Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-04-07
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1t is said that the Quakers in oul
country are rapidly guing throug II thu
process Of absorption by other denom
inations. cr M.
The Mormonites are very active il
Wales in spreading their Doctrines
Among the cnliers and miners Of the
hill districts Of South Wales, the Pecu
liar .enels Of this sect find favor, and Q
large number of these have recently
Joined the ranks.
B BY the late act of Congress, the
salary Of tue Chief Justice of the Su'
preme Court of tho United States has
been raised to S6,5OO per annnm, and
the salaries Of the associate Justices to
$4,000 per annum. 4-.ti
" The new dome Of the Capitol
for which 100000 were appropriated,
will increase the present altitude Of that
,edifce to 26O feet,-or only fifteen feel
less than that Of the spire Of Trinity
Church, New York.
Three men were smothered to death
in Touring mill, in Seymour, West
Canada, few days ago. They were
at work on lower floor, when the floor
above gave way, letting down about
5000 bushels of grain. A horrid death
indeed.
A destitute family in Hsgerstown,
Nd. to whom an order was given, last
week, upon store f,r the necessalies
Of life. by relief committee Of tha,
town, headed its list Of wants with three
pints efvAiskey.
Religion in San Francisco.-1n the
San Francisco Evening News we find
notices for religious services on the
Sabbath, at seventeen different places OF
worship. This looks well for the future
morality ofthe commercial metropolis
Of Golden State. ssa
A valuable slave Of Mr.. Henry Me-
Cauley, ran away to Pennsylvania, some
two months ago, and no effort was made
for his recovery. A few days ag" how
ever, he voluntarily returned home, hay.
ing become satisfied that freed"m in
PENNSYLVANIA is not what it is said to
be.
Mr.. Thomas Hickey. q member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church III
lone Valley, Cal. has given ten acres OF
ground ON which 10 erect first-class
seminary for the people of that region;
and Rev. Messrs. Minis and Fish, as a
committee, are collecting funds with
which to erect the buildings.
Tho salaries paid to Baptist pastors
inMassachussI,s, are said to average s372
among 90 pastors III Berkshi'e, ab"u,
$500, 10 Hampton. $3.50 in Essex, aud
in Plymouth $500. In other counties
no average is stated; individual cases
cited show incomes ringing from 81 800
10 $4,000. .a
A BUSINESS MANA comitseicial
gentleman recently arrived at Niagara
Falls Just before midnight. He imme.
dia,ely bought a glnbe lantern, and
crossed to Gaat Island, examined the
cataruct. aud in thirty-seven minutes
had finished up the great American
wonder, and was once more on his way
to Albany.
Tie Legislative Assembly Of Utah,
met Mt Salt Lake City on the llth of
December Gov. Young in his mes
sage delivered at the opening of the
session, calls on the people to Improve
the present time of peace and prosper
ity to complete their deisnces, as they
know not what hour their enjoyment Of
quiet may be broken" nr
Gov, PoLLocE Of Pa. has appointed
Hon. TuoMAs S. BELL, of Chester Coun.
~. formerly n Judge on the Supreme
I5sncl) to be President Judge of tho
s2l district, composed of tho counties
nf Monroe, Pike, Wayne, and Carbon,
This appointment is to I'LL the vacancy
nccasioned by the resignation ofJames
NJ. Porter.
The uppoiormcn, Of Judge BELL in
,,;s ,oom i in accordence with the u.
nauimous request of the hnr Of the dis
trir,. He hus always been Democrat
l,ibnrtO
A1uy Oil Srmon.-Rsv. Dr.. Cook
orLynu, gave his people, US a" alter al,
noon discourse, on Sunday, Jan. 2l, a
sermon which was preached "nthe same
,lny of,ho same month in i655-j"st
200 years befoIo-bet"re the same So
cisty, by Rev. Thomas Cobbett, VIII"
was then its puslor. The Lynn News
says: ri, is supposed that but few re,
eoruizel tho Sermon, from having heard
i, when it was f,st deliyered,'