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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
DEW DROPS OF WISDOM.

Hope is the last thing that die,h liz
mau and though it be exceeding deceitful,
yet it is Of this good use TO us, that while
we are travelling through this life, i.conduc's
us in an easier aud more Pleasun. way to our
Sourney's end -RocHsrouoaul
knowledge that terminates in curl.
psity and speculation, is infetior 10 that which
. useful; and Of all useful knowledge, that
Is the most SO which consists in due care
.nd jus. notion Of ourselves. BERNARD.
- The worthless, people ore most injured
slanderers; as we usually find that TO be
lie best fruit which the birds have been peck.
ilg at.-DEAE SWIFT.
= The only Qualification covesous man
sses bis neighbors is to let Them see that he
himself is no better Of what he has ihan
Thy are.-PENs.
IA mans desires always disappoint
hih; for though he meets with something
tht gives him satisfaction, yet it never thor
ouhly answers his approximations.
IA more glorious victory cannot be
gail ed overano,her man than this, ,hatwhen
the Injury began on his part, for the kindness
to hgin on ours.-TILLoTsoN.
y The hate which we all bear with the
mos Christian patience is the hate of those
who,nvy us,-coLToS,
y o hateful Error, Melancholy's child.
why ost thou show to the apt thoughts Of
men, be things that are nOt.-SnAzsrEAnE'
HE that will be angry for anything
will bengry for rothins.-sALLusT.,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
/" To me gay hair is beautiful. My

10 me gay hair IS beautiful. MY
mothers harris gray" The words were
few and simpls enough, bu, they reveal.
ed much. th'ught how it would have
quickened the nolher's languid pulses,
and how the very heart now almost
home, would have leaped with Joy, had
they fallen on herears. Involuntary,
as it were, the MAJ whom the world
called great had ofred this tribute of
filial affection, aud expressed his rever.
ence of the Grown of glory" which
gray hairs became I those who are
found in the paths Of righteousness.
Many a mother liys. whose gray
hairs have no beauty ID no eyes of her
children, and claim no everencc from
those for whose welfar she would
cheerfully pour out her tisrt's blood
Many mothers love is rpaid by un-
kindness and ingratitude. Many an
hour of wearisome toll md patient
watching meets with no dtlsr recon-
pense than deeds, the knowledge of
which wiring her faithful heatlwiIh an-.
guish. Yet through all the nis'r,unes,
even through the dishonor o. er chill.
dren. her love knows no variaEeness.
Hersympa,hy given, though ansught;
it is not forced upon the attention but
its soothing power is felt. In tile ileut
night watches her tears flow for tenn
unbidden, and her voice goes up inap.
plication that He, who never slumbes,
will watch over and comfort them.
their presence her heart is never weer
of planning, nor her hand of executinl
sweet offices of affection; and in theil
absence the arms of love are ever q
round them, aud the incense other pray
ers in their behalf rises continually be-
fore the Eternal One. A mothers love
"There is none
In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
or depth, strong restless love, save that wiihit
A mothers breast" ..s.a.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
PERSEVERANCE,.

Take the spade Of Perseverance,,
Dig tho field If Progress wide,
Every bar to true instruction
Carry out and cast aside;
Every stubborn weed Of Error,
Every weed that hurts the soil,
Ts'ss, whose very growth is !crror,-
Dig them out, wha!c'cr the toll.
Civ: the stream of Education
Broader channel, holder force;
Iiurl the stones Of Persecution
Out, whcrc'er they block its eoursc,
Seek for strength in selfexertion;
Work, and still have faith to wait;
Close tho crooked gate 10 Fortunei
Mako the road to honor straight!
5icn arc agents for the future!
As they work SO ages win
Either harvest Of advancement,
Or tho wages Of their sin!
Follow out .ruo cultivation
Widen Education's plan;
Frpm tho majesty Of Nature,
lrr. the nOje',v Of Man!
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

Decidedly Dead. Recently, near Pc,
ri, Ind, a bull was struck by a locomotive
the collision causing both animal and iron
horse to fly of thetrack. A younggen-
llemen just iiom college who wasinithe
cars a, The time, says that from the'largp
quantity Of vegetable matter in different
stages ofdiges'ion, which exudps from the
orifices made in the cnticle and sub-mem.
braneous tissues surrounding the viscen OF
the bovine quadruped, it was bis opinion
that he lthe bully was seriously, ifnot fatal.
y Killed.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

