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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02
sroyOyGsS,, ACADEMY.

The Examination oil the several eiaSs's
fit this Institution, on "Wednesday and
Thursday last, was well sustained 0y '.'e
Pupils, and numerOusly attended BY tile
citizens.
The Exhibition, on Thursday evening
was decidedly interesting. Tho ia'Sc
Hall Of the Courthouse was crowded 10
excess, and the thermometer ai-wha'
shall We say! II AbcdnegO's oven was
much hotter we should not crave Tree
ticket Of admittancc. The weather was
excru,iating-lhe atmosphere liqncfying,
and vet mos, of the audience evinced their
interest in the occasion by remaining ill
the close. The following is a programme
of tho exercises, as politely furnished by
the Principal Of the Institution:
Opening prayer by Rev. Mr.. Davis.
Selcc, oration-F. NJ. Durbiu, Morgan.
town, Va.
do. r: c. Stuart, Paris, Ky.
Original Essay-L. S. Layton, MnnoH-
gala county, VO., subject, Myyste-
ries OF Nature.
Select oraiion-Wm. Hanway, Morgan
town, Va.
Original essav-J. o. Wilson, do.
snhject, Unity Of Action.
Select oration-J. II. Pentecost, West
Nliddlclown, Pa.
Original cssny-H. c. Shepherd. Walls
vile. o., subject, Truth & Justice.
Original Grafton F. J. Collier, Sleubcn.
vile, O., subject, "reminiscences OF
the Past.
oration-H. Woods, Hannibal, Mo.
Drbate-Qats'ioa, " Are there Inherent
in the American constitution the elements
OF dissolution q Affirmative. J. S. Rep
pert, Monongalia co. Va; negative, B. S.
Stuart, West Middlctown, Pa.
Benclicliou, BY Rev. S. Siegfried.
The young gentlemen acquitted them
selves so well that il were inyid;ons 10
discriminate, even il we had the ability
or the disposition to do SO.
The exercises were in;ersrorscd by nP.
propriate music, most skilfully executed
by PrOi.mans Band. The superior mel.
lilMousncss Of siringeA instruments, cspe-
cially within doors, could not fail 10 at
tract the attention Of all who admire The
" concord OF sweet sounls.'
Mcssrs. MooaE & JAMlsoS have sue.
ceeAed admirably, for the time, in organ.
izing The Institution, and bringing forward
the interesting band Of pupils under their
charge, and they deserve well Of the COM
munity. With richly endowed Ins'i.
lulion, all intelligent and energetic Board
Of Managers, and well qualified instruc.
tors, the Monongalia Academy canno,
fail 10 exercise awcxtcnsiyc influence foi
good upon the present and future genera
lions. With some additional room, in the
form Of wings to the ediGcc, to accom-
MEDIATE an increase OF pupils, ii may at
tain 10 all the usefulness, il no! to the
dignity, OF College.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

A party in Georgia recently pursued
Mr.. Robert Toombs several miles, under
the impression that he had stolen the
horse and buggy he was riding With
Mr.. Toonbs is a U. S. Senator,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

There proceeded en- route for Buffalo,
on Wednesday, by the Harlem route
the youngest traveller that we ever re-
member 10 have encountered. He was
an Iris, boy, only 10 years old, who
had Travelled oil the way from the West
lndi cs alone! He was going tojoin bis
mother, from whom he had got separa-
ted, some how, by the adversIies Of en-
grant life. lie stated that he had been
SIX months making his way thus far,
and his tattcred garments and matted
hair loo seemingly confirmed his story
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

Ifyou wish to increase tue size and
prominence Of your eyes, just keep
an account Of the money you spon:
foolish!y, md add 1t up at tho end q
the year,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

1t popular dolusion to believe 6,
tina, an editor is public bellows
bound to puff every thing aud every
buly that wanto 10 use him
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

A Demonstration. -One fact is worth
a hundred theories. is a fact that the
Bible has made of Pitcairn's Island on
The Pacific, paradise, the original Ioun-
ders having been mutineers and virtual
murderers. Let any one read the his.
tory oil that colony as given in Black
wood for June, and then say five have
not complete demonstration Of tho d.
rect influence Of the Bible 10 form from
the most unpromising material, a viriu-
Gus and happy people. What a pity
some one did not read that article of the
la,e Bible Convention at Hartford.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

HAnrronD, Conn, June 20. Tho
Maine Liquor Law was defeated in
tho House Of Delegates to-day by a
lnrgo majority, by striking out the h,
onacting clause and inserting bill
granting licunscs for theVale of liquor.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02

A Bridgewatcr lEng.) correspondent
oil The Plymouth Memorial states that
the introduction Of sewing machines
for stitching shoes is becoming quite
common. One establishment in Abing-
Ion uses no less than six. II is said,
an operator, with the machine, will
stitch in a day more than Ten times the
amount usually accomplished by a slich-
or. and that the cost is very materially
reduced.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
THE w HIG.
Catholic France.

