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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14
CALIFORNIA.

a San francisco correspondent uu-
der a recent date gives qnite gloomy
picture Of things ia tho land Of gold
The population Of San Francisco, as a
mass have lost much ofthat energy and
cntcrprising split that characterized
the early growth Of the country. Signs
of improvement arc no longer visible,
and all things are said. TO bear a shade
of gloom as ii'snme great calamity had
befallen the people. Crowds still throng
the streets as formerly, but with no
othet purpose than to be on the look
out lUr something to "turn up," or to
Kill time by promenading and sigh,see.
ing The thousand who flock with
high hopes TO the mines, many Of them
having lolinquishcd a comfortable home
and support in the East, in short timo
return to the city disappointed ami dis
guSled, to cke out miserable existence
as servants aud common laborers.
a wonderful and striking evidence Of
the retrogradc movement which affairl
have assumed in San Francisco is fur
nlshed by the fact as stated that many
OF the streets over the water which arc
"'''f'. h'"'N'o WI I'I'So, arc 90 bIbhSH
up and full of holes that they cannot be
traverscd at night without imincnt risk
ofliie. "lndeed," continues a writer,
"a week does not pass that lives are not
lost by strangers pIunging through these
openings into the water, u mparOtive.
ly few como up alive from the dark wa
ters below. The cost Of burial to the
city Of these victims Of its neglect, has
actually been more the year past than
would repair these places and remove
these dangerous man-traps."
Speculation we are informed is still
wrecking the fortunes of many, compar-
atiyively few Of tho merchants Of 1853
have survived the rcversos Of The sue
ceeding period. Three OF four per cont
per month Interest is now generally ru.
inous to the borrower if not TO both par
ties. Immense amounts Of money il is
said have boen lent on mortgages of
real estate, which has SO greatly dcPre-
ciated in value, that unless by reaction
one.haIf can never be realized. Bait.
Imcrican. -...- .....
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14
TIE COAL BUSINESS.

The coal trade Of Allegany is incrca.
sing daily. There is not company in
this whe region whole have not as many
orders now on hand to fill as is posi-
bio for them 10 accomplish this season.
Though could the means Of trunsporta-
ton be had the quantity mined and ship.
ped east would be Immense, say so, 900
tons week ly, aud even then tho compo.
nios would not be eXerted to their full
extent. The facilities anUrdod by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, are inca
pable Of transporting one half Of the de-
mand, consequently several other com.
panies than those already shipping by
this avenue have turned their attention
to the canal, but even there the number,
of boats arc inadequate to transport the
/ other half Of the demand. Tho Swan
ion Coal and lronCompany whose mines
! arc situated on Georges Greek region
about 80 miles from this city arc lun.
| ming train daily to connect with the
canal. This we believe is the pioneer
movement Of canal shipment from that
region. The Homecoming Coal and
Iron Company will also dispatch a train
daily from their mines, situated near
the Swanton, to Connect also with the
canal in q few days. There will then
be nine companies forwarding coal via.
canal.
We see no remedy for the great OWL
now existing in deficiency Of means OF
transportation,than for the companies to
turn their attention 10 building and form.
ishing their own boats, and cars TO con-
meet with tho mines and canal. We
learn several now companies arc about
to bo organized, whose operations will
DO in The vicinity Of Georges Crcok,--
There is not the least doubt but that
they will meet with astouished success.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14

his fortunes !" So say we to Amer-
cans, "What are you afraid of, you
support Fillmore and his fortunesw'
Strange as it may seem, large pro-
portion, if ALL, of the men whose
lives have been marked with signal
success, have acted under the influence
of a belief in their DESTINY. Expert
cncc has shewn that the paths of such
men through life have been marked
from their commencement, by pecu-
liar degree of good fortune, which by
heathens and infidels has been called
fate or destiny, but which We, as Chris
tians, however unworthy of the name,
will call Providence. Almost in every
case of the kind, there have been ink
lings of what was to come, or, as Camp
bell so beautifully and so forcibly OK
presses it, Coming events cast their
shadows before" From the time that
he measured cloth in tho workshop of
his employer up to the present moment
Millard Fillmore a,ever has been de-
teated in any thing he undertook, and
we will express our firm belief that HE
NEVER WILL BE. Every step that he
has made in life, from infancy to ma
tured reflective manhood, has been up
WARD and ONWARD, and so it will be,
until he reaches the highest point to
which an American citizen. can aspire,
the Chief Magistracy of the country,
which he has so faithfully served.
Such elimination is not the result of
devoted patriotism and untiring dcve-
ton to the public good, as experience
has shown in more than one instance.
1t may be superstition in us, but call it
what you will we believe in what Chris
tians call an overruling Providence,
and infdels dcuominatc destiny, which
guides and directs tho course of all, in
obedience to the laws of that infinite
Being that is above all, past, present,
or to come. 1t must not be supposed
that VIC are fatalists, in the ordinary
sense of the term, but we do believe
that while "man proposes, God dispo-
ses." Why should Fillmore have been
so thoroughly tested and not found
wanting, if it were not that he might
become the great PEACEMAIIER of
OUR NATIVELAND, and cause the
North and the South, the East and the
West, the free soilcr and the slave
owner to unite cordially in sustaining
the glorious fabric of American Union
and .treedom. Exchange =
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14
NUMBER 81
A Rey0iuiionary Incident.

