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THE MONONGALIA MIRROR. would seem to exact compliance with the established ruin (if promotion in ordinary ca se#; still H can tiaidly be doubted that the giade of promotion by Selection, which is now partially confined to the grade of iiene ral officers, might be somewhat extended with benefit to the public service. Observance of the rule of seniority some times leads, especially in time of peace, to the promotion of officers who, after merito rious and even distinguished service, may Jiavo been rendered by oge or infirmity inca pable of performing active duty, and whose advancement, therefore, would tend to im pair the efficiency of the army. Suitable provision for this class of officers, by the creation of a retired lint, would rem edy the evil, without wounding the just pride of men who, by past services, have established a claim to high consideration. In BL'ain commeiuliui! this measure to the favorable consideration of Congress, I would suggest that the power of placiiuj officer* on the retired list be limited to one year. The practical operation of the measure would thus be tested, and if, after the lapse of j years, there hIioiiM be occasion to renew the provision, it-ran be reproduced with any im provement which experience may dictate. The present organization of the artillery into regiments is liable to obvious objections. The service of artillery is that of butteries, and an orsanization of batteries into a corps of artillery would be more consistent with the nature of their duties. A large part of the troops now called ar tillery are. and have been, on duty a* infant ry ; the discipline between the two arms lie ing merely nominal. This nominal artillery in our service is entirely disproportionate to the whole force, and greater than the wants of the country demand. I therefore com mend the discontinuance of a distinction, which has no foundation in either the arms! used or the character of the service expected j to be performed, In connection with the proposition for tlie increase of tlio army, I Imve presented these suggestions with regard to certain measures of reform, as the compliment of a system, which would produce the happiest results from a pi\en expenditure, and wlvch I hope may attract the early attention, and be deemed worthy ol the approval of Congress. The recommendation of the Secretary nf the Navy, having reference to more ample provisions for the discipline and general im provement in the character of seamen, and for I he re-organiz>ition and gradual increase of the navy, I deem eminently worthy of your favorable consideration. The princi pies which have controlled our policy in re lation to the permunent military force, by sea and land, are sound, consistent with the theory of our system, and should by no means be disregarded. But, limiting the force to the objects particularly set forth in the preceding part of this menage,we should not overlook the present magnitude and prospective extension of our commercial ma rine. nor fail to give duo weight to the fact that besides the two thousand miles of At lantic seaboard, we have nown Pacific coast stretching from Mexico to the British pos sessions on the north, teeming with wealth and enterprise, and demanding the constant presence of ships of war. The augmenta tion of the navy has nut kept pace with the duties properly and profitably unsigned to it in time of peace, and it is inadequate for the large field of its operations, not merely in the present but still more in the progress ivelv increasing exigencies of the wealth and commerce of the United States. 1 cor dially approve of the proposed apprentice system for our national vessels, recommend ed by the Secretary of the Navy. The occurrence,during the last few months of murine disu6iers ol the most tragic nutnre, involving great loss of human life, has pro duced intense emotions of sympathy and sorrow throughout the country. 11 may well be doubted whether all these calamitous e ventsare wholly aiiribulable to the neeessji ry and inevitable dangers of the sea. I'he merchants, marines, and fhip builders of the United States ore, it is true, unsurpassed in far reaching enterprise, skill, intelligence I and courage, by ar.y others in the world.? But, with the increasing amount of out-com- j mercial tonnuge in the aggregate, and the larger size ami improved equipment of the 1 ships now construcied, a deficiency in the j supply of reliable seamen begins to be very j seriously felt. The inconvenience may.per- j haps, be met, in part, by due regulation for the introduction, into our merchant ships, of j indented apprentices; which, while it would j afford useful and eligible occupation to nu merous young men, would have a tendency to raise the character of seamen as a class. And it is deserving of serious reflection, whether it may not be desirable to revise the existing laws for the maintainance of discip line at sea upon which the security of life and property on the ocean must to so great au extent depend. Although much attention has already been given by Congress to tho proper con