Monongalia mirror. [volume], January 24, 1852, Image 2

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Washington city (iltvnyt a | l ire of in
terval) 1 point ill ilt? lute n| tra> .( U.
I'veou !tij East ami thk* West, which n
tin miles Inm Alexandria, we thill have
i\ continuous railroad (except I lie ?i\
mill1*) ol 3.?l> miles lo the head ol ?tt*nni
lio.it navigation on the Kanawha, or-J4S
milt** lo Uuyanilotto, and thence by the
h.-st river navigation lo Cincinnati Hi-;*,
making 1>0S unlet to tlint city. The t!i?
Unce Irom Biltiinoreto ItyktTslmrg hi
railroad, i? 434 mile*, anil thence by the
river lo Cincinnati, about 2S7, malting
6'JI; but by a continuous railroad thru"
the State nl Ohio, it i? estimated in
round numbers at 600. Thus from Par
kerslittrg to Baltimore by railroad, we
have a distance of +01- tnilfi, while from
Loup creek shoals on the Central route,
we ah ill lave 3tiS mil. t to Washington;
thence to Uilliuiore 49, making 406 by
this route-a difference ol two nelei.
Parkerfhurg anil Loup cri ck shoals be
ing each-aliolit 87 miles from theinoulli
of the <reat Kanawha, the rail-road*
terminating at these points will ei.jny
equal ad tallages in ttie water commu
nication. But if the traveler on the
Uiltimor-* rattle wishes to visit Wash
ington, the distance from Parkeriliurg
b.v the relay wil' be 423 miles, being 22
miles more than by the Central Virginia
route from I. nip ere tit sli 'ale. So, like
wise, I run (iii_vanil.il!.' to Washington,
the distance on the Central route will
he I 'ss than by Paik'Tshnri and Relay,
by .V'out OS mile", and less lo Balti
more hv a iout 43. A Itir competition
will therefore exist npnn these lines lor
the Northern travel to and Iroin all pla
ces beljtv the mouth of Hie great Ka
nawha.
If Virginia will enter upon the execu
tion ni the improvements ju>t mention
ed with proper energy, Kentucky will
doiibtlrst meet them by a continuation
of the railroad Irom Louisville by Frank
fort to the S'ate line. Louisville is a
boot 133 miles below Cincinnati, and
yet it is believed that a lailroad from
thence to Uuyandotte would hardly ex
ceed 230 miles, making the whole dis
tance to the city of Washington about
703 miles, and Inrminga line not much
i ,f. rior to that projected from Baltimore
by Park'rshurg and Cincinnati, to St.
L.inis. The importance of this road
cann.'i he overlooked by Kentucky; and
passing near Portsmouth, the terminus
of the Ohio State canal Irom Lake Erie
54 miles below Guyandotte, a connec
tion ivilhthat as well as oilier important
paints will be made. In truth, this will
lorm a base line lor an entire tyati m of
railroads and other improvements in
Kentucky. The rich products ol that
State, as well as the vast tr .de liibutary
lo the navigation ol the Upper Missis
sippi and Ohio, seeking an Eastern mar
ket, will find an entire water line (with
the exception or ISO miba in the moun
tains) to the.Chesapeake bay in addition
to a succession of railroads from the
Great Falls of the Ohio. There will be
open?d to the millions of enterprizing
and intelligent beings spread over the
great Valley of the West, a double line
ol communication to the Chesapeake,
suited both to light and heavy trans|ior
tation, and in a climate entir-ly agreea
ble to the gp-at ma<s of travelers. If,
therefore, immediate sue ens shall not
lollow the comnlrlion nf th-se worts, it
will be lor waiil of >uflicient capital or
enterprise in our cities to command the
business; and should such cames exist,
the works here as elsewhere will soon
remedy it.
Upon the subject ol a remunerating
revenue front the improvements pivpns
ed to he constructed as above recom
mended, and the capacity of the rail
road across the mountains for performing
the service) nece??arv to rnn.itmml the
heavy transportation,we u av with great
confidence ief. r to the results ol the op.
eratioos npin III1* Baltimore and Ot-io
railroad during th- last fiscal year.
These r -sults have been reduced to the
tallowing simple terms, to wil:
The whole number ol miles
run was 1,885,083
The whole amount ol rev
ruue received was 1,319,222 i5
The whole expenses, re
pair*, ftc., were 695,919 20
Leaving for nelt profit, ?653,303 55 J
Th- cost on cucii mile run, wa.?, there-'
fir--, ?fi| 15 centa. The tonnage cor- j
rim! was equal to +4.3liti,3#9 tonsmuv-i
t il one mil '. The revenue received fur!
Iliii service was $9 JO, 127, Iwinit equal j
to a dure- nftw.. cuts per ton peri
mile. The piw-iig-rs earried were e-'
qiul to 19,510,528 p-rsoiu transported
one mile. The turn received lor the!
service, M as $3)5.561,42, being ah->ul
three (ml one.tliird cents each per n.ile.
