Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-08-19
OUR CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENCE.
ClsclsSArl, August 10, 1854.

CINCINNATI, August 10, 1854.
Dear Sir:
The Anti.Liquor Law, passed BY
the Legislature of last winter, has been en-.
forced here, and Mayor Snelbnker seems de-
;ermined that Sunday grcg.sllops shall be
closed. The rcsul, thus far, though the law
is no. all the friends Of Temperance ask for,
has been quite satisfactory. Our Sundays
have never been so quiet ind orderly, and
genteel drinking places keep 'shudy." In
the German portions Of The city, where the
good old customs of the "Fathcrland" ore
kept up, the law meets with considerable re.
sistaucc. see the papers give accounts Of
enthusiastic meetings Of German citizens, 10
take measures to test before the highest til.
buuals Of the State, the constitutionality Of
the law, and to tina, end committees are re-.
ceiving subscriptions Of money to employ
eminent counsel 10 undertake The natter
| need only say, to show the character Of
these meetings, that they also 60 in for the
abrogation Of the Sabbath. German infde!.
iy has deep hid Of our German popula.
ton. One of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court Of the State has already decided the
law unconstitutional II speak Of the Liquor
Law,--while uno,her has decided, in case
before him, that it is constitutional. The
former, as public scandal has it, is little
too fond Of "the crilisrr himself, to be COM
petent 10 decide such question fairly, and
has therefore avaied himself of mere
bubble, i, is this, tina, the law was not read
three times before its passage The sympa-
thy and good sense of a large majority of The
people Of this State are with the decision
sustaining the ConsltuionaIity of the law
While the Cholera has prevailed more or
less throughout the whole West, we have
been comparatively free from this dreadful
scou;ge. In the month OF July, there were
only 81 deaths from Asiatic Cholera. The
Board Of Health makes monthly reports, as
the health Of The city, with respect 10 the
Cholera, seems not to require more frequent
ones. It has no, been deemed even neces-
.ary by The City authorities to establish any
quarantine regulations The weather has
.
become delightfully."- cool and pleasant, though
the summer has been considered unusually
hot. Tie Thermometer ranged here, in N.
Orleans, Chicago and New York about the
same fol some days,-,hat is to say. from 96
to l04 degrees. Vegetation has suffered, and
is still suffering, particularly corn, from the
dry weather. Mr.. Lea, who is close and
regular observer Of meteorological phenom-
ena in this city, says the mean temperature
Of July, for 10 years last past is 77.46o, the
month Of July, 1854, sl.56o.
The Fall Elections are Fastening on, and
the Old Line Democracy are preparing FOL
the contest. To-day, Convention is being
held to nominate candidates, &c. It's said
by those who, presume, know, that The
said Democracy IRE trembling in their shoe:
about the "Know Nu,hings." How far the
Organization Of the /" Know Nothings" ram
ifies into the county, know nothing, but
um credibl, informed By one who docs knou
tina, from little village 10 miles from this
city, some Two or three weeks ago, between
l2 and Is substantial citizens LEFT late in the
evening for the city, under the direction and
in the direction Of a "Know Nothing" lodge.
From the way the said "Kncw NO,hings''
did things up in the neighboring counties Of
Kentucky not long ago, the Democracy here
sbou,s may well tremble and be afraid
But, as father Richie would say, (rcquiesea
in p1ce!) "nous perrons.'
at the presen, writing the city is dull
The wharf is deserted and but little is do
ing OIL the river. OHIO.