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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
Gov. WISE on The KANSAS QUESTION.
From The Nsw York Times. (sewo,d,s Organ

From he Nsv York Times. (Sew0,d's Organ
Governor Wise's letter on the Kan.
sas question is a pe3ect bom6sheH
thrown into the ranhs Of the Democrat.
&c party. 1t is the boldcst and manli.
est demonstration made in politics for
long time. Taken in connection with
the letter Of Governor Walker, the
speech of Senator Douglass, the dccla-
ration of the Democratic party in Ohio
and Indiana, & the general sentiments
Of the Democratic masses throughout
the North and West, 1t wtu certat,,ly
give tile doup dc grace to the Lccomptou
increment. Gov. Wisc'5 action on the
subject excites the most astonishmcnt.
and is the more creditablc to him, be.
cause he is intensely Southern in his
feelings, jealous champion Of slavery
and is quite as ready as any Of the
SoutlcA fre.eatcrs to take the bold
est steps which the advancement of
Southern interests may require. His
letter will be the rallying point of the
Southern States. 1t will be bitterly
denounced by the Richmond South,
the Charleston Mercury, and the New
Orleans Delta, and will fix an impas-
sable gulf between Mr.. Wise and the
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

The Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press says: ut il
stated that the recent instructions Of
the President to Commodore Paulding
were sent out with the consent of Sen.
or Yrissari, the Minister Of Nicars.
qua and that the party in the pend.
ing difficulty which has the right to
complain Of the action of United
States officers in arresting General
Walker and his men at Punta Arenas
does not complain, but, on the contrary,
desired and now approves Of the con-
duct of that officer. This being SO,
the question reaches sudden dust
ment, greatly to the satisfaction of fair
dealing men, 1 am sure, of oil sections
of the country"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
From. tss 7rus vtrslniaa /. .

MIR. EDITOR see in your paper
OF last week a communication over the
signature of o. X. Wilson, admonish-
ing, in a joeular manner, the superin-
tendent of the Ohio river and Maryland
turnpike of various disasters, &c. As
l have received enquiries from several
respectable sources in relation to the
repairing of the western division of
this road, l desire to state for the in.
formation of my friend Mr., Wilson,
and all others concerning, the reasons
Why tho repairs are not made.
When / took charge of this road,
little more than three years ago, I found
on the eastern division Extending from
Fairmont to the Pennsylvania line) in
the hands of the gatc.kecpers $50 of
available means, with an immediate de-
mand for four times that amount
found on the western division no
gates, and therefore no means, and the
road in bad repair. This, Mr.. Editor,
was the position of things in the begin
ming Of my SUPPLEMENTARY on this
road. A position far from being enyi-
able with superintendent. n. ,g.
All will agree, / think, with me
when l say l was not very well pre-
pared to proceed withthe repairs even
on tho eastern end, to say nothing of
tho western. $113 were expended on
six miles of the eastern end, leaving
some 40 miles to be more temporarily
repaired, principally on credit, with
hope that the gates would relieve me
in time, which they did. . aEls
/ collected the first year, with the
very best effort l could make, $3.50,
which did not cover expenses. The
second year was more fortune: COL
lectcd S1409, which enabled me to cx-
tend the repairs four miles west of
Fairmont, and contribute few dol
lars to different places on tho western
end. The third year, which was last
year. was not quito so fortunate
being but little produce in the country,
consequently the travel was not quite
so great, therefore L have not been a.
bic to do so much for the westernend.
AS the funds arc all collected on the
eastern end, justice requires that all
necessary repairs should first be made
there. The gates arc my only source
of revenue, and my expenditures must
ofnccessity be governed by thereccipts.
No one desires more than myself to
sec the repairs made, and none would
sacrifice more. But my friend Mr..
Wilson, and all others concerned, must
console themselves with the hope that
there is better day in prospect
When we shall have compelled the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
to make good the damages which We
have sustained by reason of the con-
struction of tho road, and pay us be-
sides some eight thousand dollars
which we have expended for them,
then shall We be able to make the mar
now places wide and the rough smooth,
and to see fully realized that for which
we have so long hoped--the complete
restoration of this road. 80 ..
Mr.. Editor, you will please publish
the above, and oblige yours, ...
...... .' AUSTIN MERRILL.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
Tho Women Of Ess,asl asd cas,,,

