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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-03-18

The river is very high I wont to ,5f
wee on Saturday und the water wts ,v,h,a..
through the lower apattmcnlsof all the lsc.
ses oh the lower landing Though the M
welcome waves were anticipated, much
damage has been done.
The police again made descent on the
gambling bells Of Fifth.street, not long ago.
and succeeded in capturing several Of thu
"ianeyn5 gentlemen, together with the implc.,
rnents Of their trade. The former we're
fined, and the latter, amounting to a yc,y
large sum in cost, burned publicly on tho
City lot. .oEa 'il
Kissane, with others implicated with the
burning Of the martha Washington was
arrested in this city, upon re9uis,ion Of
tho Governor Of Arkansas, on charge of
murder. The indefa,igable Burton SAYS he
has travelled 10000 miles since The close Of
the Martha Washington trial at Columbus.
in North Carolina, Canada, &C., sometimes
on the back Of mules, 10 corec, evidence Of
the guilt Of the prisoners, on this last charge.
They are imprisoned in log Jail at Helena,
which quiet little town was profoundly mo.
we'd by the arrival of the prisoners.
OHIO.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-03-18
Shirt Rappings, Writings, &c.

We have no disposition to increase, by
unnecessary publicity, the excitement now
prevailing in certain localities around us'on
ths subject of spirit manifestations. As in
duty bound, we have made enquiries and
listened to some incredible tales, and we
merely "report progress" for the present
Having no bump Of marvellousness we can
not be expected to give full ctedence to any
statement, even from d respectable source,
without demonstratire evidence. At the
present writing our conclusions are as fol.
lows:-
j. There are more light-headed persons
than supernatural lights in these 'diggins.'
2. ltmight be well to ascertain that some
body has been murdered, or at least is miss
ing, before we attempt to dig up his bones,
8. We know Of no Scriptural warrant for
holding communication with the spirits Of
the departed, even If such intercourse were
possible. lsl g,
4. If good spirits were at liberty to hold
intercourse with the living, they would be q
little choice of the company they kept. q.
s. A writer in the last Republican is
most cgregiously mistaken when he says
"Some it does lead to the Lunatic Asylum,
but no more than docs the Gospel, and you
mus, no, condemn the Bible because 1t has
derrangcd more than any other cause" The
Gospel deranges no one, but has brought un-
told millions to their senses. i is not in the
nature Of Bible truth to derangs the mind.
but to expand il. arrangement proceeds from
the vices, the misfortunes, or the in6rmitles
of its subjects. s,a
6. Spirit rappings have sent many to the
madhouse, and will yet send many more.
The most prudent course to be pursued in
reference to rappers, mediums, and all that,
is to let them alone, serersly stf
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PALACE OF THE TuILERIEs, !
January go, 1854.

SrRE:-The difference which has a.
risen between your Majesty and the
Ottoman Porte has assumedsuch grave
aspect that l think it right myself to
explain directly to your Majesty the
part which France has taken in this
question, and the means which suggests
themselves to me in order to avoid the
dangers which menace the tranquility
of Europe.
The note which your Majesty has just
sent to my Government, and to that OF
Queen Victoria, endeavers to prove that
it was the system Of pressure adopted
from the commencement by the two
maritime Powers which alone involved
the question in bitterness. On the con-
trary, according to my view. the matter
would have continued q Cabinet ques-
lion if the occupation of tho two prin.
cipalities had not suddenly transferred
il from the region of discussion to that
Of fact. Nevertheless, although your
Maiesty's troops had entered Wallachia,
we advised the Porte not to consider
that occupation as a warlike act. thus
proving our desire for conciliation.-
Alter [ had consulted with England,
Austria, and Prussia, Iproposeato your
Majesty a note, designed,o give salts,
fayjiou to all, Your Majesty accepted
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PREPARATIONS FOR WAR IN
III EUROPE.

