastun, n. c.. on the 9Th inst
Robinson's Circus Company exhibited
at &aston on the 9Th inst. They first
evnced their beaslly ProPensines IN en-
deavoring TO show, in defiance Ct the
Sheriff, who demanded the tax, which
was SIS for the circus and SIS for side
shows. This they resisted Unnl their
property was in jeopardy Of being seized,
when they succumbed. When the doors
were opened, the dOorkeeper, Mf. Alex.
Robinson vented his viluperalion on de.
fenceless women and children, by push
ing and dragging them as they entered
the canvass, with such remarks as "gO
long, man-stand back, ga"
As soon as the performance was over,
his company made an indiscriminaIe at
tack on some of our most respectable and
inofensive citizens, and gentleman who
was only sojourning temporarily in this
section, is missing. | sllude to DR.. b.
B. Hicks, of Oxford, n. G. When last
seen he was PROSTATE, with crowd beat
ing him. and it is supposed that he was
murdered and thrown into the Roanoke
river. They also injured. seriously.
Thomas High. Joseph Owen. James VIM
cent, James Haney, and ]. H. Buckley.
A gentleman, when attacked, fred his
Dernger pistol and reI:ealed. Some Of
the sufferers, after being knocked down
and beaten. were robbed Of their hal,purse
and everything else available.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
Thirty sons.

The sale of Intoxicating liquors. says
Hon. David Paul Brown,the moslem;neht
of the "Philadelphia lawyers" should TO
prohibited hy law. Liquor seller, look at
' our ,rade-iiguor sdicr! how low 1t
sounds. lie SAYS II ought to be prohibit
ed, By law, positively, because
|. They deprive men of their reason
for the time Seing.
.. They destroy men Of the greatest
intellectual strength.
3. They foster and encourage every
species Of immortality.
4. They bar the progress OF cIvlIIza-
lion.
5. They destroy the peace and happl-
Mess Of millions of families.
G. They reduce vlruous women and
children to beggarv.
I. They cause many thousands Of muir
ders.
8. They prevent all restoration OF char
acler.
0. They render abortive the strongest
resolution.
10. The millions Of property expend'
ed in them is lost.
II. They cause the minority OF cases
Of insanity.
10. They destroy both the body and
the soul.
I3. They burden sober men with mil
lions Of pauPers.
Ia. They cause immense expenditures
TO prevent crime.
is. They cost sober people immense
sums Of charity.
l6. They BURDEN the country with O.
normous taxes
II. Beca,<e the moderate drinkers
want the lemptation removed.
Is. Drunkards want 'he opportunity re-
moved
10. Sober people want The nuisance re-
moved.
90. Because their sale upholds class ot
men who are worse than criminals
81. Their prohibition would save thou
sands nov falling.
%. The sale exposes our families to
insult.
%. The sale exposes our families de-
strucIion.
"a. The sale upholds the ricions and
idle at the expense OF the vIr'uous and IT.
dusrious.
25. The sale subjects the sober To
great oppression.
2G. Ii takes lhe sober mans earning to
support the drunkard.
q. II subjects numberlesS wives 10 un'
told sutierings.
28. Il is contrary 10 the law Of God.
30. II is contrary TO common sense.
80. We have right to lid ourselves OF
The burden.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
THE MOTIIEGLESS.

God help and shield The molher'ess,
The stricken, bleeding dove
For whom there gushss no rich toun'
Of deep and dearnlfss love;
The saddrst title grisf conlers,
For who so sad as they,
Upon whose path . mothers love
Sheds not its holy ray -, .
No gentle form above them bends
To sooth the couch of pain
No voice so fond, as he:s essays
TO calm the feveIlsh brain.
Oh, other Tongues may whisper love-
In accents soA and mild,
Bot none on eaflh so pure as that
A mother bears child.
Jndge kindly OF the molherless-
A weary lot is ,belr's,
And oft the heart the gayest seems
A load of sorrow bears.
No faithful voice directs their steps
Or bids ,hem onward press. =,
"And if they gang a krnnin' wrang'
God nelp the mo!herless !
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
Departure of Emancipated Negroes.

