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PHOTOGRAPH OIL PAINTINGS.

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Hon. JAcoB THOMPSON,
Secretary of the Interior,
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
Practical Politics,

We have many politicians, but few
Statesmen. Why is it that so many arc
ready with suggestions to build up par
ties, but 50 few have plans by which to
build up public interests? Gov. Wise
lntencoI to tax the public until they
groancd. If the object was only to
make the public groan under a taxa
ton which was burdensome without
being beneficial, the Democratic party
had already accomplished the end.
" hat his EXccllcncy has done since his
Inauguration, to benefit the State, We
arc not advised Of. lie has written
many lettcrs-amonG which the giz-
zard foot letter may be regarded as the
most promlncnt-which have given US
a series Of literary curiositics; but how
has the state been benefited? As q
contributor to some literary curiosity
shop the Governor would be invaluablC:
but, as the executive officer Of the State,
We think he has "cost more than he
has come to- Ills term has nearly
expired; and, If the account was fairly
balanced, in dollars and cents, We think
the uviT~rnor would owe the State some
thing for house rent. IF lie has "donc
the State any service" We should be
GratIficd to know what it is. We hone
that the man upon whom the task is
imposed Of writing history Of bis gu
bcrnatorlaL career, may be gifted with
blIilant lmagjnation.--Rich. Amey.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
, PANIC AND PRESSURE.

The New York Tribune thus closes
up sensible and timely article on the
prospect of commercial revulsion
This, then, is the summing up of our
position We are, as a nation, in debt;
we are extravagant; we arc buying too
much abroad and fabricating too little
at home. We are building RAILROADS
and founding cities in the West much
faster than our circumstances will JUS
uty; but we arc q young people, with
fertile soil, uncquallcd energy, great
resources, and great elasticity; and we
can pull through without serious disas-
ter, if we will but resolve to rctrench,
to practice industry, and hcnccforth
pay as VIC go. Let the country mcr.
chant who cannot pay up his arrears
buy very little this fall, and let his Gus.
toners follow his wholesome example.
Let us each resolve to owe less on the
hrst of January than we did on the first
day of July. If to this end it is nee.
essary to wear calico, or eat pepper
and salt instead Of wine and coffee, let
US face the music at once. In this way
revulslon may surely be avoided, as
we all seem to desire it should be-
Here railing at the croakers, the bears,
the panic-makers, will not answer the
desired end; nor will ever so skillful q
manipulation Of figures, tending to
prove our exports equal to our imports,
when every swift steamship takes out
two or three booksellers to London to
give such calculations the lie. But
rcsolutc industry, rctrcnchmcnt, fru-
gallty, arc sure cure for our trouble,
''When all the doctors opiotes fail"
Let us try them, and we can then unite
in banishing the Gorgons, Panic, and
Pressure, to the realms of Chaos for an
indefinite season.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

once bowed humbly in obeisance to
Warren Hastings, arc no longer over.
awed by British bayonets. The flame
ofrevolution is enkindled; and En- gland,
we apprehend, will find no little diff.
Guilty in subduing it. That she will
eventually succeed, however, we have
little doubt. And it is probably better
Tor the cause of civilization and Chris.
tlanity, for the development and proper
employment Of the resources Of that
rich region, for the commerce of the
world, aye, for the interests of India,
that even the power Of British opprcs.
SION should not be broken, rather than
that people should rclaps into barbar-
Ism, ldolatry, and superstition. But this
revolt should teach the British rulers
lesson. 1t is one thing to conquer
ana COLOMBO a country, to elevate it in
religion and laws, aud amcliorato it in
morals, and it is quite another thing to
oppross the weak and cxtort their rich.
cs, as q reward for that civilization
which makes them feel the loss more
sorcly still. Unless the iron rule of
England is modified, the day will come
when India will raise q war-cry that
cannot be hushcd by the roar of the
british lion. Eng.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
The Sale COnSUmmated.