4
Six short years ago it would have
seemed absolutely incredible that such
a state of Europe as now exists could
ever occur. Attic opening of ls4s we
were not only a. peace, but we had
been at peace SO long, and with such a
thorough enjoyment Of its blessings,
tina. it was argued, as q logical deduc-
lion, that we could never so to war a
gain. Since that time we have seen al
most every European State convulsed
BY revolution, aud Great Britain is now
commencing aresl war, with the French
Empire as its ally. InFebruary, ls4s,
we had few powerful ships, we were
practising the construction of steam
marine, and were paying for our expe-
rience; our army was small, our artil-
lery weak, our militia in the clouds, and
our national defences insignificant.
We have now such navy as the
world never saw, considerable army,
a most formidable artillery, and an ex-
cellent militia, which is TO march into
standing camp some time next spring.
To estimate the real naval strength of
this country it is only necessary, after
recollscting that we have already a
splendid Feet in the Black Sea, to con.
siderthe force of squadron destined
to operate in the Baltic. On this ser.
vice we are to dispatch fifteen ships Of
the line, four screw steamships. and II
heavy frigates. This force. evenin mere
numbers, is at least double that with
which some of our most famous actions
we're fought and won; but, in point of
fact, such a method Of enumeration
would convey no adequate notion of,he
truth. Every vessel now commissioned
is nearly twice as powerful as vessels of
the same nominal rate fifty years ago.
Every gun now is as destructive as two
were then. Nelson, ia one of his great
est victories, had thirteen ships, which
mounted 93s guns. The fifteen ships
Of the line in the Baltic feet will mount
l,43l, the screw sixties 236, and the
frigates 34S. This makes total Of
2,olo guns, each gun being in calibre,
construction, and improvements incom.
parably more formidable than Of old.
. Science, too, has now made ps indie
pendent Of wind and tide. ofthe 30
vessels which will form the Baltic squad.
ron, being Eve three.decke,s, with the
Duke Of Wellington at their head, five
nine,ies, three eighties, two seventies,
and four sixties, besides Others, small
oplyby comparison, no fewer than 90
Willie ,poycuble Ivy steam power, so
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Barn Burnt.

We regret to learn that on The night Of
Thursday, the 18th inst, the barn of Heze-
kiah Joseph, situate about lhree-four,hs Of a
mile from the M. E. Church on the "Fats"
IN this county, and within 8 miles of Nor.
ganlown was consumed BY fire, with all its
contents, consisting of quantity of Flax,
Windmill, &c., also q 10. Of Castings,
which were rendered useleos. The fire was
no doub. communicated by an incendiary,
and the tracks Of female were distinctly
traced in the ploughed ground around the
barn. The loss is considerable. "' w.
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OUR PORT.

A beautiful little new steamer, called the
"JrssE LAzEAn,n Capt. Anawalt, made its
fiist appearance at our wharf yesterday
morning. 1t belongs to the Company own,
ing the Line Boats between Brownsville and
pi,tsburg, and they. say i. is built for this
trade, and will be worn out it The draft
is light, some say IA inchss-calculated to
run at almost any stage Of water A
a The "Monougahela Belle" was up again
Yesterday, with fair cargo as usual, and
left this morning with quite number OF
passengers. q ."'
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TURKEY.
Movements on the Danube.

~ 4
No affuir Of moment has occurred on
the>Danube, and no change was report.
ed in the disposition of the two armies,
with the exception that Ria Pasha.
who commands the army Of reserve, had
Quilted his headquarters of Sophia for
the point Of the right bank, which com.
mands Oltenitza. He was at the head
.ofi35,oo0 men, composed of picked re.
igimep's. II was supposed from this
movement that an importan, operation
was contemplated. sa;. a.i
AT Bucharest it was reported that no
immediate attack will be made on IA,
lsfat-not perhaps for four or FIVE weeks
to come. "a FIRST, second and third line
has been formed by the Russians around
Kalafat. On the 9TH the Russians took
possession Of an island just above Mug.
iayit. where they are erecting batteries,
and The Turks are erecting permanent
Qualifications on;the island between Ka-
lafat and Widdin. On the 9Th Omar
Pasha issued orders forsall to be held in
readiness to leave Wildin for Kalafat,
as, if the weather remained propilinus,
he would attack the Russians, The
Reserves at Shumla left on the 24th,
2sth, and esih Jan, and Feb: l, for
Rasprad, Tnrllkai, Silestria and Sistow.
The camp at Sophia is raised. and at
last accounts the balance Of the troops
.swere on their way 10 Widdin.
og,he 9TH, two Russian trains with
1000 pontoons passed through Jassy
Z on their way to Bucharest. %.
Omar Pasha was at Shumla on the
4,h. The change in the Turkish Min
is,ly was known al the camp, and or
ders had been received from Ria Pasha
TO carry on operations with all energy.
The for,i6cstions Of C onstan'inople
are progressing rapidly.
The health andspiri,s of the Turkish
army are excellent. Reinforcements
continue 10 be sent,oihe Danube. /,
RUSSIA.
ST.. PErRRTBuRe, Feb. 1l.-.The
Times says Sir Hsmiltod Seymour had
notcommunicated his recall tothe Rus
sian Government, md instructions to
quit The Empire had. no, probably yet
rsached tho British Minister. The En-.
peror Nicholas had been suffering from
erysipelas, aud was said 70 be in n state
Of g,eatirliialion and excitement, which
rendered him inaccessible to the advice
Of his Oldest ministers. /
The utmost activity in every depart.
menpofiibe Government. and prepare,
iiDrs66w esrass ms'ls IN ,iismVst q,
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FOR THE MIRROR.
CUMBERLAND, Md. March IA.

