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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

To There are iusthe u. S,etss ore
hundred aud twenty-five colleges, with
moro than thousand professors. and
having more than twelve thousand e,u-
dents. There are abou, for,ysmedical
schosls, with a5on,two hundred end fl.
ty professors and five thousand students.
There are fo'ty-four theological schools.
with one hundred aud twenty-seyen pro-
'essors, and between thirteen and four
teen hundred students. There are six
teen law schools, and about six hundred
Students.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

Mysterious. Some time in Juno last
man was oul hunting in Almanac coun
", near the road leading from Mechanics
station to Yanceyville, and ten miles
north of tho former place, where he
stumbled, bundle lightly covered
with leaves.
On examination, he found tito contain
two silk shifts aud pair of silk draw
ers. The shirts had ronts III them as
il made with a dagger and both shirts
aud drawers were covered with blood
then nearly fresh. They were hung
upon bush, where they continue TO this
day.
We were passing the place last week,
when we received the account above
given and examined those silent memen-
toes ofsome bloody deed. The articles,
though weather beaten, are in good pre-.
servaton. On the drawers, the name
Thomas Jones, Tenn is printed in
indelibe ink; hut mark is drawn
across this, and 81. Bruce" is written
in large clear hand Ono Of the shirts
has written on the silk border, in beau.
tiful small hand, the namo tE Walters., !
The opinion prevails in tho neighbor.
hood that foul murder has bscn commit.
ted, but no clue has ,Jeon discovered To
tho mystery, and tho above comprises
al! ;nat is known oftse affair. 100
These facts have not before been
published; wo publish them now because
it is posible that the names on the bloc
dy garments may lead to come discoy-
cry. Pass it around. = NJ c. Christian
Idrocatc. fHs.'
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

Giganic Steamship Enterprises
We see by our latest San Francisco OK
changes that proposition is on foot ia
that city for the establishment of now
line Of steamships batween SanF Francis.
co and New York. via Panama, the ca
pacily Of the vessels to be equal to tho
performances OF the entire distance in
fifteen days. Tho plans are drawn for
the construction Disclaimers four hun
dred aud twenty five feet in the beam,
having two seporato & distinct engines,
with four wheels, and accommodation for
three thousand passengers.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
rnoau AID roa DEMOCRACY.
UTAH COMING TO THE RESCUE
PoLYGAMY AND ALL.

PoLYGAMY AND ALL.
Mormonism is an ally Of Democracy,
aye and the admission Of Utah rs II
State, with its demoralizing system of
polygamy, is one Of the acts on the pro-
gramme of the Buchanan admmistra-
ton !! Marls it. Did ever sham de-
mocracy turn its back upon measure
that promised votes, and will it not
gladly embrace Brigham Young, his
wives and followers, now that they
proclaim themselves Democrats, and
Mormonism and Democracy twin sis
tcrs? Read the following address Of
the high priests Of Mormonism:
The Mormous for Buchanan.
To the latter day Saints: ., z.
Dear Brethren, Faithful Followers
Of the LORD end Recipients Of His
Grace:
We call upon you to stand firm to the
principles of our religion in the coming
contest for President Of the country
Our duty is plain. There are two
principal parties in the country-onc
is for US, and the other against us.
The Democratic Convention in Gin
cinnati, which nominated james Bach
anan for President, passed the follow
ing resolution: "
"Rcsolvcd, That Congress has no
power under the Constitution to inter-
fore with or control the domestic insti-
tutions Of the several States, and that
all such States are the sole and proper
judges Of everything appertaining to
their own affairs not prohibited by the
Constitution" .
This is Il principle Of the Democratic
party, which they have extended TO
Territories IS we'll as States, and tho
doctrine Of uattorsovereignty applies
to US in Dcseret rs well as the sittlcrs
in Kansas and Nebraska.
The Democratic party is tho instru-
mcnt, in Gods hand, by which is to be
effected our recognition rs sovereign
State, with the domestic institutions of
Slavery and Polygamy, rs established
by the patriarchs and prophets Of old,
under divine authority, and renewed to
the saints Of latter days, through Gods
chosen rulers and prophets.
In the Republican Convention as
sembled ut Philadelphia, which nomi-
mated John c. Fremont for President,
it was .... ...
Resolved, That the Constitution
confcrs upon Congress sovereign power
over the Territories Of the U. States
for their Government, and that in the
exercise Of that power it is both the
right and the imperative duty Of Con-
gross to prohibit in the Territories
those twin relics Of barbarism, polyga-
my and slavery.
This is n blow aimed directly at our
rights as citizens of one of the Terrific
ries, at our sacred institutions and our
holy religion. " ... ..
Saints Of the latter days, to whom
God reveals his will through his chosen
prophets, stand stcadfast in your faith;
for the time is at hand which was fore
told by the prophet of cid, and record
ed in the ancient scriptures: "And in
that day shall seven women lay hold of
one man, and they will say, 'lct US cat
Of our own bread and wear our own APP
parcl; only let US be called by thy
name to take away our rcproach. " IT,.
Given by order Of tho President and
Rulers, at Great Salt Lake, on tho 18th
day Of August, 1856. ..... ....
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
EC,YP II

