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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19
POETRY.
NY RUSsET GOWN


My fus'cs gown is dear to me,
Though years have passed away
Since my young heart beat joyou'ly
No jewels hung around my neck,
Or glittcred IN my hair;
With lighssome step l'ips along;
The roses near ny windows csep',
And shed their sweets around
Hard was the bed on which slept,
~
My ra''es gown laid a'iae'
For one Of itch brOcadc;
l thought, in my simplicity,
ileft the cot where had passed
My happy childhood years;
Her my parents tOnd''ns n'm''
lleN them for wealthy home.
To be rich mans bride,
And thought that sPlend'' would atone
i5l.
Ny russell gown, when next sa'ed
Upon its sotnber hue,
Brought such a lesson to my heart 50
l.
is simple neatness seemed to mock
Ny silks and jewels gay.
And bore my wandering mousAts 10 snos'
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19
THE sIxpENNY SAVINGS BANK.

This Institution, we are 8iau 10 learn, nus
attained most gratifying success. Its sia-
penny deposits now amonn. TO $4,000:
and the effect, in encouraging thrift and gen.
eral good conduct among the poorer class
of our Juvenile population, has fully an
swered the expectations Of its founders
1t will doubtless prove one Of the most i'm
por,an, arxlliaries in the removal Of vice
and poverty now in operation in our city,
--Etsning Post. AL.
Sucl, is the demand for Mr. Coughs SER
vices, that the London Temperance League
who have him in care-will not allow
any town or city to have him 10 speak for
them at less than $50 night. Mr.. Cough,
we regre, to learn, entirely broke down in a
late Liverpool address. and before he was a
third through with his lecture. TWAS some.
thing Of syncope, or fain,ing fit, that sci
zed him, caused, probably, b, crowded
house and an impure atmosphere.
Several hundred Of the most respectable
and inaue niial citizens Of Portland, Maine,
have published card denying that there
is any truth whatever in the statemen; that
more liqnor is drank in that city now than
under the old license law. They refer stran-
eers--who cannot know from actual ob,er-
valion-to the records Of pauperism and
crime, which conclusively prove all such
stories to be utterly unfoundcd.
The French engineers are busily engaged
in perfec,ing the bold project OF escasa.ins
tunnel under the Alps, to connect the
Piedmontess railways with those Of France.
|, is to be eigh, miles in length, and the
estimated cost is 3 million and half pounds
sterling.
w The Washington Star states that the
mex, Congress will be asked TO appropriate
from three TO five millions Of dclla;s for
public buildings a. Washington.
wI It is no.ioke to be a New York fire.
man. One company has been known to ex.
pend, in single year, as much as six thou.
sand dollars in entertaining their brethren
from other cities.
Yovso MoSARcHs.-The Emperor OF
China is in his 22ad year; the Emperor Of
Austria is %; and the Sultan of Persia is
90. Three young men rule one.,hird Of the
world.
" An exchange paper says there are
now surviving abou, 14oo revolutionary
pensioners, all of whom are regularly draw
ins their pay from the Treasury Of the Uni.
led States.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

A New York Sunday rapet ssys that Of
American brandy the best quality can be
bought at wholetale for forty cents gallon.
"There is a la:go house lip town tha. sells
abou, twenty hogsheads a week, and the
head of the firm, who but few years since,
was porter in dis,illery, is now living in a
splendid house on one of the avenues, and
is in fair way Of becoming millionaire,
if he is not one already"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

~A, the Worlds Temperance
Convention, in New York, a BARREL Of
-four was sold at auction fur the benefit
of the cause in Wisconsin. The flour
was bought for tho sum of 500. The
American Temperance Union has ust
published the tracts which the money
paid for, to the number offag taossand
they have been sent off to Wisconsin,
to do the work of,he campaign. M
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19
The Little One is Bead,

Smooth the hair, aud close the cye'ii'''
Aet the window.eu''ain' fall
;f;th the smile apon he' features
She hath answered to the cali
Le, the children kiss her gently
A. she lies upon the bed'
eoa hath called her TO his s''''''
Aa1 II: little one is dead
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19
THE MoNoNGALIA MIRROR

