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A WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER?Independent of Party Politics or Religious Sects.?Devoted to News, Literature, Morality, Agriculture, the Arts, &'cj {Volume Y.-Wtobg$ 240. i?i?i mm mminm *jjsgj THE MONONGALIA MIRROR !, pubii.hed every SSOO^T^HXMO^HS^EXplRtD; Si 50 IF sever PAID, without coercion. K7-Ko pnpor will be diicontiniied untilla" paid up.erccpt^t the opwon of *"n6 mbwriptlon ..ken for , .boner period For 1 .quire, 3 week., - _ 0 25 each additional insertion, ^ qq Far one iiuaro, 3 month?, - ? ? Q Jo. 6 months, ? * 12 00 for onc?column! minion type, 1 4jj'?jj for Announcing Candidate., each nanic^^^ AN ACT, To incorporate the Mmungahda. and Ra tensKood, Railroad Company, pasted Feb. 27,1854. Bo it enacted by tho General Assembly, tliai ? shall bo lawful toopen books at Mor jiimtown, in the county of Monongalia, im for the direction of E. Towers, E. C. Wtl son.'lieury Diugherty. Daniel Haldeman, and James Shay; at Fairmont, in the coun ty ?f Marion, under the direction of James J Watsun, Jaiues Ncc?on,Jolin Musgra\e, Thnm:i3'S. Haymond aud N. C. Cooper, al Clarksburg, in the county o.:H.m on, under tiie direction of Itezin K. Sbinn, Stephen Allen, Aaron Cries, Augustine J Sh and John Hursey; at Harrisv.llc, in the county of Ritchie, under the direc tion of Cyrus flail, Amos Culp, A'"nn" dir Skelt'ou, Lewis A. Phelps and\V llliam T.'Wmiamsj at Ravenswood, in the coun ty of Jackson, under tho direction>f ?> i liiiu Park, Squire Rice, Henry Fi'zhugh ir B Fleming and Daniel L. Keinp, and w'such other pl.ee or places, and under tb- direction of such agent or agents a, a m'niority of said commissioners in each ot Jhc above named counties may appoint, for tho purpose of securing subscnp ions to tbo amount of four millions ofdolbrs, divided into shares of one hundredhilars rich to constitute a joint capital stock tor thep'urpose of constructing a m road from tho Pennsylvania line, at or near where thu same crosses the Monongabela rner, nd tVorn thenco up the ravine of said rive to the junction of the Tygart's Valley and the West Pork rivers, thence up theat er snaSySSgEi toon miles from said town, in the county of Jackson. 2 The books shall bo opened and tjio subscriptions raised in the manner prescri W by the Code of Virginia, prescribing mneral regulations for the incorporation of miiroad companies, and when tweni y-1 fi,e hundredsharesof.be said capital^k .hull have been subscribed, tbe subscri bers their heirs, administrators, cxe?at?" Signs! shall be ?d are hereby inoor Crated and formed into a body politic and incorporated by the name and styleof th e ''Monongabela and Ravenswood Railroad anTeSldti^rte.?^ J5gj? vTrg'nt hreUtioTrSilroad Com? stesaarM 8 If tbe capital stock of ss'.n company ?ball be insufficient for the purpose of this net tho said Company shall havo power, -nd are hereby nuthoriicd to increase the nio bv the additiou of as many, shares as may be" deemed necessary for the construc tion and equipment of said road, and tbo ?d company shall havo powor to borrow , money for the pu.pose of carrying out the , r Meet of their act, and to issue proper cer tificates or evidencos of such loan, and to Elidce the property of tho company for be Sent of the same, and the interest that Lay accrue thereon, and said company Sail h>.ve power to construct so much of their said road as tho amount subscribed Im Xw and shall have ten year, from The passage of this act to commence the mad Drovided, that said railroad shall alrike or enter the ravine of tbo Ohio river, between the mouth of the Little Ka nawha river and tbe mouth of Little San S? Creek, above tho town.of Ravenswood, in Jackson county. 4, This not shall be in force from its passage. In the progress of the war of 1812, there was a comjiiini/ of hop who took an active part in the defence of Plattsburg. Gut few of them, were over tho age ofsixteen.? They were referred lo in one of Gen. Ma comb'* dojpnlchfs, dated at Plattsburg, September 13t h, 1814. The General was no well pleased with.their gallant bearing that he promised then) each a rifle, which promise Congress afterwards redeemed for him JVfcw Trouble.?Tho steamship Black ?Warrior having linen seized and her cargo eotuiumneii at Havamia, great in ternal is felt ns to tho course of our gov ernment in llio case. A messago from tho President to Congress on the sub ject was to liavo been sent in on Tues day. S<trfuct of the Earth.?The surface of the Earth is unrquilly divided into land ind water, ef wliiah 118,1^85,757 miles arc