Don't UaHt 10 LfGr, On SUNDAY
last. saws The Lynchburg R'pohIcan' a
crowd of no, less than one th"nsand oe-
gro,s assembled on NE tra,:n {" Is~e leave
OF the negroes belonging 10 lhe estate OF
the late Mrs. Frances =. ShsCkIriurd' OF
Amherst Coupjy. who. IN aceordance
with the will oi The decsased, were ab"mi
to depart by way Of lhe canal, lor Ifee
State. The whole number sci tree MAS
forty four. meh, women and children. bat
only thirty seseu left. tie halsnce prefer
ring TO reDslnIin seryliude 10 OIL Virgin.
ia. rather ihaH enjoy their freedom else-
where. Some Of those who did leave,
were thrown on The boat by main force.
so much opposed were they 10 leaving.
and many expressed their Determination
Of returning to Virginia as soon as an "p-
ponunily offered. Many were The well
wishes rendered the departing negroes by
The crowd assembled, and when the boats
started from their whafves, the freed ner
groes struck up Cary me hack TO Old
Virginia" which Vas joined in by one
and all. and in a tone which indicsied
plainly that il lefi 10 their own free viii.
ihey would gladly spend the remainder
of their days in servltude in the home OF
their birth. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29

wise, when " e think where you ale so
far from vouri nom ESQ long since we
have seen yon, and so long before we
shall see you, by iyour wrIllng;) ODl
hope ii may not beibut a short time oe'
fore YOU will thinkIit bes, 10 come 10 the
loved ones al homo
I do not like to write so very discours-
ging to YOU, brothei, when you are trying
your best to encour bye yonr folks, but If
you knew how mudh we wanted you to
come home, you wbuld not blame us for
wiring such leuer{. Would you come
home if YOU had tie money to come with!
Tell me what il wbuld cost. Oh, would
be unspeakablv HAPPY if it were in
my power TO sen1Iyou money but we
have been very pdpr this winter have
no, earned a half dollar this winter. A.
Matte has had sery good place, where
she has had 10 cents week; she has
not spent any Of il in the family, only a
very little for mdher. Father has had
verv small paw, but think he has more
now; he is watchman on the Eastern
Ooeen, that runs Fl rbm here TO Boston. !
should have workal in the straw factory
at Na,ick this witter had mother been
well. Matte has left her place, and talks
of working in this miII, but she will not
if she can possibly do anything else.
Hallowell is as slill as ever. There Is
no kind of business going on at all. Mos'
all of those that think any thing of them
selves have left.
do not think lou would know moth
or: she is very pbor: she does not look
like our mother. | We try to make her as
comfortable as we can; she has everything
tha, she wants; Ihe folks in this place have
been so very kibd 10 us-our nelghbor'
too; i, seems asI though they could not dc
too much. Father says he wants you tt
come, if you have to 90 back again. All
INV dear bro,her, you can never know
how much you + folks want you to come
home.
MY dear brd dther-I want you 10 o'
sure and write often, and as soon d. yot
receive this, fol- we are so very anxious
when you donI write. Tell me who yo'
y
are aqoing 10 fs shr, if you are going TO in
terfere with he Mormons. | rathe
bought so, for | know times are peaceabI'
in Kansas.
What'ere may be thy lot on earth, thy missloi
here belowl
Though fame mayf wreath her laureIs lair
around thy Youthful brow.
Though YOU wouldlrisc from earthly things
and win d}athless name.
Let all your ways be Just aud right-let virtue
be your aim +
Though you may loft be scorned by men, ol
those who Dear tho name.
Let all YOUR WAYS be Just and right-lct virtue
be your aint.
George idhelI is dead-he died one
month ago. DR.. Allen is dead. Mr.
Bart. Mason fel Il dead in the meeting
house. David Nallock {mamma Buller's
husGand) was drowned in California
short time ago. 1t has been very sickly
here this spring. We are having very
great resivsl.
Matte and AVE concluded TO get ou'
miniatures take IN together for you've
will send them TO you soon. We 'l
send much love 10 you brother, and son
Accept this from your ever atecnonate
sister. LIZZIE.
l.. l.eeman, Hallowell, Maine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29