-. 10
We learn from the Covington Ky
Journal that a difficulty has sprung pp'b
tween a porpion of the members Of d
German Catholic Church of,hat city q
the Bishop ofthe diocese. A billhasbe
filed in the Kenlon circuit conr, again{
the Bishop and the trustees appointed b
him. The Journal gives the followink
outline ofthe bill: mi
at is alleged that plaintiffs were dGis
and in accordance with the custom ofths
Roman Catholic Church, elected BY tile
congregation trustees Of the church; that
Bishop Carroll refusing to recognize them
as such, has appointed other ,rnsteesIwhbl
have taken possession Of the books and
revenues of the Church, amounting u,
some $4,000. Further, that up 10 1852
the congregation had been in the habit Of
electing school trustees; that at the time
Rev. F, Khur, clergyman of the cougre,
CATION, appointed olberschool trussses,a and
that the trustees thus appointed;haye com
mcnced building school house on lila
Church LOT, in place improper far the
purpose, unhealthy, and contrary to thq-
wishes of a large portion ofthe eersss;
ton. The petitioners pray That & B II
PENDANTS may be restrained from & Ife1,
said school house, and from furthsVsSH st,s
the Church aud school funds, and lhatft sS
be compelled TO surrender up the bodSs,
Sc.
"The issue, it wiIlhe seen, saqnestion
Of right and power between the Bishop
and The congregation as 10 appointingtt,is-
tees and controlling the property of,he
Church. The petition will be heard a.
the October term Of the Kenton circuit
court"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

The proprie,ors Of the Enquirer Tins
Commercial and Columbian, four dali.
journals of Cincinna,.i--have combintdtt
raise the price of their papers ftom ten 1,
twelve cents per week. They allege a
reason for the charge and fact that news
paper publishing is less profitable than any
other business requiring similar outla,
ofcaptal, talent and labor, theincrease ID
The cost Of making newspapers owing Il
competition,th raise in paper, wages, rent
fuel and provisions.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION.

The Freeman's Journal some tint
since, contained paragraph denying
that the St. Louis Shepherd Of the Val
ley had ever published articles denoun
cling the principle of religious federation
and asserted that the United States Sen
ators who commented on its alleged o
pinions, has been misled. The following
from recent number of the Shepherd
Of the Valley reiterating and defending
its previously expressed sentiments
tends 10 convict the Journal Of making
statements which facts will hot sustain
-Bap. Memorial. sd' iaa 8aaa
"Well then is this doctrine Of tolera.
ton Christian doctrine or is it mott
Does it come from heaven or hell-from
God or the devil? Do we see anything
of it in the Bible, in the fathers, in the
actions or writings Of the saints, in the
treatises of the doctors flhe churchl-
Was it heard of before the birth of Pro-
testantisml Has il not been condemned
by the council of Constance andrepeat.
edly by the Supreme Pontifsl Is it
anything more than convenient theory
got up, that Catholics living amongst
Pro,estants may meet with less i'll wilIl
Are not tho French Philosophers and
their dscipleisits most jealous advocates?
Has it ever had any more than theoie-
lical existence except where il has been
radically impossible to carry into active
oeration aud principles which it con-
aenns! Was St. Thomas right when he
sai'thas, II is much worse thing to cor
rafthe faith by which life is given, 10
the oul, then to falsify money, which
isap 'sistance othe temporal liftl' Did
he rsaan correctly from these premises,
when : argued that temporal princes
mightjrly punish convicted heretics!-
Is il nat ur boast that the church never
changer And is not her history an open
book vic all may read which we can
not close 1--we would, and Of which we
have no eau to be ashamed!
We will " however, we are not in
favor of roass'g heretics; and that, if this
sort Of work ito be reyived-lhough in
our miserable ines II is quite impossible
since men have belief which they care
to propagate, orbr which they dare en-
dure-ifpersecuhn is to be renowned we
should rather Be 'lsictims than its agents;
but we are not, thelore, going to deny
the facts Of hlstorynr 10 blame The saints
of God and the dosts and pastors of the
Church, for whasthshave done and sane
toned. We say ths'the tempoyal.pun-
isament Of hresyis aaere matter q er.
pedieacy: that Protestats do no! perse-
cute US here, simply bes,se they have no,
the power; and that ssenpe abstain from
prosecuting them Meyanrs apare that
it is merely because soe pu not do so, or
think that By doing 50 q should injnre
tie cause that ace a0is1tovve,"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