The compensation lor mail service u as
about 81,23"). The company divided
seven per ce.it. oil a capital ol ?7,531,
'ZOO, which b'ing applied to the exten- j
fjen ol the work, was payable in cer
tificates of stock. Willi results Jik- J
th"<" upon a main stem ol 170 miles
coding in the gorges ol the Alb-ghany,'
an I a lew tributaries In-low the it.mut
.iin, what may ?'i* not expect from th-.
fPje improvements proposed! If we {
cool the fact that this enterprising |
freig'hV has recently reduced the
mountain01' to ?2 per ton from the
rear 291) rt. <'<le water, a ui.lance of!
m their op.-M ?n,l S',nT?l result*
or! which we d"< " "C'l'li"!! "I"
. itimat-s lor onr',:',.v r,,|.v in
we inav leel sati.L" ''"Provem-.it?,!
from C.'if on lore- to ,,h.at * "''mad
answer the purpose lor'ii8 r'l"! w '"j
signed, aid that hv coro.h '5 l!'"
connections proposed a mnst a'"* ,tl'*
enue iniv he derive:! tn ih? St'!.** '"'"I
(.Veiled statement from the volui, ^
reports npan th- railroad and ran?ifi"j
y-w Y"rk, Pennsylvania and Ohi?.
w in Id but confirm in substance \v|"t
has been already prevented.
The Virginia (tnd Tennessee railroad
i> 0 wv.k . Jc?r sf'b- Srs: Imporia- cp('
' '? ,.i-.ifuii.nl n(iJ in it,
i ?(.iifri.il tu'Jrnij.; I earnestly trc.
i iwni'it.l ilijl in. on* b?* providfil'for its
;' .' ., 1?! on ii, tin. shotted time coinpat.
I " with public interest. The iniiwr.
IJIIC.- Ill l>m llillfr the Tennessee Ii,,'. ot
." I'iuhly nIi
'".it' d. I In' determination ul impiove
limits hi ill,' Southern Siatesto Una tine
"".v I"'"'1, "I10" the promptness ami
eiietjjy "illi W|||( u!. iimji execute
?hi,Mv"!.?.. ?|HMI
? hi?;f, 111" gr.\ii work I,J, been Iin j. r.
I'1 1" Kilo.\V|||?t ,|||,| !limine |,| J |,a|.
tannoja, Wesbail find imnrovmciitj cm
,r"" tail, III,. Willi
. anil the Sunili, ruiitribuiifg l-tlie valtn.
" he coiiiniun s".,ra, mj||joni
ol people hove turned (heir mind# with
anxiety towards Virginia, hrr liospila
ble towns ami ample harbors, ("r a jj4.
j position of their products and a supply
Jof merchandize. Rut, if m> ,a{ lo
Hu m, ?V?- filial! not coine," th.y'will
al.andon in and turn the streams ol'lheir
rich commerce into oilier channels.
Situated ai that country it?jth shallow
and sinuuiis rivers tinvviirs: into the Jli>.
, lissippi, Hi/. Gnu of ,Mexico and the
Atlantic ocean, a wide range ol selec- J
!lion for attificial lines ol transportion
| is offered to the inhabitants; nor have
they misunderstood or neglnted their
true interests. Already lines of rail
| road from Charleston and .savannah
I In re penetrated the Valley ol Tennes
see to Chattanooga, while'olhers froml
Memphis and Mobile are in progress ofl
construction to the same region of conn*:
try.-Littledoubt is nou' entirtained I
'hut when \ irgmn executes hrr part a '
j cunjiletef.v.t^rn ,,f railroad connections
will |.e , fP-ct. il between the Chesapeake !
."<! the Missislippi,
| the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic
j ocean at the points mentioned. The
|"'."i'' "'ait! in in Virginia, as a
medium ol I ravel, transportation uf the
| mails, live slock, merchandize and Ilea
I vy produce, can hardly be ov? rrattd bv
iour people, nor should we spare any
proper means to avail ourselves of the
I incalculable benefiits and the ample re.
sources which may he derived from this
j sr. at work. The James riverar.d Kan
hawa company, with 146 miles ofca
ml from Lyncliturjjh to Richmond, and
, the Soiithside, and the Richmond and
Danville railroad companies, will <le
, rive incalculable benefits from il. The
j distance both from Richmond and Pe
I lershuig to Lynchburg, by railroad, will
be about 115 and Irom thence to
Tennesse line 20+, making a c.ntinu
i ous line (r im tidewater ol 319 mj|M
j in our own Stile,
; The Richmond and Danville railroad
is a work which, it seen s to me, should
b- placed, in regard to the m.-ans of
completion, in the first class. It passes
"bout 150 miles through one ofthe most
productive portions of our own Stale
and penetrate! Xorth Carolina at a poir.i'
Irorn which a lar-e trade will be at
tNttid to our commercial towns. It
cannot tail to command a large portion
"title travel and mail service between
'he Western portions ol North and
South Carolina and the site ol the fed
eral government and other cities of Ihe
North Willi these advantages, we may
W'ell anticipate a enumerating revruue
jailer it shall have been completed,
j The Simthsiile railroad should like
I wise be completed with as little delay
" practicable. J| forms a most impor
tant link in connecting the main stem
ol Ihe Virginia and Tennessee raid
with I lie tillewaterceiiiitry, and without
which Ihe travel and transportation of
Hie mail to and from the South-western
Stales on Ihe main line will be seriously
interrupted.