Ts published every Saturday morning, a. the
Office on Front street, next door to n. Madc'a's
old Post office stand, at the following terms:
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each additional insertion, 0.26
For one square, months, 300
DO. 0 months, 500
do. lycar, 1000
For one column, minion type, l year, 5000
For Announcing Candidates, each name, 400
fpNo paper will be discontinued until all
srtearagea are paid up, except at the option Of
che Publisher.
No subscription taken for shorter period
than six months.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

Fir, and Loss Of Lyein oAio.-A cons.
spondent writes 10 the N. Y. Tribune from
Paris, Stark Co., Ohio, stating that FIVE
houses were burned in that village on the
9Th inst, and .ha. q young gill u years
aud three boys. respectively Of y. 8 and 4
years Of age, los. their lives. Pecuniary
loss about $1,000.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

~ The Washington Star says that
the Administration is about to make
examples" Of some of,he insubordi.
nate Office holders in Boston who have
stepped OF of the Baltimore platform.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

The AsrHaa.-The following is stated
in ons Of our exchanges 10 b. q remedy
for this distressing disease. lodile Po,sssa,
Ia or; watef,l pint. Dose for on adult,
small wineslassfu three times day.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-11-19

w- Among The acts passed by the Rhode
Island Legislature at its last session, is OIL.
making tailroad aud steamhcst companies
for the loss Of Ifs by careless.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-17
"Y0UNG AMERICA" DELINEATED.

The Rev. W. H. MnBURS, who was last week elected
Chaplain Of the House Of Representatives delivered
lecture at Of the Methodist Churches in New York
Tuesday evening on "Young America "a good topic,
and which was eloqueny treated if may Judge of the
lecture by the following summary of it, copied from
New York paper:
young America" he said, is something more than
political doctrine. 1t is Repuboanism in labor in lite
rature in life. It is Repubicansm with hands and feet
shovel and tongs, axes and poughs 1t is Republican
ism in the pulpit in the press Ii is Repubcanism get
ting out Of forms into every day facts and stamping its
name things well as words.
Look at it in labor IL honors the law of exertion Ac
knowledgng its dvineness and content with its dsci-
pne it teaches that the labor Of every is nothing
less than Republicansm applied to clods bricks and
mortar anyis and looms fields and forests And espe
ciay it arms that labor is Gods great earthly instru
ment for elevating men in the scale of being.
Labor educates common sense, opens the physical
to broad perceptions and the hands wide grasps
ennrges the of possibilities and commands the com
modies Of the universe Labor is in partnership with
electricity, light and heat 1t is in league with the
volving seasons, with the dew and the cloud with the
stars and the 1t is the human side Of Providence
and wherever it il well and faithfully done Providence
is the promise Of success
BY labor young America" is the foe Of arstocracy
for depend upon it. neither laws usages put down
aristocracy Labor is the grand supremacy and in the
second and third generation il gives law fashion, TASTE
aud custom. Young America" begins with bricks and
finishes with marble
But "Youug America" nfuses itself into literature.
II writes great poems it is true but it writes great
things nevertheless There is chivalry in its enter
prise IN this way that is quite inspiring and IL Orpheus
made the trees dance quckens printers types with tho
very motion Of vitality 1t prints every thing even to
things shocking and shameful The new literature crap
Piles with that fashionable monster called Prcenson and
herce havoc 1t makes to its hurt Across the
water Dickens, and especially Thackeray have set up
police system for the of snobs and pretence, and
to the men and women that fall into their clutches
"Young America" has taken newspapers under special
patronage 1t has shown its good therein for
thing now without newspapers Whether right or
wrong the world has entrusted its advocacy to them has
become their Client and the editors md writer's the
peaders in this court OF tho century You wonder
that great statesmen appearing; the explanation
is easy Newspapers have come to represent the people
they are the statesmen, legislators and cabinet
In the same style he traced young America" in the
active life Of the present day, and made highly
tanning lecture.
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l6

