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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
Scripture Wine not Modern Wine.

Friday evening, week before last, Rev.
Dudley A. Tying, Episcopal clergyman
of,his city leclured on the subject oftem'
perauce, in tho Melodesn Hall, before
the Cincinnati Y oung Meu's Temperance
League. Mr.. Tying devoted himself
principally to the question ola compare
son between the wine Of ancient times
and the wine of modern times, aud he
showed, as conclusivcly as any thing
could be shown, tha, The two articles
were not so much as forty second cons-
ins to each other. "Words frequently
change in their meaning" said Mr.. T..
1.-TWO or three centuries ago, the word
tcllow meant a sheep-stealer; but we
should not, therefore, when we Of this
age call man right clever fellow, be
understood as saying that he was right
smart shecp.stealer. The word riliaia
was once used to signify husband
man but there are precious few farm.
ers who are scamps nowadays, and
precious few Williams who are farmers.
So with the word wine. In ancient
times, the wine was without q particle
Of alcohol, and could not, therefore, be
like the modern druggel wine, with its
e5 or 80 per cent. Of alcohol, nor like
even the still and sparkling Catowba
wines, with their 7, s, and 12 per cent.
of alcohol In all of the juices Of the
grape when pressed out are two articles,
without which yinous fermentation could
not take place-namely, sugar and g!ut-
en-; the former soluble. the latter inso-
luble. Now the gluten, if separated
from the grape juice, will prevent fer
mentalion, and. Of course. the forma-
ton Of alcohol. and it can be separated
from the wine by repeated strainings
or flterings. The ancient wines were
so filtered and straincdi and hence the
expression in The 25,h chapter of Isaiah,
of wine well refined on tho lees, means
wine well and repeatedly and carefully
strained, and the power to ferment or to
generate alcohol thus taken away"
|. would afford us pleasure more ex-
tensively to report Mr.. Tyng's remarks,
but our space forbids. We will men
ton, however. ,ha, he demonstrated ill.,
coutestably. ,ha, the ancient wines were
frequently, when not strained, boiled
down into syrup. the same way that we
boil down sngar.water into maple mo-
lasses-that it was common to carry
wine SO boiled down in sheep-skins, and
to take small portion of it when re-
quired, and mix it with ten or fifteen or
even twenty parts of water, as histori-
ans state, and thus form the drink call.
ed wine. The wines Of Arcadia and
Palestine, being made Of unusually
sweet grapes, were susceptible of be:
ing boiled to very thick consistence.-
Now wine, such as ours Of modern
times, having alcohol in it.. cannot be
,hickened|by boiling, for theialcohol flies
off at ITO degrees, and water boils at
2l2 degrees. aud by the time you are
done boiling modern wine it has all
flown of, and nothing remains but a
dark. dirty sediment-Western Chr's-
tian Adrocate. u En"s
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Ihave friend, whose ready wit enli-
vens the social circle, and sometimes also
faithfully serves the cause Of truth. One
Sabbath morning, as he stepped from his
house 10 go TO church, he met a stranger
driving a loaded wag on through the town.
He turned upon him, stopped, lifted both
hands and stood in tragic attitude. ga
zing upon the ground beneath the vehicle
and exclaimed,"There there! you are 60
ing right over IT! You have gone right O.
yer III" The traveller gathered up his
reins, drew in his horses, came to dead
sand, and began looking under his wheels
to see what little innocent child, or dog,
or pig, might have been ground TO jelly
by. their heavy weight. But seeing
nothing, he looked anxionsly up to the
man who had so singular!y arrested his
progress, and said, "0ver WHAT" "The
fourth commandment" was the quick re-
ply; "Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy" 1t was hard starting those
wheels again, and hard hauling that load
all the rest Of the day.-Norwich Eram-
iacr. ll
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