A dreadful earthquake had occurred
in Egypt, two hundred houses having
been thrown down in Cairo. But few
lives were lost. Rhodes is entirely de.
stroycd. rr-
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
NEWS DEP ARTMENH.
KANSAS.

We have news of Kansas up TO tie
Sh uit. On that day u nume,ously at
tended c"nvenli. II organized ut Big
Springs. and nominu'ed Gov. Reeder as
the Free State candidate for delegate to
Congress. The State prisoners were
on nial at Lecompton.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
UTAH.

Wa have advices from G,cat Salt
Lake City (DeseicO To the Is; ul,. The
all-pox had madets appearance. aud
was spreading rapidly, causing serious
app'ehensons of panic aud conse-
qnent Stampede among the Inhabitants.
With the exception Of This news the in
'ellige"ce from the Territory is devoid
Of Interest.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
States IN aohich Elections are get to Je
Eel1,
sayD Mr.. Buchanan wrote a letter il

pSTr" Mr.. Buchanan wrote letter in
august last TO the Democratic Central
Committee Of California, in which he
ayowS himself in favor Of the construc-
ton Of the Pacific Railroad as mca-
sure Of informal Improvement within
the provisions of the Constitution -.
What will Dr. Kidwell say to that p.
VIC wonder.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

from Office. 40 that all possible troubles
might DO smoo;hed away for the incom.
ing administrator. The instructions
given Ia Mr.. Dallns, when no entered
upon his mission. have been Zealuusly
acted mp 10 by him. and the result has
been nos, happy as above no,ed.-Bal,
timore San.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The Orange and Alexandra Railroad
is in thriving condition as exhibited in
the Preoidenps report OF the late annual
meeting. The revenue for,tho las, year
from passengers freight and mails, $685.
7ol ). againsos2ll,o o0in 1854, aud ILL.,
900 the year before.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The first daily newspaper printed IN
Virginia wasinl7S0, and the subscription
price was $50 per annum. The daily
paper ofah&t date was not SO large as a
sheet OF conthion foolscap.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

Tho receipts oftbe Virginia State Ag-
ricultural Society during The recen, fair
amounted to $500. The exhibition
ofthe Mechanics Institute at Richmond
has boon q very successful ono.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

Singular and Ingenious Discovery.
DIR. j. L. l.. Blcdehu, of New Or
leans, has succecdcdin training tho lar
ger species of mosquitoes, kown2in Or
leans as "gallinippor," to perform all
the objects hitherto only accomplished
by the leech on the cuppcr. A dozen
OF these insects arc equal tosix lcechcs,
and placed ON the desired spot will at
once commence to suck blood in tho
same way, and with far less trouble,
than tho older institution.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
CONGRESS-.

The following table exhibits the po-
litical aspect of the next Congress, and
the changes at recent elections:
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
EUROPE.