Daring the icrreat' !rom'th city Of
New York, on the 10Th Of Scp,ombcj,
l776, Greene, at the head,of a small de-
tachmcn', was riding up the middle road,
toward Harlem Heights, where tho a
morican army was to unite. An amil!
Iery carriage without the gun. cathc rap
idly, along the road, when Greene oi.
dered the driver 10 stop.
"Whereis your piece ofcannon ?'sQid
Greene slernly. .fr ..
"Please youj General, the British
were SO close behind mo. that thought
it best to leavoth gun, TO save myself,
the artillery wagon, and the horses"
Face right about !" said Greene, zoe
| will run you through" drawing his
sword at the sare time. The man
could do nothing but obey. s
"Now, gentlemen" he continued, "let
US recover the gun"
They rode back as fast rs poss;bIci
found The cannon, brass six poundet,
placed it on the carriage, and in tho faco
of the British troops, then advancing,
successfully escaped. This shows, ia
Q measure, the decision Of chaiQc,er i
Green. - MorHmS Star.
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WashingtOn's Appearance,

Mr.. Eyerou's beautiful and truthful
description of tho personal appearance of
Washington reminds us Of remark
made by an noflicer ofthe Revolution, tho
late John Marston, Of Massachusetts,
who had the good fortune to be spec.
tator in the House Of lords, in tho year
1883, when tho Prince of Wales, the
late George the Fourth, caino of age, -.
The hall was crowded with the most
distinguished noblemon and gentleman
of tho kingdom--great gonorals, admi.
rails aud civilians with all that England
contained that day, Of cminonce, dignity
aud rank assembled to behold tho hcir up.
parent of tho British crown takehis seat
for the first time as one Of the hereditary
Legislators Of the realm. NIr. Marston
scanned the brilliant assenblage with
a critical eye, and vas deeply impros.
sod with tho lofty boaripg Of many Of
the noble porsouogos who composd it
but said be in describing the scene to
his trends al looked around in vain for
a Washingtonl There was not a man
in tho House Of Lords that day who in
personal appearance dignity of manners
and majesty Of department, could be
compared with Gen. Washington. -
americG@ Orgun.
Thore was frost at Marioa, Ala, on
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14
WASHINGTON Cry ELECTION Bill

WASHINGTON CRY ELECTION BILL.
This bill has passed the House of
Representatives. Among other things
it provides that no person naturalizcd
between the 31st of December and
the first Monday in June shall be al.
lowed a vote at the annual election of
that year; thereby placing persons
thus naturalized in the same position
as native-born citizens who attain the
age of twenty-one years between the
periods aforesaid. The bill, as we read
it in the Washington papers, provides
that the polls shall open at 7 o'clock in
the morning, but does not say what
time they shall close. 1t has yet to
pass the ordeal Of the Senate.-BaN.
Patriot.
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3t]1etical.
COMMUNICATED.

aa coMMuNICATEl
TO Rxx*x* R#xA*#.
Should sorrow o'er thy brow
Ito daskened shadow fling,
And hopes that cheer thee now
Die in their early spring;
Should pleasure, at its birth,
Fade like the hues OF even,-
Turn thou away from earth,
There's rest for thee in Hcarcn.
If ever life should seem,
To thee toilsomo ray,
And gladness cease to beam
Upon its cloudcd day; .
If, like the weary dove,
O'cr shorclGss ocean driven,-
Raise thou thine eye above,
There's rest for thee in HedUen.
But Oh if thornlcss flowers ...,.
Throughout thy pathway bloom,
And gaily fleet the hours,
Uustained by earthly bloom
Still let not every thought
To this poor world be given,
Nor always be forgot,
That better rest in Heduen.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14
EARLY DAY DREAMS.
BY SAMUEL T. RICHER.

