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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17
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The Circuit Court Of Brooke county,
Va, have granted a rule requiring par.
ties engaged in constructing the Pan
Handle Railroad to show cause why
criminal information shall not be filed
against them iof Illegally building q
road for the benefit Of Pennsylvania in
defiance Of the Virginia Legislature.
The Roanoke River is said 10 have
been higher after The late rains lhanf ol
90 years before. The rams also caused
,e.e,al land slide, on the Virginia ane
Tennessee Railroad and q detention o
the cars. f. sr.eu.
Coming up to The sc'atch-Those wbt
are troubled with lleus.
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A Missionary and a croekodile.

Rev. John A. Butler, Boston, a mis-.
sionary Of the American Board i'll
South America. had a narrow escape
from horrible death a few months
ago. II appears that he attempted
to ford the liver Umkomazi on horse
back, and when about two-thirds Of
the way across, his horse suddenly
kicked and plunged, Us if to disengage
himself from his rider, and the next
moment a crockodile seized Mr.. But
ler's thigh with his horrible jaws
Mr.. Butler, when he felt the sharp
teeth Of the crockodile, chung to tho
name of his horse with death-hold.
Instantly he was dragged from the
saddle, and both no and horse were
aounderipg in the wa,er, often drsg.
| ged entirely under and going dowi,
ihe stream. At frs, thu crockodilo
drew tlemto tho middle Of the river;
lbut at last the horse gained shallow
water and approached the shore. As
Esoon as he was within reach, natives
ran to his assistance; and beat off thu
crockodile with spears and clubs.
Mr.. Butler was pierced with five
deep gashes, and lost much Blood
He left all his garments, except his
shirt and coat, on the opposite shore
with native who was 10 follow him;
Ibut when the struggle commented,
1.-THE native returned, and durst notyeu-
ture into the water again. It wds
now dark and, without garments, aud
weak from loss Of blood, he had sew
on miles to ride. He borrowed a
blanket Of a native, and after two
hours, succeeded in reaching the stu
tion more dead Than alive. His horse,
also, was terribly mungled. A fos.
square offlesh and skin was torn from
his TANKS. Fo ten days M Bader re-
NAMED in Q dangerous condition, be-.
ing seized with fever and shres,esed
with loekjaw, but III April, when last
heard from, was recovering. ~,
II . ~ a
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SPIRITUAL RApplNG.

Tho New York Courier and En-.
quirer, in publishing tho Letter Of
Prof. Faraday, exposing an incident
connected with the Spiritual Rap
ping" decisions, INDUCES in train o.
useful thought, from which we take
the following:-
"Thus ends another chapter in the
history ofhuman credulity. In some
respects It has been a striking, though
we can hardly say q strange one
The very men who have been wont &c
scout at religion as a superstition, and
to pride themselves upon their en-
cmption from tho credulity ofordina'
~ mortals, have been the very first to
be lupod by this piece of folly. OF
tho late infidel convention at Hart.
ford, it may safely be assumed thai
nine.,en,hs were believers in spiritu'
administrations. Robert Owen, who
lived more than eighty years in ulto'
disbelief of the souls existence afte1
death, has recently published to the
world that an interview with a medi
nm in London has produced a chang
in his opinions. So strictly trueisthh''
remark which has SO often been rnad'
that Of all men in the worldSthe inf
del is the most crclulous. Nohuma,
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An Exquisite Story.
ny LAMERrINE.

