American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-05-28
Correspondence of the american Union. !"
Morristo'cm, Ohio, May 81, 1858.
DEAR UNION


eyedom have remained pretty much in
statu gao. We have had rain rain
rain with but occasional glimpses of
sunshine. 1t has long been discourage
ing to the farming community. About
the time that day or so of drying
weather has rendered the soil fit to pillow
the rain comes on with its soaking floods
to liquify the earth again. Our farm
ers have not, of course, planted their
corn yet, and it is now within few
days of the first of June. Scasonable
weather to set in now, however, will
even yet allow corn crop. The crops
OF wheat, oats, grass, &c. are in very
forward and promising condition in
deed they are even now luxuriant.
You have heard the old saying, that
a fog on the Goth of January is sign
OF frost on the Goth of May. We'll.
we had the January fog, but the May
frost was postponed ON account of the
weather. 1t was too cloudy on the
10Th for frost to vegetatc.
[ have just returned home from O
visit to friends in Guernsey and Mus
kingum counties, and few notes of
travel, OF interest, occur to me. The
growing crops are pretty much as | find
them in Belmont, the only difference
rather favoring our richer soil in this
county. There, as here, the farmers
are OF course very anxious to get in
their corn. Some croakers tell us that
1t is now so late that even if the corn
were planted, it would be overtaken by
frost in the Fall, as last year; but by
what right they divine a gloom future
IS best known to themselves. One
thing is certain, the crop will be better
than these professional grum6leys de-
serve, if they only get the FODDER!
l visited the pleasant and thriving
town of Cambridge, the county seat Of
Guernsey, few days recently, and
found very agreeable community
The Central Ohio Railroad makes this
place of considerable business. The
town is improving considerably, as |.
noticed several houses in process of
building, e,modelling, repairing, &c.
Cambridge has population of bout
1000, and seems to be very indus
Gus, moral and intelligent community.
AT this place, a Union Prayer Meet
ing is held every morning, lasting one
hour, from 8 to 9 o'clock. The cxer-
clses are solemn and interesting; con-
s'stng of singing, short addresses, and
prayer. The meetings are we'll attend
ed,-being held in the Town Hall, a
commodlous room, centrally located.
Christians of all denominations meet
together there enjoying all their Pc
cuiarities ; each denomination, thro'
its chosen representative, leading the
services alternately, and kneeling or
standing in prayer, according to their
preference. At New Concord, Musk
ingum county, l also attended a Union
Prayer Meeting at the Associate Re-
formed Church. These meetings arc
quite common through Ohio, aud have
been attended with signal manifesto
tions of the Divine favor, in REVEALS of
religion in the communities where thew
have been held. But in order to sue
cess, christians must come together in
the spirit of union-losing sight of the
party names and sectarian peculiarities
which distinguish them-and this they
do. Out of this spirit Of un5on and
prayer pervading the churches, the
great Ruler of the universe certainly
designs some great event; and it may
be the dawning of that blessed epoch
when all the watchmon on the walls Of
Zion shall see eye to eye. $50 mote
it be-
New Concord is also on the G.. o,
Railroad, s miles west of Cambridge.
1T is aema!l village, but intelligent and
moral. The community is generally
made mp Of Seceders, Associate Refor.
Md and Covenanters, close sticklers
TO" the outward observances of religion
aud morality, as well as its inward vi.
taity. lucy have furnishing Col
]ege here, now attended by larger
number Of Students than heretofore.
The institution is in high ropute, and
bids fair to be well sustained. ....
We were visited, a few nights since,
by the HoStetter Blind Family, who
give US very interesting Concert
They have improved considerably since
they exhibited in Morgantown, and de-
lighted their audience. They arc very
grateful in their remembrance of Nor
ganiown benevolcncc, EXTENDED to them
while there, and cherish fondly several
names Of your citizens. In proportion
TO the size of the place, they told me
that they had nowhere done ms well as
in your borough. A'onzo Lynch is
still with them, and his peculiar faculty
Of getting along with them, Kindness
aud attention, make them 10th TO part