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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
Sunday-sch6Ois in San Francisco,

In recent number of the San Fran
cisco Journal, we linda very interesting
account Of the anniversary of the Sab
bath school Union Of that city, which
embraces the Sabbah-schools of tho
different evangelical denominations
The exercises were held in the First
Congregational Church, which was crow.
ded to ove'Aowing. The singing was
performed by youthful choir of some
500 children, and was a delightful fea.
ture ofthe occasion. The report of the
Secretary showed that there are IL
schools connected with the Union, tho
average attendance at which for the pre-
vious year was $50 scholars, and l9l
teachers. Tho different Libraries con.
tain about 20, 200 Sunday. school papers
are distributed annually. We notice
that one school, with an average attep.
dance OF l02 members, has a library of
lSoo volumes; another with an average
attendance OF 6S scholars, has a library
or l,fOO volumes; and another with nm
average attendance of 10 members.
has library of 700 volumes. This
statement shows that tho children of
oah FRANCISCO are we'll supplied
with religious literature far better
ssuuPphed than the Sabbath. schools of
New England even will average. Tho
paper from which we COPY saws the
whole affair proceeded with the utmost
decornm, and gave another token of
our rapid strides as religious and re-
""ed community" - Watch j. Reflector.
portion, of Santa Annals family ar.
rived IN New York OH Tuesday. They
are we understand, his sister and ono
o. TWO OF his nephews. His wife and
himself will soon be here--they are up.
on the road.
iwo thousand seven hundred new
o"'ioingo have been erected, or are in
progress of erection in Chicago, during
the present season.
U-sNThere is to be large sale of Build.
ing Lots ct Clarkburg, Va. OH Tuesday, The
ION Of October. The Lots are situate ON
Inc Railroad and N. w. Turnpike, and are
the property off M. Jackson, E.q.
9Sy" The New Orleans Crescent saws.
never did more glorious bow of pro-
mise lrradiate the horizon, than that
T pn.en now smiles upon the American
Party Of Louisiana"
a deu of rattlesnakes was discovered
~ :" me Big Whortleberry Patch"
.,eatneId county, on the 2ist inst, by
a parry OF Young folks, who slow &c II
tho "Sarpims."
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
pssyss RAYMOND has received hi

R@y" RAYMOND has received his
Fall assortment of Goods. In addition
to his variety Of dry goods, groceries,
&c., lie has the largest assortment of
Reody-mado Clothing he has yet open
ed in this market.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
Another Large Apple.

Mr.. Lancelot John, Of The vicinity Of
Stowartown, in this county, has presented
"a viii, beautiful Apple, weighing ] ID.
and 9n ounce, which he calls the Virginia
Grcen' 1t is hard 10 beat, but not hard 10
be eaten.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
10000
Total

This shows a decrease of 90, 7e4 EN-.
igrant passengers during the first half
of 1855, as compared with the cores
ponding period in 1854. At the port Of
New York alone, for the second quar:
ter of the half year, the decrease is
7O,734.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29

A Full Bzooded I'M ertcan. - Tim
Mullowey, ajoIly looking tar, with the
richest ofbrogues, applied at the custom
house the other day for "purtection"
as an American citizen. He was asked
for his naturalization papers. "Me nat
eral papers, is it your honor wants "
said Tim with an insinuating grin, IAN
me a full bloodcd American
"You don't mean to say that you were
not born In Ireland!"
Born in Ireland" replied tim, Sure
] was. But thin, your honor, | KEN
from Cork to New Orleans last summer
and there the bloody minded muskeet.
ers run their bills into every inch Of me,
and sucked out every drop Of me Irish
blood, good luck to en-, and now I'm a
full blooded American"
There was some philosophy as we'll
as fun, in this reasoning, but il had no
effect, and the last that was seen Of Tim
he was on his way to the City Hall. to
look for "the man who sells the material
papers."---M Y Dutchman.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
Granville proportv,

Mcs8rs. liymcr & Lazzcll, the cntcr-
prising mercantile firm at Granville. in
this county, have purchased tho vcry
eligible and commodious property Of
Thos. s. Bankcrt, in thatvilIage. Mr.
Bankct, should he fail TO suit himself
in a property about here, probably
remove West in the Spring.
Ggy" The grading and stoning Of
Pleasant street is nearly complctcd.-.-
50 far it is good job
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29

AcoUiTrEp --RiCbutd Ankfifn. who was
recently tried for murder in killing his son.
ihIaw 10 RjI.slia County, wos acquitted,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29
Relief for Norfolk and Portsmouth.

