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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
MoNoNaAnrA AcADHnnx.

The Summer Session of this -four
ishing Institution, under the direction
of Rev. j. r.. MOORE, closed with high.
ly interesting exercises the past few
days. The examination of the several
classes commenced on Wednesday and
continued through Thursday. 1t was
attended by a large number of our citi-
zens, who were highly delighted with
the performances of the Students, in
sustaining q thorough examination,
On Wednesday evening, Rev. DR..
WINES, of Washington, Pa, delivered
an address to the Literary Societies of
the Academy, which was listened to
with profound respect and attention by
u large audience at Court House Hall.
On Thursday evening, at the same
place, the contest between the Colum-
bian and Monongalian Literary Socic-
ties came of, with the following pre-
gramme, intcrspersed with the spirit
stirring music of our inimitable Band /:
SELECT oRATIoNs.
Retribuive Justice, &C. A. Dickey, Wheel.
ing, Va.
Civil Liberty and Inlidelity Incompatible
w. p. Wiley, Morgantown, Va.
| ESSAYS.
The Destiny of tho African Race. D
Riddle, Martinsburg, Va.
Hume and MOses,--H. C. Shepherd, Wells.
| vile, Ohio.
ORIGINAL CREATIONS.
The Swiss Reforma,ion,-F. M. Durbp,
Morgantown, Va.
The Progress of the Age.-H. M. Long,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Should the oLSerraace of the Sabbath be enforced
| by civil iaW?
Aflirm,-H. Woods, Marion county, Mo.
Deny,-B. S. Stuart, West Middetown, Pa.
The audience on the occasion was as
large as could be contained in the spa
cious Hall, and, Notwithstanding tho
heat, which almost liquifed an enjo1-
mcnt OF the interesting and praiscwor-
thy exercises, the contestants succeeded
in keeping their audience interested
without pcrccptible wearimcntI
The Board of Judges returned a de-
cisior 'ing nlrh encomirls upon all
Nances, rs wo<hy of older
2brated Iptitutions and
. the MonoHalia Society, to
4essrs. Riddle and6tuart, the honors
for the Essay and 6cbatc,-to the Co.
lumbar, MessrslD hickey and Long, the
Select and O1ginal Orations. The
honors were 'Vidcd thus :-Mononga-
Ian 6, Colu1bian 4. -
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
FOURTH OF y1Lx.

The several Sabbath sgools of our
borough will celebrate ths.pproaching
Anniversary of independence by the
usual professions, addrcsst and repasts,
mcotingat an carly hoy in their res
pective houses of WORSHIP The follow
Ing are the speakers forhc OCCASION.
Methodist E. School-Rev. Munroe.
Presbytcrian-H. j Martin.
Methodist Pre-. Ragg and F.
NJ. Durbm.
Baptist-Eld. ca. G. Conn.
We hope they mn enjoy the festive
occasion in glecful GOOD feeling and in
the spirit of the f'y. "Under their
own vine and fig ttc," may the Parent
of our Liberties pour down upon them
the bountiful blessings of His grace and
providence, thatihe rising generation
in their charge nay grow up, imbued
with the truths e civil and religious
liberty, to honor the stations awaiting
them but % little way in the future.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30

Iie arrest of Horace Groely in Pa
ris, as one Of the Directors of the New
York Crystal Palace, at the instance of
an unfortunate Frenchman who had
"suffered some" by that unfortunate
concern, occasions a good deal of mcr-
riment here. Private letters from Mr..
Greedy intimate that the real motive
Tor putting him in Jail, had reference to
furnishing him for the rather free com
mcntarles Of the Tribune upon the char
actcr of Louis Napoleon.
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tobacco.
the United State !,

" the United State.
hay, estimated that 20,
dieevery year from the use ., t(Dacco.
.Iultiermany, the physicians have cal.
culstcd that, Of I'll the deaths Mlich oc-
cut between t,eIages of 1sand 35, one
haf originate in tho waste of constitu.
tipn by smoking! They say that the
afsicla exhauas and dcranges the nery-
oils powers ahdproducc3 long train
ofnorvous dis,ascs, to which the stom-
aeh is liable, mp especially those forms
flat go under lle name ofdyspDpsia. =
II also exortsa disastrous influence up.
on the mind United StoteS Gazette
ICan the aboye be substantiatcd by
positive testimony 2 --iSci. Ai,er.
! The Know Nothings of Betls Co, in
this State, area about to start paper in
The City of Reading, to be prir cd in the
sGermau language
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pHiIn1e}DIia. ,Jy,os o