D,vacE PEEyAlLINo.-. THE New Hamp-
shire aperior Court at its late term held
at Corord, heard arguments IN eighty
three dsorce suits. Th,rly-three Of the
applications were granted, seven denied,
and theiecision Of thirty-three reversed.
The Sui rior Court of Rhode Island, at
its last IN, had seventy-seven cases be-
fore it (Which forty-two received judy
ment Of ivorce, four were denied, three
settled, id the remainder continued for
consideration. ~
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

During storm, on Wednesday week,
two cows, one belonging to Geo. stSln-
'urlFand theoiherto Tobias Glenn, in Pow,
ella Fort, Shenandoah were killed ~
lightning. They were under an apple
tree, the trunk of which had been struck
by the lightning, no marks being yis,bIe
nesr the top.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

a correspondent ofthc oswego Times
and Journal writing from Laporl, Indiana
says that from 5000 to 1000 bushels Of
wheat per day are being received at that
place, and that there can not he less than
100000 worth ofsurpIns grain markets
cd in that county during the present sea.
son.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

Advertising. Some persons object TO a
newspaper on account Of the advertise
menls As well might The objection be
raised to buying land with stone on it or
beef with bone ia it. The truth is no pa
per can live long withou. good ndyerii-
sing custom, unless il has an immens sub
scrIp,iUn lis, and that is impossible in the
interior. The advertisements are indica-
live If the business o. the country, and Of.
en,ines a vast advantage ofthc commu.
lily. The size oil apaPer is no criterion
" which to judge Of its excellence. AS
Has well remarked by a contemporary, q
so,, time since, ga paper may be as
lase rs barn door, and still be out aPoor
Aft" A paper ought!o give the news
ofAe diy, that is its object, and It does
not,equre q mammoth sheet to DO this
lFttgs Herald.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

The Louisville Democrat says it isre.
ported tia. one of the Harden county
Jury which acquitted Mat Ward, was
irecen'ly bitten by u suase, aud that rnr
SNAKE pigDl
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

fl Poor Mans IFish.-l asked a stu
dent what three things henst wished
He said,
"Give me books, health an quiet, and
care for nothing more"
l asked miser, and hecrit, Money
money-money!
7 I asked a pauper and he ftaly said,
Bread-bread-bread! .rrl
l asked a drunkard, and helpdly cal.
led for strong drink. Iaskedls multi.
tude around me, aud they lifted IA con.
fused cry, in which, ] heard th'words,
"weallh, fame anL pleasure"
Iasked poor who had long boae The
character of an experienced gGh&!ian;
he replied that all his wishes could sm4.
in Christ. He spoke seriously, and ask.
ed him to explain He said,"l great de.
sire these three things-frst, that my
be found in Christ; second that ma, be
like Christ; thirdly, that I may bey,h
Christ" / have thought much ofhis h.
swer, and the more think oft, thewiss
il seems. msf<.E. s4
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

To become S1andsred.- Edit a paper,
tread on The toes Of squirss and rogues,
and be sure always to tellthe truth.
70 become Respeetable.-Say "yes' TO
every other mans opinions and have none
Of your own. -------
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

Henry ill, Esq, for ,hirty-,wo year,
TREASURED Of the American Board of
Commissi pers for Foreign Missions,
has resignd, and made donation Of
1000 TO ie Society.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

urA Mr.. Helms just started now paper
out in Iowa. Hey . he hopes, by hard scratch.
INK, to make Ing for himself and little
chickens.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
An Extraordinary Cat.

