Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

ging, and the bag full, and only apart
ofthe funds realized 5iNsII9dGa9 md
They have, made arrrangements for
than fourteen pretossorsAips.
Cslored Churches in New Orleans.
The New Orleans Chronicle gives an In.
teresting detail of facts respec,ihg,he color
ed Bap.is, Churches in that city. We con
dense the following brief extracts: sF6
Il The First African Baptist Church was Of
ganized in 1895, with seyen members, lt
now numbers about nine hundredl They
own house Of worship, with the lots on
which 1T was built, and are out Of debt .4
The church has acolored pastor-oneo The
three ordained during the pas! year-end
meets twice, morning and, afternoon, every
Lords day. for worship. In all necessary
matters, they counsel with the white chrr-
ches. .-l
The Second Colored Baptist Church was
consti,utedinIls49. Achurch editice capa-
BILE of seating aoOto50O persons, has been
cotnple,sd,i and numerous accessions have
been received BY baptism and Otherwise
They now number about 100 members, and
have white PASTOR assisted by a scolloysed. ll ss.
preacher. io aaIis s.il lisi! i8sV 5ga
The Third African Baptist Church was,olrt
ganised rSosts d year since. It's melabeF-
ship is small, but they hold their meetings
in a rented ROOM They have o,pastor. s.
The Fourth Colorel Baptist Church was
constituted in December last. It holds is
meetings in a spacious hall over the Carroll.
ton Railroad Depot. The membership i
small, bu, is steadily increasing; their con
gsegations are large, and their prospects Sc! en-. !
eouraginga so Ii 5as HE 10 g3si7sa
ii y e. Methodist Conference. i bss
ss Dr. Dlfbin, in anaddresslats1s sdelly-
cred in ihetnorth, said: g1r sisint6f ia
s. As Paris influences France, as New
York (orperhaps wouldsay BOSTON,
poyernsiinlbusiness the United States,
and as Boston, controls New England, $50
leading G ConfereHces give etonesto sdifler.
emf, ant sections of.Me,hodism. The Bali
!mors Conference exerts q parental con
troll owe over / tie Southern g Conference, and
The Ohio, Conference over the Eastern.
lWe'haye come, then, to SEQ what you
ore 2doinp, and what help the funds shall
have from you. The MethodistE Episco-
pal Church, ,hasingnearly so0,O001mem-
bers, andireckoning -four persons to Its
congregations to each member, has q
community ofoyerthree millions ofsouls
to'infuence forgood.i aais sia e.S65is!
pa Faara3 ia=---y--------77sdl ,9g gdlI
dWEtlsAvssiwiyE ssiwiyEiREp.-U Uncle Bill Todd
was adtoser from Worcester county
Beingiexposed to lall!weather, his com,
plexion suffered some but at best he
was n5ne efthe wlii,est. Stopping at 9
public house near Brighton, q MAJ. rich
in this worlds goods, but ofnotorionsly J
bad cliaracter, thought as uncle Bill
came came Ia, he e@odldmako lin tlie butt q
a Joke. Asihelblask,face 'ofthe wealth
er. beaten man appearedinthe doorway
heexclaimed q ,siis1s s1s[ 4
"Alercy on US how dark i, ,grows'l
n Uacle Bill surveying him from heat
toafoot coolly repliel.T iesAGiI (
lis"Yes siriyour character and my com,
plexion are enough 70 dsrkeh ANY room.
BARE NECks AND BosoMs. Fashion
in Washington during the past winter
has been carriedIto the verge Of mode
artist exhibitions. I9pw,liseked dress
es haye been all ,hego., IA good stor,
is told ola countrymah ipgasked, af
ter leaving oneiof The Presidential le
sees,alf heihadgevsr seeusuchI a sigh
before. no. wasithe emphatic reply
aaot s.nsel ] teas toedaed." AZ |
ln5Als4lssFs W ~ ltiA8 Sati llAt Aus K
There are thirteen newspapers'ihfor Tor
sigH languages pdblishediinsN WI
seven German, three Spanish, tS
French. and one Italian. In Londo
with two and a half millions ofinhabi
ants. ttete is but one foreign ne@sps
per, X n, Z.
snrrr. eSisnestIy five million