American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-08-27
ITEMS OF NEWS, &c.

IT is agrea, peach year down in
South Carolina and Georgia, and the
finest specimens ofthat fruit are vendcd
in Augusta at fifty cents to dollar
bushcl. 4
The Hon. Jonathan Knight is nom.
mated for Congress, in opposition to
Mr.. Montgomery, Of the Washington
District. ------------,----~------
AcCgprs.-Iion. Gerritt Smith, ina
circular letter, has signifiel his accept.
ance of the nomination for Governor Of
New York, rendered him by the ultra
Republican Convention, held at SYRIA.
cuse, q few days since.
LATE accounts from Kansas, say
thatthe crops are going to be enormous.
Wheat has been secured in good condi-
ton, and corn, if the remainder of the
season is to be as favorable as it has
been thus far, will yield beyond ell pre-.
cedept.
Mrcn excitement exists in Cincin.
natl, at the cruelty prscticed towards
the inmates of the lunatic asylum in
that city, by the keepers, who arc in the
habit Of hogging and beating them
whenever they ore rcbellous. Mr.. Ra.
rey treats horses better.
A DANGEROUS TRAP.-Some Of the
farmers in Nanscmond county, Va,
having suffered from thieves stealing
their cabbage, have put arsenic in them
in order to detect or poison the robbers.
The Norfolk papers caution their read.
ers against buying vegetables coming
from Nansemond.
LARGE SNAKE.-On Thursday Of
last week, Mr.. David Kingsolyer, who
lives near Abingdon, Va. killed rattle.
snake in the road, near his house, that
measured 6 feet 8 inches in length, 8
inches in circumference, with Is ra,,les.
THE Glasgow (Ky.) Free Press, of
a recent date, says: -."".s..
Serious apprehensions arc entertain.
cd that We are to have q protracted
drought in this country. Tobacco is
suffering severely for want of rain at
present. Indeed, on Marrow-bone,
some few are cutting their crop to keep
it from being fired" for want of rain.
Corn is also suffering.
LOTTERY Sw1NDL1Na.--A New York.
er drew an eighth of thirty-two thou
sand dollars in ono of the lotteries at
the South, and cannot get the concern
to pay up. The New York journals
congratulate their readers on the result,
as they think this species of gambling
will soon be played out, when prizes
prove blanks.
FRUIT. There is an abundance of
fruit in the vicinity of Charlottesville,
Va. The Jeffersonian says that apples
are selling for 25 cents per bushel {;
peaches at $50 to So, but the great
abundance Of this delicious fruit will,
ere the season ends, cause it to be sold
at SO cents per bushel.
VALUE. OF LAvEs.-The value Of
slave property in Mississippi is 1920.
OO7, 200. Each slave in the parish of
st. Mary, Louisiana, nets his master
$175 year, almost thirty-three per
centum of his assessed value.
In Minnesota provisions are cheap,
but 1t is said that money is so scarce
that real estates soils for half its value.
MARRIED BY STEAM. In the Mobile
Tribune we find the announcement of
the marriage of Mr.. j. Weaver and
Miss Salle j. Huston, "on the down.
ward train Of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, while under full headway,
passing through Wayne county, Missis.
sippi." A Rev. Mr.. Heard performed
the ceremony"
The wine, brandy, cigars and tobacco
imported into tho United States last
year, cost 81 ,934,878.
The Erie Constitution states that
some 800 tons Of iron have been mr..