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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Mr.. Surgeons star seems to be still
in the ascendant. The Morning Adrer.
tiSer, says: ... ... .....
Goa Sunday(Jan. 11,h) morning. the
lord aud Lady Mayorcss, several mem.
bers ofthe late and present Parliament,
MIR. Under Sheriff A anderson, and vari'
Gus other persons Glling prominent POI
silions, were among tho vast crowd
who congregated together at The Surry
Gardens Hall to hear Mr.. Spurgeon.-
Lord Palmerston was also To have been
one of the Rev. gentleman's hearers,
having sent for tickets Of admission for
that purpose, but was detained by govt
at BroadIand. The magnificent hail was
densely filed in every part. and many
hundl eds only obtained standing room.
The number ofpersons present could
not have been less than from 1000 to
5000. The sight was imposing; there
was aomething even sublime in it,
The vast audience hung with breathless
attention from beginning to end on the
u'terance which manifestly gusbed forth
from The deepest recesses of the youth.
ful preachers heart
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
+" BLEEDING KANSAS

The Cincinnati Enquirer thus hap
PLY "hits Of the rank hypocrisy of the
Chief Magistrate of Ohio, who, while
his miserable African constituents con-
geal to death in their frozen beds from
the ''fucl famine" is urging the Legis-
lature to make an appropriation from
the treasury in aid of "Blceding Kan
sas.' The Enquirersays:
"Sterne tells ola sentimental philan-
thropist, who left his grandmother to
die OF want, and was found weeping
over dying ass in the road. Cover
nor Chase is greatly exercised by the
distress of the Free State people of
Kansas, and proposes that Ohio shall
make appropriation for their relief,
while nc has not word for the suffer-
ingpoor of Cincinnati, during the pres.
ent cold weather, when coal is forty
cents bushel and wood $12 a cord;
and when there are Black Republicans
in the city who have been enticed from
comfortable homes in the South by
the false promises of Abolition dema-
gogues, whose, sufferings far srpass
those ofthe Free State patriots Of Kan
SaS. at#tE nI..n anwH
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
"a HALUABLE BOOK.

arlAnnlyticaI COncOrdance OF the
Holy scripturcs; or, the, Bible, pre-.
senied under distiic, and classical eads and
topics. Edited by JoHN EApiE. D.D!LLD..
Professor Of Biblical Literature Of the Uni.
ted Presbyterian Church, author of :" Bibli.
cal Cyclopedia," &C., &C., &c. AHiaNa2
Boston: Gould & Lincoln. New York
Sheldon,) B'akemsu s. Co. 's fhaiW 81
naThis isa Concordance on entirely new
plan, and in our view the only plan VIII ch is
trul, philosophical in itself or adapted to
the the g'eatest practical use among those who
read aud search the Scriptures. IT is the
plan OF Placing side By side all that is said
IN the Bible on a particular subject that it
may be viewed in connection, to assist in
the work recommended by the Apostle, of
"comParing spiritual things with spiritual" !"
IL this idea isnot original. we thought Of il
tor Ourselves more than twenty years ago,
and gave il prominen, place in our "Prize
Essay Religious Dissen,ions, their Cause
aud Cure" which we gave 10 the pubic at
that time. BY finding texts that contain
particular word, in the usual way of Con.
cordances, we gather up SET OF passages
that have only a wordy connection but by
following the guidance OF subjects we secure
iea'ed sentiment and truth, and can thus
easily exhaust the whole subject-matter of
Divine revelation on faith, for instance, JUS
uiica,ion, a,onement or any other topic.---
Everything on which the Bible speaks in
the wide range and scope Of its contents,
:" from the ceaars OF Lebanon to the h, ssop
that springeth out of the wall, j." from the le-
viaihan to the fly, from the first TO the last
named person in its record, from the Infinite
God 10 the creatures of day who are crush.
ed before the moth, is no, only noticed, but
all that is said Of it is placed together SO
that one can view it at a glance. Every
text OF the Bible is thus broueh. to view on
this principle of reference. pf flags3
The work is arranged under forty three
general heads, beginning with 'agrcnlture'
and ending with water and the author
contesses tina, it is based on tha, Of Tall
bot, and we honestly award TO him The credi,
OF the original productions" Whatever The
origin Of. the book, we deem il one Of the
most useful for ministers. Theological. stu
dents, Sunday School teachers, writer's and
g'neral Bible readers, which has for long
time appeared from the press, Books Of re.
terence like this have daily and cons,an,
value, ard the longer they are used the more
'hey are priced, and the more Indispensable
they become. We have not room this week
TO say more than that il is an 70. Of TIC
rp,, is sold, we believe for SD, and a more
profitable outlay of this amount a minister
or Bible reader canno, make than by invest
irg il IN this book.-New York Chronicle.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
THE SOUL.