MT. EQltori-Il Fl. s.' i.~ s3s 2tisalll
Affairs in this place have Of late
assumed rather dull aspect. The strike at
the mines still continues neither party
seems willing to giyeup Now this y mode
of proceeding, to use an old expression, 1
would call penny wise and pound foolish
The proprietors of the mines might have re- /.
allied enough while the mines have been
laying idle, to have satisfied the extrs de.
mand Of the colliers for twelvemonth to
come; and the miners might have made e.
nough at their old wages to have made the
sum Of their wages, at the end Of twelve
month, as large as it woudsha been were
the operations to start again with the pro-
posed increase in their wages. And then
there is another difficulty. The markets
heretofore supplied from these, mines must
be supplied from some quarter, and if the
coal dealers at Baltimore make contracts
with other companies, it will be some time
before they will findIa market when the
mines go into operation. a-t i-a.!
The Railroad, both Eastiand West, seems
still to be doing good business. Numbers
of heavy burthen trains are daily coming in
from Wheeling on their way East.
The health Of Cumberland is very good;
q few cases Of Typhoid Fever compose, I
believe, the only sickness in the place.
There has been but one death in town in
the last two we eks. "''
The McDonough case, ii appears, is deci.
ded in favor Of the will.
The Conference Of the NJ. E. Church held
in Baltimore was expected TO close yesterday.
There is no business doing on the canal at
present. There ore, however, quite nun.
Der of boats on The stocks a, this place, and
from all appearances they seem 10 be prerar-
ing to commence business extensively in the
Spring. TYPO.
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U The friends of Mt. Jous BEcE, (ate
Of this town. will be grati6ed to learn that
he has been promoted from 5000 TO a $1,000
Cerkship in the Treasury Department at
Washington. 7 lad, NJ, sob Ir
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Tlo suspension Bridge.

Is being pushed forward with commenda'
bic diligence since the opening Of Spring
The means are no doubt ample, including
the recent appropriation by the Legislature,
10 complete this important undertaking, and
we have every confidence that this will be
done without delay. -.-.--
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THE MONONGALlA MIRROR.

cal good feeling" This programme is
worthy of the Sovereign who traced it,
and l do not hesitate to declare that l
remain faithful to it.
1bog your Majesty to believe in the
sincerity of my sentiments, and it is with
these sentiments that am, sire, your
Majesty's good friend, ~
NAPOLEON.
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Foreign News.
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
FOUR DAYS LATER FRoMErRoPE.
GREAT BRITAIN.

