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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

A FoREsT INA EAKE.-A correepon.
dent Of Tho New Olleaps De7iG, wiring
from Virginia speaks of The Great Salt
Pond, neal Sulphur Springs, las follows
1t derives lis name from Tho fact that
some years ego the inhabitants used to
place salt in the valley where the pond
now exists, To attract deer and cattle
There was spring which rose in this
valley, and after Rowing a sho,t distance
above ground descended into mother
earth. To this spripg the animals came
to drink; from the trampliug or other
cause, its passage into the earth was
closed. The valley by degrees filed
with Water, which being unable to escape
on account of The moun'ainsj subherg6 ed
tho forest. II now covers a space rrom
800 To 100 hundred yards across aud
teaches depth Of so 10 90 feet This
water is so clear that youl can see
the submerged forest. Fl presents a
most singular appearance. Upon look
ing down, on still day you might i'm
osine you saw a city Of dead giants
before you, so fantastic are the sinpes
assumed by the trees.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

ScArFoLD CoNvERsIoNs.-The Fred
ercksburg Recorder has an article on tho
extraordinary conversions which murder.
ere ere Won't to profess before the day
of execution arrives, aud which are duly
paraded by the press before the public.
The Recorder says:
"Now, we do not doubt the power of
God to convert the most hardened wretch h
that ever paid the penalty the law affix :.
ed to his crime. Nor do we mean TO
intimate that il is not the duty ofa christ.
ian minister TO carry the tidings of sal.
vation eyen into the gloomy cell of the
ielon. Yet we are free To confess that
we have not the slightest confidence in
the conversion of one in thousand of
those who; under the gallows, profess
that they are resigning mortality for o
glorious Immortality beyond the grave.
Aye, there is fearful responsibility ,e-
sting upon the pulpit and the press for
giving publicity to such scenes. What
is tho result Of it Why, the ignorant
are thereby encouraged to the com.
mission Of the most atrocious crimes,
because, if found out, they aIo induced
to believe that before tho day Of execu.
ton, with the aid Of minister, thew can
be prepared for an entrance to Heaven"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

a CURTostrY.---Tho Hartford Times
has been shown small branch Of an
apple tree on which there are two sorts
ofapBlos upon the twig, viz! two Rhodc
Island Grcenings and Roxbury Rus.
sest. The tree is about ten years old
and tho fruit springs from Rhode
Island Greening graft. The tree has
never before produced opy other than
Greening apples.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

n HsATHeN IN CHRISTIAN LAND.-A
man named Young. tbirty.niDo years of
age respectable in appearance, was a
wllness on murder trial in New York.
On his cfoss.exsmiRatio0, he stated that
he got his living by gambling, tbat he
can read but cannot write, never read
an entire book, never read the LORDS
prayer,never read a chapter in the Bible,
but often bad the Bible in his hand.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

A TEMPERANCE MovEMENT.---An new
phase is being given to the temperance
movement in Philadelphia. A Asociety
is in process of organization, ,called the
Dudley A. Tying Temperance Socie.
ty." 1t is proposed in this affair to
dispense with the usual pledge, and to
trust rather to Christian watchfulness
for the reformation Of the inebriate,
than the sanctity which he may attach
to q written pledge.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

"GhD.'-- Mr. Hubbell.o Philadelphia,
has replied 10 circular from his Alma
Mister at New Haven, asking money
for society or club ipstituled to train
young men to premeditatcd Or extern
poranoous speaking or discussion, de.
cIinipg to contribute, He says
"Gab 10 the fatal epidemic of republics
Wba, distracted Greece Cab | Wbal
6ctionized Rome Cab Wha, anar.
chized France 7 Cab! Wba, viii dis.
member this Union Gabl This e,er.
nal propensity Of gambling opon all oc.
casions end at all times is the curse OF
our country"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY.