On Thursday last the sum of seven
millions five hundred thousand dollars,
Or its equivalent, was paid over to the
state Treasurer by the Pa. Railraid
Company, and that much of the State
debt liquidatcd. The company in turn
have received a deed conveying the
Main Line Of public improvements
signgod by the Secretary Of the Com.
monwcalth, and approved by the Gov
ernor. By this act one of the "grcat
living principles" Of Democracy has
been placed beyond the reach Of swim
dlcrs, who have lived and fattencd on
the hard earnings of the people from
the commencement Of the fat contracts
to the last howl Of the terrified when
they found the bone was taken from
them.
On the LIST instant the railroad com.
pany took possession Of the Main Line,
and the world still appears to turn
round as usual, Notwithstanding the
ruin predicted by tho opponents Of the
sale GRl0ntoWn ,Standard.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
The Kentucky Election,

The election in Kentucky has result
cd, according to the Geographic report,
IN giving the LocoEocos seven out of
ten members Of Congress. The Lou
lsVllIc JonWal has the following para
graph on the subject: The battle is
over and the victory is won--prctty
much by the wrong party. From the
complexion of the returns that have
reached us, our friends in the Eigth
and Ninth districts seem to have suf-
fcred Waterloo defeat. We scarcely
dare to hope for much consolation from
the Second, Third, and Fourth districts.
The sounds Of defeat are ringing in our
cars, but We will not be dismayed, nor
dlshcartened. We still have confidence
IN the purity and patriotism and ma
tIonaAty of the principles of the Amer
lean party, and shall keep our flag
nailed to the masthead determined to
i've and die by the principles which we
believe essential to the maintenance of
the Union and the preservation of our
institutions. All is not yet lost
Through the impending gloom the
brightness of the future shines full Of
glorious promise. We still believe that
truth will prevail. We still have con-
tdence in the ultimate success Of the
VIC advocate. Let us imi-
tate in this second war of American
independence the example of our faith
crs of the Revolution, and let us be
firm and true and trusting, for econ
qucr We must, for our cause it is lust"
and an American victory may yet be
won in our Union.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

New York, August 5.-rhe steam
ship Persia, with Liverpool dates to the
25,h inst. has arrived.
The North Star arrived at Liverpool
on the 22d ult. u
ENGLAND.
In Parliament the government init.
mated that no active operations would
be undertaken in China until tho return
OF Lord Elgin from Pekip. except to
destroy the war jnnks. If tho mission
proved unsuccessful. the hostili,ies wo'd
DO confined to Canton.
Lord John Russell obtained leave TO
Introduce new bill FOR the admission
ut the Jews in the meantime Baron
R"thschild he'd resigned his seat in Par.
lament. He has subsequently been ie-
nominated, and would probably DO e.
iected without opposition.
The United States Fricato Susoue-
hanna had arrived at Liverpool.
The Agamemnon had sailed from
Cork with the sub. marine cable. The
plan tor submerging i. has been chang
ed. The expedition will start from tho
Irish coast, instead of the mid-ocean.
FRANCE.
Ia France The public attention is cen.
tired upon the developement Of the re.
cent Italian plot.
STAIN.
Spain accepts the mediation Of France
and Eng for the settlement Of the
Mexican difficulties.
There is no other news Of the least
Importance.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

They found her in bed with the baby
by her side-one Of the "nuIses" Civ.
ing her warm drink from u dish over
. lamp from time to time.
3 DR.. Montagnie osked if that was DR..
Bnrdell's baby. Mrs. Cunningham re.
piled, certainly. whose else could it
be?" The officers at length told her
that she must DO arrested, that the game
was played out.
She was apparently under the inffu-
ence Of opium, in order to create anti
fetal paleness. One Of tho nurses was
taken 10 the station house, and the 9th.
or remained at 81 Bond street with Mrs.
Cunningham. in charge Of tho officers.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

Be- The Office ofthc Upper Canada
Bank, at Toronto, was entered on Tues.
day night and robbed Of some $4,000
to G5, 900.
E&y" 1t is rumorcd that Miss. Mad.
cline Smith, tried in Glasgow for muir
der, has committed suicide.
nG5'" Tho Now Orleans Picauyunc is
making northern mouths water by
stnacking its lips oyer a basket of deli
cious peaches.
p~y" About $4,000 bushels of wheat
were received at Norfolk on last Sun
day and Monday. Sales of red at
1925.
g&Ap Hon Fayotto McMullin, of Va,
has announced that he will be candi.
date for Congress in 1859.
An Illinois paper says there is man
in Olncy so dirty that the assessor put
him down as "real estate"
There arc no less than thirty eight
brcwcriea in the city Of Cincinnati, all
in active and profitable operation.
The deaths in Philadelphia last week
amounted to 224, Of which number a
large proportion were children.
Hay sells at Chicago, ILL.,, at 81 per
ton; tho price in June, before the crop
came in, vas 80 rcr ton.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

The Wheat IN Lndiana.-Bad news Of
the wheat in The central portion of thu
State is coming in as we anticipated
but rather worse than we anticipated
In IiPpecanoe county, the Lafayette
Courier says. the wheat in some neigh.
b"rh"ods will be u failure. One very
Intelligent farmer said that he would
not get fifty bushels from forty acres
The rust has damaged the late whea,
badly. la Southern Indiana the crop
was so far advanced to be beyond dan.
ger when the trust" came, and in the
northern portions it seems to have es.
capped also, but in the central the later
fields are considerably blighled. !.
will be hard to guess, for while, what
the damage t" tho aggregate crop is
In Carroll county. the Delphi journal
reports harvest fifty per cent better
than that of last year indianapolis
Journal.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
LATER FROM MEXICO.