occupied by land. From the Saturday Evening Mail. War and Conspiracy in Europe. Beyond the regular old doings on tho Danube, the BJaek Sea and the Asian fron tier?beyond the imposing preparations in England and Franco?tho recruiting, the ohartering of ships, tho embarkations of troops, the noto of Louis Napoleon, the words of Lord John Russell of the Mom teur accompanied by the seesaw and spas modic movemonts of breadstuff#, cottons, stool-s and consols, dancing their agitated quadrille, there aro two things that, just now seem to stand out from that compli cated business with most significance?to wit: Austria and tho Grcok conspiracy.? We are pretty suro of everything elso: tho Czar will make fight, England and Franco will send troops, bombardments will come, and Turks and Russians will CO on, fighting furiously?with tho Dauubo between them. But what will Austria do ? Austria and Prussia went with En gland and France when it was an affair of paper bullets. Now that he yens deplume are ordered to rear, they hold off-will go no farther in company. There ore no Four Powers now. Tho Teuton pair say they will look on, which does not satisfy any of the others. In the House of Com mons, Lord John Russel has sneored at Austria and Prussia for their subserviency to Russia: and that speaks volumes. It is also announced by the British ministers that there is no agreement or concert be tween the Wester and the Gorman pow ers Tho French organs of opinion inti mate tho same. The Monitehr, (that is tho Emperor Napoleon,) says that if the flags of Franco and Austria shall be united in tho East, they are found togethor be yond tho Alps, that is, in Italy; leaving it to be inferred that if they shall not ho so joined on tho Danube, Austria need not hopo for Frenoh assistance in any Lom bard insurreotion. The gcrman powers desiro to bo neutral. But that must be a curious sort of neutrality?ratlter ?n Jnsh sort of neutrality?which) as wo perceive, is to set two huge armies on foot and keep them marching and ready to march 1 This dream of neutrality will be dissipated, the moment the household cavalry of England and tho Frenoh eagles come in sight of the Danubo. Austria will not dare oppose tho Czar; but will ho obliged to fight never theless ; and so will the sly, mild Frede rick William. Prussia is a rather com pact nationality and will, doubtless, weath er the Vtorm; But Austria may be utterly wrecked and annihilated. Franz^ Joseph is "a king of shreds and patches"?of on ill-cemented, sprawling monarchy, to which a general war will probably be fatal. The Greek conspiracy exhibits tho pe culiar strategy of the Czar and the resour ces on which he most Btcadily relies for the success of his vast projects. He is the hereditary head of tho Greek Church in his own dominions, and, with the Patri arch of Moscow under one arm and the shrunken Armenian Patriarch of Eshmi adzini under the othor, this terrible old Papa, strides piously down to put tho oth er patriarch?him of Constantinople?in his pocket. He knows that there is noth ing like a community of religion for bind ing togother any confederacy of tho child ren of men, and therefore undermines the whole Ottoman empire with a slow, steady, subtle conspiracy of creed. Ono of his emissaries, Father Athmasius, was detect ed the other day at Widdin. This subter ranean missionary had traveled widely ift his vocation?through Macedonia, Alba nia, Thcssaly, Montenegro, Bulgaria, tho kingdom of Grocco, and tho Moldo-Wala chian provinces; and it is said he had been wandering as far as Jerusalem, to complete tho ramifications of the plot. Some parts of that train are exploding. The Epiro tese aro up in arms against their old ene emies, the Turks; and in southern Alba nia, where tho Greek exceeds tho Ottoman population, a large force of insurgents have besieged Arta, on the Gulf of Ambracia? tvhero oncc was lost The world for woman-lovely, harmless thing The Klcphts are also taking to their I long guns m Thessaly and Snli?so fiercely renowned?and some signs of insurrection have even shown themselvos und?r the shadow of tho British flag in the Ionian [ Islands Thero were also disturbances ? mong the Greek Christians of Asia Minor, and fighting has taken placo at Augurm, Kutayah and other places. In Greece proper, or Otho's kingdom, the signs of ' the Cznrs secret influence are as visible as any where elso. The Greeks of that mis erable monarchy sympathise with their fel lowbelicvers in the Turkish prorincei and dream of some extended and united Greece ?they might as well hope for tho Ephori and Areopagus. Hut they are ready to lend a hand against tho Sultan, in any quarrel. Should Otho, however, be won over to the causo of the Czar, or show him self incapable of restraining his subjects, he will havo an English man-of-war ma king a noiso at tho Pirrcus?perhaps some congreve rockets flying about his oars on tho Acropolis. Tho ominous SG10 may become the Mcnc Tckilo( his wall, and he himself be sent home to tako caro of the j Bavarian Valhalla on tho bank of tho Dan- j ubo. 