American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-06-27

uu'o SiUCt uleu.
The Emperor Napoleon entered his
lif'ieth year on the 2Orh ult., having
been been born April 20, 1908. .....>,. ..
The stores Of Wilmington arc closed
at sund"wn from the lst of Nav to tho
| st of October.
The veteran Com Stewart. now near.
y 70 years of age, is in Wash
ingt"D. as witness before the third
court of inquiry.
Living in Kansas iacostly at present.
Board is said To- be So and in some ca,
ses So per day.
Thomas TAyENNon, formerly a mem
Der ofthe Legislature from Wood coun.
~, Virginia, died recently.
Rev. Joseph Wolf, in an eccentric
letter recently published, Gays that a
society IN London has worked nearly
nifty yoais, and spent nearly eG50O,000.
and yet has converted only two Jews
and Il half
Mr. Ncale in his recent works on
Syrin, speaking ui the cost of liyinr
in Antioch, says that ho ,ried To be-
extraragant there, but could not. House
reut, servants, horses, aud boarding.
iwashing and wine includedD would OIL
ly foot up oci0 year.
Meeting of citizens are being held at
Louisville. To protest against the mob
law spirit SO prevalent there, and to
io'm military organizations to protect
the authorities and tho city against
such violence.
Near Baton Rouge, fssure. bos
opened in the earth to The exren, Of pep,-
~ three hundred yards in length, and
aho"t twenty feet ~ Depth Smoke,
impregnated with a sulphurous smell,
issues from the assures in clouds.
The Warrenton Flag chronicles the
the death of Mrs. Judith Keith, at The
advanced age Of 9S years. She was tho
mother of five generations, ard her Iiv.
ing descendants numbered more than
one hundred
! IHrotre.-The ST. Louis Presbyre-
{ iian cites the charge of Judge BuIstoda
10 the Grand Jury Of London, 17lS,
"'hat one playhouse DESTROYS more
souls than fifty churches are abln 10 saves
aud ask, "Hus The character Of the the
atre changed for the better?'
Southern S'a0es.--In his speech be.
fore the SHuthern Aid Society, DR.,
Bethnne said that "he would rather
preach to Southern negroes than to the
most cultivated audiences in Boston
because the preaching Of the living
gospel would be far more effectuai
among them"
f"~nd Gui'ty.-Benoni Lazier has
been again tried and found guilty Of
murder IN The secoud degree, for xii.
Ing child OF Nj. Devaughn's inWooJ
county, some three or four years ago
The jury fixed upon five years as his
term Of confinement in the peuiten,ia-
ry.
Gov. Wise hes appointed Charles T..
Carr, Esq. Of Kapawha county, Lieut.,
Governor ofthe State. Mr.. Carr il r.
native OF AIbcma'le county, and has
long been q resident Of Kanawha. He
is gentleman Of intelligence and high
standing, aud will doubtless fill tht
Office most creditably.
SWiss En- migrantS.--An industrial SO.
| ciery of Swiss CoIonists advertise in the
81 Louis Democrat that they arc desir
rous Of purchasing in some eligible part
of Missouri twenty-five thousand acres
of land, and have on had a cash capital
OF more than HUNDRED thousand dol.
lars available for that purpose.
Where the Free Ncgroes Are.--Tho
| census of 1850 shows that nearly tho
whole free tlack population Of Ohio re-
sides IN tbs counties least tinctured with
aboiitiouism. There arc not as many
on oil the Reserve 80 in the county Of
High'nd. This is about es strong 4
prachcel commentary on abolition phi
ianthrrphy rs need be asked for
| Tie San Joeauin (Cal) Republican
saws 1--WE noticed on the streets yes.
.rdsy q number of wagons heavily la.
den with wool, on the way to Atlsntic
markets. Wool is destined at no very
distant day. To- constitute an extensive
and valuable Article Of export. 1t has
already been demonstrated that, as q
! WOO. growing district California hes no
superior in the would" .
Mr.. Benjamin S. Day, &C Curriuci
county, n. c., while pIouehing. dug op
q pile of Spanish gold and silver coin
30 tho veluo Of $4,000. II was four
feet upder ground bul brought to lislt
by the fall Of n tfcc, "a hronch of whicli
, penetrated to The gold pieces. uod when
. TONED op they were found sticking it.
The Alton Courier wafna tho public
against the eating, as greene, tho tops
Of the pie plapt or rhubsrb, Within The
last few days n number Of instances have
: occntred IN which their use has seyete.
: y poisoned those who ate Of them. Tho