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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
A Strange genius in describing lake
in Minnesota, says it is SO clear. that by
looking into it you can see them making
tea in China.
LANDS!
EDWIN w. TOWER

NOV offer, for sale, in Lots to suit purehas-
IN crs, the following Tracts of Land:
: IN VIRGINIA. 81.
At prices ranging fem one dollar and twenty
hSo cents to four dollars per acre. .Ha
o,ooo acres IN Calhoun county, on tho West fork
OF Littlo Kanawha.
$50 acres in Monongalia cou nty, mountain land,
miles east OF Morgantown. -ats.a
3 900 acres in Monongal,a and Preston, noun
tain land, from to II miles southeast Of
Morgnntown.
400 acres in Monongalia county, near Clinton
Furnace. Il
200 acres IN Efonongalia, miles east Of Nor.
gantown- Burton tract. ~ so
" and IA acre tracts in Monongalia, near Clin-
ton Furnace.
80 acres, part Of the Rdgway land, opposite
Morgantown; price $40 to 500 pcracrc.
20ls acres near Morgantown, on the Monon-
gahola river, and apple orchard, well seleG-
ted grated frnit.
Al acres miles northeast of Morgantown,
price $2s dollars per acre.
Sll acres in Monopgalia county, on Dunkard
creek, Daniel Burton tract
Ia Town Lots in West Morgantown, price $l09
each.
small Brick House, 4 rooms ana kitchen in
Morgantown; $500 on time.
other House and Lot in Morgantown, price
$500 cash.
IN WISCONSIN.
at 1915 Per Acre Each.
2,oo0 acres in Is tracts, first rate farming land,
well timberod and watcred. These Lands lie
near the line of the Milwaukee and Superior city
Railroad, which is now completed to Ripon and
will be completed in short time to its north
ern terminus.
IN IOWA.
At Prices ranging from $3.50 to SIS
per acre, each:
$50 Scott $40
iG0 :, . Dilworth
so 6. {, johnson SO
These Iowa lands are all situated in the vicn-
ity Of the Rock Island, Iowa City, Fort Des-
MONIES and Council Bluff Railroad, the Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroad, and the M'Grogor's
Landing and ST. Peters Railrond, are increasing
| III value, and have been selected with great care
by experienced surveyors, and are all warranted
to be good dry farming lands,
IN MICHIGAN. .....
At 10 per acre.
l60 acres first rate land, heavy timbered.
acres cleared, with small log house about
miles from the town Of Ridgway.
IN ILLINOIS
$50 Town Lots 81 by 1873 feet, in the southern
suburbs OF the city of Chicago, on Stewart,
Duncan and Wentworth avenues price 5000
and $500 each, one half cash and the bal
ance in IL months with interest.
... ... -.r... F.. w. TOWER,
Morgantown, Monongalia county, Va.
December 20, 1856. .
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amount Great Britain had 100000,
the United States 100000, and the
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Europe--had the residue.
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Anecdote Of IFesley.-At one time,
when MIR. Wesley was travelling in
Ireland, his carriage became fixed in
tho mire, and the harness broke
While he and his companions were la.
boring to extricate it, poor man pas
sed by in great distress. Mr.. Wesley
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able. through misfortune, to pay his rent
of thirty shilIings, and his family were
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happy" Then turning to his compan-
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why our carriage stopped here in the
mud"
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Of Valuable Land In Preston County.
Eliza G. Lazeur, ct al, Plaintiffs,
VS.. .....| p. 'H
Furguson Jenkins, ct al, Defendants,
John Hanway's Ex'r.,
VS..
Furguson Jenkins.
In pursuance Of a Decree Of
the Circuit ofPreston County, rendered in these
causes, the undersigned as Commissioner nam
cd in said decree, will sell at the front door o {
tho Court house in Kngwood, in said county,
on the nth day of May next, being the FIRST
day of the next Quarterly Court, ono tract con-
tuning loo acres, in said county, on the wa
tiers Of Upper Sandy, to the highest bidder, on
credit Of 3, and months, taking bond with
good security from the purchaser, bearing in
torest from day OF sale. The title to said tract
is considered good, but selling MS Commissions
or shall only sell such title as am authorized
by said decree.
JOHN p. BYRNE, Commissioner.
March lS 1857. 9I @ Oh I'd
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The UaUsd States and China-The
policy Of the administration in regard
to the Chinese imbroglio to assume ul-
timately an ultra conservative shape
That is to say, this government has no
intention Of joining the Anglo French
alliance in prosecuting hostiliries against
tho Celestials, under the persuasion
that the honor and interests of our coun.
try can be better subservcd by settling
whatever difficulties we may have with
that peculiar people in our way. We
draw this inference from an article in
tho Washington Union of Saturday
manifestly intended to set forth the poll
icy which Mr.. Buchanan has marked
ont this matter. To join England and
France, as things stand, it is urged;
would be q substantial declaration o.
war agains. China, AN entirely gratui
,ous proceeding when we reflect tina,
the United States and China are now a.
peace. The troubles Of last November
when az American boat was fired mp
on, and ample satisfaction was taken
for the occurrence by tho destruction
nfseveral Chinese forts. have been adj
justed, we are told. among the official
who participated in it. and whateve
may have been its occasion, its result
cannot have injured the prestige Of ou
navy for gallantry and power. 1t nov
remains for us to preserve for American
commerce and American interests il
China all the respect and privileges t
which they are entitled, and wheneve
they are assailed, the Union tells us
they will be defended, doubtless, witt
efficiency aud promp,i,ude.
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The Washington union., 1857-08-15

