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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26
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The following 'aFaressed 10 the
ipostmasterof BaPpea'S III 'ne
Post ofthat city "A
Posr tDEpARTMENr,
APPOINTMENT, April'l4, 1855,
Sir: In auswt ur inquiry in re.
ference to the b privilege, Of
pos,masters. &d authorized by the
Postmaster Genstat
l. The,frankI legeis not chang:
ed by the new a ast % y, 80, 80 Ma' en-,
1856. Ofcour frsons entitled 10
this privilege Hes passage ~ Tue
late law still ri any postmaster
whose campelsr Tue las sl piece.
ing fiscal year exceed s, sSoo eau
send through lllet'ets %''''en !,
,.b;msslf IN ba,e business, free
of postage; TIL tot each :, Ietteftllo.
to exceed slial lancr' ne caR'los
receive iree ~ printed matter Of
auy k;nI. NM addressed to his
vii. mn a m, slemb4r of his fam
ily. nor can letters to editors
or r publishers ling Inoney in pay
/ ment ofsubsdr
9. The piiyilege Of postmas'
Ter, whnse y.l4npensation excerd'
$500 is restrj sending 'l anu rece Wv
ing free, seri mnlanlesll'''' mc, reg !:
ting exclusiy Per : m business " VI .ne.
offices, or Of ohee Dpertmen !.
The penalty wv vio'a'ion OF ia" i
this pariiculsYo.
l,bp;,I< ,c,icable in all case
to determine posstmastefs are el
! titled 10 lreceltirpriyate cnmmuni
!, ea,;ous free) Ssscriipt letter addres
4 sed n :, M, should uot,be detail
ed in ',he nSittice, for the reaso'
that The I'D III is prepaid, exctE
3. ,sa. .vl,6s that the pos
mas,sr adiyss mot entitled to re
cs;vs his 1rjlet,ers free. AND
Iet,ers Ia 5osmas,er are known
! relate exelJo;o .pos, Office business
being 90 sdb ibed, they should b
mailed frso 80. ..s..-,
a, Any be,,er receiving a lett
J free wb;sb have been charge
with postd|l bound by his oath
!. Office q al himself with such pos
aye il Nj 5unt with the depat
ment.
/ s, pos,;6siare required torept
TO the deptat all violations Oh :
frankiug prse. 80 . ).
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olation at'iallals, provides "that
postmastd ,sistant postmaster sh
act as agsnl lottery offices, "r. un'
any colorI. ,chase, erolherwisa We
latte, aud thu, "np possmas
shall red sse Of pos,age. or fra
lottery sd,,, circulars, Of tickets.
Thsref,ls, such lot.ery schemes,
cnlar. Il lis add, essed either I
oyo.lmas 1 assistant postmaster, m
hsrreaitsF kcluded from the mail
lam, Elfally, your ohedient s $
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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26
stIArl,,est at Newt Orleans.

Ja.. k.tI.i the colored barber. who VIII,
Il was Hell, ribbed man named
Field jfI4O0, al Dunkirk, N va
j few wJsbgo, by administering chic
roform}se shaving hin, and was ".
rested New Orleans on the the oh
inst. the following curious CIR.
cnm,tI The ChiefofPolice, while
sitting h, room where a n,,m'sr ct
pic|hcharac,ers were Temporarily
condn deserved good loai1 hun. 60, col
cred r|sses alr i,, spst,aelss He Gu,
,srsd I.eo,r,,y,ersatinn with. and he be-
lisvinI Chief to be ap,isoner, s"o 't
asked kjifhe had any "bogns'smo
The 1isune says:
ar sbisfa at once ,wigged the kind
Of cpI IN he had to deal with, ans wer'
sdIh1 sihad none at present, having
..sbsy A aIl he had. The stranger
Then hsd TO know if he could get
,,,,,. >ns,wanted il badly to go t0thf
r ~ ss, To this the Chief replied
, ,ss, IA M. know, and appearing t.
he has ! r, shy asked the other ifhe va
90. 70 ross,r meaning a thief. TIL ts
later sslisd that he was dead" an'
The Oil, having minated that he W., wa
Il;n thesoe line Of business, aud equal
IiiivsI1 sseontileuce was a, once estat
llishsd sdthe conversation proceede
enthusiastically. sss
IN MI I, I. J, a. observed that hs ha
h.an iS,. M. : shor, time aud was d.
ose. 4; III ,;.,lar "lay.n but was read
Gu. 9" ~ s,'vs s,.S The Chief skilfully lie
ta y, aa.,,rina thieves slang vii
~" !. 1, . l,,,cb skilll as the mula,to hin
!. s ssi. MI latter stated that he knew!
4 u i saa's -fnnIIArH.lHCOu
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