Mr.. Alexander 'Mitchell. who resides
near the Old Furnace in Jefferson county,
had one of his arms torn of on the 28Ih
ulr. by having it caught in the cylinder Of
a threshing machine which he was at the
nne feeding.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
L. L.eeman, tIallowell, Maine.
Storming of the Engine House at Harper's
Ferry.

Most of the published accounts, says
the Baltimore Clipper, of the ssorming OF
the Engine House in which the insurgents
had fortified themselves, sonvey an entire
" erroneous idea Of the affair.
LII nearly all which have come under
our attention, the assault is represented as
having been most DESPERATE one, and the
resistance equally smP Pborn-coL'InuIng
through ten or fifteen M hnutes. 10 those
who witnessed The trans faction II IS need
less 10 saw, that whilei the accounts do
credit to the descriptive powers OF their
writer's, they are far bdyond the facts, in
truth as in dramatic effect.
COndvct Of the MaFtinsbrg Men.
Too lille justice h as been done, We
think, TO the volunteers from Mariinsburg,
and the citizens of II arper's Ferry and
Sandy Hook, in the RI atIonfQf their con-
neclion with The matter. 10 the former
body of twelve or fifteen men, under The
lead of Capt. Alburlist is due by far, The
largest share Of credit for true valor, and
military spirit.
After their arrival, khey entered The ar
sena grounds, and charged boldly up TO
the very windows Of the building into
which the insurgents were compelled TO
retreat. |, was while in The act of firing
through an open wind dpw into the arsenal
that conductor Richs lson was mortslly
wounded, after bringing down bis man;
and conductor Evan{ Dorsey was also
wounded directly at h window through
which he had a second before fired with
fatal aim.
Bravery ofa yof"g Attorney
Geo. Fl. Murphy, Esq, son of paymas-
Ter Murphy at Harpe!f Ferry and prose-
cu,ing attorney of Berkeley county. a
Young man apparently not more than 81
wears Of age, accompanied the Marlinsburg
men. and was one Of the first 10 dash up to
the window which he broke in with
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29

Act uprighuy and fearlessly end you
may defy the devil and all his works.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-29
be uneonc Aoprtu Gtoure aloratp A9rut
2FFERSOY COUNTY VA SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 29 1889

MS gun. 1t was by
,fthis window that
bore were released.
turphy engaged IN
| determination, receI-
W the knee. The
bot prevent him from
in the contest, and
r of that, and during
day, he W as
] the exciting scenes
a Sharp's rifle, hich
Q across his back,
ciates on 10 the al
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
Death of a Modern Nero,