g. :
In the tribe Of Neggdeh there wac a
horse whose fame was spread far and
near, and Bcdouin Of ano .her tribe, BY
name Daher, desired extremely to pos
sessi,. Having offered in vain his cam
els for il ond his whole wealth. he hit at
length upon the following device, BY
whichhe hoped to sain the object oil his
desire: .s -su....,.
He resolved to stain his face with the
Juice Of an herb, to clo.he himself in rags,
10 tie his legs aud neck together, 40 Us
to appear like lame beggar. Thus e.
ouipped he wen. 10 wait for Naber, the
owner Of the horse, whom he knew was
to pass that way. When he saw Naber
approaching on his beautiful s,eed, he
cried out in weak voice, ...4...
llama poor stranger; for three days |
have been unable to move from this spot
TO seek for food. | ON dying; help me
and heaven will reward YOU
Tie Belouiu kindly Offered to take him
.up on his horse and carry him home, but
the rogue replied:
4 cannot rise; | have no strength left"
Nabcr, touchedwith pity, dismountcd,
led his horse to the spot, and with great
difficulty, set the seeming beggar on his
back. Blu, no sooner did Daher feel him.
self in the saddle than he gulloped of,
calling out as he did SO: -
'Itis l, Daher. ! have got the horse
and am of whit .u @
Naber called after him to stop aud lis
ten. Certain Of not being pursued, be
turned and halted at short distance from
Naber, who was armed with spear.
you have taken my horse. Since hea.
ven has willed i'll wish you joy oft; but
/ do conjure you never TO tell any one
howy you obtuined IT,
And why nolr sud Daher. m
Because said the noble Arab, another
man might be really ill and men would
fear to help him. You would be the
cause Of many refusing 10 perform an
&C. of charity for fear Of being duped as
have been.'
Struck with shame at these words, Da.
her was silen, for moment, then spring
ing from the horse, returned it to its own.
or, embracing him. Naber made him &C.
company him to bis tent, where they
spent few days together, and became
ias. friends for life. .
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that instead Of grieving about it, they
ought to be convinced, from tho utter
annihila,ion of their gods, that such
things could not help them, and it
was folly to trust in them. MIR. /.
took up copies of tho Scriptures,
which he left with these priests to be
be forwarded to the Christian party.
This they will probably do, as they
are in the power of.his party, aud are
glad of any opportunity to gain their
favor. The impcrialists have now
given orders to let no foreigners pass
their lines. So it would be difficult
for missionary to get among tho rev.
olutionists, if he should attempt it
Mr.. Taylor gathered up a number of
idola,rous fragments at Silver Island,
which he brought home. The only
whole idol he found was rather hard
headed old gentleman, made of stone,
who probably refused to be broken
up like the rest Of his companions -
He has prescn,edthe head of the god
dcss Of mercy to Mrs. Cabaniss, who
purposes sending it to the Chowan
Female Seminary, NC. Arich COL
lection may be obtained from the tom
pies of Shanghai, if,he revolutionis,s
come here. | should be very glad to
SEQ the hidcons old monster tumblcd
over, which fronts the path to cur
Church. If he does meet his merited
end, | will try TO get q mem ento morn
in the way of an ear. for he has
huge pair, reaching to his shoulders.
The steamer which arrived yester'
day with the mail, brought the intelli'
gence tina. Annoy is now in the hands
of a new revolutionary party, who
say they wish to join with those at
Marking. In few weeks moro we
will probably hear Of the fall of other
important places. A, Annoy they
protected tho foreigners from all in.
sui. or injury. ....,.,,.. ...,..l
In contemplating the surprising
changes going on among these people
we arc forcibly reminded of,ho Ian
guage Of Habakuk, g." Behold
ye among the hcathen. and regard and
wonder marvcllously; for will work
work in your days which ye will not
believe, though it be told you"
Truly yours,
A. B. CABANISS.
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evidence, according to Hume, can in

evidence, according to Hume. can IN
any case render the miracles Of scrip
tnre credible; but there is no absurd
lly too gross for his followers to swal-
low at the very first sight, provided it
be an,i.scriptural-no superstition too
unearthly to be embraced as soon as
it is conjured up, provided it promises
to oblitcrate the sense of Deity ind
the moral Sanctions, and thus prepare
the way for the total subyersion OF
every institution, both social and roll
gious, which men have been accus-
toned to reyerc. "All human dis.
coveries," says Sir VIM. Hcrschell,
"secm to.be made only for the pur:
pose Of confirming more strongly tho
truths contained in the sacred writ.
ings;" and yet none tho less are the
imaginations Of these men continual
ly on tho stretch to body forth from
the thick earth or the thin air some
airy nothing which. shall make tho
Bible seem forgery. Science. which
they once hailed as their strongest
champion, has become their dreaded
enemy. lit butever SO lightly touch
their illusions, they are whirled aloft
into the limbo where lies the fecep-
tacle Of all things lost on earth. We
should like to account this one of the
hopeful signs of the times but, alas,
though Science every day grows wi
ser and stronger. human nature re-
mains unchanged. The Folly Of the
Foolish will long continue to coujuro
up these illusions quite as fast as the
Wisdom ofthe Wise can allay them"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17

ORANGE wArEnmElov.-Mt. PED:
body, editor Of tho Sol, Of the Sopth
mentions a ncwkind Of watermelon,
which he calls the orange watermelon
and pronounces it a very singulsr,
beautiful and excellent melon. BY
cutting into .heriud, as you peel an
orange, the entire skin peels off leav-
fling the whole pulp unbrokep, which
|withcare maybe divided into quar-.
tiers just asyou divide an orange. .
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An INCIDENT.


