Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-19

destroyed, IN some places snos 9utse
away, and IN others SO damaged as to
be mere piles Of black earth from which
The remnants Of white sand bags peep
out here and there. The second tier
is also much knocked about and one or
two Of the guns silent, and the slopes
Of the earthworks much damaged
Still this portion is good and seryicea-i
Bic, and some 80 or 40pieces Of ordtE 4.
nance in position in it maintained ahot E
ca.nnonade. The upper tier Of about
3Oiguns wasialmost uninjured. TWAS
into this upper tier that the Frenels
last night threw their bomb-shellss
which Of course must have caused much
damage inside the parapet, but but as yet
there is noreduction Gifts fire.
One faceofthe Barrack Battery, which
adioins the Flagstaff, had been hithard
by the. French, but was still firing
The other two sides Of it were almost
.unscathed, ana seemed evento be max
ing head against o French battery on
our left, and part Of our left attack:
Next to this came the Garden Battery.
much yesterday, but from
Its position in rear Of the other works, :
tie Russians have been able to repair
Il easily, aud this morning it was again
Hin active operation. The Reaan, the
eniemy's piece de resistance, lregret,to
saw, shows but little tokens Of injury.
IT was still firing thirty or forty guns
o minute. The NIalakoff Tower-the
key Of the wholeposition, the POM, on.
which formerly the enemy appeared to
concentrate oil the yigor Of their de- DE-
3fensive energies-was silent. Twas
undoubtedly much injured; and halt the
guns ofithe semicircular battery gone,
but still very, very far from being 'lr1-
.ttenable orincapable of formidable cpI
position. It's two lfanking batteries
mounting each some 10 Or 10 guns,
Were untouched. Tho Mamelon was
very much injured. aItsparapets were
. mere loose piles Of earth, and the fro
! of our imortars played sodircct into
Tits centre, that the enemy can only re-
4 tain tidy an immense sacrifceof life
\ ItIwas impossible to judge Of the state
aofthe enemy's works eyondthe Nam.
] elen exceptby their fire, which was IN
4 cessant, and appeared far to. oyerpower
! 1.-THE French batteries opposed to them
/ onithe,I nkermann heights; WV
4 1mpoRrANr MpnovEMENr.-Mr.G Geo.
HUTCHINSON, an ingenious citizen Of
Allegheny City, has invented new
sHbrake for railway cars, which promises
Ito save much Of the human life and 9!
railway machinery annually destroyed
LIiby the collisions SO frequently occurring.
Il The new brake consists, Of an arc of
sIspring steel, nearly surrounding the
wheels, and brought into close contact
wi,h them by means Of the ordinary le-
yer in charge Of the brakesman. The.
maybe placed on the tender orSlo-l
and the brakes SO connected
that those ofawhole train my be sin-
UNANIMOUSLY operated by tie engineers,
4 ei,herbyban steam. Aniinspection
llofhis model covinces usilhat hislinyen-.
s|tion "a patent for which is applied forlt
sIhas many advantages over, the present
mode. It's. Dispatch. 4 4 :, 49, 2'.is
\ On the nigbtIofthe 3diinst. the house,
i Of MraJacob Fees, of Davis county; To-,
llwa, was robbed of ss00.sin the follow
ing manner: The window was raised
and small rolls Of paper saturated8withi
chloroform or opium thrown into the
room, by which the house was filed
! with smoke aud a deep sleep came over
;, all the inmates. The money was be
2 ween,tbe straw and the feather beds 10.
\ which Mr.Fees and .hiswife weresleep.-
sling. Linen cloths, wet with chlorofor6n
! were placed over the faces of the old
! lady and gentleman, aud thus they wore
Il Kept unc6ncions while the money was
!, taken from under them. There were
j Gve personsi'in the house; and all alept
lillian unusually late ehourfin the morn:
!, ing. {, tea ~ salo' sA
Welearn, says the National TnteE
gencer, that the Provincial CounciFof
The Roman Catholic, Church, held last
: week in Baltimore determined upon,he
transfer Of the Right Rev. DR.. McGill,
of Richmond, Va, to the new See Of
r Washington. Bishop aMcGill, we are
y informed, is a native. of Pennsylyania,
i and a convert TO the Roman Catholic 70,
!, ligion. He is ostreputed tohe one
! tofthe most distinguished preachers o!
! that denomination. Thesvery Reverend
y Il. BIC oskeiy, Of Baltimore,i is TO sue,
: !, coed Bishop McGilla at Richmond 4
6 s The examination Postmaster kef.
4 dali ,on the chargeof abstracting money
/ from letters passing through the Post
I office, was iIifprogrsss at latest dates
= The stolen money was attempted to be