After the Richmond and Danville
anil the Snuthside railronds thall liavc
been completed, il it not ini]?roliabl?
tliut I he (nitiiic interest may require a
mail Irom Richmond to for,:" point on
York river cr the Bay, ami one Irom
Prtmhurf; to connect with.Portsmouth
| and Nor'oik. But 1 do lint fril juslifi. d
j in rrcoinir "tiding the immediate con
struclioo of these improvements, while
>o much remain undone upoa the lines
penetralins Ilie mountains to unlock
thos? rich treasures so much more nerd
rd to invfeorate the commercial enter
prises ol the towns rr.rr.tior.fd,
The Not if. western railioail from Parkers
buru tu Tygrtt'f Valley river, (formui; in
d-ed a secnun of thc'mniu tic:u of the
JM'.imore and Obi" railnad.) as a local
improvement, ? n?t lew uiipoitant to
.Northwestern Virginia than any road I
have mentioned is to any other section
of lire Slate, (.'ircunulrancet connec
ted with enterprises recently project
rd, as well as the intrinsic merit of this
work,- make it peculiarly proper that
Virginia should hold ovt r it a contlol
luiir influence. Itsirnpoilance inn na
tional point of view h is been sufficient
ly nolictd in comparing the great line
to which it belongs with the central
improvement! recommended. It iscon- j
lidnitly believed, if not certainly a?cer-|
tained, that the capital can and will he '
secured Irom abroad I or Ihe completion j
ul tins read; hut it is of the first consid
eration, not only to the State at large,
but to the citizt'im ol the Northwest, {
thai so far as the governmental or pro- j
prirtorv control is concerned it should i
emanate Irom Virginia,and not from an.
.itller State.
This road in the handaof Virsn't. wi I j
eoi ?i11ire 11 lever, which, in future tim*
may e.\eii n controlling influence ovei i
ilie whole Hue, end be the means rf j". , |
Iri lillR the interest of .1 lary |h*r>ion ol
Extern as well as Western V:rxiui?; an.t
I I linelore respectfully surges! Ilie lulop.
tion of such measures as will seeure to!
this Slate end her citiyeat ihe future con.
trul of litis, division of Iha line.
Alieaily we hove a.s?'.rinee> 'n ti e ?|
enition i f the inaill llrm, of ihe profits j
which may ledi lieed from such ho invest ;
niPiti, The ei'ijferis ol the ?|:ite hr.ve a
'lit lo iris iolerpotiliiin in older t" pin- j
iheni f:'tn ili? ???'i iflce of lUir it,.
!"P til that competition winch is iretr- j
,1 * piwepu Baltimore and other citlrt
* N r-.h fcr :h? b.-i'.-eis ?! the e:uii.!
liy be\?>n<l the Oho. The section ulV>i
clnla travorurd by the Baltimore and Ohi
Northwestern ri?t!ii*u<l.? Is on- of thu must
entirpritiiiK and prospermia m th?* State.
un?! will in future coutributo very largely
to tho common treasuiy. Justice, ilifre
lore. no Ii-ps tluin duly, impoM* the obli
gation to | r?'\iilo <lit4|?r?
to our eit j?*u?ol ihe Nortl.wrst.
The Manama'* g?p rail toad, exten-lin'j
toward* Harr'nti nbnrir in 'I*** Vnlhty. will
probably require tAme furhei aid for it*
loinpleliuii to the. polii' contemplated.
The citi/<tn? of Hamilton county have
recently suggested the prupri ly of con.
Miuctli'f'tt tnunch from Miasb.irfj M I'ad
dytown fur the pur| off of connecting w:lli
ihe Baltimore and Ohio mad, ami thereb>
uniting Northwestern Viryioia by railroad
w ith tin' Valley and the citie* fit A'exun
drin and Richin?Mid. The .iiggcitlou is
worthy i f consideration.
The sjstcm of improvements which I
have the honor tu submit to the cmisider* j
[ uiion <>f jour lu moral le bod), ha? Ueu in
much huste, and, I frar, imperfectly,. pre ;
!pared; and uhilu entire originality is net |
c'aimed eithei tor the s)>tein or the point.* j
(of view in which it nioy have bean l re-1
[ fcntul, I nm tuic it will recciro that wise
aud rail lot it* deliberation for which the
Legislature of Virginia has been to highly
disttuguUhed. That the execution uf th'
woik will reqti're a cousiderabie pecuniary
responsibility i* manifest. But that it i.?
our duty, by a judieioi.s system. ateadih
and enetgeiieally to press these grand lea-l
ing lines throu.'h to completion ?! as earl*
a day a* a prudent aud proper tegnrd for
the 'finances of the Stain will justify, the
melancholy decline of our relative power
in the confederacy, ihe prostration ot our
uutlo with foreign nations, ami our entire
dependence upon Stales inimierd to our in
leres'.s and institutions. winw. Kiiraralleled
success in commeree, wealth nml political
power i< due to a timely execution of like
improvement*, but too clearly pro\c.-r
Large is may appear the ?r?-a of the plat
bclorc lis, it will ii"t requ:re more means
to constiuct ihe. gieat Irarae work of the
| system than ha." been expended upon a
i ??.i!gle railroad in New Yuk. Ley* th;in
j has been expended on a line ol 103 miles
in Fennsyl*-in:n will eomp'etn ihe whole
; system! Why then should Virginia levig
er deny whut inevitable necessity requires
to he done ?
I Intimately connected with this subject
. !s li t quesii"i? ??f a ?IIrrcl trade between
out ow ii aint f? reign ports. Th* ^eulo^i
jcal position of V>rgin.a.a? well as h?-r ex
1 rrt!f ill haibot*. capacious stieumsai
| er i.ntmail advantages,could not fnil lose
[ core 10 her, ami inci.!eu??dly to the whole
i South, the benefit c.f such u trade, il out
capitalis's ami the energies of our people
' wire suffici ntly arous* cl upon th*?ubject
Pck*c#?"iij:a?*h . ilo? *. aiivmtUg>'SM.r|*jfs
ed by none, nud perhaps the b*i?t harbor*
1 i!|H'ii thr Atlantic- co*-!. i? i* *tmnt;e that
hn rnu ri rising son* ?hmild Imve ?..