A late mail from the Wes, Coast Of
Africa brings tidings Of the death Of Geo,
the notorious slave King Of Dahomey,
who, for upwards Of twenty fve years,
supplied the demands Of the Spanish, POr-
tugese and American slave dealers who H.
fcs, the Blight of Benin, ravaging and de-
yas,atiug the interior far and vide, b. his
slave hunts, to obtain victims foT his Eu-
roPasn customers.
Livingston, Bartb, Bowen and other re-
liable travellers bear witness to the i'm
mense number Of Furnishing towns laid
waste by the slave trade, and TO the COM
para;ive happiness Of the interior, where
the slave trade does not exist. There ara
the sites Of eighteen sacked cities within
the distance Of sixty miles between Bada-
cry and Abeeokuts. At the taking Of
one Of these, Geo killed or captured
tgea.y thousand people. The whole num-
Der destroyed in this section Of country,
within tia last fifty years, can no; be less
than Hqlta Million Of souls. The result
Of this was to build up towns on the coast,
or slave mar;s, which Of course were YER
liable hell5. Algiers, in its worst days,
vas Quaker village to such places a.
widow, Badsgry and Lagos. Murder,
torture, and al the superfuity of such
demoni2c vice 9, our language wants
name. for, and our worst sinners know.
ledge Of, ran not in those plaees-Wi,h
Geo, the head devil Of this modern order
Of things. In short, the slave trade, for
which we have heard clergymen express
thanks, and which ignorant and besOtted
politicians Of our own country affect with
enormous blindness to regEd as part Of
the Advancing progress u l. age, has had
the effect Of turning Western Africa to q
veritable inferno.
But in what are the Lauars Of Georgia
better, after all, than King Gszo? Lamar
is white, and has some knowledge Of civil
lizel customs; the Dahomeyan is black
and beastly, but there is the same fend-
ish vice in common to both-the desire to
promote the ravening, numbering slave
traie-the burning Of peaceable villages,
the stealing Of children, and every crime
ever known to uaU. Negro or white, to
a just, honorable mind seeing things as
they are, the vre:-hei, tlgs:eriug Lamar
Of Georgia is, morally, CT par with his
black ally, and as such Le will be ranked
By history.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
Peace with FaraguaV.

It is generally conceded that the l. S.
Commissioner Bowiin, aided By some Of
the friendly powers Of South America, b..
been successful in coming 20 an under
standing with Lopez-hight "EmYeror"
aud his 500, 900 or 400, 600 more or
less half civilized amalgamation of Indians
aud SPaniards denomina;ed paraguay"
The fixtures fer the big shooting irons
which were accidentally left behind, have
been Of a, much good in America as if
lugged beyond the Equator The terms
of satisfaction are said TO be $4,000
for the sailor alleged to have been "mur-
dered," other compensation for damages
to the Water Witch, and enlarged com
nereial advantages to cur own and other
nations. The feet which has been sent
there, has cost our Treasury about mil
lion Of dollars, and has therefore been &
pretty costly medium Of getting pay for a
very small deb; Of disputed equity. Il is
fne climate, there away up the La Plata,
and our "boys" have doubtless enjoyed
themselves hugely, ard the "natives'
have also been profted BY the "war"
This, the last and greatest e1ploi. Of Bu-
chanan's administrator was as bloodless
as the brilliant achievement Of Pierce's
fleets at Greytown, and will refec; quite
as much rsnown upon our national e:.
rn,chann
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
The Rush for Pixies Peak,

ST. Louis, April 1.-River high, and
more coming; 65 steamboats, changing
freight leyec covered with goods, from
the water to the curbstone, for a mile or
moro up and down; scarce passages for
the drays; clerks calling, hands loading,
draymeu whipping, carts clashing, mules
squealiug, carriers cursing, and police
swearing. Everybody's going to Pixies
Peak, and bis neighbOr'S going with him.
Horses, oxen, mules, cows, wagons, shOv-
els, picks, washers, camp-ke;tles, hand
carts, earpet-b4gs and camping tools, for
all points on the Upper Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Platte River aud Pixies
Peak, Independence, Kansas City and III
,rOrth." (This last is SO plainly Leasen-
uorth, the most invete1ate deck-lubber
can't make anything else of it,
The sight of such youthful multitude
as is moving to the land Of gold, is calcu-
lated to awaken emotions of no ordinary
kind. So many, aud SO young-the hope
Of the nation. Bright, and strong, and
generous hearted, from the lad of 10 10
the young man of 25 (apd some youHg
tromsa tOo,) all seeking, not somewhere to
be, merely, but something to be on-born
with the right to all that honest industry
will bring from the soil, the shop or the
counter-leaying homo and friends and
social life to seek the means Of s2ufort
for the future. Here they are, with open
hearts and honest faces, determined lock.
ard firm resolutions, bending their steps
for the mines. How many Of them will
lay their bones on the plainsl How ma
ny Of these pleasant faces will return
not joyous IS they go, but rather weary,
hagga,d and careworn! How many
hcar,hs are made deso!ate? How many
mothers are left weeping? How many
heart-strings are broken?
The Southern States are moving in leg
islation to get rid Of their free negroes, BY
banishing them, or reducing them again
to letters. The free States, as rule, are
not willing to welcome this class Of Popu-
latiOn; aud so the poor creatures have
but sorry look ahead. Alas fox mans
to man
By slight ditHcul;;s. be net dismayed,
DOR magnify them by weakness aud De .
spondeucy, but boldly meet them aad .
put them 10 fight There are eobble :
stones III every ro-! and pebbles II sTe1y .
pa:a.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
arEsT THAT 1RIEs The HEiRIs OF MEN.

