Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-17
CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENCE,
CINCINNATI, DEC. 8. 1859

At The concluding exsrciscs Wesley
Chapel was densely crowded. tbs
large platform was filed by the digpi
.sries Of the Church. and many distin-
guishcd divines from the Eas, and Wet.
together with Gcyotul missionaries.
Among them noticed Bishops SiHp.
son. Ames, Scott, James and Waugh.
Dw. Durbin, Thompson, Kennedy.
Mast and Schon. Of tho Church South.
and mnny others, The coup d'ocR vas
beautiful. The speaking was Of tho
highest or3er--lheaui:once delighted
anon greeting Bishop Scott with laugh
ter, at his description Of his recent visit
20 Africa. and Or, Dur5;n. while telling
CT ilis early missionary labors, ,hiry-
fonr years ago. within seventy miles Of
this city. or e!av evary heart stirred and
many az eye mois;euei with the almo;:
isres:s;atle appeals OF Rishop Simpson
for the German aud other Homo Mis-.
sionary work. |, Is ;mpossib!c to give
even faint description Of the speech
Of tho latter. Altogether, i, was tho
rlos; effective address delivered on tie
platform.
/ Ihagc no; room to include even asy.
nopsis oFihe yuM fields occupied by this
Church, nor Of the amounts expended.
Bul one Feels. that VIA. with tho cutter.
prize Of the NJ. L. Church, and the l..
bors Of the Baptist, Prcsbyteriaa, aad
other oy:hodox denominatiors,;he wO:j!
may ard vii! be evangelical.
have almost forgotten to add, thaten
Indian chief, from Saginaw Buy, sccon.
panied by an interpreter, delivered AT
address in lis OWE language. nnd e%hib-
tied the various gods Of his falhers---a'
.
moug them the skin of copper'head
snake, over six fee, long, the god of one
who gives himself up to the passion OF
revenge.
We are in the mills; of the lecture
and concert season. The course of Lee
lures now being delivered before tho
Young Mems Library Association, %
perhaps tho most instructive. II was
openedb the venerable Judge Mclean,
followed by the Rev. Mr.. Stockton OF
the Methodist Protestant Church W
Chapman, Of Now York, and Rev' Ni t
Whipple, the essaylst' sT
The mostat:rsciiSs Concert, tl'ns Nrt !
is the one given byo!e hu'', assisted y
SiraSoscfl, tho flam.'' en-" auS''"'
wonderful little vocalist imagm'
gill, some ton or twelve years o!d' "''n
little childish ways rendering mo
Echo Song " OF Jenny LIND so a 10
carr: away tho audience not "h.y VIZ"
surprise, but with irTepFessiOie de''gae'
Having hoard that %or'd'ren"wnea can
tatl!ce, in all hcr great pieces 90 not
hesitate to say (althongir am not an
Il 4 Nna ~
omateor)' that | would as soon lists" 70
the liuIe Patti. Home, sweet home'
aud "comin' 'hro' the rye" were sung
with the most touching e%pression'--'
She created perfect Juror and all tho
nice yOaRg inca arc III ccstac'es WITT Inc
"airiSs c'Fata'0'" But what shall isa9
of Ole Bull, only that one knows nothing
of the violin until he has hoen heard
am glad, for the sake ut our common
humanity that the rnmoF OF Ills oe'nE
Aeeced i" his Potter county !aho p"''
chaaos, has been con'rad'sf0e'
The weather is very hno, and Inc NV
er, both above aud below IN s00n O0'''
ing order Money is scarce ana'''''
On the street TOR tho very best P'p'"
range IRON ole 10 Two per CCHI HS''''''