' nrglcctcd thi'ir improvement. ami have
| petminto tli? tra?fc* to mow writ less,
whilst c tie* lar.-ei that* any in our S ate
htvo spring up at o:her points pcsiesring
1 tar Iff* natural advantages ihau our*, ami
through v h di our trade ia n?vr almost cm
1 lirely carried on. k is gratify ing.hovvev or,
to see thai icwt of our people aroused by
?.ther evening causes. are awaking to the
importunee "I the subject. ami I be:! leave
| to transm t herewith a report uia?n this
? subject made by a committee of the "Vir
ginia Commercial Contention*' to ihat bo
I civ at itf leeeiit meeting hekl i" thia cltv,
and ask for il ycur mo.-t favnab'.e consid
' eration.
When we consider the immense trade
' ihat will b^ brought to tut ?horea from the
\\*st ami Southwest upon the completion
! of the several grand lines of improvement
i.nvv in progiess. the necesait) "f* i?udy
Mini hmvewent outlet ami the important ..
of a dirert tiade with the Bniouean an '
! ether foreign port- cannot tail to ftri!.?
the most i'A?unl ot-eiver. And lhmi*:h
! perhaps aotind policy would dictate that
it should he left in individual eiiterpriv
to carry ihepojeet into practical opnetioii.
I cannot lot* strongly u?ge up? n the leg*
laturf the adoption uinl steady "baeivawr
n| such a policy: a* will incidentally <>i oth
eiwise encourage such of our oitiier.s a*
may feel disposed to i mbaik in the enter
..rise. leaving it to your wisdom and pru
dence. to devise such measures as ateb'St
culi nlated to effect th a deairatl" object
Suth a eoniae i? suggested no less by the
true iuieres's of Virginia than by the un
. due preponderance the N"iih lias acquired
! iu tbts line-tlie aeroing* of the pa*t ami
i the possible contingencies of the lutliri*.
I' Since the adjournment ?.f the last l.egis
. lafure nothing has irinsp ird particulirl.
calculated to distUih oui Jederal relation*.
The excitement giow ins ou* cl ??i unwai -
' ran table and imeoue'.i utionai iuterfcrcnoc
by lb* ventre 1 go\einni< ut with the sub
ject of divert lia? paitijlly subsided, anil
it U to bo h'iped that the ugituliou of ties
oub'?ct will l.cieafter be avoided-:!nt
! t! e' nitless spiiit of ftnatioiam which
kindled the fl r,;c v. i 1 be duronntenaucc I.
and peace and quiet restored to ti t public
tnind. if iu thi? puti .otic and reaionable
ex pec* at ion we shall he disappointed, th#
nio^t serious apprebensioiia msv well be
eutertninetl for the safety nf the Union,
v.hieh haa ju-t passed through a difliculi
ami momentous cii?is.
Tiie ceri?*a ol iawt passed during the last
Cnujrress, denominatid the "Crimprnmise,''
werr uocqntl and unjust to the Smith, and
constituted ju?t cau?e ot eomplaifit. But
recarditm them uu a full ami final settle.
nipjif ef ihat <!aii^orou$aml vexed question,
i t* I in that li^ht only.) the Southern
i?i i-.cs very generally manifest a willing*
nesa toacquiesce; uoibi cauae of their jus
fee or equality, but lor the sake of that
Utdon, to irniiitain which, whil** under
..ml controlled by the unite* tomtit ut ion.
i verv patriot would .'pledge hi* foituue.
hit life. Hi d h s -acied honor hut which
without the constitution. IS Worthless, an I
deserves not the veneration of any. H i?
le tine that th?M? jirov Fiona eflect a settle
nient of th?? ?|ne*ti?n. be it : it ts what
we want. To iel us ami it alone is all we
l??ve ever contended lor : and any efT?rt
o te open 'he wound or renew discussion
upon the Mibjn t should be fiowned upon
l?v ?*veiv patriot.
Whilst, therefore, a proper regard for
ae|f?tesnect nnd the respect nf the nation.
a? well aa patriotism a ml lauicy, d.c.ate
that Virginia sho.i'd inH-iiblv man.tain
tlx* p?'B tioti ?ho has heretofore taken upon
ilii* question, let n? do so calin'y nti 1 with
as I.tile upi'atiou us p?.?-ible. Il the l.nt
for the rendition of lugiiive slaves, whieh
htii provides the means for lite evrci*
of a rifiht s? cured to ua bv au exprwpro
vision of the federal roraiitution. an I the
only one of the s?-rie* caleulated to b? ae
p??pt?V . or beneficial to the South, should
'if mad- .< <1* a I letter upon th.? ctutute
b?wik. either by open ie?!?t mee or by e*a
*i*?? leitishition or r?i|.e devices which
fli.-l! mevent its faithful execution in ll?e
nfni-ilavekolding States, cr should Con
i;rr?? rey'-il er materially me lify i's pre
\isi'iii*, tin* '-M htptt tutcriu'iup l by tlir
South fur that justice ac.tl protection guar
anteed tnh%?r by the written compact un 1
der which she entered into the Union will
b.t lost. TinMiuh tho ppiut m which this
law has been recfiveu in the Ni'rtborn
Stiitm, ia well fnli*ntnt?*it to excite our
apprehensions, y?t it in to be hoped
hut those who huvv it in their power to
avert no yfrut a cnlatittty to us, to them
selves and to the world, will nee the abyss
upon which we stand, and stay a policy,
which, if pernUted in, most precipitate
is* into irretrievable ruin.