struction and arrangement of steam vessels, and all passenger ships, still it is believed that the achievements of science and me chanical skill in this direction have not been exhausted. No good reason exists for the marked distinction which appears upon our statutes between the laws for pro tecting life and property at sea, and those for protecting them on lahd. In most of the States severe penalties are provided to punish conductors of trains, engineers and others employed in the transportation of persons by railway, or by steamboats on rivers. Why should not the same principle be applied to acts of insubordination, cow ardice or other misconduct on the part of masters and mariners, producing injury or death to passengers on the high seas, be yond the jurisdiction of any of the States, und where such delinquencies can be reach ed only by the power of Congress ? The \Vhole subject is earnestly commended to your consideration. The Report of the Postmaster General, to which you are referred for many inter esting details in relation to this important and rapidly extending branch of the public service, shows that tho expenditure of tho year ending June 30, 1854, i ncluding $133, 483 of balance to foreign ofiices, amounting ?8,710,907. Tho gross receipts during the same period amounted to 86,955,580; ex hibiting an expenditure over income of $1,755,321, and a diminution of deficiency, us compared with the last year of 8361,756. Tho increase of the revenue of the de partment for tho year ending June 30,1854, over the preceding year, was $970,399. No proportionate increase, however, can be anticipated for the current year, in conse quence of the act of Congress of June 23, 1854, providing for increased compensation to all Postmasters. From these statements it appears that the Post Office Department instead of defraying its expenses according to the design at the time of its creation* is now, and under its existing laws, must con tinue to be to no small extent, a charge upon tho general treasury. Tho cost of mail transportation during the year ending June 30, 1655, exceeds the cost of the pre ceding year by $405/075. 1 ngain call your I attention to the subject of mail transporta tion by ocean steamers, and commend the Unggestion of the Postmaster General to your early attention. During the last fiscal year, 11,070,935 acres of the public lands have been survey ed, and 8,190,017 acres brought into mar ket. The number of acres sold is 7,035,735 I and the amount received therefor89,285,533. I The aggregate amount of lands sold, locat 1 ed under military script and land warrants, selected as swamp lands by States, and by locating under grants for roads, is upwards of twenty-three millionsacres. The increase of lands sold, over the previous year, is about six millions of acres, and the sales during the two first quarters of the current year, present the extraordinary result of five and a half millions sold, exceeding by nearly four millions of acres, the sales of the cor responding quarters of the lust yonr thus increasing toun extent unparallell ed during any liko period in our past history the amount of revenue provided from this source for the Federal Treas ury. The commendable policy of the gov ernment, in relation lo setting a part public domain for those who have serv ed their country in time of war, is illus trated by the fact, that since 1790 no less Ihan thiity millions of acres have been applied to this object. The suggestions, which I submitted in my annual message of last year, in reference to grants of laud in aid of the construction of railways, were less full and explicit than the magnitude of the subject and subsequent developements would seem to render proper and desi rable. Of the soundness of the princi ple then asserted with regard to the lim itation of the power of Congress, I en tertain no doubt; but in its application it is not enough that the value of landt* in a particular locality may be enhanc ed ; that, in fact, a larger amount of money may probably be received, in a given time, for alternate sections, than could liavo been realized for all the sec linns, without the impulse and influence of the proposed improvement. A pru dent proprietor looks beyond limited sections of his domain, beyond present results to tho ultimate effect which a particular line of policy is likely to pro duce upon all his possessions and inter ests. The government, which is trus tee in this matter, for the people of the ?Stains, is bound to take tho same wise and comprehensive view. Prior lo and during the last session of Congress, up wards of thirty millions of acres ot laud were withdrawn from public sale with a view to applications for grants ol this character pending before Congress. A careful roviow of the whole subject led me to direct that all such oiders be ab rogated, and the lands lestored to mar ket; and instructions were immediately given to that effect. The applications at the last session contemplated the con struction of mora than five thousand miles of road, and grants to the amount of nearly twenty millions of acres of thejiublic domain. Even admitting