We subjoin list ofthe principal cit
les and town, with the remark that, in
few Of them, the amount set down may
possibly be less than has actually been
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29

The Virginia tobacco crop, will, this
season, it is said excesd the crop Of last
year. The inspections thus far show an
excess 10000 hbds. over the correspon.
ding period of last year.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29

The officers Of the revenue in London
G. W. last week seized $4,000 worth
OF boots and shoes, and $50, 900 worth
OF watches and jewelry which had been
s,mugglod into the province by rospec,a.
ble merchants,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-09-29

Among the medical graduates at the
Ediuburg U diversity who obtained their
diplomas at the asst examination wero
Chinese and four Egyptians. This
Chimes graduate, Wong Flu, is DO.
LEVIED to be the first ChiUamau who ey.
or Graduated at a British University.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

THE VINEYARDS OF CALiFoRNIA-Mr. Buff
fun, in his speech in the California assem-
bly,, wherein he proposed to exemp: Califor-
MIA wine from the provisions of the prohibi-
tory liquor law, gave the following interest
ing statistics concerning the culture of the
vine in that state:
In Los Angeles county-the vineyard of
Callfornia-there are already under cultiva-
ton as many acres covered with the vine as
there are in the whole of the great state of
Ohio, the pioneer in the wine manufacture
of the United States.
" In Los Angeles, the number of bearing
vines amount TO 0,O0O; the number Of
acres under grape culture is 800 the guam
tlty OF wine which can be made to the acre
is 400 gallons the amount OF capital iri-
vested In the grape culture is 81 ,000, 600,
and the number of persons engaged in the
various branches of the business is 4,O0O.-
Thus, these 800 acres only under grape cul-
ture can produce 100000 gallons of wine
annually, which, al Ss2 per gallon, will yield
in this single district the annual income of
81 POO, 900. If there are in this state but
$4,000 acres of land which can be brought
under grape culture, they would produce
100, 900, 900 gallons of wine annually, which,
at 81 per gallon, would yield the enormous
annual revenue Of &l00,000,00O.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

LOBSTER TRADE.-It is estimated, says the
Chronicle, that there are consumed annually
in and about Boston about 100000 Holsters,
the prime cost of which is about 80 dol
lars per thousand. This makes the snug
little sum of $4,000. About 100000 Of
these Holsters are brought from the state of
Maine, and the remaining 100000 are taken
from Massachusetts, Bay. About 700 men
are engaged in taking the fish, and some 300
tons are employed to bring them to Boston,
exclusive of what are brought by steamboat
and railroad
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09
Changes of Climate.

Changes of Climate.
The GLOWING, from the Scientific Ameri-
can, contains some interesting facts, and
treats of very feeling subject, worthy of a
careful investigation:
History informs us that many Of the
countries of Europe which now possess very
mild winters, at one time experienced severe
cold during this season of the year. The
Tiber, at Rome, was often frozen over, snow
at one time lay for forty days in that city.
The Euxlne Sea was frozen over every win
ter during thestime of Ovid, and the rivers
Rhine and Rhone used to be frozen so deep
that the ice sustained loaded wagons. The
waters Of the Tiber, Rhine and Rhone, now
flow freely every winter ice is unknown ia
Rome, and the waves of the Euxine dash
their wlntry foam uncrystalized upon the
rocks Some have aScribed these climate
changes to agriculture, the cutting down of
dense forests, the exposure of the upturned
sol! to the summers sun, and the draining of
great marshes. We do not believe that such
great changes could have been produced on
the climate of any country by agriculture,
and we are certain that no such theory can
account for the contrary change Of climate
from warm to cold winters-which his
tory tells US has taken place in other
countries than those named Greenland re-
which once clothed its valleys and noun
tains; and its east coast, which is now in
accessible, on account of perpetual ice heap
ed upon its shores, was in the eleventh cen
tuty, the seat of hourishing Scandinavian
colonies all trace Of which is now lost
Cold Labrador was named Vinland by the
Northmen, who visited it A. d., 1000, and
were charmed with its then mild climate.
The cause OF these changes is an important
inquiry. A pamphlet, by John Murray, civil
engineer, has recently been published in Lon
don, in which he endeavors to attribute these
changes of climate to the changeable posi-
tion of the magnetic poles. The magnetic
variation or decipation of the needle is we'll
known. At the present time it amounts in
London to % degrees west north, while in
1853, the line of variation passed through
England, and then removed gradually west
until 1916. In that year great removal of ice
took place on the coast Of Greenland, hence,
1t is inferred, that the cold meridian which
now passes through Canada and Siberia, may
at one time have passed through Italy, and
that if the magnetic meridian returns, as it
is now doing to its old lines in Europe,
Rome may once more see her Tiber frozen
over, and the Rhinelander drive his team on
the ice of his classic river. Whether the
changes of climate mentioned have been
caused by the change of the magnetic me-
ridlan or not; we have too few facts before
us at present TO decide conclusively but
the idea once spread abroad, will soon lead
TO such Investigations as will no doubt re-
move every obscuritv, and settle the ques-
tion.
The CONFIDENCE MAN AG4IN.-A dealer
nrOdnPP M a of ia tlt-a
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