The North British Review thus COM
pares the religion Of Turkey and Rus
sia: g.
at is no, true, in the sense in which
it is ordinarily alleged, that the Rus
SLAMS are our tellov. Christians, and that
the Turks are "Unbeliovers." Both,
according to our view Of their creed,
are "mis.bclievers." We very much
question whether, if the matter was tru-
" understood, we should not find that
English Protestants and Scotch Protest.
ants still more, have at least as much
sympathy Of faith and feeling with the
Nlah,o.etan monotheist as with the be.
nighted vo,aries Of the Russian church.
The Turks pray to God only-"thc God
Of Abraham, Of Isaac. and Jacobs"
the Russians pray4to host Of saints
who are an abomination in our eyes
The foundation and first point Of all
three communions-the Mahometan, the
Oriental Christian, and our own-are
identical. We all believe in one God,
and in Moses, David, and Jesus Christ,
as his inspired prophets; the last we,
in common with the Greek, regard as
our Divine Saviour. Both Russians and
Turk 90 further: the latter add Mahom-
et-the former add St. Nicholas, St.
Catherine, and IN insermiuable calen.
dar of canonized priests and worthless.
1t is sad and unsatisfactory to be called
upon thus to cast the balance between
two false and faulty theologies; but we
will appeal to any earnest Protestant
who has lived in Turkey. whether he
did not feel as much prompt and natu-
raj religious sympathy with tho follow
or of Mal,omet, whose simple faith is
comprised in two formulas, prayer to
God and charity to man; who never
fails night or morning, at business, or
at meals, when the Muezzin sounds the
hour for bis devotions; who never pass
es a mendicant without bestowing aims
upon him for the love of God" how
ever poor he may be himself. as with
the so..called Christian Of the Oriental
church, whose whole religion is mass
of fasts and superstitious ceremonies,
who is enslaved by priest almost as
ignorant as himself, who knows little Of
his Saviour, and less even OF his God"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
From the Home and Foreign Journal.
". &C HIN A.
Letter from Rev. George Pearcy'
SHANGHAI, Dec. 80, 1858.
SuANouAr, Dec. 80,

DEAR BRoruER:-Very little of in.
,erest has occurred here since the date
Of brother Crawford's letter Of about
for,nigh. ago, except the report brought
from Nankin by the French, who vls''
ted that city about the first Of this month";
in the steamer Cassioi. You will see
accounts Of this trip in the Shanghai pa,
per. This confirms the report we had
previously heard Of the capture Of lien
Ching, the port Of Pekin, by the insur-
gents. The report they brought. that
the insurgents had reached Pekin. has
been confirmed. Many here confdent-
" expect to hear Of the fall Of Pekin,
and that soon. Tho party report hav'
ing passed feet. on their return from
Nankin, of abou, two thousand boats OF
all sizes, containing about fsrty thou
sand men, on their way, as was snpPo'
sed, to reinforce the insurgents at Pekin.
The French seem to believe the insur-
gents will succeed. and that without q
doubt. They say the insurgents when
asked if they succeeded in putting down
the Tartar dynasty, whether they would
not open the whole country to foreign
intercourse, repeated the question in
the most emphatic manner "y zoe sue
ceed." They seem to have no doubt OF
their success. One very interesting fact
they report, that TAPPING Wong has
400 men cutting blocks for printing the
sacred Scriptures; the three first books
of the Old Tes.amen. aud the whole of
Matthew, following Gutzlaf's edition,
without change Of text Or note OF any
sort. They also publish their religious
books, it is said. but most Of the Scrip
lures. They follow in Matthew Gutz-
laff' latest edition or revision, and use
the same word brother Goddard does
for baptism, meaning of course INNER
sion. 1t seems clear they observe the
sepenM day or our Saturday us u day
of rest, the same the Jews do in China,
whom they probably initiate in regard
to this day Of rest. They will proba-
bly, hold to their religious views with
great ,enaci,y. My hope is that God
will ultimately guide them in all things
pertaining to his kingdom in the right
way, way; for this let US humbly and feryont.
ly pray. "a.f" .''.t
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

A Dr.. Heaton, Of Middletown, Ohio,
relates the particulars Of an incideu' that
came under his observation lately, during
a professional visit. A disease ola ma
lignant type ragged to an alarming extent
in his neighborhood, and among those
who fell victims to il was little boy
some five or six years Of age. A short
time before he expired, when the poison
ed hand Of death had cast his shadow on
the young face, and had commenced TO
gather his little energies for removal, and
the family were gathered round the bed
looking each instant for his last struggle
his cheeks rigid-hiseyes stark and up
turned-Lo, there was q change! His eyes
frightened with a heavenly light. and his
little hands were raised with apparent
vigor, and casting look heavenward, he
exclaimed-"O, Aow beautiful" and in q
few moments be was immortal.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
DAILY DUTIES.