When my heart was young and light,
Ere my joys have known blight.
Pleasing thoughts my fancy filled;
Thoughts of Wealth and hopes Of Fame,
Honor, Station and a name,
Were within my breast instillcd.
Time moved heavily and slow,
Years seemed longer then than now;
Youthful ardor filled my soul.
All my prospects then were bright,
And before my ravishcd sight,
Seas ofboundless wealth did roll.
Soon camc to mans estate,
Rising early, toilng latei
Seeking still for Wealth and Famo,
Every day my hopes were foiled,
Yet struggled hard and toiled,
Tolcd and struggled for a Name.
Often times my heart grew light,
When my hopes seemed sure and bright,
Then would again despair,
AS saw them day by day,
Slowly fade and melt away,
Like rainbow into air.
Still the years would come and 90,
Faster now-they once seemed slow,
Like the sands within the glass,
First they seem goodly store,
Yet they ceaseless onward pour,
Till each lingering grain doth pass.
Youthful years soon passed away,
Manhood came-my hair grew gray,
Still my hopes were not attained.
Blighcd hopes of Wealth and Fame,
Crowding OH my memory came,
Saddcning thoughts my bosom paincc
Thus struggled hard and long,
Listening to tho Syren's song.
Wealth and Fame is yet in store,
Till my heart, once young and glad,
Now growing weary, old and sad,
Sighs for Wealth and Fame no more.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14

II is a good sign of the times, that
two commissioners from South Carroll
ma are in New York, to examine Che
school systom, with view Of ostab
fishing similar ono in their own State.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14

Political Curios,ty.-A curious performance is
given in the following poem Of the dfferen: b
blical Tcxts.
Cling to the Mighty One Ps. lxxxix. 10.
Cling in thy grief Heb xii. IL.
Cling TO the Holy Ono, Heb 1. 10.
He gives relief Ps. cxvi. Q.
Cling to tho Gracious One, Ps. cxvi. D.
Cling in thy pain, Ps. lv. 4.
Cling TO the Faithful One, Thess. v. a.
lie will sustain. Ps. xviii. 8.
Cling to the Living Ono, Heb. vii. %.
Cling in thy woe, Ps. lxxxyi7.
Cling 20 the Loving One, 1. John iy. 10.
Through all below, Rom. viii. 2S, 3
Cling to the Pardonng One, Is. iv. 7.
He spcakc;h peace, John xiv. 81.
Cling to the Healing Ono, Exod, xv. &c.
Anguish shall coasc, Ps. cxiyii. 3. "
Cling to the Bleeding One, John II.
Cling to His side; John Xxx. 27.
Cling to the Risen One, Rom. vi. g.,
In Him abide, John XIV. 4.
Cling TO the Coming One, Rev. xii. 90.
Hope sliall arise; Titus H. 49,
Cling 20 tho Rcigning Ono ps. xcvi. /.
Joy lights thine oycs. Pc. xvi.ii.
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LIBERTY uNoN-Now FOREVER AND NsEpARABLE
MONONGAIA COUNTY, VA SATURDAY, JUNE 4 1855
"Hono,. to Whom Honor as Due"

l"Honor to Whom Honor as Due"
At dinner given at Georgetown, D. c., Just
.f,er the election Of Genctal Pcfec, George
Washington Parke Curtis gave the following
sentiment:
Let others hail the rising sun,
We bow to him whose race is ran,
Fillmore, Flsi-mofe-aye fill 10 The brim,
A health to the man Of the nation,
Fillmore, FILLMORE, we drink unto him,
Who so nobly hath filled his high station
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WANTED, AN HEIR FOR S100,000.-
The following curious advertisement
appears in the New Orleans Picayunc
of a late date:
Wanted, by person who has one
hundred thousand dollars and no heir,
to adopt from birth, child. 1t must
be of American parents, and from one
hour to ten days old, sex immaterial.
Any person having child they wish
to dispose of, can thus secure it good
homo and fortune; or any lady a.
bout to become u mother, and willing
to part with her child, can have re-
spectacle physician to attend her, and
no questions asked or answered. Ap-
plications must be made within ten
days. Address "a through the Post
Office, or the Picayune Office.
In Mariposa county, California, is
one of the most remarkable objects of
natural scenery in the world. A con-
siderable stream dasbcs down a preci-
pico almost perpendicularly sixteen
hundred feet, and afterwards the col
lccted waters again fall in spray and
foam to a depth Of eight hundred feet.
In winter, when the stream is swollen
into torrent, and SHOWS cover the lof-
ty mountains surrounding, the scene
+beggarS all description.
---~---.
The name Of Teetotalism is said to
have originated in tho stammering of
a speaker at temperance meeting,
who declared that nothing would salts
fly him but t-total abstinence. The
audience eagerly caupt up the pun, and
the name was adopted by the champi.
ons of the cause.
Solomon took an inventory Of the
world and oil the best things in it he
cast up the amounts, and the sum total
was VANITY.
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GENTLY CHECK A CHILD.