British Progress. The Americans
must allow that We stump them. They.
indeed have aiparty Of Know Nothings,
but We have Q whole parliament Of Do
Nothings, who do nothing bocausethcy
know not what to dc.-Loaa. Paneh,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26
is announced
"A 1erse! a horse! my Kingdom ;or

a fo7Se
If King Richard had searched his
skingaom" through he would not pro
baby have found such d horse as our
worthy Chief Burgess, DIR. ISAAC sooTT
has lately brought to this place from
Tennessee, for the purposeof improv-
ing the stock Of Old Monongalia and
its surroundings. He is . beautiful full
dark bay, as near perfection in IN syymetry
as may be, and Of great sprightliness,
although they call him Sleepy J'ohn.'
Or. Scott deserves great credit for in
PRODUCING SO fine an animal among US,
and farmers and oil others fond Of good
horses should avail themselves Of the
opportunity to improve their stock.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

n5 The opening Of the Pittsburgh
and Connellsyille Railroad, from West
Newton to Layton, was publicly cele-
brated on the 18th inst. Its suppos'
ed that this important improvement
will DO completed to Connellsville BY
the first Of August. i' lit5af
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

Hard Times IN Arkansas.-They
have decidedly gl@my times in Arkan.
sas. The little Rock Gazette ofthe 9th
.ult.ssys: XII N
"Th.re is not, in Little Rock, bar.
rel offlour, a bushel ofmeal. or apound
ofc,,tfee orsugar for sale. Flourwould
20 oifreadilly here at $l6a barrel, and
corn meal at So a bushel, sugar and cof-
fee would sell for any price. There is
the greatest scarcity Of every article o.
provisions or family groceries. We do
not know what our people will do.
The Arkansas river, i.appears, has
nearly dried up, aud the Gazette urges
the merchants tofit up wagons and send
out To the country aud other towns fol
supplies. .44 89t
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

Exchange Bank Of Weston.-The
Herald says: The following named
gentlemen constitute the Board Of Di-
rectors Of the Exchange Bank in this
place for the ensuing year, viz: iona
than N. Bennett, Lewis MAXWELL Chas.
.. Moore, Minter Bailey, John Bran 2
non, Thos. S. Wood. y VIM. =. Arnold.
The Board met this morning and elect
cd j. NJ. Bennett President, by aunan'
imous vote. ( .sil5f s.. 5i3
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

Z A letter from Lake Superior gives an
account ofagreat whirlwind that passed
ioyerthe Saulte on the l7thiult. Three
STEAMBOATS, we're greatly damaged and
driven ashore and about sevrnty-five
dwellings. warehouses and barns either
destroyed orsreatly injured. n
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

In Mason county, Va, the Court has
again refused 10 grant ilicensesto sell
ardent spirits. The vote was u to- =,
Last year the majority against license
was ono only Truly this p is an 2 aged
progress. 4
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