What makes the soul so valuable =
IT is immortality. When endless years
have run on, the soul will exist ANA
zing thought Viii! it never tire Will
ethereal pulsatiops Of sublimated exten.
sion never grow heavy :? Will the
wheel never be broken at The cs,ern
Never The soul will endure as long
as the throne Of God As heavens walls
shall gather no moses from ago, neilb-
er will the soul become decrept; and
IN all tho mulltudes Of heaven not one
shall be seen leaning upon his staff for
very old age What, like The angels
never grow old2 To be always lhe tough
dateless centuries as when first crea-
ted! But cannot she annibia,o herself!
Oh, no the souls literal suicide cannot
DO poiformed No Judas Iscariot can
lind tree, OF jntting wall, which In
Gehenna's cavern, or burning fields,
may offer him suspension between life
and death. The soul must live on.
Rec. DR.. Asdrews. ..
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
THE TOLL GATE OF LIFE.

We are all on our journey. The
world through which we are passing is
in some respects like turnpike-all
along which Vice and Folly have erec-
ted toll-gates for the accommodation
OF those who choose to call as they 60
-and there are very few of all the
hosts of travellers who do not stop a
little at some one or the other of them,
and consequently pay more or less to
the toll gatherers. Pay more or less,
l say, because there is a great variety
as well in the amount, as in the toll ex-
acted at those different stopping pla-
ceS. -.
Pride and fashion take heavy tolls of
the purse--many man has become
beggar by paying at their gates-the
ordinary rates they charge are heavy,
and the road that way is none of the
best. su.
Pleasure offers q very smooth, de-
lightfulroad in the outset. She tennis
the traveller with many fair promises,
and wins thousands-but she takes with
out mercy; like an artful robbcr, she
allures until she gets her victim in her
power, and then strips him of health
and money, and turns him off q poor,
miserable object, into the worst and
most rugged road oflife. ,
Intemperance plays the part of a
sturdy william. Ho is the very worst
toll gathercr on the road, for he not
only gets from the customers their mo-
ncy and their health, but he robs them
of their very brains. The men on your
road, ragged and ruined in fame and
fortune are his visitors.
And so 1 might 90 on enumerating
many others who gather toll of the un-
wary. Accidents some times happen,
it is true, along the road, but those
who do not get through at least tolera-
bly, we'll, you may be sure have been
stopping by the way at some of these
places. The plain common sense men
who travel straight forward, get thro'
the journey without much difficulty.
This being the state of things it be-
comes every one in the outset, if lie IN
tends to make comfortable journey,
to take care what kind of company he
keeps in with. We are all apt to do a
great deal as companions do-stor
where they stop, and pay where they
pay. Then the chances are one to ten
but our choice in this particular decides
our fate. Ht
Having paid due respect to the
choice OF companions, the next import,
ant thing is to observe closely how 9th
ers manage; to mark the good or evi
produced by every course of life-see
how those do who manage well; by
those means you learn.
BE careful of your habits, these
make the man. And they require long
and careful culture, ere they grow to
be second nature. Good habits speak
of, bad ones are easily acquired--they y
are spontaneous weeds, that flourish
rapidly and rankly without care or cul,
ture. q .
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
THELAST RED CENT