A child when asked why certain tree grew
crooked, replied, Somebody trod upon il, I sup.
pose, when it was littlo."
lie who checks child with terror,
Stops It's play ans stills its song,
Not alone commits an error,
Bnta groyious, moral wrong.
Give II play, and never toarit,
Active life is no defect;
Never, never break lis spirit,
Curb it-only TO direct.
Wouldyou stop tho flowing river,
Thinking IL would cease to flow
Onward must IL flow forever
Better teach il where 60 go.
The old line wings Of Memphis Tenn
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lr HE Every fhau ought 10
got maTriod--if ho can.
Eveay man should do ha wo,k Is
suit hia Customers--lfhs can.
Every lawyer should tell tho rutIi
someti,nes--.if ho can.
Every man ought TO mind his own
business aud let other peoples slone-..
If lie cah, .......
Every man should take q newspaper,
aud pay for it without the least shada
ow Of mistake.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14

Queen Victoria was thirty years
Of age on Saturday,
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The old line wings of Memphis Tom.
haVo appointed delegates to the congcn.
ton al Louisville Ky.
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TERMS...Sl.50 In Advance, otherwise $500
No subscription received for a shorter period
,han six months and no paper discontinued un-
Ill all arrearagcs are paid. -Et
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at usual rates:
One square, three weeks, 81 90, and 20 cents for
each additional insertion. Yearly advertise
ments inserted at a discount on the above terms,
uer contract. Candidates announcements 50.
Printing Office OH Font street, corner of
Court Alley.
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qng Allllgln gnlDN,
MoRGANTowN, JUNE IA, 1856.

$. s,nosn,fD, Jvs. EDITOR AND ruDLrsnee.
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Thore was frost at Marioa, Ala, on
tho 9th inst.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-14

Solomon took an inventory Of the
world and oil the best things in it; he
cast up the amounts, and the sum total
was VANITY.
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Political Cariosuy.--A curious performance is
given in the following poem Of tho dfFeren: b-
ll al
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W Devoted General Intelligence Literature Agriculture Mechanics &C.

- s..-..
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-11

STiEKIEG APPEAL.-The last Chicago
Democrat publishes the following stirring
appeal from correspondent in Kansas
"Public meetings enthusiastic demon
strations--speeehes-- all very
good in their places, but in the present cri.
sis Of affairs in Kansas, they become little
better than mockery if not followed up by
corresponding action. Ths telegraph brings
reports Of bloody doings thereof an effort
made TO drive the Free State men from the
ieffltory-of several encounters in which
NE mas been lost; in short il tells Of civil
war aho anarchy. A correspondent writes
that general hight is looked for by many
Our people nigh, make one grand rsIIy IN
the vicinity of Lawrence, and If oromn, -
the movement, send the enemy back. hn,
they are entirely unprepared for q long con.
test Will our friends in the East do anv.
thing for us! VIII they suffer the cause
OF Freedom and the Free State men Of
Kansas TO be annihilateda fear they will.
We must have at least five hundred mount.
ed men, well equipped and paid, organized
into suitable companies and at proper points
on the frontier. They may occupy claims,
but 80 arranged az to enable them TO come
together al an hours call. hardly see
how we are to live through the summer
without such protection. This seems now
as necessary for the salvation OF Kansas as
the change Of the present administration.
Can the Northern States be aroused to act
At this critical moment, or will they let the
golden opportunity pass by and let Slavery
rule. If SO, for one, should remove into
Canada or Russia, If so fortunate a. to
live to witness Disgrace 50 well deserved"
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-11
Buchanans Platform

