Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume], December 10, 1851, Image 5

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JOU* AND HIM BLOOaiERIBIl WIFE j
lit lUti t. Bocni.
W in. ?I haul not thought the chi\nga, <loar,
Buch misery would begot;
One facia so very strango, dear,
Bound op la satlaott.
Jott*.?Your ?1avo J am?do tell, low,
Why thus your peace boset 1
Yon figure very well, love,
In borrowed satlnott.
AY ua.?"Vis more than 1 can bear, John!
But no?1 must forgot?
It ia not that I wear, John,
Your Sunday satlnott.
Jon*. ?Each aatin gown you bought, love,
Made me six months of dobt,
You toe how rich the thought, love,
That sigh* for aatinett.
, Wire.?But prudish girls do talk so,
With downcast looks and ooy,
Whene'er they avo mo walk
ISuy there con-nt" *ur'
John.-?Th< se prudes who ?igh for beans, love,
Klirt in tb?ir sotlns yot,
For Di? young men oppose, love,
J bo gallant satinett I
n'ui.?But John, before you'gavo thora,
Such strife thoy did begot?
Oh! 'tis your right to havo thorn,
I'll havo no satlnott.
Jou*.?Forboar, my love, don't pout so?
But trim your Bloomors yot,
And when you wear them out so?
You'll get a-y-satinott.
From the Kulckorbocker Mngajlne.
A SCENE IX TIIE PATENT-OFFICE.
BY AN OLD CONTRIBUTOR.
^ ? This improvement,' said my loqua
cious acquaintance, 'will dispense with
nine-tenths of the wood now used, and
will be considered in less than two years '
thf wonder of the age !'
This remark was made to 'me at the [
Patent-Office at Washington, by one of'
those eccentric characters whose* life has j
been made up by piling invention upon
invention, all of which, as far as they j
were modelled and patented, were set up
to be gazed at by the loungers who visit!
??iat great depository of American ge-1
nlus. u
My acquaintance, unfortunately, had'
?pcnt whole life for his country, but
"U on? moment for himself. The' fruits
othis intellect, and the labor of his hands,
were yery abundant all over the Patent
Offieei but at home his wife was out of
llour, and himself and children were in '
rags. The truth is, he never had a mo
ment's time to bestow upon his own im
mediate wants, for Science had taken him '
captive, and had driven him for more than '
thirty years, under the whip and spur,
ill rough all the mysteries of meehnnism.
Ho was a mcrejoriginator of complex ma-!
chinos, but never carried anything into
practical operation, as thai was mere
drudgery. Invention was poetry to him,
but his mind was satisfied, and his stimu
lus .vanished, when lie became fully con
vinced that his labors were successful.
' Nine-tenths of the wood,' said I ; |
' why. that's nothing ! you can't test your 1
'invention before the wood and the stove
will both be dispensed with. This is a
great a^e sir, in mechanics. Twenty,
thirty, forty years ago were great ages
too, or were then so called. The great
ness of a peoplo in any department of
Wience is determined by the advance
ment of preceding generations, not by tho
perfection of the age itself; for we do not
I yfcj know what the point of perfection in
science is, or where or when it may be i
found. Old Uncle Ben Franklin, great
as he was in his day,would, if he should
suddenly appear among us, be a mere I
boy in science.1
My acquaintance, however, who had'
by this time grown warm upon his favo-'
rite subject, opened upon me with his ar
gument, in which he attempted to show
that science had nearly reached perfec
tion ; that first principles were all discov
ered, and that nearly every application
and combination of them that were or ev
er could be useful to mankind, were al
ready made ; inline, that the intellect of
the present generation would, in all pro
bability use up all the material which na
tiiri- has provided for it to feed upon; and
that in about twenty years, all physical
and scientific truths would be rolled up
like afl old blanket, marked 'demonstra
ted,' and filed away for the inspection of
fools that might follow after.
While listening to his harangue, the
walls around me began to expand wider
(wid wider, and the ceiling above raised
to an enormous height, while through
open doors ov passages I saw room after
room groaning with thousands of models,
until it appeared as though I were in a
wilderness oftminiaturo machinery. Very
soon a pert little gentleman, with a quick
black eye, and a pussy body, arrayed in
tin* queerest costume I ever saw* eainc
bustling up to me, and asked me for my
ticket. 1 involuntarily thrust my han'd
into the depth of my breeches pocket and
pulling out a card, delivered it to him, af
ter looking at the card, and then at me,
and then at the card again, he burst out
into a loud gufl'aw, that made the old
Patent-Office ring. ' Why, sir,' said he,
'this is no ticket. It is the "business card
of one John Smith, advertising a patent
dog-churn, of which lie here says he is
the real inventor, and it bears date in the
year 1050?nearly two hundred years
ago ! Tho churn may be found iu the
room marked ' Inventions of year 1850,'
but the man John Smith we havn't got.
