Monongalia Mirror

THE MIRROR.

"Praise where we can, and censure
where we must."

MORGANTOWN, Va.
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1852.

The Election, held in
this county and throughout the State
on Thursday last, was conducted with
a decorum highly creditable to the
citizens of the "Old Dominion."
Men seemed to feel and act as though
they were discharging not only a po-

litical but a religious duty—and act-
ing at once for themselves and for pos-
terity. We saw not a solitary case of
intemperance, and very little excite-
ment among the voters. As far as
our observation extended, there was
more respect paid to the character and
qualifications of candidates than to
party names and influences. We, of
course, refer to the state of things
here at home, and shall be truly glad
to find the same honorable and inde-
pendent course pursued throughout
the State.

We give, in another column, the
returns so far as received at the time
of putting the paper to press.

The Parkersburg News.

Is the title of a weekly paper, of
respectable size and appearance, just
commenced at Parkersburg, Va., by
Messrs. McCormick & Rhoads. It is
Democratic in politics; but we have
reason to believe it will be conducted
with decorum and prudence, so as
to be useful as a vehicle of news, as well
as an organ of party predilections.

Books.

The Southern Literary Messenger
for May, 1852, contains: Notes and
Commentaries on a Voyage to China,
chap. 4; History of Richmond, chap.
11; a Day or Two in Ireland; Scenes
and Incidents of the Old Dominion;
the Storming of the Arsenal at Vien-
na; Peony, a Tale for the Times, on
the subject of free schools; Michael
Bonham, or the Fall of Bexar; a tale
of Texas; Early History of Louisiana;
Scenes beyond the Western Border;
besides seven articles of original poet-
ry, Notices of New Works, &c. An
interesting number of a popular work.

Graham for June, on the eve
of a new volume, is out on new type
and finer paper, with a new cover, and
the publisher adds, "fresh impudence,
great hopes, and marvelous good hu-
mor."

Don't you think he is bound
to succeed? The June No. contains
112 pages of sprightly and instructive
matter. Graham will be furnish-
ed, in connection with our Mirror, for
$3.50 a year. This is wondrous cheap!

A Washington letter says, "A
company is forming in Ohio to esta-
blish a line of post coaches, to carry
mails and passengers across the Con-
tinent, to California and Oregon; and
Mr. O'Reilly's plan for a mail and tel-
egraph route has been reported in the
Senate, and meets with favor."

A huge tunnel through the hill
north of Cincinnati is talked of. It
will be one mile and two hundred feet
in length, 26 feet high, and 24 feet
wide, with four railroad tracks run-
ning through it. It will be accom-
plished at no distant day.

Governor Bigler has appointed
George W. Woodward to the seat on
the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania,
made vacant by the death of Judge
Coulter. Judge Coulter, it will be
recollected, drew the 15 year term.

A sensible contemporary says,
"The women ought to make a pledge
not to kiss a man who uses tobacco,
and it would soon break up the prac-
tice. A friend of ours says they ought
also to pledge themselves to kiss ev-
ery man that don't use it; and we go
for that too."

Mrs. Amelia B. Welby, the "A.
melia" of song, is dead. She died at
the residence of her husband in Lou-
isville, on the 3d inst. She was the
sweetest and most touching poet our
country could boast of.

The Massachusetts Legislature
has passed an act providing that crim-
inals under sentence of death, shall
be imprisoned at hard labor in the
State Prison one year before execu-
tion.

An advertisement in a news-
paper, like a handsome woman, draws
the attention of everybody.

A Paper Balloon,

Was sent up by some of the boys
on Thursday evening last, soon after
the close of the Election. There was
a general "looking up" of candidates
and other persons, to see the Balloon,
which went up beautifully until it dis-
appeared in a cloud.

SANO.