the right on the part of Congress to be un questionable, is it quite clear that the proposed grants would be productive of good, and not evil 1 The different pro jects are confined, for the present, to eleven States of this Union, and one Territory. The reasons assigned for the grants, show that it is proposed II< put the works speedily in process of con slruction. When we reflect, that since the commencement of the construction of railways in the United States, stimu lated us they have been by the lurge div idends realized from the earlier works over tbo great thoroughfares, and be tween the most important points of com tnerco and population, encouraged by State legislation, and pressed forward by the amazing energy of private enter ptize, only seventeen thousand miles have been completed in all the Slates in a quarter of a centurywhen we seethe crippled condition id'many works commenced and prosecuted upon what were deemed lo be sound principles, and sale calculations; when we contem plate the enormous absorption of capi tal withdrawn from the ordinary chan nels of business, the extravagant rates of interest at this moment paid lo con tinue operations, the bankruptcies not merely in money, but in character, and the inevitable effect upon finances gen erally ;?can it be doubted that the ten dency is to run lo excess in this matter? Is it wise to augment this excess by en couraging hopes of sudden wealth ex pected to flow from magnificent schemes dependent upon the action of Congress? Does that spirit, which has produced such results, need to be stimulated or checked ? Is not tho better rule to leave all these works to private enter prise, regulated, and, when expedient, aided-by the co-operation of States?? If constructed by private capital, the stimulent and the check go together, and furnish a salutary restrain against speculative schemes and extravagance. But it is manifest that, with the most effective guards, there is danger of go ing too fast and too far.. We may well pause belore a proposition contemplating a simultaneous movement for the construction of railroads, which in extent, will equal, exclusive ol the great Pacific road and all its branches, nearly one thir.'l of the entire length of such work?, noiv completed, in the United States, and wfnch cannot cost, with equip ments less than .one hundred and fifty mil lion ol dollars. The dangers likely to re sult from combination of interest of this character, can hardly be over estima ted. But independanllj' ofthese considera tions where is the accurate knowledge, the comprehensive intelligence, which shall discriminate benvetn thu relative claims o( these twenty proposed roads, in eleven states ant) one territory? Where will you begin and where end ?? If to enable these companies to execute Iheir proposed works it is necessary that the aid of Government be primarily given the politely will present 8 problem to com prehensive in its bearings, and so iinpoi lanl to our political and social welt-bei'ngas to claim in anticipation, the severest analy sis. Entertaining these views I recur ' with satisfaction to the experience and ac tion of the last sessinn of Congress as fur lushing assurence that the subject will tiot lail to elicit a carelul reexamination and rigid scrutiny. It was my intention to present, on this occasiun, some suggestions regarded inter nal improvements by the general govern ment, which want of time at the close of the last session prevented by submitting to the House of Representatives, with ob jections, to the bill entitled "an act ma-j king appropriations fur the repair preser vation and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under au thority of law;" but the space in this com munication already occupied with other matter of immediate public exigency con strains me to reserve that subject for a special message, yvhich will be transmitted to the two Houses of Congress at an earlv day. The judicial establishment oftheUnited States requires modification and certain in the manner of conducting the legal bus iness ol the Government aie also much needed but as 1 have addressed you upon bothofthese subjects at length before, 1 have only to call your attention to the suggestions then made. My Inrmer recommendations in relution to suitable provision for various objects of deep interest to the inhabitants of the District nl Columbia, are renewed. Many of these objects pnriake largely of their re lation to the prosperity of the only consid erable organized community in the Union entirely unrepresented in Congress. I have thus represented suggestions on such subjects >s appear to me to be of par ticular interest or importance, nnd there lore most worthy of consideration during the short remaining period allotted to the labors of the present Congress. Our forefathers of the thirteen United I Colonies, in acquiring their independence, and in founding the Republic of the United [ States of America, have devolved upon us, their descendants, tho greatest and the most noblo trust ever committed to tho honds of man, impressing upon all, and es pecially such as the public will may