ou. daily paths! with thorns or flowers
We can at will bes,rcw them: .
What bliss would gild the passing hours,
live but rightly knew them.
Tho way ofl.fe is rough at best,
But briars yield the roses; H a
So that Which leads to joy asd rest. ~,
The hardest path discloses. .
The weeds that oft we cast away. -
Their simple beauty scornlng,
Would form wreath Of purcst ray,
And prove the best adOrning.
So in our daily paths, 'twere well
To call each gift u treasure,
However slight, where love can dwell
With life renewing pleasure!
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Charles Dickens in late number of
his "Household Words" after emu mer-
a,ing the striking facts Of cotton, says:
"Let any social or physical convulsion
visit the United States, and England
would feel the shock from Lands End
to John o'Groat's. The lives ofnearly
two millions Of our countrymen arc de-
pendentupon,bo cotton crops ofAmer.
lea; their destiny may be said. without
any sort Of hyberpole. to hang upon q
thread. .a.i,
"should any dire calamity befall the
land Of cotton, thousand of our mer-
chan. ships would rot idly in docki ten
thousand mills must s.op,heir busy looms
and two millions mouths would starve for
lack offood 10 feed 'hen.'
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Ds,raeiioa eftae Car Of Jaggeaas4.
-.Me are given TO understand Z says
the Citissh ofthe 10 ult. East India pa-
lper.) nthatthe famous car ot Juggernaur
of Muhes, near S1ampore. wat totally
destroyed edbyfre on lhenight Of Monday
last, and the .odekuries. or proptie,ors
of Juggernaut. have been merged 10
grief. attributing the accident to thef fu-;
|fy ofthe god for cpnses Of which they
are not cngnizaut, IS
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
The Newspaper.

How lonesome is the freside where
there is no newspaper! Ask the latest
news, good stories, the useful lessons, and
witty sayings ofths newspaper-ask him
its value. Let him be deprived oft a few
weeks, and then ask him to put an esti-
mate upon il. Will he say that two or
three dollars are too much! No, ano-he
will esteem II one Of his greatest treasures
and value It accordingly.
We were led TO these reflections the
other day by an industrious, worthy man,
who called al our office 10 subscribe for a
paper. Said hp, 81 was taking il, but
times were so hard, I paid up and quit;
and ! cannot get long without it. 1haye
not the money 10 pay now, and have
called to see il | could get i! on credit IN.
Ill fall, for / must have it on some terms
I would not be without il for ten dollars"
OF course we placed his name on our
list with great cheerfulness. Such men
are the best subscribers in the world, Tex
cept those who pay down.. They will
always pay at the time it falls due.
Every family oughtto have a paper; il
ia a duty they owe TO their children, il
nothing else. Who wishes their children
10 grow up in perfect ignorance. in order
10 save The price ofthe newspaPerW
Pittsburgh Union.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

The Secretary Of State Of Pennsyl.
yania in accordance with the law lately
passed.. invites proposals until the first
Monday of July for the purchase Of the
Main Line of the Public Works ofithat
State. Nobid will be receigcd for less
than slo0o0.000. 'lVL N"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
MY Mothers Grave.

