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Deduct Gazette's majority for Ward
Eyans's majority

Evanss majority SO
There Is something rotten In Denmark be-
yond doubt, and although the American capdi-
date has received eghtynine majority and s elect
ed by the popular win, 1t Is evident that the anti
American powers that be- or their tools are
using every means to defeat that election by trick
cry. Go on, gentlemen, the popular voice has been,
and will be heard again. Keep our elected repre-
sentative from taking his seat II you can do 30 by
throwing out the opular voice. In Liberty county,
you cay the returns show that Mr. L. Evans IL
elected, and not l.. d. Evans. You also shy that
the name Of the returning officer was written just
above the seal, whereas the law requires that II
should be written across the zeal Of the envelop
enclosing the returns from counties to the return
ing officer Of the district and the strict letter Of
the law has not, therefore, been complied with.
II sounds well from those who crowd In Illegal
votes manufactured at illegal tribunals, to talk
about the letter Of the law or 10 exercise au-
thority 70 repudiate legal vote Of American
citizens for mistake in the initials Of candidates
name. Do your best gentlemen, We hope you
viii bring all the low, dirty trickery Of which your
party Is 80 capable, to bear upon this election and
defeat, Il you can, by such means. tho viii Of the
American people,"
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NO che Palrens 81 the American organ.

The undersigned, having purchased the
american Organ Establishment, take pleasure
in assuring their friends and the public, that
they have made such arrangements as will en-
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list, whilst some Of its friends have had their
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latter win be greatly relieved In their apprc-
tensions. We feel that we are able, and we
know that wesare fully rcsolved to make the
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Yet much will depend upon the support and
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and friends Of the American party.
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support of our press, the principle Of selfpre-
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appeal to our political friends and to liberal
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devoted members of an American party, whose
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To those who profess to be americans" by
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To those who patronize the press for the
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Union opposed to Disunioaisn aud to all
,sltraisas-and advocates Of those measures
which will ensure tho perpetuit-of our insti.
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WINTER.

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head, came into power sosemnly plcdg-
ed mot to renew the slavery agitation.
The nominee Of the Democratic Con
yention OF 1852, which solemnly de-
clared the non-renewal of the Slavery
question, Pierce was elected and the
pledge accepted By an unprecedented
majority of the States of the Union
But this solemn pledge, given to the
country by the Convention, and reiter-
ated by 'his accidency,' its nominee, on
all occasions, was soon forgotten, soon
dtsregardcd.
"Scnator Douglass" Gas most truly
says cotcmporary) ga prominent
candidate for the Presidency and Gen.
Pierce, the nominee of the Convention,
both ciolatea tie platform, and reopen
cd the discussion about slavery, and
are the AUTHORS of the present mhap-
py state of the country on that subject. "
From this small cloud Douglass and
PIERCE no bigger than mans hand
have been evolved the mighty evils now
visited upon thisnation and did those
men but feel tho weight of responsible
ity that rests upon the authors of the
work of violated faith, it we're sufficient
to crush them to the earth morally as it
has done politically. But Douglass
was ambitious for the Presidency, and
Pierce was acadiag beyond his DEPTH in
State affairs, presenting the ridiculous
spectacle of II merely ordinary man en-
compassed with the concerns of the
greatest government in the world, and
the dire consequences of their short
sightedness and treachery are our com
mon inheritance in these latter days?
Who are responsible? Douglass and
Pierce opened the book solemnly sealed
by the Democratic Convention which
nominated tho latter, and the people
who elected him. Who and where arc
they? Douglass is now defunct as
pirant for the Presidency, retired to a
comfortless oblivion-Piercc, the multi
flying President, without the confidence
of the people he attempts to govern, is
willing away the tedious hours which
shall restore him to those duties of do
mestic retirement or that prescribed
political arena, to which he will hasten
at the expiration Of his term. Who are
responsible for our present national
or rather sectional--condition? Echo
answers, Wh6!
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
OUR SCHOOLS.

The next session Of Mononga7fa
Academy, under the supervision of the
Rev. j. II. MOORE, will commence on
Monday the 9th inst. We learn that
the prospects are good for large
number Of Pupils, and, indeed, some
have already arrived and found quar-
tcrs. Good boarding houses are not
scarce in this place, and the young
men coming to attend the Academy
will find every comfort and convenience
provided for them, that could render
their stay among us pleasant and pro-
htablc.
The next session of the MoryuntoWn
Female Seminary will commence on
Monday, September 3rd. Professor
EMERY and lady, with their assistant
teachers, have been enjoying the leisure
and recreation afforded them during the
vacation, and will be ready to enter
upon the arduous duties and response
bllitics Of the new session with their
accustomed aptness and energy
We learn that many young ladies from
abroad will attend the session, and we
hope their sojourn among us will be as
pleasant as has always been the stay Of
pupils iii this Seminary.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
EoUTsVTGLI RIOTS.