The fiat has gone by. There are to
be no moro copper cents. This veal
thy nation, rolling in Surplus revenue
in few years will have marry red.'
The cent was proposed in in 1882 by
Robert Morris, the great Financicr of
the Revolution, and was named by Jef-
fcrson two years later. 1t began to
make its appearance from the mint in
1871. 1t then bore the head of Wash
ington on one side and a chain of thir-
teen links on the other. The French
Revolution soon after created a rage
for French ideas in America, which put
on the Cent, instead of the head of
Washington, and the head of the God
dess of LIBERTY French Liberty with
neck thrust forward and flowing locks.
The chain on the reverse was replaced
by the Olive Wreath of Peace.
But, the French Liberty was short
lived, and SO was her portrait on our
Cent. The present classic dame with
a fillet round her hair, came into fash
ion about thirty or forty years ago, and
her finely chisellcd Grecian features
have been but slightly altered BY the
lapse of time.
The new Cent is to be one eighth
nickle, and consequently much smaller
and more convenient. 1t will be of
lighter color when new, though proba-
bly, as dark when old. A flying eagle
is to take the place of LibertysIIIead
in order that it may not be mistaken
for the SIS Gold Piece.
Al5any Jomn.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Central Africa. Adventure and
Missionary labors in several countries
in the interior of Africa, from 1949 to
1856; by Il. j. Bowen. 12mo. 371 pp.
Southern Publication Soc, Charleston.
This is work of peculiar and alb
sorbing- interest; and should be read
by statesmen and philanthropists gen
orally, as we'll as by Christians of oil
denominations, whether now enga ged
IN the missionary enterprise or not.
The Southern Baptist says:-'.
ut presents to our Southern people
especially, o series of facts which will
elicit their thoughtful attention. No
man has the confidence of our Southern
churches more than Mr. Bowen; and
the evidence of accuracy and candor
every where apparent cannot escape
the notice of all readers. The mental
discipline cvinced in the classified ton
of the materials, and the amount of
scientific knowledge incidentally cxhib-
tied by the author, will add no small
value, in the estimation of some who
might not otherwise appreciate all his
views and motives as a missionary
There is Q fine copperplate map made
IN this city, expressly for the book
Ihe mechanical execution of the book
Is worthy of its contents. The price
Is vi. The profits of the work to the
author are already assigned to the Cen
tral African Mission"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14


Halls journal Of Health has tho fol.
lowing: %
From extended and close observation,
the following general deductions seem
TO be warranted:
l. lnfantile vaccination is on almost
perfect safeguard, until the fourteenth
year.
2. AT the beginning of IA, the sys
tenn gradually loses iis capabiIiry Of rea
sistancc, until about 81, when manv
persons become almost as liable TO small
pox, as if they had not been vaccinna-
ted.
3. This liability remains in full force
until about d2, when the susceptibility
begins to decline, and continues for
seven years to grow less, becoming
extinct at about fifty, the peiod of lifd
when the general revolution Of The body
begins to take place, during which tho
system yields to decay, or takes a new
lease of life for two or three terms, OF
seven years each.
4. The great practical use to be
made OF these statements is. Let ev.
cry youth be re.vaccipated on entering
Ia. het several attempts bo made, So
as to be certain "f safety. As the NAL
ady is more liable to prevail in cities
during winter, special attention is in.
vited to The subject at this time.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Iheaovernor ofMississippi has trans.
mlited to the Legislature an applica
ton made to him by Richard S. Graves,
former Treasurer of tho State, and an
a5scondipg defaulter, asking permission
10 make restitution 10 the State, wihou,
liability to criminal prosecution, aud
promising, If that be granted him, to
pay up bis Indebtedness by annual in:
stalments. The amount for which nc
was defaplior vas $4,000. lte is
now in Canada, and perfectly free, bu,
wants to get back TO his native soil
where he has friends and relatives.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
The ST. Louis Republican of the 18th

The ST. Louis Republican Of the 18th
inst says: ...H .....
The amount Of produce received yes.
terday from the II linois, was larger than
ever before arrived In one day from
iha, river. The amount of stuff to come
forward from all tho rivers is enormous.
ly large. The boats will be crowded
to do all the business, and our Levee
will pesent its appearance Of inexliica.
BILE confusion Of spring in less than two
weeks. A season Of extraordinary
activity is anticipated, and fortunately
our ,nercbanls ate prepared for il with
stocks arrived aud full.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

The Norfolk Argus communicates
fact in ono of its recent issues, which Is
highly mportant--particularly 10 such
as are threatened with that fatal and in.
siduous disease, known as consumption.
1T seems that gentleman in Louisiana
bought some consumptive negroes from
person in Norfolk, and placed them
on his sugar plantation. The ate plen~
tifu|ly Of the cane, but more especially
of the young shoots. The slaves who
had been thin. weak, and sickly, soon
became strong robust aud hearty, and
IN short time all traces Of the disease
with which they had been affected, ell,
tirely disappeared. '..
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
WHOLE NO 60.
o'conneiss Tact in Cross Examining,