I'm knccling by thy grave, mother.
I'm knceling ull alone;
And stars ore shining swcctly down
From their celestial throne:
I'm thinking of tho past, mother.
ofjoys forever fed;
I'm weeping al! alone, within
The city ofthc dead. Te
Tn thinking Of the cot, mother. .
Where once we used to dwell;
The rippling brook that marmured BY,
. Adown the messy dell. ., .F
I'm thinking Of tho birds, mother.
That sung so swcotly there: %
At morn, when we together knelt
You btcuthed happy prayer.
And oh, I'm thinking Of the time -
You told nc you must dc r a.
That you must 60 and live with God;
And bado me not to cry. s9.
But when saw litt's Pickering lamp
Had ceased to burn-thy brow
So pale, SO cold and marble like. ug
Iwcpt-l'm weeping now. a-.'l
I'm thinking Of that day, mother
The sad and mournlnl sound Sai
That echoed 'front.' tho old church.bell,
Close by the battle-ground.
I'm knceling by thy grave, mother.
Ny thoughts ar0 far away;
And zephyr winds arc whispering
,Asad and mournful lay.
And on tho winds seem to hear p
A soft and heavenly strain ~
Weep not, my love, but trust in God; :"
In Heaven we'll meet again."
.a WILL, TIE wAspEaEa,
nv Tho above, from tho sprin6cld Tclcgrap
n very beautiful thing. |. may DO sung, v
ink. to that sweet and plaiutivc air. aim 81
~ on tho stile, Mary" and with much etts
present, itbcing new. nr,..aa
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Kisno Task to read Tie Bible.-as an
annual meeting Of the Cambridge Bible
Society, The Rev. Professor School6eld
related the following anecdote of MIR.
Hone, the we'll known author ofthe Ev-
cry Day Book. Mr.. Hone, in the days
ofhis infdelity, was travelling in Wales
on foot, and being rather tired and thirsty,
he stopped at the door Of a cottage, where
there was little girl seated reading, and
whom he asked il she would give him a
little water. 30 yes, Sir" she said, eff
YOU will come in, mother will give you
some milk and water" upon which he
wen. in, and partook of that beverage,
the little girl again resuming her seat and
her book. After a short stay in the cot
tage, he came out and accosted the child
at the door: "Well, my little girl are
you getting your task'' 30 no, Sir, am
reading the Bible" ""But," said Mr.. Hone,
you are getting your task out of the Bi'
bls.n 40 no, Sir! it is no task to me to
read the Bible; j. isa pleasure" This Cir
cums,ance had such an effect upon Mr..
Hone, that he determined TO read the Bi.
ble too, and he was now (said Professor
School6eld) one of the foremost in up
holding and defending The great truths
contained in that Holy Book. .o
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
POETRY.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
BY c. p.,sTUART.

BY G. p.sTUART.
While Ger the sea, with clarion voice,
War calls her scrricd hosts to arms.
And all her dogs, "lc: slip" rejoice
AZ Europe trcmblcs with alarms
Here Peace, on Freedoms peerless soil,
Beneath her broad and swelling dome.
With glory crowning Art and Toll,
Pours blessings on each ttceman's home
Peace hath her triumphs-lo! she calls
The toiling millions to her aid; u
The Architcc. to build her halls, uH'
Tho Artisan to forge her blade; ai
She bids the loom and spindle fly,
She guides the sturdy Farmers plow,
And Plenty's shining coronet
sh binds on Labor's swarthy brow.
Out where the whllc.winged navies ride.
She sits above thousand kcels,
And Occan's silver crested tidc "a
Her wealth of useful product feels;
She links the hands Of wid'ning marts.
She binds together rising states.
And in grea. nations swelling hearts 3
She kindlcs dreams orbriglitcr tates.
And meath her lofty Palace dome
Her volarics ample homage bring,
And mid her mighty temple home a.
Her triumphs and her glories sing:
Long may her Ar. and Labors live; H.
On canvass. glow, in marble shine, y.
Till war shall. lll her trophies yield. II.
And lay them on Peace hallowed shrine
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

~ 1fyou don't want to fall in love
with a airl. don't commence flirting with
her. This conrting for funis like box
ing for fun. Yon put on your gloves
in perfect good humor with the most
friendly intentions Of exchanging q few
amicable blows; you find yourself in.
sensibly warm with the enthusiasn Of
the conflict; until some unlucky punch
in the "yeskitn deciaes tho matter, and
the whole affair ends in a downright
fight. Don't you soc the similarity
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

~ The "Free Democrat" publish.
ed at Indianapolis, comes TO US with the
following article marked, and the re-
quest ",please give this the true state
ment." We do so with pleasure, and
we admire the spunk Of the ladies con-
cerned in the movemeat.-[ED. MRnpR
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Such ladies' are the salt Of society,
they preserve the public morals, and
keep them from becoming stagnant and
corrupt. The persons collected mum.
berel several hundred, aud they looked
on with much interest upon this heroic
deed. .s,,l gq.aa, ra:
We are told since writing the above,
that Mr.. Binger has subscribed to tho
pledge. Mr.. Page is left alone.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Hop 10 make good uaixe1ast. Dis
solye the lime in water. 10 which add &
one pound ofsulpha,e Of zinc to tho
bushel. one pound Of sugar and one Of
salt; put it on with q brush in the usual
'manner.-S. Amer. iiil5 i'lo Sis5'
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Ths number Of emig,ants arrived at
New York on the 2s,h inst, ws,5asl
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Cour, Alexander de Medem has been
appointed to succeed the deceased NJ.
Bolissc, az Russian Minister a, Washington
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