1 don't much think he is around above
ground, just at this time,' said the little
man, chuckling.. 'But,' said I, -who
are you, if I aui not John Smith? Were
you not appointed by Fillmore's Secretary
of the interior, and did 1 not put a word
ui his ear favorable to you !' < Fillmore !
a Secretary of the interior !'?exclaimed
he ; ? 1 appointed by Fillmore ! Why
my dear sir, 1 was appointed only two
vears agp?not two hundred ! ' Chief of
the Great Central Department,' as the of
fice is now called.'
While we were talking, Franklin, Ad
ams, Jellerson and Fulton, walked in and
took seats. 1 knew Uncle Ben the mo
ment I cast my eyes upon him. He was
droned in good old '7G style ; shoe-buck
les, short breeches, queue and all ; that
tranquil countenance just touched, with
out being destroyed, by comedy?were
all there. .Adams and Jefferson I had
before seen, and they were a little modern
in dress, hut tliey both looked care-worn.
Pulton sot apart, and eyed tho other three
as though he had seen them somewhere
out yet could not call them by name. '
| ^ The rather unexpected arrival of these
Eentlemen broke up the comments of my
ustling interrogator, and one of those
pauses occurred which frequently do upon
the appearance of strangers. Uncle Ben
asked Jefferson if he would not like ' to
move up to the firo and warm his fupt ?'
' Fire 1' said I, ' fire ? Why, Uncle Ben,
there is no fire-place now-a-days. Stoves
and hot air furnaces are all the go. This
building is warmed by a great furnace,
and two miles of pipe that conduct* 'he
heat to every room in it.' ' Not by a long
way!' said my bustling friend?\ not by a
long way, Mr. John Sn>'(h. This trump
ery is piled away ttwong the inventions of
the years that "ere. ihese things be
long to the "tSe of dog churn. Why,
gentlemen,' continued he, ' havevouever
Hid of the Qreat Southern Hot Air
Company, chartered in 1900, whose bus
iness ia to furnish warm air from the South
to persons at the North ; price to families
three dollars a year ; all done by n gigan
tic under-ground tunnel, and branches,
worked at the other end by an air-pump !
Have you never heard of this, gentlemen?
Here we get the natural heat of the South
warmed by the sun ; none of your stink
ing coal and wood gases to corrupt and
destroy it. And then the principle of re
ciprocity is kept up ; for we seud back our
cold air in the same way : and so we keep
up an equilibrium, for the South is just as
strenuous as ever to keep up the equilib
rium of the Union. Why, gentlemen>
those stoves required constant care. As
often as everv week it was necessary to
replenish them with wood or coal, tto !
no ! those improvements belonged to the
,la^Bl<fss me !' exciaimed Uncle Ben.
? Impossible,' repeated Fulton. ? And so
you don't use the old Franklin stove any
more ?' said Unclc Ben. ? Perhaps,' he
continued, ft quiet snule playing
face, as if he intended a comleai
perhaps you don't use lightning now a
days either, and my lightning rods pf
course belong to the dark ages too r
? We have the lightning, and can use it
too, but only one rod, built by ? the
State, near its centre which is so collossal
and powerful that it protects every'thing
around it.' And then the fellow rattled
on about the use of lightning, how it
wrote all over the world English
language, until I verily believe that Ln
eleven. Fulton, and all, set him down fUj
the most unscrupulous liar that the}
ever ruc*t with. T 11
? I think,' said Uncle Ben, 'that I could
convince myself of the truth of your as
sertions, if I could go to Boston ; but as j
my time is very limited, I cannot. .j
? Send you there in five minutes by the ,
watch,' answered the little man ; ' tr it j
that's too soon, in twenty-four hours It j
requires powerful lungs to go by balloon
?time five minutes?departure every
half hour. The magnetic railway train
will take you through in four hours, pr
on the old fashioned railroad in twenty
four.'. ' What !' said unclc Ben. 'is the
old stage company entirelv broken ?P ?
? Don't know what you mean by stages,
said the little man, 'hut I will look tor the
word in the big dictionary.' 'Go by steam ;
boat,' said Fulton. ' Steam boat! re
peated the little man?* steamboat too
everlasting slow-not Over twenty miles {
an hour?well enough for freight, but pas
sengers cannot endure them ; they go la
boring and splashing along at a snail s!
pace, and tlicy arc enough to wear out
any man's patience. Yet the steam-boat
was the greatest stride ever made at any
one time in the way of locomotion, and
was creditable to Fulton, and the age in
which he lived.' 'That is admitting
something,' burst out Fulton, who sat
like a statue, watching the little mans
volubility. ' Men and their works, con
tinued Fulton; ? must be judged by the
age in which they lived. Each improve-,
mcnt, as it succeeds the last is anted bj ,
its predecessor, and altogether thev^make
out the chain of science.' 'But, said,
Unclc Ben, ' all this talk don t get me
on my way to Boston. That is my birth
place. 1 was there the last time 111 1-70J,
and you know that according to the. pro
visions of my will, there is niore than tour
millions pounds sterling of my money,
which has by this time been disposed of
by the State* somehow.' Uncle Ben was
always a shrewd fellow in the way of dol
lars and cents, and I could see he was
very anxious about that money. ' Olio .
oho*!' said the little man ; ' so you arc
Den Franklin, and you arc the old gen
tleman who left that legacy. AN e ve
got a portrait of you up stairs, more than
two hundred years old, and it does look
like you. Glad to sec ypu ! \ou said
something in your life-time about immer
sing yourself in a cask of Maderia wine
with "a few friends, and coming to the
world in a hundred years again. These
arc your friends, I suppose V ' lhcsc
gentlemen,' replied Uncle Ben, 'are John
Adaius and Thomas Jefferson, signers of
the Declaration of Independence. ' lhe
other gentleman,' continued I, ' is Robert
Fulton, whom you have spoken of. -?