HtC0betpHt0, oURG Il.
Postmaster General Campbell was
applied to recently by the Postmaster
at York, Pa, to know whether letter
containing, as was supposed, counterfeit
money, could be opened at the request
OF the public authorities, in order that
the money contained therein might be
identified as the same as that passed by
the prisoner, and that thus further cv-
ldence might be furnished to aid in his
conviction and punishment. The POST
master General replied, cmphatically,
that it could not; that he had no right,
nor any officer under him, to open any
letter until it reached the Dead Letter
Office, and that this principle must be
always acted upon by those in the en-
ployment of the De apartment.
Since the Sunday liquor law, passed
at the last session of the Legislature,
has gone into effect, numerous devices
have been adopted by the lovers of the
ardent to satisfy their thirst on the
Sabbath day. Bottles, with gum clas-
tic tubes inserted, through which the
traveller may drink as he runs, have
become all the rage. Flasks, Of every
shape and material, fill the pockets Of
the anti-watcr disciple; while many
make grand preparations every Satur-
day for q liquorish Observance of Sun
day at home. The brewers of lager
beer have, for the purpose Of accommo-
dating their numerous customers, had
small kegs made, which they fill and
sell for family use on the Sabbath, and
since this custom has conc into vogue,
1T is a matter Of astonisbment to many
people how some families increase in
numbers, particularly on that day when
the law says, "You shall not drink"
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T'l,cSs.,,.y

A gentleman WI $3.50,
hundred miles in 49, s'''su, ss''r = slA 4.
days returned to a 80 49, z IN - y 8 so y,
on the 18th that th ~ a = Z, 80: "a I
OUT exception, arc ksris;nr nn.u ,|al.
ca crops; the corn is MS n 20riant.s &,
some places almost sassel. and he
irult IS tremendous, bsxSrho rrsa,ept
Souhaanco OF apples, pSches. cherries,
re nc. wherever there wass treoplan,ed'
ne wheat crop williprohbly he / wen.
ty-hve per cent greaterthl ever beft,fe
grown IN Illinois; and aIout ham thes
freight cars are laden with, putent rrs;;u
reapers, threshing inachiues. aud oti,s
agricultural Implements. Tht accoan
continue to be encouraging from M pal
OF Georgia, Alabama, Mississipp; III
islana, NC. The late rainsIhSve bee
general and copious. and HE crops
an these sections present tho most ,,rof,
lsing appearance. The Augusta ia
her says: "Maine never lad SO toy
seed IN the earth before at one tiE b
ana the prospect is most promisingSo)
bountitul crops"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
THE VIZ NEWS.

According 70 the newspapers the tel
egraphic accounts wa receive from the
other side of tho water, it would appear
that tho tide offortone has Glanced and
tnat success after success is attending
the arms of the Allies. BY late mails
we had accounts Of the capture of
hertch and Yenikale, Of tho entrance
into the Sea of AZotf, and as a motter of
course OF tho capture or destruction of
every floating thing thereon; tho St.
Louis brought advices Of the capture of
Genilchi, the northeirnost point of the
road across the Sirwash shadows and
the mouth by which the Putrid Sea and
the Sea of Azof communicates place
as can be seen by a glance at the map,
OF great military Importance both as a
granary Tor the produce of the banks of
the Don, aud as key in some sor, TO
Perckop; and the Asia announces thar
the Mamelon and White Tower Mt Se-
bastopol have been taken by tho Allied
forces after heavy slaughter. Blow
after blow seems to fall with power and
rapidlty. Pellissieris showing his met.
tie, and is an obvious Improvement ON
Canrobert. Lord Raglan, to whom the
hertch expedition is attributed, is gain
ing vigor, and the armies and nations
generally are in better ismper Even
IN England the cry for reform has grown
dull
1t remains to be eenfyhether this is
one of the usual fluctuatj2ns ofwar, nat.
ural atterso long aperiol of. discourage
ment on the part of the Allies or the
beginning OF series ofsolid and endu.
ring triumphs. The obiee
being, as they say, no, 10
territory, but to weaken h,
er in the Black Sea, that q,
course neared by the occupal.,.. .....-.
Sea of Azott. 1t does not seem likely. |
notwithstanding all the brilliant ac.
counts given in the British papers, that
either Kertch or Yetikale wero store
houses used to any gieat extent by tho
army of Sebastopol. The state of the
roads between Arra'at, KalTa and Sc.
bastopol--as described by Demidcr
who rode over them few years ago.
torbids the belief tha tany consider
quantity of provisions could have
by that route. But tits quite po
as the English say, tht the reso
of the valley of the DIN have been
under contribution . we'll as tho
the valley oftha Dni9er, and 'ho,
supplies have sailed hroul
Azoif to Genitchi, of eve
way to Perekop. m:I
for the seizure Of
obviously at tho for
;--' of''' Allies -
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gay- The delightful rains of tho late
few days have Teen superseded by sea-
sonable, crop.i crfecting weather. A
June sun has otened a battery of smelt-
ing bcamsupd us, and the belatcd corn
springs up aHl Spreads itself" as by
the touch Of magic.
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Majority against Prohibition in Illinois.