Immediately after the December massa-
ere at Paris. Napoleon the Little dipped his
hand, all dripping with blood, into the vase
of holy water which stood at the eoor of
Notre Dame, and made the sign of the cross.
Next day the priesthood took possession of
Pantheon. and pulled down the statues of
the worthless Of France to set up the worm
eaten images of saints. The bargain was
consummated. and Liberty was only mem
DRY of the past. Since that time, common
school teachers have been selected for their
tency; the chairs of philosophy in the col
leges have been destroyed. those Of history
given only to faithful toolsof the priesthood,
men like Michelet and Quinet. expelled from
their professorships. and the government of
the whole system of public instruction plac-
ed in the hands of Bishops. Archbishops
and their satalites. Stringent rules for the
regulation of Protestant worship have been
issued. and, at the present time, Protestants
can neither open school, nor establish .
church. nor have casual preaching at pri-
yate houses without the previous consent of
theregular authorities. This consent, though
easily obtained at Paris. where there is a
great parade of liberty, is generally with
held in the provinces. One species of OPP.
preston now practised in France is peculiar-
" vexatious It is the refusal Of the May.
ors, appointed by government, to register
any child not named after Catholic saint
We have been permitted to copy and trans
late an extract of a private letter on this sub
ject from Partisan lady to a friend in this
city. Shesis giving an account Of the trou-
bic they had in having newly born son
registered at the Mayorality Of the ward,
the French law imposing heavy penalty
for the neglect of this formality.
'His name SO far is Francois Jean, butt
can of course be changed. We had settled
on Victor Hugo. bnt the Mayors people
plumply refused, for. political reasons, to
register him under this name. We then in
sisted on James Madison. but this they again
declined on the ground that Madison was
not the name of any saint We urged in
vain that Madison was family name. and
proved to them by their own books that no
such difficulty had been made at the middle
name Of my oldest boy. 1t seems the en-
ployes are new ones, and much more Cath
olic than their predecessors. AS last re-
source, We called the child Francois Jean,
and the papers were made out in that name.
Did you ever hear of such nonsense?
would not have had him registered at all,
but, in that case, Madame H would |
have been liable to q heavy fine and long
=" Phila. Reg.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15

4 Dfrdgc.

A fallen angel here dothrest;
{ Deal gentle with her Memory! lest
In after years thou com'st to know
God was more merciful than thou!
She cannot feel the timid pecping
Ofloying howers-the small moss creeping
Over her grave the quiet weeping
OF saltless dews;
She hears not-she that lies there sleeping,
Whoe'er accuse!
She hears not how the wild winds crave
an entrance to her sheltered grave;
Nor needs how they bewails moanss
That one closed to them alone:
She nothing recks the cold rains beating,
The swarthed turf-sod's icy shetting,
Nor hears nor answers she the grating,
OF such cold friends!
Nor more, Of summer suns unweeping.
To them attends.
Alas! no sepson now has power
TO charm her for one little hour!
Each change and chance that men Cypress
Pass Ger her now impressionless.
She cannot note the gradual merging
OF night in days: the quick urging
To longer weeks; the weeds convcrging
In months--n onths, years!
On Times wide sea for ever surging
Till heaven nears,
The light is parted from her eye,
Moisture on her lips is dry;
No smile can part them now; no glow
Ever again those cheeks can know,
Harsh world. oh. then, be not thou slower
The ugly Past to bury DER!
Time yet may have some sweets in store
For our poor sister;
Life cast her of; that self-same hour
Death took, and kissed herr
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
rev. EIcazcr.