1t is proper to remark that while in the case Of the
Collins Bremen and Havre lines the inland postage is
deducted in the Sums down the other lines it
included.
1t will be SEEN ALSO that the only newspaper postage
credited TO the Bremen and Havre line is that received
from newspapers conveyed thereon in closed mails
separate have been made OF such sent by
these lines in the open mails Admitting that the pro-
portion of newspapers by these two lines compared
with the number by the Collins line was about the same
is in respect letters it is fair to credit the former
each with 1000 for newspaper postage in addition to
the above respectfully set down to their credit
There is a similar omission and for the in
regard to the New York and California lines but have
reliable data from which to determine what additional
should be placed their credit for postage print
ed matter, Of which separate account appears.
The number Of letters conveyed between the United
States and Europe during the year:
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letter from the Saline Fork Of the Kansas river states
that Col FREMONT arrived theye and joined his company
the Sst Of October and would proceed on his cxped
ton the next day.
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affect the revenue from this source which, with the er
cepton Of the year lS47, continued steadily increase
up the 30th Of June 1851 when it reached the Of
81 $685. 1909, shown by the following statement fro
which the received for Government hostages in
1916 and lS47 are excluded
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appears from the foregoing statements that the gross
Of the year ending June 30 1853 fell short OF the
expenditures during the year by the Of 81 0I2 U3 80
The foregoing deficiency should be diminished by the
Of S3 As due the United States to the Goth June
1853. under the postal convention with Prussia and in
creased by the quarterly balances doe to Great Britain up
to the period, amounting to Sl2S 55O.79. This
would leave the deficiency in the Of the year to
stand at - IL, 0Is.20.
To supply the deficiency last mentioned the Depart
ment had At its disposal the following means, viz:
The available balance % the credit Of the De-
partnent, the books Of the Auditor, the
LIST Of July, ls52 SJ66,632 81
The appropriation 20 supply any deficiency made
by the Of March 3, 1851 ............ 600 90
The appropriation made BY the act Of March 8,
1853, to supply Deficiencies in the year.. 100000 90
sl,57l,6S2 81
Leaving the further sum sf 545 AS 60 10 he provided
by Congress for the service Of the year ending June 30
1853.
Having stated the deficiency in the revenue Of the past
year il may be Of briefly 10 notice the financial re-
suits Of the years which have expired since the pas
sage Of the reduce and modify the rates Of post
in the United States and for other purposes ap
proved March 81 1851 compared with the two years
which Immediately followed the reduction Of rates effect
ed BY the act Of March 3 lSi5 For the purposes Of this
comparison, shall exclude the which accrued 10
the revenue for mail services rendered the Government
in those years we'll the balances resulting in favor
OF the London Post Office in the years 1851 1882 and
1883 under the postal arrangement with Great Britain
Under the operation Of the Of 1916 the gross reye
nue. from letter postage fell of in the year 1916 the first
year OF the reduction $685. 73s 3d. - per cent but
in the second year ending June 30 SI7 the letter post
age increased 1868 $50 49, IL 3 per cent over 1916
In the year ending June GOTH 1862 the FIRST after the
reduction OF 1851 the gross Of revenue from let
ter postage was reduced 81 1898 49, 225 per cent
but IN the following year ending 30h June 1859 the in
crease OF revenue from the source was only
$25l77 SO, or Ito per cent, increase very little
beyond what due to the yearly increase 10 the popua
| ton Of the country
The failure Of the revenue from letter postage 10 recoy-
during period Of almost unexamped prosperity and
commercial activity, with the rapidy under the act
Of 1851 asst did under the act Of 1916 may be account
ed for upon the supposon that the latter
stimulated the correspondence q the country nearly
the highest point Of which it capable and that there
FORE the act Of 1851 afforded but little further induce
I ment to the mails.
1 The changes in the rates Of postage ucwspapers
pamphlets and printed matter made by the Of 1916
we're comparatively unimportan and did not materially
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Difference in favor Of the British line of