The French correspondent OF =
New York Colder Prizes, writes u.1
date of Paris, Dec. -, as follows:
"The English papers are again i,
GUSHING the question Of common ache. :,
for the people. Far advanced rs Il
British kingdom is in the most luxup
Gus refinements of modern cW:lizs,io,
and the highest intellectual culture
mong the few, yet the ignorance of Ii,
great mass is appalling. The last t.
gistration returns reveal the alarmin,
fact of 62,972 wives in 'Merrie Ene
land being unable to write their ow.
names! Won't some Of the beautiful
Yankee girls take pity on their igne.
rance, and send over some female mis-,
sionaries to instruct these benightel
heathcns :?
"There is chance, too, in Russi,
and, apart from the philanthropy q
the thing, the Russian men think ii,
American women the most divine cres
lures on Gods earth. a friend Q,
mine, who is attached to the America,
Legation at st. Petersburg, writes ne
that so great is the passion for gan
bling among the Russian ladies, thu
the furniture of their MANSIONS is ofte,
staked, and if they lose it, it is fire.
quentiy seized the next day. One 0
his lady friends informed him that 81
had then staying with her, foar of he
female friends, who, having gamble
away their goods and ehattels, wer
stopping with her until their husband
were enabled to furnish another hous
for them to inhabit!"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

Several important mail robberies on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad have
been discovered. A few days since
there were found in q ravine close by
the track a number of lettcrs and pack.
ages torn open and otherwise mutils.
ted. The letters found bear date from
the middle Of December up to the
18th of the month. The mail marks
indicate their mailing at points along
the route as far as the extreme West.
The Buffalo Police, on Friday, ar.
rested a man named J. P. Hall, who is
charged at Chicago with robbing the
mail. .
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
THE LAST CHAPTER.

The New York Herald, is one Of tia
most enthusiastic supporters oftheB ucl.
anan dynasty, and its declarations aud
predictions concerning the Dem &C, a,ic
patty, arc entitled, consequently, to
some weight. when it declares that sh,
once powerful Democratic party 10 fast
going to decay, snd will never mors
exist as national Organization. It
says ...-. ......o.
= For good or evil. North or South
we are closing up the lest chapter in
the history of That great netional party
which was organized under General
Jackson. Its prestige Of iurincibili,y
its unity. its harmony, tia discipline
ard lis strength are gone"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

Pro-SlaYery DisuMopiets wh0se project
it thwurtS, But il VIII give him o very
strong hold upont the Democracy Of che
North, and II commanding influence in
he party in hs own State.
Governor Wise's plan for settling
the Kansas question is much more sim
Pile and practical, and is much more
likely to be adopted, than any one Of
the others which have been introduced.
Like Senator Douglas, he proposes to
reject the Lecompton Constitution
and not adopt it, as Mr.. pugh propo.
SEES, for the sake of empowering the
people of Kansas to overthrow It af-
forwards. We have very little doubt
that this point will be carried-that
the Lecompton Constitution will be re-
jected by the House of Representatives
if not by the Senate. But we doubt
very much whether Mr.. Douglas can
carry his enabling act thro' the House.
A very large portion of his own party
and all of the Republicans take the
ground that no enabling act is neces-
sary-that the people Of Kansas have
a perfect right, in the exercise of their
owr sovereignty, to hold ConYention
and frame Constitution for their own
government. Governor Wiso proposes
to leave the matter entirely in their
hands, and allow them to take such
action as they may think proper. lie
proposes that Congress shall simply
refuse to make itself party to the
Lecompton fraud-that it shall be GO
verned in its action by the will of the
majority, and if that will be against it,
leave the whole matter, where it pro.
perly belongs, in the hand of the Ter
ritorial Legislature. This is far more
in accordance with the doctrine of Con.
gressional non-intcrvention than any
other plan that has been proposed. -
And it has this additional advantage,
that it simply calls upon Congress to
do nothing-which is almost certain to
( secure its success.
Washington gossip, we observe, al
leges that Wise and Douglas are act
ing in concert. Nothing can be more
absurd. Upon a very essential point
their action is entirely different, and
the success of the plan of one must be
the .dofcat of the other. We have nc
doubt that each is acting for himself,
and with view to his own political in
/ forests. 1t is well understood that
both are candidates for the Prcsiden
/ tial nomination of 1860, and it is equal
| ly understood at Washington that Mr..
buchanan is already candidate for a
second term. Governor Wise could
have had no difficulty in seeing that
the movement of Douglas against the
Lccompton fraud gave him very de-
cided advantage in the race with the
Democracy Of the North and West
and, whether it was designed or not,
nothing could have been more judicious
than his bold and dashing attempt tc
take the inside track. 50 far as mea
sures go, he has the decided advantage
of Douglas, though the latter has &
hold upon the Democracy of the West
and North which Governor Wise can.
not seriously impair. AS between the
two, however, the South would doubt.
less prefer the latter. ..... ~.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
GIZZiRD FOOT AND THE MUSKETS.
Editorial Correspondence Of the Wheeling Times.
RICHMOND, Dec. rs, 1857.