The Albany Express has been informed
by getIemen Of . visit made to the home
Iof Eleazer Williams:
"It IS located IN the township Of Kawkau-
Ian. some twelve miles distant from Green
Bay, Wiscon. The Rev, Eleazer owns a
well cultivated farm there of about fifty
lacresofvery productive land. His dwelling
house is neat. substantial constructed and
Iconvienent cottage. and all bis out houses
are snug and in good repair.
His neighbors dislike him because Of his
remarkable forgetfulness and remissness
with regard TO liquidating his debts. He
borrows money freely, and in other ways in
ours pecuniary responsibilities, and yet sell
dom remembers TO refund or repay, unless
his memory, which must have escaped full
renovation on the occasion Of the wonderful
restoration Of his faculties BY a bold plunge
into the clear waters Of Lake Horizon, is I'M
tremendously logged by an officer.
In these little traits Of character we re-
cognize the Rev. Eleazer's best and clearest
claims to the Bourbons. We begin to think
now that his tale is an lower true one
that he is the long lost Dauphin, and right
full heir to an usurped throne!
Besides-Mrs Williams remarked that
her husband, though he wrote to her
frequently, and kept her well advised of his
movements, and of his advance towards the
sceptre and throne of his ancestors, yet that
he had not visited his home or his family.
during the past three gears! Surely surely!
he must be veritable Bourbon
Mrs. Williams is woman of business,
thrift and enterprise. She conducts in per-
son all the affairs Of her domain. Her right
hand man and principle aid is an Irishman,
20 years old, who works the farm and is
very industrious and faithful The Indians
cannotbe prevailed upon to work. Her fe-
male "help' consists Of one Squaw, per-
manently engaged, and in hurrying times
she employs two. She has good horse
and wagon. cows, poultry, DC. and eks out
a very respectable and comfortable living"
while her husband is prosecuting the duties
Of his Mission, and his claims TO the throne
Of France!
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
nllmr Eng is There,

s Mr.. Bryant. in letter from Athens. des-
cribing the difficulties Of DR.. King, the
American Missionary, says:
Zone Sunday a large crowd Of Greeks.
led BY priest Of their church, assembled
in bis house and garden to hear one Of his
discourses. His subject was the duty Of re-
ligious liberation. At the close the priest
asked aquestion concerning some things
advanced in the discussion, to which DR..
King gave prudent answer, The priest
then demanded an explanation Of certain
positions laid down ID another discourse,
which King declined giving atthat time,
observing that he would agree to appoint
almost any other day.for the discussion.
The multitude Immediately joined the priest
in demanding that the discussion should 60
on At that monent.with such fury and noise
that Bis friends thought his lite a danger.
Il happened at the time that tie american
Consul Was absent from Athens. and the
functions 81 Tie Office we're delegated @ Dr..
King 3 American Gag . day Or two pre-
vious haa been received by Dr. King from
Washlnglon ID tie midst % the tumult,
ii the very moment when Tie multitude
seemed ready q tear lin y pieces. he Be.
thought biu,ssl sE lIs nag aud hasliy m
rolling i, lei i stream from one 81 she win.
- .|s>s. s. rs stss.b s..1 e fl.SsS
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
eg-The Wabash and Erie Canal, is al


length complete. Il has been twenty one
years inprogress. The work unites the wa
ters Of Lake Erie at Teledo with the Ohio at
Evansville. Its whole length is four hun
bred and fifty nine miles, ofwhich three hun
dred and seventy.iye are ii Indiana and
eighty -four miles in Ohio The eastern sec
ton was first opened, and eleven years ago
united the Lake and the Wasbash at Lafa-
yette. The embarrassed fnancies of Indiana
made is subsequent progress for sewers
years quite slow. bgt By means ofits improv
ed finances. separated from the State debt
proper, ithas reached its ultimate destina
ton.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
Tiae LittIc rrocII.

a common, light blue muslin foeIs
3 hanging on the wall,
But No one ii The household, now,
Canw d dress 80 small.
The sleeves are both turned inside out,
And tell Of summer weary
They seem tovait che owners hansls
Which last year hung them there.
Twas at the chiIdreh's festival
Her Sunday dress was soiled,
You need not turn II from the light
To me II il not spoiled!
a sud and yet pleasant thought
Is to the spirit told,
BY the dear little rumpled thing,
With dust in every fold.
Why should men weep that to theis home
An Angels love is given
Or that before them she Ii gone
To blessedness III heavenl
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
CLoTEfINGi CLoTHINGll

OLO1 IIN0 @OI1O I Tin U
r HAVE just received and opened my splen-
did stock of Containers Fail and Winter
CLOTHING, comprising every variety of style
and quality. Gentlemen wishing anything in
the shapt of Coat, Pants, Vest or Shirt, will
do well 10 call and examine for themselves,
prices to suit the purchaser. N w HOBSON.
sign of the Eagle
In addition to the above, have received the
handsomest assortment of Boys and Childrens
Clothing ever opened in this city, and unsur-
passed for cheapness. Send the Juveniles to
NV HOBSON
BOOKS! BOOKS IA large assortment
, of Historical, Biographical, Poetical, Mis-
cellaneous & Fictitious works just arrived fresh
from the northern press. G. T, MANN
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
laurie Todsl q spinsters.