'i ho Greek pasquinades are very fond of chalking tho abovo four figures oh J tho walls of Athens; tho Italian names for them?Otto, sei, vno, zero, meaning also?" Otho, thou art a cyphor." A ra ther ominous piece of jocularity, just now! Taking in the whole complication, thon, of that European argument, wo must be convinced that we have been, in a great dcgreo, considering tbo surfnco meroly, and that the Czar lias not set tbo formida ble monarchies of Eugland and Franco at defiance, without seeing his underground Traj, and calculating results. And theso promise to be most bewildering. Crowned beads are moving prominently into strife; but it is essentially, and will bo, that tre mendous thing, a war of principles. Rus sia undertakes a war of principles! Then what a ferment of the old world it will be, when Democracy, with its red flag, Greek Christianty, with the inscribed lalarum of Constantino, and Islamism, desperately at bay, under the greon banner of the pro phet, shall meet together in anger, mingle their war-cries and try a terriblo variety of conclusions on that ancient Eurorcinc/iamp clos! It will be nothing less than Arma geddon?the very business St. John saw in 1'atmos, whon lime was. Meantime, the two groat powers, Eng land and France, will not mako any des perate haste to bring about such a consum mation?they have no very devout wish for it. They have hitborto proceeded ve ry ceremoniously, and with a great show of diplomatic maneuvering against the Czar, reminding ono of that demonstative approach to the oity of New York, descri bed by the renowned Knickerbocker. Af ter ovcry blow or movoment, the Czar will be deliberately asked if that is enough?if he will go, now ? Before the first dis charge of broadsides or the first charge of cavalry, we shall expect to have tbo Mus covites and the Occidentals politely invi ting each other to flro first, like the Eng lish and French officers, hat in band, bc foro tbo lines, at tbo battle of Fontonoy. THE POlTLTItT SHOW. The show of Poultry at Barnum'a the last and present week has attracted crowds of visitors and stimulated the lien-fever not a little. Many of tho spe cimens are very fine?some extraordi nary. The prices put upon some of these bipeds?say from 820 to 8100? would have astonished the last genera tion, but nothing can astonish the pres ent. We wero neverso struck with the comical character of fowls as we wero while inspecting this show, and were frequently reminded of our Estelle's remarks on the curiosity of chickens.? (See her letter.) A board happened to fall on the floor of the hall, making a loud noiso. Instantly four thousand fowls raised a cackle and a shout, as if they would ask, " What's to pay now!" "Whose coop fell down!'' "Do tell what's tho matter!" and (or five minutes the roar of inquiring cacklings was deaf ening. And then they would poke their heads through the bars of tlioir coops as if they must see for themselves what was up, or rather what was down. Gen. Santa Anna's fighting-cock is a melancholy speclacleoffallen greatness. He walked to and fro in his cage, with his eyes shut most of the time, as if absorbed in the memories of tho past, like another Napoleon on his desolate rock. Hundreds of Shanghais and oth er breeds of cocks kept up a perpetual crowing, but the great warrior took no notice of them. Silent amid all the diu, solemn amid tho cackling levity, he continued pacing up and down with measurcdstrides, his own great thoughts and memories his only companions.? Poor fellow! Does he know that his old master is Dictator of Mexico, while he, with his spurs cut, is a prisoner in the same halls that enshrine his mas ter's wooden leg? Great aro the con trasts and changes of life. Among tho queer looking fowls is a pair of Irish origin, whose appearance would remind any one of a Son of Erin omerging from his cabin in tho morning with his face unwashed and hair all blowzy. They aro a funny pair. The exhibition of pigeons and doves is very attractive, and the rabits aro beautiful. But tho great attraction is tho fowls.? If any of 6ur .readers have not been there to sco, wo advise