have invested, for the time being, with political functions, the most sacred obligations.? We have to maintain inviolate tho great doctrine of the inherent right of popular self-government; to reconcile the largest liberty of the individual citizen, with com plete security of the public order, to tender cheerful obedience to the laws of the land, to unite in enforcing their execution, and to frown indignantly on all combinations to resist them; to harmonize asincere and ar dent devotion to the institutions of religious faith with the most universal religious tol eration ; to preserve tho rights of all by causing each to respect those of the other"; i to carry forward every social improvement ( to the uttermost limit of human perfectibil itv, by the free action of mind, not by tho obtrusive intervention of misapplied force ; to uphold the integrity and guard the limi tations of our organic law; to preserve sa cred from all touch of usurpation, as the very palladium of our political salvation, the reserved powers of the several States and of the people; to cherish, with loyal fealty and devoted affection, this Union, as the only sure foundation on which the hopes of civil liberty rest; to administer govern ment with vigilant integrity and rigid econ omy ; to cultivato peaco' and friendship with foreign nations, and to demand and exact equal justice from all, but to do wrong to none ; to eschew intermeddling with the national policy and domestic re pose of other governments, and to repel it from our own; never shrink from war when the rights and honor of tho country call us 1 to arms, but to cultivate in preference the arts of peace, seek enlargement of the rights of neutrality, and elevate and liberal ize the intercourse of nations; and by such just and honorable means, and such only, whilst exalting the condition of the Repub lic, to assure to it the legitimate influence and tho benign authority of a great example amongst all the powers of Christendom, j Under the solemnity of these convictions, the blessing of Almighty God earnestly in voked to attend upon onr deliberations, and upon all the counsels and acts of the gov ernment, to tho end that with common zeal and common efforts, we may, in humble submission to the Divine will, co-operate for the promotion of the supreme good of these United States. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Wjsiiisgiox, December 4, 185-J. A MODEL STATE. The editor of the Tribune thus glori fies bis native Vermont: Firstly, there is not u public, legalized tippling house in the State. Secondly, ihere are liei [ tlier cities nor soldiers, nor a fort, in the State, though the citizens when called upon are the best soldiers in I lie World. There is not a theatre, circus, ope ra house, public museum, or any other great show shop in the State ; and who ever heard of a Vermont mob 1 There nre railroads, hut no Wall streets.? There aie no seaports, no arrival of im migrants, except the few scattering from Canada, and hence no monstrous cor ruptions ut tho ballot box. There ar# no banks that do not pay what they promise, and no millions spent al the State Treasury to support an army of idle loafers. There is in Vermont a nation of hardy mountaineers; athletic men and hondsome women; a great community of honest, industrious fann ers, cultivating a fruitful soil, and en. joying tlio rewards of peaceful industry. GnoGUEMEs r.v New York.?Rev. Dr. Cheever, of New Yolk, is report ed to have said in a recent address:? " There aro 7010 groggeiiesill this city, 3000 of thefti are open upon the Sab bath. There is a dram shop to every SO of the inhabitants. It costs the city for rum and its fruits one million dollars annually. Four fifths of the committals and arrests, according to the warden's testimony, are from the intemperate.? j There has been an increase of commit tals from year to year. Tho year just ended shows fifty thousand. E7" More than 9>0 persons have renounc ed i'Ojiery in French Canada, and among tlum ate mmj' hopeful conversions to Cor MONONGALIA MIRROR. *..?? *?" w,,r"c *? MORGANTOWN, Va. c >VtmnAYi "?lH -'? ouuivtiEseiHS. jjasjrswa.'ssawa 3aarx? ?? s'i,aw :>* |?, kindly consented to not k "uM. AUVIL, Nc.t?r?me,Barl,onr co? V?. GCRESAP,E?f,K'-e'v?0j'1''C"Q"C0"V which W.e hum to lav before our icdn, toe ?o?d eJ almost every ,l,i?g rlie f"" ""'c"'""1"5' ro^lWb^i'''"ical Compound Al'i l.e^e Cement for mending Chin., Glass a, ' vvaies tins become immensely popula Jhints We have seen it tested to o.r satisfaction, and ??' .!???*? f* J, join, where an article t? mended .. ? h? in Morgantown. C^vejl a tna . LrtMt from BWOPJ. . The Baltimore American o! N ? ' gi?? the following as the latest iiitolligeuco ''al^r'nUhmail Jates o 18tlt in . ^ ore intBre?i. [^^in^rtant^r^S^f r?B^r?fes progressing sow .but ^ A \erel). P . uCgieners aro in tho rorcementv,, bnt ine r;?uect Alt the W,,f ..S^ThSnX ?P by the mail steamers iw emt?lnVed as uans Uri:i5h[Sr"p?