By the arrival Of tho steamer Baltic
wo have Liverpool dates to the 20th ult.
The intelligence is interesting. The
first Indication of trouble between the
Governments of France aud England is
given in an official announcement IN the
columns of the MOaiteWr which conveys
solemn warning to tho English press
Of His Majesty's disploasure at the FREQ
comments Of the newspapers upon his
policy. Though the Morning Post has
been directed to give a semi.approval to
the course of tho Dfoniteur. it stands a.
lone in the press; tho Times and the
lower organs ofopinion not only express
no condition, but indulge in reflections
marked by unusual severity with regard
to the Emperor and his cabinet. The
English aud French ministers had left
Naples, but King Ferdinand was still
firm in his position, aud no active dem
onstration having been made by tho al.
lied fleets, it was still hoped that The
difficulty would be settled by diplomat,
ic explanations at the second Congress
which wee about to asseG,uie ~ Paris
In France !rcqueat arrests OF members
ofsecret societies caused somo sensation.
A proclamation has been issuedsbythe
Grand Inquisitiou in Rome, calling up.
on The faithful to report TO the Holy Of
fee tho names and oifensos Of all often
doris. The London Times makes this
tho basis Of fierce assault upon Cath.
olicism. The policy Of the United
States government with respect to the
Sound Dues bad excited much atten.
ton on the Continent of Europe.
Important .from England. lit is sta
ted in the Philadelphia American tina,
private letters received 10 that city from
the Hon. George NJ. Dallas, United
States Minister at The Court of 81, james
by his confidential ffiends, convey the
important Intelligence that he has sue
ceeded in negotiating treaty between
the United States aud England, whicf
covers and settles all tho points in dis
pate between the two countries. 1t has
been tho earnest desire Of President
Pierce aud Secretary Marcy to accom-.
piish this difficult task before retiring
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

RESIGNED. The Stanton Vindica-
tor states that Dir. Stribling has ten
dered his resignation as Superinten-
dent and Physician Of the Western Lu-
natic Asylum---tho resignation to take
effect next Spring. We also learn that
Capt. Abney has resigned his post as
Steward " theDcaf &Dumb Institution,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The Richmond Wing understands that
the polls were kept open, contrary to
lac, in Chesterfield, Amelia, Halifax,
Hen'ico. and other counties, for the
Presidential election. OF course the
vote in these counties will be set aside
upon the ground Of not being good eggs,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The Republican clubs Of New York
city paid a visit IN body to Fremont's
house on Thursday night succeeding tho
election, and +. p. Blair addressed them
from the balcony, charging tina. the ode
feat of freedom has been caused by The
Fillmore mem"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The Virginia Conference oftho Meth.
odist Protestant Church commenced its
session IN bynehburg on The 9Th inst,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

At late Democratic meeting in Ten.
ncssee, Mr., Cobb of Georgia, regretted
that he had not the ability TO tell what
he knew. Prentice says his chief abili-
~ is in telling what he doosiSt know.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

The Hartford Press and many other
northern papers hoist the banner Of Ere.
mont aud Dayton for 1860.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22

ne CONGRESS meets on Monday
week, Dec. t---adjourns March 8,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-11-22
NIoRHAMISywTTs

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1856.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18

And down they sat in the midst Of them,
and seem ed to conclude that they were amp
ly rewarded for all their mishaps.
"Here, Joe," said Ned "take this melon !;
isn't it rouser? Slash into it."
at cuts tremendous hard, Ned. Ned, it's
a squash -
"No it isn't, tell you; it's new kind
Old Swipes sent to Rhode Island for the seed,
last spring"
"Well, then, all I've got 10 say, is, that the
old fellow got sucked in-that's all P'
"I'm going TO gouge into this watermelon,
halloo there goes half-dollar I've broke
my knife. If didn't know that was water
melon, should say it was puml kin. Fact
| ia, believe it is a pumpkin"
What the "boys" did besides, while the
owner went 10 the stable and unTouzzled the
dog, and led him into the garden, he couldn't
say that they took long steps, the onion and
the fouer-bed revealed in the morning.
They had paid pretty dearly for the whistle
They had not tasted single melon they
had got scratced, had torn their clothes, were
wet as drownded rats, and half scared out o
their wits at the ravenous dog, and the appre
hension Of being discovered.
The nexi night the owner of the melon
patch invited all the boys Of the village, inclu
ding Ned and Joe, to feast of melons, OF
the principle of returning good for evil
This circumstance changed the boys opinion
of "old Swipes," and his melons were neve
disturbed again.-Harper's Magazine.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
From the Rural New Yorker.
THE OCEAN SHELL.