We copy, at considerable length, I'M
der the news head, the Journals ac-
count of the Louisville riots, believing
those accounts the most reliable aAoat.
These outrageous scenes Of blood and
murder, in their beginning and pro-
gress, call for the scvcrest penalties of
the law, and the strongest expressions
OF adherence, upon the poor inhuman
wrctches who instigatcd them and lent
themselves to fill up the several acts of
the man butchers programme for it
does now appear that the attack was
prcmcditatcd on the part of the miscr-
able rabblc who struck the first system
attic blow, and took the first life. For.
while whole row Of houses cleaned
with firearms and poured yollcy of
shot and ball upon American pcdcstri-
ans, Unfortunately, it is not made to
appear that a single American was I'M
der arms on the contrary Americans
i'll many instances went unarmed first
to these irish and dutch batteries before
they would believe the exciting rumors
OF unproyokcdmurdcr, and before thew
would take up arms themselves. But
L Il
when they saw Americans, quietly pass
ing to their shops or homes, shot down
like dogs, the wonder is not that thew
should oppose firearms to firearms, but
that they should have left solitary
armed rcbclin the city. 1t is to be put
down to the credit of American for.
beua1'ce at Louisville that ALL the for
oigners who bore arms to slaughter
native citizens were not yicttns of the
deadly strife they had begun!
The Louisville Courier, itself anti.
American in politics, dcyotcs whole
columns to throw the blame of the riot
upon the Americans. 1t takes up the
street fights, hand-to-liand fsticuffs
quarrels at the polls, &C., to justify
Foreigners in rcsorting to firearms
and to shooting down Americans, qui.
city passing along the streets. This
is appropriate work for an editor who
vas expelled from an American Coun.
Gil, because he was not worthy of the
confidence of his associates. The Cou.
rier's assertions will be short.liyed in
opposition to the Forthcoming aflidavits
Of citizens Of Louisville, witnesses tc
the scenes, whose veracity cannot be
doubted.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
--latest from Norfolk.

a dispatch from Petersburg. dated on
Sunday, says:
"On Thursday the Pest House of
Norfolk Contained 60 cases of fever
On Saturday there were 90 deaths. In
Portsmouth. on Friday. tho Naval I'll os.
pial contained forty cases, and there
were eight interments The new cases
III Portsmouth are not so great in num-
ber."
A subscription for the relief of tho
Sufferers by the fever was started in
Norfolk, on Friday morning, and in less
than two hours $4,000 was raised. The
Herald thinks the amount will reach
$4,000. A Howard" Association is TO
De organized, more effec,ualy 10 aid the
sick. The new cases of fever are Of q
mild, manageable type. The provisions
are becomius scarce. and il will not h,
long. says the Herald, before some of
the afflicted will be suffering from Sta.
walton.
"A letter to the Portsmouth Exnress
dated on Saturday morning saws;
here is but little abatement Of tho
disease, which now prevades every part
OF our town.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
SEoRGANTovyN:
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1856
Words Of wisdom and Warning.

80 Against the insious wilcs of Foreign influence
couture You to believe me, Fellowczcus the Jealousy
of Free People ought to no constantly awakit is one
OF the most bonetu foes OF Republican Government
WASHINGTON.
80 II is time that should become little more
Ancricanized and instead of feeding the Paupcrs and
i.aborors of England feed else in II short
time, By OUR PRESENT POLICY, we shall be Paupers
oUrsclvcS--J hCkSON.
So hope may find in future Of
shielding ourselves from Foreign Influence Pontic6l
CoInmercia or in whatever form II may be attempted. |
wish there were of Fire between this and the
old world.--IEFFERSON.
I@ If ever the Liberties of this country destroyed
iLwil be through the Vaccinations of Romish Pricsts.
LA FAYEfTE
~ Foreign Influence is GreciHn horse to the Re.
pubhcwe cannot be careful to exclude its
MADISON.
~ There is nm imperative necessity for reforming
the Naturalization Laws of the L. Siatcs--WEBSTER.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
TIE FIRST BLOOD.

