Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-01-07

raise new difficulty in the way Of the ex.
tension, the trustees Of the church have
caused an expensive monument 10 be erect.
ed to the memory Of the soldiers Of TIE
Revolution, on the very line Of the propo.
sed improvement. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether any bu: Tories were buried in tina,
ground, in tho time OF The Revolution, as
the city and the church were in the hands
Of the royals,s until the close Of the war.
The specific evidence relied on by the coun
sell for the church, before the committee Of
The Board Of Aldermen, was an ancien, coin
found upon one Of the disincEred bodies
but when one Of the Aldermen, who was
an unbeIirvrr removed the rus, from this
coin, it proved to be lone Cent" Of later
date than 1900!
Trinity Church corporation has many sins
TO answer for, but mons mole henious than
its letting the Tow Of houses in Trinity Place.
and in the very rear Of the church.yard, to
persons who keep The lowest aud most no,o.
,ious houses Of III fame. This is disgrace.
full fact. incredible as i, may seem.
An interesting trial is soon to take place
between large furniture establishment, in
this city, and the keeper of fashionable
"lsdes boarding house," and it is expect.
Ell that an exposure will then be made req
pecting the manner in which some persons
OF the "highes, responsibility obtain their
immense wealth. The public vii! probably
learn soma new features in the house fusa.
ishirs business, and how it is, that housesof
tad repu;e are furnished in tho mos, gor.
geous and expensive s,yla, u we'll as at
whoss expense end for whpss profit. One
furniture establishment. is said 10 have chat.
tel mortgages on no less than six houses Of
this kind in this city, and ths payment de.
Ponds Of course, on the success Of The hu.
siuess of these houses. Such things are
repToach to civilized society.
Have We any idea Of the proportion Of
money to business, in this country! Theo.
rs,icsliy. everything is done with money;
practically, nine,y.nins hundrrdhs Of all
business is done on credit. Commodities
are exchanged 10 the value Of millions, and
scarcely dollar in cash enters into the
trsnsaction. All tha, a man needs to carry
on the largest business is iew thousand
dollars, which is his "small change" With
little money, too, you can buy very large
amount Of property. have had, often, a
twelve OF fifteen Thousand dollar house offer.
ed NE, for Two thousand dollars down, with
quite all indefinite time to pay the balance.
This system is carried into many kinds Of
business. For instance, tie other morning,
as wss talking with Horace Waters, the
celebrated music publisher and agent for
the great Piano.Forte Mandatory Of 7.
Gilber, & Co., q gentleman came in toh hire
piano. "Why no, buy one!" said the be.
nevoent Mr.. Waters. "Can't afford it,"
"You can much better afford to buy than
10 hire" "How so2n "Because. when
ynu have paid me the price Of piano, on
hire, it is still mine when you buy it, 1t is
. yours." "That is very true, sir; bu' what
am to do, il hare not the money to pur.
chase I" "Pay ne twenty dollars down,
and ten dollars month, instead Of fce,
which you would have to pay for the hire Of
piano; and when you have paid the price
Of a piano, j, is yours" It is needless TO
say tina, the bargain was closed, instanier.
Alr. Waters has thus sold over five hundred
pianos. The number that he is sending off
daily, to all parts of the country, is incred.
ible. But, could man living thousand
miles off buy piano in ,hi. way! some Of
your readers will be asking. Yes, very east.
ly, if the payment could be guaranteed By
some responsible house in thi. city.
The Siamess Twins have arrived in town
from their plantation in North Carolina, and
intend to spend the winter here. They are
considered very agreeable people by those
who know them best; and their wives live
together in the mest amiabe manner.
! New York has been so notorious for dirty
streets that people in every pat of,he coun'
try who have ever been here, Or ever eSpec.
to come here, will feel almost as much in
,erest as our citizens Themselves IN know.
ing that some exetlions are at length being
made to remove the nuisance. The condi'
lion Of some of the streets in the lower part
Of tho city, last winter, was such as 10 ma
terially hinder the transaction Of business
The damage done from this cause was i'm
menso, Therc is a prospect, now, Of dir
ferent state Of lhingsi the cleaning Of ths
: streets being now done by contract, ant
not, ss heretofore, under the direction o
J the superintendent Of Streets who neve
i nads show Of doing anything until thu
9 eve Of the election, wien large humble
6 Of lahorers we've employed for week, mort
for the sake Of getting their votes than 70
0 the public good. Since the 93i Of Noyem
n Der last, the contractors for the five Ward