0"IIJ t0H y VIe '''''''''
Whilst these most unjust determinations have been
taking place. other facts connected with the subject
should be borne in mind Great Britain received for the
transit through that country Of Bremen closed mails
in the first quarter of the last fiscal year thirty
ounce, and the United States and Prussian closed
mails is now receiving seventeen and half cents
ounces whilst the United States has received but twelve
and half cents for the British and Canada
closed mails though performing service at least equal
in point Of importance.
The whole amount Of letter postage collected in the
United States aud Prussia respectively under the United
States and Prussian postal arrangement, during the
aforementioned period, is as follows, viz:
Amount prepad sent from the Unitod
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The postage printed matter to and from the pro-
vinoes into the of domestic postages In
respect to such printed matter the rates the to
and from the line if il calculated wholly within
the United States but payment through to destination
s not permitted On printed matter each party collects
its own postage to and from the line.
The arrangements with Canada and New Brunswick
involve the keeping Of international accounts; and
hitherto their operation has been satisfactory.
The statement annexed, from the Fourth Auditor of
the Treasury shows that the navy mail contracts in
addition fines two Of the lines, the ten per cent de-
ducton the original advance to the companies has
been made. On the New York aud San Francisco line
few extra trips performed in the months Of April
May, and Juno last, without additional expenses TO the
| Department.
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The amount Of hostages for the year, letters be-
tween the United States and the British North American
provinces, under the postal arrangements with Canada
and New Brunswick by which each party retains what it
collects proponents through to destination being OPP
tonal either side was XSS O8l y
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BY Collins line, New York and Liverpool on let
S303,TS3
On newspaper including those by
clored mails. .........,.,. 662S "a
1851 %
By New York and Bremen line, touching Mt South
ampton, on letters. ".......... 100 2g7 70
On newspaper, oy closed inals...... ~ rs
---- 100, $40 O5
By New York and Hayre line, touching at Cowcs
On newspapers, py olossd mas......" ~ -
-lOO,l ITO IS
by Charleston and Havana line, touching at Kev
west on iotisrs and newspapers 7o45 50
Panama, San francisco, and Astoria linc. ~
letters, (including newspapers only to and FROM
Charleston and TO and from New Orleans, o2e ~ "a
BY New Orleans and Vera Cruz line (-omm.ncoa 49,
18th April 1881 on letters and new,pspors s9o "A
The amount Of postage collected in the United States
and Great Britain on letters was
BY Collins line, collected in United
State, ss
BY Collins line, collected in Great
Britain ....................... 1904 q
--~s2S3, 27J 90
BY Cunard line, collected 10 Uritod
Ststss.~..."....."............"" sSS,25S Il
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-13

FINANCES OF V1RGMIA.--A paragraph has been
published in several of our papers, stating that MIR
l.. p. Bayne, of the firm of Selden, Withers &
Co., has recently gone to Europe "for the -pur-
nose of irving to dispose of several millions of Vr
r;n;a State stock to enable the State to pay her
subscriptions to the various railroads.
While the fact stated in the paragraph may be
true, the manner in which it is put might lead the
uninformed to draw an inference, respecting the
present ability of the State that is not true; and
we notice it now simply to say by authority
that the Board of Public Works have not expcri-
enced, and do not apprehend, any difficulty in
promptly meeting all demands against the State
for the works of internal Improvement in which
she has so literally and judiciously embarked
While on this subject, we will state further,
for the information Of the public, that the pay
ments of the States subscription oali the railroad
companies save two are required by law to be
made par; passu with the payments OF Prtrate sub
scriptions, and that the Board OF Public Works
have, since their contract with Selden, Withers
&. Co. in 1851, invariably been prepared to honor
the drafts Of the various railroad companies tor
the States proportion upon presentation. The
money expended upon the construction OF the
Blue Ridge and the Covington and Ohio Raii-
roads is limited by law, and the contractors never
experience delay or embarrassment IN receiving
their money the moment the estimates and drafts
of the engineer are presented Both OF these State
works. as well as the other railroads in the State,
are progressing with as much rapidity as Is prac-
ticable; and if there be "slow progress in the
prosecution of any of them, it is certainly not
Justly attributable to the lack OF ability on the
part of the State to meet her engagements fully
and promptly .--Richmond Enquirer, l2fh.
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-13