place on Saturday the 18th INST, in IN
which 6s5 squirrels were brought in,
and served up in various ways to about
100 persons. Thcsupper was spiced
with political speeches.
Extract Of letter to the Editor, dated
Morning San, Louisa co. losca,
s5 3i.is April 80, 1856. 8
To IL. Edit,rs Of the Monongalia Mirror. h I'd
Dear Sir:-I promised to write to
you on my arrival here, but it has been
out Of my power to redeem that prom
Use until now. 1landedin Iowa in Just
one week from the time I left me Old
Dominion, without any thing Detailing
me,of q serious natm.fe. / would just
say that it is .! pity this country is not
generally letter known in your section
oftse country, as I am very well satis-
fed if your farmers could see all the
advantages Of this rich and fertile coun-
try, over the Northwestern portion Of
Virginia, nothing would induce themto
remain there We have here every
variety Of soil, and if you could see 1.-THE
vast amount fwheat which is produ-
ced here, you would suppose you were
jim the Egypt Of America. By theway
our farmers are reaping q rich harvest
from short cropsin the East. Wheat
lis selling at $3.50 per bushel, which
pays very well here. Corn is 30 cts,
Oats 90 cts, all rather on the decline.
The climate is fully equal to Virginia,
and as far as my observation has ex-
tended, it is a great deal more healthy,
II have been living here about 8 months
in a country nearly as thickly settled
as Monongalia county, and there 1bas ,
not been, tony knowledge, one case Of
fever; but we have an occasional case
Of ague. The crop of wheat looks
more promising than ] have ever seen
in my life this time Of the year. Our
farmers are planting their corn, and,by
the bye, they do plant corn in this
icountry-ffrom soto 100lacres each
and one man can cultivate so acres
with more ease than he can 5 in your
country. The water here is splendid,
cool and refreshing. Iwould write at
greater length, but / will wait awhile:
liz you see proper, and think what l
have written worthy Of q place your
excellent paper, you arc at liberty to
publish it. F4s
Yours truly, The BLAcKsMlTH.
,*[We shall be glad to hear from the
Blacksmith, whenever he can find it
convenient to write. Wc would sug-
gest to him, however, very respectful
|ly, that it would seem to be "a pity
that all our farmers should become SO
captiyated with Iowa, as to leave the
Old Dominion u. a body. There are 9
few who will probably abide where they
are . while longer, preferring plough
handle shakes among the stumps and
rocks, to which they are accustomed, te
ag1e shakes and mosqueto bloodlettiag.
(which they may be subjected, semi.
occasionally, in the swamps Of Iowa
Eds. 1lWron -FleHi hgFsis
'1Na 90 !. ". %. -. -..-.- =. Z, i
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

! Tho Pos,nmas.er at New Orleans has
been arrested and held to bail in the
sum Of $4,000. ON the charge ofpur.
.loiu;rg a letter containing $500
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

y HHIII IIs ~ - ) e
ee5- Is there any enactment in the
Code Of Virginia to prevent or punish
indecent exposures inspublic places &
IA few mornings since, We saw about .
dozen vell-grown boys, in o St: tt. Of
nudity, exercising themselves in the
creek, Just back Of the Academy nthis
place, and very near the public high
way. "A LADY passing at the time
seemed to hape escaped their notice
altogether. All parents and md teachers
should labor to correct this gross i'm :
propriety. isqsA
~ III IL IL
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

asr The Western Va. Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Churcl will
meet in Wheeling, on tho s0sh'f this
month.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-26

sqairvel Runt.-We learn from the
Weston Herald that . squirrel hunton
Murphy's Creek, in Lewis county, took
place on Saturday the 18th inst, in
which 6S5 squirrels were brought in,
and served up in various ways to about
100 persons. Tho supper was spiced
with political speeches.
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The jug without a bottom.

On the bridge that crossed the Grand
Rapids we met hale old man and his
wife, with eleven sons, seven daughters,
and thirty seven grandchildren, with nu-
merous horses, carts, wagons, oxen, COWS,
calves, sheep, and furniture of antiquated
appearance; among which were to be seen
cradles for babies, cradles for grain, spin
ning-wheels, pots and kettles, and almost
everything requisite for a settlement, such
as fifty blood relations will make in the
grand rivercountry. After the train stop
ped, we made some inquiries, and asked
the old gentleman what use he made of a
bottomless jug, which was carefully stow
ed away among his domestic equipments,
and received the following reply:
"Why, sir, 1 am man of many years,
and have worked other peoples land all
my days, and paid from four to nine bush
els of wheat per acre a year for doing it
and have all the time used a jug with the
bottom in it, by which all my profits have
been wasted, and was sick of feeding
landlord and rumseller-so I sent seven
of my boys to Mexico to fight for their
country. They all came back safe, and
bought seven sections of land, that please
God will be mine without rent And
now that jug you see there shall hold al
the whisky and rum that will he used in my
whole family while l control them. Ole
General Taylor told my son John that
| Jug without bottom is the best kind o
jug to put liquor in and ] believe it."
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Miscellaneous.
How to Educate a Man of Busi-
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hcSSs
In the education of business man, it
must never be forgotten that his future
life will be a life of action, and not of
study. Great care must, therefore, he
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1t has been said that at least one fourth
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too sensitive to two-thirds of the balance
have some defect that would seriously
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course of preparatory education, at
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charge of an instructor, who teac' S as
much by conversation as by a pre- cribed
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viction. and for which repeated sacrifices
have been made. Al ability to commu-
nicate varied and practical knowledge by
conversation is qualification that espe-
cially fits man to be teacher, it should
not be overlooked in the selection of one.
--FreedYy'S Treaties on Business.
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