KNOW NOTHING INTERVENTION NOT NEEDED.
The feeling which now animates the democracy
of Georgia is humorously indicated in the following
sensible article, which we transfer to columns
from late number of the Griffin Georgia. Empire
State: sag
" Some of our know-nothng contemporaries appear to
be very seriously exercised in their minds of
diversity of opinion prevailing among members of
the democratic party in reference to what is termed the
Kansas nbroglio Our neighbor of the American Union
stands prominent among those who much inter
ested in the subject of democratic harmony An article
published by him weeks since has been copied into
the Sumpter Republican, in which the writer shed con-
siderable ink to show that of the democratic presses
are disposed to view the Walker and Kansas question
somewhat in different lights. Now should like very
much to know what our know-nothng contemporaries
pect to make out of this ntermeddng with other mems
affairs The democratic party not held together by the
sanctions of secret oaths They independent set
of fellows free to think for themselves, and not to
think their leaders dictate to them Hence they often
differ upon isolated issues but together upon the main
questions This Walker affair is family quarrel, which
we altogether competent to settle ourselves without
the intervention of kind know-nothing neghbors If
they will Just wait till the first Monday in October they
will find great of opinion among the democrats
by reference to the tickets deposited in the baotbox.
Such was the last week in Tennessee Kentucky and
Alabama and such they win find to be the in Geor
ga when the proper time arrives. "
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
MISSISSIPPI.

Messrs. Singleton and Lake. the opposing candi-
dates for Congress in the third district Mississippi
are engaged in, a vigorous prosecution of the
canvass. The Mssissippian says
''Ther first meeting at Canton and from reliable
sources of information learn that the triumph of the
democratic candidate, the tuehearted and eloquent
Singleton signal and complete He bore down
teously in language temper and manner but meciessy
and crushing in argument upon his vulnerable competi
tor At the very first onset the know-nothng cham
pon was unhorsed Mr.. Lakes brief but unfortunate
record exposed with great effect and to the utter dis
comfture of his fiendsno the least objectionable por
in turn voted for Pennington friend and supporter Of
Banks But for the ctous opposition of Lake and the
Fillmore squad to General Richardson that conservative
and sound northern statesman would have been elected
have been spared the disgrace and trouble inflicted upon
it by the election of of the most reckless and unpn
ciped abolition agitators in the land y
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Remoua Of Land Office The land Office for the north.
western land district in Minnesota has been removed by
order of the President from obwa to otterta city, the
former location being deemed unsuitable
Wthd,u,ral Of Lands IN Fiorida. The President has
ordered the withdrawal of several sections and fac
tional sections of land in Florida near the Swanco
river for naval purposes These yeow-pine lands,
and comprise between twenty and twenty five thousand
acres
Further Intelligence IN Relation 10 he Mnesoia Indian Diff
cas The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs received official
intelligence yesterday morning of the killing Of four of
nkapadutahs band, the perpetrators of the Spirit Lake
murders, and of the sending out Of another expedition to
capture the remainder.
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
HON a D. p NICHOLSON.