Chicago, lime 21.--Returns from
all the counties in tic State have been
received, which show majority Of
14,O66 against the probibitory liquor
law. Tho total vote was 167, 066, the
largest vote ever rolled in this State.
The oficisJ returns will probably vary
the figure; somewhat,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30

-"sF-..--~ n llJV Z" s5Vo~
zeal IF "signal ability" and Of squire
democracy" about that gentleman yet.
IF theirs who now dcnouncc him was
Aaf as pure, they'd have stock to
feel proud of.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
- AycntlO.
ed that b.

&c went on " New
-u... nd made an able and jackson
like speech; sor such men as he con-
pose the front rank and right wingfof
the American phalanx. The bitter
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
MANOR DoNELsoN.

This gentleman, the adopted son and
heir of Gen. jackson, the stcadfast
friend and private Secretary of cold
HioIc. ~ On +hc
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NOT MUcH LIKE ia mnNE.--T The re-
ceiP's OF breadstufi's at the upper 81 III
ports are tremendous. anl, inihe faSs y
s"o immense receipts Sol4;aln agEll /,
export demand but nomN nal, with all;,A
Hed distililns, businesll Sthe n,as9s1
price of this discriptionfof grain P csna
be maintained. 1O3 Asa busba,s ,"n.'
received at ports on the upper i ak es 1
one day. AT Buffalo and Os weao RI.
receipts reported on MONDAY reecbaf
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30

The following are the can6i{aates
nominated by the Democrats Of Gideenc
county, at their Primary ElcyStioD,
which was held on the 9th inst
Assembly, Rufus u. Cappbell I;
Sheriff, Elijah Adams Prescribing At
torncy, A. A. Purman; Comm Issioncr,
John S. Bayard Treasurort jacob
Lcmly; Auditor, Michael M'ftlclland.
n -.-----------------,-s.s, l-.-----.4Al -4-~
go Capt. LYHcn has OH thanks
= Pittsburgh palLcrs ghs is not
- onIain gt news.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
NEWS DEPARTMENT..
Correspondence of the Nat. Intelligencer.
NEW York. JUNE IL,

- NEW lORk, JUNE IL.
The pride of Virginia must have been
gratified at the steady but sure rise of
the stocks of the Old Dominion i'm this
market, where during the past week
they have touched one per ct. premium,
rising within the past or 4 months
from discount of some ID per cent
Our market was for time flooded with
these securities, scarcely day passing
without extensive transactions taking
place in them. This, added to the gem
eral depression, kept them at a figure
much below the value which the unble-
mlshed character of the State should
have ensured them. 1t is well known
that many Of her leading citizens felt
kind OF personal pride in the matter,
and did all in their power to buoy up
the securities by large purchases. Time
however has effected what they could
not, and those who invested their funds
in the State credit during the time of
gloom are now amply repaid by the sa-
tlsfactory standing which Virginia has
now regained in the monetary world.
Despite the great falling off in for
eign importations and the arrival of
immigrants at the port of New York,
the shipping statistics, although not so
flourishiag as in previous years, do not
exhibit proportionate decline. In
Quebec there appears to have been q
most serious depression, the custom
house books showing that, from the LIST
of January to the present time, there
have only been 159 arrivals frem sea,
which Is decrease, compared with the
same period last year, of no less than
254 SAIL covering 100000 tons; while
in the Arrival of passengers there has
been q falling off of upwards of twenty
four thousand. This is far greater
per tcntage than is exhibited in the re-
}turls of this port.
NEW York, JUNE 10.
The recent Democratic deputation
from this city to Washington, whose
object was to assist in the fusion move
ment between the Hards and Softs, has
accomplished nothing. The managers.
in view of this failure, are in q perfect
sea OF doubt as to how they shall 60 in
to the coming fall c2mpaign, being we'll
aware Of thei ;ty in their divi-
ded state; q
arc lik.,y, 20
delegation oA
both factioGa d.
headquarters,
about the muCh-ue
mean time the RI
mittec' are moving, and give nov,
their Convention to nominate .a.-
ticket will be held some time d,2 +
Month of August. rhis
I an AntisN Nebraska a.. 1
gard 70 any other political digision.-
1t loo'ss as if our ensuing election Will
be perfect scrub rage, for at present
bore IS ~ cnumerathg The variety of
~" ilcl- to be
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SALUTATo RX.