' Well, I declare!' ejaculated the little
man, ' this is a meeting! But about that
legacy, Uncle Ben, ot yours ; two mil
lions sterling of it has gone to build the
Gutta Percha Magnetic Telegraph lines,
connecting Boston with London and 1 a
ris, two oi the largest cities in the Eastern
Republic of Europe.' ' Gutta percha !
magnetic telegraph !?Republic of Eu
rope !' repeated all of them. ' All built
under water, and sustained by buoys,'
continued the little man, * and it works to
a charm?plan up stairs in room 204?
and can be seen in a moment ; and as I
said before, it writes the English language
as fast as my deputy.' ' Republic of
Europe !' exciaimed "Jefferson again ?
' Yes, sir, said the little man, ' for "more
than a century. No more thrones; no more
rulers by divine right; no more govern
ments sustained by powder and ball; no
lords or nobles ; man is man,.not merely
one of a class of men, but individually
man with rights as perfect, and powc.rs as
great as any other man. The principles,'
Jefferson of your Declaration, which you
did not create, but only asserted, have
prostrated every arbitrary government
on the globe. Even the Jews since their
return to Jerusalem,- have organized a
republican form of government, and have
justelected Mr. Noah, President. 'Well,'
thinks I to myself, ' that can't be Morde
cai Jlf. Noah," anyhow, for politic* must
have used up his"constitution before, this.'
But the little man chattered away, and
declared that Europe was divided into
two republics, the Eastern and the Wes
tern, and that Constantinople wa? the ca
pitol of the Western ; that Africa and
Asia were also republican ; until the
three signers of the Declaration^ perfect
ly wrought up to a phrenzy of joy, rose
up from their seats, took of their hats,
and. swinging them round, gave ?three
cheers for '76, and the old Army of the
Revolution !' and I verily believe Uncle
Ben forgot all about that money, and
going to Boston, for he did not allude to
it any more in my presence.
' Great changes these,' continued the
little man, ' from your days. But you
must not think, gentleman, that we have
forgoten your services, while we have im
proved in wisdom and strength. Look
here, gentlemen,' and he motioned us
away, and leading on, he conducted us to
an observatory on the top of the building.
Such a prospect I never before beheld.
Away, around, on every side stretched a
mighty city, whose limits the eye could
not reach." Towers, temples, spires and
masts until they were lost in the distant
haze. Canals traversed every street, and
boats of merchandise were loading and
unloading their freights. Steam car
riages were puffing along the roads that
ran by the canal, some filled with pleasure
parties, and some laden with goods.?
Turning my eye to an elevation, I saw
fifty-six gigantic monuments, whose peals
were nearly lost in the sky, ranged in a
line, all alike in form and. sculpture.
? These,' said the little man, ' were erec
ted to the Signers of the Declaration of
Independence ;' and, taking out his tel
escope, he handed it to Uncle Ben, who
read aloud among the inscriptions the
names of Frankli.v , Jefferson, Adams!
' But let us know what this city is called?*
inquired Jefferson.- 4 This, sir, is called
Columbiana; it lies on the west- bank of
the Mississippi-; population -five million*,
according to tbe last census.' ' But what
supports it ?' ' Supports it !? The great
East India trade, ihat vessel'down uiere .
is direct from Canton, by ship-canal across
the Isthmus. All Europe is Secondary to j
us now. No doubling capes, as was done !
in your day. Yonder stands, the Capitol;
and the whole North American continent
is annually represented there. The city
of San Francisco alone sends forty-four
members.' ' There,' continued he, poin
ting his finger, ' that buloon rising slowly
in. the sky, has just .started-for that place,
and the passengers
there to-morrow.'
Jeffersoirasked the little diaq 1 whether
the federalists or Democrats were in po
wer and I saw that.Adams waked up
when he heard the question. ? Don't know
any such division,' replied he. ? The treat
measure of the day, upon which parties
are divided, is the purchase of the South'
American- continent at five hundred mil
lions of dollars. I go for it; and before
another year the bargaiu will be consum
mated. We must have more territory !
we haven;t got half enough. Extent of
territory gives a nation dignity and impor
tance. The old thirteen States of vonr
day, gentlemen, was a mere cabbW
patch, and should have been consolidated
into one State. Ten or twenty day's sail
ran you plump into a hostile port; and j
then you had a demand for duties. Be- -
rtrS' ??nflfctingiuterest3 always brew up j
difficulties, and then come treaties, and'
finally war, and then debt, and at last on
pressive taxation. A nation should own
all the territory that joins it. The ocean *
is the only natural boundary for the peo- j
pie. Thinks I, " You have been a poli-!
an m your day, and I'll -just engage
.you to correspond with a certain New
i linn i>ew
? ork editor, who shall be nameless ; you
strike oH the doctrine boldly.' . .