[h?"'ii"d ?rn,>-,jt ports tor the irooi &0 Q00 zSgtatttixsts and the Russians |>rep?nn- ? tif * Car: ^T"heLorroV^of the siege Siftad'Sei' | in rHiairC^ IVinre Menfchikntr claims to bavespiKed he English and French guns, and ?hUt a j allied loss was ?l ^ ,oj5 us ,JIM?g very hMvT" A number of their general officers, were killed or wounded. . The news from the Criiwa coniii.nec lo tct unfavorably upon commercial matters ill England. Virginia Democratic ( oijuntion. Richmond, December 3. \ After a stormy session ol three days the Democratic Convention at Staunton have, nominated Hon. Henry A. AVi-e for Govern or, E. W. McCamas for Lt. Governor, uud W. P. Bocock for Attorney Generil. (Qr The Fairmont True Virginian has the following item?: The mail from the East now reaches this place between six and seven o'clock in the : morning, and that from the West between einht and nine o'clock in the evening. There is, besides, an accommodation train running either way ea?h day. Dr. Conuway has purchased the Druu; Store of Dr. Kyster, and will take pleasure1 in suppling the wants of the old patrons of the house, and of the public generally. Death.?The body of "William Mundell, and old citizen of this enmity, was found on Wednesday morning, lying near the railroad track, but without any evidence of having been run over by the cars. An inquest was had over the body. The verdict, we have no'.; but we learn that the impression is that the deceased was knocked down, but not run over, by the car?, and died from want of assistance, Important decision.?Slusher and Duke vs. B. & 0. Railroad Company. Tried in Baltimore last week. The plaintiffs put in charge of the agents of the company a large number of live lings lor Baltimore, which by regular course of train, would have reach ed that city when prices were. good. The hngs were detained at Cumberland more than ten days after the time they should have been transported, for want of cars.? Another complaint was, that, being too much crowded, many died, and others depreciated greatly in value. Verdict for the plaintiflsj for 62,150. Oy We have received the first number of the "Virginia Tclescopc," published at West Columbia, Mason county, Va. by M. Michael for the " UnileU Brethren in Christ"?a reli gious society of modern origin, which has borrowed its name from the Moravians and its creed from the Methodists, with some( sliuht alterations in both. The Telescope is neatly printed, and, if properly sustained, will be of much practical utility to the So ciety by which it is originated. 87" They havo had a remarkable Snow Storm at the North. In some parts of New York State the snow was from 30 to 36 inch es d eep, and so much drifted as to interrupt traveling to a considerable extent. The jury on the Great Western Railway I collision neor Chatham, C. VV., have fouud j Kettle well, engineer, and Twitehell, con ductor of the gravel train, guilty of tnau ' daughter. For (he Monongalia Mirror. Messrs. Editors: In your paper of tlio 2d instant, " Belladonna." lias vainly attempted to con demn Hoinwoputhy; but ih the attempt has acknowledged that Homoeopathy implies u ! law of itself?and that can lie substantiated, j not only by practical results, but by all the loiiihors in Allopathy, from the days of Ga I lun to thu present lime. These " men of science, regular graduate*/' of .whom and {from wiiohi wo hear so much, appear much j a Heeled nnd distil bed at the injinitesshnal 1 doses! Well; I will cite Allopathic author ity, and tee if that will suit their notion* and | reconcile their ideas any better. J suppose ! Ilelladoumi will scarcely acknowledge Sir | Astley Cooper, or at least think his opinion i of moi'e Weight than his 41 men of science, | regular graduate*/' bnt as he is good author j ity on this occasion, we will introduce Ins I name nevertheless. Sir Astley topper (by j Cuttle) Aavs: '? in certain diseases with j which chifdren are afflicted, sometimes in j twenty.four hours after birth, the medicine i should b<! given to the mother, and the child I get it tlno' the medium of the milk.'*' Now jmen of sricuee, rei?ular graduates,sup jfnse you give the mother 10, 15 or 2u grains I Calomel, how much will the child got "thro' ! the medium of the milk"? is not thisiilfini I tessimalizing nnilei liiuli Allopathic autliori j ty '! Surely you have not familiarized your j selves with Sir Astley'* ideas oil this subject I or you would become so fearfnily alarmed, ! and nervously affected, at the mention of in ! flnitessimal doses. ? Again, Wood recommends, in certain af feclious of the stomach, that warm water be ! given as an emetic; and in the same para-1 ! graph says, "a tumbler full of warm water ; sometimes immediately settles a disordered i stomach, without beinir vomited." Is not this 1 infniitessimalizing again "? or may 1 not sum j moil those quick oracles, those extnuirdina 1 rv mathematical and chemical geniu-es,?? j those "men of science, regular graduates/' I who have volunteered to direct the judgment | of an intelligent community, to tell me how ; much in weight and bulk of caloric is con I tained in the tumbler of water, and what j medical properties is therein contained 1? ' what proportion of a grain there is to a grain j of water, if yon please?as you have exhib | ited a penchant for