A gentleman living ut Elk
the lower end Of this county,
good fortune to possess the
markable grimalkin yet kuot
cat kind. Its body is Of unus, q,
its legs like those of a ba n
fysre. The fur is of q red
the whole beautified with I
and streaks of different fg I
arc long in the back and I'd
belly and jaws. Black s,rii
cross the ears, which are ve1 "A
tipped at the ends with q I'd ].
Of hair. lis physiognomy ID
its nature savage. His mast
being infested with snakes,
been bred in the neighbd
fence, he took it into his head
small game such rs rats aud \
make war upon,he snakes, d
he soon destroyed. Having
taste for this, kind of sport,
ed the field of his operations
" making excursions more III v
distant from tho house, nnJ
each and every day with 81
ing from two 10 seven feet inl
He las continued this PRACTICE
weeks. On one occasion Id
much fatigued, and perfectly
covered with saliva. 1t was &
he encountered one Of those
rare serpents known as the 3
This turned out to be true, 70
thereafter Mr.. Harvey B. RI
the snake dead, and signs of 5
conflict on the sand. Most X
alllhe wounds had been infici
back Of the neck. The wei!
horrid serpentwas Ia pounds
This class Of 'serpenls is a
Eastern Virginia, with very lai
and great juws-the mouth
with cutting crooked teeth
which are two longerthan the
ced in the forepart of theuppe
All around the mouth there 4
scaly border; and the eyes
that they give it a terrible aspe -,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe: into one wort
md that one word were lightnins,-I coul
speak," lBYRoS.
Away, away through the sigh,lc's air
Stretch forth your iron thread,
For would not dim my sandals fair
With the dust you tamcly tread;
Aye, rear it up on its million piers
Let it reach tho world around,
And the journey ye make in hundred year
III clear a. single bound!
Tho cannot toll like the grooming slave
Yc have fet,cred with iron shilc,
To ferry you over tho boundlcss wave,
Or grind in the noisy mill
lie, him sing his giant strength and speed:
Why single shaft of mine
Would give That monster q fight indeed,
To tho depths Of the ocean brine!
Tho deepest vccesscs Of earth are mine,
TRAVERSE its silent core; -... ..
Around me the starry diamonds shine,
And the sparkling fields Of ore; m
And oft leap from my throne on high
To the depth Of the oceans caves,
Where the fadrless forests Of coral lie,
Far under the world Of waves.
Ny being is like lovely thought
That dwells in sinless breast;
A tone Of music ths. ne'cr was caught,
A word that was nc'er expressed
lburn in the bright and burning dalcs,
Where the fountains of sunlight play
Where the curtain of gold and opal fades
Der the scenes Of dying day. ~
With glance cleuye the sky in twain,
light it with glare, ,a-. .s,.,
When fall the boding drops ofrain,
Through the durkly curtained air.
The rock-buiIt towers, the turrels gray,
The piles Of a thousand years,
Have not the strength Of pOttcr's clay,
Before my glittering spears. s-..
From the Alps to the highest Andes cFag,
From the peaks ofetcrnal snow.
The dazzling folds of my fiery flag
Cleaned on the world below;
The earthquake herulds my coming power,
The avalanche bounds away,
=, The bowling storms at midnight hour,
Proclaim my kingly sway.
70 .remblc when my legions come
When my quivering sword leaps out
Der tho hills that echo my thundcr.drum,
And rcnd with my joyous Shout
Yc quail on the land or on the seas,
Ye stand in your fear aghass,
To see me burn tho stalwart trees,
Or SILVER the stately mast.
The hieroglyphics on tho Persian wall,
The letters of high command,
Where tho prophet and the tyrants fall,
Were traced with my burning hand.
And Of in fire have wrote since then,
What angry Heaven decreed-
Bot the sealed eyes of sinful men
We're all too blind to read.
a. last the hour Of light is hero.
And kings no more shall bind,
Nor The bigols crush with craven fear
The forward march Of mind;
The words Of truth, and freedoms rays
Are from my piniOns hurled,
And soon the sun Of better days
Shall rise upon this world. -
Bu. away, away, thro' tho sishtlcss air-
Stretch forth your iron thread,
For l would not soil my sandals fair,
With the dust you tamely tread,
aye, rear it up on its million piers,
Let Il reach the world around,
And the journey ye make in hundred Year
III clear at single bound.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

o. ,b,,sand Chinese, on their way to,
Califrnin were recently los, in the China,
sp1s, WI, wreck Of two vessels alone.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