The Star of this city, noticing the fact that the
democrats had secured majority joint ballot in
the legislature of Tennessee and would thus have it
in their power to elect two members of the United
States Senate takes occasion to speak of Hon. A. O..
p Nicholson in connexion with seat in that dstin-
guished body in the following complimentary terms
"We confess to a strong desire for the election of
Judge Nicholson because in the course of long and init
mate association with him here, formed very high
estimate not only of his intellectual power and the
tent of his requirements statesman but of his per-
sona character and his abiding devotion to the principles
of the democratic party He is emiEently safe in
public atfairs--such man as the times require,
The Union has always cautiously abstained from
giving expression to preferences for candidates for
Office whose likely to be submitted to State
conventions or State legislatures. Although not in
tending to depart from this just and longesablished
rule we cannot permit the present opportunity to
escape without adding our testimony to that of our
neighbor of the Star in favor of one who enjoys in
an unsurpassed degree the confidence, respect, and
afeconate regard Of all who enjoy the honor Of his
acquaintance As professional writer, he has no
superior in this country; and his industry as a
journalist may be inferred from the fact that for the
four years ending March 4, 1857, the aEduous abors
of editing this paper almost exclusively devolved
upon him. AS statesman, in the largest sense of
the term, speaker, whether before the masses
or q delberatiye body, Judge Nicholson enjoys a
high and an envable reputation. When to these
rare and commanding gifts to be added those quail
ties of the heart which impart peculiar charm to
intellect, we have given few of the reasons only
why it is that the numerous friends of Judge Mich
olson, in Washington and out of Washington, take
such warm and an abiding interest in his personal
welfare or political advancement.
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Ndpat Orders The following engineers have been or
dered to the steam rgate Saranac which preparing
for sea at Philadelphia and which viii shortly leave for
the Pacific squadron:
Chief engineer, Theodore Zeller first assistant eng
neer r. G. Potts second assistant engineers H. A Ram
sey and w. II. Hunt; third assistant engineers, N b.
Httig e. A. O. Du Painc, and VIM. II. Schley.
Commander Charles w. Pickering to be detached on
the reporting of his successor, Commander j. NJ Berren,
commanding the fgatc Savannah, from the navy yard at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Washington union., 1857-08-15

The st. Louis Leade, says that three years ago the
national democratic vote in that city and county
only 450. The Hon. Trusten Polk was the standard
bearer and candidate for Congress- and the gallant
manner in which he conducted the canvass and led
on the forlorn hope endeared him to the democracy
why they subsequently crowned him with the high
est political honors in their gift. Since then the
cause Of democracy has been onward in St. Louis.
At every election its vote has steadily increased un
ill., on the Sd inst, it reached the Of nearly five
thousand.
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
THE AUGUST ELECTIONS.

We give below the names of the gentlemen elected
TO Congress at the elections held last week. There
is at present uncertainty in regard to the re-
suit in the second district Tennessee but with this
exception, the list may be regarded as accurate:
The names of the opposition members are in tait
letters
The Washington union., 1857-08-15

The Toronto Colonst reveals another Canadian defa
cation which has been permitted to go for years with
any attempt being made by the to detect
and expose it, The amount Of money stolen is Sl20 00a
and the thieves Crown land agent named Banes,
and his clerk named Shorts The Coonist adds that one
Of the colonial ministers is implicated in protecting one
Of the defaulters,
The Washington union., 1857-08-15

Daniel Fanshaw widely known printer of New York
city, has recently presented the typographical Society of
that city with two volumes of Pitts English Atlas print
cd In London in l6s3lT4 years ago-with statemcht
TO the effect that the original cost price of the and
interest added to the present time would amount
than hirfv millions of dollars
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
SOMETHING OF A CHANGE.

Weare indebted to the Montgomery Advertiser
for the suboined returns of the vote in the 4th
gressional district Alabama. 1t will be that the
majority against Mr.. Smith, the knownothing can
didate is upwards of fourteen hundred W zF
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
! SToPpAGE or COTTON MILLS.

: The New York Journal of Commerce has been fur
nished by respectable Boston house with list Of
looms lately running on heavy cotton goods which
have been stopped, soon to be stopped on
count of the high price of the raw material and the
impossibility of realizing cost at present rates @
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
No. Of looms
sfpppp.i.