.. . RICHMOND, Dec. rs, 1857.
Dear Times: Gov. Wise has respond,
ed to the resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted a few days ago, reques-
ting him ''to communicate to the Sen
ate the reasons that induced him to loan
and send beyond the limits of the State,
the arms of the Commonwealth" AT
ter some delay, the message which
makes three or four columns of close.
ly printed matter, has been printed,
and have scanned its contents to see
what sort of n defence he has made
The Governor states that he granted
the request Of Gov. Lyon for loan
of arms, "for the reason of comfy to
the sister State whose Executive made
the application" and says that this
reason was deemed by himself, both
Satisfactory and sufficient" and he
rather affects surprise that it was not
so considered by the Senate, which
body unanimously adopted the resolu-
ton ofinquiry, and in doing so at once
conceded its ignorance of any authori-
ty in the constitution or the laws,
which could be construed to justify the
Governor in the course he adopted. -
The Governor having made the above
declaration, follows it up with the fol-
lowing: ~ n. 49,
"But to show how fully the manner
in which the subject was presented to
my mind, proceed further to state,
that [ found no legislative provision
bearing on the question of the power
exercised by me in this instance, and [
did not pretend to act under any statue,
but under the chief E1ecutive power
ofMe Commonwealth rested IN the Con.
stttutton in a Govcrnor,' and under the
specified power, 'to conduct either an
person or in such other manner as shall
be prescribed by law, all intercourse
with other and foreign States"
Here, it will be observed, the Gov.
crnor frankly admits that there sis no
legislative provision bearing on the
question of the power exercised by him
in this instance and that he did not
pretend to act under any statute
$50 far 50 good" But the Governor,
while frankly admitting that there is
no law to justify his conduct, pretends
to find abundant authority for it in the
State Constitution, and strangely G.
nough, he finds it where no one else
could have discov cred it, and whore he
alone, of all tho able men in the State
now at tho Capitol, can discern it, and
that is, in that clause which gives the
Chief executive officer the power to
conduct either in person or in such
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
Inaugural Address Of the Governor
..... Of Maryland, ... a.