them to go, par ticularly our country friends.?N. Y. Organ. Morals at Washington. The Washington correspondent of the j Cleveland Herald, "Otsego," has the fol lowing reference to a vice that lias almost I become a feature in the society of the is'a- i tional ^Metropolis: I Speaking of gamlling, I will say in this connection, that, this ruinous vice, or habit, pervadingly prevails in Washington ?in private rooms and club-rooms?in hotels and grog-shops, as well as in elegant and attractive "gambling saloons"?where good eating, drinking and smoking are gratuitously furnished the customers?and in other "Hells" less seductive, scattered ! all over the city. Tens and hundreds of Congressman and others, have been irre-1 deemably ruined in these infernal holes first visited, perhapsas matter of curiosity, they are surprised to find men there earn estly absorbed in gambling, whose charac ters to the public eye are unspotted.? Champagne, oysters, canvass-back, terra pins, and every variety of choico edibles and drinkables are spread out in proflise and gratuitous attractiveness. They eat and drink and smoke, and then only "gam ble a little,'* so as not to appear weo#? and fromthis beginning fortunesaresquandercd morals corrupted?home and its blessed in fluences cease to attract, and degradation of men and desolation of their family cir cles are the "finality,." POETRY. SPRING IS COMING. Spring is coining?Spring is coming, With hersunshino ond her shower; Heaven is ringing with tho singing Of the birds in brake and bower; Buds are filling, leaves arc swelling, Flowers on field, and bloom on tree; O'er the earth, and air, and occan, Nature holds her jubilee. Soil then stealing comci a feeling O'er my bosom tenderly; Sweet I ponder as I wander, for my musings are of thee. Spring is coming?Spring is coming! With her mornings fresh and light; , With her noon of chcqucrcd glory, Sky of bluo and clouds of white. Calm tHe night falls when the light falls From tho star-bcspanglcd sky, While the splendor, pale and tender, Of tho young moon-gleams on.high. Still, at morn, at noon, and even Spring is full of joy for me, For I ponder as I wander. And my musings aro of thee. Still on thee my thoughts aro dwelling, Whatsoe'er thy name may bo! Bcaulifbl beyond word* telling, Is thy presence unto me. Morning's breaking finds thee waking, Wandering in tho breezes light; Noontide's glory mantles o'er thee, In a shower of stinny light; Daylight dying leaves thco lying In the silverjtwilight ray; Stars look brightly on thco nightly, itill the coming of the day. Everywhere and every minuto Feel I near thee, lovely one; In the lark and in the linnet I can hear thy joyous tone. Bud and blooming mark the comirig Of thy feet o'er vole and hill; And thy prcscnco with life's essenco Makes tho forest's heart .to fill. Low before thco I adoro thco, Love creative thee I sing; Now I meet thco and I gTect tlieo By the holy name of Spring. THE HAPPY FARMER. BY MRS L. II. SIGOURXEY. Saw ye the Farmer at his plow? As you wero riding by ? Or, wearied 'ncath his noon.day toil, When summer suns were high ? And thought ye that bis lot was hard 7 And did you thank your God, That you and yours were n ot condemned Thus live a slave to plod! Come, sec him at his harvest home, When garden, field and tree, Conspire, with flowing stores to fill His barn and granary. His healthy children gaily sport Amid the new mown hay, Or proudly aid with vigorous arm His task as best they may. The dog partakes his master's joy, And guards tho loaded wain, The feathery people clap their wings And lead their youngling train. Pcrehanco the hoary grandsirc's cyo The glowing sccno surveys, And breathes u blessing on his race, Or guides their evening Praiec. The hartcst Giver is their Friend? The Maker of the soil? And earth, the Mother, gives tiiom bread, And cheers their patient toil. Come join them round their wintry hearth, Their heartfelt pleasures see, And you can better judgo liovv blest The farmer's life may bo. From the Star-spangled Banner; RAIL-ltOAD SONG. Some love to sail, With a pleasant gale, O'er the deep and pathless sea; Rut acliecrlul band, On the safer land. In the Rail-rbad car, for inc. Oh! who would floit In a crowdcd boat, Whero the fierce musquitoes bite 7 ? Let me onward drfsli, Like the lightning's (lash, In the cars?for 'tis my delight. Tho four-horse singe Is behind the age, The steamer's speed is slow; Scarce a bird can hope With our speed to' copo, ? As we merrily onward go. Thfc daring wing Of the proud bird-king. In his-sdn-ward flight will tire, Hut thcre'sjiought.can