I cannot close without availing myself
of this opportunity to cull your ntleiilion '
to thone u??*at political landmarks which |
have and nhould ever characterize the for-1
e gn p<>l cv of thin government. Surioimd. j
. ?v. circumstance* everywhere admonish i
un that tUr.4t- ur.i revolutionary timer. Tht |
patent event# pb'HU# before un indicate an
approaching crisi? in the political uflitir* |
oj nil Kur-'penn nation*, nnd I deem this |
a tit oocttM'.iu when we should be a.lmon- >
i-hrd to religiously obnerve the American I
doctrine of u nnj':.intervention," and the |
avoiding of all ' entangling alliances,"
fir.?t lao?ht tin by the .. lather of I.is conn
try," nnd followed by thine patriotic stutrs
in' n who inccceded n in. until ii has been ,
i '-'tardrd as the fettled policy ol this gov..
| rrnment.
I again beg loav.* m congratulate you,
gentlemen, upon the favorable auspices!
under vhehyou have ssnembled to com-!
mence the honorable and responsible du
ties incident to jour firnt ffFsion under the 1
new constitution. Contrasting our pros-,
petocs ai;d happy ct nditiou with that of:
many oth<*r Sutton, both foreign and do- '
mc?tic, there in much to call forth expres
sions of our piofonud ciatitude to a wise ;
and kind Providence, whose superintend,
.nj; care lias been so peculiarly extended
u\ei us, und H i.aiion.
JOS. JOHNSON.
RICHMOND, Jan. 12. 1S62.
The Xtw French Constitution.-A
Paris correspondent ol the Commercial
Advertiser, writing under date ol the
l!)th uit., says:-"The new constitution
to be "granted" by the president alter
his election is a'riailv shadowed loith.
According to wi ll informed paities, it
is likely to be as follows:
A Council of State to be named by
the President. A Senate of eighty
members-loity-one to be named by
the President, and thirty-nine by the
Councils General, from a list ol candi-,
d?t'a made out by the President.
A Legislative Chamber of two hun-,
dred and filly. Each commune is to
name an elector by universal suffrage.
The number of tiii-se electors will be
86,000. They are then to name 500
representatives. From this list ol 500
the President will select 250, who are
to lorm the Chamber.
The President to be elected lor ten
years, with the title ol Regent of the
Republic. He shall he responsible un
less the communal electors shall, three
times consecutively, return a body of
representatives out ol whom the Presi
dent shall be unable to select a Cham
ber in his favor, when, if they refuse
the budget he is to n lire.
The press to be tree-but not to call
in question "religion." the "rights cf
property," or the existing social organ
ization.
Mr. Weed, Editor of the Albany
Journal, now in France, says, in Ins
| last letter:
"The success ol Louis Napoleon's de
I monstration will, in defiance ol the
! maxim ri.li back the wheels of revolu
tion. It n ill put out the (ires and crush
Hie spirit ol Freedom all over Europe.
There is no hope fir Switzerland or
Sardinia, and less than none lor Hunga
ry. The people of Prussia, Belgium,
\c., who obtained instalments ol Liber
ty irnm their monarch! will, or may
be required to yield them back."
The accounts from France, through
private hands, show that the usurpa
tion ol Louis Napoleon was founded on
one ol the most cruel ami wanton mas
-arres ol innocent people. Thousands
were shot dawn without the slightest
provocation or excuse, not only in Par
is but in the Provinces. Surelv there
will come a day of retribution lor such
awful crimes.
The five million Texas stock was
paid at the Treasury Department, to
day, to the agent ol the Statcol Texas.
I telegraphed toynu some time since,
that Lord Palinestuti had disavowed the
outrage on the Prometheus, and I now
learn from excellent authority that
there is every reason to believe, had ;
not Lord I'.ilmeston retired from the
ministry, all the difficulty would have
been amicably adjusted in a few days.
His resignation of course delayed ihe
action of the government, but there is,
as yet, no cause lor doubt but that the
British government will adopt the
views so promptly expressed by the
late Foreign Secretary.
Tite preparation of census returns!
.-mpioy* one hundred and thirty-five1
rlerks, whose labors are so severe that I
several have been lorced to leave their'
situations. The Department is desirous
to lav before Congress, at an early pe
riod in the session, as much at practica
ble ol the prepared returns, embracing,
in addition to the population returns, t
and the apportionment of members ol j
Congress ir. Ihe several Stall f, ond other
return* of interest, statistics of the cot
Inn, woolen and iron manufacturers.
It is supposed the whole will snake;
three Inlio volumes, the size of Ihe
American Archives.
The honor ol Being Mayor is practi-1
caily estimated in Boston, at $2500. j
Mr. Brimmer stales hit expenses, lor
the year, in that office, to have betn
$5000, and the salary is but the half ofi
that sum.
The Philosopher's Stone-Tty ai,
you J#.-JoHS UiXDOI.fH
Monongalia Mirror,
" l'rmat where m run, and censure
where we mint."
MOR"g\NTO>VN, Va.
8nturdnj'....Jniiii!ti7 21. >854.
EASTKKN A(IKXCyT~
rrr Mr. c. i'ii:uci:,No. 40, s?mh Third tt..
riiil nlpljttiia, ia one of uur moil obliging and
attentive Agcntl.
F.. \V. CAHIt, Third at'cet, oppMiic the Ki
change, Philadelphia, i< *l?o our Agent lor that
City.
W'M.THOMPSON, at the Nov 1 paper Ajtvu-v
S. B. comer of Baltimore ami I'aNert streets,
it our Agent for Baltimore.
OTHER AGENTS.