Uncle Ben told the little mdn, after he
closed, that a nation might get so very !
ripe as to become a little rotten; and if'
he had no objections,, he would present
the ' Sayings of Poor Richard.' And sui
ting the action to the woi-d, he pushed his
hand into his breeches pocket, and pullc-d J
out an old almanac, printed in Philadol
, pliia, iri 1732, and bowing, handed it to
him. The little man thanked him and
promised to deposite it in the Museum! as
a curious piece of antiquity.
Getting somewhat anxious for a smoke,
1 drew forth a cigar arid ' locofoco,' rub-!
bed the latter across my .boot, which flash
ed ?ut its light full i? Uncle Ben's face.
that is nice,' exclaimed lie; rather an
improvement on the old string, wheel arid
tinder plan.' < Simple, too, isn't it.?' said
i-1 a. , -vet tlle science of vour dav
i i ?n,t dctect it-' Just then I gave a puif
"Inch made Uncle Ben sneeze, and he
broke out m a tirade against tobacco, that
would read well. But I told him there
? as no use, men had smoked and chewed
the weed, would smoke and chew it, econ
omy or no economy, health or no health,
' i1?r,n? ,,hh : .??d that in all probabili
iLnuW;? rrCmnant'?.f the grcat Am?Wan
at ,l!i i i su"ecdmg nations to gaze
at, r?ld be a plug of tobacco; for I sin
\ivo rT ved "lat tobacco would out
I T-, .government itself.
ih. ?r?IM!lc ?8n ProPoscd returning into
the patent ofhee, and .exhibiting to us in
detad, the models of m there dGposhed
But I cannot weary the reader with what
I. there saw. The fruits of every vear
. since the organization of the department''
jihotiaond* onniprovemenu in everybranch
tl at T ?.C0' T"-V ?f which w?e ?o simple ;
that I thought myself a fool that I did not
amd?ed rl V, '?ng Rs?' ?"nc>ples were
reco lTectJd Jtf7 ?Pefrition of which I now
came to the conclusion that accident" w,
1 Sff' rfc"l?re Jt*1 U,:,n design;
or now, reasoned. !, ' is it. possible tha
pieces of machinery could otherwUn
S? 4.,hc great men who have bl
and died in ignorance of them ?'.
V-rt ,s ,'nlc }vc were quite fatigued
oxtrnct of the nutritious portion of m/J?
; ?d vegetables, purged from ihejr gross
ness found in theirnat-ural state
? .ipfbg i,-. bc
on jt? great benefit to mankind the m J!
ey saved that used to be expended L"
on melons'1 tr^sPortaUon-mil]idns up
W!y sqUde^S-ett ^J
etc.; and he wound un1>;? ??T T" c"
fc.? MdJefferw,. &X
'Bu('' ^areS,, .I
have a word to*?y on my departure*.-].
There is one tbing of more ralue than all
I have seen, for it is the father of all; you
should reverence it next to the Cbxatok
of the Universe. Overlook it not in pros
perity, nor despair of it in adversity. It
is the Union. Better perish with the Union
than survive it* ruins r And in a moment
Uncle Ben, Fulton, Adams, Jefferson, the
little man, the departments, wheels and
machinery, began to rock, and heave, and
fade,a nd finally dissolve ; and suddenly
I awoke ! It was a dream ! and there 1
sat, my tormentor affirming that his stove
was perfection, that it would save three
fourths of the wood, etc., etc., until out of
patience, I pronounced him a blockhead,
gave him a kick, put on my hat and de
parted.
44 Stoning the Wrong: House*"
We heard rather a good story, the oth
er day, which," although it may lose in
our telling, we cannot refrain from re
in tie good town of Raleigh was, and
still is, an excellent inn, which in ? court
time' was frequented by lawyers, judges,
litigants and jurors.
Upon one occasion, Judge B , as
sound a lawyer as he was an inreta
rate ^ humorist, was holding a court at
Raleigh. Several very difficult cases
were to be tried, one o'f which, having
been submitted in the evening, the j -ry
were escorted to a room in an adjoining
building connected with the inn, and fa
miliarly known to the habitues as ? Col
lier.' .In the same building were also
lodged a number of young disciples of
Blackstone, who compensated themselves
for their professional labors by a friendly
game of tho classic amusement of Poker.,
rheir creaturc eomforts were attended to
l>7 a one-eyed negro, who rejoiced in the I
Jw* ?u jke" tkjd this fune
rary had totae trouble with the jury,
*hich rcBuli^d in tho -introduction of Lis '
back to the cat. On the other haod.i
Jake was a Special favorite with the young
lawyers, who paid him liberally, and for
whom be entertained a corresponding re
gard. Under these circumstances >
would not be a matter of doubt ?ls '
which party was most carefully waited
upon, by the sable mercenary or gin and
juleps.