"whh many shell in whose hollow wreathed
CHAMBER
We Peris Of Ocean by moonlight have slept"
Come tell me the story ye Peris of Ocean,
Come tell me the tale Of this pearly wreathed she'll
Down deep mid the pillows, the unsounded bill
lows,
'NOng the ragged rock cOrnls your fnny Tribes
DWELL.
Have you marked in your travels on the bed Of the
The sailor boy lying, all calm in his slGepH
Did you know that spirit from that body immor-
tai
Fled out with his life as he sank in the dcep1
Can you tell me OF ships all freigIted with life,
That have found for those lives in your waters a
Can you tell me IL still on the bosom of ocean.
Where they sank, they remain meath the waver
Say, 10 there Joy on the ocesn bed
'kong the tribes Of the deepi
Are there sorrows In the paths you tread
which these pearly shells kept
IL there morning and evening,
IL there noon there and night
Ara there morning bells Ginning,
Or moons silvery light,
Down deep in the sea wave with its pearl jewels
brightf
when lashed into fury by fierce raging winds,
Till the waves like huge mountains chase one an
other,
And the great curling white-caPs come riding be
hind.
To crush with its weight that brave ship forever?
Say, is the ocean bed funowed, are the rocks rem
asunder
By this battling OF wild winds with their lightning
and thunderf
Or is all quiet aud still aud calm as the grave
In the home Of the pearly shell eene Ath the se
Rochester, July, 1856. G.S
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
N e v E R &.

Never tip your beaver to fne lady, and
pass a poor widow without seeming To see
her.
Never pass an aged man. or wotrian, With
out making a reverential obesience, unless
your house is on FIRE.
Never break your neck to bow at all to a
" sweet SIXTEEN" with hounced dress, who
is ashamed of her old fashioned mother or
to strutting collegiate who is Mortified at
his grandmother's bad grammar.
Never keep boy, to black your boots and
attend to the stable, while you frighten your
wife out of the idea of keeping nurse for
the twins, by constantly talking of "hard
times"
Never converse with lady with a cigar in
your mouth, or smoke in any ybodt's company
without apologising for the same.
Never remind people Of personal deformi-
ty; or of the relatives who have disgraced
them.
Never leave letter unanswered, and use
the stamp which was enclosed to you 10 "re-
| ply WITH" on letter to your own sweet
heart.
Never ride in fine carriage and keep a
score Of servants, while your widowed sister
trudges along on FOOT and tolls for her daily
bread.
Never wear finer coat than the merchant
you owe for it, or the tailor whom you have
not paid for the making.
Never turn deaf ear 10 q woman in dis
tress, because you cannot see how you ould
be the gamer by her bettered condition.
i Never wound wontonly the sensitive nature
of the constitutional invalid nor by rude jests
f AID sarcasms, send blush TO the temples
of modest merit.
t Never Jest with a single woman about tho
anxiety OF all women to be married nor tell
= your wife you married her because you .pitied
her lonely condition.
Never go to bed at ten, leaving your wife
up till two, with a sick baby and look pitch
forks at her at the breakfast table, because
that meal is half an hour too late.
Never hear ungenerous structures upon the
1 conduct of woman, with a quiet smile, in
: stead Of saying in thunder tones, 1T is false
q sir"
! Never fall back from bargain, after the
articles of agreement are drawn up, and only
. need your signature to make them perfect.
Never insult the modest by ribsldry, the
grave by lsvty, nor the pious by contempt ol
4 sacred things,
;. Never be guilty OF any one Of these offences
d against decency and propriety if you are
you are not gentleman. E.A.w IL
). - Olive Branch.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18