Mr.. Park, the proprietor of the press de-
stroyed by the Missouri mob at Parkville,
has commenced a suit against the rioters,
and employed Edward Bates, of st. Louis,
as his counsel Mr.. Park is man of wealth,
and will yet push the perpetrators of this
outrage to the wall, if there is any justice
or decency left in the courts of Missouri.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

The pay of the French soldier,.is one franc
per day. Out of that munifcent endowment
he must provide himself with thread, needles,
&C., to keep his uniform in repair. Then
he must replace all things lost or spoiled
while in his possession, from the army stores.
He is furnished with one pair of pantaloons,
and one pair of shoes per year, and one coat
every two years. On leaving service at the
end of seven years, the gun, sabre and coat
are taken from him, and whatever is left he
is entitled to. .rs- -.E... -.r.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

GUINEA Fowls Us RATs.--A correspon-
dent of the Prairie Farmer, who was very
much annoyed by rats, tried shooting, poi
soning, and everything he could think of /;
but they defed the whole category. He
then heard they would not remain where
guinea fowls were kept, and procured sever
al, and now says that for over two years he
has neither seen nor heard rat about the
premises.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

Two thousand emigrants have returned to
Europe from New York since the Goth of
April. The falling off of arrivals this
spring has been about SO per cent. from the
amount last year.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

A New WRlNKLE.-Itis is said to have been
satisfactorily demonstrated, that every time
a wife scolds her husband, she adds new
wrinkle to her face 1t is thought that the
announcement of this fact will have most
salutary effect, especially as it is understood
that every time wife smiles on her husband
it will remove one Of the old wrinkles Mr..
Caudle is delighted with the discovery, and
anticipates sunshine the year round, as Mrs.
Caudle has an unquenchible desire to appear
young and handsome, and mourns deeply
over the rapid departure of her youthful
charms. Poor, curtain-lectured husbands are
looking up.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

WErTING BRIcKs--As it is important
that every one engaged in building should be-
we'll informed in regard to the durability of
materials, we publish the following from an
exchange paper:
Very few people, or even builders, are
aware of the advantage of wetting bricks
before laying them, or if they are aware of
1t, they do not practice it; for of the many
houses now in progress in this city, there are
very few in which wet brick are used. A
wall twelve inches thick, built of good NOR
tar with bricks we'll soaked, is stronger in
every respect than one sixteen inches thick
built dry. The reason of this is, that if the
bricks are saturated with water, they will
not abstract from the mortar the moisture
which is necessary to its crystalization, and
on the contrary they will unite chem calIy
with the mortar, and becomes as solid as a
rock. On the other hand, if the bricks are
put up dry they Immediately take all the
moisture from the mortar leaving it too dry
to harden, and the consequence is that when
a building of this description is taken down
or tumbles down of its own accord, the
mortar from it is like SO much sand-I IScien-
tifc American
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

lIIIC AIltrICdn.
HE New METAL.-The Paris Academy of
Sciences has been experimenting on the new
metal recently announced as being contain
ed in abundance in common potlers' clay.
A report has just been presented to that
body by M. Delville, which says it can be
manufactured cheaply from that article, and
is apparently destined at no distant day to
supplant copper, iron, brass and tin in many
( not in all manufactures. The qualities
Of this metal, producible from so cheap and
accessible raw material, are stated to be
the ligh tness of glass, the whiteness and
brlliancy of silver, malleability and ductili-
ty nearly equal to those of the precious
metals, the tenacity of iron, and the fusibil-
ity of copper; 50 that it may be rolled,
drawn. hammered, and filed into every
variety of form.-[Phil. Sun.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

THE CONFIDENCE MAN AG4IN.-A dealer
IN produce from Marietta was neatly feeced
on Thursday evening last, by two Of the
notorious confidence gang. 1t was the old
watch-stuffng game and it is unnecessary
for us to detail the particulars In brief
the victim was offered watch for $40
which was alleged to be worth $lOO but
really was of the kind that cost $40 dozen.
The possessor was very poor and very
afflicted and was willing to make the sacri-
nee II he could get the cash down. Mean
time, we'll dressed man with pen behind
his ear and his hat off, standing in the door
of one of the Wholesale stores on Water
street, accosted the victim and said if he
got the watch he would give him $40 for it.
Greenhorn went back made the purchase and
returned to the store to find his friend gone.
On examining the watch he discovered its
value and came to the conclusion that he
had been badly sold. We don't pity him
much.-[Pitts. Gax.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-06-09