\ Great Observation-Disclosures 81
Ttoep,-Ripging Of Bslls-Greatjoy
among TIC PsopleI
8 The Liverpool Times Of the Esd ult.
says:- ,,..,.-.,..>.
This is an exciting day in Liverpool.
The city is all aliyewith the ,pomp and
circnrnstance Of war. Bells arc pealiug
from every spire, and bannets. waving
from every public building. Tens Of
thousands Of spectators line the banks
of,he river, aud crowd even the house:
tops to catch a giimpseo the troops
smbsrking "fortho war" A vestige of
John Bulls old martial spirit has re.
vived, and the cheers Of the assembled
multitude testify how popular, after all,
agreat war is.
Nor is the enthusiasm at all diminish.
ed BY noticing the fine. appearance of
!, the menembarking. To-day only 5000
bayonets go on board, but they carry
with them regimen,al colors inscribed
with ali sp,iirit:stirring names-the PEN
i;nsula. Talavera & Waterloo--to which
hope already laddsashs Danube ~
Attic same moment that these men
are being embarked, other regiments are
embarkine from Dublin, Southampton,
and we have reason to believe from
Toulon, and Africa. The most scepti.
cal have now reason to believe that Eu.
rope stands under the shadow ola great
vi war, of which no one can venture 10
predict the end. At the present mo.
insnt oil seems hope and confidence,
with. however, among the women-ot
whom thousands are assemblies feel.
ing Of sadness,
cover the unre.urnius brare, Alas"
The lates, intelligence from Liver.
pool to noon Of the 23d ult. says;
The ships Manila and Niagara will
sail with 5000 mtnto-day. The Cam.
bria and Vulcan with 1900 on Friday I;
The Himalaya with l,40O, on Friday;
abe Emu and Simeon with 1000 thisday
week; and the Golden Fleece and Atra-
ION with 1900 shortly afterward.
The Mediterranean brigade will be
formed from the 44th at Gibraltar, and
tive regiments at Malta.
The third battalion Grenadier Guards
left St. Georges Barracks, London, for
Southampton. The crowd ofspectators
was 80 great that it became difficult to
preserve passage. and The troops and
people presented a compact mass. The
cheering was vocifsrous.
.Ale,ter from London, dated Feb. 81 /,
says: ,Iss 81 .s3.;i
The manning Of the navy proceeds
with degree Of enthusiasm little con.
se,nplated, the difficulty Of getting men
during the present scarcity of hands
and the prevalence ofhigh wages in the
merchant service, having been looked
upon as sure to prove one Of the great:
est obstaclesthst the Government would
have 10 encounter. Volunteers pour in
on al sides, and all anxiety on the sub
.iectis now; totally removed. The same
maybe said with regard to the army,
especiallySk Ireland, where the number
of men offering has been such as 10
cause the authorities TO Increase the
regulation height at which they are to
DO admitted.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-03-18

b T The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention me, at Harrisburg on the 9Th Of
March, inst, and made the following nomi'
nations, viz:
For Governor-William Bigler.
Judge Of Supreme Court: Jete. S. Black.
Canal Commissioner-HenryS. Mott.
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OUR WHEELING CORRESPONDENCE.

WHEELING, March IA, 1854.
Editors efMe Mirror:
Scarcely anything noteworthy
has transpired since my last letter, therefore
my present communication will be rather
more than usually brief. ....s
There is no satisfactory Information 10
communicate on the subject Of the recent
outrage by the Legislature, No copy of the
proceedings has ye, reached this city, and
Of course, the Lion yet SAUNDERS. The ed.
itor of the Wheeling Gazette in an editorial
last week attributed the success Of the ,y:
rannical measure to c. w. Russell, of this
city, who was in Richmond at the time Of
its origin. Mr.. Russell got his mad up, and
went into Mr.. Wharton's room and attempt.
ed to spit in his face, which was resented,
and Russell was Immediately served as the
Bill should have been served, viz. laid under
the table! There is still good deal Of OK.
element on the License question in the city
only awaiting peep at the proceedings Of
the Legislature. as-fFs+.
Buainess on land and water goes on as
briskly as ever. The River has been very
high since Saturday last, but j. is fas, rece-
ding. , ss.. M s,,,r,.
We have had fine Spring weather, for a
few days past. Spring seems TO be opening
out in allits beauty, but we will doubtless
see the other side Of the picture before the
frs. Of April. Yours, Sc, W. DIS.
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ttensive scale. An answer had been
despatched to the letter addressed by
Louis Napoleon to the Emperor Mich
olas, which is framed in unsatisfactory,
arrogant and disconrteous language.
AUSTRIA. NON
The Times says that the latest nc.
counts from Vienna arehighlyfavorable,
and the Austrian Government shows a
strong resolution to take an active part
in the present crisis, especially since the
last oyertures for peace made by the
Courts of Vienna and Paris to that OF
ST. Petersburg.
The Emperor Of Austria had distinct.
llv animated his determination not to as
sent to the arrangements for the Neu-
trali,y of Germany, projected by the
Saxon and Bavarian Governments at
the ins,igation of Russia.
The Greek insurgent army in Euro.
peau Turkey amounts to G,ooo men.
With regard TO Austria Paris pa
per says:
The attitude Of Austria is SO vacills-
ting and questionable that if an imme-
diaie categorical definition of her inten-
tions be not given, Francs will form an
army of 100000 on the frontier of Italy,
and another on the northeast frontier
toward the Rhine; and will send TO-
600 more troops to Rome as the nucleus
Of operations in Italy ITSELF should Aus
tria's conduct force the allies to declare
war upon her. -H "a i.sa
Prince Wassiltschikoff, Abide camp
to the Gear arrived at Vienna Feb. 10,
with message TO the Austrian EN-
.peror
Dreadful Colliery Explosion.
A dreadful coliery explosion occurr.
ed in the Arey mine Of the lnce Hall
Coal Company, near Wigan, on the al
ternoon Of the 18TH. About 24o men
and boys were in the pit. Soon after
three o'clock the persons above ground
heard two loud explosions and imnedi.
ately signal was made from below to
haul up the miners. Thirty men we're
Immediately hauled up from the south
shaft, and reported that the north shaft
was on fire in such manner as TO cut
off the retreat Of the rest of the work
men. 1t was some hours before the hire
could be extinguished so as to allow a
body of searchers to descend. On ar
irving at the north level they found the
unfortunate men piled up in heaps and
dead. Eighty bodies were at onre ia
ken up, aud from another part of the
shaft 81 bodies. Only few, and those
much exhausted. were got out alive
Some few had escaped into another pit,
SO that the exac, number lost is not
known, but as forty persons were known
to be in part of the mine, where the
roof has fallen in, the number Of the
dead cannot be less than 100. In the
same mine sixty lives were lost by an
explosion in March Of last year.
The Costume Question.
The Advertiser says, cit gives US
much pleasure to be able to state that
Ithe Queen has most graciously intimat-
ed to Mr.. Buchanan, the American EN-.
bassador, ihatit will in future be left to
h;s Eycellencv to nppear al, state balls
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MORGANTOWN, Va.
Saturday. March IS, 1854.