A German, known as Dutch Charlie,
was recently murdered in Colorado Co.,
Texas. As the body was surrounded
by people, On Irishman proposed that
those present should successfully place
their hands upon the body Of the de.
ceased-.believing that wherever the
murderer touched it, the wounds would
commence bleeding anew. The sugges-
ton was acted upon, and, says a cores.
pondent of the Richmond (Texas) In
quirer, as soon as man named Hitter.
brant applied his hand, the blood began
to flow. Hil,erbrant was arrested, and
shortly afterwards committed suicide
by hanging himself = Wheeling Gazette.
The Ohio Legislature passed a bill on
the 2slh uls., prohibiting the circulation
Of foreign Bank notes Of less denomina'
,ion than ten dc|',.s.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

To Rcmorc tiarkstiom fa5ses. Hot
dishes sometimes leave whitish markson
vanished tables, when set as they ythoull
not be, carelessly upon them. To res
move it pour some lamp oil on the spot
and rub it hard with q soft cloth. Then
poar on d little spirits and rub 1t dry
with another clo,h, and the white mark
will disappear, leaving tho table brighsI
as before. 9laia glisg't ~
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

Acatetov Dsop,y.-Take a sixqnsts
jug ofold hard cider; put in a pintof
mustard seed; one double handful Of
lignum.vi,e shavings; one double hand
fal ofhorse-radish roots; let them sim:
mer together over the fire forty-eight
hours when /. will be fit foru Take
a tea.cup of,his liquid,hree times a day
and it will work OF disease without
any trouble to the pa,ions-.Alea. Gas.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20

We are informed that Mrs. Alexan-
der has taken steps to sue the men that
sold her deceased husband liquor. We
are likewise told ,ha, VIM. Page and
Binger were the only men that did not
take the pledge. We hope that Mr..
Binger will not remain any longer in
that crowd. 3-sr Wa"
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
Religions of Turkey and Russia.

The North British Review thus COM
pares the religion Of Turkey and Rus
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-18

SLAVERY ~ vIReISrL.-The Wheeling Gazette replies
length structures upon Its antslavcry notions,
and sorry see, still undertakes to argue In de.
fence Of its unfortunate position this question. We
have Wish keep Up any controversy with oa' co;e-
pory this subject is wholly unnecessary. We feel
we'll assured that its antslsvery sentiments meet with
bu, little if any oouutensuce sny where in Virgins and
that they will. The subject was only referred to
for the purpose of contradicnE the misrepresentation
Northern papers were making Of Virginia sentiment il
regard 10 slavery derived from the articles that had
peared in the Gazette. Having done have accom-
pished Object. l. is against Northern n,islavery
fanatics tina, the South have contend There is
eria diversity OF opinion with home this qre'
ton aad it would be but of time argue its
its dement's. Save-y Is institution 6Ned Il c
South beyond the reach of all abolition schemes and
Northern brethren be perfectly satisfied of the
fact.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-18
ORITUTan

Dkp at his residence IN the city Richmond on the 18Th ~
March, OF painful and disease ROBERT suri
TON, In the 10th year OF his avos widow ana three
esng children 10 deplore their rreparable loss IN.
pap1s Q, me writer to es,,sw fte,ing and HdoSrJ u
butte The dec ased member Bar OF hvh nnt,n
man Of classic taste and lesrnng cultivated mind and
general Information; kind and anectionate
III. friends, and generous to his Though exempt from
human fraties he
attached to him numerous friends admirers Had he
oI himself alone he might have accumulated IN. wealth
and obtained many OF the hopors
heart disdaned sordd scand his tpirit was e.
pendnt TO stnop TO conquer Many ed by
me news Of his nntmey death but sehave abiding faith
nope that our los, 10 his eternal ganapd
blessed" r H"u 's' 'o"s Hs