GooD PLUcK-A GENUINE JOHN Bull
The Lyons (France) papers are full of the
following singular story -
On the 10Th number of Englishmen es-
tablished in that city gave a splendid ban
quet to countryman of theirs, Mr.. Arthur
Fleming, rich merchant of London, then at
Lyons, who had just completed residence
of eleven months in the prison of Frankfort
Germany, in which he had been placed under
the following circumstances About
twelve month ago Mr.. Fleming stopped for
two days at one of the principal hotels at
Frankfort-on-the-M Maine. and on the third
day, when about to leave, called for his bill, ,
which to his astonishment amounted to
250f. Indignant at this exhorbitant demand
he rendered ne-half of it, but the landlord
persisted, and threatened to send his custom
er TO prison, as the law of the place allowed
him to do. The Englishman, however, was
obstinate and suffered himself to be arrested
and locked up. Although the laws of Frank
for! give this power to creditors, they at the
same time impose on them the necessity of
supporting their debtors while in prison, and
of furnishing them with clothes and other
articles suitable to their position in life
This the hotel-keeper was compelled to do
in Mr.. Fleming's case, and so little care did
the Englishman take of the articles supplied
to him. that the former at last found himself
minus a sum of nearly 100000, and getting
tired of the contest, he ordered the release Of
his captive. Mr.. Fleming, satisfied with
the triumph of British endurance over Ger
man extortion and spite, Immediately on his
release gave sum to the poor of Frankfort,
amounting to double that expended by the
hotel-keeper.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18
Agents for the . sAmerican Organ.''

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agent TO procure subscribers in Missouri
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18
sEdward G. Prescott, Esq.

CONVERSION or DESERT INTO A LAKE-Capt.
William Allan, Of the British navy, has published
book advocating the conversion Of the Arabian
Desert into au ocean. The author believes that
the great valley extending from the southern de.
preston Of the Lebanon range to the head Of the
Gulf Of Akaba, the eastern branch Of the head Of
the Red Sea, has been once ocean. IL is in
many plnces 300 feet below the level Of the Med
iterranean and in il situated the Dead Sea and
the Sea Of Tiberias. He believes that this ocean,
being cut off from the Red Sea by the rise Of the
land at the southern extremity, and being only fed
by small streams, gradually became dried by solar
evaporation. He proposes TO cut canal Of ade-
qustc size from the head Of the Gulf of Akaba to
the Dead Sea, and another from the Mediterranean
near Mount Carmel, across the plain Esdraelon, to
the fssure in the mountain range Of Lebanon. BY
this means the Mediterranean would rush in, with
fall of 1900 feet, l up the valley and substitute
an ocean 1000 square miles in extent for bar.
ren, useless desert thus making the navigation to
India as short as the overland route, spreading
fertility over now arid country, and opening up
the fertile regions of Palestine to settlement and
cultivation.
The conception is magnificent one, but no suf.
fcient survey has been made TO determine its prac-
ticability or its cost
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18
Building on the sand.
by ELIZA COOK.

'Tis well to WOO, It's well to we'd,
For SO the world has done
Since myrtles grow and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have care ye young and fair,
BE sure We pledge with truth;
BE certain that your love win wear
Beyond the days Of youth
For If we give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
you'll lind you've played the "unwise" part,
And = built upon the sand"
'Tis well to save, tits well 10 have
goodly store Of gold,
And hold enough Of shining stuff
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hopes and trust
Ia what the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust
unmixed with purer things.
And he who piles up wealth alone,
Will often have to stand
Beside his Golfer chest, and own . ..
lis "built upon the sand"
Tis good to speak in kindly guise
And sooth wher'er we can
Fair speech should bind the human mind,
And love links man to man.
But stay not at the gentle words,
i, Let deeds with language dwell
The one who pities starving birds
Should scatter crumbs as well.
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those who talk yet fail to do,
But "build upon the sand"
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18

An American meeting was held at Nottaway G.
H., Virginia, on the 9th Of September. The fol-
lowing resolutions we're adopted
"Resoiped, That the American party OF this
county do cordially embrace the platform OF prin-
ciples presented to the country by the convention
lately held at Philadelphia, and pledge to them
hearty support
"Rosoipsd, That with the Hon. Solon Bor-
land, we consider that platform, so far il affects
Southern interests particularly, "a the best that
has ever been, or is likely to be- presented TO
the people by any party whatever, and, therecpon,
most earnestly commend IL to the support OF every
one who desires to contribute to the suppression
Of angry sectional feelings and to the perpetuity
Of our happy republican government
"Resofpcd, That, disclaining the influence of
former party attachments, we stand ready to APP
prove whatever conmcnds itself to our Judgment
as being just and patriotic, from what source so
ever it may cmanate, and we accordingly embrace
this occasion to express our approval of the Just,
patriotic, national, conservative sentiments con-
taincd in the address recently presented to tho
people Of New York by the Hard Shell branch Of
the Democratic party of that State,