tamo Tho sinewy ilame. Of tho horse whoso food is fi/o. Awav wo jfweep, While tho forost dcip, Gives back our whistles cry \ Like an eagle's scroam, Is the hissing steam, Ad tho fields and towns flit by; Tho Fpringlcss hack, Or a camol's back, May to somo se6m motion' froo f ilnt by day or night,' ? . Still tho rapid flight, Of the Kail-road c?r for me! Miscellaneous. \ SINGULAR STORY. A Mr. Lawrence, of Now Orleans, has lately been missing, and no tracc could be found of him, although the opinion is that he was murdered and thrown into the river. The New Orleans Delta, of tho 17th ult., contains tho following singular narrative and says it comes from a highly responsible source, and that tho veracity of the gentle man from whom they received the story u unquestionable. Saya the Delta:? Tho wife ofonoof Mr. Lawrence's most intimate friends, who had for a number of years boon on terms of the cloiest friend ship with that gentleman, is a mesmeric medium, and her brother is in tho habit of placing her in a mcsmeric state. But at tho hnuse of an acquaintance, in Lafayette, on last Saturday night,about 10 o'clock before any person had tho least intimation that any misfortune had befallon Mr. Lawrnce, tho company request'd thobrothorto mesmerize his sister as many of them were anxious to 600 the effect of mesmerism. _ Tho lady was placed in a mesmeric sleep ?and on tho request of several persons present that ho would propound to her a few questions, he asked h?r, 'what do you see, sister?' she immediately replied, 'I see three men engaged in a fight on the loveo. 'Do you know any of them?' 'Yes; one of them is Mr. Lawrence; tho others 1 don t know; ono is a very tall man, the other a bout medium size; and tbeso two men are strikiug Mr. Lawrence. Why don't soma body help him? Why don't ho shoot them? There, now, they have knocked Mr. Lawrencc down. Good heavens! they have killed him.' 'What are they doing now.' 'The tall man is taking his watch, and the other is feeling in his pocket. Ho is ta king somo bank bills out of Mr. Lawrenco ? pocket; now he is taking some gold. They are talking together now; now they pick Mr. Lawrence up and are carrying him to wards the river. Will no body savo him? There, they have thrown him in. Mr. Lawrenceis gone.' She stopped talking for a minute or two, when sho was again ask ed, 'what do you see?' 'I see a steamboat lying at the wharf. It is about to leavo. l'hero is a great number of passengers on board; and among tho passengers I see the two men who killed Mr. Lawrence and thirsw him in. the river.. Tho tall one has his watobj Jhey than "they vrero before. Here tho conipany having become sat isfied with tho experiment, the brother woke his sister; and when she was inform ed of what sho had Said, she laughed in credulously, remarking she recollected no thing of what had taken place. The sister of Mr. Lawrenco was present, and tho com pany were pretty free in passing their jokos about the matter; and all were vociferous in their denunciations of mesmerism as humbug. Littlo did they think that tho vast scene tho ycung lady had described, was actually at that moment perhaps be ing enacted, and that Mr. Lawrence was then no moro. It is also a remarkable fact that two steamships sailed for California from the wharf on Sunday morning. Mr. Lawrcnco was not seen after leaving his office, with five or six hundred dollars in his pocket, at a lato hour on Saturday. J<o anxiety was manifested by his friends un til Monday morning; when, beginning to be alarmed, they instituted search for him. His hat and some other articles, with blood upon them, wore found on the lovee, in I the Fourth District. All then remembered the story of tho mesmeric subject; and ' mesmerism had moro than ono convert in that company. Was Dumas' romanco of the 'Corsican Brothen' all a fiction? SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE. The extraordinary things which are said to he occurring throughout the whole of Christendom, and attributed by believers to tho agency of spirits of the departed, are attracting universal attention. Tho high and the low?learned and unlearned are alike inquisitive upon the subject.? \Vc have heretofore refrained from making any statements regarding the existence of this strange phenomena iu Cumberland or elsewhere; but our friends of tho " Tele graph," having broken ground, and pub lished what its Editor saw and heard, we feel bound to reiterate tho same, as a truth existing in our community. Wo havo heard of hundreds of remarkable occurren ces at the circles here?such as lengthy