Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-12
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for the season.
The Austin Texas State Gazette,
of April 21st, says that the late frosts
destroyed almost all the fruits & cropa,
as well as most of the early vegetation
The Wisconsin Legislature, during
Tits recent session, by a decided MAORI
Ity, repealed the law abolishing the
penalty Of death in case of conviction
| for murder or other capital crime.
1t is said that emigrants by thous-
ands from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,
are going to Kansas this season, with
the intention Of securing free institu-
tions to the new territory. ..
Large hauls Of Shad.- There were
nine thousand shad taken at one haul
at Hoke's shore, Hayre de Grace, on
Tuesday week sand at Vandiver's shore
eight thousand were caught. So says
the Baltimore American, aseg, !. s rs5
I Recently young man died in Cam
bridge, Mass, leaving q wife and child
in reduced circumstances. While re-
moving the furniture, an insurance pol
icy on the life of her husband for two,
thousand six hundred dollars was found,
on which the cash has been raised.
Connecticut. THE Legislature, on
the 3D. inst, elected William I. Miner,
Know Nothing, to the Office Of Governor
of that State. The vete stood: Miner
III; Ingham Dem 70. All the other
Know Nothing candidates for State Of.
fcers were elected. ;sl'
Twenty-six hands employed in q gold
mine in Columbia county, Georgia, re-
Gently procured, in nine working days,
81, $50 worth Of gold from surface ore,
some Of which had been thrown aside
for fifteen years. h io,7.i 'laS
Col. steptoe's appointment as Gov
ernor of Utah, had caused great dissst-
'lsfactlon ameng the Mormons, and Pc
ftltlons were In circulation praying Tor
the tn reapp9lntment OF brigham Young;
1--WE nope the fresiaent may pc nfln anu
unyielding.
Destructive Fsre.-On the night of
the Both ult.. saws the Richmond Post,
the Montgomery Mills, with a large a.
mount OF stock, and the Winter Iron
Works ", were entirely destroyed d 6 6yd are.
Is ~ loss is estimated at S So0oo
There was an IN insurance arn OF Slo,ooV on
the mills and so,oooon the IRON WORKS,
Distress in Mova Scoti;a.-The Hal
flax papers state that frightful distress
exists along the coast, between Mera-
MICH and shippagan. The people are
suffering awful pTiyations. They have
70 ssea Whatever " T.. 70 SOW .ns ~! Spring,
Iaa.a .h ,a.ute are SUI more
iooeiy snan 'helr present cohaltlon.
Rsmorse and Suiciae.-A man did
resently,in Missouri forbidding any sd-
ministration of his estate. The admin
Fistration being highly Unnecessary, his son
executed it, and afterwards thought he
had performed an impious act. This
sd gs - o. ns NINA 50 en-
.aet .aas r. ~ ~, oeeaIe distracted ana 1
saos .i nllnsetl iass WeeA. !.
I From all accounts the missionaries
of the Mormons are proselyting viigor.
ously in Europe just now. It's stated
that more than five hundred Mormons
arrived in Philadelphia, on Saturday,
in the ship Juyenta, and 424 zealots
reachedthe same port Q few days pre-
Y y al o0una alfees 1of GREAT SAT-
/ Lake ci'y. q,
Virginiia Polities.-Mr. Wise, in a
late late speech, stated i, that he had spoken
so CONVICTIONS ioe s sat wop x @
ted by $4,000 majority. The Know
Nothings claim a majority Of 10000.
Mr.. lFlournoy, the Know Nothing can.
/ diaste for Governor makes mn sSeecb