The An,i-Americans may assert and
protest and swear as strongly as they
will, that The fearful riots of Mon.
day were begun by tho Ameri-
cans, bot in disproof Of this. the broad,
palpable, undeniable, and uDdenied fact
stands out, and the first bloodshed, the
first killing, the first numbering, both in
the upper aud in the lower parts of the
city were the works of the foreign.born
population. The foreigners may have
imagined they had not fair play at the
polls, but they were the first to resort
to assassination. They may have false
ly imagined that an attack upon them
selves was contemplated, but they were
the first to- resort to assassination. They
may have enormously supposed that
they we're rendering an important SER
vice to God and mankind, bat they were
frs, toresort to assassination. And when
foreigh-born citizens, withnot the shad.
ow Of a Justification, assassinate Ameri.
can citizens in our streets, what can be
expected but that the aroused spirit of
our couptrymen will rage aud thirst for
revenge
Even by the admission of one Of the
Apti.American organs OF yesterday, the
Irish in the lower part Of the city on
Monday evening With no other proyoca.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
THE KINGWooD TUNNEL,

we spoke last week of the PROBABLE.
ity ofthe Company abandoning this tnn.
ne,. we have since learned that thew
WIZ not DO SOL but they are now laying
down a good temporary track over the
mountain, until they can finish The arch.
ing OF the entire wall. This will oe
gone at vast expense. A gentleman
informs us that one who knows has ne.
sureo MN that the castings will cost az
the rate Of 5000 for every three fser,
running measure. The distance bcine,
a2oo teet, giyes tho expense of the ossi.
i,ngs alone at $3.50, 600. When tho adj.
d',lona' cost Of building the walls. and
taking The castings up is taken toto the
account, tits believed tho entire exponso
WI NOT iall short Of 81 100000.
Originally the tonpel was opened for
oo'y single track but they are now
opening ior double crack and this
w1 'csfo' is the principal cause of its
'a'ing In so iearfally. Whom once srch<
ed Tor doublc track through /, viii be
perfectly ssfe and great Improvements
70 tho road PyHatytows Gassts.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
yellow Fever at pour.smou th.

We copy the following letter from the
Petersburg (Va) Express of yester-
day:
Dear Express.-The report of the
Saniary Committee. for TIE twenty
four hours ending yesterday afternoon
at sunset made through the chairman
DR.. j. N. Schoolleld, was new cases
aud 10 deaths
The disease does not abate at all, and
matters are truly melancholy. Tho
stampede from town is universal. T
think ! certainly speak within bounds
when ! state that seven thousand per.
sons have left the place. The town is
almost entirely deserted. and those here
have very lonesome time. There are
not more than FIVE families remaining on
Middle street, from High street TO the
river. Walking toward the market
from my residence this morning, at not
an early hour, there was not store O.
pened on all my route.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
Mr.. WISE, AGAIN.

4
The exposition of Mr.. Wise's free
soil embraces, by the Richmond E'ram-
iner, does not go down very well with
the "sage of Accomac. He writes a
letter "to explain" says he knows no
h0ds, no setts, in Democracy; all he
wants to know is that they are Dimmy-
krGts,-and if they arc Dimmykrats it's
all right, and he goes them shook and
line, bob and sinker." He talks about
the Dimmycratic Platform Of FIFTY
TWO! and the reunion of the Democ-
racy upon it What nonsense, what
humbuggery! Who does not know
that that Platform has been repudiated,
tramped on, spit upon, by Frank. Pierce
and Senator Douglass, and that THESE
TWO high priests of Democracy are the
very AUTHORS of the disturbed condi-
ton of the country on the questions of
Slavery and frec-soil, by reason of
their barc-faced and unblushing viola
ton of the pla9ormpledges Of so, and
solemn promises of Pierce, not to re-
open the slavery agitation 1t may be
we'll enough fer aman like Wise, who is
always looking to tho 'availa5le, to be
pouring oil upon the troubled waters by
hugging up the New Workers, cspousing
the cause of .treesoH Democracy there,
but it must require strong Virginia
dimmycratic stomach to stand 1.-THE
Examiners was thrown into rather a
spasmodic condition!
But, heigh-ho. yc sons of "Sam,' .
what think We of receiving soon the
"traterna1 hug,' from Mr.. Wise, the
inimitable "ground and lefty tumb1er'
of Pierce 4 Douglass Circus, who has
been performing before the crowned
heads of Europe" and 'thc rest of man
kind, ever since 1886, without rival
in summerset turning. What think We
of having Wise 20 spouse our cause
with head and heart I'D all his might?
lie is coming-hear him:
g to prevent the "SAM' son OF
America from being shorn of single
hair OF his strength by the treason and
Il Il, 4 I n
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wound, and has since died. Until fur.
ther orders Admiral Panfloffis appoint
ed to succeed tho deceased rs Com
mander Of the Naval garrison, and
Port and Military Governor of Sebas-
topol.
July 18th--The Times correspondent
writes: Last night the Russians kept
up u tremendous fire. 1 am sorry to
say that the battery which the French
constructed between the Mamelon and
the Malakoff has been knocked to peic-
cs by the powerful fire of the latter
fort. a council and 80 officers and
men were put hors du combat, and the
siege works have received decided
check In fact as the allies advance
to the actual defences of the place they
must expect to meet more elaborate
works and obstacles hcaped on one a
mother which all the care which many
months OF preparation admit. Even
now the enemy are strengthening the
Malakotf every day. 1t was not what
it was on the 18th of June, and fort
night hence it will not be what it is
now. The battery at the White Works
however, still goes on, and its effect
will be proved in few days.
Rngland.
The obsequies of the late Lord Rag
Ian were performed with every mark
of respect by the citizens of Bristol
and the crowd of strangers who were
attracted to the city to witness the GER
emonial. The body of the deceased
Marshal was landed from the Caradoe
ship-of-wdl, and amid the firing of can
non, and tolling of bells, and beat of
mulfled drums, was borne to the tomb
at Bennington, the burial place of tho
Somersets.
The municipal elections have commen-
ced in different parts of France, but
tho electors show marked indifference
to voting. At Nantes, out of 1866
electors inscribed, only 1861 voted at
Orleanes, out of 10, 1874 only 1881; and
at Dion, Limoges, ST. Quentin and 9TH
er places, the result has been the same.
Turkey and tlsc Principalities.
a letter from Silistria, of the 18th,
states that lshmeal Pacha had announ-
ced to his troops the approaching open
ing of a campaign in Bessarabia. The
Turkish reinforcements continue to be
sent to the fortified places on the low
cr Danube, and the force now quarter
ed from Shulnla to Badadagh is called
do, 900 men. The Russians do not APP
pear TO fear any attack in the Dobrud-
sch. Preparations were making at
Varna for the expected arrival of tho
French and English force early in Au-
gust. The English are collecting large
supplies at Sinope.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
40 Election in Mo. a.