We have adyiccs from Mexico to the
18th ult. As far as heard from the
election was favorable to Comonfort.
1t was believed that Bcnito Jaurcz, a
progressisto, was elected President of
the Supreme Court. In the election
for deputies in the city Of Mexico on
the 18th the liberals were triumphant.
Serious alarm was felt regarding the
state Of affairs in Spain. The Sccrc-
tary Of the Interior had addressed cir
culars to the Governors of the States
on the subject, stating that rupture
was inevitable, and calling upon the
Governors to hold the National Guards
ready for orders, and to transmit reports
of their numbers and efficiency to head
quarters.
The Eco National says that in case
of war Comonfort will lead the army,
and Jaurcz act as President in his
stead.
Gen. Lopez Uraza, who was former
y cXilcd, has offered his services to
Comonfort in case Of war with Spain.
Santa Anna is believed to be in Cuba.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

D937o A Camp Meeting will be held
at the Camp Ground on the Ices Ferry
and Tunnclton Pike, about Il miles
from Morgantown, commencing on
Friday, the 18th Of September. 1t is
the same ground occupied by the camp
two years ago.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
CAMP MEETINGS.

CAMP Meeting at Laurel Point. -
\ Camp Meeting under the auspices
Of the NJ, e. Church, will convene at
tho Camp Ground, five miles west Of
Morgan!own, on Friday, the 4th Of
September next.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
CROPS.

Tho largest crop OF wheat that has
ever been harvested in this country is
now being gathered. The aggregate
yield will. II is now manifest, exceed by
hundred of thousands of bushels that
OF the most plentiful harvest that has
ever blessed the labors Of American
husband'y. The Corn crop, too prom.
ises exceedingly well, aud will, we
doubt not. be- as much in advance of
any former yield as that of wheat. Oats
and barley and likewive reported as un.
usually good and abundant.
Vegetable and fruit products arc also
rePrese n'cd as plen'ions and of q sound
condition, in most localities whore any
attention is devoted to their cultivation,
The potato crop-rhat most important
of oil esculents-will turn out a plo,i.
Gus yield. and this fact is already hav-
ing sensible effect upon the MARKET
IN some of the eastern cities a decline
ofover hundred per cent, pei bushel
is already reported. Other commodi,
ties must soon follow suit - Chicago
Jonrnai. ......
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

ToBAcco.-Thc heavy rains have
damaged the tobacco crop very materi-
ally. 1t is generally believed now that
but little more than a half crop can be
realized. Two-thirds Of the crop was
planted very early, and the rains and
the unreasonable weather have forced
its growth to early maturity. The great
est part of the crop is now in blossom,
and fit for topping, which will make
the plant but one half its usual and pro-
per size, and Of course light and chail'y.
Great disappointment consequently cx-
lists among our planters, who, it is tho't
will hold on for higher prices another
year. We advise those who have not
sold their last years crops, not to be
too anxious to scil.-Mari5or0 (UN.)
Adr0cate.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14
wi!H BRITISH EMPIRE,