E5-Mr. C. PIERCE, No. 46, South Third ST.,
is one of our most obliging and
attentive Agents.
E.w. CARR, Third street, opposite the Ex-
change, Philadelphia, is also our Agent for that
City.
DR.. E. PARSONS, Glady Creek, Barbour CO.
has kindly consented to act as Agent for the
Mirror.
DIM. ANVIL, Ncstorvlle, Barbour CO., Va.
C. CREsAp, ESQ.,, Kingwood, Preston CO., Va.
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Co,,,,uIIlldruIli.

WHY i, The South gable Of the Male Acad.
envy in Morgantown like France or England
in fela,ion 10 the war in the East? I.
An answeris requested from some Of 'hN
students,
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W We have a good lot paper on hand
now, and the next trouble will be to pay
for it. Who will be the first to lend help
ing hand9 "Gentlemen! please to. walk
up to the Captains Office, and settle"
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Ru- The following list Of prices, a

60 The following list of prices, a.
greed upon by the undersigned, for Job
work aud Advertising, will be strictly
adhered to by them:
Blanks of all descriptions ex-
cept deeds, per quire,.... Sl.0O
Deeds. ................ l.5O
Sale bills, whole sheet, 100, 500
fifty orless, 800
{" Half sheet, 100, 800
4" 4sheet, so or less 200
Quarter sheet, per hundred, $50
so or less. 100
Labels charged according to size and
quantity, not under $500 per 1000.
Circulars for Candidates, from 81 to
s. per hundred.
Business Cards, from sl.5o to $500
per hundred.
Announcements of State or District
officers, $500. o.
County Ofiicers-Sheriff, Commits
sioner of the Revenue, &C., $3.50.
Constable's announcements, $500.
S. SIEGFRIED,
March Is. GIN. HOWARD.
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Letter from the Emperor Napoleon TO the
Emperor of Russia,

In the London Times of the 18th we
find a translation Of the letter addressed
by Louis Napoleon to the Czar. 1t is
as follows:
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" Our supply Of paper from Wheeling
having been detained several days on the
Railroad, we were unable TO issue this No.
Of the Mirror until Monday evening.
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MONONGALIA MIRROR.

PRAISE WHERE WE CAN AND cEEsuRE WHERE We
MUST. -
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The Mayor ofsan francisco has pro.
hibted Sunday evening theatrical per.
forsauccs-wich isa hopefh sign