American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-07-11
ITEMS OF NEWS,

'ngihia Ior tobacco, was 1915 per cwt.
BsJ- The Baptists of Charlottesville.
va, have subscribed $1,000 towards
building parsonage to their church.
RDr Baugh, "American," has been
elected aeo Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee,
by 287 majority.
8@- Gen. Walker arrived at Rich.
mond, Virginia, on Thursday evening.
The British House of Commons has
rejected bill proposing to close all the
beer shops in England.
thirty of the cadets of the Georgia
Military Institute, it is said, have been
expelled for visiting circus.
The Police of Washington ci,v have
arrested a man named Cash for an as,
sauit ON another named PENN.
The Democratic majority, on Joint
ballot IN the approaching Virginia Leg.
'siature' will be nine,y-two.
The National Hotel a. WASHINGTON
together with The furniture. bedtime.
and wares ofall sorts, was sold on Fri.
DAY. The total amount realized will
foot up more than $4,000.
On the first day of July the county
OF !'oudon was one hundred years old.
and the town of Leesburg ninety.nino.
VIM. Smith has boon elected 70 the
otate Senate from the Greenbrier dia.
trlct, by majority of one vote over II.
M. Dickinson, Distribution;st.
The Examinerand Enquirer of Rich.
m none were merged on the lst inst
Tho consolidated paper retains tho
name "Fhe Richmond Enquirer"
The wheat crop in Fauquior county
has improved very much during tho
last few weeks. A much better crop
will BIO made than was expected.
The growing crops of corn in Shenan.
doah look far moro thrifty and promis-
ing than they have for several years, at
this season; and the quantity put out is
almost double that of former years,
There will be on exhibition at the
next Fair and Cattle Show of the Ran.
pahannock River Agricultural Society.
young heifer (Which at tho time might
well be denominated calf herself) thar
had calf when only thirteen mon,hs
old
A hogshead of tobacco sold in Rich
mond, on Saturday last,at 500 per hum
dred pounds. This is considered DOS
sibly tho highest price yet obtained in
Virginia for tobacco in the leaf. 1t was
grown by DR.. A. G.. Read, of Roanoke.
Immediately upon the line of the V,r-
glnla and Tennessee road.
The Kosciusko Chronicle states that
some Of the farmers Of Altalan,a county.
Miss, have already harvested their
wheat, and are themselves amazed az
the extraordinary yield.
The Norfolk Herald states that q
clerk in the post office at Portsmouth.
Va has recently been detected in pur-
long money from letters to the amount
OF $4,000. He is now in prison, and
does not deny his guilt.
The Georgia papers states that the
farmers in that State are in the midst
OF their wheat harvest, and that the
crop is one Of the best ever gathered in
Georgia.
Sad Accident.-.A son of James S,
Wheate, Esq, had one of his hands
mutilaled on Saturday, by the accideu-
tai discharge of a pistol which he and
other boys were playing with near the
Post'Office.- Wheeling Argus.
geA. "When a fellow has reached
certain pint drinkin', said an old soak
er, 81 think he orter stop" "Well, I
think" said wag, che had better stop
before he reaches a pint"
D3" Iho wheat crop of Indiana last
year was estimated at 10, 600, 900 bush
els. A farmer, who processes to be
well acquainted with the principal
wheat districts in the State, says this
years crop will exceed 100000
bushels.
FORCE OF HAIL. 1t is stated by Of.
ticers at the Capitol that several holes
were made by the hail through the cop.
per roofing of the Capitol building. Al
similar statement is made with refer
ence to the railroad depot, the stones
having penetrated the Sinc roof of that
building Wash. Union.
RECRUITING FOR W1vEs.--A man
named Charles Bird-and very nice
bird he must be--is travelling in Pa,
endeavoring to recruit wives for the
Utah Saints. He held forth at the
market-house in York, Pennsylvania,
last Sunday, but was interrupted by
the police, who broke up the meeting
to prevent the Mormon Bird from be-
ing.mobbed by the indignant people.
BeA- a most terrific hail.storm pass