The religious interest in Boston the
Congregationaltst reports to be on the
increase. The daily prayer meetings
at the Old South Church are better at
tended than they have been, & deep
religious fervor characterizes them. -
The Business Mems meeting has in
creased considerably in numbers and
interest. Meetings have been held by
Father Mason, in North Street, the
worst locality in Boston, without any
intermission for t,Oo hundred and eight
days. The other prayer meetings in
this city are marked by much interest.
Wonderful displays of divine grace and
power are continually witnessed in the
North Street meetings.
Throughout the entire series of SER
mons at Exeter Hall, London, by the
various clergymcn, it deserves record,
says the British STANDARD, that only
one sermon has been read and that
was the only fiat and improbable per-
Torrance of the noble course
An English Unitarian periodical
complains that the congregations of
that body are yearly growing weaker,
often in numbers, but more often still
in social influence and relative import
ance. Liverpool has doubled and tire
bled in population, and the three Uni
tartan congregations which existed at
the beginning Of the century barely
maintain their ground either socially
or numerically.
MIR. Spurgeon lately informed his
immense congregation at the Surrey
Music Hall that he had signed an a.
greement for a freehold site of ground
opposite the Elephant and Castle, in
Southwark, for the purpose of erecting
a spacious ediice in which the thous.
ands who listen to him every Sunday
night might be accommodated with ey-
cry convenience for worshipping God,
as Particular Baptists. $4,000 is the
sum to be paid for the land The edi-
flee will necessarily cost many thous-
ands for its erection; and although the
sum left in hand, %ith the numerous
liberal promises of donations, will yield
a good sum, still the congregation was
urged to continue its efforts to effect so
desirable an object.
More than fifty new students have
been received into the Union Theolog-
ical Seminary, New York, which now
contains larger number of students
than at any previous period.
A pastor stated in the Fulton street
prayer meeting, short time since,
that he not long since received into his
church the last of a group of twonty-
five husbands whose pious wives had in
their anxiety for their salvation agreed
to meet weekly for special prayer FOR
their companions.
A daily union prayer meeting was
held on board the steamer City of Bal
tinorc, daring portion of her last trip
to Liverpool. A passenger writes =
" In all my experience among 'union
prayer meetings, no one has equalled
the three held in the stoerage of this
huge, mammoth steamer, on mid ocean.
The prayers were concise ard impress.
sive, and offered by steerage as well as
other passengers. The exhortations,
many of them suggested by the voyage,
were pointed and brief, while the sing.
ing was perfectly delightful"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

hzy- The st. Louis Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
on tho 18th instant, abolished, by a
large majority, the rule heretofore pro.
hibiting the ministers of the church
from buying and selling slaves.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

Among the Jewsof Cincinnati, the custom
10 becoming prevalent Of publishing in the
papers announcements Of belrothsls.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

The daily receipts Of produce ffom the
WesI ~ the Atlantic ciIios, arc enormous
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05
THE UNION.
MoRGANToWN. NOV. 8, 1858.
CHINA.

The intelligent English correspond
ont Of the Nev York CNronicle, in his
last letter, writes as follows -
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-11-05

p@- Proud men have no real friends.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

1MPoRTANT DIVORCE CAsE.-The last seven
days of the term Of the Supreme Court sitting
at East Cambridge, (Merrick, j. has been oc-
cupied by divorce case of no little impor-
lance, tried before a jury. The libel was
brought by Mrs. Ann Whitney against her
husband, Joseph Whitney, for divorce from
bed and board on the ground of extreme cru
city. The parties until the separation, about
two years ago, resided in Waltham, and are
highly respectable, Mr. Whitney being a man
of large property. Mrs. Whitney alleges that
shortly after the marriage, in 1882, her hus-
band commenced course of violent and brutal
treatment, which continued, with some inter-
ruptions, as long as she lived with him.
The details of his conduct toward her. as
alleged in her specifications, aud supported by
her testimony and that of. her two daughters
and son, are the most frightful and disgusting,
Two years ago she left him at midnight, after,
as she says, a scene of the mostdreadful abuse,
and fled alone to seek protection elsewhere,
and never returned. The children afterwards
left their father and followed the mother, and
procured for her small house in Maiden,
where they have since resided together.
The husband denies the charge of cruelty
and at the trial swore on the stand that they
were utterly groundless, and introduced for the
same purpose the testimony of several witness
es who swore to admissions by Mrs Whitney
and her daughters, contrary to their statements
on the stand and also Offered evidence of his
reputation as apeaceable man, which the Judge
refused to hear, and evidence as to the manner
in which he supplied his family.
His Honor charged the jury strongly in favor
Of the libellant; but they, after being out al
night, failed to agree, and they were discharg.
ed.-Boston Traveller
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