It. M. ADVIL, Nuttorvillc. Barbour eo., Va.
J.CALDWKLt., P. M. Kuijwooil, I'reaton
eounty, Va.
IC7T We lav lu'lore our readeis, this
week, IIik first Message of I lie first Gov
..rnor of Virginia ever electeil by ihe
people. It will, of course, be rut! with
interest, and bit regarded as 1 good, plain
common-sense document.
It?" A member of the Legislature of
Puinaylcania, lias ordered a copy ol
tho Altituoit to be sent to hit address
during the session. Hi is a good Dem
ocrat, a Christian, and a man of sense.
The first is proved by his election,with
out opposition-the second, by the
whole tenor ol his life-and the third,
by his subscribing lor the Monon/talia
Mirror. We put his name on our list
with great pleasure, and hnpe to have a
line from him occasionally when any
thing interesting occurs at the Capitol
ol the Keystone State.
II the members of our own State Leg
islature were equally discriminating in
Ihe choiceof papers, we should have a
large package to send to Kichmond this
Winter.
WIXTEB IX EARNEST.
X?" THE IVEATHCB, as every onf in
this latitude knows, has been colli, vrrv
cold,? lew *1.'vi past. The thermome
ters in town, on Tuesday morning, va
ried from 12 |0 18 d^.^/orcero-nnd
at Mr. Jacob Miller's, in lliis countv, it
was down to 23 degrees!
The Brownsville Free Press of Wed
nesday, says, <. the thermometer stood
.I H deg. below zero yesterday morn
ing; the coldest day we have had in
Brownsville, since 1S35.
The Pitts' urg DespiUh says-" On
Monday night the temperature was 15
deg. below xeru,-it 9 o'clock Tues
day morning 9 deg., and at noon 1 deg.
above zero.
At St. Louis, January 20, at seven
o'clock, a. M., the thermometer stood 6
j degrees below zero.
New YORK, Jan. 20.-Last night was
the coldest weather we have had lor
some years. This morning (lie river
was hard and fast to Brooklyn, and hun
dreds ol persons crossed on the ice
About ten o'clock the tide rose, and the
ice broke in all directions, and two or
three hundred pernors were carried a
Way on the floating cakes. The most
painful rxcitement prevailed among the
persons assembled on shore; and as the
alarm spread, hundreds flocked down to
the river, and rendered every assistance
j in their power. It is (eared a number
have perished. Many females were
?een on the ice, and it is douttful that
Ihey escaped.
Sr. Loci*, Jan. 20-The weather
here this morning was six degrees be
low zero.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 20.-The weather
last night was the coldest ever known
here. The thermometer stood 5 deg.
below zero. The harbor is closed. j
IheTharmometer, on Monday night I
at Xapoleon was IS deg. below z-ro;
at Cleveland 13; at Ashtabula 15; Tole-'
do 20; at Sandusky 12; at Chicago 21:
at Buffalo 13; and at Detroit 13.
Virginia Election-Official. |
The Legislature of Virginia proceed-'
ed, on the 15th ins!., to count the vote'
of the Slate, at the recent election, with
the following result:
For Johnson, (Gov.) f.5,527
Summers, 57,040
Johnson's majority, 8,4S7
For Leake, (Lieut. Gov.) 64,46*4
53,2t>8
L-ake's majority, 9,196
Some of the counties are not includ.
ed in the above; the Legislature refus
ing to wail longer lor them,'and dedar-j
ed the result as above. Completing the J
vote fiom unofficial sources, Johnson'sj
majority is S,332, and Leake's 9,041- j
(he aggregate vole for governor b>in?1
about 123,000.
Thr Stale of Virginia.
The Legislature of Virginia melalRieh
mm.l and ?as duly organized on Monday.
OSCAR M. CacTCHrin.o was elecie.lSpeak,
er of the lloure of Delesales. and Gcoasr
W. Mi'.trouo, Claik. HCXRVST.GCOHOI:
Teem was sleeted Secretary of the Sen.
ate.
The Message of Governor JOBHSOX, which
was laid before tht Legislature the sams
Hav. will be found in ihi* piper.
J'or the Monongalia Mirror.
Mr. EDITOR-l*n?f. Lmi^hrnn's not in* of
Waync?burg College, publislioil in th?t
Inst "Mirror,M bap revived in my niintl a
project which 1 have smiielm^* enter*
mined in relation to the Fkmaic Ac.ipfmy
in this villace; and wing what Waynes.,
burs ha* done, give* me greater assurance j
n( wh.it Moraantown "nil it* vicinity can (
ilo, if the proper effortswere made.
The age of indiflerence to Hemalfl cdn- j
c.ition hen, I trust, forever \*s*ed away. j
Every riphi-mioded otnl Christlun parent j
an in mil desires tli? intellectual culture of j
hi* dough ter, o? of his son. Nor hhouh!,
this de*ir?i be confined to the be^in ol
parent* only It shotiM animate me pn-1
triotic statesman; for it is now admitted |
(tint the chatacier of the citizen, botli j
mental ami moral, depends, to a large rx. i
ten', upon maternal influence uul tuition.
Hut it i? nol my intention to inflict upon
your readers. an essay on female educa
tion. I wish merely to solicit tlioir at
tention to the propriety of enlarging tlie
means of instruction in our midst.
