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wYMAN HOYTS ESTATE.
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ATs Probate CouFt held At Irasburgh In said
"A di trict % the 9Th day Of December, a. q.
1857.
Hlfreas, Charles 4. Hoyt Administrator on
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la said district. deceased, intestats, proposes 70
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partition and Distribution Of the residue OF sad
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persons who aru By las entitled 70 the sames
l. il therefore ordered by said court tba. the
sans Gene under consideration and be heard It
the Probate Office 10 lfasburgh on the 2sth day o.
December A. p. 1857.
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
THE HORIIOSS,

The attitude of the Mormons in Salt
Lake Valley, toward the Federal Gov
eminent, is becoming every day qucs'
ton Of greater importance. 1t is re-
ported that brigham Young and his
people have determined to resist the
entrance Of the United States troops
into the Mormon Territory, and threa.
ten to burn the grass on the prairics,
and, if necessary to destroy their own
city, in order to deprive the troops of
shelter during the winter. A discourse
delivered by ueber c. Kimball, at Salt
Lake city, indicates very plainly the
spirit which prevails among the Nor
mons. lie says:
ave arc the people of Descrct; she
shall be Deseret; she shall no moro be
called Utah" lie SCOTS at the pre-
tensions of the general government to
appoint officers over them, and exhorts
the people to arm, even to the women
and children. And then in the phren-
sy of fanaticism he cries out, eve are
the kingdom of God; we arc the State
Of Descret; and we will have you"
Cunning to Young who was present, J
brother Brigham, as our Governor,
just as long as you live; we will not
have any other Governor" and all the
people shouted "Amcn"
There is no doubt of the fact that
the most bitter sentiments of hostil-
ity arc entertained against the people
of the United States by the followers
of Mormonism; and in the approaching
crisis, those feelings arc excited to the
highest pitch. A collision with the
United States and war with Utah may
be considered almost inevitable
Wheeling Times.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
The Bank at New Orleans.

AS the telegraph informed us sever.
al days ago. when the "ctisis" reached
New Orleans and TITO banks commen.
cea. suspending. there was intense ex-
element, which has since died ewuy.--
The Crescent. describing the sceno on
the occasion of the run ON The Ci,ixen's
Bank. says:
"When the door opened scene Of
the widest confusion followed. The
crowd acted like Bedlam broke loose
scrambling, fgh,ing, shouting, losing
hats and Coat tails, and densely jam
ming the interior of tho bank in an in
slant. Tho bank officers. finding them
selves beseiged by crowd Of nadmen
secured tho vaults and mounted the
counters to keep the crowd from scram.
bling over. Other, outside, tried to
Chamber in at the windows, but were
hurled back. Intelligence of this being
sent to the chief ofthe police. that Off.
Ger dispatched all his specials 10 the
scene. They arrived, fought their way
through the crowd TO the counter aud
tn n turned against them. They got
All iron door-bar, with which they faced
tho crowd, having to fight freely with
their fists at the same time, some Of the
besiegers being highly bcligerent.
Finally the mayo, had to send down
sixty additional policemen, who mana
ged to preserve something like order,
when the work of redeeming the notes
commenced. For several hours was
the rush kept up and the panorama "f
faces-men ofall classes and color, wo.
men ditto and boys-was va,icgated in
the extreme. Anxiety. flight, grief,
and in some cases the widest despair
were visible in the faces which stream
ed into the Bank. Weue witnessed
such spectacle. Everybody seemed
to think he or she was just little too
late. BY one o'clock the rush had sub
sided considerably, aud when the bank
closed at .three--having paid out about
$50. 000--,he calls were comparative.
ly moderate. n '......
One man with $40 in silver, pur-
chased Of his acquaintance in the fourth
district $3.50 in notes on tho Louisiana
aud Citizens Banks. Another bought
$40 on the Louisiana with $50 in spe-
Gle, and $50 on the Citizens with SIS.
Another man bought check on James
Robb for $37 with $3 in cash. Many
others permitted themselves, in the ex.
citcmeut to be swindled to the same ex.
tent. One man in the crowd had his
coat tail containing $1,000. cot off by
some waiy sharper, aud another had
his pocket picked of 5000. ..
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
For he american onion.
OsT Borough EeCgulnfiNrs.

