Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-01-28
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.Asl take up my pen to
commence this letter, / rCjoice 'ha,
have good news to Communicate 4Fs'
lcriay, OF the city Charter Election the
vote Of the city was taken Upon tho que"
lion Of License or 10 License" The
majority against license is '33l. There
wns but little excitement a, the election
for it was known tina, the vote would he
against License. and tho liquor wonders
and ,heir friends and supporters gave tt
up, however reluctantly, without much
struggle. It vas said that person
could get drunk cheap yesterday but
did not see drunken man during the
day. Ills said, by those who attended
tho polls, that It was gladdening to see
those who had been addicted to the use
of arden, spirits, even to excess, walk
ing up to the polls and with the dignity
Of freemen pronounce their vote. " NO
! License !''--,hus aiding to crush the
poisonous serpent that was gnawing at
their vitals. Alter the Ia, Of May next
no liquor dare bo sold in this city, Ak
cept for the purposes specified BY law,
S. Brady, Esq, was elected Mayor of
The city yesterday, by a splendid major
i,y. l suppose that further election re-
suits would not interest many Of your
readers.
A series of Temperance Meetings
were held in this city last week. COM
nencing in the Baptist church on Tues
day evening with a lecture by Rev. >.
yelling, OF Ohio, strong man on tn E
question. On Wednesday EVENING" in
the Fourth street Methodist E. Church;
Mr.. yelling spoke again, aud was fol-
lowed by W, T. Wiley, Esq', of your
place, in his usual mastery and spirited
manner. Other meetings were held.
but am unable to give an account Of
them. They had a good o!Iec! on the
eve oftho election.
The. Iron masters and their employees
are further apart than ever. They had
a meeting, al which speeches were made
on both sides, and the bosses proposed
q compromise Of s5.75 per ton. and
they won, so far as 10 enter into an a.
srsemeut TO CONNIE nce work on Mon
day morning; but something turned up
which excited the hands, and they broke
the traces, and ro.rcsolved not 10 go to
work at any price under the old wages,
$500 per ton, for boiling Iron. The
bosses have resorted to means, any.
thing but honorable, to get the hands to
go to work, and had they pursued more
,dign;iod course. they might have effect
ed thsir purpose, hut now they cannot.
The bosses" have gone, and sent East
and West, for Boilers, but it is thought
that they cannot get them, as tbs Boil
els here have notified ,hoir Brother
Chips" abroad Of ,heir :'oatmen,, and
they have eliciiedsympathy, and in some
instances. pecuniary aid.
The Ohio river has been very high.
When a, the highcs. there was thirty
feet water in the channel here, but it is
falling rapidIy--lhelc being to-day but
about 20 feet water.
! 1t is said that business never waa as
brisk at this city, as it has been during
the past week. The front Of tho city
llas been thrnnged with steamers near.
ly all the time, ard the wharf so crowd,
ed with freight that passages had to be
made for the drays to come and go.
The Rail Road Depot. too, hns beer
lhronged with freight, it being taker
there fuster than the cars could convey
it East, Business is got unusually brisk
and must continue so forsone time, uu.
less it receives a sudden check by the
freezing up Of the river again, which
looks very probable, as slush ice" i.
running very thick to-day.
The Riverie!l SO fast last night as t.
leave the splendid steamer Thomas
Swan" almost "high and dry" on tn
wharf. Great efforts have been mad,
to-day to get the boat ui!oas again. bu
nothing has moved it so far. The boa
builders have been offered $500 to pu
the Boat into the river, and they So.
they can do it. 1t is hoped that it ma,
be done before the water falls mucl
, more, and without damage to the Boat
!, The " Swan" is one Of the splendic
steamers oflhe Union Line"