Some twenty yeats ago, when th<? pop.
| ulalion of our village was small, a build
; ing of small dimensions was erccted for
!a female Seminary. Since that time n
j dwelling-house has been built, connected
i with th* Seminary, for the use of the
j Principal. Population has increased, so
| that nrithor in size, nor fitness, or comfort
is the eld building adapted to the present
1 wants of the community. It ought to be
| torn dov.ii, and a new and more com mo
tiiou* i rid erected iu its stead. Can this
be done 1
I understand that the Trustees of the
.' Morgan town Female Academy" have
funds invested amounting to S3,iU0 00.
The proceeds of this investment aw at pre
sent appropriated, as part of the salary of
the Principal of the Academy. This lias
been necrsjary in o.drr to procure a teach
er of adequate qualifications, Perhaps wiih
a tatter building, and more extensive ac
commodations for entertaining \oung la
dies n* boarders, the Principal might de
rive peater pecuniary advantage, than lie
does from the proceeds of this investment.
A'ao a p-vrt, at least, of th;s investment
might U- ; plied to the conatructhn of a
new bui.ii ng-say 61200-leaving invest
ed osnu interest-bearing fund SI700,equal
to an annual iuterest of $100, sill! to con
stitute a part of the Principals salary.
Thus we procure ?1200
Ut four individuals each sub
scribe $200 bOO
Let 0 more each subscribe 6100 G00
Let 6 more each subscribe $50 300
L?t 10 moie enrh subscribe $20 200
Let 10 more each subscribe 610 100
Let 20 more each subscribe $5 1O0
Value of the <1J building, 200
83500
Tim? we make ihe lum of three thousand
ond fire hundred dollars; which 11nppote1
would be sufficient to erect ? building,'
: containing ample Academical apartments, I
together with several dorut.'.ories for
boarders.
I Hariiq thus shown how the thing ran i
be done, 1 propound the question-ought \l \
to be June ? What would be the advan
tages ?
1. A flourishing Femal? Seminary would
exvt a refining an I salutary influence on
j the manners and ninials of our community.
2. It would enable uur t iljrrs to I'll 11-.
cate their daughters at home, instead of
sending them abroad Invoiut-the teach of
parental iitpcrvision and control, and this
is uo small advantage.
3. It would enable many to give t?
, their diughteis a good education at home,
who have tint the means of siting them
< am at ult abroad.
| 4. Moreover, thTseducattoiiof those who
' do not desire an cxteuJed course, would
! be of a better character, as far as il may j
| extend.
0. The comfort and health of out chit- j
dren demand more commodious and airy
apartments, than are coniriucd in the pres
eut building. A largo school crowded in
; to two small rooms, as is at preseut neces
sarily the cose, is abominable.
6. The pecuniary advantages to eur
community of such an institution, would I
be considerable-especially to parent* who!
have daughters to rd'jcatc. Fot instance:!
! Suppose out cititane were to send away to
, distant board ng-schools ten of their daugh
ter*. The expense of each child would j
bo at least f 250 annually. Now, the ex
ptr.se at hone would not exceed 100 dol- i
lars, each. Thus those parents by having |
a good School at home would save annu
ally for each child ISO dollars, or 81500 j
annually in ult; and our community at
Urge, instead of sending away the sum of!
2500 dollars to benefit othei communities1
would retain it in their midst. Besides a 1
nourishing school would bring young la-.
dies liom abroad. Fu'f. Lougltran says
there ate already some SO students in his
iustitution fioiii the country. Suppose tha
Morgantnwn Female Academy were to
attract en eipial number of young ladies
l'r?iu tile adjacent counties, what would
bo the pecuniary effect ? Each of these
j ouug ladies would annually expend in our
midst 200 duliuis for boarding clothing
and tuition-making a total annual ex
penditure amongst our leschers,merchants,
millets, buu'her?,s|]0e-in.iktri, grain grow-;
ers, milliners, kc. kc. of ten thousand dol
lars. To our community such an annual
expenditure would bo if no small import
ance.
7. Whilst neighboring eount'ci and
towns are "going ahead1' in malting turn
pikes, tail-roadi, and other enterpriet cal
culated to piomote iheir wealth anil wel j
fare, il behooves old Monnng tlia and Mor
gantown, to da loise-h'nj to maintain
integrity.
0.1'- UiJ. iii.il com'.! atir. " j,j
mentioned in this ominortifin. Morian.
Imvn l.i ii ilt'sir.ihl.t location (V-r ^ piruajp
Seminary. I: ig prorcrhi.-itly-Kf* ? ijy
iMixens are proverbially moinl. ;>,.||2joni
iilllilftiri! j r. l Mi.in:,!,?.
vines in the f,?ur ?ia hmbjio.
nan. Baptist, Moth. Piotestiiul. r, ]
Churi Ji, would Cecuinmo.litio t!jc -1 i"(Vu?
pretcreicoa i.f ? gical majority of
tents and guardians, who would p.r;0,.' '
the school. Th<? wmiUof the own.- ,,,1,,
demand tho establishment ?.f n fi, '
institution of ihu kind; fur, j? f,. 'j
liiuw, llirrn in not, in any of ihs
counties, o hijjli school exclusively
. I lu female instruction. Such a ?cl,orj*
Uirrcforo.woulil lu?v? no rompctiiion.anj
would he lihctally supported. And
present endowment, buildings, r.pparnti,,
&c. i.t the Mnrganlowu Xomule Academy'
limited rsthey are, w.JJ sent, nevcrlh?.
I lew, a. a crnvrnient and advantageous
Parting point.
j And now, Mr, Editor, can't von Mir up
| the people's "pure minds" on (fi cutjVctl
, Can't yon convince them tliat it it ihPlr
| interest socially, civilly, politically, men
j 'ally, morally, religiously, physically, pa.