infinitesimal arithmetic I in the charcoal sum of the 2d inst. The<e ! are Nature's attenuations, and yet Belliulon j mi cries u humbug''! vascilfaiing/' &c. I Having given Belladonna, and his scienti j fic associates, these Allopathic infinitessimiil i doses, to digest at their convenience, I will | pass to notice his personal assertions. j Belladonna says I do not deny givin" Mis. | j v- tlec'd, an emetic. I said, in my Inrmer I article It was a fabricated falsehood. I cave I Sirs. ^. nothing of ilie kind. Is this suffi-1 I Cl""'. or,ls llle denial, ns it now stands, uot ] ; sufficiently scientific lo please him > I Another statement was that I gnvconr respectable townsman. Mr. D? half grain powders of morphia. The gentleman said I II his first article that lie could substantiate I the statement by "men of science. regular I ; graduates.- .\o?v if either of the individu-! n's named in Belladonna's article of the 2d ? mst. will make affidavit that J gave our res-: peciable townsman Mr. D. J train powders' Of morphia, I win forfeit ten dollars for il.e benefit of the poor nf Morgan town. Bella-1 char?e iXce'"f<'' ^ '"J Eubstaiitiale tlie j Belladonna, in proving that llomatnpathy ] is being abandoned in our lorge cities East I Slid Nest, points to the sudden downfall of Mom otopathy in Uniuniown ! Hard run for , .But J suppose thai constitute, our law cities East and West in the enlarged capacities of Ids mind, hence his contracted argument to (rack a broad assertion is par (loiiablej in Ins case. I know nothing of the downfall of Horiiaopotliy at Uniontowii. but I (hi know that it Belladonna could have i cited a city East or West where Homtcopn-1 hi has fallen into disrepute, liisfanev would not have folded its ware pinions over the I devoted county seat of Fayette, I'a. 1 Agoiu, Belladonna accuses me of ?iviii" ! Brandy. Well it never was given by me ; only Homttopalbically, neither will it or am thing else as remedial agents in the treat- j mem of disease. Every remedy in ihe ltu.' moiopathtc Materia Medina cuu be "iven ll?.1 muiopaihicolly in all magnitudes in point of' do?e; or at least as large us some adminis tered by those "men of science, regular graduates. Ihe dose dors not constitute Homujupathy, or the law <?f cure: ?<> the reader will perceive that Belladonna lias on- j l.i exhibited his ignorance in attempting to ! I'll igliten "an intelligent community"?tho dose being adopted in the same manner that - Wood recommends, J and j ,rai? doses ?f| Ipecac, and Opium in dysentery,?throu?h practical results, and I inn sure there is no better teacher than experience. Will Bel ludonna, or those " men of science, regular srailnates, give n, she theory upon which' i -r. doses of Opium otid J cr. doses of |?e.1 cac. remove dysentery, Allopathically ? ! I We will ?oW tuUu a peep at Allopathy.- ; , And first, what does it imply? Why the I I (loc.rine of curing diseases by prodncin- in I the put lent aflectlons different trom ihe 'lis-' ( ease under treatment, end in what way doi ; iiT'hTiTTi i ""era|"10 ui'cnm | ? , One has his way, another his? and every practitioner has his own m0Ju, i V"""'11- One says, m Pleurisy lake 111 ox. ot blood,-Helmont rejects bleeding as '? an accursed remedy, because Pleurisy cuied by bleeding often leaves a Consumption Behind it, and that they who use bleeding much do ?Zl ""?'llls <''<"?<>?" He recommends powders of j/0?.< i?ils, whiel, ma.. bl. drank to a drachm at a lime! or goat's lilaoj and other lemedies, such aj ox. calves. Iiu-'s llw'tf 8iur r?l?file salts of in in s blond, and of vipers, crab's eves, etc tT ^ r^T''1^'1 as " ineomparablo hi i i I ,reatl"pn' is laid down by Sydenham, who is until this dav venera ted as one of the founders of Allopathy translated by Wm. Salmon, M. I). K' men or science, regular graduates,''cuu ne believe the report* of slich men as Svile.i hum and others of his time ? If sir, as ridi culous as their treatment may uppear in sa-v ",at ''leuiisy could be successfully treated (villi hog's blood and teeth, stag's tail.,, ,ne?'s blood and of vipers, crab s eyes, etc., the answer might be no, and yet their success was a, good, or even better, than yours, mid Sydenham is quoted in your school as good authority to j the present day. ' | il?J i^1"1 ?f SCIP'ICI!> f<*6"lar grndttatn? " they knew as much about the thetir?'.ei,lic action of ilrues us you da, oiul so J\|ath m s- lfise"t'n1U ""Xe'1- 1nd J"r''ulfl1 mas.- 58 iliHereut artic e?. whiuli h? Should be kept in u g"ltlr-4\o^el for T? ^ thi'in'n I" ? i svstem ! liu art composed -, ,|| ,|1B ? I y V1 ,h"''lb"S lll?> have ever adorn ni inpli'n'i W t',"J ure iulLyyvmvn i.i such n in'.ss as to constitute n grand sit fmP.i'ifc'"il, which is the on Jttln i I,t,,""pl?. throughout all mnv , .rh'V,7,>' re"'l'1r of tlte Mirror may itsceitain, If he will but watch tint ,^Tl " ra!'n,':':? 