Judge B?; , in the-meantime, was
lodged in the main building of the hotel.
With him, also, Jake was a favorite, and
after he had concluded the examination
of some papers, he addressed the atten
dant with inquiries as to what the "young!
gentlemen' were doing. ? ' " . - I
' Nottin', massa, nottin; only a little '
game of poker?dat all.'
' Eh, that's all ?'
' Yes, sah, dat all.'
The young scamps ; they ought to be
at their books; a nice way to prepare
their cases! To morrow some of them will
be asking mo to put otr trials, because
they have not time to get ready :? mum-1
bled the Judge. * I say, Jake", can you
get me a pile of bricks ?' .
' Sartin, Judge?l's get a pile of bricks
?old oven brick?get bats.'
yard^^ "C"' S? * pilc int<' tIie
' les, sah,' said the obsequious'darkie,
and in a short time he returned, with the
assuiance that the bricks were ready. I
The Judge accompanied him into the '
yard.
' ' Jake, tell me which room these !
fellows arc in.' ' I
' Dat de room, massa, dat de room;'
bat tho ouquing.negro, instead of indica
mg that occupied by the lawyers, pointed i
to the one in which the unoffending iu-!
rors were in deliberation.
? ' Oh. ho : now. -I?lc? Ho as I do.' and i
suiting the action to the word, his honor
commenced pouring a perfect storm of
brickbats against the room of 'the sup-1
posed delinquents. Bang ! bang ! they
?weiifc, Jake's missiles performing no se-'
condary par.t- in the concert, until the pile
was exhausted; and the startled jury
men began to imagine themselves assail
ed by a mob of the whole town". Still
they could not escape, but huddled to
gether, and bore the assault.
' ? ,0n hjs siJc, the Judge, totally uncon
scious tliat he had been stoning his own
jurymen, was chuckling over the dismay
.he imagined he had brought upon the
lawyers. .
I hey did not, howpver, aslie expected
vacate the premises, and he prepared for
a second bombardment.
In the meantime Jake, convulsed with
laughter, had gone to the room of the
lawyers.
'' 1 ah ! yah ! yah ! screamed the negro,
rolling in laughter' ' d'ye hear em ? did
you hear. the.bricks? Wait a leetle ?
. near-more by-m-by,' and he proceeded as
?clearly as his cachinatory paroxysms
would allow him, to explain the mistake
into which he had led his honor.
Ji,S;<tad SCarCC,-V "ithdr?n; when
Judge H summoned him to collect
another pile of bricks, which was forth
coming as readily as the first. The same
tornado visited the astonished jury but
the same result followed, for the''very
? good reason that they could not get out if
they would. ' The judge supposing them
the gamesters, was praportionably irriti
? Jake ?^C?Uld DOt brCak UP th?'rPart.v
Yes, sah
i Bring another pile of bricks !' and
once more these formidable projectiles
were laid before him.
? Now, Jake, at the windows ?
Smash i crash! whiz ! bang ! they went
and the glass; sashes, and everything
else gave way, as brick after brick" pone
tra ed-the Jury room. -The fortress was
nolonger tepable?the laws of arms jus
tified. a capitulation, and. li general flight
took place; ? ? b t
.Unfortunately, the J-udge,. in his zeal
and wrath," never thought of making his
retucat, and as the jurors were escaping
imagine their horror at discovering that
the learned Judge himself was their as
sailant, and had been besfciging them du
"fg.the night after this extra judicial
fashion. Too late thie Judge found out
his mistake, and petrified with astonish
ment be. stood detected, with his hand
ateed in the act ofhurling a bnck'through '
he Windows of the jury room.
R feat was the confusion ! That Judge
l- , , ?"ou'd do such a thing-^-that a
mte w far compro-'
g decorum of his character* the
bcciw^juttjili u?ce. ? ? 14 "could not'have
unfnrf0^^'? ?*** DOt *>een 8?en hut,
.iUd^Was de^ b
? fbe only way left WM to male a full'
expedition, and this the judge did, with
many a muttered malediction on Jake,
who had ?done' him so completely, and
made him the means of closing accounts
with the jury. The lawyers munificently
rewarded Jake, upon whom the judge
could not very well take vengeance, with
out admitting his confederacy with him:
And the jurors, ever afterwards wertf
careful of drawing the wrath of that dus
ky dignitary of Collier.
The judge acknowledged he was beat
en, and interfered no more with his
young lawyers at their games of poker.
Be Quiet Don.?The Spaniards, at the
last accounts, were discussing the glories
to be acquired by a war with the United
States. It is very well for them, they
are generally better noted for pride and
arrogance than for practical good sense
and notions of utility. A declaration of
war against this republic would insure
the capture of Cuba immediately, and
the degradation of Spanish segars into
American sixes.