5,
II England, to an ANXIOUS sense Of the
danger Of disattcctiOn among the colo
Mics. And we'll it may excite the III
terCst, If not the most serious appre-
hcn3iou Of all who wish Great Britain
God.spced on her mysterious mission
whether Of ameioration and liberty, or
of cXt-rton, imposition, and ultimate
dcspotism, the future alone can deter
mine. Fho wealth and strength of the
British Empire arc dependent almost
entirely upon its provincial possessions.
And that magnificent territory in the
East, which is now the scene of rebel
lion and strife, affords fund, which is
to the cxchcquer Of England, as the
waters of the Nile to the agriculture Of
Egypt. The Scpoys are up in arms;
and they count their effective force by
tens Of thousands Of we'll trained fight
ing men. The government at home
has, Of course, adopted as immediate
action and as summary measures for
the suppression Of the revolt, as cir
cumstanccs will admit. But India is
not to be reached in day, and where
the nsurrectlon RACES is hundreds Of
miles from the landing places of the
transported troops. The English army
IN India now, is utterly unequal to the
task Of crushing out the rcvolt-and
should the spirit Of disaGection continue
30 extend, as there is reason to believe
it will, until the whole Hindoo people
arc aroused with the fury Of fanatics.
from the ilimmalch mountains to Cape
Comorln, 1t may require more men and
money than England expended in the
CrlmCa, TO subduc the revolution and
maintain her sway over her invaluable
dominlOns in the East. The British
navy is proportional in its number of
vessels and guns, to the widely extern
ded and unconncctcd empire and its
commensurate commerce, which it is
designed to protect. But no navy or
army can be adequate to the subiugation
and continued control Of people,
whose numbers arc equal to all the force
that can be sent against them; who
have wealth without measure, who arc
accustomed to exercise in arms, and
band. Of onnrcssion whicb n,tmrc nov
er jntcndrj HEM to bnor Tho Scnors
in India. who have bccn made soId;rrs
for the spbiuaat;on Of thnir own conn.
try, their own kinsmep, and comrades
have turned at Inst nnon tho onnrcssoys
Of thcjr rncc: and EnrlanI shrddrvs IT
the scoDo
,rbc time has como whom tho British
cmnirc furnishes = r,nitrnl tonic for
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

Unprecedented Indian Hostilities.--
Dntos from st. Paul, Minnesota, to the
26'h of July, have been received. From
the Sioux Agency the reports are that
10000 Indians are defSing the United
States troops and renewal Of bosrili.
ties was unavoidable. The settlers
were flying for protection, and Gov.
Medary was there endeayoring 20 pre-
serve peace. He sustains tho acliU. Of
the Superintendent in the suspension Of
the payment of the aunuities until tho
Sioux nation deliver up the Infamous
band Of murderers who committed so
many outrages on the whites. The 81,
oux refuse TO do this, aud are trying to
bring about a collision with the Gov.
ernmont troops. A Geographic dis
patch from the Secretary OF War refu-
sing the request Of Governor Medary
for arming the volunteers, occasions
some excitement, and two hundred men
are prepared, and determined to march
if needed for the protection of the from
tier.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

We never heard of slch abundant
crops as arc now being reported from
every section of orr vast country. IN
the whole West, probably. not a single
county can he named in which tho 6, ain
crop will not be nearly twice as large
as last year. In many districts owing
To "a scarcity of labore,s, tho farmers
will not hutvrst more than half or two
thirds of their immense fields Of grain.
Proritencc Post.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

Aaother man lung in Iowa. Til o.
kaloosa (Iowa) Times Of July 1G'h,
states that Judge Stone on the 18th inst :.
opened special term Of his court al,
Monteznma, Poweshiek county for the
trial of VIM. b. Thomas, charged with
the murder Of Mr.. and Mrs. CasIell, who
are supposed to have been murdered ip
consequence of their bodies having been
discovered in tho woods near Montezu.
ma last fall. AS soon us In court was
opened, Thomas arose and asked for
change Of venue: But no sooner had
tho decision been made, than a mob Of
two hundred armed persons seized the
prisoner and took him out of the Gus.
tody of the sheriff They took him out.
side the limits Of the town aud hung
him without going through the formali.
ties Of mock trial. Judge Stone fol-
lowed the mob, urging them IT, respect
tho laws, but at length had TO leave tho
town to escape tho same fate as the un.
fortunate prisoner. This makes tho
sixth man hung by mobs in Iowa during
the last eight weeks.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

TIE MIME RiRe.-The Mimic ri1o
has four grooves inside, and the mode
of loading it is, first to bite OF tho twis.
ted waste paper at the end of the cart
ridge, Pou" in the powder at the mouth
of the barrel, and by a tom Of the thumb
and finger holding the cartridge, re-
verse the ball so that tho conical point
may be upward. The ramrod is then
drawn and reversed, and the head be-
ing concave. or cup-form, il has a good
purchase over the ball which is easily
rammed home; and does no, require a
second or subsequent ramming. The
piece is then fired with grea. ease, aud
is capable of carrying tho ball twelve
hundred yards. and with correct aim up
TO nine hundred yards, the aim for all
distances from three hundred to nine
hundred yards being taken correctly
by parallel grove marked with the
respective distances it is wished the
ball should be carried when directed to
an object, slide in the groove being
raised or lowered to take the sight,