; fcntallr, ami pecuniarily, to b-.iild a new
a .d commodicus Female Academy '
T.
For tht Monongalia .Vi'i ror.
Mr. Siegfried-] send for publication
the following proceedings of the Mouon.
Kal-a Temperance Society, knowing that
you arc an atdeut friend of thoeaust
; ?*d believing that yen will wish plea,.
J [?? give it an insertion in your paper
In connection with thesu proct-cJin^s is
presented, inacondensed foim, the Liquor
I.aw ,,f Mortis, which you will perceive i.
i10 te 1,18 'abject of discussion at the next
monthly meeting. at which t'mo a gene
. ral altci.dance may be expected, as :1m
j ? o?? of importune*, and cat.
.rulated to intCKst, dee,];, th, rriemli of
Temperance.
ilonongalfa Tempprance Sccicty.
i AT a meeting of the Monongalia Tern
peiance Society, held at Morgantown,
| January 2), 1S52, the annual election of
j the officers of said Society, fur theensuin
jyenr, was held; aud thereupon I., s"
Horon. ,v" r|ec,ed I'.cridcnt;
EVAXS Footr, \ ice President, and Hc.%ST
IE- -WTO, Esq., Secretary, sad the saino
.^Mnsgen continue.l.
j After the ordinary business of said So
?" "?n?cted, thu following WM.
mtion was proposed by E. C. Wilson.
1 . 'or "le eousideraileii of said Socie-v
>t us next monthly meeting:
Reso/cw, That this Sooie" y ,rpror, of
the Liquor Law of ,ho suie of Maine,
favor.b ? ."* tu tho
ifS,rt'unof,hs
-'That iht provisions of saidljw in *
condensed form, together with the pro
ceedings of th? meeting b? furnished for
publication. Society adjourned to meet
on the third Toe-day in February next, ?:
ill# Methodist E|itfCO|*l church.
The Malno liquor Law. f
Section I.-No iwrro;. -V.a.l atony lima
manufacture tn Kit by Unwell, ln? dent,
ur atjent, directly or uid;recily,any
epiiiiu'iiif or iuloxiotnn.g i q turs, or any
uiijiit liauou, a fait of ?buh is spiriiu
ooi or intoxicating, except u iiureiualter
jirovulril.
S?Cf.2& 3 -Ipnl to ttll. The Sclcct
tni'ii of any ton u*lup, and it"" Major am'
Alderman Ol Buy city may nppoint foroo
.nitalle uaeut iu?-U epir.w, wire or oili
er inloqicatnig Iquuia lor medicine ??<>
tnei'liuii ui purpi'tcfi anil no other. ^ oii'jn
v-ctii to #uch ciMn;*'?i4Uon
truv be agreed upon; Mill a^ent to hold
ll!a*pitualloil for one )far: unless aoon^r
remove I, and lo give bonil ami secur.tv III
ilit* turn ol iGOO-conJiuoml that he shall
confmm to I lie provisions of llie law in
relation III lib w'?: ami to ?uch rules as
may be prescribed by those appouitinj
bim- ...
Sects-i & 5.-Penal/to for riofntmer.il
ho it ncoarcd. For the tin violali'in th?
raity shall P?y 810 an.1 casta of prosecu
lion, and be committed lo .-.ustody until
the 'same be paid. For llio thud amt ?v
erv subsequent conviction the party sM?
pay ?23 and com, and be imprisoned .'{
ail mil lets than three not more than ?
months. Hie abovejieijltin "W*";
covered by aclion of debt, ?td U ?loll ?'
iheiuty of the Selectmcu, Mtiymci Alder
man, to prosecuie for an; offence, which
shall in any veay come to iheit Vnovvledire.
The fine* lo go lo llio support of the |v).?
of the township, city or county.
Sects. 6 ic 7.-Mo?Je of appeal and pro*
ce? li"8? against ?6">til lie should vioia.s
hi* hand. ......
Sect*. 8 t 9.-So pcuoii shall be al
lowed to manufacture oi become a corn- (
mon seller of spirituous "t intoxicating "..
qnois without VeingMuly k
ihdt purpose nndft ihe penalty of SIUUM
and co?t?. for the first offence, a.?1 6=MJ
?nd coals, for the second oft-nee, nr.d m
default ol payment bo imprisoned W W
davi for the first oflence. and four moutha
for the second, and for th? tli'ml "A
,ubs. qui nt offenee pay the sum ol 640"
an I be imprisoned lour months-sal-l pen
alties to b? recovered by any court of com
petent jurisdiction by indictment or actio.
of debt, &e. .
Sees. 9 &10 -No rcrnn cnca?*il '
the unlawful traffic in intoxicaiing liquo
?hall set upon a jury in any case ?rs'
under this ac. if. And all case* a'
under this act shall have precede.
couit of all other busmen except er
cases, vh- n iho parly i? uudar ute
nn-aiiins a trial. &c.
Sfe#.ll&l3.-U?l'i?m?y
cd for bb I wired, and how disposed u
Srci. 18,14 k 15. Appeal
?ei*ed liquors -ORccil to M ' ?
in certain places. . . #
Sep. 16-AH payments for liqitn.'.a|
in vioiaiion of Uiw ?hail bo licd lqfl
boon received without coi?iilerslu| f
ill sales, trausfois, liens and secuif'i
M? kind which either in wliolr i
Mil ah?llliav< been for or on uf>*f
liquor, shi.ll bo null ami void, ail" ?*
tiou iha'l N* mainlu.iud in thi# P
liqu'Tk fid i.' si'!' ftl.etliil?'|k,,'I?'