TRIAL FOR MURDER.-William McNulty
has been on trial at Boston, for the last four
days, charged with the murder of Ezekiel w.
Hodsdon on the 18th day of October, 1857
This is the case which all our readers will
recOllect, of police officer, in East Boston
who on the morning named had arrested Nc
Nulty, who escaped from him and other police
officers hearing the report of pistol, fastened
to the spot and found Hodsdon MORALLY
wounded, and unable to tell by whom it was
done. A man named Joyce, companion Of
McNulty, was suspected, and arrested few
days after and, subsequently, McNulty was
arrested, and has now been brought to trial
The case was given to the jury by the Chief
Justice yesterday morning. We did not hear
the result by the last mail of last evening, but
may have it by telegraph. The trial came
under the new law, which makes two grades
of murder, the second degree being punisha-
BILE by Imprisonment for life.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18
THE ADMINISTRATION VS.. sQUATTER so.
VEREIGNTY

The lines of division between the admins
tration and Senator Douglas, appear to be in
progress of being drawn closer and closer. In
order to crafty his feelings of personal opposi-
ton to the distinguished Illinoisan, Mr.. Blu
chanan is willing to commit himself in decided
opposition to the very doctrine in favor Of
which the democratic party of the Union was
once avowedly committed, by its national plat
form. Who would have thought, when Cen
Cass, in lS47-8, retreated from his former posi-
tion in favor of the Wilmot Tor Jefferson)
Proyiso, TO that of Squatter Sovereignty, in
order to get Southern support for the Presi-
dency, deeming that doctrine to be the ultima
tum Of Southern demand on the slavery
question, that in ten years the shareholders
would be found regulating their own bantling,
and calling upon candidates for their support
10 reject "Squatter Sovereignty" as working in
its practical effect more injury to the 'pecu-
bar institution" than even the odious Wilmot
ProEiso doctrine itself? Yet such, it seems, is
the case. The Washington correspondent Of
the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser Gazette,
writing, Dec. 9, gives the following account OF
the light in which the doctrine of "Squatter
Sovereignty" is now viewed by the Simon
Pure national democrats" of the administra-
ton stripe;
ASeyeral of the Alabama delegation visited the
President Oh Friday last, with other Southern mem.
bers. The Vice President was also present A free
and easy conversation followed upon the general
topics Of the day. Old Buck looked hale and hear
ty, and not afraid canddv 20 express his views
and without reservation And what think ye
Southern men, james Buchanan had TO say ofsquat.
ter sovereignty lie said II Is doctrine infinite.
ly worse than the Wmot Provisol and il the South
conceded this point, II sacrificed what Il had been
contending for these twenty years
have tried to give the precise language; and this
WAS uttered in the presence Of Breokinndg6. Was Il
not an apprOpos bit in consideration Of his silly
Douglas letterin
The next stride Of the party, after receding
in succession, from the Wilmot proviso ant
the squatter sovereignty theory, on the GROUND
that the latter doctrine is found working
In its practical application, If allo,ced full PLAY
against the designs Of the slavery extension
ists, will probably be, to adopt the lat
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

PATENTs.-The following is a list of the pa
tents granted to citizens Of Massachusetts for
the week ending Dec. IA, 1858:
G. w. Fairfield of Holyole-for improve
ment in car-seats and couches.
Gilbert Maynard of Greenfield for i'm
provement in children's carriages.
+. III. Moore of Boston-for improved stair
sweeper.
Geo. r. Reed of Roxbury-for improved
escapement for timepieces
VIM f. Shaw Of Boston-for improvement
in lamp shade supporters.
Elijah Ware Of South Boston-for improve
ment in slide-valve gear of steam engines.
Nathaniel Cradt of Ripley, Ohio, assgnor
to Chester e. Robinson Of South Reading
Mass.-for improvement in lamps.
Samuel Flint and Robert S. Rogers of Lynn.
assignOrs to VIM. i. johnson of Lynn-for
improvement in heels tor boots and shoes.
George w. Fogg of South Dedham, assignor
to himself and d. $, Fogg of South Dedham-
for improved iecutting machine
Re-Issues.-Ethan Allen of Worcester-for
improvement in pistols and other firearms
Patented Feb. % 1854; re-issued, Dec. IA,
1858.
William Sumner of Worcester-for i'm.
proyement in organs. Patented Feb. %, 1858:
re-issued Dec. IA, 1853
Designs.-Wm. b. French of Charlestown-
for design for bookmarks.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

