Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-04-14
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INDIAN TREArIEs.-Governor Ste.
vens Of Oregon, has lately made treat
les with several tribes Of Indians, in tha
territory upon terms satisfactory, as well
to the Indians as to the whites. y
Rev. W. Summers, an old and useful
minister Of the NJ. E. Church, died il
Mar,insville, Ohio, on Wednesday last
He was buried by the Masonic fratel
nifty. r
We have a paper before us urging
the claims Of w. H. Seward of N. York
for the next Presidency, calculating
largely on his popularity with the free
soil or Republican party of the North
A western editor, in answer.to com.
plant Of patron that he dia not give
news enough, told him when news was
scarce to read the Bible, which he had
no doubt would be news to him. 'i% 's1
Brigham Young, the Prophet thinks
thatSt. Paul, in saying that a bishop
should be the husband of one wife,
meant, not to interdict him from having
any more, buthe should have one soite to
begin wiM. .te5 g.y
He that has the happy talent ofpar-
lorpreaching, has sometimes done more
for Christ and souls in the space of a
few minutes, than by the labor ofmany
hours and days in the usual course Of
preaching in the pulpit. aas
~ By the late act of Congress, the
salary of the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States has
been raised to $500 per annum, and
the salaries Of the associate Justices to
$4,000 per annum. svt y" @ wa
Attend church regularly, listen atten-
lively to the sermons and never fail to
practice their teaching, aud you secure
what wealth and pomp cannot give, the
respect Of men and the appreciation Of
God. a..
A child is born. Now take the germ
and make bud of beauty. Let the
dews acknowledge and the light of vir.
tue wake in it the richest fragrance and
the purest hues, and, above all, see that
you'keep its face and frock clean.
Three men were smothered to death
in a Touring mill. in Seymour, West
Canada, few days ago. They were
at work on lower floor, when tho floor
above gave way, letting down about
5000 bushels of grain. A horrid death
indeed. =t 3. uwl la q la'0r
Proai5ited.-Austria, it is said, has
forbidden the publication Of the bull re.
specting the immaculate conception in
Lombardy, and has even prohibited The
priests from preaching upoa it.
While boring an Artesian we'll at
New Orleans. a bed ofshells was struck
at the depth of two hundred and forty
feet. having the appearance of those
which always line the aeashore, were
brought up by the auger.
RoMANcE@Married on cake of
floating ice, in the Ohio river, opposite
Rising Sun, on Thursday, January 80,
by the Rev. Mr.. Collard, Rev. james H.
Brooking to Miss Sallie Craig, oil of
Boone county, KY. ,i'1 --F
The aoor of the Town Hall. III Mer.
edith, N. H., broke through during the
election last week. Three hundred men
were thrown into heap, eighteen feet
below, five or six killed, and a great
number severely injured.
The Mormonites are very active in
Wales in spreading their doctrines
Among the golfers and miners of the
lIll districts Of South Wales, the pecu.
liar tenets Of this sect find favor, and a
large number of these have recently
Joined the ranks. ..,.... 1.. r..
Yankee AH Orer.-The owners of the
little steamer Surprise, built to run on
the Androscogin, in Maine during the
Summer, have determined that she shall
have no idle time. They drew her on
upon the shore in a cove, and built a
,sawmill over tho steamer, using the Ell.
gines as motive power for the mill,
While the mill answers the purpose Of d
boat house.
Flatlering 1sstimony.-T -Thos. Bend.
ing once vel! known PreaeheFln rim ssor' Mor
'gia and Florida, has Joined the Nor
mons. Whereupon, the Atlanta lntell-
igencer says; "Those of to whom the
ex Reverend is familiar name, will
look for stirring times when he gets to
Salt Lake and if the Latter Day Saints
don't find under his teaching that even
poligamy may be- run into til e soil, we
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