communications being tipped out through the table?the rapping on the table, without the table moving?rapping on tho floor? spirits taking hold of a mediunm's hand and writing with it, &o., &o. All this is said to be mysterious and unaccountablo, and so it is. A new feature has been in troduced into it in Cumberland, which was exhibited, wo learn, in tho presenco of sev eral highly respectable and intelligent cit^ izens of our town, amongst whom was tho Editor of tho Telegraph. In describing it tho Telegraph saya:? On Saturday night last, at a circle com fiosed of men of intelligence and standing n tho community, manifestations wore mado of a character calculated to kno!k tho pins from under tho most inveterate sceptio. Tho table, after the party had been setting around it for some time, was interrogated as to whether any spirits were present, and it answered that thefo were, and that ono of Iheni would play upon a musical instrument if it was desired. It was then asked if it would play on a piano, violin, flute, and so on through tho whole cataloguo of musical instruments, but it would plav on none of them. It was then requested to spelt out'the name of the instrument. The table thereupon rappced out, "Jewish Harp," the instru ment upon which the anoient Jews wero wont to play, and forthwith, a most beau tiful air was commenced, said by some to bo of celestial sweetness. It was clear, soft and distinct, and lasted about a min ute, when it seemed to die gently away. All parties were more or less startled at the development, and conjecture and spec ulation waa at once oh tiptoe, but as yet the affair is enveloped in impenetrable mystery. Some shake their heads and maintain that it is all a hoax; others at tribute it to a supernatural agency, whilst a still larger class ascribe it to some strange and incomprehensible law of our mental and moral nature. For our part we have no opinion to give, although we were pres ent by invitation.?Cumberland AUejani an. March 11. , ? LOOK Oft' TIIE P1CTUJIE. For some days past a well-dressed and well-appearing gentleman has been observed lingering about the polico of fice?whoso face was covered with an anxiety which lie could not conceal, and whose peculiar watchfulness lias attract ed tho attention of many. On Monday,] his secret was solved?how, we will show. The gentleman is a resident of St. Louis?is wealthy, and looks like a genuine, whole-souled man. In Au gust last his wife suddenly decamped, taking with her their two children?a girl of fourteen and a boy of six years: He has spent the whole of his timo from that period to the present in search for tho truants?and during the time traccd her into Canada. Arriving there, he learned that she had come to this city, where he also came. Here he found that she had been engaged by ono of our citizens as a servant, but had left in a few days after, taking with her a shawl or blanket belonging to the family.? This fact had been communicated to the polico, who were on tho lookout for her. Searching about for some more definite clue to tho faithless partner of his bosom, the husband found his daughj, tor in a danco house on tho Points, where she had been hired 'iit far mother, as a pimp or bait?and atjjthe time her father found her, she"Wffs re ceiving the caresses of a miserable be ing, from whom almost any woman would shrink as from corruption 1 Of course she was at once removed, and placed in safe keeping. From her he also learned that his wife had been trav eling on a canal-boat as a common cy prion, having tho boy with her. On Monday, while tho poor husband was walking through the streets ^con versation with an officer, ho espied the false one with the child. She did not notico him, but he pointed hor out to the officer, and slio was summarily ar rested, taken before Justice Vanderpool and committed, to jail for larceny, where she now is. The husband with hiscbil dren returned yesterday to what was their home, but what will now be a place of desolation and sorrow. What a record 1 Would it were the unnatural growth of fiction?but that cannot bo. Every word we have writ ten is as true as holy writ. Unwilling as we are to believe that any woman, and especially a wife and mother, could degrade herself and the fruit of her own body, we cannot escape the sorrow ful truth. The angels fell; and those who are " a Utile lower" may also fall. Let thosa who need tho lesson this little story contains, take it to their hearts and improve by its mournful teaching^.? Buffalo Express. Hon- to Enjoy a Kiss.?The editor of tho Wilmington (Del.) Herald, who appears