.... Oi WafSiand, -.
Hon. THOMAS HOLIDAY Hicks,
Govern Or elect of the State Of Mary
land, was inaugurated ut Annapolis,
on Wednesday the 18th instant. From
his patriotic and statesmanlikc Address
on the occasion, we make the following
extracts, which VIC commend to an at
tentive perusal by our readers: .. .-
The people OF Maryland have care.
fully considered these words of the
Father Of his Country. Against the
insidious wiles Of foreign influence, I
conjure you TO believe me, fellow citi-
2cas, the Jealousy Of free people
onght to be constantly awake. Since
history and experience prove that for
oign influence is one of the most banc-
fal foes OF . republican government"
The administration of that great
man was embarrassed by the 'insidious
wiles' against which he warns us and
the lesson taught by his words was
founded on his own experience. To
Us they seem like the words of proph-
ecy which in our day have been full
filed.
i, t'' apP'e'emS'o"S were "'o"Seo oy
who strove to poison the minds of our
people with principles foreign to our
government ; and to inspire them with
n"''eo ar'S!hS' not IRON injuries TO
t ;, .'''"reS'S' OUT lfom symPa-
'",@S TOT " 'oFe'g' nation
Inc d'ssemlnators OF these preJudi-
ccs IN ms time, were foW; unImPortant
IN number or influence, some times
openly avowing their intentions, but
NOS yet daring enough TO claim the
tiGn': ~ 'no .ePreSch Ia' - Oh " lorI :.
~" me- o''' " o0'''o' VAC Poi'Ty u
'"v N1'io''.
but we IN our DAY, behold the whole
country oEerhowe0 oy I" constantly H. n.
sung 'Ioe VI ioIe'sl '',''n's'"'lon' r III
~ ~" ,''' ~ "''uJ anu .l II:
.no aii''e''I ia"'''i"'NS u '"e f'puo''c;
~ o"anSe '"o h','oH"i G.'"''"o'er' anu
~ VI . 'na'e I.g'"o"S u government
lncor r WIN 'ho Pcfpc'"o"oh OF
gu. 1'e' 'nS'''u'ion'' 3D..
'o h4r'ne pIp1ss.1on ~ INDUSTRIOUS,
o"1o' ? 'l'!nS %"u prosperous ?c' ''iolr
l"uus!y !" Du'''''' S ",'' 'le'r ac'uI =
.,'"~s,.o''o o%'en up i"' vac SuPi'o'' "
- I"UPIt' - ""'','','J 1"9' VII o"'
cn.or 81 irs wG;nh "" an 'J .h.ft
secnro arc .,hr;I,.oJ - nG 80 ;nJnst,;nns
r,orLon;cs onI lahor;,,,, nI,ssos Th ,"s
srn comno,leJ - sIarS ,ha;r ~,;ns ' ~
p.oI, a. iho;r noI;,icnj r;aIts 1;tb man.,
nors and crim;n,,s wh%'o ' corrnnt AMI
roIfsh rulcrs hoyn oIIowod 70 CANA -,
roongst "a
..c
Nv: :I tlo 'I'l'"v''.' "a VI" , niS1 e' d:
- io !a 10 oE'!, 10 10 lonoof d t'',
no J nuI;'0o' " 20 orv''? i.IoF,,'~'u
'', "'' OH pp'' 90 pT"'' III , '"' 1,"'''
IL mas determined the result OF frcS-
lIen''ai e'cctlons; ana h%cd on more
tAHn one OCCASION me Puo'c poiIcy OF
fAG government Designing ana am
n.'0o' men nRnoIc themselves before
~ ana some even IN tn''f aoa'atloh'
profess 70 prefer ana eaev"'c INC 1of'
'6ac' over our natl'e leiIo"'cIti@en'
The people Of Maryland have de-
c.arod, in a way not to be misunder.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
,. NGo1GArCToyyw:
FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1858.

~ fever tho liberties of this country destroyed
twin be through the muchinntions of Romish rrcsts-
LA FAYEVTE .....
" Foreign Influence Ia n Grecan horse TO the Re
rubhcwe cannot he too careful 70 exclude s
MADISON ....rr q. ..,..|
~ There Is IN imperative necessity for reforming
tae i'a;uraisa cation Laws Of the L. Stotes-wEBSTER.
c. Agnus, the uniious wi.s Of Foreign Influence
con- you 10 believe ac Fclowci zeus tho jealousy
Sf Free People ought ,o DO constantly awact is
Of the mos. bnucul foes Of Republican Government
WASHINGTON.
~ horc we mNy find some means In future of
Shielding ourselves from Foreign Influence Polite
Commercial or IN whatever form itm0y be attempted.
wish there were OCEAN of Fire between this and the
OLD wnrd.-JEFFERSOS.
81 1t Is time thar shonld become a little more
Ameilcarzel, aud Instead of feeding the Paupers and
Laborers OF Engisud, food own; else in u short
limo. BY OUR RESENT POLICY, wo shall be Psupcrs
ougsovGs-JACKSON. ... ..'.. rr... DO. :. .
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22
Items from the Louisville Journal.

Inc W dShlnStoh correspondents OF
some OF the newspapers dwell much
upon the opinions of Secretary Cobb,
in regard to The probable duration of
the financial pressure. What weight
can with any propriety be attached to
the financial opinions of u Secretary
who paid heavy premium to the pub
lie creditors to come and accept their
money from the U. S. treasury before
1t was due, and almost Immediately af-
forwards felt himself under tho neces-
slty of asking for the privilege Of issu-
ing twenty millions of rags to supply
the crying wants of an empty treas
ury e? -, .... .....
A Locofoco editor in Alabama SAYS
that the President, in approving the
action of the Lecompton Constitution,
has "plucked up courage So do we.
He has plucked up courage by tile
roots. ...
The Administration caught General
Walker in Nicarauga and brought him
home. 1t is hard to tell which it has
embarrassed most by the operation
Gen. Walker or itself. .....a
The Washington Union says that
"the American party is in a fix"
PROFESSIONALLY the Democratic party
is ont Of .fr. ..
Secretary Cobb's estimate of the
national revenue turns out to be as
much above the truth as his estimate
of himself was always known to be.
The Democrats have no currency but
one, and that is provided for in the
Federal Constitution. 1t is gold and
silver. --Louisville Democrat.
And yet our Democratic Congress,
upon the recommendation of our Dem
ocratic President and our Democratic
Secretary of the Treasury, has just
authorised the issue of shinplasters to
the nominal amount Of $4,000, 600,
fixing no time for their redemption in
gold and silver; and neither the Lou
isville Democrat nor any other Demo.
crat that We know of, either remon-
strated against the measure before its
passage or has complained Of it since.
We observe that several Of the Dem.
ocratic Senators, who 60 for Buchanan
against Douglas, are calling for facts.
We cannot guess what they want of
such things. They never make any
use of them in their statements.
All, how deeply, how bitterly the
Democracy of our country now regret
that they ever passed the Kansas. Ne.
braska bill involving the repeal of the
Missouri compromise ! How ST.
ly they do wish, from the centre to
the circumference of their hearts and
souls, that the glorions old compromise
were now in force, so that Kansas
might come into the Union without in
volving the danger of their whole par.
ty being blown into fragments by an
intestine explosion
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