In addition to this about 500 looms extra wide
goods have been stopped, and we also learn of fur
ther stoppage in Rhode Island
The Washington union., 1857-08-15

We viii only add to M. dIvoi's interesting sketch
that Beranger died the 10th Of July; 1857; that
the French government took charge of his funeral
and excluded the populace from participation there
in but that thousands Of the people filed the win
dows and doors on the line of the procession, wav
ing their handkerchiefs, and crying Honor 10 Bfran
Ger ~ .H#alE nttsts.s Nt7th
The Washington union., 1857-08-15

The Caddo Qa) Gazette of July 25th says 'Wepro-
fes to have knowledge of the prospects of the
crop, and now state firm conviction that it can
not in any event reach fair average Three millions
of bales will be heavy, from present appearances. But
we shall see."
The Washington union., 1857-08-15
NORTH CAROLINA.

N-fft ~-'-''---F'-
i. Henry M. Shaw. l. Albert G. Watkins.
q Thomas Ruhin. g. w. w Wallace.
g. Warren Winslow. g. Samuel A. Smith.
A. l.. OBJ. Branch f. John III. Savage
g. John A. Glier. s. Charles Ready
g. Alfred NJ. Scales, jr 6. George w. Jones.
r. Burton Claige T. j. V. Wright.
s Thos L. Clingman g. ~ f. Zoiioo6er.
~ KENTUCKY. t.s g. j. G. ID. Atkins.
l. Henry c. Burnett 10. W. Il. Avery.
e. Samuel O. Peyton. ALABAMA.
g Warren H. Jadeysrood l. James A. Stallworth
A. Albert G. Talbot. 2. Eli 5. Shorter.
E. Joshua Ill. Jewett 3 James Il. Dowdeli.
G. Joseph NJ. Elliott. A. George s. Houston
T. Hunphrey Marshall g. Sydenham Moore.
s. James b. Clay. g. w. II. w. Cobb.
o. John @. Mason. s}st T. j. l.. M. Curry.
10. J. w. Stevenson. MISSOURI.
TEXAS s. Joseph b. Clark to fill
l. Guy Nj. Bryan. vacancy.
2. John Fl. Regan.
The above shows a democratic gain of eleven
MEMBERS as compared with the delegations from
these States in the last Congress-.
The result Of the gubernatoria election in Missouri
is stiI in doubt although the st. Louis Republican is
of opinion that Major Rollins is elected. AT the last
accounts returns from ninety counties had been re-
ceived, which foot up thus:
Rollins ------ ----------------3l 81 064
Stewart -2S $50
2,4s4
Eighteen more counties are to be heard from,
which gave Buchanan majority of 3,O6l over Fill
more. At the last gnbernatorial election the vote
of the State thus divided:
Polk ----------- -46 246
Ewing ----- ~ ,Oio
Benton-- ----------------- ~ $40
With these figures before him, the editor of the
St. Louis Republican remarks;
.sThe candidate Of the democratic party put upon
the course in opposition to well ascertaned majority OF
over $1,000 in the State shown in the election for
governor last August 1t supposed that no state Of
things could arise which would bring about fusion be-
tween the Benton and the know nothngs, two par
ties up that time vruently hostile to each other and
for this reason, doubt less exertion made than
otherwise would have been the and to this
than anything else is to be attributed the defeat OF
the democratic nominee The figures show that it is a
close vote between the contendng candidates. and that
half the exertion that made the other side would
have secured the triumph of Col. Stewart "
The democrats have secured decided majority
in both branches Of the Legislature of Tennessee
The Nashville Union of Wednesday says:
t.our majority in the Legislature cannot be less than
nine in the house and five in the senate There three
close senatorial districts to hear from yet and major
ity in the senate will be increased by many of those
three districts carry These senatorial districts
the Ist Washington, &C., the goth, Henderson, Ben
ton, &C. ) and the Gath, (NIadison, &c'')
In regard to the congressional delegation the
Union says: We sorry to find the election o.
Wallace in the second district doubtful Our ac
counts from Knoxville lead to believe the chances
to be in favor Of the election of Maynard. This il
so, will make our congressional delegation stand
to 3D.