4 Apominent Democrat of Harrisburg,
who politically CLOCKS upon slave as be
would upon a horse" had recently trial
which developed the Man within him. A
faithful hired colored woman, who for
long years had taken almost the entire
charge ofthe family in the feebleness Of
tis wife, and who was beloved BY all the
children she had nu!sed from infancy,
saw upon the street a man she knew
when she was slave and she soon heard
ia; the human bloodhounds were after
Ter. She dared not stay. Then came
tie thought tOthe conscientious Democrat;
Shall l permit a member Of my house
-'i to be ruthlsssly torn from those she
ives, and taken back to slavery? Never,
%, Never. Here, Cecilia Bishop, is
a'ney-fee to land that will protect
!'1 from these persecutors-and may
Tod be with you" The next train north
conveyed her to the British dominious.
s''aJs the T,lqy1gpA.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29


Tie frs: Agricultural Society fo-n.d in
this country was the "Pbiladsl5 L.- Socie-
" for Promoting Agriculture, e.tablish-
ed il 1875. Tie first Cattle Show held
IL this country, was he'd in Pitt>hsld,
Mass, in October, lSl0, and from this
era sprang tLs system Of Agricultural So
cieties ali Shows, IS they eIis; at present,
il most parts ot the United States.
UTAu-The Legislature Of Utah have
postponed formal memorial to Congress,
asking f1r the admission 'of the Safe Of
Dessert, iE,o the United States. Au-
ether memorial has been prepared, asking
for the election Of Governor. judges, See
retary sni other Territorial officers BY the
people. Let Us see if Buchanan and
Douglas viii endorse, now, popular soY-
r-isuty."
\ verdict for 5000 has been obtained
at Burlington, Vt, against the Vermont
aud Canada Railroad Company, in suit
tro1gt: BY the administrators Of Nr. Ebsa
y. French, Who Was killed By the szYlo-
sion Of locomotive ou the read, II July,
1850. Tha Jury gave the verdict Il tie
ground that tie Company was guilty u
cu.7ab.s negligence In permitting the loco
motive 10 rua slen IN az unss:s condition.
The Davenport Gazette calls attention
TO the coincidence that s5yeLty-six ueHl-
bers Of the House voted asaias; the home
stead bill. What Is still more Temorka-
bic, the seventy six persons II favor O..
raising the rate of postage were almost
iieutically the very segenty-siz men wfo
voted against the homestead bill. and Of
these seventy SIX all were Democrats.
WH. b. AsToR, OF New York, Who IS
worth six millions Of dollars, recently re-
duested Rev tir C6aY!n's society no. 20
anticipate the payment Of debt OF s9o,.
600 due him, as ,bey desired to DO. but
to continue paying tas iateFe.t yEly as it
became due. He said ha had more EoG.y
than be could take Gaze Of.
Mr.. BARNUM l-te.y attempted to de-
liver lecture Ou Money Making, at tx-
ford, England, tut vas greeted n
groans and his.es, bit With an O.aase, AL
pcppere4 With cl.s'auts, IT,. he w-s ---4-
p.l.el TO silence
\ uan named Robins was fo-ai gU'-
.y Of 1iglmy q; Raleigh, : C., f-a --y'
since, aud branded go pol oa...i s.iI .4s
letter 3 90 L.- ea-ez-a ---.s
xL..- - 49,. .-.l5 - s.s sf-T,.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
THE LOVER AND THE ECHO.