Where is our Borough Constable Z" is
me question Oh every square, corner, dwell
ing; and III every store. Oar town Of LAT @
has become the theatre OF all kin is Of dev.
iltiy lighting, swearing boistcrous talking
is carried OH almost every night, with bul
little molestaton. We have Bo. ongh laws.
why are they not executed 2 simply be-
cause our Borough officer is not AZ home.
Who is our Borough officer, and where does
he i've Mi Rider is the Borough Consia.
bic, fiIst.rale clever fellow, l.yirf outside
the Borough He is a mechanic, and his
business calls him from home, and for DAYS
weeks we do not see him. During his ab.
sence our laws are violated and set at naught.
lEe question, is he The proper man to fill
this important office ?-can lie legally exc.
cute the laws Of the Borough, living as he
does outside The Borough limits? What
par, or parcel OF interest has he in The Bor.
ouSh-pays no tax TO the Borough whatever,
is subject TO no regulation OF the Borough,
IS not at all identified with the interests of
the town only SO far as his pay is concern.
ed. And what iihis pay? Five per cent
on taxes collected, and $40 extra. For
what? Is j, because he is ne, citizen of
town? l am at loss 10 know for what
this $40 is paid, and hope some one Of the
economical city fathers V i'll answer. This
forty extra is paid 10 MIR. Rider, clever fell
low, living in the country, and never paid
70 any previous officer. But perhaps the
Borough Treasury is flush Of funds, and is
able to squander and lavish freely, but has
ocr Borough no debts 10 pay, no poor 20
support no Improvements 10 make lfnot
then give this $40 extra to citizen OF The
Borough who pays his mite towards the
support Of the Borough, whose interest is
with us, and is himself in The Borough Of
least one night in seven. We reqnire al
present an officer who is always at his poet
That beautiful piece Of work, by the County
Court executed, the establishments Of
County dead lali, will give an officer plenty
OF work TO attend TO Last Saturday nigh,
week, made bideous by oueauhly howls
and profanc swearing, is only foretra,e Of
what is u como2 Therefore, give us an Of.
iiccr living in town--we have plenty 81 eff.
ficisnt men whowould gladly have received
the Office withou, the $40 cStfa, and filed il
to tho satisfaction of oil. Tho tax payers
hold the present Council accountable for the
laws violated, money squandcreJ, the night.
" brswlings, aud the Illegally of the up.
pointment OF town Constable, and shall
put or veto on your re election.
TAX PAYER.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
The Custom House Robbery as Rich

Wheeler and Somervi!lo. ti,e TWO rob.
bells Of tho Richmond VA custom
house have been committed Tor trial, -
The amount ofst"lcn money recovered
is said to be Sl7,lS0. lesviug li,,le
over $4,000 10 ho accounted for. It
appeaisthu, Wheeler. in Pursuance or
an agreement. with the officers iha, he
should afterwards be released. pointed
out the spol in Richmond where the
money stolen from tho custom house
had been buried by himself aud his as
sOciate Sumervillo. The money was
found under wooden house, on the
north side of Broad street, near the
stone arch, cover Shockee creek and
in the creek. After tho money had
been secured, the prisoner was released,
according to nggreemsni, hut was re.
arrested by police officer Boss, short
time afterwards, as he was about to
proceed South on the Petersburg cats.
He was forthwith taken befsie The
Mayor and with his confederate com
mitted. A letter to the Petersburg Tx.
press says that Son ervil!e has made a
confession in Jail. He says that Vince.
Ter proposed the robbery to him, and
he at first refused, but finally agreed
to act as sentinel while Wheeler per
formed tho work. The bolt of The
front door, he says, was forced back,
and an entrance thus effected, The
blowing open Of tho safe made but ill.,
tie noise, aud the booty was ca,lied off
without objection. The robbery WIS
perpetI ated about one O'clock in tn.
morning. ......
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
A Tempest in a TEAPOT !

Gov. Lyon, Of Maryland, Qikc our
own rcdoubtaLle Wise,) feeling trc-
mendous weight of official responsible
ty on his shoulders, and taking it into
his head that there was to be very
tall muss in Baltimore, on the day of
the general election, FASTENED down to
the Monumental City, and addressed
q pompous letter to Mayor Swan, ap.
prising him of his arrival and of the
impending danger, and cnquiring what
arrangements were made by the May
or to preserve the public peace. The
Mayor promptly informed his Excel
lcncy that he saw no emergency to re-
quirc Executive interference, and was
fully prepared to discharge his func-
tlons as chief magistrate of the city.
At this the Governor waxod wroth, &
the next day, (Oct 27,) issued 4 pro-
clamatlon, stating that in virtue Of
authority vested in him he had ordered
the proper military officers to enrol for
active service their respective COM
mand9, &C., and on the 28th, he order
ed Major Generals Stuart and Smith
to enrol and embody, without delay,
their entire commands, fully equipped,
and hold them in readiness for active
service by noon on Saturday next. -
He also tclcgraphod to Gov. Wise, at
Richmond, for 5000 muskets for the
OCCASION. !. as though the frccmen of
Maryland had not arms enough for self
defence. Gov. WISE, of course, hurried
mp the muskcts, to keep the bloody
Know Nothings' in subsection, and in
terrible alarm these dignitaries, and
their equally cXcitablc friends, waited
for the day Of election. Gov. Lyon,
however, at the earnest romonstrancc
of the friends Of order, on Sunday re.
called his proclamation--thc military
having refused to obey 1.-THE Mayor
organized a highly efficient police
and by his presence at the polls, and
his wise and scasonable cOunsels with
the excited multitude, succeeded in al
laying the threatened storm. There
was less "noise and confusion" than
usual on election day-and Virginia
muskets were not needed Mt the polls
As the result Of the clcction-thc
American party claims to have carried
it by an increase on the Fillmore vote,
which was 1000 majority. We have
no particulars.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
How England Expects 10 Rccomquer
India.