to know nil about the matter, thus discourses about kissing: Of course j you must be taller than the lady you in-J tend to kiss. Take her right hand ill yours, and draw her gently to you.? Pass your loft arm over her right shoul der, diagonally ncross her bick under her left arm, and press her to your bo som. At tho same timo she will throw her head back, and you have nothing to do but lean d little forward and preSs your lips to hoi's, and the thing is done, Don't make a noise ovor Jtj as if you were firing percussion cnjis, or trying tho water corks of a "team engine nor pounce down upon it like a hilngry hawk upon an innocent dove, but gently (old tho damsol in your arms, without de ranging the economy of lier lippet or rufilo and by a sweot prossuro upon her mouth rovol in tho sweel blissfulness of yotir situation, withodt smacking your lips on it as you would over a roast duck. Mr. George \V, Kendall, the able editor of the New Orleans Ficayiine, is on his way to Europe with the intentiorf of locating for a time at Constantinople and watching from thence tho cdurae of the war, A few daya since Mrs. Crifmp a poor widow, of 7G years of sige was murdered at her residence on Fish Creek, j'n Wetzel county. It is reported that a negro was the assassin, and (hat he has bee rested and put in jail. ? ' ? ? ' -? m A CASE. Miss Fitznancyj elderly maiden, char ged Mr. Cleaver the gay youiijj lAan who was accustomed to carry home he/ marketing, with having forcibly kissed her in the entry of tier olvn house.'1-^ Mr. Cleaver although proud of his per^ aonaf appearance, was stiort?very short ?considering his wliiskors; his height even in FretVcTi boots,"reach only to four feet eleven inches. Miss Fitznancy on the contrary, beinjpfond of extremes ran up a foot higher?and stayed there j being of remarkably right deportment. Sho swore the abbreviated, yrt amoioua butcher kissed her! by assault?and hauled him up for it. Butcher?with some expression of disgust, more em phatic than necessary, denied the charge. .Butcher was fat?lady wasn't?Cleaver had antipathy to what he icroverentlf termed "scraggy" women, and vowed ho hadnft kissed her, and wouldn't.? Moiiiifemldn'l hire him to. Being cross-examined, lawyer inquires of the lady the circumstances?when; where, how, Arc. Lady replies with great particularity:?On Monday morn ing?ten o'clock?in.'lho entry?resist ed all she cftuld, but lie persevered and triumphed! Lawyerasked-r"Did rS)t ho stand on anything but the floor?" " Xn! he stood on the floor?nochsfr, stool or anything else being brought ill to requisition/'' " But, my dear madame, this is im- ' possible! yon ore twelve inches taller than him. Hofr could he reach your lips? . ' Lady hadn't thought of that, hot she was not to be tripped ty-the glibbest lawyer of them alii >o she replies:? Oh! ah! well!?I know?yeW tohrj 1 sure ! hut than you know? 1 ttroochei a little.'" m "Exactly! Thapk ybonmdsme, ljial'ft' do." " " Nothing further your honor.". Verdict fcr tho slinft defeuilint. A BiftSon for Prolongii-TWar. The Knickerbocker teUa.heMlowl; ing which i? far from being iw.ed. . "SSS&rflsa Sconce, and was made Quartormastbr; at ?' P?rt in Mexico, where ho was discharging S% to ^--,rVamXSan come home a richer,.if noM^ irr;. The intelligence that 9''^, r neocP vcd to open negotiations. found him dismayed, m lucrative operation, at the prnspecl ? J, termination. He deloiTn.n cd ,0 seo the Commissioner. ?? ? ?I hear," e^id he; ? Mr. Clifford that, you are sent out to conclude a Weatyjt alargo fi|y SShS.?"?i'imf-ptfr- ? jes> yen hold on a k*lh. wnn * ; Isn't it barely possible Out .omb BUiAmo?We,prolongs, if^^^,ffV si'sV to create, wars of conquest A Sccne in the mjmi A friend who wa. present in the Senate on S urday morning, MC*?n three and five o'clock?a time when nearly rood as well as the bad people of.VV as??g C were a,leep-relates?hat lb* eicns" in the gallery were more than ot dinatiiv lavish with their applauw..?g|j Judge Douglas was deliverW {$'P!fh?K?l"edid much towardi; ;r? -it""-"?, -? xt rious individual imploringly, "J"s^ yell once mo<e~o.?ly dnce, ,i Joc,?'<o ? 7 rrnnA " Bllt tHe F*flf^$r?S3! 0 reasDn?b!e> and therefore it was denisd. Washington Scdiitil^ J . ? Aftrmer dov/Q at Atffei/ a few day! since brought to town a load of flour, an old it fur 55,75 prr barrel wji.le thl mar ket price at same time w*l ?,15; didn't take the paper,?nd |lj market. Hii loss was just len doira is entitled to no sympufljy 'fhe Srir ned alive. fini.J Cwrkr. | OuY Planet.-*he (he earth around the sun .? miles. It travels .vrijh ,1le. Iwrtp" wjoy