Rat Trap.?A Yankee h&s just invcn- j
ted a method of catching rats. He says ;
' Locate your bed in a room much infest-1
ed by these animals, and on retiring, put
out the light. Then strew over your pil- j
low some strong smelling cheese, three
or four red herrings, some barley meal
or new malt, and a sprinkling of dried
codfish-. Keep awake until you find the
rats at work, and then make a grab.'
JtyWhatia the difference between ft
bantam cock, and a dirty housemaid ??
The one is a domestic fowl, aad the other
is a foul domeatio.
Job Printing
Of every de
scription in
, cludiug
A ? I*AM Pit LET8,
?m Biaxis, :
W Postib*.
f Handbills.
' C'lMClLASS,
? ? J.A??L?. .
^ &C.,
N .y print
ed at ihifr offioo-, tit her rlsin, in color*, or brauzc.
upon tha moit reasonable tcrrai.
House And LoMbr Sale.
The. undersigned offers for sale his
real estate In the town of Clarksburg;
'comprising TWO LOTS on Turnpike
street, on ono of which is n very cnti.
venient and comfortable Dwelling" House, with
suitable out-buildings; nnd oil the other, un-ex
cellent School-Jloom or Seminary building, which
i might, if desiruble, be converted into a very "com
modious and convenient Store Iloom. The situ
ation i? pleasant, and tho t^rnis will bq rctisoua- ,
ble. Apply to the subscriber.
E. QUILLIN. "
December 3, 1P51.?If
Viboixia : Harrison County Court, Clerk's O.'lioe;
Nov. 1851.
Harrison County, to wjt:
To the clerk Of the County Court Of said coun
ty. We.'John P. "Lynch. 'Patrick McKeon, and
\Vm. B. I.yneh. thrce.frecholdors of said county,
do liareby certify that by virtue of a warrant to
-"Vis" directed by 'Isaac'fc. Randolph, a Justiee of
said county, we.have this day, on oath, viewed
and appraised six' hops taken up by James E.
Stonestrcet. on his lands, as estrays, and assessed*
the value of said cstravs at seven dollars and
fifty cents. The said liogs nre marked with a
crop and an under bit in the right ear, and swal
low-fork in the l?ft- two sahdy burrows?}wu
? black spotted sows, supposed to be one veal- old.
GiviSn under our hand and seal thi* l?3tii day of
November, 1951.
JOHN P. LYNCH. [L. S.I
PATRICK MeKEON. IL. S.] ?
WILLIAM 15. LYNCH. [L. S.I
A true copv
Attest.
ELI MARSH. C. JI. C. C.
?t.* ' ?
<1nJ>iiftct lVarc-Koonm!
rpIH3 subscribers thankful for pnst favors, and
JL feeling disposd to further merit its continu
ance, would respectfully announce to .their'old
customers and the public generally, that" they
*atc bill! uiauufUoluiliig PUJiITITUnn .Kf
deser ipttoif, and of the very latest styles and llnis{i.
They arc in receipt *of alb thy bite fashionable
changes, and their work will be shaped aecor
I din^ly. ?
| They would especially call attention- to their
| present stock of Cabinet Wax?, nt their shop on
I Turnpike street, Clarksburg, consisting iir purt of
| Mahogany Dressing Bureaus, Sofas, Cabinet
| Chairs, &c.,
J. & E. B. IIURSEY.
j Clarksburg, Nov. 12th, 1H51?1 v.
' Ai'iv York Importer* and
. JolllllTN,
^REE-MAN, HODGES CO., 53 Libertv
F
Street, between Broadway and Nassau St.,
. near the IVst-Otficc. New Yorlt.
We'are receiving by daily arrivals from Eu
j rope, our Kali and Winter assortment of Rich and
1 Fancy Silk and Millinery Goods.
We" resfieetfully invite all Cash Purchasers thor
oughly to examine our Stock and Prices, and, as
interest governs, wo feel confident our Goods.and
Pticca will induce them to select from our estab
lishment. Particular attention is devoted to
niutNtnr Gowns.
' and many of the Articles arc manufactured expres
! ly to our'order. and cannot be surpassed hi beauty,
style and cheapness. ?
'Beautiful Paris Ribbons, for Ilat, Cap, Neck
. and Belt.
Satin and Tsffuta Ribbons, of all widths and
colors. .,
I Silks; Satins, Velvets, and 1'ilcut Velvets for
. Hats.
Feathers, American and French Artificial
Flowers.
1 Puttings, and Cap Trimmings.
Dross Trimmings, large assortment.
Embroideries, Capes, Colters, Undersleeves and
Cutis.
Fine Embroidered Reverie and Hemstitch Cam
bric Handkerchiefs.
Crapfes, Lisscs, Tartletons, Illusion and Cap
Laces.
Valencies. Brussels,. Thread, Silk and Lielic
Thread-Lai "es. .
Kid, Silk. Sewing Silk, Lislie Thread, Merino
Gloves and Mitt*. . ? ?
