American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-08-14

Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad -
We have the assurance that this road.
working IN connection with the Parkcrs-
burg branch of the Baltimore and 0.
hio Railroad, is now provided with tho
necessary motive and rolling power for
transporting promptly and rapidly all
freight seh' TO its agents for lranspor.
tallon. Trains, both passenger and
freight, run daily over the road, and ey.
cry arrangement is being perfected to
place tho line in lis proper position az
an important through route between
the East and Vest Bait. American.
The Futxrc.--The fate of this count
ry depends OH nothing so much as On
the growth or decline of the great idea +
which lies at the foundation Of our in
stiiulions-the idea Of the sacredness Of I
every mans right, the respect due to
every human being. This exist among
US. II has stamped itself on govern.
mcnt. IL IS now to stamp itself on
manners and common life--a far hsr.
der work. h
Fatal Result Three farm laborcB
were returning from work last Wei.
nesday evening, with pirchfotks on lhci,
shoulders, near Utica New York, whtr
a ,hundergnst came up, Two of tie (
men INSTANTLY threw down their fork. i
but the othor-- Peter Foltz--held Oh
to his and was struck dead.
There is man in White COUNT
Illinois, who has q wife that has born
sixteen children the first six came BY
'wos, the succeeding nine by ,hrees-
while the las, one, poor helpless. lonsA
~ thing came into the world withorE
company. Sixteen children at seven
births !
There arc in the English language
20 500 nouns, DO pronouns, 1900 ad.
jectives, 5000 verbs, 1900 adverbs, 60
propositions, II onjunctions, 69 inter
jeCiiOns, and 2 ariicle-in all, above
10000 words. According to Webs,crs
dlctIvsary, there arc 100000 words,
During the last week there were 1j
deaths sudden and violents in Boston
five from explosion Of firearms, twO
from litsj two from dilirium ,remonG 4
two from being crushed 10 death; one Z
from suicide; one from murder; or
drowned, and two run over. Lifo ap' +
pears TO DO cheap in Boston.
Schools, An earnest movemen, i
on foot, at tho North, to reduce tt'
time spent by children to three hout
per day, on the ground that heaI
of body and vigor Of mind are both in
paired 10y daily confinement for 'I
hours in the school-roorn. as at pross'
New IYheat.--A few days since a MI A
Ter of New Albany, Ind. purchasj
5000 bushels Of wheat at 05 cents ?"
busheI, 10 DO delivered at Now Ore''l
in that State, IN three weeks. ~
Where twenty persons have stomacT
ono has bfains--lhe butcher thrives, +
poor printer starves. Poor typo!
must wait with patience until tho I'm
turns, 1t will DO here anon.
The peach crop in Southern 1llino, &:
this season will be very large. W
man, near Jonesborough, has an orcv &
and Of 1000 young trees that will aver
age bushel each.
The number Of men sacrificed
Walker IN his Central America ca"
paign is estimated at $3.50. ~,
The Supreme Court Of Ohio has osf
cided that a wife is Of no pucuni'lI
va lue TO her husband; that i! she DO III
led by railroad accident. he cam 4
recover damages therefor
Eli Thayer, Of Mass, lately dell'Sk
cd all address at Guyspdottc, Vao ~
lstion ~ his colonization schono' "A