pronunciamento of the Supreme Court in
the case of bred Scott, in all its odious
features, as interpreted by Mr.. Buchanan
in his New Haven letter, and reaffirmed in his
late message, as the test of membership of the
party in the future. This test embraces the
obnoxious doctrine set forth with such holiness
by the President, that, by the Constitution of
the United States, slavery exists legally in all
the territories, and that Kanzas is virtually as
much of slave State as South Carolina or
Georgia. This would be a delightful platform
for the national democracy" to rally upon in
the next Presidential contest, and on it their
numbers would be so far reduced as to enable
the opposition, with any sort of union upon a
decent platform, to walk over the course in
easy triumph.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

The OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
1t has been the practice in this State for long
period to appoint many of the officers of the
law, such as constables of cities, deputy sher-
ifs, &C., &C., Justices of the Peace, but during
the present year, the Governor and Council
have signifed their intention of discontinuing
the practice, holding that the two offices are
incompatible, one being executive and the
other judicial. In accordance with this deter
mination a number of commissions which have
expired have not been renewed by the Execu-
4iya
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

Of during to exercise his right of freeman,
in giving his opinion of slavery, is now preach
ing and lecturing in the central part of New
York State.
Rev. Eli Corwin, late of San Francisco, has
accepted an invitation to become pastor of the
Fort street Baptist Church in Honolulu, Sand
wich Islands, and already sailed for his new
field Of labor.
The new and admirable house of worship,
erected by the Second Congregational Society
of Greenwich, CT, was dedicated on the Sth
inst. with appropriate exercises.
Rev. Robert C. Learned was installed pastor
of the Congregational Church in Berlin, Ct,
on the LIST inst.
Rev John b. Willard, of Still River, has
received and accepted a unanimous invitation
to take charge Of the Second Unitarian Parish
in Lowell.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

Judge Palmer of one of the districts of
Minnesota, has decided that the increased rates
Of interest, such as three or five per cent. per
month"; agreed on in promissory notes, to be
paid after the note is due and unpaid, is legal
and collectabe. The ground of the decision
is, that the increased interest is to be looked
upon in the nature of a penalty or a damage,
for the non-fultilment of a contract rather
than as interest for the money loaned, and it
is therefore not a violation of the usury law.
The supreme court is yet to pass on this singu-
lar decision
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18
FACTS AND FANCIES.

General Eyre, now in Canada, has offered prize to
the Montreal Snowfall Club to be awarded to that
member who shall fire the greatest number of snow balls
in a given time.
In tried at Jersey City the other day the ques-
ton raised whether the wardrobe of the wife could
be sold to satisfy claim against the husband but the
jury disagreed II understood that ten were against
the legality of such claim, and two for it.
At dinner in Springfield, lady sent the following
volunteer toast Spruce old erergreens
of society,"
Ira Aldrch the African Roscus is playing at st. Peters
burg receiving for each representation $780, He lodges
at the expense and has an equipage at his
disposal during his stay in the Imperial city.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

RAILROAD MOVEMENT IN Iowa AND Ne
BRAsKA.-By letters from Nebraska, we learn
that a railroad is to be built from ST. Josephs
to Council Bluffs. Conventions will shortly be
held at Iowa City, DesMoines, and Council
Bluffs, to discuss the policy of calling upon
the State for aid in building the four great
lines of railroad now in course of construction
across the State. The Hannibal and St. Jo-
seph's road is nearly completed. Work, at the
western end Of the Mississippi and Missouri
Railroad, is now progressing satisfactorily, and
four other counties, giving the hope Of an ear
ly completion of the most important thorough
fare in the State of Iowa. Everything points
to a speedy filling up of Nebraska in the spring,
Or rather of great tide of emigration flowing
through to the Kanzas gold mines, on the head
waters of the Platte river-dlstance from Coun-
Gil Bluffs $50 miles,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