Figured and l'luin'Swiss, Book, Bishop Lawn,
and-Jaconet Muslins.
Knglish. French, Ameritnn and Italian Straw
Goods. .
?Nov. 26,1851?tf.
A en Banking House
'in WASHINGTON CtTT.
THE undersigned having been induced to em
? bark in tha Exchange and Banking business,
hi the City jof Washington, D. C-, avails himself
of an car|y occasion to notify Ills friends and the
public generally of the fact, And to solicit thefr
encouragement. His iiulitulion will be known
us the "Bank of the Lnion,'1 and from which
not one dollar wHI be issued, for circulation, that ,
will not be represented by something tangible and
substantial in the shape of Ould and Silver, Drafts
on the ? United "States Treasury, Northern. Ki
clmng.* or Virginia Bankable Funds.
By a strict adherence to a legitimate issue upon
such a basis, it'will readily be perceived that the
public are protected, and the bank itself made to
stand on the surest'foundatiuu. This enterprise
is entered upon after the matureM deliberation,^
and it isgr-jtifying to know that it meets with the'
appproval of experienced and sagacious financiers '
of New York, Washington and Richmond.
Iu addition to the issue of jiotet'Cor circulation,
"The Bank of-the I'nion" will collect -drafts on
the Government, and On the principal cities of
thel'mted States, and will negotiate for the pur
chase or sale (on commission) of .State 'Stacks,
Guarantied Bond* ofCaual and Railroad Compa
nies, and othes good securities. .
tTAny business connected with tlie' different
Departments of the Government, in Washington,
wiA be attended to ou liberal terms.
? . BO. H. GALLAIIER. !
Richmond, Ym., Ocltbrt, 1851.?t?
? i
8. H. PARVIN,.
Merchandise and Prodare Broker,*
S. E. Cor. Vain aad-CoWn*lii/> sta.,
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Twenty-ninth Volume of the Democratic Review,
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intellectual energies of the Mend* of the popular
eauae have been given to the public. It has unl
ted'the attractions of a sound and vigorous Ute
rtrture, s political character capable of giving
support to the doctrine* and measure* of Ui?t par
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people, and it has seen the final triumph of the
gnat popular issue* which it has supported.' Py
ftg1 the great questions of policy before
the country, expounding and advocating the De
mocratic doctrine, through the most able pens
that the party could furnish, in article* df greater
length, more condensed force, more elaborate re
search, and more elevated tone, than is possible
for the newspaper press, it has been an instru
ment of inappreciable value for the enlighten
ment and formation of public opinion, and for
tho support of the principles which it advocates.
As long as the Democratic party remained
united, it triumphed, and sustained those cardi
nal doctrines of political faith, with which the
cause of the people of every age and country, is
identified. My applying those doctrines to tho
government, the country prospered at home and
triumphed abroad, increasing In material wealth,
and rising in the acale of nations. The division
of th* party, bringing with it defeat, ha* subjec
ted th* country, and the causo o! human, liberty
to retrogression j and the direst horrors, Invol
ving nutional ruin, are to ho avoided only by re
uniting the party, and this can be done only by
rallying to the support of those men who through
recent strife, have preserved their nationalty of
character, and bo*n mindful of the sacred obli
gations implied in constitutional contracts. In
the campaign of 1352, it is necessary to th* cause
of human freedom and the prevalenoe of self go
vernment, that the national Democratic party
should regain its ascendancy. For this purpose
every citizen ougrht to exert himself, regardless of
other considerations.
Tho Keview, in order to bring it within tho
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The circulation of such drawings as arc found in
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have in the architect.?Morning Star.
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expense of an architect. It is Intended through
the Architect, to combine elegance with utility
and to cultivate a refined taste, at moderate expense
both in and around the dwellings of our citixsns.
We can commend I bom without qualification to
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Mr. Ranlett, the author of the designs in the Ar
chitect, mav have the satisfaction of knowing that
he is contributing to refine and elevate the taste
of hi* countrymen.?Tribune.
With the information here afforded, one can at
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and the directions so exact, that any gentleman I
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M clerk of t he workprovided he adopts any ef the
admirabie designs in Mr. Ranlett', work?7Ws
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We could multiply notices,ad Infinitum, but the
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November 91.1651.?
Greeley's Travels in Europe.
p LANCES AT EUROPE: In o sarles of let
IXters from Great Britain, Prance,. Italy, &o?
By HORACE GREELY, Octavo, Cloth, IVico
One Dolhu-j This volume comprise* Uie obser
vations made during Mr. Gusutr'a reoent Eu
ropean tour, on Society, Manners and Cul'
toms, Art, Literature, Agriculture, Foreign Poll
tics, and a great variety of other attractive and
exciting topics.
It has copious notices of the Great Exhibition
or World's Fair in London ; complete descriptions
of <he Cultivation of the Boil in different coun
tries i brilliant criticisms of the Works of Art in
the Great Europe*? Capitals ; and gruphio Sketch
es of Public aud Domestic Life la London, Pnr|s,"
Rome, &c., written In (he fmnk, MralghtfonvArd
piquant style, for which Mr." a reel y 1< widely
celebrated."