Damages for breach of promise of
marriage. Miss Bertha Blattner, aged
70 years, and lately teacher in tho
common schools in Brooklyn, has re.
covered $4,000 damages Of John A,
Saul, o married man Of that city, for
breach Of promise Of marrisge.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

The New Y ork Chamber ofCommerce
met last week and adopted memori-
al to the State Legislature asking for
a repeal of the usury laws, urging that
the experience of the last four months
was sufficient to show the folly of leg.
islative restrictions on tho value of mon
pv
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

Weather on the Rio Granae. -Ad.
vices from the Rio Grande, of the els.
of December, state that gardens wero
as fresh and luxuriant as in the spring
time, and in tho midst of variegated
flowers, the fruit trees were loaded to
the ground with oranges, lemons and
toronjas, casting yellowish hue upon
the yerdant leaves surrounding them.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

Quite Diferenco.--The total Of
salaries received by the British cabinet
minister's is S289,000 per annum; tho
amount received by the President, Vico
President and cabinet ministers of tho
United States is $50, difference
100000 per annum.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

a Bohemian Catholic church is pro-
posed in New York. 1t is stated that
the Roman Catholics have churches on
this continent in which there is preach
ing in English, French, Spanish, Ital.
ian, German, Dutch, Bohemian, Indian.
and even Chinese.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

In the Court Of Common Pleas, Gin.
cinnati, on the 9Th, there wero on tho
docket no fewer than ono hundred and
fifty seven applications for divorce.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

The Cincinnati Gazette says that it
has on its books ever one hundred hon.
sand dollars in unliquidated accounts
for subscription. They extend over q
period Of half century.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-22

a careful estimate Of all the Indian
tribes indicates that thcy now number
about 100000 in all North America.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-07-01
CHARLES HI. DRURY,
Corner of Camden street and Light street aoharf,
BALTIMORE,

~~'~N' ~ N'''e'S or eet "'t] Lug" ot eCe W".J3
BALTIMORE,
HAVING completed his establishment with
IL Foundry connected, for the making his own
A Castings, is prepared to furnish all va
.SI=s rietes of AGRICULTURAL I'M
6A4sssSSsSSssA PIGMENTS and CAS- TI.NGS,
made to pattern ofthe best material.
The following list of PLOWS kept constantly
on hand: Davis, of the different numbers, for
wrought and cast shears, S. & NJ, Chenoweth
Wiley, 2 and furrow, No. o. Hill side, No. and
8 Connecticut Beach Improved or Posey Plow,
with common Davis cast shear-Selfsharpene or
wrought shear-Corn Cultivators, plain and ex-
panding-Tobacco do, Wheat Fans Corn shelters
with double hopper-Old Vertical and Virginia
shelter Harrows superior Pennsylvania made
Grain Cradles-RevolvingH Horse Rakes-Cylindri-
cal straw Cutters, &C., &c. Horse Powers GRIST
MILLS, very useful and saving article and COM
ing into general use. HORSE POWER and
THRESHLNG JN.aCHLN.ES, fthese need not
say anything, as wherever they have been in use
any time, they are preferred to all others.
c. II. d. will this year make smaller size Pow
er & Thresher, price of Power, 500, Thresher,
$50, Band, $40, or when taken together, complete,
$3.50 cash.) Persons in want of Implements made
ofthe best material and put together in the strong
est and best to the purpose for which
they intended, invited to call upon the sub
scriber feb %