He was once examining witness.
whose inetriety at the time TO which
the evidence referred, it was essential
to prove. He quickly discovered the
man 5 character. He may be descri.
pea as being 'half foolish with rogery.'5
| Well. De'by, You told the truth TO
This gentlefnan?' . .h7 1
Yes, your honor, Councillor O'Con-
nell ...r u... ~. r.
How de you know my name?'
'Ah! sure every ohe knows our patri.
ov ....,. ..s .,0''. =.
We'll you're good humored, hon
est fellow; now tell me Derby, did yuu
take drop of anything that day2' '-aa
why. your honor, took mn Share
ol pint oi spirits. r.la %
Your share of it; now by virtue Of,
your oath, was not your share oft all
but tie peUterl' = aa.a. ..rr..- -.r.
why then-dear knows, that's true
for you SIR ......- -. 0.--.-
The court was cohvulsed at both the
question and answer. 1t soon, step by
step, came out that the man was drunk
and therefore was not compe,eut for.
a witness. Thus O'Conneli won his
case for his client. -
There is another case of his ready
tact and infiuite resources in defence Of
his client. In a trial at Cork, for mur-
der. the principal witness swore strong
against the prisoner, whose name was
James. ...
BY vi'tue ofyour oath are you sure
that this is the same harl' ''
Yes .. ..,.
Did you examine il carefully before
you swore in your information tba. il
was the prisoner's2
| Il did, a.....
Now let me see, said O'ConpelJ. az
he took up the hat and began to exam,
Inc 1t carefully on the inside. .. ..........
le thon spelled aloud tho name Of
James, slowly,
'Jam-e-s' .a.I
Now do mean that word was in "A
when you found ill' ..
Yes ...... ......... ..
And this 10 the same ha,2' .. e..
! 1T is.' ... ..,......-..... ... -..-...-
Now my lord said O'ConnelI, hold.
ing up the hat to the Bench, there is an
end to the case-thcre is no name what:
ever Inscribed in that hat.' '.. a. E...
The result was an instant acqui,tal.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

TiiE New Jersey geological report
shows that the Atlantic is steadily, and
rather rapidly, encroaching upon the
land on its coast. At Cape Island the
surf has eaten inward full mile since
the revolution. Along the bay shore
at Cape May the marsh wears away at
the rate ofa rod in two years. One of
the beaches upon the coast is mention
ed as having moved inward one hundred
yards in the last twenty years 1t is
also the opinion of the oldest observers
that tho tides rise higher upon the Eas-
tern New Jersey uplands than formerly.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

ThE high price Of cotton has cuban.
cod the value Of negroes in all parts
of Texas. The Truo Issue reports q
sale recently made in La Grange, where
one field hand was sold for Sl720, and
another negro man for 1880.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Saow and Cyinoliae. Most of the
towns North of US have been visited
with snow, and shoveling Of tho side.
walk has become serious business
Paths for gentlemen are soon opened,
but in some Of tho larger towns they
are talking of special appropriations
for shoveling them out vide enough to
edmlt the fee passage Of ladies with
hooped skrs. and with switching off
places at intervals, so that when two
skirts happen to NEE, they can pass.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

The Louisville Courier understands
that the Insurance underwriters of that
city, since the recent heavy fire there,
have advanced the rate Of insurance
twenty-five per cent. Some of best
foreign agencies have also closed their
Offices in that city in consequence of
the heavy losses incurred.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

One "cullod child" hailed another
who woo going along with lot Of pUips
on his shoulder and his cheeks puHed up
to their utmost capacity, aud said
"Sambo, where is We gwiDe 7"
"Why, Pete, I'se gwine fishin."
"Wbat you got 10 yer mouf T.
oh, puilin' but some wOtms fJi bait"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

When old Iachariah Fox, the great
merchant Of Liverpool, was once ask.
ed by what means he had coDtived to
realize so largo fortune, his reply
was "Friend, by one article alone, in
which thou may'st doal too,ifthou pleas
sesl---civili'y.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Any one desirous Of keeping seeds
from the depredatiops of mice, can do
so by mixing camphor gum In with the
seeds. Camphor. placed in drawers or
trunks. will prevent mice from doing
them iju,y.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

at tho annual meeting Of plymou,b
church, Brooklyn, few evenings since,
the salary Of the pastor, Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, was increased by tho
sum Of one thousand dallats, making it
now fee thousand.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