On the Slavery question The platform
adopted for Buchanan comprises these
points.
LIST. Congress has no power to exclude
slavery from any territory.
And. The people Of Territory have no
power TO prohibit slavery SO long ss the
Territorial government lasts.
srd. squat,er Sovereignty is a humbug
and no longer plank in the Democratic
creed.
4,h. State Equality" means the right
Of Slave holders TO take their slaves into
the public domain, by virtue Of the 5 Laws
laws of the Slave States.
9Th. That Slavery lie national and Free.
dom sectional.
9th. That the people Of territory can
only exclude Slavery from among them az
ter they have formed State Constitution
and have been admitted into the Union.
7th. That Kansas must be kept out OF
tie Union, on the plea of want OF popula.
ton until the Free State men are murder.
ed or driven out, and the slave holders
firmly planted under the protection of the
general government,
9Th. That any man denying the iorego-
ing doctrine is a traitor, and should be dealt
with accordingly.
Who goes for Buchanan with the "pIst.
form annexed ~--Chcago Tribune.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-11
Tar p.,sossns AT LkcoMrroS Mr.. G

TaE PRISONERS AT LEcoMrroN,--M u
w. Brown writes to the Alton Courier uh-
der date OF the 2sth ult as follows
&c. w. Smith, G. w. Dei,sler' 1aines
jenkins, aud myself, are all confined 'oge,h-
er, and ell charged with high treason. smith
and myself we're both absent from the Ter.
ritory when the crime was committed, |
did not suppose when in Alton, that the eli
forts 10 ge, a line OF steamers from there to
Kansas. for strictly commercial purposes,
VAS reasonable movement, and yet that
was the limit OF my exertion while East.
We were removed from comfortable
house in Lecompton this morning, to
seven BY nine tent, in which write this,
situated on the prairie, about mile from
Lecompton, We are well guarded, and
have the assurance that il we attempt to
escape we shall be shot, | am getting to
be warm advocate OF "squatter sovereign
y."
Orders are given that ! shall sead away
no more letters without subjecting them 70
the inspection OF the Governor. THIS Will
account 10 all my friends throughout the
East for nv silence from this time forth.'
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-11

Ar IMPORTANT OnIssIos The 81. Louis
Intellieencer refers as follows to the platform
adopted by the Cincinnati pro-slsysry Con
yention:--
"We give in another column, full re
port taken from the Cincinnati papers, 0
Wednesdays proceedings ofthe Democrat
IL Convention. II contains the Platform
and the vote by States on several importsn'
resolutions. A marked feature of omission
is that nothing was said directly commend
ing the Administration, and one Of commits
SION 10 the defeat Of resolution looking TO-
ward the establishment of a post route
across the continent, as the initiative Of
the Pacific Railroad. Democracy seemed
to be in favor OF going to California BY the
Is,hmus, now and forever"
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-11
J H. Manny's Patent Adjustable Reaper and
Mower Combined and Single Mower.

S,cuEEp TO JoHs Il. NANNY Twenty .THdEg PAT
ssrs IN THE usITEp STATES. ALSO PATENTED II
EuRops. MAsrFacrrKrp BY MAEST & Co., ROCK
rom, ILLINOIS,
Fs,HEsE valuable Machines are constantly icing
i manufactured, A large number are being made
for the next harvest. Over air thoasaEd were con
strucsd turing the past season, and used With ct
lire success, yet the demsnd was not supplied
serraHty Is given TO each purchaser that ths ma
chine ID well built ana of goo materials, nd thatN
will NOW as well can be done with the scythe,
and reap as we'll can b. done ith cradle and eX
eel every other harvesting Implement.
The machine 10 drawn by Two horses, aad nanak.
cd b, one person Tor moving, two persons for reap
ing; and is also warranted TO cut from to fifteen
acres per day, A large machine Tor four horses 10
also manufactured.
The prices Of the Machines vita traasporIatio .
added, are
For Two Horse Machine Of about nge feet cut,
sl23 For Four Horse Machine Of aooUts X foot cut
sl4s For single Moving Machine OF about hVe
bel cutsl2U.
The following extras fu rnished with each ua
chiHe: Que forK, oil can, one wrench, one gard
nnger one sickle secllon, ods smo1ta-edse section
aud one beyel pinion A full supply Is Kept con
staptly on hand, aud also In tue hands 0t AxenE.--
Two kAiyss-ons ftekls and the other sBsoIH
edge--are Furnished with each machine, either 81
~6ich ID al Js used IS required.
For machines OF extras apply h
NOuFsh, VIELE * CO.,
Projectors OF tue Iowa 4. rieGtIlrat Depot corner
koes Island and Front sta, Davenport Iowa, Ssle
agents tsr tals section. Jaae7