HEAVY DEFALCATIoN OF TWO New YORK
CRY OFFICIALs.-Mr. James NJ. Cross, hay
ing become disguised with the Common
Council of New York, has resigned his seat in
that body, and has published report of the
committee on accounts, exposing great frauds
on the city treasury by certain city officials.
Mr.. Cross has endeavored to present this re-
port to the Common Council, but the majority
having baked his endeavors, he resigned his
seat The joint committee on accounts, Of
which Mr.. Cross was a member, have discov-
cred in auditing the accounts of the collectors
of assessments for the years 1856, 1857, and
1858, being the official term of Isaac Edwards
and his deputies, that deficiency exists in
their accounts of $44,783 50, and in the ac-
counts of Joseph R. Taylor, a subsequent col
lector, of STAT 1888 70.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

Thomas Henry of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on
Tuesday last walked into the parlor of his
house and shot down his wife, who was sewing
there. He then passed out and meeting upon
the street a woman who was stranger to him,
held the revolver almost to her ear and pulled
the trigger, but the cap did not snap, and her
life was saved. Henry is subject to fits of
temporary insanity, during which he exhibits
passionate hatred Of women.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18
WORCESTER CITY AND COUNTY.

REV Rush r. Shipper will be installed minister OF
the Church of the Unity, on Wednesday next, Dec.
z. Services to commence at II O'Clock, A. NJ Ser
mon by Rev James Freeman Clarke of Boston.
Prayer of Conyocation by Rev. Edward E. Hale OF
Boston. Charge by Rev. P. stebbins, d. D., of Bos-
ton Right Hand of Fellowship by Rev. Alonzo
Hill, D. d. Address to the People by Rev J. F. w.
Ware of Cambridgeport.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

E4E514VO1K NtIVO4V III tGI FAUU I7VVVIIIOVI IJ'
At Market 1925 Beef Cattle 300 Stores 1900 Sheep 10
ShOats, 300 Fat Hogs. -
BEEF CATrLE-NO advance in prices, quotations same
as the two weeks previour Extra 81 a So First quality
a &. ~ "
WORKING OxEN-sales $50, rs, 80, 100, Il2 a 1870.
COWS AND CAFVEs-Sales $40 "a, q, 81, 49, 81 a AZ
SMALL STOREs-None offered
SHEEP-sales ofsmall lots 81 r. 49, So rs, a $50
SHoATs-A short supply and sales quick at an adj
vance two entire lots d q t. At retail g a u.
As Cambridge 18TH beef cattle unchanged extra quot
eq W "a L first a g. second S. third a 90 3D. Sheep
and lambs-2lOO at market sales at ST. M "a % extra
and selections 3, 4, 5 @6.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

Dr. Wistar's Halsam of wild Cherry
Where the above preparation known ii is well estab
lshed an nallibe remedy the cure Of coughs colds
sore throat hoarseness bronchitis splitting blood pain
III the breast Group whooping cough and every form of
CATION to speak of its merits
discovered by well known physician more than TWEEN
" years SINCE II mas by the wonderful has effect
e Dee1 constantly approaching in public favor, until its
use ana reputation alike universal: and is il not
known and cherished by all land their name LEGION =
VINO nave been restored to health by its use rs the Great
remedy for all the diseases which processes to cure
SIR James Clarke, physician to Queen Victoria has
given II as his opinion that Consumption can be cured
The whole history of this medicine fully confirms the
opinion OF that eminent man. Thousands can testify and
have testified, that when all other remedies had faied
this has completely cured; that when the sufferer had
well nigh despaired, this has afforded immediate relief
that when the physician had pronounced the disease in
curable this has removed it entirely.
The virtues of this Basam are alike applicable TO cure
slight cold confirmed Consumption and its power
as safe certain speedy pleasant, and eectual remedy
cannot be equaed.
SETH W. FowLE Il Co., Proprietors, Boston
For sale by their Agents everywhere and in Worcester
by David Scott James Green and by NJ b. Green Il co
ap7 dSaw
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-18

A GENTLEMAN was travelling while aflict
ed with a very bad cough. lie annoyed his
fellow passengers greatly till one of them re.
marked, in tone of displeasure. Sir that
is a very bad cough of yours 2" True, sir"
best I've got"