The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-15

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THE ONO LEGISLATURE has passed an act to |
revive the persecution Of the Saints. A Mr.. |
Grandson Newell petitioned the honorable |
body of law makers for the renewal and trans |
fer of Judgment, held against Sidney Rigdon
and Joseph Smith, Jr., obtained through due
process of law while tho said Rigdon and Smith
had shinplaster banking concern at Kirkland,
once the headquarters of Momondom. The
| Judgment is for 81 900 on each Of the men
mentioned, and if Mr.. Newell pursues the Lat
ter day Saints as he did many years ago while
| at Kirkland, he will drive them out Of Salt Lake
City and the country. Who knows but that
the Legislature had in view the fact Of NewelPs
powers Of pitching into Mormons generally,
and hoped thus to rid the world of this trouble
some scct.-,State Journal.
PiKE's PEAK.-Mr. W. G. Read, writing
from Auraria February /, to his brother at Mad
ison, o., 49," In regard to the mines here,
I have prospected considerably, and can find
gold most anywhere, but it is very fine, and not
in any quantity TO Justify man coming out
here and working it. am satisfied that there
has been no good diggngs found yet.
/ can not adrtse you or any one else 10 come
here under ecistiny circumstances! We are in
hopes of finding something that will pay--if
we do, will let you know.
" The weather here has been very fine--have
had but a few days that was uncomfortable
without coat on. The winter has been very
different from what we expected. 1t SHOWS
every day or two on the mountains, ten miles
up, while the sun shines warm and pleasant
here. g. ..... ...-.,s ........ ... rr...r
/" Flour is selling for SIS p 100 tbs.; Molasses
81 v gall; Sugar and Coffee SOC. " ib.; Whisky
$8 y gal, and 25c. " nip! Boots from so to
$15 per pair" af "" uo fe.
LEGISLATIVE SUANARY.-SATURDAY, March
l2th-In the Senate several unimportant bills
were passed. and petition of Matte J. Blan-
ohard, and three hundred and fifty others on
the subject Of Woman's Rights, was presented.
A resolution was adopted for a sine die ad-
journment on Monday, the 4th day of April.
The House was occupied during the whole
day in discussing the motion to print the re-
) port of the Investigating Committee with the
Governors message and the accompanying
documents. ' '-
| A WOMAN CARRYING OPP A MANA man
named William Jones, in the employ of Mat
thew Martell, keeper of the railroad eating
saloon, at Rockford, Illinois, eloped few days
since with the wife and two children of the lat
ter. Martell found the runaways in Chicago.
The woman declares that she never will 20
, back to her husband alive, as he abused her,
and that Jones did not run away with her, but
she ran away with Jones. ..
The Catholic Telegraph says that Key was
] the attorney who should have prosecuted Her
bert, the California member Of Congress, for
killing waiter at one of the hotels. He
2 thought proper to almost excuse the murderer
on that occasion, and manifested feeling un-
worthy of public officer. '0 o
A Virginia paper says that the portion oi
. the Old Dominion called the Panhandle, is in
habitcd by Abolitionists. If the Abolitionists
have got hold of the handle of the pan
isn't there danger that they may upset thu
: whole utensil?-LOuiseiHe Journal.
1t is said that the people of Baton Rouge ar,
evidently making preparations for war. TheJ
: have placed two huge brass cannon in posi-
, ton to rake the river. Probably they are pre-
pairing to shoot the tariff if it comes that way
, Louisville Joura0i. s. .,f-
, Francis g. Young, Of New York, now il
|, London, has been appointed agent for III,
American claimant of the Jennings estate-Mr
. Hector Jennings, of 0hio-an estate valued a
the nice sum of between one and two hundred
8 millions Of dollars. III. o1 al .1
: On Friday large haul Of counterfeit coli
! and bank-notes was made in Allegheny City
Penn. A large amount Of the bills are on In,
J State Bank Of Ohio, and the twos and ten
are described as close and dangerous imita
tions.
At 0swego, New York, on Wednesday night
: the floor Of Catholic Church gave way durinJ
divine service. In attempting to escape, fou
or Ave persons in the congregation were kille,
and several injured s-
= William Tuthill, late acting Superintendent
! Of the Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesvill
: Railroad, recently returned from England, ha
been placed in charge of the Toronto division
Of the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada.
!, All the members of the Gouldy family ar
now nearly restored. Mr.. Francis Gouldy
however, is still very feeble, and will never re
! coVpr his fnrn1er stata of health
" One Of the most important public question
, now sgitating this and other States, Is the re
inoyal OF cOlOred persons to a district (say il
z FIowu) which shall bo exclusively their own.
Mrs ans Ermina Locke, weII known in tn
, Massachusetts literary world, died In ASH
bufnharn, Mass, on the sth. ''is ''a1 y
~ IAnother exnedition IN tho Ayctic Raoions (;