LUTAToRX. .
We present to our readers and the
public to-day the first number of the
"AMERIcAN UNION" q weekly paper,
the Prospectus for which has been lib
orally circulated, and its character
therein indicated. With smooth sea
and clear sky, VIC have launched our
barquc upon the waters, and hope by
.judiclous navigation to make safe and
prosperous voyage. We expect to en-
counter, in our progress sometimes,
heavy sea and hcad-winds, but freight
ed with the immutable truths of Re-
publican Freedom, we shall, like the
tabled spectre ships, "sail fairest in
the very teeth Of the wind" Our col
ors are nailed to the masthead, to play
with the breczcs of the sunlight, or to
CLEAN on the darkness and Aaunt with
the gale. In prosperity and adversely
in victory and dcfeat-they arc our
principles, and as such we will defend
and support them. Believing the prin-
aiples of the American party to be the
principles of our country, in which are
involved the safety and security of our
glorious Union, and the porpctuity, be-
You'd all question, Of our civil and reli-
gious institutions, we shall promulgc
and vindcatc them with an energy
stimulated by the cx"nn"i"e of the
times, and u devotion ~ e.
heartfelt appreciation
immunitics which {.
the nations of The
Just now 4 COW,
the American u
ours, strcngthe|
since we frst1
area Of our
cost Of our.
vigilance"
Sassgritanec
ration. WIa
ment, tending
rule in our pol
ccute the laws
IDENTIFY sympat.
nifty has oflerec
frage Gas may
OF such mcasu'
when we have gMn
from foreign anuW, Spotic lands, "a
Tome among the frecst people, and in
The lappicst land which the sun visits
in his revolutions, that it is enough UNI
til he shall have studied our institutions
and become enlightened in them, thus
Qualifying himself to become an intel
ligent and loyal voter. With the lead
ing, fundamental fact, then, of the A.
!. merlcan party, We are now, as we have
yer been enlisted, hence we inscribe
En our banner the motto, " Ameri-
must rule America p knowing
nlllions of patriotic hearts, palpi-
with ardent attachment to our
,caUtry, in every section of
kskond to that saving sonti-
sentiment that belongs
6 stars and stripes"
al Hood re no
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30

hesSrs. Riddle and6tuart, the honors
for the Essay and Dcbate,-to the Co.
lumbar, Messrs hickey and Long, the
Select and O,ginal Orations. The
honors were 8vidcd thus :-Mononga-
Ian 6, Colu1bian 4. ...-...
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Ssc.gntOwn Female Seminary,

o. concert, Tclc. 's''''a'
" '"ration of the Stu
.a ~ under
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ration Wita
ment, tending i
rule in our poll
ccute the laws
IDENTIFY sympat.
nifty has of;crec
frage Gas may
OF such mcasu
when we have s
from foreign a
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30

gard to any other political diyision!
1t loo'Es as if our ensuing election will
be a perfect scrub rage, for at present
bore IS m onumeratng the variety Of
" iLcl- to he
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-15