'eeul1" S'ttdtiale*," and ? Vl" l!l|d 'I"" every practitioner of ,M lopathy has his own system, (and so has ev e-y madam of tlie yurb school)?and thai bleeding, puruirtg, blistering, cupping, &c. is st ieiiiifio treatrtieiit in uli diseases. I3ut J'era 1 mil forcibly reminded of an a':ecd??t&Afamiliur doubtlcts to your readers, wherein a scientific man, perhaps an Allo pathic graduate, was called to see a sick child, lie made the due professional exam ination, hut was troubled to find a name em bodying the symptoms which the child ex j hibited?and you know a name in Allopathy 'is every thing,: if the ?'men of science? j r^u 1 ar"graduates," cannot find a name, they I ifeel authorized from their highfalutiu' ie-J j sources to manufacture for the occasion.)? However, to put all difficulty at re*t, and to I satisfy the parents, he gave them the candid j assurance that he could cure the child, and j that he would at once throw it into fits?lor he was death on fits!'' I But a? I have transcended the space mark-1 eel out for this articla in the outset. 1 \Vill desist from further remarks ut present, and | I await in seli complacency and patience the further progress of Helladonrni and his sci? jMitilir: associates in throwing light on a sub ject of winch thyv are so wofully and wil I lully ignorant. Yours, &c. A. C. MILLER. M. D. faliari of Wool Dealers. ! Wa-hincton, Pa. Nov. SO?M??i? Morgan & Co., extensive woo deal' rs, are re ported to have lailed to-day. La bilities very heavy. ? - ? 4> Dcr.ticin" the Emigrants-?A. story! has been circulated .11 Liverpool and has Seated in Cork a, many additions, that ' the United States 3 giv* 160 acres of land to the chiefoj ..very lamilv arriving at the ports 0 . York and Boston." This ,s founded on Nebraska bill, no doubt. Hieeffec will be astounding; every man who can rais", burrow, or beg three pour'I. ? lino-, will embark lor the United States. When this "hall told tale" reaches AM werp, Ureme.., and Amsterdam, U w I .really increase emigration. 1 hese emi grants have no idea ;d-.hediSlance :.flNe biaska from the Atlantic shore, and the .'runners" i?Ue care not to say anything about H.-.V. y Mirror. ^ Crops fit the Southed.-Recent rams have liken tho curlB out ol tliu Com and wrinkle, out of the faces of ^ Southwestern Virginia; '^orauchth he Abingdon Democrat is disposed tobelwy that (here will be a tolerable crop. 1 r wUI be, he thinks at least fifty percent more of provender made this year than was made last, doleful predictions to the contrary notwithstanding. Of wheat.here is an abundance, a much as there as ast year. The grass whs never h-tter lto? this season, while las. year there was comparatively none. Mowing Machine. Mr. Jno. .^c!?,*e has introduced on his farm a Mowine Mi chine from the Foundry ol Coopei S* to.. Fairmont. It is said to do very nea jo* ! and that an ace ol grass can be cut at an exuenso of about la cenis. 1 his be n8 the case; there is a saving ot money in the us* of these Machines.? Weston Jler aid. tcr The Puritan Recorder says that out of the nine hundred convicts in the State lnson nt Auburn, X. V., only forty-seven |la been in a Sabbath School, and out of U ?t number only seventeen had bee,, tegular scholai*. Two ions of powder exploded urtlie l)r> ing House of Jacob Johnson, Mon.gmnerj , Countv. IV, on Monday morn,nf Nov. -0, , killing Henry Whitley and J?smh, his son., THE MARKETS. MORGAJiTOWN, IVc. if. VLOUR?Sellsat S6.0U per barrel. WHEAT l&O cents per bushel COUN-62 oats?in ? ? POTATOES?l"n ? " , llirrrER?Fresh roll! to rent*. TALLOW?12 cents per lb. PITTSBURG MARKETS. ? Tuesday, Decetnher I. ShonUefopeilb. i Dots, lit depot. 56,M ,loll. Molasses, ill barrels, -o els. Ier b BALTIMORE MARKET?.t)ec FLOUR?SS 10 S8 124 ^^AKdalUOca White 'S&irn' ne? while, -old at -6-7 els., new yellow at SO. Old wlnte corn brought <3aS0 L'Sugar, 30 hhds. P""? S5.60'-20 lihds. New Oileans, 85.31. 1 Cloverseed. SB.MaG.&O per bushel. Tim othy seed, 83,28a3,50. Tobacco market. Inferior to common i Maryland 85.50ii6 ; good common to mi.t 1 a!'," '46.21.6,75; and S .ocl .0 line brown, 37?6D. Ohio tobacco is scarce, selllil,. ?M 60 for gieen ami inferior; sound anrnmnu " uood red S0.25n8; red and ycl'im S| ?n?led, SO.OUaS: and fine yellow Sfal!>. rnXTACIOVS WffJSKS.-We believe it U an c?tahliihcd lac* .11 tncdiciae lhat " ?? "uea"? "? W contrae1 .a ulill. tho Wood '? * J?" and hcallhy ..ate." In order In secure ?o do" rable an t.oject, m recnnftneml to <>"r '?"j? 1 tho .1.0 of Cai.te.-s Spaki.ii 'which . gene ally acknowledged to Hi" "J"1 ?*?" al [.ariher ol the Wood ' ,,X oki!v cure., hat i< puitlyely tho only '?| 1 which can be depended on a. a P?"n?" 1'j rtjiidctnic or contagiou* disease*. i It momo nr. vkivkmally mows?for it i? ntricth use?that Indlgdatlun' i? itie parent uf a'red nronortioii of the fcul dihinnni. Dnon- j fern Auffii, cholera inorbn.; liver coir.piaint,, tln.l mauv olhcr iliiea.aa enonieiatod in the city I inaj-cctor-. .coklv calalnnue ?"??tl?'^'"dv'i" ??>"<! 