The wisNst people are generally those
who think themselves the least SO.
Some books, like the city of London, fare
better for beng burnt.-[Tom Brown.
He who says there is no such thing as
an honest man, you may be sure is a knaye
himself Bishop Berkeley.
Perfect virtue is to do unwitnessed what
we should be capable of doing before all the
world La r ohefoucauld.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the
meanest Offices; so climbing is performed in
the same posture as creeping. S6ift.
Get your enemies to read your works in
order to mend them; for your friend is so
much like your second self, that he will judge,
too. like yourself Pope.
The common luency of speech in many
persons, is owing to a scarcity of matter and
scarcity of words Swift.
Only the idler or the coward rails against
his fortune.
-Happiness is not promised to the learned,
but to the good,
Practice flows from principle; f,r as a
man links, so he will act.
The power of fortune is confessed only
by the miserable, for the happy impute all
their success to prudence and merit Swift.
"A young man in New York a short time
since advertised for a wife. In less than two
hours, we are told, eighteen married men aent
in word that he might have theirs. Connu-
bal bliss in New York must be at a discount,
we think.
"A man of philosophical temperament re-
sembles a cucumber-for although he may be
completely cut up, he always remains cool.
Women are seldom sailors, but they often
command SBs1ckS.
To divert Mt any time troublesome fan
cy, run to thy books they presently fix thee
to them, and drive the other out of thy
thoughts. They always receive thee with the
same kindness.
The best capital that a young man car
start in life is industry, good sense, mora
courage, and love to God. These are bctttl
than all the credit, or cash that ever was in
vented.
Wisdom consistent not in knowing many
things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly
but in choosing, and in following what con
duces the most certainly TO our lasting happi
ness and true glory,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
ANCIENT BELLS IN OHIO.

In the State House at Lancaster there
hangs bell, Thereby hangs tale" By a
Spanish inscription on lis side, it appears
that it was cast early in the fifteenth century
we forget the precise date. 1t once belong
ed to convent in Spain, and sounds which
now summon to dull disputes of law, and,
perhaps, Of equity, the people of the new
world, not knowing when they first rung,
often called the nuns at morning and evening
to mathis and vespers. The story, as tradi-
tion hath it, runs somewhat after this fash
ion.
"Many years ago, when the banditti who
infested some parts of Spain were SO fierce
and powerful, this convent was sacked by
them, and the bell being among the booty,
was transferred to pirate ship. The ringing
and the swing, which had hitherto spoken in
clear musical tones across the hill and valley
only Of devotion and prayer, was now chang
ed to the 'clashing clangor' which struck up
on the oars Of wild and desperate men, ant
surged sadly over the tumultuous sea.
" How often it summoned the lawless crew
to deeds of pillage and murder, may not b'
said The piratical vessel in its turn fell int
the hands Of pursuing justice, and wal
brought captive to Baltimore. A gentle
man then contracting to build a court hous
in the town Of Lancaster, purchased the bel
when the ship was sold, forwarded it to tha
village, and for years its notes have beol
echoed by hills as beautiful as the most ro
mantle bell could desire, though its use cal
no longer be deemed practicable"
In Tifiu there is also bell which ono
swung from the lurret Of castle on the Rhine
so that, almost within speaking distance c
each other, these bells toll forth their memo
ries Of the past, and it would not be dillicu
to imagine that, upon still nights and lovel
summer mornings, they hold converse togett
er over their singular hstories.- Gin. Time,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
AUTUMN AND ETERNITY.

How, o Autumn shall | dare
To paint thy gorgeous hues;
The softness of thy morning ai-,
Thine evenings pearly dews:
The solemn grandeur Of thy night,
Whose starry crown is set
With gems more radiently bright,
Than earthly coronetf
The glory Of thy sunset hour,
When all is calm and still,
Brings full conviction Of the Power
That heaven and earth doth fill
Oh who can gaze upon the skies,
As twilight shades them DER,
And not from earthly dreamings rise,
Their MAKER to adoreI
The wreath of summer flowers
Is yet upon thy brow,
But all the mirth of summer hours
Is changed to sadness now.
And yet upon the dy ing head
A solemn beauty lies,
More glorious than the riches spread
Meath summers glowing skies.
Ever, o Autumn shalt thou bo
10 us, an emblem meet
OF spirits sinking feaifully
To slumber calm and sweet;
Though thy delights not long may last,
Yet ours shall still increase
Thy reign be soon forever past,
But ours shall never cease. ..
All not like thee shall pass away
The Christians hope and joy:
We look for an eternal day,
And bliss without alloy
For glories hid from mortal sight,
Revealed IN realms above
For fadeless crowns of heavenly light,
And pcrfectness Of love.