Our old friend, Grant Thorburn. sends
us this characteristic epistle: 1T folly for
girls to expect to be happy without mar
rage: every woman was made for mother;
consequently. children are as necessary TO
their peace of mind, as health is. If you
wish to behold melancholy and indigestion
look at an old maid; if you would take a
peep at sunshine, look in the face Of a young
mother. Now. won't stand that, replies
my aunt. I'm an old maid myself and
I'm neither melancholy nor indigestible:
Ny piece of mind I'm going to give you in
a minute: never would touch baby, dur
ing my existence, except with q pair Of
tongs. You'sg mothers and sunshine, indeed!
why, they are worn TO tiddIe-strings before
they are e-and-twentye When an old
lover steps in, he thinks he sees his grand
mother, instead of the dear little Mary who
used to make him feel as if he should crawl
out of the toes of his boots. Yes, my mind.
isquite made up about matrimony. But.
as to babies sometimes think, and then
again don't know, ION the whole, be-
lieYe consider EN- decided humbug. It's
a one-sided partnership, this marriage: lie
soi;fe casts ap qztIe Qceounts. The husband
gets up in the morning, and pays his aesOirs
to the looking glass, curls his fine head Of
hair, puts on an Immaculate shirt bosom,
ties an excruciating cravat, sprinkles his
handkerchief with cologne, Slows away .
Frenchsrol an egg and a cup Of coffee, gets
into an omnibus, looks Standardization at the
pretty girls, and makes love between the
pauses of business IN the afternoon The
wife must hermetically seal the windows,
shut out the fresh air, (because the baby
had the snuffles IN lie night, and sits down,
gasping, az the table, more dead than alive,
to finish her breakfast. Tommy spills cup
of hot coffee down his bosom; Juliana has
torn OF the string Of her school bonnet;
James wants his geography covered; Eliza
cant find her satchel; the butcher wants to
know If she'd ike joint of mutton; the
miIkman wants bis money the iceman wants
to speak to her just 4 minutei the baby
swallows bean: The husband sends the boy
from the store to say. his partner viii dine
with him; the cook leaves, al flying 70 so
70 her sisters dead baby wake and the
husbands min coat must be- ironed before
noon Sunshine and young mothers
Where's my smel Hing bottle?~
Home JoanndI
IrAIy a. THE cRrsrAn F AIAcE. 4 Is sta
ted that while the other principle coualIies
|of Europe win Be a oIlhen fairly ana so..e
'lof them WORLDLY represented ii &c ap.
preaching ezhIhilion u industry a gsp
York. Italy The mistress 6f afls All bl
among the lornoss d tie honorable warfare
Of competition.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
Eg The New York correspondent Of the

EE The New York correspondent Of the
Washington Union says:
"The Royal Geographical Society Of Lon
don, at their late anniversary. gave toast
TO the photographers Of the United States.
Was ever toast so merited? What has been
and is being effected by these. both on our
own domain and along the eastern and wes-
tern shores, is unprecedented in the COM
parative rapidity Of operations. IN the IN
varying science and ability displayed, and
in the extent to which each successive dis
coyery or explorations taken advantage Of.
THE PopE's Bull This name. which IS
now applied exclusively to instruments issu-
ing out Of the Roman Chaneery is derived
from the seals which are appended 70 them.
being formerly Of gold bullion Bulls we're
not originally confined to Popes alone. but
were also issued BY emperors, princess, bish.
ops, and great men, who, till the thirteenth
century. sometimes. affixed seals Of metal,
as well as others Of wax to edicts. charters
and other instruments, though they we're
equally called Bulls, whether they we're
sealed with one Oil the other. The Popes
continue 70 the present day to atix metal q
lead seals 10 their bulls, and only when they
wish 10 bestow any fulaf marks Of grace
and favor on soveneis as 81 princes are seals
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15
WaMM'a M0T8R,
YAZOO CITY. MISS.