D The Woodstock Tenth Legion says.
.l'he late potato crop in this region Is 4
very faeioae; indeed, the potatoes are 81
Jfar, so exceedingly .fae, that few pprsoni'
will go 10 The trouble ofdigging them"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

IVA Kentay poper says it is getting tt
be very fashion DC in that quarter TO enclose I
dollar with maagcno,ices, when scudiHs hen
to tic printer. good custom, that ought ,e
prevail everywha |:
sis dollars, printer and priest,
No scnsis man would rcfisci
Five Dollars render him bles!,
And ono publish tho news!
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

A Mep iea.-A physician Of New
Orleans adr,ises a new prevention of
the yellow ,yor by incubation, similar
in priucipleo the prevention Of small
pox by vacaation.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

During the week ending on the io'h
inst, there wrretwo hundred andrighiy-
seven deaths from yellow. fuser in New
Orleans. N
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07

The dryirot has made Is arpeHrapeSsi
in the co''onfe'dsof Mississippi, ih,'at';
sning 10 do serious ipiqpy o.sAe ..s'is!
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
POETRY.
THE SONG OF LIGHTNING.
BY o. ". CUTTER.

"coali cmbody and unbosom now,
That which is most within me-coul d wrcak
My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw
Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong and
weak,
All tina, l would have sought, and all seek,
Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe: into one word,
And that one word were lghtnins,-I could
speak.n IBYRos.
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Rrom the psnolt Pre- Pres.
RANK TREASON.


As example Of the reasonable designs Of the abol-
onists reproduce extract from article in late
number Of the New York Tribune II has reference the
rendition Of Burns tho fugitive at Boston;
There has been the most imminent danger Of violent
and armed outbreak during this late tragedy And sup
pose II had taken place. Who would have queed IL 2
Who would have restored the public peace when
ken Burns has taken away but let US tell the slave
power that nothing has been accomplished by that capture
but 10 deepen the resolution that slaves shall be taken
the soil Of the fre States Nothing has been
plished by il but to the northern mind determ
nation 10 resistance 10 such in the future This time
men have been unarmcd another time 1t may be other
wise We but AT the beginning Of the resistance the
arrogant domination Of the slave power Things but
in the bud in the griste Nohingh been done in this
but to declare against the proceeding Not arrange
ment 10 the fugitive has been made all
orcbly interrupt circumyent the man-hunters plans
Why, hundred resoute could have left Boston hast
night board steamer and oyerkcn and captured the
revenue cutter and liberated the fugitive But any
thing done 10 carry out simple a scheme that
OF not Nothing which savored Of resist
has been attempted. But II win be always
Some such event orcible win yet take place
aud when that takes place in Massachusetts, the fugitive
viii not be sent to Canada He viii be held upon her soil
and note Of defiance sounded TO let them come and take
him who dare"
We need not direct attention to the violence Of the Ian
guage this extract to the fact that forcblc and armed
resistance Of law is contemplated and eucoursged-tha
revolution is instgatcd The language is too plain adj
init of misnterpretaton What we wish to emphasize is
hisihet IL is not merely the fugitveslave law that viii
be annued when the Trbunes predictions shall be realized
bat ne eoas'utioa hseD The constitution makes il the
positive duty each State 10 deliver up agtyes from
vice Massachusetts, helped to make that instrument and
has soemny agreed to abide by all its requirements When
she fails in this duty she will have committed act Of
MULTIPLICATION.
We have expectation that Massachusetts, win do this
l. Bec6se the majority Of her citizens are patriots and
honest men and Because her action would be impoen
opposed 70 the federal authority But this does not al
ter the guilt Of those who counsel notification TIER res
son is manifest Thy are ready, upon The moment to
take step that would involve civil and sacrifice Of
human life.
Whleit cannot be denied that the New York Tribune an
engine OF immense mischief through ia power Of preading
false and revolutionary doctrines II yet occasionally fur
nishes antdote for its poison. Such is the extract
above quoted We defy any who Is bent tres
to read y without sensations Of horror and ndgna
ionwithout feeling that the paper which printed Il is
peslentisl