The following elegant hAratelle vas the proiuctio
o; Dr. John NJ. Harvey, who died at Baristowu, he
tueky in ls25. lie has published several light pieces
uncommon merit
L0rer.-Echo, mysterious nynph, declare
OF what you're male and what you are
EE0. 4Tl
Lor.r.-Ml-air, cliff, and places high.
Sweet Echo. listening, love, you BE
EcSo. Io4iHi
L.rer-Thou dnst resusritate dad sounls-
Ia!k h0w my voice Eey.Ves-Er-oan l.!
ErIo Zy4lts!
Lor,r.-I'll question thee before 20
Cone, answer mo-e 2lEoF0-i
Eeio m Fohi
Lgrsr.-TrIl me- fair nymph, if e'er you saw
so sweet girl as Phebe SAa~
E1Io Tsiaci
Lgr,r-say what will turn that frisking eoney
Into the tyIls Of E.atTiaony!
E-io. sESy'
Lor,r.-Hss Phete not heavenly hrow'
i II not white as p-Arl-as sno~
Er6o. ass! mol
LOrer-IIer eyes! Was such pair
Are the stars brls hter than they are
Esho. Tbsy IRE!
Loyer-Echo, thou lest hut can't deceive me!
Her eyes eclipse the stars, believe me-
E-io. LsIr, mel
Lor.r.-But come, thou .aury. pert ruuancer,
Who j.. fA!c a FHetv! Answer.
EciO. I4H. giT :
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
Pixies PEAK.

TIE 7ernal rains were falling Hs-,
A. thr.u-h 4 littie siilA.a Is-7rl
A youth sh1 bore = hickory .ols,
And oxen under hi. cuntr.l--
Uis brow va glad, hiz sy". ~era stiEh',
No p the In nor . ;aa -irht
lie turned. Jut unv4zI s-tt o. .lh s.-a.iF 1alrss,
Ami shouted tai Lls y-.-- s.s l.r-----
.Pzss .-4s-'
IL LEFT he happy home hy ui.ht,
Al toward thH 4--t Do taa- bis f-Lt,
It.Tr the moon m beauty zague,
An t.yHl bis l. - ,s-4g--i a -ro,n-
Pike P--k''
you'd better stay some Oh men All,
"IaI'.! sl-rly lH5e yous Eit- % bead,
The stormy FraI-i-'- .0ns 4ut SIDE,
Eut loud Tia. Ls4-ls.s- u youth E-I..i.i-
Pixies Peas
"p-vare ofsviuIlsrs, cheats. and tLisve-,
B-~ara gf tbC-- ~hl you'd i-a-.vs.7
TL.- --- The ia rrl--. .4-. .lv...,
Il E.l- the .g.L sa.t ia a ;r.----
-FlA's reaa.'
At I-1r-h, the barren pain. De- reached.
H. bread most gore. hi. ilrm -. f.st. he'd;
Eu; --.il De ,r..u=I tlat .,rE-ut paper,
VIII Is4 1t s. La through g.. ar
"IlAs- teaE.'
traveller - the Tla,t4-~a- f.u-I,
Il.t - a paucasr. on the ground,
st.. l-lus o. ,. h.-,sry I-l-.
And On lie ground could -@srra.y -'i-
Pixies Fez,''
Thor BY the ii-sin--. coll ami gray,
Lii-.-ss AID q-unyi--s BE- .ay,
ALI c-Lii L. sIeAz, ypl hear hil sly-
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