American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-08-13
ITEMS OF NE US, DC.

One thousand emigrants have left
Belfast, Ireland, up TO the last Of July. or
6, 600 lees than for the same time in 1857.
The Governor General of Canada
gets ssh 900 per snnum-S 60 600 moe than
the President Of the United States. q
Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, has
consented to run for Congress, If nomina ted
by the Republicans.
The Winstead Comm Herald esti'
mates that there are at least five hundred
i spiri,ualis,s in that town. NJ [.
The coinage at the Philadelphia mint
! during July amounted to $500 244, of which
l,344 was in gold, SlS4,90 in silver,
| and $4,000.
Thousands Of acres in the Genessee
Valley are covered with Broom and Indian
Corn, and the papers up there say the yield
will be enormous. ~
A letter from Jerusalem announces
the expectation Of caravan of one hundred
and City Americans from Boston, direct to
Jafia by special steamer.
Captain Travis, who is teaching pis-
tol shooting in Cincinnati, rung the hell
three times in succession, al 35 lee, distance,
STOPPING and taking aim between his legs.
Parson Brownslow of Tennessee is
toheld public discussion on The slavery qucs-
ton in Philadelphia, commencing on the
7th Of September next. His antagonist is
Rev. A. Prime, editor Of The Ohio Reformer
Major Rector, Superintendent of
Indian t.aairs in the southwest, reports un.
favorobly of the Indians in that region
They obtain whisky and commit acts of vic.
lence. He attributes this in great measure
TO the withdrawal of the troops. ..
A VALUABLE PRIZE.--A letter from
Lucknow, India, dated April 9Th, says that
on the previous day dirty box was found,
after an hours digging, which, when opened,
was found TO contain a collection Of rubies,
diamonds, pearls, &C., of the value of lO0,.
600 rupees. .. .
THE GRAPE CRop-The Cincinnati
Gazette says that the grape crop in the
region Of that city, this season, may be de-
signated as almost an entire failure. Sumo
few OF the vineyards will have something Of
crop, but in the aggregate all the wine pro
duced Will not pay the expe asses OF attending
the crop. ..
1t is not true that the United States
forces sent to Oregon and Washington Terri.
tories are poorly prepared for service against
the Indians, As the the sayages have, for
the most part, fixed hsbi,a,ons, where they
raise corn, horses, cattle, cattle &C., it is
believed that the U. S. infantry can operate
with great advantage against them. .l
Senator Bright, of Indiana, has, it
is said, become member of the Roman
Catholic Church. His brother Lucas is al
ready of that pc rsuasion.-N. Y.~Iribune.
1t is not what we earn, but what we
save that makes us rich 1t is not what we
eat. but what digest that makes us fat 1t is
not what we read, but what we remem Der,
that makes us learned. All this is very sim.
pie, but il is worth remembering.
Game is said to be unusually abun.
dant or the AIleghanies this year, deer being
daily seen near the roads, hear signs in the
thickets, and for those who who prefer it, a
panther is said 10 be now prowling about on
Cold sream. ." "' .1"
A young lawyer from Flushing,
N. Y, has commenced series Of lectures
in Milwaukee, with view to show that the
institution OF Slavery is Of divine origin.
DYsENTERy.-This scourge is pre-
yailing in several parts of Smyth county,
Va, and is very fatal. There is almost a
panic on the subject, as nearly all who take
!, die
The New York Picayuqe says forty
thousand tickets Of Swan. & Co.'S lotteries
were sold in that city last year BY one man,
and that the sales were regularly taxed by
the city.
A FLowERi LAND.-The St. Paul
(Minn. Democrat, says, "On Sunday last
we counted, in space of less than 30 acres,
az varieties of wild flowers, all indigenous
! to Minnesota"
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Patriot advises james B. Clay
| to "cast the beam out of his eye" No doubt
he would If he could sell il for walking
canes.-Lou. Jour. g.
The Wilmington Republican says,
that as drove Of cattle was passing over
the Summit bridge, TO Pencador hundred,
some weeks ago, a small muley COW leaped
through one of the windows in the canal,
which is some ninety feet at this point.
| A. DOUBTFUL CONTINENTAL
Ohio editor, who intended TO compliments ia.
vorite candidate for County Commissioner.
compared him 10 racer that he had run his
course with vigor, "efiec'ually showing hid
bottom" Smithers says that is not unusual
for The politicians of lha, latitude 10 expose
themselves in that way.
| The Mexoians grayely assert now
| that the reason why the North America ms,
as they call the Yankee nation, want more
territory, is because they need the room IN
occommodate their wives and daughters.
Hon, Eli Thayer informs the editor
Of the Rochester IN. ~ Democrat that hs
projects are working admirably. The city
Cared he founded in Virginia is