II w heard a friend relate the accom-
ranying incident the other day with
not little zsst, and 10 the amusement
Of good many bystanders:
Jumping into an old-hshiohed stage
coach las. month"; in company with nine
or ten others, 10 jostle over ten miles Of
unfinished road between Piiisburg and
Philadelphia, ! was very much amused
with the following characteristic dia-
logue between regular question ask
ing down EASTER and a high-heeled
Southerner. We were scarcely seated
before our Yankee began:
'Traveepg East, l expeetp
yes, SIR
'Goin' to Philadelphia, reckon!'
NO, SIR
'Oh, oh, to New York may bev
Eyes, sir .0.
.Calculatin 10 buy goods, presumev
'No, sir
Never hen there before, l.wouldh,tI
wonder .a, W
tNo, sir, never
sNew York Is wonderful place.
Such, is my impression, air.
Got letters, expect" u
.Yes, sis; ! am provided with letters
Of in.Soduction.'
.WAldnr mind showinJeou reound
myself, spell, il you vented
THANK you, sir but ! shall no. fe-
quitsg your assistance. M
Thislass remark Of the politebut re-
served stranger was . poser, andlthe 'in-
quisitor' fell back 4 momentito take,
breath and change histac.ic,. The half
suppressed smile upon the faces OF the
other strangers soon arousedthe Yankee
to still further exertiop,, and summon
ing up more sesolu luton, be began agaie
Stranger. perhsp, you are not aware
how hard it il for . Yankee TO control
ii, curiosity. You'll please s1csss,
bu, / would really like to know your
name and residence, and the business
you follow. ! expect you amt asha-
med d either of Penn; % now wont
you just obleegs met q .''. IN. ~,
Thislsss appeal bssesh n onf Southern l'a
friend; who rising up 70 the EXTREMIST
heigh, allowed by The coach, and throw
ing back his shoulders, replied: 10,
shy name ii General Andrew Wash-
iagton. lresids 10 the State Of Mis-.
sissippi. | am a gentleman, Of leisure,
and am glad TO be able tosay, Of exten,
siye means. l have heard mach Of
New York, and II am now on my yay.
to see ~; and If I like j! as wplidsE p
an led to expect, ! intend to-6uyI'
There was henrd shout OF stentor;-
an laughter Throughout. the staseieoach.
and this was the last Of that conveisa-
tion.-Harper's Magasine.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17
FROM CHINA.

The late advices from China DO not
indicate any further important progress
Of the rebellion. According to the O.
verland Register Of June 23d, there
was a lull in the movement. The
North China Herald states that the In
perialists had determined 10 attack the
rebels at Chinkeang.FeThe main body
Of the insurgents were still lying at
Nankin, having retired to summer quar-
tiers. Their army is estimated at about
40, 900 men. The North China Herald
says that they hold no spot Of ground,
but on which they stand !; and though,
from the apathy Of the people and the
cowardics Of their opponents, they &C.
quire everything they attack, get, seAen
they lcare tie place, tic manddrins
come back, anil MaR9S Jatt INTO Mctf
usual course"
The London Morning Chroniclesays:
"The truth is, the rebels have arri-
we'd at precisely that portion OF the
Empire where their strength bids fair
to be really tested. The inhabitant, Of
the Southern provinces, through which
alone the insurgent army has hitherto
passed, are VIGOROUSLY poor fghsers.-
Il was north Of the Yang-tse-Kiung,
that our own troops encountered, on
the part Of the Mongols, the first ap-
proach 10 serious resistance during the
last war. Tien tih still fingers on the
banks of that river, reposing onhis Chi
nese laurels, and little inclined, appa-
renlIy, to 'catch Tar,ar.'"
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Original.
For the Monongaiia Mirror.
TO A COMET.

