American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-02-28
WHOLE NO 88

aud OF Rev. John Harris, so we'll known
as the author ofmany excellent religious
and Theological works. The loss of
TWO such men from the ranks Of science
aud OF literature, is very great.
Eight years ago. Charles G. Van, To-
Gated 900 acres OF land south of Fort
Des Moines; Iowa. 1t cost lat Sl,25
an acre) S625. aHc has recently been
oilers S2eO an acre, or Sl10, 900 for tho 4.
truct. The census of Fort Des Moines
is 3,69l-ap increase of over 1900 in
nine months last past. ,,. = -,.,.-.......'
!, The Havana correspondent, of tho
New York Courier and ENQUIRER says:
l"lf "A reductions in tho sugar duties il
resolved upon, the government Of this q
islaud will probably return the compli-
ment by reducing tho heavy duties i'm.
posed here upon -four, the growth ofthe
United States. y.tasa.a. ~ .Ma.l-. .yd
Il ifate old Gentleman.-Mr Black
more, living near Piedmont 10 Fanquier,
and a"w ninety fouryears of age recent
" had an unbioken cnlt caught andny
saddled, and mounted him, rode off to-
see noighbor Tbs vigorous young
Isteed executed the usual corveitinp,
with which horseflesh resigns its liberty
but found it was merely giving itself
useless trouble. -'h VI"
Renhny 0f' Pc,cs.--The pews in Ply
mouth Church. Brooklyn, tRev. Henry
| w. Beecher's) were rented on the 8lh
inst. for the year 1857. The amonptg
OF the valuation aud the premiums paid
over tn" valuation for choice seats was
$4,000! -..a01 - -
! a la'o number Of tho Christian Sec.
| rotary. Hartford Conn, states that on a
recent Sunday, Rev. DR.. TurnbuII, ad-I
minis'ered the ordinance of baptism To
a young gentleman Of the Congrera.,
tional Church, fr"n New Haven. He
Is q graduate of Yale College, and has
: studied law as profession. .......
! In the Bank Of England no fower than
:, sixty folio volumes, or le1gers, are dai.
ly filled with writing in keeping The ac-
c"un's! To produce these sixty volumes
The paper having been previously man
ufaciured elsewhere, eight men, three
steam presses, and two hundred hand
presses, are continually kept going with.
iiu the bank In the copperplate p,int-
Ing department iwen,y-cighL thousand
hdnk-noies are thrown Off daily; and so
accurately is tho number indicated Ly
machinery. that to purloin a single note
without detection is an impossbili,v.
Position oFMe Pianets,--A spectacle
is exhibited every clear evening in our
western sky, which will not ogain re.
cur during the lifetime of the present
Igpneraiou--ihrce of the most brilliant
planets ot the solar system in line,
not far from each other, and almost
qudistant-Jnpitcr, Venus and Mars.
The spectacle indicates what we do
not often have ihe mehns of tracup----
the path of the Zodiac in the heavens;
the angle il makes with ihe horizon and
with the sun's daily path in the heav-
ems.
An impcrtinent postmaster at Ver-
saiiies, Illinois, returneda copy of the
E"""gciisf, with brutaly prolane su-
prescription, To the publishers. They
sent the paper to the Pos,master Cen
eral, asking his protection against The
insult, and he returned answer through
his list Assistant that The matter would
be inquired into, and The offending p.
: NJ. prevented from repeating such ill.,
suts. .. .... ,......... .....N ..
a fellow named Dodge passed him.
self of in Grau. county, Wisconsin, as
% baptist clergyman but was detected
in al attempted clopement with re-
spectacle married woman of The county;
whereupon the people took him, made
him st'iP, dumped him naked into a
snow bank, aud then rode him out of
! town on a rail. ......... .........s
ComnanderRowan who has nst been
dismissed from the United States Navy
by the PresidentiU pursuance of the son.
lence "' the Court Martial which lately
| med him on charges of iutempo,auce,
mas served for nearly thirty.Gve years
III the navy. He originally entered tho
service on The 10Th of August, 1928.
The. Savannah (Ga) JoaraaJ says;
"Mr' Jno. b. Stanley, an inteDigcnt aud
wealthy planter, residing near NeIos
vile, East Florida, is, probably, the
/ most successful hunter IN the Stat9.-4.
Besides his almost daily presence ON
his plantation during tho last webty. Bye
years, bo has killed at least leb Thousand
deer'one hund,od wolves, sixty pauthers
and twelve bears. #.s'. '-ss....
A Catholic prcst, IL Lowell hos iste-
" on twoor three occasi,,us, taken so,nn
boys. "l bis congregation iuto the vestry
of tho church, aud logged them severe.
Iy because they did not attend church
regularly. .r.a.r.
The Supreme Court bns decided tlnt
The act If Tho Legislature, imposing
tax of GIty dollars upon al llpofsons ar
rjyjpp IN Calicuuin ,,bo ,,,,IJ ,,., l.