a few days since swarm, Of bees aBghted on tbs
turrtt Of st. Pans Episcopal church, in Concord n. e.,
ans CONNIE need laying the foundation OF q hive.
The two chief towns the territory OF Minnesota
acertaned By local ust taken TO have the fol
Iewipg population ST. Paul, 5000 ST. Anthony, iO.
This 10 handsome increase the last enumeration.
Plummer late lsndlosd Of the Maverick House, East
Roaton who went of leaving his creditors minus
5000 or s6eeo, IL in Minnesota, 1t Ia said.
The CT icsso Times says that during the last three
the price OF beef cattle has down from S.
sas as 50 per hundrsA weight and IL 10 the opAion OF
buyers tlAi the bottom IL net reached.
Acozyep.ion Of abe Teachers OF the Deaf and Dumb,
from All parts OF The United States will be held ct Ssaun
ton on ths 18th of Angus, pert The convention
bled Last year at Hartfosd, Conneeticut
On the 9th init Joseph ssisus man or years old
tosk Iaucanun In ChArsstown, Mass, and died next
forenoon He lad for many years worked in tho Navy
Yard.
Al late trial in Quebec, the jury addressed BY
Gro az the council English and by another IN Preach
m courre the English iurymsn Loaf thu benaAt Of the
french lawyers logic, and rice rersd
The challenge Of the Yale to the Harvard boat clubs
has been aceepts3 And the race viii probably OF
touns Joy nett week.
coslsd Hoppy, convict, sentenced 81 Albany 70 fvs
,s.r, IN the ste prison, escaped 81 White Hail. vhns
ca his vsy 10 the Clinton prissn,
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General, most numerously signed, asldns for yost.
ofdce up towa, somewhere In the vicinity Of Union
park But that funotionsry, tor reasons Of hs own.
has not been pleased 70 grant the request, Our
post oiaoe win not only NOS bear any conparison %
the British post Cioo Of tho present day. bat d on
many accounts fAr behind the English post system
OF one hundred yeAu ago.
The following u from "A Tour Through The
Whole lAand Of Great Britain, by Gentleman"
pubished In 1748. In the reign Of George IL
/" Tie post 0f6ce IL kept In Lombard street. In
large house, formerly Sir Robert Viners and Is m
der admirable management. The penny post il q
branch OF 1t, and u most useful addition to trade
and business for by It letters are delivered to the
remoest corners of the town almost % soon they
could be sent BY messenger, and that from foue,
fve six, TO eight times day, according az she dis
lance OF the place makes Is pracrisa sle-insomuch
that you may send letter from Limehouse, IN ths
east, to the furthest part Of Westminster fcr
penny, several times In the same day; and 70 the
neiGhborine villages, rs Kensington, Hamersmith,
Chswick, DC. westward; Newington, Ellington,
Kentish town, Hampstead, Holloway, Higogate,
&C., northward; to New!ngton Butts, Gambler
we'll, &C., southwark; and Stepney, Poplar, Bow,
Stratiord, .Deptford, Greenwich, &C., eastward,
once day"
This Tour" is said to be written by De Foe.
though his name is not in the title page. Here we
have an account OF q post office In London when
It contained just shout the same population that
Nes York does now, with regular letter delivery
to all parts of tbs town. from four to eight times
day. Are we goipg to wait hundred years be-
fore we see our post office system what 1t should
be? We think not
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-15

Ms,or (,ecer,l Eduouds, Of Massachusetts,, and
stan; Major General Sandford, argt division, and
stan, Major General Asro. Ward, Second division,
GenersD and stA6, sampson and stat, De PeysteT
and stan, e r. Wright, sof New jersey lGen. Hpicer1
Of New York; General Burnett, Of the New York
Volunteer; Colonel! Stephens, vermilye, Bremaer,
yosbwsh, Ven v.lksDbnrg, and Bushnell, Of New
spector Won Bssi, J. &. a. Ward, Comnissary
General Of The statsof New York; D. D. Connovef,
and number Of Alderman and Councimen; Capts.
Turnbull and Norris, Of the New York Police De-
partment; Mr.: Tsy'or; Colonel Pinckney. 9th Re.
gimebt, NewYork; Major Botterfleld, list ReKment:
Major Bibby, besides others.
Az the appointed hour the regiment was formed
for the review. After some excellent exercises In
the manual Of arms, the battalion movements and
the different frings we're gone through with. Tue
various companies successively fred, when firing
BY wing was tried II in this discharge that the
deplo.able accident sent you an account Of yes
terday happened. / have already described the
scene, and have nothing to add further than that
the ndnct OF the officers and rank and file Of the
National Guard was such as TO reflect the highest
credit on them. The utmost concern was manifest
cd, and the money that was raised the postpone
ment OF the ball, and tbs that taken OF the
wounded lady and Guild, showed how much the
Guards felt for the melancholy occurrence. Mrs.
Csssel the wounded lady, has been but short time
married, and the wounded child was the 6rst boro.
The blow was severe one to the husband, who
bent over his young wife, almost beside himself with
grief.
The rest Of the day was spent by the visiters in
in viewing the Guard and commenting on the
cad event. In the evening the tents were ilumina-
ted and the soldiers received their lady friends in
their quarters. Tomorrow morning at six the
tents viii be struck and the regiment viii return to
the city by the steamer Aida.
take this opportunity of returning thanks to
Col Dury ee, Adjutant Pond and Captain Pressnger
for coui tesies extended Also to privases Ear way
Wilcox and Leon, whose tent occupied on the
evening Of my ARRIVAL. D. &C.
TIE RETURN TO THE CITY.
The Guard arrived yesterday by the steamer
Aida, and were received by the list Regiment, Col
Voeburg. The men looked sunburnt and tanned
but expressed themselves much pleased with their
excursion. They were marched to the Park, and
nom thence to Lafayette Hall, where they were dis
missed.