TO A COMET.
Bright stranger, whence art tllon,
ClCaving tho evening sky IN thy swift Eight
Der vast immensely?
How iar,and where hns swept thy train oflighti
Where! Oh that fearful path
Is far loo steep for even thought TO climb
Upward, through silent space
ltlcads,tlll circliny worlds beneath thee shine.
Still upward, till the sun
Shrinks pac aud feeble OH creations plain
Till his weak, struggling rays
Scarce gid tho borders of thy misty train,
And Garth is swallowed up
Within the wavclcss, tathomless profound
Down IN tic dead abyss
Too deep for any ray orthinc to sound.
There, in the awful void,
Above the iarthcst wandcrcr Of the skies,
Solemn, and dark and STILL
There, lovely mystery, thy pathway lies
In lonely grandeur, thou
Wslk'st with fearless step through emptiness
Unseen by all but Him
Whose spirit lillctl all the depths cfspace.
Thence, from that upper deep [specd
With kindling brightness, md with growing
Thou CONTEST joyously,
Like sone glad spirit from Its prison freed.
Stay, lovely ono! But no,
Thou'r. rushing mady down The glowing west
Stay, in that quiet sky.
From thy far wandcrings, for little, rest.
Gone! wien wilt thou return?
Will tho old earth be here to greet thee then
And these familiar stars,
Will Ger their light and thine SO swcctly blcnd'
Farewell! n last farewell!
With mortal eyes nc'cr shall sec thee more
Whatc'cr ofcartl or stars,
Long ere that day wy wand'rings will be DER
-.. NJ.
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The fellow that was caugh, by his wife
hugriug his servant girl, sworc TINT it
was all owing tohis having taken q hear
~ supper on bears meat, and couldn't
help it.
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wAsulNGToN.-.AN ACROsTiC.

With every grace tho mimi Of man ad0F"'"g
Alive TO honor, to ambition blind,
Serene in danger MS a Summer morning.
Iic ca,nc to bless, 10 dignity mankind.
In WAR tho first among the sons Of fame,
Nor less in PEACE prc.cmincnt he stood,
Grated on each Columbian heart, his name,
Tic guardian genius of his conntry's good,
or MI tho laurcls victors ever won,
Nome arc unstaincd like those Of Washington
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17
The Worlds Temperance Convention

Metat Metropolitan Hall, N. York,
on Tuesday, tho 7sh inst. Gen. Ca.
Trey was appointed temporary chair.
man, and subsequently the following
permanent officers were elected.
For President, NEAL Dow, Esq, Of
Maine, together with 20 Vice Pres'-
dents and 7 Secretaries.
Three several efforts were made to
secure the passage Of resolutions al.
lowing all sexes and colors to take
seats. We hero present one which
was voted down:
Whereas, the cause of Temperance
lis worldwide in its divine mission,
seeking the highest good Of the whole
human race. Therefore,
Resolred, Tia. this Convention cor
daily invite all the friends Of human
lily, without respect to age, sex. color,
or condition, to participate in its de-
alterations and aid in its glorious
work.
After this, othor efforts were made,
and the Rev. Antoinette Brown spoke
to the, question, but it was finally
disposed ofby the adoption Of the fol.
lowing resolution, offered by Gen. S.
T. Carey, Of Ohio:
RESOLVED, That this Convention full
ly appreciate the value, the absolute
necessity, Of the corporation of our
wives, mothers and sisters. in the
great and holy cause Of temperance,
but we are of the opinion that tho
public platform Of discussion is not
tho appropriate sphere of woman.
The adoption of this resolution set
tied the question, and the meeting
adjourned, after adopting the follow
ing report from the business commit!
tee:
The committee recommend that
committees DO appointed to report
/. On the duties Of temperance
men at the present time at the ballot.
box. .u,. ..
9. On the political economy of the
Maine law as seen in its operations
and results.
8. On any peculiar difficulties
which may be in tho way ofprogress.
4. To prepare and report an adj
dress to all manufacturers and vend-
ers ofintoxicating drinks.
S. To prepare and report an I'D.
dress to all Christian governments for
protection for their subjects against.
the agents of in,emperance.
6. To prepare and report an ad,
dress to the medical faculty, asking
them once more to raise their warning
voices against the use Of alcoholic
and drugged liqnors.
Z. To prepare and report an ad-
dress 10 all ministers and churches,
rs set to form the public conscience
and reach tho public heart, inviting
thom to active cooperation in our
great work, and to seek earnestly the
blessing ofheaven upon all our Ia
bors.
s. To prepare and report an ad.
dress to young men in every country,
oxhorting them to grid on tho harness
and take the sword against all that
corrupts and destroys, that all other
progress shall DO forgotten in that
which elevatcs and blesses the world.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17
POETRY.
From The London AthcnGum.
MY PHILOSOPHY.