'jy ffiVr T$r tm di.or-1 Arch itrcet. WMiavo.tned ?he?o titlerifanii E , ihoy are excellent for the dl.eart. i;?]r,eiahave^y'MMW,.?M CV, ???. ' m' ^ r - ??JMX Ori Thursday the SOih ult., by Rev. Aiby Pool, Mr. Michael Shectz 10 Miss Mam ma Dcsx, all of Hununjjaliacuuuly. On the lBlh of ftbvfihber, by Elder C. Keye*, Mr. Harrison Go'oinrtfi atid Mim MaAoa'ret lliiDt:nsoN'|Ull of Tujlorcuuftty. On the 22d of November, by llie snni<>| Mr. I'KKnr Ilii.i.VAiifi nwl Mi<? CatIiarisa Brown, all of Tuylnr county. , Oil ihu 231 of November, by Ibr mrtir, Mr. Mar'siiau Wisf.mak ntid JliwllmitA Mason, til ol Taylor couuly. JA On illh ja'rim ilny. by Ihu Mine, Mr/JASII* I'. Kenton (ii Jliss Sarah Davidson, clmigli tor of Eld. J. Oaudion, ail of Tayiorcn'y. V. Oil llie Cfllli of Oi'tobpr, by the Rev. A.J. Garrelt, Mr. Isaac X. Cox. nf Gilnv r coun ty, lo Miss Saiscfia S.viOEii, of Harrison county. ?FA.VCl' I'JtlNl'I.N0. We ha,xre supplied ourselves with all the materials necessity for doing luncv work? such ns Gold and Silver lironze, Red. Blue ?ncj Green Ink?fine "lazed Paper of vaiious lines, &?., and wo have the requisite skill and experinnco !(> use them to advantage ? Order* for fancy Labels, &o. will be prompt ly atteuded to. At Public Sale, ON MONDAY OF PKCEMUKK COURT, in front of the Court House in Morgantown, a House anil Lot of 10 Acre?, two and a half miles from Town on the road to Ice's Ferry. It is a ?ood pr'opery, well worthy ! of attention. Call arid see ii fur vouwlvesj I J T. BEALL. Decembers, 1854.?ts. SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. PURSUANT with the provisions of o de cree of the Circuit Court of Preston county, rendered on the 26th day of August, ISM;"in the cause wheiin H. & ? M. lUuatis aie complainants, and Thomas McGee and others are defendants, I slmli, on the 2d Monday of January, 1So5, it being Court day, at. llie front door of tlio. Court-house in Kiiigwood, sell a Tract ??f Laud Iy iiin near Independence, known ** the Land acquired by the defendant, Th?>n is McGee, from his father, William MeGrn. dee'd., and desigtirttbd oil the plat of ihn Commissioners who divided said Lands a* No. 4 and containing 101 acres. Slid L?nd will be sold on a credit of fi, 13, and *1.$ months, the purchaser executing bond anil , security, with interest from the day of salo. For description of paid Land .reference ift made to the record. The title is said to be good, but selling tis Commissioner, I will | make only such title a* is vested in me by i virtue of the decree aforesaid. JOHN A. DILLE, Nov. 30. 1554.-ts. Commissioner. j TWENTY DOLLARS liEWAKD, i! Will be jinid for such informaiion a? ivill I enable me In prosecute am! colifict ? lie per sons who (lust night) brokn dowii my plunk fence nml pnte. ami placed lite mateiiuls n. crow the turnpike mad Ka?i of Mnrsantmvn; Cec. 1. ISM. JOHN ROGERS; "TOW i from the big \vi\hoav. "VI7"^ aro now receiving our secondsupply of IT Kali Good?, consisting of elegant plniii and dress Silks; all wool Cuslimores and Delitinrs; Trench and tliibet Merinos, beautitb! styles'Mou# j lin de LaincK? plaid Coburgs; Alpnca ahd Mohair I Lustres} together with Kibbbns, Hosiery, Shawl* j i Cloaks, Ginghams, Embroideries, Flouncing, I.n | ccs, Edgings, &c., See., to all of which Ave woul.l j respectfully invite the attention of purchaser*, j .Nov. 18, 18151. CARRj HANWAY k CO. ~T(TM?BR?Mr]l .MEMBER OF TUB American institute of IfomiBopalliy; Practitioner of sietUcinc, Surgery, Ac> Oliice oil Court Alley, irumodiutelv Sou til of ihrt OAlft-lluUSP, JTioryuiitowu. i'a. July 3. 185*1. ALFRED II. DARBOOl;, .Utorhcy at lidtr, Morgan town, Vii.", Will attftnd -tlie Courts-of Motiou|uliii;. 1 Marion and Preston countTes^ Office on Public Square, in Laptr't Building* December 1, 1$54. 5oj Ore Diggers, ^ WANTED ill j'ri.lrvale Iron Works, Ic s Ferrv. M"liunj?lia county, Vu., Oic Diggers and Minor*. Good w ayes gi'vfeVl. , Apply at I lie works. Dec. I, 1851. M'uod Choppers. Nan'.eil. "It or I>0 W.mH Choppers, at llin Pridevnle Iron Works, Mnnongalia county, "a. The highest price paid. Apply at ttia works. Dec. 1,1S54. "J bo NOT BE IDLE. "vrOUNt; MEN out of employment may find n! JL pleasant and profitable business iu the cir culation of an in o of the most useful and quick selling publications issued. Persons without cnpitnl will havo to get a friend to bo responsi ble fur thojr lioncstjjr The canvasser need taktf no risk whatever in the ?;ock lit disposes of. EDWARD Ii. FLETCHEJl, Publisl.tr, v 117 Nassau st., New York. Nor. 2.?, 1834.. mess is 4t MrolCAL cardT-' * . Ml. THOMAS 0UIVIV, , [^ving returned from Waynosbnrg^whern tin liis been acutely eii|.. jod io the practice of hi* profession, tor the hut three mc?uth?, once mora I respectfully tenders his professional services ti? the citizens of Morgan fbwn nml it* vftinitv. j ID" lteaidfnee ou Spruce street, opposite Dr. Do?ey's. THOSVDUNN; j Morgantowo,- November ?8,1854. Tojtill't'o, r?l),1cC0! ! 0?r stock is nbw good and chuap. J Cahk, Hanwat & Co. I November f8, JS5-1 jlV. <>. Sugar, I Jurit recMived ami for sale.by Nu*. 4, ISM. C H k Co. j,.. Fill'*, HI'S. victbr.fiM sail Culft, liiriilu .it Mm Big Wlntof. |?n. Cm; Ha.nway St Co. Mpo?emfc?r IS, IKM. w. s. 'haten^ Bookseller, Stationer, i'rtnUtk DlKJk BINDER, anil tfkil.r in e???jr dti*n? t.on ol PAl'Iilt.?C;ru?r of iurit? Vul SecnoM Mrfciti, l*ittiibiir{|h, Ha. Jnly iS. ^uwuwvvr\?>/vOw^Oiii?<vvv? IE-It ii Hill that nioto than two liiim-.tn.l homes III England weredBsoUiaU |,y J|^ Jn, ?(H-titiUs I'toloji'! at Alirjti.