The following remedy for the scar
let fever is recommended by DR.. Linds
ly. of Washington. as the treatmen,
which has been resorted to with great
success by DR.. Schneeman, physicans to
the king of Hanover. We give it rath :
or for the benefit OF our medical men
Than tor others, in a matter of such i IN
portance, and involving consequences
so serious. too much care cannot be ex
ercised. ~. a.g...a as ..lf
From the first day Of the illness, and
as we are certain of its nature, the pa /.
'ient must be rubbed morning aud even
ing over the whole body with piece of
bacon, in such manner that with the
exception of the head. covering of ia,
is everywhere applied. In order To
make this rubbing in, somewhat easier,
2 1t is best 10 take piece of bacon the
size pf the hand, that we may bave a
firm grasp. On the soft sides of this
piece, sits are to be- made in order to
allow the oozing out of the fat. The
rubbing must be thoroughly performed
and not quickly. in order that the skin
may he thoroughly satuarated with The
fat. The beneficial results of the sppli.
cation are s0on obvious with rapidity
bordeling on magic, all. even the most
painful symptoms of the disease are al
layed; quiet, sleep, good humor, aud
the appetite returns, and there remains
only the im2a,ience TO quit the sick
room. .. #.s| 3d.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

Hoops and small bonne,s are becom.
ing unfashionablo in France e--Glad TO
hear Of il.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14

iIeHhFhi 0II iD4Tf " huf il9I1 M Hliffr
iasea dii" Tsw }1 jaoY 3Si ui
,n0e 7un uziiI Y9ga ne Hsrtr aaraa
eldtlisvg gsiia or sga6nedi Esaud g4
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-14
/, MORGANTOWN, OMARCH IA.
The Scarlet Fever.

al The Scarlet Fever is attended with
great fatality, this season, in almost
every part of the country where it has
made its appearance. A gentleman
from the mountain side of this county,
remarked in our Office, on Saturday
last, that there had been twenty.two
deaths in few weeks, within circle
of few miles, from that disease and
we have understood that still more
frightful mortality has been realized in
the region bordering on Wetzel county,
some 25 or 80 miles west Of this place.
In the city Of New York, 80 deaths
per week have occurred from Scarlet
Fever for several weeks past.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-23

YNHB subscriber viii sell valuable tract Of heavy
i Timber Land ofS90 acres In Wisconsin, situated
near St. Croix Halls, on w.olf River, and running
back on email Lake, being on the section line.-
The Hudson Lake Superior Railroad win pass along
tiful locations In the Vest village Is nov sprtnsine
mp In the immediate vclnity, and the land will do
well to lay out In village lots. A Saw Mill u beine
erected on this beautifl stream within ~ rods Of
this land the above land is very cheap at so per
acre Also lO7 acres Pine Timber Land Of the FIRST
quality, On the banks Of the Ohtppeway, where the
logs can oe easily doatee dowp into the Mississippi
TO market The above property will be sold at bar
gain; said land Is free and clear from all incumbr.
snce Terms Easy. Por further PARTICULARS enquire
Of the subscriber, No. IeCisire Now
aec1sdtf l. |. HOLCOMB.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-23
JAMES II HOlsANE,
Land .zgesst n Nsss.reyO,.

nFFERS for sale the following able lands In
~ Scott County and vicinity Of Davenport:
$50 acres OflAnd, - mile from Durant station on
the II NJ n X 10 years to pay for this farm
$50 acres In sections IS. II and 8, Township -,
Range East. 20 acres timber Farm under cllti
vation and fenced. houses and springs, and with
In miles from IeC,aire. Terms good.
26 acres Of land In section -, one mile from the
Corporation line, the most beautiful property near
Dav, nport.
10 acres between Chesnut Avenue ard Division
street, near 70 the city On ute rairpsd Hack
ACRES of, The Dubuque road. suitable for house
Or gardnery.
ia acre Of land. with house and other improve
mcnts, 10 mile from the city
Is acre and quarter lots ON wenterton's Subdivi-
kion.
Davi .on street.
veral farms in Scott comfy, and . variety Of
other City property, the cheapest in the market.
May l9-dtf