HAVING purchased the property recently
occupied by the Commercial Bank 81 Man
chester, ] am again prepared to accom- bdate
my friends and the travelling public, and en-
brace this opportunity of rendering to them my
sincere thanks for their former liberal patron
age, and also for their kind forbearance since
the FIRE. No effort or expense shall be want
ing on my part to make Wipn's Hotel, in every
department, one Of to best hot b the State.
r. M. VIM.
january Il. 1853 Off
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15

lust received per steamer Alton, from New
- Orleans, Selected By myself a full supply of
the cheapest Family Groceries. Also, Brandies,
Wines, Fruits, sc. have made arrangements
with an Importing House in New Orleans,
which enables me by order, to be always pre-
pared for both wholesale and retail customers.
Ihave on hand choice brands of Claret Vine
which can sell at as low prices as can be pur-
chased in New Orleans. Give me CALL
d. TAMBORINE.
Yazoo city, may 81, 1852. 46-tf
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.NeW Id ug and Book
store.

III O NJ SON d CO.
ANHOLESALE and Retail Druggists have
w removedto their new brick building on
Main Street, next door above Messrs. Allen &
Barksdale, and have on hand and are receiving
a large supply of fresh Drugs, Medicines, Chem
Gals, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Glassware, Per-
fumery, Soaps, Books, Stationary, &c, all of
which they offer at unusually low prices. Mer-
chants, Physicians, Planters and others will
find it to their interest to give US call.
Yazoo city, Jan IA, 80. 27-ly.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-15

How TO LAY 4 NERvous GHosr. Extraor.
binary Precaution.-Judge C., of New
Hampshire, was very whimsical, nervous
and irritable old man; all who attended his
his courts must wear slippers. tread softly
and be particularly careful how they closed
the doors. One day the judge fell sick,
and was nigh unto death;n deed, It was re-
ported, and the belief was general, that he
was dead. His immediate neighbours, of
course, soon discovered that this was mis-
take; but as the Judge was not popular, the
news ofhis recovery did not travel near so
fast as had rumor ofhis death. A gentleman
from distant part Of the country was walk
ing the shire town several weeks afterwards,
with friend, when to his establishment,
they CHANGED to meet the tall, spare figure
Of the nervous magistrate. why said
he, 70 bis campanion, II thought the iudae
vas deadlR We'll. he aid aie, pa Ne
reply, @and was buried 6 tended
his funeral But after be laO been in the
ground three weeks, some one was thought
less enough to pass through the grave yard
with squeaking boots, and up came the
=! The next time he's under ground
his friends intend to have the graveyard
carpeted Electic.
SrARcHNe LINEN.--To those who desire
to impart to shirt bosoms. colors, and other
fabrics thatfine and beautiful gloss obsery-
able on new linens. the following recipe for
making gum arabic starch win be most ac-
ceptable, and should have place in the
domestic scrap book 81 every woman who
Iprides herself upon her capacity as house
wife and The neatness Of her own. her hus-
bands and family's dress and Il She does
not take pride in these things, her husband
is an nnfeFtunate man
Take two ounces Of fine white gum ara
bic powder. put into d pitcher and pour on
il pint Or more Of boiling water. accord
ing 70 the degrees 81 strength You desire,l
and then having covered it, let i set al
night In the morning pour il carefully
from che dregs into clean bottle. cork it.
and keep it for use. a tablespoonful 81 gum
water stirred into pint Of starch that las
been made in The usual manner win rive
the lawns (tither white; Or painted)
4 lock Of newness when nothing else can
restore them after washing. i is also GOOD.
much deluted for thin white muslin and
bobbinet .aeqasia Ckroairls
MArRIMoNg 1Np FrikS psnip Sam sick,
in his Wi Saws SAY that tho natur Of
matrimopy i one thing, and the natur Of
friendship is another "A tall man likes
short wife: great talkei likes silent wo-
man, for both cant talk Al once. a gay
man likes domestic gal for ne can leave
her at home 70 nurse children and make pap,
while he il enjoyin Of himself AZ parties A
man that amt any music III him likes Tin
his spouse. aud "a ob. II chimes beautifully
for they amt ID each others way Now,
|friendshipis The other way: YOU must Ike
the same thing Il each other and be friends.
a similarity Of tastes, studies. pursuits and
recreations what they call congenial soulss)
atopsr loy topper smoker iof smoker,
= horsera for horse racers prize-fght-
er fora pfize ghies and s. Alatfimony
likes contrasts friendship sesks rs own
counterparl
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