American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-02-28
ITEMS OF NEWS.

| 49, wv ''o oSNiS nOlu Ills IUnRnll-
lceht house on the Hudson River, below
fonke's. to Archbishop Hughes. On
ly a portion of the grounds was sold.
the price was 500, 900 Under The pat.
ronage of Bishop Hughes, the home Of
the tragedian Is TO become nunnery.
Romanism IN Rassia.--T The Car has
promised that there shall be no more
persecution Of the members Of the Ro
manist Church. He has declined. how.
ever, the offer Of a resident Papal min.
lister, aud all idea of concordat is
abandoned. sfrs 4ai.
Crime among Protestant and Rouuu
Catholics. An official list of youthful
CRIMINALS in the Rhine Provinces of
Prussia for the year 1865, exhibits the
telling fact, that seventeenth every thou
sand Roman Catholics, aud only seven
in every Thousand Protestant, were char.
ged with crime during tina. period. s,
A Coace~ ttom Popery.-Fianc els
Hastera. a Bohemian priest. who rem.
ounced popery, and who had placed
himself under the care of the Chassis
OF New York, was recently baptized
and ordained, in the German Evangel-
teal Missionary church in Houston
street, New York.
twenty-five men have died du,inp
1880 over l00years old, and the same
nnmber,of iemules.s A slave woman in
virginia attained the age of l27, ano,h-
er.iifL"uisia,ia l24 and one i2O ID driIp
the past year ihiny revolutionary sol
'liers have died The number on the
pension list in July last was 5l4.
| There is still an Indian War in Flor.
ida, aud General Harvey, with reg
imcnt at itillery aud infnniry,is altemp.
! ting I" rid ihr State of the aboriginal
population. The number uf warriors
remaining at the present time is cumpu.
ted at about one hundred and sixry.
English journals speak in terms of
warm commentator Of new. kind ot
fuel. the ingredients of which ara sim.
pie coal dust and coal tar pitch, in Ger
TAIN proportions amalgamated hy chem.
! lcai means peculiar to the inventor 1t
Is stated that 200 tons of this fuel will
perform IN" same work. in geuo ing
steam, ns 800 tons Of coal, such as is
IgeneralIy used.
Oregon now sends 10 Cal;E,rnio co,.
siderable quantities of butter. bacon,
eggs, and snuked meats, which latte,
are much fresher than those cured in the
Atlantic Stales--lhey command the hiob.
, est prices. ........., ,... .,..
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&c so;,,n,, 80, ,II"u,, I,'"v 10 tr"'h
'a' " "'''e' 'hai me
r. Gsmes;, ~ '' ,I' q, LIN hS'd' Ia oescr'oed
,"oo ,L' 40 '"1 o'''"'P'are "i man.
: first prepared for such resident,
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G"nn'S'aI ,:, fr'ends"tp -Ihackeray says:
~ think that the intimacy which is be.
never knew GOOD resli,n n',,,. -" "ra,', ,.,
!, or an bn,.., Ir;nndsh;r o' ''on
!, ;s o,Iv ,I,o,,,,,r, ,r T. :,'L,y /;
feeling ca,,rJ nn Lu iai;n: i:"a"'P 'na
and ~, ,.;oLo1i up u"y "ei'"uS Diood
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hr""c@ Ai'nt IN New Ior&.-A bill
mas =, oeen introduced into The House Of
lishnen, aCa brancb MIX, 49, ,I i'o : u.'a",
New yo,k. aud nlac;n, ;,a w., e,'y ",
reppla,ion under Iha Dirao,,' o,'", a""
PEiIadelphia mint. /, nrov;J.s r.. ,'o Io
coiuage Of yold and s;,rar t'. =, o' e'0
poin,meut 0f uscossa,v ,,e;.aa "o "P.
erection Of su;,ahls Ln;l ,J;, .oo' ""u 'no
lion with tn. As,ay OH;ce ;" o'''0''
" Case q heSt't"t!on. .---. The proprie.
to's '' me feople's Lino of STEAMBOATS,