A more authentic instructive, und' aumtiur
Book of Travols has probably never been ts?ieJ^
from the American press. The vast amount c.
information which It contalus l? presented In such
a llwlv and ofT-haud manner, that thopemsal of |
the volume lieeomcs as interesting us ? novel.
Whoever would obtulu a fresh, daguerreotype
view of the present state uf England, should not
foil to make himself accqualnted wlht Us cow
tents. Even the discussion of the drlost to|ilus,
which it somotimes takes up, is enllvonod with
such frequent flashes uf humor, and pcrvadod
with such genial and sparkling vivacity, thut no
one who commences the volume can lay It down
without finishing Its perusal.
We confidently nntlci|>ate a very extensive clr
bulftlon for this work throughout tile United
States. The unmo of Horace Greoly, which Is as
widely known us that of any otlior American cit
izen, will excite a general curiosity to learn tho
results of his European experience. Wo are cer
tain that no one can bo dlsappoiutod lu this ad
mirable recital of his foreign udventurvs.
Published by Dewitt &? Davenport,?Tribune
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which lias liitliorto attended tliU'undertaking it
is hoj?cd will continue, and enable uio tu ^eval
uate tho full history of tho proceedings und dis
cussions of tho body on which tho destiny of thu
republic dopends.
f ho adoption of Congress lias given the Glodb
un official churactor as the reporter of all t hut ia
suid and done in the body. This sanction hua
been voted at ovory sueeossivo suasion for many
years, and by meiubors of all parties. The prosi-,
too, of all parties has borne testimony to the lldel
ity with which tho duty thus coulldcd hus been
performed.
Tho great eoierity with which tho letter-writers
for tlio distant press circulate through the tcle
grupli their hurned nccouuta and views of the de
bates of Congress, renders more iinportiuit thun
over tho full and exact olticiol re|>orUi of the Cos
uiiesmonal Ulobk. The hasty?und in inanj in
stances cx I'AHTt?relutioiis by telegraph of what
occurs in Congress supersede, for the most part,
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which formerly, in a hIiiijw inure or less ubbrevi
uted, went tho rounds of tho press. Now tho
telegraph accounts, with ull tholr imperfections
and variety of colorings, take tho run of tho
country, and no press but tho otllcial of Congress
over publishes tho full debate with the proceed
ings of both houses unmutilutod. Indeed, &<>
newspaper cun give them and havo room for ad
vertisements und the miscelluuuous matter essen
tial to their cxlstenco. While, therefore, the tel
egraph administers to tho eager appetite of tho
public for Congress news, and iiieeui the nccussl-'
ties of the political press by fill Dishing a rapidly
written epitome suited to tlio tu&U> of its pulroiu,
porfoct information of what paaujs ill Congress is
grcutly dimiuiahod. Tho circulation of the ulll
ciul reports hus been, to some extent, cut oil' by
tho crude and diversified accounts which, ilying
along the electrlo wires, sutisly curiosity, and U
is utmost in vain thut Truth puts on his boot* to
follow. Still there oro a great muny men of
leisure and thought who llko to sec whul Is ucti>
ally ?uid und done in Congress, and to judge' for
themselves, rather thun to receive impressions al
together from jrnlvanlc batteries. There lire oth
ers, too, who, lor thesako of tlio future, willingly
piitronize u work which preserves u lull lecmdof
thu doings of tho great moving und coutroliiig
power of'the republic.
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lueiisuiale with the Increased importance of tho
duty lie hus undertaken us the only reporter and
publisher of the complete debutes" mm proceed
ings of both houses of Congress. The coming
I cession will probably bo extended lilno months,
; und the rc|H>rts will not ho eonipiisod in less
I thun 8,500 roval ouarto 1 rnT?il" M ' "' ******
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pages each. Tho reports for the lust long session
niudc 8,81*6 royal quarto pages, and were bound
in four volumes, averaging l<74 royal quarto page*
1 will nublish in the Ai-rtKDix for tho next
ftCMion nil Iiiwh tlint tuny pnwiod tluriiitf tho
session, which has not been dolio heretofore. Al
though this will increase in no small degree thu
expense of the publication, the subscription prico
will be the same that it has been for ocvoral
years past.
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they make uiiy ultorutions, the current nowa of
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object for publishing tho dally pa]>er ia to enable
members to see their remarks in it ami alter
them, if they shall think pro|?er, before they are
published in the Coxohlmionai. Groin: and Ar
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and printed on o double royal pniwr with small
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cers of the govornmtmt that accompany It, and
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same form as tho Coxorxpsioxal (ILoot, and
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Globx and one of the Arrxxou ; but during the
remainder of a suasion there is usually sullicient
matter for two or throe numbers of each everv
week. The next seasion will b* unusually Inte
resting. Therefore I calculate that the Conobks
aioNAl Globi and Armou toother will make
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,n,a ""nP*"''-, Complete lndexea
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?e they cannot be reprinted for leM than that
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