PROFESSOR ALEXANDER @. BARRY'S
1TRICOPHEROUS US, or indicated Compound, for
beautifylng, curling, preserving, restoring and
strengthening the Hair, relieving diseases OF the
skin, curing rheumatic pains and healing external
wounds. Bounded by no geographical lines, the
reputation of Barry's Tricopherous pervades the
Union, TIE sales Of the article of late years have
increased in ratio that almost exceeds belief
Professor Barry, after careful examination of his
ca les book finds that the number of bottles de.
livered to order in quantities of from bali gross
upward, during the year 1852, was within a tribe
OF $50, 900. 11f1 3 Ha
Ills unnecessary to present at length the evil
dences of the wonderful properties of the Irico-
pherous when the public have furnished such an
endorsement as this. The cheapness of the article,
and the explanations given of its chemical action
upon the hair, the scalp, and in all cases OF
superficial irritations fret recommended It 10
the attention Of the people. This was all that
the inventor desired Every bottle advertised
itself. The effects of the fluid exceeded exPec
not be without il Country dealers in every
section of the United States found they must
have it ; and thus was built up wholesale
trade of an extent hitherto unheard of as regards
articles of this kind. The highest point has not
vet been reached, and it 10 believed that the sales
this year will be million and half of bottles.
Depot and mandatory, No. 1877 Broadway, New
York. Retail price, rs cents large bottle.
Liberal discount to purchasers by the quantity
Sold by all the principal merchants and druggists
throughout the United States and Canada, Mexi
co. West Indies, Great Britain, France, &C., by
raa t S. PARKER. Penn. avenue,
And A. HAMMOND, 18th street,
June 4--d&triw6m* T,f Washington.
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Notice. 70 actual settlers on lands of The United
States originally scithdrascn from market on oc-
y count If TIE railroad grant. ,-.-.
Under act Of Congress, approved Sd March. 1858,
entitled "An act to extend pre- emption rights to
laws Of the United States they now exist are
extended over the alternate reserved sections of
public lands along the line of the railroad herein
before mentioned, whore the settlement and inn
provement were made prior TO he find allotment OF
the alternate sections 10 the said railroad. There
FORE all claims by presumption to any OF the alter
nate sections Of public lands within the limits
originally reserved will attach, predicated upon
settlements made prior 10 the 4th February, 1858,
the date of the final allotment. f1 'ttt9 81
Claims within the six miles limits must be proven
UP at any time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of ths public sale, and are to be
paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
per acre. Claims outside of the six milcs. and
within the limits of the original reservation, must
be proven up prior to the restoration of said ands
to private entry. KS .tsss l4; - s,,s....s,s. \ ~.
Soidiera' bounty land warrants, at a dellar and
twenty-five cents per acre, may be received in
navment for either class Of lands; one warrant
onfv. however, can be located by each pre-. omptor.
Immediately after the close OF the public sale
directed by the foregoing proclamation OF the Pro
sident. applications will be received for the pur-
chase at private entry, location by warrants, OF
the lands to satisfy this grant, outside OF
the six miles limits, in such order a. to prevent
confusion and insure accuracy, in accordance with
instructions to be ssued to the registers and re-
celvers- .fsf JOhN WILSON. a
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 26-wl3w
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-13

OLD FoarEs.-Some years ago two aged men
near Marshaltown traded, or, according to the
Virginia parlance, snapped horses on this condi-
ton: That on that day week the one who thought
he had the best of the bargain should pay to the
other two bushels of wheat The day came, and
as it happened they met about halfway between
their respective homes. "Where art thou going''
said one. ssTo thy house with the wheat, = an.
swered the other. "And whittier art thou riding''
"Truly, replied the first, 81 was taking the wheat
to thy house." Each pleased with his bargain
had thought the wheat due to his neghbor, and
was going to pay it.