The London Times begins Ia anne
cia,e tho magEituds of the work which
has been carved out for the English gov
ernment in India. and now admits that
the revolted provinces will have Ia ba
reconquered at greater expense Than
that at which they wero acquired:
1.-The Bengal army is no more. A
hundred thousand men are lost To Us.
and the greuter part are in arms against
US. That noble body of born aud br cd
soldiers, by the aid Of which we have
conquered and annexed SO many rich
territories and warlike tribes, aud
which dissipated in few days tho
dark cloud from the Punjab, to which
our European neighbors had long poin.
ted with expectancy, isnow sternly bent
on numbering England in The long lists
of its conquests ........ :. g..
eff it was ever true that tho native
army was the whole, or nearly the
whole Of our strength in India, then
our empire indeed would be now in its
last hour. But the world will shUltly
find they must give us credit for Other
resources and stronger hold upou In
dia than this one has proved 10 be. 1t
IS now SAID We have Ia reconlpeI India.
That Expresses the very nature Of the
task, though only half Of it. for wo
have tn recoDqner hdia organized, dis.
cipiincd, hamed, armed. prorisjoncd.
torf!hed, emd0ideaed By ourselves. II is
a task TAR greater Mam Mat ahicA oEs.
ri ffSc.tTo as u century GgO."
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
NEGROES RUNAWAY,

On Sunday night a negro family,
owned by George W. Fairfax, of Pres.
ton county, consisting Of father and
mother and five children, took three
horses of their owner, and made their
escape for Pennsylvania.
On Monday, their owner, with sew
oral others, made pursuit. About 3
o'clock in the afternoon, they found
the three horses, which had been turn
cd loose about three miles north of the
Pennsylvania line, by the negroes, and
they had secreted themselves in tho
woods, till night-fall. About eleven
o'clock at night, their pursucrs over
took the runaways, about two miles
south of Uniontown. They made des-
perate resistance, fighting with knives,
hatchets, &C., and wounded a gentleman
whose name we did not learn, and who
resides at Smithfield, Pennsylvania
But they were finally all captured and
brought here. They were lodged in
Jail here, excepting two of the children,
boy and girl, which were taken home
by Mr.. FairfaX.-,Star.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
MoRaANTcyUN:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1857.
NoTxCN TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN,

BsD~ ALL PERSONS indebted at this
office for subscription, advertising or
job work, whose accounts arc Of longer
standing than ONE YEAR, arc hereby
notified that they are expected to pay
them on or before the first of Deem
Der, next. Those who owe for the
current year, are also notified that we
will receive $3.50 up to that time for
the years subscription. After the 1st
Of December, all accounts PUT OUT By
Us FOR COLLECTION will be at the rate
OF $500 year. Save money, and
attend to this notice.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06
Bank Reform in Tennessee.

The following is the substance of
bill pending before The Legislature of
Tennessee:
1st. That no bank shall issue notes
payable at any place except where is.
sued. I'd. That no bank shall have
an office, or branch or agency for dis
count. Sd. That all notes of IS and un-
dor shall be Withdrawn from cii culation
by the first day Of January. lS50--a!l of
ten dollars and under by the first of Jan
uary, 1S60-aDd all Of twenty dollars
and under by tho fist of January, 1861,
18th. That no notes of similar amounts
after the dates aforesaid shall be- issued,
9th. Prohibits the circulation fall uoirs
of the banks Of other states, OF the a.
nouns specified, after the dates afore-
said. 9Th. Provides for the individual
liability Of stock holders after the ex.
hanstipn of The effects of the bauks.-
Th. Provides that the chartered banks
shall accept this act as part of their
charters; and in the event of their re =
fusing to do so, it shall be the duty Of
The attorney general to institute suits for
their forfeiture. Every violation of the
respective provisions oflhis bill is made
a misdei. eanor. ....
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06

. Special 5Iinistsr fran, Epglond-T Tbs
SeW Yo'kVimes learns through its Lon.
don coriespondont tina, the Btitisb Gov.
eminent. has decided 10 sppoint spec
ial Minister to neco,i1ie u settlement
'of,he remsining difference between Eng.
'and ami THIS county in regard 10 Cen
stra' American e!luirS. The appointment
will take place ea,ly next year, ausf pos
sibiy sooner Sir William Gone Ouse-
'lcy, it is believed, has y, en- selected for
this important service. lfso the Times
thinks, The ch"ice irdicaies a disposi.
ton on the pat of the British govern.
ment To conduct this delicate aud pro
tiectd negotiation tn peaceful aud
mutually satisfactory result.