Saturday last was appointed, as pre-
viously announced, for an Election in
District No. 3, for a Justice of the
Peace, in the room of Seth Stafford,
Esq, recently resigned. The day
came, and large number of voters as.
scmbled at Loftuss precinct, but there
was no Poll Book on the ground, and
Of course no election could be held
The same is true of Ross s prccinct--no
poll book there, no rejection held. The
farmers at this busy season, had left
their work to go to the election, but no
election could be held when they got
there, and they were compelled to re-
turn homo without voting. As CON
sequence, the precinct east of Cheat
river is without a Justice, and must so
remain until another Court can provide
for an election; meantime they must
como with their litigation to some jus
tice ON this side Of the river, an incon-
venience which with the election farce,
might have been avoided with very
little attention on the part of the prop
en- officer in preparing the Books.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

Bg4, Sec Advertisement Of Messrg.
G. j.. DERBY & Co., Sandusky, Ohio.
Their Books are good and would sell
readily, and tho Publishers will doubt
less deal literally with young men or
others disposed to act as their Agents.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
Collision in a Tunnel.

On Friday last q collision occurred in The
Kngwood Tunnel on the Baltimore and o.
MO Railroad, between the passenger train
coming east and the one bound west. The
passengers says an eye Witness were piled
uPin heap, but saving few slight bruises
all escaped without serious injury. The fire.
man on The eastward bound tain was setj.
ot7ly but not dangerously hurt.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

Hs5'" We are compelled to omitsome
matter in type for this paper, TO make
room for news matter that will not keep
as well as that which Is deferred.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18
The war isa fF,e grirnen.

July 11th-.Gortschakof' tolegraphs.
The enemy has roneweda vigorous can.
nonade. Yesterday, at 8 7. NJ, Ad.
miral Naohimoff received a severe
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

CO The Anti.American party yesterday
made great complaints because their foreian
leglons would not march out TO the polls.-
Events show that they we're afraid TO vote,
they were not afraid to murder. Instead OF
casting votes, they were casting bullets, and
instead OF dischargipg duty, they were busy
discharging firearms.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

CO. Every member of the An,i.Ameri-
can party could have cast his vote at the
polls between 8 A. NJ, and p. NJ. il he had
been disposed But the truth is. after the
commencement Of the firing upon American
citizens from the wmdowe aud doors of irish
and German houses a, points remote from
the polls, there was very little though, of
yoiing ON either side
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-18

CO The American Party in this city had
the impression that the Antics intended TO
create rows at the Polls on Monday and a.
vail themselves of disturbances thus created
to excuse their small vote and TO account II,
that manner for their defeat The Amer.
cans resolved to prevent them from doing
this, by preserving perfect order at the vo.
ting places aud this they did. The utmos,
order and quiet was maintained, and when
the Sag Nichts found they were ioiled and
could not get up disturbance at the polls,
we suppose they resorted to the dreadful ex.
pedent of firing on the people passing in
the streets.