MY PiiILOSOFA1.
Brigh, things can never die,
Zen though they fade;
Beauty and minstrelsy
Dca,hless were made;
What though the simmer day
Passes at eve away;
Doth no, the moons soft ray
Silence the night!
Brigh; things can never die,
Saith my philosophy
phnbus, tho he pass US BY,
Leaves US the light.
Kind words can never die,
Cherished and blest;
God knows how deep they lie
Stored in the breast:
Like childhood's simple rhymes
Said Ger thousand times,
Aye, in all years and climes,
Distant and near. ut
Kind words can never die,
Saith my philosophy,
Deep in The soul they lie,
God knows how dear.
Childhood can never die
Wrecks Of the past
Float on the memory
Fen 10 the LAST,
Many happy thing ar,.
Many a laisied spring, ...
Flow, on Times ceascless wing,
Far, far away.
Childhood can never die,
Saith my philosophy,
Wrecks Of our infancy,
Live on for aye.
Sweet fancics never die,
They leave behind
Some fairy legacy
Stored in the mind
Some happy thought or dream,
Pure as days earliest beam,
Kissing the gentle stream,
In the lone glade
Yet, though these things pass BY,
Saith my philosophy,
Bright things can never die,
Zen though they fade.
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A Frenchman, wishing to speak Of the
cream Of the English poets, forgot the
word, and said, DE butter Of do poets.
A wag said that he had fairly churned
the Kings English.
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It may not be generally known that
editors get one important item Of subsls'
,ence u, very low price they get bored
for nothing.
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70 The scarlet fever is said to be
raging ina very virulent form in JEFF
ierson county.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-12
New CaIhoI,c Churcn.s,

EslCEATioN OF sT. BENEDioT's CHURCH, NEW
BEOuKLSn, L. I.
Yesterday the new German Catholic Church Of 81.
Esredlct, under the pastoral charge Of tue Rev. Dr..
Saurus Eaa soenply dedicated to tho eervice of the
AaIir rh,y GOD by the Rev. Mr. Malone, of Williamsburg.
Teo ocI'cb being the honr appou ed for tue crsmones
to scrosnce the psiahhorhooi at th.t nour pressntsd
lively alpeaabcs. all the different German farmers
hayrg erIiyoo fri oil ias ,f the adjacent country
fer nen around 10 be prcaen. at tho deeic1hon. Their
ho'ies and Veg were tsd 70 trees add fencss al
areund the vDiaee At txc appoir'ed har tho bdiug,
vi ch 10 sra franc ore abus tweny ;ect wid :,
end thirty frcr oenp cocatsd with the usual
ard csrtnoi ptcnDar 70 thc Roman Cssholc Church
By tie Hev. AIR Malone aseseed py he nastoa o. the
cSU oh. Attr rho ctTcnony bSi beeo cObc 'ed, tue
s c.ivsrtc shuIt scrnon 10 Gurmcn to bs teiior
country Eto 1pd congregation, Daring the day mas,
ce bfatpd by tie castor at the conclusion Of 4oh
oOilgcuon taken up TO oefsao no oenss of
c. long church. It erected gtthla twonfy yards
az IL Took II be IGug Iard Railroad and Go1ut fvs
tpusr foIp tSo Grad street ferry S.liaosburg Ths
y gs,ioD 10 vtrJ oerrs0io AMI tho l.gs
ood by hosptifu country, wbica uaosriy pso,,ed
~ very comfortable class CT our Gorusn pulaaoa,
LAYING A coREER STONE or CATHOLIC CHURCH
The siore CT the st. Msrys Catholic Caurch
lid ,ha cf Remsen and Lconar1 Bttee.s yea
day IL Of he atsenoa Of arc lbsh
op Hus the ceremony performed oy the aev Joha
Iaughiir Vicar Iea Of tbe docsas. asslste5 ~ Rev
lHs IN r. asll Vicar Gcoeral ~ NOVA Scuua aud e.r
p. botau uRhn pastor Of tho church. The sdtress
Gel velec by the lsst named gentleman In the
soy place the utual ss OF articles ,riou-
pcdrsep. TIE dime pions So Of this edilce hayo been
.uly Qiyen In d previous puubeY.